The Position (2)
âItâs an alchemy trick. If you talk into it, youâll have a deeper voice,â Ye Lang gave a very good explanation, allowing Coldblood Five to reply calmly.
Coldblood Five knew the rest wouldnât pursue further. They wouldnât ask what it was, nor would they ask who she was testing it with. They wouldnât be interested.
She was right.
âOh, alright!â Coldblood Two and the rest nodded, satisfied with the explanation to weird noises coming from her body. If nothing peculiar happened, they wouldnât suspect a thing.
âAlright, weâre done here. You idiot, stop talking!â Coldblood Five flicked at Ye Lang.
He nodded, zipping his lips with a hand, showing he would keep quiet.
She fell silent, then shook her head. She hoped heâd remember, or heâd start shouting again.
Bang!
Boom!
Crack!
The four remaining contestants attacked the obsidian boulder with all the power they had to leave marks. Some used tools, some used alchemy formations while the rest used alchemy chemicals.
They each were good in their own way. Coldblood Five-Two-Zero, the smallest one, seemed to be the most powerful, leaving the deepest scar in the boulder. She was using the chemicals.
It was a chemical that could eat into the rock, resembling sulphur. If it could leave a deep mark on obsidian, anything else wouldâve been eaten right through. If anyone met touched it, theyâd probably be finished.
This was a surprise. No one expected her to have the best results, although she only used a chemical.
In the next stage, the contestants were glancing at each other, waiting for someone to make the first attempt. That way, they would have a little more experience watching the effects, having a better advantage. However, in the middle, there was a short person squatting before the symbol. It was Coldblood Five-two-zero again, studying the symbol closely.
The Coldblood Group wasnât that big, so you can imagine how low her position is in the group. You can imagine no one was expecting much when they saw her enter the competition.
Perhaps it was because of this, she didnât mind going first. She didnât have much hope anyway.
But then again, if she was a finalist, sheâd definitely have some hope!
You canât qualify based on luck!
It seemed like everyone in the alchemist team had low rankings. They were alchemists, and alchemy skills didnât score many points within the organisation. Naturally, they had lower rankings.
Five-two-zero was probably one of the lowest-ranked though. Everyone behind her was a âmaturingâ member or a future successor!
When she was about to begin, something surprising happened.
âAlright, we have the results for this competition. I can rest now,â Coldblood Eleven declared suddenly, packing up his weapons to leave.
â??â At this moment, other than Coldblood Five-two-zero and Ye Lang, everyone was confused. What results? There were three stages, and they werenât even done with two. What results?
Did Coldblood Eleven know that sheâd be able to solve the formation?
Thatâs impossible. Nobody had heard of any communication or relationship between them.
What was going on?
âAlright, the results are as such: Coldblood Five-two-zero will be the new Coldblood Thirteen!â announced Coldblood Two. Why were there results?
Even if she had the abilities, they should let her solve it too! How would anyone be satisfied with results like that?
âLord Two, we arenât done yet! This isnât fair!â argued Coldblood One-six-zero.
âDo you know why we want to pick a Coldblood Thirteen from the alchemist teams?â asked Coldblood Two.
âBecause Coldblood Thirteen has to lead our alchemist team, bringing the strongest alchemy skills to the group.â
âYouâre right, but Coldblood Thirteen not only has to lead you, he/she also needs to be the best alchemist here to motivate the subordinates. And thatâs the most important part,â said Coldblood Two, looking at One-six-zero.
âThere was a secret test other than the three tests we gave you. It was to test your approach towards alchemy. When you were waiting for each other, without going up to study the symbol, we could tell that you were not the most curious,â
âColdblood Five-two-zero didnât think much. She only focused on studying the formation. With this attitude, sheâd make so much progress in the future. And I say it with confidence because of her age!!â
The three contestants turned green. They never wouldâve thought their attitude would cause them to be eliminated.
They were not satisfied. Alchemists were not only like that!
âWe were taking a more observational approach to get the best advantage!â argued Coldblood One-six-zero.
âThat is correct, but the Coldblood Group has always been a highly detailed team. Everyone only needs to focus on their own duties. As for types of approaches, thatâs something only related to our spy team. The spy team would never interfere with the alchemists, nor will the rest,â Coldblood Two looked at the audience. She wanted to take this opportunity to remind everyone to not think of anything else, to only focus on their tasks at hand.
The members didnât need to know how to be a person, nor did they need to watch for styles. The Thirteen Eagles were mostly like this. Even the leader of the information team was a quiet man, and the assassins were cold. They didnât know much about having âstylesâ but they were the core of this organisation.
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