Insufficient balance

  "How is the longbow?"

  I gave Teacher Xiu an OK gesture.

  "These two subjects should be fine today, don't worry, Teacher Xiu."

  "Don't be proud, continue to work hard tomorrow, and see the total score in the end."

  A night without words.

  The next day, at the same time, I came to the academy. The third subject was a test of magic control. The specific method of examination was different according to the examinee's major. For example, the fire system exam was very simple, just use a basic fireball spell and then control the magic to reach the end point through a designated route, without exploding along the way, and score based on the completion time. The other systems were similar.

  What about the Light System exam? Teacher Xiu told me that since no one has majored in the Light System for several years, he doesn't know what to expect from the magic control test either. It seems like it's all up to fate now.

  As I was the only one majoring in Optics, I went directly to my examination room. When I arrived at the 5th examination room on the right side of the college, wow, I was the only one taking the exam, but there were actually 5 invigilators! This is too exaggerated!

  "Hello, teachers who are invigilating."

  "Hello, student No. 1503. As no one has studied optics in recent years and you are the only one in this field, after discussion with the college's examination committee, a new method for your undergraduate exam has been established," said the teacher in the middle.

  What? No way! 'Special care'? I'm done for.

  "What should I do then, teacher?"

  Several proctors exchanged a glance, and the middle teacher gave me a mysterious smile. "Actually, it's very simple. I heard that you created your own defensive magic in yesterday's magical aptitude test. Today, we want to try it out. You just need to withstand our continuous beginner-level magic attacks for 30 minutes, and you'll pass. We will score your magic control based on how you defend yourself."

  "This is too good to be true, this is my specialty. But still being cautious is better, I try asking: 'Is it just a primary magic attack? Can the secondary magic I'm studying be used?'"

  "Don't worry, it's just elementary magic, but I must remind you that our elementary magic attacks are not weak either. You need to be careful. Secondary magic can be used too. Alright, let's begin."

  I immediately gathered the elements, cast a Prism Shield, and then gave myself a Sacred Aegis. I was now ready to teleport at any moment. (Elemental magic may not have omnidirectional spells, but this is quite powerful for me.)

  Five invigilating teachers were attacked.

  The exam is over, and of course I came out unscathed, and the Light Shield was hardly used at all. It's simply too easy, much easier than the Masher Array, although the five invigilating teachers' primary attack magic was like a stormy rain, but there were still many gaps in it, haha, too easy!

  "Teacher, did I pass?"

  The five teachers looked at each other in dismay and reluctantly announced "pass".

  "Hey classmate, I feel like you're majoring in spatial magic or something!"

  I scratched my head, embarrassed to say: "Sorry, teachers, when I was in the primary magic academy, my mentor's evaluation of me was that I had first-rate escape skills, second-rate defense, third-rate recovery magic, and fourth-rate offense, so..."

  "Student No. 1503, don't be too hard on yourself. In fact, being able to escape your opponent's attacks when using magic against each other is very important, and it's even more crucial when a magician is fighting a warrior. Warriors generally won't give magicians the chance to chant spells, so if you can maintain a safe distance and release magic that benefits you, your chances of winning are great. So don't be ashamed, keep working hard."

  Wow, I didn't expect running away would have so many benefits, from now on this sentence will be my motto, haha.

  "Thank you, teachers." I bowed sincerely to the invigilating teachers present.

  After leaving the examination room, I couldn't help but think that my luck is really not ordinary. Anyway, there's nothing to do, so I'll just wander around. According to what Xiū teacher said, after the first three tests, they will take the top 500 students based on their overall scores in each subject for the fourth test. That means tomorrow the results will be announced, and only then will the last exam begin. I'm not in a hurry to go back now; if I do, Xiū teacher will just keep talking nonstop again.

  I arrived at the fire system exam venue, outside, and inadvertently turned my head to see a candidate with red hair sitting in the corner, about the same age as me (male). He looked like he was very depressed. I walked over.

  "Hey! What's wrong, didn't do well on the exam?"

  "Worse than not doing well! It's because I did too well!" A sweet childlike voice rang out.

  "Why?"

  "My teacher said that I shouldn't try too hard to get the best grades, as long as I can make it into the school, that's enough. If not, once I'm in school, there will be many people coming to challenge me, and I won't have time to practice magic."

  "Wow, your teacher is even more abnormal than mine! My teacher is at most a bit abnormal during training, but your teacher doesn't even let you do your best during exams, ridiculous."

  "Don't talk about my teacher like that, he's also doing it for my own good." You're still quite considerate of others! (Author's note: You think you're the only one who's lazy and cunning, but they're actually a good student. "I... I...")

  "Never mind about that, how did you do on your exam?"

  "I was just going to aim for a mid-to-upper level, but seeing that several students were doing too well, I suddenly got excited and performed better than their fastest by 10 seconds."

  "How many seconds did you take?"

  "6 seconds." Wow, this guy is also a genius like me.

  "I didn't think you were that impressive! Hello, let me formally introduce myself. My name is Chang Gong Wei, and I major in Light System Magic with a minor in Space Magic." I extended my hand to him.

  He quickly stood up and grasped my hand. "Hello, I'm Mark Sedet, majoring in Fire Magic and minoring in Wind Magic."

  "Can we be friends from now on?"

  "Alright, then we'll be friends from now on."

  Two childish voices decided their lifelong friendship.