God's Slave: Reincarnated Into an Academy of Heavenly Descendants

Chapter 160: The Ranking Requirements

The words from Azathoth weren't useless. Nolan could visibly sense that the majority of students had their formerly intense beating and fearful hearts lowering a little.

The words had seemingly slapped them back to reality.

Failing the Ascendant test truly wasn't the end. It was still possible to be successful.

There have been five Celestial ones who went through failure and became something great.

In the end, whether they became something noteworthy or not was still up to them, not some Ascendant test.

That was an absolute truth.

Often, those who ended up passing were just like how the Ascendants had explained—like animal cubs released into a jungle.

The chances of death had only increased even more.

Who knew how many Newcomers would lose their lives in the Ascendant hierarchy a few weeks from now?

Who knew who might drop out, and how many would have their lives changed forever?

So, was passing really ascending to the highest heaven in a single steps like every one of them thought it was?

Perhaps they had overrated things a bit.

But still, it would be good if they could all pass the test and move to the Ascendant class.

Yet, if they didn't, that was fine too. At least it wasn't the end of it all.

With such a thought in their heads, their hot bodies calmed down, and instead, they seemingly calmly waited for their judgment.

"Before the names of those who have passed are read out, I want you all to understand how the scores have been calculated," the Ascendant announced.

"Just like you all know, you took a total of three tests, and each of these tests is marked to a maximum of 100 points, except for very few cases which I doubt any of you would have met."

"Still, it is safe to say every test has a maximum mark of 100, and since you all have taken a total of three tests, that means the total points are 300."

"To pass the Ascendants test, you must have at least 50 in every single one of the tests."

"And after going through the entire three tests, you must have at least 150 out of 300 points."

"This is the minimum requirement to be admitted into the Ascendants class."

"If you're below this by just a single more point, it is an automatic failure..." The Ascendant called out in an emotionless voice.

Some of the students had their eyebrows furrowed.

[You passed!]

The system said to Nolan, who slumped back on the seat and exhaled loudly.

Of course, he knew well he had passed.

In the first test, Nolan had scored 125, and in the second test, he had scored 90 or 91.

Those two tests were already more than the minimum threshold required, so he had passed already, no matter what the score of the last test was.

"Also, it is important to note that some of you won't be able to see your names on this scroll, irrespective of whether you performed well or not..."

The Ascendant suddenly said, as Nolan silently opened up his eyes and sat up along with the remaining students.

"According to what you all have been told, there are a total of three tests which will span for three days."

"This ought to have been mentioned by your teachers, and was also mentioned by me too, on the first day, isn't that right?" The Ascendant called out, and they all nodded.

"So when the academy had decided this test would spread to three days, then why did some of you only appear once and didn't come the remaining two days?Or come for two days and didn't come for the last day?"

The Ascendant asked, shaking his head melancholily.

"For those of you who have failed to attend one of the three phases of the test, your name won't appear on this list, and that is an automatic failure."

"The basic requirement to be in the ranking is to be present throughout the entire duration of the tests."

"The academy will accept no reasons whatsoever from any student for their refusal to show up in any phase of the test and thereby being given an automatic failure!"

The Ascendant called out, his voice hard and filled with no mercy at all, and truly Nolan's acute observation noticed the crowd where some students clenched their fists tightly.

It was easy to note that they're the ones being addressed.

'But why would anyone show up one day and not the other though?' Nolan thought to himself.

It had not crossed his mind, not even once at all, to not show up on a day.

Even though Nolan knew well he had passed the first two tests perfectly, he still showed up for the last test even when he knew he sucked in it.

It had not been a reason for him to not attend the last one, and it seemed such a thinking process had saved his life.

Assuming he had thought because he had passed the two tests, he shouldn't show up for the last, he could have been screwed right now.

"Now for those of you who have been able to attend the test, you will now be shown your score."

"All you need to do is find your name, and if you reach the 150 mark or above, you would be considered to have passed."

"Your name would be in green also."

"And if it is below 150, then your name would be in red, which denotes your failure..." He called out, and in the next instant, he threw up the scroll in his hands.

Instantly, light cascaded through the area as the tiny scroll rapidly grew until it became a huge holographic display where names slowly appeared one by one.

It started from the lowest mark, which was a simple 10/300, and slowly, it began going up more and more...

What followed was absolute silence as Nolan's jaw slowly dropped to the ground at the devastating marks.

Right now even though about 20 minutes has passed, all Nolan saw were names...in red!