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Chapter 17: Chapter 15: The Fairy Tail Entrance Examination: Magic Power
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I smile wide as I see all the groups making their ways to the training hall after their own objectives were complete. I am really shocked that Spike was able to unlock a new form of Dragon Slayer Magic like that. I just gave him the info about those wizards to see if he could copy their fighting techniques. Of course after I learned that these two beside me were poachers and kidnappers, I grabbed then and wrapped them up in some Dark Bindings, so they won’t be going anywhere till the test is done.
I watched as Sonbā and his group all took their own seats on the edge of the gorge, confused at the lack of bridge, before meeting up with Spike and his group. I took that rickety rope bridge down earlier with a plan of making a new one. After that, I double checked the lacrima screens and saw Trace and his group fighting some Cragodiles and Luna and her group talking with Steven. I really like that guy.
I close my screens as most of the groups begin to head to the training hall. I make sure these two scumbags are nice and tied up with my darkness as well as put into a deep sleep before locking the doors to the guild and focusing on the entrance to the training hall.
“Direct Line!” In the next instant, I was standing outside the entrance to the training hall. I could clearly see some of the soon-to-be members all just hanging out and resting on the other side of the gorge. I quickly checked my Archive screens again and saw that a few were on their way here, but there was still a few that were waiting. I am going to have to talk to Trace later about how to control his dark magic.
I go into the gym and make one last check over for the next past of the test, making sure the modified MPF is ready, along with the training dummies I set up. Once I was sure that everything was ready, I left the hall and stood across from where everyone was waiting. I checked my Archive to connect to a nearby lacrima to hear them.
“So you were the one who roared earlier Spike? Damn! That was sick!” Rainbow praises, slapping the drake on the back, resulting in a shout of pain.
“You ok Spike?” Shining asks in worry.
“Maybe, hold on a sec.” Spike quickly takes off his vest and shirt, everypony next to him gasping. “Let me guess, my wings?”
“Holy crap! Looks like your wings are sprouting out little dude.” Nate says with a grin. I quickly change screens and see that Spike’s wings have indeed broken his skin and scales and look set to begin growing.
“Alright! A little bit longer and I’ll be flying!” Spike says in excitement, putting his vest on. I saw him looking at his shirt and seeing some scorch marks on the back where his wings are. He just sighs and wraps the shirt around his waist.
I laugh a little at his excitement, before checking the lacrima screens and see we are just waiting on Trace and his group. I smile and relax against the door for a few minutes, watching the others interact with one another. I saw Rainbow and Rarity sending glances Trixie’s way, but she tries to ignore them as she talks to Twilight.
“Again I am so sorry Trixie! I knew you were just doing your job as an entertainer and magician and I should have stopped my friends before it got out of hand.”
“Twilight I told you, its fine. I shouldn’t have sounded so egotistical and confrontational about it. If I wasn’t then there wouldn’t have been a problem.”
“Still....”
“Nope! That’s enough Twilight. Besides, spending some time working on a rock farm gives somepony time to think, ya know.”
“Yeah....so....friends?” I had to strain to hear Twi ask that, Trixie looking stunned.
“Um, sure?”
“Yay! That means I can throw a ‘Welcome back to Ponyville party!’ for you!” Pinkie shouts from behind them, causing Trixie to yelp and teleport into Twilights arms. Heh, never thought I’d see anyone emulate Scooby-doo.
After that embarrassing moment, Trace and his group finally arrive with the others, so it is time for the next part of the test. I focus on my Wind magic and fly over the gorge, gaining everyone’s attention as they see me.
“Hello again everyone, and well done for the first part of the examination. Now for the second part, if you all would come to the ‘castle’.” I say with a slight grin.
“How? There is no bridge!” I hear Star Burst yell. I just grin and fly over to their side before motioning Sonbā over.
“Alright, like we practiced.” I tell him, earning a nod from the unicorn and a few raised brows from the others. “Alright, everyone stand back please.”
Once everyone is a few feet back, Sonbā and I walk to the edge of the gorge and get into our stances. We both focus on our magic, prepping for the next part. After about twenty seconds, we’re ready.
