Primordial Expanse: I have the Strongest Talent!

"That's it for the talent assessment, though it's still surprising to me that you have two elemental talents…" The woman exclaimed, noting down his results for this one in her communicator.

Only she knew how this information would affect his overall score for the first year's ranking.

But Alex could already guess that he'd be pretty high from her shock at finding out he had two talents, and they were both elemental talents.

That was ignoring the fact that they were both rather low ranked, just the fact that they were element based was a huge advantage for him.

Take Mira's Golden Presence for example.

Though that was an A- rank talent, it didn't cater to any specific element and instead gave an overall boost to her strength, senses, etc.

While this sort of talent would be good in the lower ranks, from B rank onwards it wouldn't be as useful as her other talent, Call of the Void, disregarding the fact that talent was S rank…

'So the uni knows I have a C+ rank and an E rank talent, I wonder where that would put me among the other students. Though, I can probably guess how Mira's talent assessment is going right now…'

Meanwhile, while Alex was in thought, his assessor was trying to evaluate Alex's score for this assessment.

'Hmmm, I guess with two elemental talents he just barely qualifies for A tier potential. That settles it then!'

She typed in 'A- rank potential' on her communicator.

***

Speaking of Mira, she had just entered her own assessment centre and had already done her Soul Core rank assessment. Her assessor, also a woman, had a much more tame reaction to Mira's E+ rank result compared to Alex's D- rank.

After all, there were probably at least ten thousand other students of the same rank as her.

"The Talent assessment will be next. You can relax, we use Soul Contracts to ensure the utmost secrecy regarding this section…"

Mira's assessor repeated the same explanations Alex had gotten from his, mentioning the benefits of the Soul Contract, as well as the punishments for breaking it, giving Mira quite a shock that such a magical contract even existed!

She was just as shocked when the system panel appeared in the air to officiate the contract between Mira and the university.

However this look of shock was completely reverted and swapped with her assessor when Mira's Talent section of her details showed up next.

"What?"

At first, the assessor thought she was seeing things wrongly, but she was a B rank and a higher being…

There couldn't be anything wrong with her eyesight.

'Two talents, one A- rank, the other an S rank!'

She could feel herself fainting from the sheer emotions she was feeling in this moment. Though she was brought back to consciousness a few seconds later, as her willpower was still extraordinarily strong due to her high rank.

It was quite a feat to make a higher being faint — if others found out about it, Mira's status would miles up in everyone's mind.

"A-Ahem, your results are out… You clearly already know what talents you have, but you should know you have a very good chance of vying for the number one spot with enough training and experience… Oh right! When I say the number one spot, I mean on the overall rankings!"

Mira's face lit up when she heard the awestruck woman in front of her explain her situation.

She hadn't expected her potential to actually be so high, that given enough time she could actually reach the top spot in the whole university!

But that was something for future her to worry about, as right now she just had to focus on what was immediately ahead of her, the first year rankings!

She still had more assessments to worry about, and just like Alex, she wasn't confident in the more theoretical areas.

'S+ rank potential, Note: Extra attention should be given to this student, not only does she have an S rank talent, but it's of the space element.'

Mira's assessor typed in her results for this section as well, and moved on to the next section.

***

"Finally, we have the energy assessment. This section is the simplest and the shortest of the three."

Alex's assessor spoke to him with a much more benevolent smile on her face this time. It seemed she acted more favourably to the more talented students, which just reflected the 'Might is right' ideology of this society.

"This whole building acts as an energy suppressor, though it comes with the added bonus of being able to detect energy signatures and their rank too. This is what we use to measure your energy levels."

'So that's why I felt some kind of latent pressure pass over me when I entered this place!'

Alex hadn't paid much attention to it, but there was a faint suppression covering him the whole time he was here.

Though the feeling was faint, he had no doubt that it would strengthen if he tried to charge up an attack or anything like that.

"All you have to do is release the full might of your aura, and the building will automatically suppress it and register it within the university database, while producing accurate results about the level of your energy."

The woman spoke informatively to Alex, making him aware of the process so he would remain calm the whole time.

She may have relaxed her still, professional tone with him, but she was still very good at her job.

"Most awakened have an energy level matching that of their Soul core's rank, while the students here are the elite of the elite, so theirs might even exceed it by a rank or two. I suspect this may be the case with you."

'Hah, looks like you're going to be in for another shock then!' Alex thought internally as a small smile appeared on his face.

He already knew the level of his energy, but he wanted to see the reaction of the woman when she found out too.