Manaless Mage-Chapter 294: The white tokens

They arrived in front of a giant fence, atop which the symbol of the AMO was boldly etched.

In the middle of the fence was a massive black gate, also bearing the symbol of the AMO.

Standing around the fence were hundreds of students from all across the world, all here to participate in the famous world academy tournament.

They were all putting on different kinds of uniforms, though those who came from the same academy had similar uniforms.

Despite there being hundreds of students, who were usually known to be noisy and rowdy, the place was weirdly quiet and organised.

That was due to the instructors among them, who made sure to properly coordinate the Elementalists.

Besides, none of them would dare cause any trouble even if they wanted to, as the heavy mana pressure oozing out from the adventurers around were enough to shut them up.

There was also the fact the misbehaving would instantly get them eliminated from the tournament, no matter the academy they came from.

With how hard most of them had struggled to pass through the preliminaries, the last thing they’d want was to be eliminated before the tournament even started.

The gate was being guarded by three Adventurers, with substantial power oozing out from each of them.

Their faces were stoic, and their posture straight, evident of their power and training.

As for the reason the gate had to be guarded, it was because it led to a beast forest which was filled with dangerous and powerful beasts.

The beast forest was managed by the AMO themselves, and it was used mainly to train Elementalist on how to fight against mana beasts.

Different kinds of drones were floating around the fence, ranging from smaller to larger ones with holographic screens to them.

The purpose of those drones was to capture every nook and cranny of the forest, so the students would be monitored during the competition.

Harry sighed, joining in the crowd alongside the rest of his mates.

He then caught sight of a strange group of students, and his eyes narrowed at them.

The students around them gave way for them like they were some sort of sacred group, making them the centre of attraction.

They were three in number, each putting on a light blue and white uniform.

On the arm of the uniform was a white and blue badge, on which was inscribed "Sky Magical Academy".

Sky magical academy was the biggest academy in the world, known for raising the bests of talents.

That was where the kids of most high-rank adventurers were enrolled, so majority of their students were also quite influential.

However, the one who caught Harry’s attention was the black haired girl at the side of the group.

She was extremely beautiful, her beauty far surpassing even Susan.

Her eyes were bright green, and her body slender, with curves in all the right places.

But it wasn’t just her beauty that attracted Harry, it was the amount of mana slowly oozing out of her.

’An early stage four Elementalist... that’s interesting.’ Harry thought, his lips curling into a slight smile.

Even without the need to use [Probe], he had already gotten a good read of her strength, and looked forward to facing her in the tournament.

’Probe.’ He mumbled inwardly, still curious about her stats.

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[Name: Miranda Blackheart]

[Race: Human]

[H/P: 200/200]

[Mana core: 4th Stage]

[Elements: Lightning(Peak grade), Light(peak grade), Wind(peak grade)

[Mana: 15000/15000]

[Strength: 80]

[Agility: 95]

[Stamina: 79]

[Perception: 98]

[Endurance: 85]

[Intelligence: 120]

[Mental: 130]

[Charm: 150]

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Just as he had expected, her stats were quite good, better than that of any Elementalist in this tournament.

However, what surprised him the most were her elements, most especially their grade.

Ever since he evolved and leveled up [Probe], he had been able to see the elemental affinities of those he scanned along with the rest of their stats.

’Miranda blackheart... three peak grade elements.’ Harry thought, gulping at the thought of how someone could be so talented.

Though he also had multiple affinities, more than three even, he never considered himself a normal Elementalist, as he didn’t even use mana.

But right in front of him was a complete genius, possessing three peak grade affinities!

Never in his life had he seen someone with three affinities, talk less of three peak grade affinities.

She was a stage four Elementalist on top of all that, meaning her mana core foundation had to have been extremely solid.

Thinking about it now, he kind of understood better why the academy instructors reacted the way they did when they found out about his talent.

’But still... that name sounds a bit familiar.’ He mumbled inwardly, his brows furrowing slightly.

Suddenly, the girl snapped her head towards him, her bright green eyes locking with his.

A complicated expression appeared on her face, but she soon turned her head away.

[Listen up!]

A loud voice suddenly echoed across the field of students, breaking them out of whatever thought they were having.

There was no sight of anyone speaking, but they could all hear the voice loud and clear.

It was coming from the drones, which had already been embedded with loud speaker so the adventurer’s voice could reach all the students.

[In front of you is a beast forest, filled with powerful and dangerous beasts. But don’t worry, the strongest mana beast in here is a stage three mana beast.]

Then the adventurer went on the explain the rules of the tournament.

Each student was given a small, white card token, along with a blue wrist watch.

The goal of this round was to hunt for those tokens, and scan them using the watch.

Each token cost ten points, and a student losing their token meant they had been eliminated from the round.

Some of the mana beast would also have tokens on them, so scanning those tokens would also bring extra points.

However, the mana beasts weren’t just going to seat still and let the students scan the tokens from their bodies.

So even though the adventurer didn’t include it, it was very obvious that only those who managed to take down the mana beasts would be able to scan the tokens.

Though the competition sounded very simple and straightforward, it was clear that it wouldn’t be easy, and only the strong would be able to qualify to the next round.