“Crystal Make Drawbridge!” We both slam our hands on the ground before us, crystals beginning to grow rapidly and form an intricate bridge, reaching the other side of the gorge. While I focus on making the crystal mechanisms for the bridge, Sonbā is making the design and archways. It took about two minutes, but once it is done, we are left with a beautiful drawbridge like those in London, England, being able to be drawn up in half from both sides. The bridge itself was a great combo of purple and royal blue crystals, giving it a nice, calming feel.
Once we are sure it is done, the two of us turn back to the others behind us, being met with several jaws on the ground, even Manny. We both try to resist, but eventually Sonbā and I can’t hold it and end up laughing out loud at the groups expressions.
“Oh, oh my gods! Your faces!” I manages to squeak out while on my back, not even caring if I am wearing a skirt, and it seems some of the boys don’t mind either. Once I finally manage to get back to my feet, the last remnants of my laughing fit dying out, I take a deep breath and wipe my eyes.
“A-alright, now that that’s done, let’s go!” I say, before taking the lead and walking across the bridge closely followed by the others. Once we reach the halfway point though, I stop and turn to the others. “Alright, past this point, you will see why I wanted all of us to meet up at the castle.”
I can see the confused looks on most of the creatures, but I just grin and walk backwards, past the enchantment and disappear to the others. I can see the others looking around in confusion, before Sonbā, Twilight and Echo come through. The others seem to get what’s going on and pass the threshold, all of their eyes widening once they see the training hall.
Luckily they all withhold their questions till everyone is across the bridge. Once that is so, I turn to them and spread my arms wide with a smile.
“Welcome everyone, to the official Fairy Tail Training Hall and Gym!” I announce, everyone but those who know about it all going slackjawed.
“T-training hall?” Luna questions. I look to her with a slightly sheepish expression.
“Sorry I didn’t tell you princess, but we needed a place for the wizards to practice their magic and train their bodies without worry of collateral damage to any populated areas. Sonbā, Spike, Twilight, Echo, Emerald and I had spent the past few months rebuilding and repurposing your old castle for that reason.” I explain, Luna looking intrigued and not angered surprisingly enough.
“That....is....AWESOME!” Rainbow yells, jumping into the air, the others all coming to their own agreements at her statement.
“If you think the entrance looks good, wait until you see the insides.” Spike says with a grin, opening the doors for all of us. The large crowd enters the building with me in the lead, leading them to the magic range. I could see the wonder in everyone’s eyes as they look around the main workout area, seeing all the exercise equipment and stuff.
After a minute we arrive at the wooden magic range, where the MPF is floating to the right, everyone sending their own curious glances to the large device.
“This is where we will be conducting the next test. This test with record your potential magical output, which will determine your standings.” I explain as everyone enters the room. I light up my hand and levitate the MPF over.
“This is the Magic Power Finder, or MPF for short. How it normally works is you hit it with a spell, and the MPF would quantify it into a numerical value of 1 to 9,999. However, I have modified it a little. Since only unicorns and Alicorn can cast spells right now, the MPF will work by first taking a scan of you before you attack a target. It will then scan you during and after the attack, thus determining the magical energy you used. I also increased the amount of magical energy it can quantify, up to 100,000, just incase someone surpasses the original threshold.” I pause and look over the group as a couple hands go up. I point to Scootaloo.
“Ok, what do you mean when you say attack?” She asks.
“It’s simple really. For this test, all you need to do it strike that wooden target with everything you have, and your score will be recorded. For a frame of reference, most wizards in Fiore that can use spells, get a score of anywhere between 100 and 200. So don’t disappointed if your score seems low, especially since, again, only unicorns and Alicorn have spells right now. That will change later. Any other questions?” A couple hands go up. I point to Zen.
“So, we can do any attack?” He questions.
“That’s right. You could kick the dummy, strike it during a flyby or blast it with magic. Any use of your body will have at least a little magic behind it.” I answer. The group all nod to themselves, seeming excited yet nervous.
