When the was sure that the entire students had given him all attention, he decided to speak again.
"Now my name is Lonel Brayn and your entrance exam is to commence as follows." He said and allowed the tension to build up.
"Now you all know or must have realised that this school is a secret even to the government therefore there are certain practices and way of conduct we have here that may not be allowed in a regular school but in here, it is allowed."
Everyone stared at him wondering how this was going to help them in their entrance exams. Xero could feel his stomach squeeze lightly due to the tension he felt.
"So I will now announce to how the exam will be conducted." He said and paused for a while.
"Each of you will first be given a wrist watch that will provide you with both your level and your HP value. Also you could read the time with it."
"Then you will form a group of threes within ten minutes before the exam proper will begin. Right after that, you will be given teleportation stones which will help to teleport around the facility but within a 10 meters range. You have only two random teleportaions in it and a final on for an escape back to this open ground."
"Once you step into this ground before the timer runs out it means that you pledged to give up. Your HP value will guide you on when to take such a decision. If your HP value drops to a zero, it means you are dead. So that means once you have a 1 HP value, it would be wise to give up.So do your best to stay up wisely. And by the way you are expected to fight each other as winners will have a reflected score after the exam. So do you best not be the prey." Bryan said and left the podium.
One of the men beside him waved his hands and watches appeared out of no where on each of the students hands. The watch could tell the rank of the person and also provide the HP of the individual.
Xero’s watch wrapped on his hand and it glowed up to reveal a Level 1. He sighed. He had not expected anything higher than anyways.
Then his HP was noted to be 10/10. He guessed that 10 was the maximum HP one could have but he wasn’t sure everyone will get the same number of HP. What of those who were sick? Was their own HP value going to be full? Was it according to the ranks of the higher levels?
His thought was sliced cut by Lora’s voice that peaked info his imagination.
"Hey!" She called out snapping him back to reality.
He turned to look at her watch. A whopping level 5 was displayed over it. No wonder she was recommended. She was indeed good.
"Are you listening to me at all?" She asked as she stared at him. He snapped out his thoughts and stared at her.
"I said I wanted us to team up and find another team mate. That’s good enough right?" She said but Xero had his own reasoning to do.
Bryan hadn’t mentioned anything about the rules of teaming up. If that was the case a lower level could team up with a higher level but that had disadvantages.
The lower level could be bullied and use a decoy in their attacks, sacrificing him off as a scapegoat. Well from the other picture the low levels couldn’t obviously pair with themselves. That would be catastrophic.
There would be no one strong enough to protect the team and they will end up pushing their backs against the wall. We’ll the ten minutes was really worth. Each student had to critically think well before joining a team.
With that in mind the low levels like him had to pair up with a stronger level they knew. This should be part of the reasons they didn’t bring people from the same school,so no one knew each other here.
"Well then missy. I’m a level 1 do you still care to team up with my?"
"Yeah. We could make a great combo." She said and smiled. Xero stated at her wondering if she was sick in the head.
"All we need is a last team mate. So which one are you picking?"
The question caught him off guard. He hadn’t expected her to give him the staff of decision right away. But he guessed she had a hard time choosing considering that she was from a rich where she never had to choose.
"It’s more about compatibility. If we have to pick, we have to pick among the level 4s at least. Any level above level 5 would be suicidal. So my guess is any level 4 you feel is right." Xero said.
Lora couldn’t help but stare at him. He seemed to have a higher IQ than she has initially thought. Her face flushed red as he caught her staring.
"Ok. If we are looking for a level 4 then I would say we take her." Lora said pointing at a lady who looked to be lost.
Xero stared at her. She had brown hair and a deadly eyes of a fighter. For a moment, he wanted to reject the idea but Lora chipped in again.
"She’s the last level 4 who has not been taken. This is our chance." Lora said. Xero sighed and nodded.
Lora walked over to the lady and after a smooth talk the lady stared at him with a glare. Her eyes showed disgust.
"Stupid. My level." Xero cursed.
She was about rejecting when she noticed that everyone had teamed up. Lora then came back with her excited.
"So we’ve made a team what next?".
Xero stared at the lady, his mind was not accepting her and coldly rejecting her as an ally. He just had to team up with her for the entrance exam and he would make sure they didn’t cross paths again.
"We should introduce ourselves. My name is Lora Silver."