The Extraordinary Ordinary - Chapter 14 Examination Details

“Well then class, now that we are on the move, let me go over what you should expect in the following examination”

The Extra’s Academy, a one of a kind academy that was built to produce the strongest Extras in order to fight against the potential danger of the gates that threaten the safety of the world, and also the number one target for any aspiring awakened and his road to possibly become the one of the strongest Extras in the country or even in the whole world

“As some of you may know, there are three important aspects that an Extra would have to be strong in”

Of course, due to the importance of the limited student quota in the Extra’s Academy and the huge amount of resources spent on these students, getting into the academy wasn’t an easy feat.

“The Physical aspect, the Exos ratings, and most importantly, the Awakened ability.”

As such, the Acceptance Examinations held, even the specially lowered requirement one, were all very detailed, taking into account all points that would make one a qualified Awakened that could rise to become a true Extra before long after he joins.

“The tests that you will be taking would be exactly testing these three aspects, at least that was the case for the last two years”

However, for a budding talent at the very start of his or her career as an aspiring awakened

“However, be aware that you don’t need to worry about not being excellent in all of these three aspects, the reason all three tests are conducted is so that one’s particular talent won’t be missed”
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The way Exos affected humans was very versatile from the very beginning, humans did improve overall, but they didn’t all improve in the same aspect

Just like how several men could go to gym and follow the same training routine, yet they still produce different results depending on their body type and food diet, Exos also gave different results

The majority of the humans had the same ability of ‘Exos Emission’, but due to their special body types, some would be deprived of Exos or only emit the lowest amount of it, but in return their bodily strength, the Physical aspect, was boosted in compensation.

“Every test will have its own Excellence mark, which you would need to receive at the very least if you want to qualify for the Extra’s Academy”

Thus, for those Physical aspect humans, one wouldn’t need to awaken a special ability to be considered an Awakened as they would count as one as well once they reached a certain threshold

“Reaching the Excellence mark in one test would mean that you have basically earned your future seat in the academy, which means that you wouldn’t have to worry about the other two tests as long as you don’t get too low of a mark in them”

The last type of variant awakened that would be usually considered talented enough even though they don’t reach a certain peak in one aspect, is the Balanced type.

“On the other hand, not all those who fail to reach the Excellence mark in all three tests would be considered as failures, in fact, there is also another hidden threshold that is named as the passing mark, which would also allow you to qualify if you manage to achieve it in all three tests!”

But at the very end…

“Last but not least, remember that”

What matters the most is

“The most important test of all, and the one that passing through would be the easiest is”

Supernatural Powers!

“Your Awakened ability!”

‘Indeed’ Chrome thought after listening to the teacher’s long speech

He had already got the gist that for the true Awakened who received supernatural abilities, their Awakened ability would be the number one gauge according to alter Chrome’s memories, and that was basically why he got the courage to join the examination

While Chrome knew that his ability’s current output and power wasn’t super powerful or even less than powerful to a certain extent, he bet it all on its high efficiency, which allowed to produce relatively high amounts of damage using a relatively low amount of Exos or energy points

Otherwise, with how low his current Exos rating was, it was unlikely for him to even get the passing mark for the ‘Exos Emission’ test even if he did reach the passing threshold for the ‘Physical Aspect’ test.

“If your Awakened ability is strong enough in its own field or has certain advantages when compared to the average ones, then you are very likely to pass without much trouble, but that it doesn’t always end in a good way if you don’t manage to improve the other aspects before long” the teacher said, giving the students some hope and also a short advice…

‘Improving my Exos rating shouldn’t be too hard, but I will have to look into the Physical aspect once we are done with this’

With the ‘Self Assessment & Modification Scroll’ provided by the Self-Reliance Palace in hand, Chrome just needed some time to catch up with normal Awakened in the aspect of Exos rating, but so far, while he could see his physical status in the scroll, there didn’t seem to be a way to improve it using SRP or energy points

‘I can always ask the floating quill, besides, I would have a good amount of time left to look for a solution if I do get accepted’

Following the fact that his last highschool semester had just ended about a few weeks ago or so in both realities, and considering that the Extra’s Academy started in its proper time just like other colleges and university, Chrome knew that he would have at least 2 months or so left to get into true shape before truly starting his first year in the Extra’s Academy if he did pass

“Remember, what I told you just now is what we had witnessed in last year’s Acceptance Examination, so it’s not totally accurate as the tests might have been drastically changed for some sort. The reason I bothered to tell you all that was to make you mentally prepared for what to come so you can perform well, just remember that over-reliance is not necessarily good for you” the teacher said his last words as he took his seat and closing his eyes as he entered the state of deep thinking, hoping that everything would go well…