“Alright, any volunteers to go first?” Unsurprisingly, no hands went up, everyone looking to one another, even Luna. I gain an evil smirk on my face as I hand Echo a scroll and quill and ask her to record the results.
“Alright, if nopony is going to volunteer, I guess I’ll just have to choose who goes first.” I can see many look nervous at my grin and begin to sweat. I raise my right hand and point, going over the crowd before me, contempalting. “So the first one to go through this will be....” I point to the last person any of them expect, myself. “Me.”
“Wait, you’re doing this too Lex?” Echo questions.
“Of course. I have no idea how strong I really am, plus this way any enemies we make know not to mess with us.” I say with a grin, tightening my tie. Everyone take a step back and Shining, Sonbā, Cadence and Luna raise a shield over the others.
‘Let’s see, what should I use?’ I think to myself as the MPF scans me. ‘I want something super powerful, but defiantly not one of my grand or forbidden spells. Hmm....I could try that move.’
After some self deliberation, I decided to use one of the few spells I have managed to develop myself. Raising my hands, and cupping them around the air before me I focus on my magic, as well as the natural magic in the air. After about a minute, the magic becomes visible, swirling into a transparent, light blue orb in between my hands. I can’t stop the almost manic smile on my face as the orb finally stabilizes.
I made a freaking Rasengan out of magic!
‘Step one down. Now to add some wind.’ Once the orb stabilizes, I raise it above my head and focus on my Wind magic, the orb growing big enough to cover me as four white blades of wind begin to spin around the orb quickly. I smile wider as a full minute passes and the attack is finally ready.
“Here goes! Mana Rasenshuriken!” I yell before throwing the orb of magic towards the target. As soon as the orb hits the target, there is a veritable explosion of wind and magic, a dome of razor sharp wind ensnaring the wooden dummy, the wind rushing past me, to the point I have to use some Gravity magic to keep me in the same spot. I glance to the crowd behind me and see several dropped jaws and two straining Alicorns and unicorns keeping the shield up.
After about fifteen seconds, the wind dies down and the orb around the dummy begins to disperse. I grin as all that is left are a few tiny splinters and some ripped up stone. I turn to the crowd and do a small curtsy with a smug grin on my face. Everyone is still in stunned silence before we hear some beeping, all eyes turning to the MPF and now my own jaw joining the ranks of the shocked.
My magic score.....its 13,783! What the hell?!? That is stronger than Iron Rock Jura and possibly Cana when she used Fairy Glitter! And that was just from a spell I developed just to see if I could make one!
I am not sure how long all of us were standing there for, in completely stunned silence before someone finally managed to say something.
“HOLY BUCK!” RD all but screams.
“Rainbow Dash!” Rarity, AJ and Twilight scold, covering the CMC’s ears. Despite the pegasus less than great word choice, it did manage to snap all of us out of our respective stunned states.
“Ahem, well then. That was defiantly more than I was expecting.” I mutter, glancing to Echo who nods and writes down my score on the scroll I gave her. “So, any volunteers for going next?”
“Um Lex, I think you should go get a new target dummy first.” RD says, pointing to the destroyed area from my spell.
“No need, hold on a sec.” I switch to one of my Lost Magic’s and raise my hand, an off white spell matrix appearing, and if any were to look at my eyes, they would see a red clock beginning to rapidly spin backwards.
“Arc of Time, Restore.” Almost like someone hit rewind on an old VHS, the area begins to go back in time to before I used the Rasenshuriken within a couple of real time seconds. Once done, I smile as the stone floor and the wooden dummy look good as new.
“Whoa, what was that?” I hear Trixie ask.
“That was one of my Lost Magic’s called the Arc of Time. It is incredibly difficult to master and control, but once you have a firm grasp on it, you would be surprised what you could do.” I answer, stretching and taking the list from Echo. “So, who’s next?”
“Dibs!” I turn to Scootaloo who walks up with a confident smile.
“Alright Scoots, go for it.” I say, watching as the MPF scans her before she walks up to the dummy. Once she is a dozen feet away, she gets a running start before tackling the dummy, causing it to shake. The MPF scans her again before showing her score of 28.
