They are all standing immobile just like the previous ones, so I know they will wake up once I move within twenty feet. That means they should take a second or two to start moving and even longer to get in formation. The previous two fights I waited before fighting them, but now I can use those seconds to get to the casters.

I move until I am just outside the twenty foot mark and activate mage knight blade and storm armor. I choose to create two long swords to give me the range and reach I need and then I pick a caster as my target. All at once I burst into the room moving as fast as I can as I charge at my target.

The orcs all come to life after my second step and they all lock onto me instantly. But before they can react I am already past the first row of them and only a few steps from my target. As I complete my next step he is in range so I bring both swords across his body from either side.

As soon as those cuts complete I use my momentum to spin around like a ballerina while extending my swords. This allows me to hit three other casters before they can move out of my range. While a single hit isn't enough to kill them, now all I need is another hit to finish them.

By now the rest of the orcs are reacting, the ranged ones are backing away while the melee ones are charging towards me. However, I ignore the melee types and chase after the casters, as long as I can kill them this fight should be easy. One of the casters dies before the melee get close to me, but the other two are heading in opposite directions.

So as I dodge around the melee orc to chase one caster I throw a pair of wind blades after the other one. While I manage to reach my current target, unfortunately one of the melee orcs gets in the way of my wind blades. By the time I have finished the caster I was chasing, the other one is behind a wall of melee types.

All the orcs quickly group up and get in formation, tanks in front and facing me. There are seventeen orcs left, and only one caster among them, so I should be able to finish this fairly quickly. As I charged in I noticed there was no other exit from this room which should mean this is the end of the test.

Before they can get completely ready I charge the line of tanks, I lead with a kick at a tanks shield. My kick is strong enough to knock the tank backwards into the dps orcs, thus opening a gap in the tank's line. As I step into the gap I slash my swords at the tank on either side, but I don't stop moving forward.

Once I break past the line I start spinning, first one way then the other as I move forward. Finally I am able to use sword dancer again after so long, I can't use it with Blitz. Sword dancer only works when I am wielding two swords, but it allows me to become a whirlwind of steel.

The downside is that I am unable to use my evasive steps so I am getting hit fairly often by the orcs. However, that was always the plan, after all I want to level up my healing spell. The hits I am taking are only doing a few hundred damage at most, by the time my HP drops by a quarter five more orcs die.

Several others are close to death, this is a reckless way of fighting but I am having a ton of fun. If it wasn't impossible to die in the test I may not have chosen such a reckless method. A single step and spin ends another three orcs, now only nine are left.

With over three thousand hitpoints left I doubt the remaining nine orcs can kill me. Just to be safe I activate sacred touch and instantly I heal for over eight hundred HP. With that I basically just cancelled out all the damage I have taken, and that is with the skill only being level one!

After realizing just how little risk there is I go completely offensive and don't even try to dodge their attacks. By the time I am facing the last orc I've taken another five hundred points of damage. Just before killing the last orc I activate sacred touch again and restore myself to full hitpoints.

??? says "Opponent defeated! Skill Optimization triggered!"

'Skill optimization? Not fusion?'

Skill Optimization: Magic Body converted to 15 points of regen!

*DING**DING**DING**DING**DING*

Congratulations! Skill Dual Wield has progressed to level 5!

Dual Wield

Level 5

Agi +5

You can fight very well with a weapon in each hand.

Congratulations! Skill Sword Dancer has progressed to level 4!

Sword Dancer

Level 4

Movement Speed +15% Damage +15% when wielding two swords.

You dance the dance of death when wielding two swords.

Congratulations! Skill Weapon Master has progressed to level 4!

Weapon Master

Level 4

Speed and Damage with all weapons +20%

You are capable with all weapon types.

Congratulations! Skill Mage Knight Blade has progressed to level 3!

Mage Knight Blade

Level: 3

SP Cost: 45 Duration: 5 minutes

Dmg = Str x 2

A blade created with mental strength and mana.

Can create bladed weapons or coat existing weapons.

Congratulations! Skill Sacred Touch has progressed to level 3!

Sacred Touch

Level: 3

SP Cost: 90

Healing touch: Heals Wis x2.5

'What?!? Not only did five skills level up but they all went up by two levels?!?'

??? says "Test completed! Congratulations on passing! You are now a Mage Knight!"

Before I can recover from my shock about my skills everything fades to black and I suddenly find myself back in the room of gates.

*DING*

Congratulations! You have earned the title Mage Knight!

Mage Knight (Upgradable)

+10% to Strength when wielding a melee weapon!

'What? The test even grants a title! This is beyond awesome!'

Yui says "Welcome back, Ash. Congratulations on passing the test!"

"Thanks, Yui. Tell me, even though I passed, is it possible to retake the test?"