I Became an Extra Who Died Instead of the Main Character

8 – First Test

The entrance exam was scheduled to be held at the academy’s training grounds.

Anyway, since it’s a job that uses magic, it can cause problems with property damage if you don’t proceed as it is in the auditorium.

In order to rule out such concerns from the beginning, it seemed that they were usually made to be held at the academy’s training ground, which was designed so that it would never be destroyed.

Well, if you break property while taking the entrance exam, you’d wonder whose fault it was.

The good thing is that the student took the entrance exam too hard, and the bad thing is that he couldn’t control his magic properly, but it was funny to have the student pay for the damage.

‘······Isn’t it, I don’t care because I have a lot of budget anyway.’

Thinking about it again, I don’t think I will pay the cost. The academy must have a lot of money.

Anyway, even if money wasn’t an issue, there was no need to gamble on whether or not something would happen that could have been prevented from happening.

“We’ve arrived, this is our academy’s training ground.”

As I walked while thinking about miscellaneous things, I arrived at the training ground before I knew it.

“Wow, it’s bigger than I thought?”

“It seems to be ten times the size of my training ground.”

‘Oh…’

Nearly all freshmen admired the magnificent training ground, and I was no exception.

A magic test room where you can try magic surrounded by shiny exercise equipment as if you just polished it, and a magic shield.

And even scarecrows, which are rare, were considerate of those who use swords.

It seemed that all kinds of things useful for training in the empire were gathered.

“Are you surprised? Don’t be too surprised, it’s a training ground that the freshmen will use in the future.”

Perhaps the principal also liked the great reactions of the students, and his words showed pride in the school.

If it was the principal of a school with facilities like this, that would be enough.

That’s because the academy’s facilities are better than I thought.

As I grew up as the eldest son of the Count’s residence, I could confidently say that I had grown up without any shortcomings, but even I was stunned and admired for a while.

So the principal gave the students some time to look around and called everyone together.

“If you’re done with the tour of the training grounds, let’s start the entrance exam.”

It was finally the beginning of this game.

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“Are there any students who want to do it first?”

“···”

A silence lingers in the crowd.

It seems that no one has the courage to take the test first in this place where there are many people meeting for the first time.

Me too.

“Do you have any? Unfortunately, I thought I’d give extra points to the first person to do it.”

And as soon as the principal finished speaking, the hands went up in an instant.

“Me!”

“I will do it.”

“I’ll try it!”

“···”

It’s not that these guys lack courage, they were just trying to imitate what others were doing.

Unlike me who didn’t expect this situation at all, the principal chose the students calmly as if he knew this would happen.

“Then…I’ll call out any of those who raised their hands? ······Magnus Firewall students?”

“Yes!”

An impressive man with reddish-orange hair gave a strong reply and ran out in front of the principal.

“The test is simple, just use the magic you’re most confident with on the glass marbles in front of you.”

Looking at the place the headmaster pointed to, there was a mysteriously colored marble that was actually a little bigger than a human fist.

A very weak-looking marble.

‘······Looks like it’ll break if you hit it?’

It looked like it would break easily no matter how you look at it, but fortunately, as if I wasn’t the only one with this question, there was a good friend who asked instead of me.

“Um… Principal?”

“Are you saying that the marble might break? Don’t worry, that marble has never broken in the hundreds of years of taking entrance exams.”

That bead has never been broken.

Is that bead a crystal of magical power, or are all the seniors who just took the entrance exam weaker than I thought?

It was not possible to confirm the authenticity, but it was something she would soon know when she experienced it herself.

“Now, Magnus? You can use the most confident magic.”

“Then write it?”

A male student named Magnus still had an expression that he couldn’t believe that the bead would withstand his magic, but that didn’t mean he couldn’t stop taking the entrance exam, so he chanted magic.

“Fireball.”

‘Is it Fireball? It’s an acceptable choice.’

From the name, I expected it to use fire-related magic.

It’s a Circle 1 magic, but you’ve probably used it countless times in your life as a fire mage, so you must have chosen it with confidence.

Kuguawang-

“Great?”

“That’s right, I ignored it as a circle 1 magic, but it was more powerful than I thought.”

Even if it’s a 1st circle magic, it’s only natural that it’s more powerful than most 2nd circle magic since you have the proficiency you’ve been using so far.

Of course, I don’t know if that student named Magnus is from the 2nd circle.

“So what are the results?”

“I don’t know, I can’t see it because of the smoke.”

When the fireball, which was more powerful than expected, exploded, the state of the marble was invisible due to the smoke unique to fire magic.

After a while, the smoke cleared, and the students couldn’t help but be surprised.

“What? You sure didn’t hit it?”

“That’s right, I’m sure it was right. I saw it with my own eyes.”

“But that…”

Because there was not a single scratch on the exposed marbles.

I was quite surprised too.