I could see how disappointed Scootaloo was at her score, and hear some slight chuckles so I walk up and pat her head.
“Nice job Scoots, that is actually a good score for someone your age, especially without the use of any magic spells.” I say, clapping a bit, the others soon joining in and applauding the young pegasus. She walks back to her friends with a small smile directed at me. “Next!”
“My turn!” I hear RD, who has the same face that Scootaloo had on. I nod to her and watch as RD zooms high in the air, higher than I could track before I could hear her plummeting. I watch as her blue speck picks up more and more speed before I sense a surge in magic and see something incredible. The descriptions by the girls don’t do it justice. Rainbow’s crowning achievement.
RD just pulled off a Sonic Rainboom.
I watch as Rainbow zooms down then does a perfect nintey degree turn to be parallel with the ground, and zooming past, landing a faster than sound punch to the dummies head. The thing is shattered from the force and RD flies back around, slowing down her momentum, before landing next to the MPF. The crowd behind us applaud the rainbow maned pegasus as the MPF scans her and then shows her score of....135?
“What.” Rainbow says. I am also confused, I expected something that awesome to have a larger score. I scratch my head and do a quick magic diagnostic on the MPF, finding it is still working hundred percent.
“Huh, guess that wasn’t that much of a magic surge as I thought. Though, it is recording the pony themselves, so I guess RD doesn’t have that much magic to begin with as a pegasus.” I mutter as RD goes back to the group.
“If that is the score for a Sonic Rainboom....” Twilight trails off, looking at me with an air of caution as I fix the dummy from Rainbows attack.
“Alrighty then. How about we continue. Bladed Wind?” I call out, the guard in question walking up and taking out two swords. He flies up and slashed at the dummy during a flyby like I suggested. The MPF scanned him and showed....151?
“Ok what?” I hear Rainbow question. I just shrug to her, the pegasus mare shaking her head and throwing up her hands in defeat.
“Well, he is older than RD by about a decade, so there is that.” I mutter as AJ walks up. The farmer quickly runs up to the dummy and jumps, landing a hard dropkick to the wooden target, resulting in her score of 134. She has a proud grin on her face as she walks back to the others, nudging RD with smirk.
After her was, oddly enough, Rarity, who lit up her horn and sent a relatively strong kinetic blast at the target, leaving a scorch mark on the dummies chest. Her score was a rather low 72. We all still clapped for the fashionista. Makes sense she wouldn’t be too powerful since she mostly just makes dresses and the like.
After Rarity was Pinkie, I guess. I honestly have no idea what she did. One minute she is next to Trixie and I am looking at the list, and the next there is a blast of confetti and Pinkie is walking out from behind the dummy, which is covered in cake, with a score of 93. I looked to the others, who are all looking either at Pinkie herself, or the spot she was at mere seconds ago in confusion.
‘It’s Pinkie being Pinkie, don’t question.’ I repeat to myself while trying to get my bearings.
As soon as everyone shook their heads, Zen walked up to the plate. He gets scanned before walking up to the dummy and getting into some kind of martial arts stance. After a second he slams his palm on the center of the dummy with enough force to leave a large dent in it. His score came up as 115. Not bad.
After Zen was Nate, who did a simple roundhouse kick, resulting in his score of 95.
After him were three of the employees, Spark first, who blasted the target with a slightly stronger magic blast than Rarity, his score being 105. Then was Silk Song, who ran up and gave an inexperienced kick, earning a score of 73. And finally was Swift Service, who, unexpectedly, stayed on the ground and did some kind of spinning elbow strike to the dummy, resulting in her score of 98.
Next was somepony, or rather somedrake I was excited to see, Spike. He stood about a dozen feet away from the target before taking out some emeralds and chowing down quickly, much to the confusion of the others. I could sense his magic power increase as he ate, so once he was done, I wasn’t surprised when there was a magic surge coming from him. I could see his grin as he takes a deep breath, Shining throwing up a shield almost immediately.
