The day before the assessment, Aili and the others learned the topics.
Indeed, just like the final exams, there were both cultural and combat assessments.
For teams, a cooperation assessment between the three members was also added.
Upon learning the topics, Kiana immediately deflated.
She looked utterly spiritless, muttering, "Why is there still a cultural class? Why is there still a cultural class...?"
The dark aura emanating from her made Mei stand by, smiling wryly.
Cultural classes were indeed somewhat difficult for Kiana.
"Bronya! Is it still too late to cram now?!" Kiana looked at Bronya with hopeful eyes.
After thinking for a moment, Bronya turned her head away.
With no scope for the exam questions, there was no way to cram for it. They couldn't just directly stuff all the knowledge into Kiana's head, could they?
Seeing Bronya's action, Kiana looked somewhat despondent.
"Kiana, it's not time to give up yet. If you don't try, how will you know you can't do it?" Mei quickly tried to comfort Kiana.
"Besides, it's not just the cultural assessment. This assessment is based on average scores, as long as the scores for the other two assessments are high enough."
"That's right! As long as I get full marks in the other two assessments, I can still pass!" Kiana instantly revived.
As for Aili and Fu Hua, neither of them had any worries.
As long as it wasn't them fighting Durandal again, it was fine.
They had reviewed it, and even if they challenged Durandal again, it would be difficult for them to win.
Durandal's two phantom mechs were too much of a cheat.
They could leave Durandal's side, and if destroyed, they would immediately return to Durandal's side for recovery.
Also, the Black Abyss White Flower in Durandal's hand, the Black Abyss White Flower in the Memory Battlefield, truly only calculated advantageous data, restoring Durandal's injuries without consumption.
Of course, if Aili modified the data, that would be another matter. For something like the Memory Battlefield, modifying data would be completely meaningless.
The next day, the Valkyrie assessment officially began.
Besides Aili and her group, there were many reserve Valkyries taking the assessment.
Originally, it was only supposed to be Aili and a few others, but Theresa and Himeko put their heads together and decided to let students sign up freely. Those who passed the assessment would be promoted.
The cultural assessment was still taken together, but the test papers for each rank were different. The B-rank Valkyrie focused on basics, and the A-rank Valkyrie focused on cooperation.
In the S-Rank Valkyrie's cultural assessment, the emphasis was more on a sense of belonging.
From the test papers, it was clear that Schicksal was very reluctant to let the high-end combat power they had painstakingly cultivated leave.
However, when the assessed person's strength was truly strong, Schicksal would also appropriately adjust its policies.
Given Schicksal's treatment of Valkyries, unless there was something special, Valkyries would not leave Schicksal.
Finally, it was time for the practical combat assessment.
Aili and Fu Hua still went first.
This was also to set an example for those who would test later, and also to let everyone know the difficulty of the assessment, so that students with unstable mindsets would make mistakes during the assessment, leading to failure.
Neither of them wore their exclusive armor and directly entered the Memory Battlefield.
Before long, they saw their targets.
Their opponents were themselves...
That is, their past selves from when they tested their armor.
Their opponents were all wearing what looked like luxurious exclusive armor.
After Aili and Fu Hua exchanged glances, they directly rushed towards their past selves.
As for the armor, let's put it aside for now.
Fu Hua still wanted to test her own strength, and Aili wanted to know how much she had grown.
This assessment was not for them to fight alone.
Whether it was Aili or the copied Aili, after drawing their bows, although they aimed at each other, when firing, they quickly changed their aiming direction and released the bowstring towards the other's Fu Hua.
The identical movements made the other spectators outside the field exclaim in surprise.
Both sides of the battle had the same movements and the same coping methods.
However, while Aili was attacking, she was also closing the distance with the copy, while the copy was moving away.
This was also Aili's change during this period.
When the opponent also had long-range support, if she couldn't solve it from a distance, Aili herself preferred to approach the opponent and then resolve it through close combat.
As the two sides exchanged offense and defense multiple times, the other students in the field went from initial surprise to being speechless.
These two were simply not on the same level as them.
If they were to go up and fight, they might be eliminated in a single encounter.
Especially since these two were not wearing the same armor as the data bodies.
That armor certainly wasn't just for looks; such specialized armor was designed to fit the wearer's combat style.
It was impossible for there to be no enhancement at all.
So, these two, even without armor, could defeat their past selves?
Otto, watching the battle from behind the scenes, had to admit that the growth rate of these two was truly terrifying.
Or rather, Fu Hua's body was slowly recovering.
The entire battle ended without any surprises.
After the copied Aili was engaged in close combat by Aili, although she also used fist techniques to counterattack and even utilized the power of the Death Herrscher.
But Aili also possessed the power of the Death Herrscher.
It could be said that whether it was Fu Hua against Fu Hua, or Aili against Aili.
Both became a showdown of fist techniques.
The copied Aili was ultimately a bit weaker in close combat.
After Aili caught a weakness, she was directly knocked to the ground by Aili.
After tearing off the gem from the copied body, Aili ended the battle there with a single punch.
Then came the support for Fu Hua.
After the battle ended, Aili and Fu Hua exchanged glances.
They walked out of the battlefield together.
"I didn't expect the opponent to be our past selves ♬ ~" Aili said with a smile.
"Yes, if it weren't for Aili's support, she and I would have kept fighting," Fu Hua said, exhaling a breath.
"If Hua also used her armor, it would have been very simple, right?"
"Armor does provide a great boost to me, but what's more important is one's own strength," Fu Hua said, clenching her fist.
"Alright, let's go. I think the students outside must be exclaiming, after all, they saw such a cool Hua."
Aili directly took Fu Hua's hand and then walked out of the battlefield.
However, the students outside the battlefield were not exclaiming, but looking at the two of them with adoring eyes.
Of course, some people's gazes were directed at their clasped hands.
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