Before he awakened his unique magical power, he was at an age where he used fire magic, so he knew how powerful the fireball he had just used was.

‘Sorry for ignoring seniors whose names I don’t know.’

I felt apologetic to the seniors who had cursed at me without thinking.

“Uh…”

The student named Magnus seemed a little out of his mind.

It was also difficult for the people who watched it to endure the mental breakdown, but how can the person concerned be shocked?

“Don’t worry, Magnus. This is normal.”

On the contrary, the magic was more powerful than he thought, and this principal was a bit surprised. Despite the headmaster’s words, it didn’t seem easy for Magnus to recover his broken mentality.

“Next student?”

Since then, similar scenes have been produced as they were.

“Windcutter!”

“Lightning bolt.”

“Aqua Ball!”

The students each used magic of various attributes, but the beads were not even scratched in successive shocks.

“Unbelievable…”

“How did this happen…”

Just like Magnus, all the students who took the test seemed quite shocked.

It’s only natural that the magic he’s been studying and training with pride won’t be able to use any power.

“Adele Listonia student?”

“·······Yes.”

The students’ turn gradually passed, and it was Adele’s turn.

Sug-

I wanted to chant magic in front of marbles like that, but suddenly, her pretty face turned and looked at me.

What is it? What is the intention

Are you asking me to cheer you on?

“······ Fighting?”

“···!”

Fortunately, it must have been the correct answer, and Adele quickly took her eyes off me and focused on the marble.

“Oh, they seem to be very close.”

“That’s right, it’s different from the rumors.”

“Something romantic…”

Students around me said things like that without knowing what was going on inside me, but my insides were just burning.

‘I think I said before that I didn’t need to act this far.’

If rumors spread that I’m close to you, my goal of living a normal life would go awry…

I’m not going to listen to anything I say.

I felt sad that something was being ignored.

Whether or not she knew I was thinking this, Adele was just focusing on the test in front of her eyes.

“Come out, Undine.”

“Did you call, master?”

The sudden appearance of Adele’s spirit caused a commotion in the surroundings.

“That’s… Unique magic.”

“It’s cute…”

“It’s a spirit… It’s like an Adele student with inherent magic.”

It was not only the students who were surprised, but also the principal. After the exams started, the principal, who had only been consoling the disappointed students until now, began to say something else for the first time.

“Undine, water strike.”

“Okay, Master!”

A large column of water exploded towards the orb, and the power of the magic was so strong that water splashed on people who were far away.

“Wow, look at that!

Perhaps that the magic was so powerful, there were small scratches on the marbles, which until now had not left even a speck, let alone a scratch.

“You’re the first of the freshmen to scratch, congratulations, Listonian.”

“Thank you.”

She was even praised by the headmaster, a 6th circle wizard, but she didn’t seem to be very impressed with Adele.

Of course, it was enough to make the other students and me who watched it feel deeply skeptical.

‘Is this the main character?’

You are fundamentally different from an extra like me.

“What’s next… Ryan Kindred?”

Even the next turn was me.

I couldn’t help but say that this couldn’t be compared.

“That famous…”

“Is that the guy?”

With whispering, which has now become almost a passive skill, I struggled to stand in front of the orb, forcibly moving my feet that would not fall off.

‘Should I try using fire magic?’

I have awakened my own magic, but it’s the magic I’m most familiar with, so I wonder if it could be used.

“Fire Arrow?”

I didn’t think it would work, so I chanted it quietly, but it really didn’t work.

What should I do?

I couldn’t think of any way to get through this situation.

I didn’t use the magic I was told to use and just stood there, the principal asked in a puzzled way.

“Student Kindred? Don’t you use magic?”

“······Wait a minute.”

And even the gossips that would make me sad if I couldn’t hear them anymore.

“What? What are you doing?”

“You don’t know how to use magic, do you?”

“Oh, no way.”

That is the correct answer.

‘How do I do it?’

I couldn’t drag it all day like this, so I had to come up with a way.

Magic, fire magic, magic, fire… Magic? Fire magic?

‘Wait, the magic of fire?’

At that time, I had an idea.

If it can absorb a person’s illness, wouldn’t it be possible to absorb not only illness but also mana?

At the same time as I thought of that, I used my own magic power towards Magnus sitting in front of me.

“······Absorption.”

At the same time, I can feel the hot magic coming into my body.

It was so hot it was hard to stand upright.

When my head was spinning due to the magic I felt, I used magic without even realizing it.

“Inferno.”

The flames covering the surroundings with him.

The shimmering flames grew as if they were going to devour the entire training ground.

Crying-

And the fishy smell of blood gushing out of my mouth and stinging my nose.

Without being able to check the state of the orb, I collapsed with hemoptysis.

“······An? Lee···ㅇ.”

I felt like someone was calling me anxiously, but I couldn’t confirm who it was with my closed eyes.