“Emerald Dragon ROOOOAAAAR!” He releases his breath attack, the spell kicking up quite a bit of dirt and utterly destroying the dummy. I could see several dropped jaws from the gathered creatures behind us, and can’t stop my own grin. Spike goes to a knee and take a few deep breaths as his spell is finished, the MPF taking its scan of him and showing his score.
Spike’s score was an impressive 562! There was a stunned silence before I break it with an applause, the others joining in and cheering for the drake.
“Alright Spike! Nice job.” I say to him, helping the drake back to his feet. He gives me a grateful smile before head back to the others, earning quite a few pats on the back, and I swear I saw an eye flutter from Rarity, but Spike didn’t seem to notice. “Well, looks like you guys have quite the score to beat.” I could see some of the others grin and seem to take that as a challenge.
“Me next!” I look to the bat pony mare that stepped up, Sergent Azure Skies I think Luna referred to her as. She flew a few feet into the air and zoomed forwards, before slashing the dummy with a pair of clawed gauntlets, almost like a lion or tiger, earning a score of 129. After her was the last guard, Star Burst, who took out a bow and arrow, before covering the arrowhead in his magic aura and firing. The arrow went straight through the dummy and imbedded itself in the wall on the far side of the magic range. His score was a respectable 154.
“Um, can I go next please?” I barely hear Fluttershy as she requests this. I nod to her and the others encourage the shy pegasus as she flutters over to the dummy. I am not really sure what I was expecting, but Fluttershy flying up and lightly tapping the target was not it. There was a slightly stunned silence as the MPF scans the pegasus and shows the lowest score of 5. I didn’t dwell on it and clapped for the shy mare, the others joining in and encouraging her.
“Me next please!” I look to Sweetie who walks up and lights her horn, sending a small beam of pale green magic towards the target, earning her score of 18. I honestly thought she’d get more since she is a unicorn, but whatever.
“Guess ahm next.” I hear Applebloom says before she went through her turn, giving the dummy a hard buck for somepony her age, her score being 25. I could see Scootaloo with a slightly smug grin on her face at scoring more than either of her friends.
Now that the CMC are done, the next one was Raine, who walked up and unsheathed her claws, slashing the dummy a couple times, earning her score of 89, not bad.
Next was somepony I was kinda hoping for a high score, Twilight. The purple unicorn stood about a dozen feet from the dummy and began to charge her magic, a small orb appearing at the end of her horn, before slowly growing in size. After about thirty seconds, she released the magic orb, now the size of my torso, at the dummy, turning it into splinters. The MPF scanned Twilight and showed her score.
The Element of Magic just set the new high score aside from me at 601. The responce was immediate cheers from the crowd, her friends and family being the loudest, much to her embarrassment. I smile and nod to her in congratulation.
After her was Trixie, who looked very nervous. I could see some of the others, Rainbow and Rarity in particular, sending her wayward glances. I tap my head and focus on my Telepathy.
’Calm down Trixie. Imagine they’re not there. Just do what you can.’ the mare looks to me nervously, but I just nod with a smile, Trixie taking a deep breath and nodding to herself before lighting her horn. She seemed to be doing the same spell as Twilight, but her orb was only about the size of my chest as opposed to Twi’s that was the size of my whole torso. Nevertheless, Trixie blasted the dummy with the same results as Twilight, the dummy turning to splinters.
It looks like Trixie is far stronger than she seems, her score being a very respectful 505 points. I could hear the stunned silence by the others, that was broken, not by me, but by Twilight running up and hugging Trixie and congratulating her for the score. I can barely stop my smirk as I see Trixie blushing from the praise, and probably the fact her chest is being squished against Twi’s own.
Once Twi let her go and the two mare walked back to the group, some of whom were looking at the two of them with raised brows, Trace walked up and lit his own horn. I could sense him holding back his darkness, rather well I might add, before sending three seperate beams of magic towards the dummy.
I am not sure why I was surprised, but I was when the beams went clean through the dummy and showed his score of 371. I guess there was a reason he was selected for that sacrificial ceremony, as opposed to somepony else. The way he was able to hold back his dark magic with amnesia was rather impressive.
