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Book 1: Chapter 34: Evaluation Part I
Scarlet
It takes me about ten minutes to find my way to the training hall in question to find Allen standing at the very center of it. The hall itself is incredibly large, spanning the size of a football stadium with a ceiling going dozens of meters into the air. It has the same blue lines going across the walls, albeit being bigger to allow for more mana for the shields, and there are several areas to the training hall. One has several targets set up, another a training dummy made out of metal and obviously magi-tech, some seem to have devices in them that I have no idea what to do, and others are just straight up sparring rings.
Youre here, Allen says with a serious look on his face, telling me that hes in his business attitude right now. We need to evaluate your stats to determine your Tiers.
I frown at that, but before I can complain, he adds, And no, Im not going to be determining or asking for your statistics. This is purely to classify what your strengths and weaknesses are in each stat. Like your strength, agility, mental defenses, mental offenses if you have any mental attacking skills, and so on.
Oh. Okay.
What were going to be doing is going through a multitude of tests, where the machine will classify your different capabilities into tiers ranging from Tier E through A, with A being the top Tier. This is standard procedure for a new Guardian and is required by the law, not to mention the Guardian Universities, Allen explains before crossing his arms. The way it works is that each Guardian has a different makeup for their statistics. In their physical stat, some are stronger than others, some faster, some have better physical reflexes. And its the same with the other stats, so a Tier system was created to judge each individual characteristic within the stats and compare it to the average.
That makes sense. I did think it was a bit odd that the System never clarified what exactly was changing with each stat point, and whether or not every physical capability was changing at the same rate.
Someone with a Tier A capability in one area generally has a magic that focuses solely on that capability, whereas Tier B capabilities are only seen when someone has a magic that focuses on two, or rarely three capabilities. He continues while uncrossing his arms again and walking over to a terminal at the center of the training hall. Tier D is the average capability classification for the capabilities that arent amongst a users magic enhanced capabilities, while anything below that is considered below average.
Allen begins messing with the terminal for a few seconds before stepping back and nodding his head towards it. Enter in your level. It will be used in the classification process before being immediately deleted after the process is over. Your capabilities will then be determined as if you had all of your statistics at the exact same point using all of your free points. He pauses for a second as he sees my frown to add, Its illegal for anyone to force someone into showing someone their status or telling them their level, and even more illegal to use methods such as stealing their level from a machine like this before its finished. So dont worry if thats bothering you.
I still give him a frown, only to eventually sigh and walk up to the machine as he turns around to not look.
Not you that I dont trust, but the possibility of a hacker breaking into it. But its just my level, so I dont really care too much about it. Not enough to get into trouble just to avoid the miniscule chance someone could actually hack into this machine and find my level.
So I put in level 15 before tapping submit and saying, Its done.
He turns around again and immediately says, Now remember. You need at least two capabilities at Tier B, or one at Tier A to be able to qualify for Lions Heart. Even if I can get you in with capabilities lower than that, you wouldnt enjoy your time there. Not at all.
I nod my head before looking at the terminal again, which is now showing three stats. Physical, Mental, and Magical.
Lets start with physical capabilities first, Allen says while reaching out and touching the box labeled Physical, making the screen change to show several more boxes. These include Strength, Agility, Constitution, Endurance, Perception, and Vitality. And underneath each one is a description of what the capability is.
Strength
The measure of how physically strong an individual is.
Agility
The measure of how fast and maneuverable an individual is.
Constitution
The measure of how much damage an individual can take.
Endurance
The measure of how much stamina an individual has.
Perception
The measure of an individuals senses.
Vitality
The measure of the regenerative rate of an individual.
Beginning with Strength so that I can show you the ropes of how this works, Allen says while tapping on the black box for Strength. You can go in whatever order youd like after that.
I nod in understanding, only to quickly spin in a circle to find one of the sections of the training hall seemingly rotating out for a different one. This one being a single magi-tech dummy.
This one is incredibly simple as all you need to do is punch the thing with all of your strength, not using any of your skills in the process, Allen says before nodding his head towards the dummy.
If thats all it is then why do you want to show me the ropes for the first test?
I narrow my eyes at him only to shake my head and walk towards the dummy.
He probably just wants to see my first result before he goes to do whatever hes planning on doing while I do the rest. Which could very well be sitting around and doing work as he watches from afar or something.
I stop walking once I get in front of the dummy before glancing at my fist.
Thisll be interesting.