The Defeated Saintess Is On A Journey To Tame The Evil God Book 01 Chapter 03.04 - Good Sunny Days

The entrance test for Nevirabeta Magic Academy was very simple. Students only needed to pick up a wand prepared by the teachers and use it to play the strings on a sacred artifact, and then have their qualification judged based on the number of strings played.

According to their qualification, students would be assigned to different instructors to develop their unique talents.

Xing Mo saw the sacred artifact used for the test in the distance.

It was a bronze colored harp with a total of thirteen strings, corresponding to thirteen levels of string players.

According to the current magic theory, string was the basic unit, with any form of magic affecting and changing the objective world by plucking strings.

According to Nevirabeta Magic Academy's research, all things occurring in the world were essentially the manifestation of strings oscillating in the material plane: from storms in the oceans, to magma deep in the earth, and even to starlight in the night sky.

String was not a tangible thing in the physical sense, but a concept on a mystical level, so it couldn't be observed and disassembled by conventional methods.

The only way to affect string was to use a medium such as wand to pluck strings in the flow space, thereby directly manipulating nature via strings.

This process was called string playing and was commonly referred to as magic casting.

The level of string magic was determined by the number of strings that could be played simultaneously. From one string magic to thirteen string magic, the level increased exponentially.

String manipulation hinged upon the manipulator's level in mysticism. According to the Starsea Scripture, the upper limit of an individual human was eight strings, while the upper limit of ritual magic was nine strings. As for higher levels, they were the domain of mythical creatures such Elder Dragons.

As a Bellkeeper, Xing Mo's upper limit was five strings, and her resonance string was the string of fire. This meant she could only reach this level when manipulating fire.

However... I can't play up to the fifth string during the entrance test... or else I will be caught...

Xing Mo thought thusly and then recalled the time she took the entrance test for the first time—young and ignorant, she struck the fifth string with the wand, startling the instructor conducting the test at the time, to the point that they almost screamed.

In the Citadel, five string players were already one in ten thousand. Therefore, after she entered the academy the first time, Xing Mo was quickly selected to join the Bellkeepers and trained as a guardian of the Citadel.

This time's task is infiltration... so keep a low profile... low profile... three strings... Xing Mo reminded herself repeatedly.

While she was distracted by her thoughts, the first batch of students had already begun to take the test. Xing Mo watched a girl walk up to the sacred artifact, pick up a wand from the table, and lightly tap with it—

Buzz—

A string flickered with deep blue light, and the surroundings suddenly became much colder.

The string of ice... that's quite rare... Xing Mo recalled Senior Vivian.

After the first string was struck, the girl quivered, clearly under immense pressure.

As she tried hard to maintain resonance with the first string, she moved to tap the second string—

Buzzzz—

When she played the second string, ice blue light bloomed once again.

Almost at the same time, the wand dropped from her hand. The girl realized she was sweating profusely.

"Your limit is two strings." The teacher nodded, "Go to Professor Ling's queue. After the test is over, she will take you to see your instructor."

The girl looked a bit disappointed. She clearly wanted to challenge the third string, but still walked aside obediently, making way for the next student.

"Remember, you mustn't strike too many strings; up to the third string at most." Xing Mo whispered in Aurora's ear, "If you strike too many strings, it will attract a lot of unnecessary attention, do you understand?"

Aurora didn't answer. Looking at the huge harp, she muttered in a low voice: "Why does it only have thirteen string? I feel like I can hit twenty-plus strings..."

"Young Ancestor, don't cause trouble." Xing Mo was startled, "You don't want to trigger divine descent, do you?"

"Alright, I won't~" Aurora winked at Xing Mo.

A few minutes later, the queue grew shorter, and soon it was Aurora's turn.

The white-haired loli turned and showed a brilliant smile, then skipped toward the harp, picked up a wand, and examined it curiously.

Seeing her bumpkin-like behavior, the instructor explained patiently: "You should have learned from your family how to correctly activate your spiritual vision. Now, please activate your spiritual vision, evenly disperse your spirituality in the air, and subsequently enter the flow space."

"Oh." Aurora brushed it off.

She raised her wand and pretended to swing it, eliciting laughter from the students standing in the queue: "What is she doing? Pretending to be a Witch?"

"Don't waste our time, girl, the circus is next door."

Aurora didn't get angry. She walked up to the harp and gently swung the wand in her hand, ready to play only up to the third string like Xing Mo instructed her.

However, just as Aurora diffused her spirituality, the harp released faint vibrations.

Buzz, buzz, buzz...

Aurora didn't notice anything unusual. Imitating the Witches she read about in novels, she raised her wand toward the sky.

"Ah! Goddess of the Starsea! Give me strength!" She shouted.

Then, she extended the wand to play the first string—

Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz—

At the moment when the wand touched the first string, an overwhelming green light shone, directly reaching the thirteenth string.

Impetuous green light burst forth and stirred up a violent wind. In an instant, the entire testing area was swept by a storm.

Thirteen strings! That was something that only God could achieve! It was a power that could overturn the entire planet!

Aurora: (˚ Д˚ ≡˚ д˚)!?

Xing Mo: (˚ Д˚ ≡˚ д˚)!?

The green light didn't last. After just a few seconds, the harp, a sacred artifact of the academy, exploded...

It exploded...

It exploded…

…

Aurora was stupefied. She looked helplessly at Xing Mo, the gleam in her eyes gone.

That gaze seemed to convey: I don't know what's going either!

Xing Mo was even more out of sorts. She never expected the harp to be so spineless, to explode at the first string...

The surrounding teachers and students were even more baffled. They looked at Aurora and then at the broken harp, unable to react for the time being.

Thirteen strings... first of all, the lass being human was out of question... she definitely wasn't human...!

Did the Goddess descend? Impossible! The goddess was above the Starsea! There was no way she would possibly come to the academy to take the entrance test!

The first person to react was Professor Ling. She had been dozing off until now. But when she saw the thirteenth string resonate, her hand was already gripping the handle of a knife at her waist.

"Evacuate the students..." Professor Ling said in a low voice, "Go notify the Bellkeepers..."

Upon seeing this, Xing Mo quickly took two steps forward and stood protectively in front of Aurora: "There must be some kind of mistake here!" Xing Mo pushed Aurora back with her arm, "She's my sister! There must be something wrong!"

Professor Ling was a field course teacher of Nevirabeta Magic Academy, and she was a powerful string player. She was responsible for conducting courses such as String Magic Combat.

According to Xing Mo's understanding of Professor Ling, she was likely to classify Aurora as a mythical creature at this time, so her first course of action was to fight.

What now... I can't let a fight break out here... Xing Mo grew anxious.

Looking at the murderous aura emanating from Professor Ling, Aurora's eyes turned dull, allowing Xing Mo to stand protectively in front of her. Her blood-red eyes flickered unsteadily.

"What are you doing? Don't protect me..." Aurora murmured.

Xing Mo felt wind blowing behind her. She turned and noticed that the starlight in Aurora's red pupils was spinning rapidly.

"Aurora, calm down!" Xing Mo barked in a low voice.

Not... not good! If this continues, things will reach the point of no return!

Xing Mo looked left at Professor Ling, then looked right at Aurora. She was stuck in the middle, stumped for what to do.

At this moment, a male baritone voice came from afar: "Stop, Professor Ling, there's a misunderstanding."