After Trace went back to the others, the last four none ponies walked up, Flora going first with some rapid slashes while sounding like a tiger kitten. Her score was a decent 132.
After her was Gilda, who flew up a few feet before dive bombing the target with an eagles screech, slashing its head off. I could see Fluttershy and the fillies hide behind the others after her attempt, Gilda glancing to them and sighing. I guess she is the reason Flutters is so weary of griffons. Nevertheless, her score was a decent 120.
Next was a bit of a wild card, Zecora. I was honestly curious what she was going to do, since I haven’t talked with the zebra much since I arrived here. I was not sure what to expect from a potion making zebra that lives alone in the Everfree forest. I watched with intrigue as Zecora slowly walks to the target, whispering what could be a prayer in her native tongue. I watch with awe as some kind of dark green, almost black mist actually begins to accumulate around Zecora’s hands, the others being completely dumbfounded.
I focus on my ‘Magisight’ as I call it, and see that whatever prayer she is saying, is focusing the natural magic of the forest itself around her hands, and not the magic naturally present in the air.
‘Woah. Whatever she is doing, it has a strong connection with nature. That could be helpful for later.’ I think to myself. I continue to watch as Zecora seems to finish her prayer and lands a hard punch to the dummy, her magic covered fist actually going straight through the dummies chest area. I can see the surprised looks on the others, which just grows as they see her score of 202.
“Alright Zecora. That was sick.” I compliment, the zebra bowing with a smile as she returns to the other, almost immediately being bombarded by questions from the CMC. I can see her gentle smile as she begins to explain in her own way that her people are more naturally in tune with the magic of nature than even earth ponies.
I smile as I see the last of the none ponies step up. Or should I say float up. Echo made sure her small outfit was on right before flying up and covering herself in her magic energy. Once she is, she zooms towards the dummy with a hard headbutt.
‘Max speed attack!’ I think to myself with a slight laugh, Echo flying over to me without any sign of injury from the attack, her score of 50, while low, was pretty good for a flying cat. She smiles wide as she floats above me and retracts her wing, sitting on my head without a care in the world. I just roll my eyes and smile up to her.
I look to the remaining members-to-be and smile. The last five were sure to get high scores just from what I know of them. The first one up was Emerald Blizzard. I was curious what the crystal stallion would do, considering he was a politician and financial director, not really a fighter. At least, that was what I thought.
I watch in awe as he runs and jumps towards the dummy, sending to the ground and shattering it with a knee bomb to the chest area. I am stunned stupid, how the hell does Emerald know Muay Thai?! I look with wide eyes as his score comes up as a stunning 425. That was just from a physical attack!
I can see the others giving the stallion a large berth out of respect as I repair the dummy, Echo flying over and sitting on his head as Sonbā pats his uncles shoulder with a smile. I quickly shake my head and record his score before fixing the dummy yet again. I was starting to get tired from constantly rewinding time on the damn thing.
I look to the others and watch as Shining walks up, unsheathing his sword before covering it with his magic aura. The blade seems to glow and looks like it turns to hardened magic rather than the steel it is. The stallion rushes forwards and slashed the dummy so quickly it was in pieces before it even hit the ground. While it seemed like that was it, I could feel a burst of magic blow past me as the pieces turn into even smaller pieces whilst on the ground, Shining sheathing his sword.
I watch as the MPF scans him again, showing his magical score. It was a stupefying 1,119! That’s nearly twice as strong as Twilight! It was at that moment I remembered that Shining was the captain of the royal guard for a reason. The prince received a large round of applause from the crowd next to us and a crushing hug from his sister.
I smirk as Cadence gives him a quick peck on the cheek before stepping up to the plate herself. I was curious what the princess of love would do for an attack, since she is clearly a decent swordswoman and, obviously, an Alicorn.
I watch with excitement as Cadence lights up her horn, some kind of pink and blue energy being channeled on the tip of her horn, like Twilight and Trixie’s spells, but I could sense that it was somehow different. While Trixie and Twilight used both their own magic as well as the magic in the air, Cadence is using something else, some other source. I check my magisight and see that the source is, somehow unsurprisingly, her heart.
