Neries’ exams were separated into written and practical.
According to Peewee, there were no worries regarding the written portion, the issue was the practical.
In the practical exam, Neries and a student picked by her would team up, and fight pseudo targets prepared by the school.
She was in a support role, so a teacher would see how she did in combat and evaluate her.
The examiner would be the strict yet caring Uno, so it was difficult to imagine her failing unless it went very badly… But that was no reason to let their guard down.
Yuugo and the others decided they should prepare as best they could, and went to the training area right away, where Neries trained.
Also, as an aside, since Ryuuga was likely to make Neries shrink back due to the door breaking incident, he was not present.
“Neries! Strengthen me please!!”
“Yes!”
Velda’s roar echoed, and Neries buffed him with magic.
Velda took the magic energy, his attack power was boosted, and he punched the lined up arachlaw.
“Ugyaaaaaaah!!”
“All right! How’s that!!?”
An arachlaw screamed as it was blown away, and Velda yelled with excitement as it disappeared.
Yuugo was watching it all unfold, and clapped.
“Good job. Is it time for a break?”
Velda and the others heard Yuugo, and left the training area.
Velda finished off the arachlaw, Neries, who buffed him followed, and Mizari and Marcos left together as Yuugo called them to ask for their thoughts.
“Good job you two. How was it fighting together?”
“Not bad. The variety of buffs she can use isn’t bad.”
“Yes. It makes sense that a hero prospect like Shian picked her.”
It was training, but it was Neries’ first time fighting in a while, so it was just enough for her to warm up.
Marcos, Mizari, and Velda were fighting arachlaw summoned to be targets.
This lineup was not picked randomly. There was defense, speed, and pure strength.
Yuugo watched Neries fight with the others to evaluate her.
He saw no problems with how she handled herself, but… perhaps that was because they faced the weak monster armor beasts arachlaw.
Also, just because he did not see problems from the outside, it did not mean there were none on the inside. He asked the participants about it with that in mind, who praised Neries and talked about things they noticed.
“But if I had to say something, I would say her judgment is too soft. Maybe I should say she is too passive.”
“True. She does not move much without commands… I guess that is noteworthy.”
“Hm, I see…”
Thinking back, when Velda delivered the final blow, she cast a buff because he instructed her.
Yuugo thought there might be too many situations in the last fight as well where she waited for instructions, and Peewee added to it.
“Part of it can’t be helped. The more a buffer can do, the more she has to think about.”
“Yes. By the way, how was it when she was in Shian’s party?”
“Shian gave all the instructions. He had a relatively good judgment, and could immediately spot enemy weaknesses.”
“I guess someone named a hero prospect would have at least some ability to command.”
As Peewee said, people who cast buffs had to think about a lot. Should they power up offensive power, strengthen defense? Cast it on one person to conserve magic energy, or buff everyone? The more they could do, the more complex their role became.
When she was in Shian’s party, she left it all up to her leader, but… Now that was working against her.
In each situation, what should she cast on who? All the calls were made by Shian, so she was not used to doing it.
It was not as though it was wrong to do that when she was with Shian, it was the most optimal way, but there was a reason why that would not work here.
“Neries’ moves will be watched during the test. She has to think and act on her own, but I don’t think she has the confidence.”
True. But what should we do? Any good ideas?”
If she only acted when instructed to do so, she could fail the test.
Even if she managed to pass the test, she would have to think for herself, move, and contribute to fights from then on.
They wanted her to think for herself rather than wait for instructions… Marcos agreed with Yuugo, but asked if he had any ideas.
Yuugo responded after looking around at everyone.
“I do. Let’s all work together and change the training plan in the afternoon!”
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