Neforion Sky Express

Test Of Willpower

Atia thoughtlessly stared to the green yard set on the academy's roof, that was a nature area for any students and a perfect place to laze.
'Not much to do today...' she thought to herself as her mind started to wonder.
Basically, she had just been going with the flow, focused on her hobby of reading books while her batchmates are honing their skills, preparing themselves for any upcoming exams that might be thrown at them by the teachers-- that's what she thought.
She slowly opens a warp beside her and places her handkerchief into it, while she trails her memory.

The faculty members are seemed to be 'friendly-but-strict' types of teachers, although they have quite an impression as one of the top 100 ranking adventurers.

Thinking to herself, she got snapped to reality as someone placed an apple juice on her desk, she raised her head to the person-- a butler in their cafe who gave her a smile in which she returned with a 'thank you.' She stared at the butler's back as if it was part of the air-- 'Nothing much to do today, huh...' she said to herself.

All of the first year adventurers were instructed to gather up to a room, as it was the first day of class in the Neforion Sky Express. As it appears, the room has three long tables arranged parallel to each other, there were elongated chairs, and on the middle of the tables stood signs with C-C, C-B, C-A arranged from left to right at the view in the teacher's flooring.
As the students of every section gathered to their respective tables, the young adventurers started to befriend their seatmates.

A girl with silver hair that was tied in twintails, and lilac eyes, sat beside her. She is wearing a black dress that reaches to her ankle with purple frames, with a purple poofy short.
The girl slightly turned to her direction and suddenly beamed a grin. Atia was about to exchange the smile when she started to talk, "Hey, it's been a while Ilich!" she said as she reaches out to the person next to Atia.

"Oh! If it isn't Eda!! Never thought to see you attend as an adventurer!" the red-headed boy smiled.

"Same as you! I'm a summoner, what's your class?" the girl called Eda asked.

"I'm a gunner!"

As the two people got indulged to their conversation, the door opened to show their teacher-- sitting as the #21 ranked adventurer, Guilimiere Leopley, known for being robust, competitive, and chiefly. She went to stand in front of the class, holding a book with one hand, her eyes holding a thought of meeting upstart adventurers.

"I am Guilimiere Leoplay and I will be your teacher for today!" Her voice sounded as solid as a lion's. She dropped her book on the podium and as it fell with a sound, she glared at them as if challenging them, "It may have been your first day but-- I won't show mercy and let's get this test started..."

The classroom suddenly erupted to murmur. All questioning the test Guilimiere would hold.

"Silence!" she said out loud, eliminating the complains the students emitted, "If you think this is a written test, you're all sorry-- it's the test of willpower!"

With that said, she smiled courageously and pressed the switch in her hands. The windows of their classroom slowly fell open, finally explaining the ladder-like pattern sticking on the wall, all their papers they have prepared flew along the breeze.

"W-what?!"

"What's wrong?" Guilimiere asked as all the students loomed for her to find her standing calmly outside, her hands crossed as if she was a warchief of a proud tribe. "You are adventurers, you should be able to stand in this environment!"

Several students decided to step outside, bringing out their weapons.

"Not bad... I will explain the rules in this test!" Guilimiere reached something from her pockets, bringing out a purse that seemed to be full of something small. She pours the, what looks to be seeds, on the floor.
"Slay these!" She instructed as the seeds trembled bursting it's tough small shell away, as the smoke fades away, there were several monsters on the floor with shriveled looking skin, glowing auburn wide eyes, and a sapling sprouting over their heads.

The students slowly tries to approach the monsters, careful not to be blown away by the breeze. Covering their eyes to make out the situation.

One student, a boy with black hair having red streaks on his bang, focuses on moving forward as he suddenly noticed a plant shaped matter, turning endlessly as if it was somesort of an air transportation, his eyes widen as he realized.

"H-hey! We're surrounded!!" he said to his batchmates.

Everyone looked to their surroundings as they get to make out the monsters flying with the sapling working like a helicopter.

An archer reached for her arrow as she readied to fire at the monsters. She started to aim at the middle one which was avoided by it, the monster then started to swing it's body as it kicked her away.

Atia turned to the others to find them getting avoided and attacked at a time. 'This is not good...' she thought to herself. 'Come on, think Atia! You can notice something, first would be-- ?!' she stopped as she rememebered a book that helds some monster records.

'Nutsap: a common monster found in dense areas. It uses it's sapling head to hover and swing it's body in all directions to attack the enemy.'

"That's it!" she said to herself. She spots the gunner who sat beside her, "Excuse me, you're a gunner aren't you?" she called as she approaches the student.

Before he could answer her call she then instructs, "I'll tank this one while you aim at its sapling leaves!"

"U-understood!" the red-head jumped away as the nutsap swung its body towards Atia, she then seize the moment and grab it's small feet.

"Now!"

The gunner then shoots at its leaves making it fall on the floor, Atia then lifted it, "Sir Gunner, this is yours!" she said as she toss the monster towards the gunner. The gunner then finishes the monster with two bullets aiming between the nutsap's eyes.
The monster disintegrated into tiny, shard-like particles.

"Nutsaps can't attack without their sapling leaves!!" Atia shouted to others as she pulled out her adamant-covered book using her spatial magic, and opens another portal above a nutsap-- dropping her unusual weapon to the portal, the book fell onto the monster with a thud, crushing its sapling and upper shell.

"I see!!" she heard a jolly voice coming from afar, she turned to see a female salvager shaking a bottle of strange liquid, "Sir Pyromancer..." she called to a boy nearby.

Guilimiere squinted her eyes at the sight. 'These kids are serious...' she thought to herself.

"Got it!" the blond smiled as he aimed his wand towards the thrown bottle, channeling his fire magic, and--

BOOM!!!

It exploded, cutting the sapling leaves of the nutsaps, as well as eliminating them within the explosion.

"Not bad... using your brains, kids..." Guilimiere picked her book over her shoulder, "...though I expected a much better and less risky method from you-- that's it for the class!!"

She left the classroom and shuts the door close, leaving the cadaverous students lay on top of each other.

"We managed to pass"

"Thank goodness~..."

"We almost died..."

"That was so loud!!"

"Hey I can't breathe!"

"I'm gonna die..."

"Tell granny I loved her!"

The room was filled with complains with the students still unmoved from their position.

"My ribcage was destroyed..." Atia complained with a lifeless voice.