‘Wow, she is literally using her own love for an attack. Must have learned to do that after the changeling invasion.’ I think to myself as the orb changes shape into that of a heart, before breaking in two, the two beams being sent to the dummy with Cadence shouting, “Heart Breaker!” I saw the magic energy enter the dummy, before literally tearing it apart from the inside out. Visious.
The MPF scans her and shows why Cadence was able to ascend into an Alicorn. Her score was even higher than Shining at 1,529! I see everyone’s dropped jaws, minus Luna and Shining, at Cadences attack, the mare herself having a proud yet innocent smile on her face as she walks back to her husband, Shining have a large grin on his face. I have a sneaking suspicion that Cadence is the one on top most of the time.
I shake my head to get it out of that area and record Cadences score before looking to the last two participants. Sonbā and Luna. I was curious what the two ex-villains scores would be. I smile towards the stallion, who nods to me and waits as the MPF scans him. I could tell the others were curious as well, probably because they saw him use his Crystal Maker magic outside. He takes a step, standing a dozen or so feet away from the target, before getting into his stance and focusing. After a couple seconds he is ready.
“Crystal Make Lance!” He launches about a dozen lances made of purple crystal at the dummy, impaling it several time and pinning it to the back wall. While simple, it showed how powerful his new magic was in combat. I smile to him as the MPF scans him again before showing his score. All jaws present once again meet the floor as Sonbā’s score is shown.
Sonbāsuta just broke the record again as his score is an incredable 2,247! I grin at him as I knew he was holding back a bit, since he had a few Maker spells that were much stronger than Lance. Plus he regained some of his lost magical power from a thousand years ago, though it was only a fragment. Either way, I applaud for the crystal stallion and pat his back, the others coming out of their stunned states and applauding as well.
Now, last but not least, Princess Luna of the moon. I watch with baited breath as the mare walks up to the plate, scythe in hand, and focuses her own magic on her blade, much like Shining. The blade of the weapon seems to glow before turning from the metal grey to pitch black with white sparkles, just like Luna’s mane.
I could sense that Luna was putting quite a bit of power into her weapon, yet she looked completely calm and collected, no sign of strain at all. I know that she was strong since she moves the moon and helps ponies with their nightmares, so that wasn’t too surprising. Once her horn goes out, her blade seems to absorb the light around it before Luna raises it above her head.
“Abyss Divider!” With that, the magic is released into a slashing beam that tore up the ground before striking the target, and like many attacks I have seen in anime, the beam seems to begin to slash at the dummy from every angle to the point that one second it looks fine before beginning to crack and then explode into tiny pieces. I reflexively raised a shield over all of us to stop the shrapnel from the dummy from hitting anyone. All that was left was the torn up cobblestone and bits of wood that was scattered around the area.
I can see the respect in the eyes of the soldier and other royals, Luna showing why she is one of the rulers of this land. I have to admit I wanted to learn a bit more about the mare myself since I was curious if I could learn her Dream magic. I just put that thought on the back burner for now and focused on the present as Luna gets scanned again before her score pops up.
I am starting to see a trend with royal ponies being ridiculously powerful. Once again, the record from the ponies has been broken with Luna’s absurd score of 2,936. And I could tell she was holding back by a ridiculous degree. Just the fact she can move a freaking celestial body should show just how strong she is, yet she uses a simple magic beam slash from a scythe.
I just nod with a knowing grin, Luna grinning back as she walks back to the group, earning a few bows and a hug from Cadence. I fix up the dummy one last time and write down Luna’s score before casting a spell with Archive to organize the scores from highest to lowest with their rank I decided earlier next to them.
“Well done everyone. I can safely say that many of you exceeded my expectations, especially since only a few of you know magic spells. Now if you would all follow me, we can return to the guild hall and finish everything up.” I say, taking the lead and leading the group towards the other teleporter.
‘So far so good. I have some members that can take on some of the higher ranking jobs as well as having a freaking Dragon Slayer in the guild already. I just hope everyone will be ready when it is time to learn their own magic.’