Chapter 184
The next morning .
Examiner Yarud came out of the meeting room while we were waiting for the result .
Looks like it didn't go well judging from his expression .
Or rather, he looks really down .
"I'm sorry, it turned into the worst case scenario . You might even be better off if I didn't try to negotiate . "
Yarud lowered his head to us after saying that .
Worst case scenario . . . Better off not negotiating, what does he mean by that .
"What kind of scenario?"
"The exam will only take a day . . . But that Giruas will be the examiner . "
Yarud said that while looking grim .
Giruas . . . The name doesn't sound familiar .
Is he an infamous examiner or something?
"Who is this Giruas?"
"It can't be, you don't know? That Giruas?"
"I don't . . . . Did you know?"
I look at Ruli, Alma and Iris .
But the three shake their head .
"Nope, no idea . "
"I have no clue!"
"Un . . . I've heard the name a bit before, but I don't know what kind of person they are . . . "
The three don't seem to know .
"I can't believe you went and ranked up into rank B adventurers without even knowing the name Giruas . . . "
Yarud then begins to give explanations while looking troubled .
" . . . Giruas is a rank S adventurer whose infamy is widely known . His head is filled with only fighting, the guy basically doesn't do much else . . . There was this one time he took on as an examiner, and he failed all examinees the instant he saw them . "
. . . In short, a battle junkie huh .
Just that alone actually makes for a favorable impression, but instantly failing people he saw is pretty bad . . .
Wait, why are they allowing such people to be an examiner again?
"So what happened to the those guys who failed?"
"They took on the test again after a while . Well, apparently they really did lack the capability and failed though . . . After all, Rank A Promotion Test's passing rate is only 3% . "
I see . He's saying that since failing the test would bar us from taking another for a period of time, not negotiating here would have been a better idea .
However, there are ways to go about this if the other party is a battle junkie .
"No need to apologize . It's still better than the ordinary route . "
" . . . Do you really think so? That guy rarely ever approves anyone y'know . "
"I have ways to deal with battle junkies . . . So, when can we take the test?"
"It's today's noon . Cause that's the only time Giruas will be coming to this city . "
This is all so sudden .
Well, this is a good news for me though .
Guess we'll wait for it while hoping it'd go well .
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A few hours later .
The door of the guild we're waiting at was opened .
And then, a man enters together with the guild's branch head .
Soon after . . . The guild is wrapped in silence .
Most of the people in the guild are looking at the man .
In that situation, I saw the man's mana reaction .
His mana reaction is clearly different than that of the people of this era .
There are crude parts, but he's obviously more experienced in mana control than the people in this era .
That said, he's not a demon in disguise either .
If I have to say, he's similar to the elementary class battle mages in the past .
From the way he carries himself, I can feel a considerable sharpness .
His crest is the same as mine, Disqualified Crest .
Perhaps this man is Giruas .
"I had a hunch there was a strong monster around this area so I came here, but . . . Why do I have to be an examiner again?"
"Because we don't have anyone else capable to supervise rank A test . We'd never dream of entrusting it to you otherwise . "
Looks like I guessed right .
I understand how he is rank S then .
In a world where magic has regressed so much, someone who could make use of their mana well would be a force to be reckoned with compared to the other people around .
And he said something about 『hunch about strong monster』, maybe he found out about the parasite monster we beat through some kind of detection magic .
Despite being capable of such level of magic, I feel something odd from him somehow .
"Well, whatever . It's rank A test 'fter all, most are gonna fail anyway . Me instantly failing them woulda save us the trouble . "
Giruas looked at us after saying that . . . and went stiff while having a shocked look on his face .
And then he asks the branch head while suddenly turning cheerful .
"Oy, you ain't tellin' me the examinees are these four, are you?"
" . . . They are . "
Giruas turned even more cheerful when he heard that .
"Then I'm gonna take back what I said 'bout instant fail . Let's hold the test for real . . . I'm free to decide what the test will be, yeah?"
"Yeah . As long as the method is not extremely dangerous, it's all up to you including the decision to fail or pass them . "
"Gotcha . . . Grats . "
Afterward, Giruas approached us .
And then he pointed at the three girls .
"First of all, you three over there . "
"Err . . . What is it?"
"Did I do something . . . ?"
"Am I gonna fail?"
Giruas speaks to the perplexed three .
"All of you passed . That's it for the test, you can go home now . "
"""EEEH!?"""
The three were surprised to hear the sudden announcement .
Turned out it was an instant passing instead of instant failing .
Wonder if I was just hearing things when he said he'd do the test for real .
And the problem is the fact that I'm singled out here . . .
"I heard that Mathias was the strongest . . . You're Mathias, right?"
"Yea . "
That's how it's being passed around huh .
I think there are other easier to understand expression for it though . . .
Giruas asks while I'm pondering that .
"Fight me . I have two reasons . "
"Reasons?"
"Yeah . You're probably gonna pass anyway, but no one would complain if we showed them our fight, no?"
Huh? This guy is actually quite thoughtful .
Maybe his instant failing case was because he immediately saw through the examinees' lack of ability then .
"And what about the other reason?"
"Cuz I wanna fight ya . "
Yup, this part is exactly like what we were told beforehand .
Guess this means I don't have to persuade him now he's challenging me .
By the way, I was going to challenge him in case the guy failed us in an instant .
When the other party is a battle junkie, talking through each other's fists is an extremely effective method .
"I got it . What about the place?"
"Right then . . . How large you want it be? I can only fight with a sword, so the guild's training ground is good enough for me . . . but if you need somewhere more spacious to fight for real, I can arrange for one . "
Training ground . . . . 50 meter long on every side at the guild's back huh .
I can make use of somewhere larger, but that's good enough for a normal fight .
"I'm fine with the training ground myself . "
"Okay . Let's get on to it then . "
Then Giruas flings the guild's door open .
Feels like he's really excited to have this fight .