It was finally the day of the exam, every rank one student was gathered outside the academy. Most of them had faces filled with fear and stress. Because this was not a safe exam but there is a chance of dying in there.

Adrius was there standing alone, no one wanted to approach him or talk to him. But suddenly a man came to Adrius and started to talk with him. The man was around 14 years old, he had pale skin , silky black hair and blue eyes. He was very handsome for a boy. It was Pax Blackstone, the person Adrius met on the trip to the academy.

“It has been a long time Adrius, how is it going?” Said Pax

“ Yes it has, nothing is happening” Answered Adrius coldly.

“Ah you still cold aren’t you? Anyway, I’m here to ask you not to kill my fellow apprentice Kyle, our mentor doesn’t know about the situation and I’m here on my own” Said Pax, There was a threat in his words. He is saying that their mentor didn’t know about it, so that means that he would tell her if Adrius did anything.

“ Your fellow apprentice has offended me and I do not take offence lightly, and my mentor has given me his approval” Answered Adrius, his word has also a threat in them, it says that Croft already knows so if something unusual happens he would know who did it.

Pax had a bad expression on his face: “ If I tell you something will you delete the idea of killing him?”

“It depends on the info and it’s worth”

“It is about the person who was plotting against you” Right when Pax said that he felt an invisible hand around his neck, he looked at Adrius and he saw Adrius’s pitch black eyes have a glow of anger and killing intent.

“Speak now” Said Adrius with killing intent flowing out of him.

“She is a girl, I don’t know her name but I know her looks. She has long blonde hair and blue eyes.” Said pax with fear in his voice, He couldn’t break Adrius’s shadow hand. Adrius has kept his cultivation hidden so no one of these rank 1 students know he is at peak rank 1.

“How can I know that this isn’t a trap?” Asked Adrius in the same murderous tone, he really wanted to kill Pax now, because he had a connection to the person that sent Chris to kill or hurt him.

“You don’t, but you have to trust me. My master has cured me from the spell the girl casted on me.”

“What spell?”

“ I don’t know but when I first saw her, I wanted to stay with her forever and worship every step she takes!” Said Pax with fear in his eyes, his master didn’t want to talk about the spell even when he asked her dozens of times.

Adrius then let Pax go and said: “ Leave before I change my mind and kill you at the spot”

Pax then walked away fast and didn’t turn back.

‘How can a mortal cast a spell? Unless it is a magical artifact, then it is possible, because there are some types that don't need magic to activate. Anyway I should not think about the thing a lot I should focus on the exam so nothing funny happens’

They waited for a while and then a magus appeared on a stage that was built in front of the students gathering place.

The magus spoke with a low voice but everybody could hear him clearly:

“ Students of the raven academy welcome to the yearly exam for rank 1 magus apprentice. Before I start talking about the exam I have to tell you the decision of the headmaster. The headmaster decided yesterday that rank 2 and 3 magus apprentice exams are canceled for 20 years. That means after 20 years the raven academy will have an exam for rank 2 and 3. Now let’s talk about the exam for rank 1, it will continue like usual and nothing will change about it. The exam this year is to gather badges, as you see the slaves are giving you these badges and whoever gets the most badges will win. If you lose your badge you can take or steal from others and there is no surrender in this exam so you have to finish the exam then you can get out. Killing is allowed, so don’t withhold your power.”

“ The time for the exam is one weak, and it starts when you enter this portal” Said the magus while pointing at a portal behind him.

Adrius knew what it was at first sight; it was a pocket dimension that the school found long time ago. According to the history of the academy the pocket dimension has space of 3000 square kilometers. It was like a small country in Adrius’s old world. This pocket dimension was found by the founder of the raven academy, and he built his academy beside it. The school uses it for the exams and other things.

“You may enter now” Said the magus and the students started to enter one by one, they were scared at first because this was only the first time for the majority of them. Of course there were some who had pocket dimensions belonging to their families so they entered it before.

Finally it was Adrius’s turn he walked into the portal calmly, when he entered he felt his body float for a second before he landed again. There was light when he entered so he closed them and when he opened them again he found himself in a forest there were trees everywhere and he could hear some animals walking, fighting or even mating.

Then heard a sound behind him: “ Ah this hurts” It was a feminine voice.

He turned as fast as he could and faced the person behind him, it was a girl she had the ravens academy uniform on and tied her brown hair in a ponytail. She was holding her leg with an expression of pain. She didn’t notice Adrius, but then she saw his shadow and looked up. Her eyes went wide with surprise .

Adrius then felt that something was wrong, he touched his face and to his surprise there was no mask on his face, he then looked down and found his mask beside him on the floor. The girl followed the Adrius’s eyes and saw something that made her shiver with fear, she saw the cursed white skull mask with fangs that the worst person who has rank 1 magus apprentice power Adrius Caseo wears all the time.

Adrius then waved his hand and the mask floated to him, he then put it on his face. He then looked at the girl.

The girl started to cry and ask for mercy. She was after all very weak : “ Please take my badge, I didn’t see anything! Please let me live!”

Adrius then walked to her and said with a kind voice: “ It is okay, I see you are hurt. Take this potion it will heal you” He then gave her a potion and she drank from it without thinking because of fear.

But after drinking half of it she remembered something, Adrius Caseo is a toxicologist, before she could speak, pain started to surge through her body. It was the worst pain she has ever felt, even if she survived the poison her mind would collapse because the pain was so strong.

The last thing she saw before dying were Adrius’s black eyes looking at her with sarcasm and joy. When Adrius got his original soul back his personality has changed very much he has become his older self but worse, he started to like seeing people getting hurt and hurt people. But he has closed these emotions in his brain and won’t act on them. He was a logical person after all and won’t follow his emotions purly. This was the real Adrius. This is why when his soul was fighting with the other soul he made such risks like killing the girl and Bevis. He wasn’t thinking straight.Adrius then took the badge from the girls body and said: “ A badge and a guinea pig for my new poison at the same time? My luck is getting better!”