"I've read previous years question papers."
Felix did not think much of Neo's answer.
They reached the examination hall and met with Arthur who was waiting outside.
The group entered the hall when suddenly a professor stopped Neo.
He gave Neo a scrutinizing gaze.
"The time elementals are in chaos around you…
"You came back in time, didn't you?"
The professor's face contorted.
"It's always same with you Time affinity students.
"One question wrong and you'll regress to redo the paper. You are the fourth student today, dammit!
"Go stand in the outside!
"Regressors aren't allowed here! You'll receive a different question paper!"
The professor huffed.
Sensitive demigods, like the professor, could detect Time elementals if the elementals were present in high quantity.
They did not need the affinity to sense the elementals.
It was similar to how people could sense Neo's death aura when he used a large amount of death elemental.
While the Professor was scolding Neo, Elizabeth approached them.
"Is there any problem?"
"Yes, listen to this Professor Anna…."
Elizabeth, disguised as Anna, had become famous as a strict and impartial professor during the past year.
She did not hesitate to punish the God clan students when the need arose, and treated the God clan and non-God clan students the same.
Listening to the professor's explanation, she nodded.
"Let me help you, Professor Frank. I'll go print the new question papers and give them to these regressors." fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm
"Thank you, Professor Anna."
Five students, including Neo, were taken to a different room.
All of them were regressors.
Unlike Neo, they travelled back in time themselves and they could return only a few minutes into the past.
Elizabeth bought them question papers.
The students groaned when they saw the new sheets.
"Noooo! This is a different paper!"
"I used all the Time elementals I saved to go back by one hour! I can't do it again! What's the use of my sacrifice!?"
Neo checked his own sheet and frowned.
It was the original question paper that was given to non-regressor students.
He was not given a different paper.
Elizabeth was helping him.
"Good luck," Elizabeth said to all of them and sat behind the desk.
Neo smiled.
He answered the questions easily, since he had read the question papers during his previous rounds.
Finishing the test, he stood outside the examination hall to thank Elizabeth, only to notice she had left already.
Arthur, Felix and others approached him after their test.
"Why were you taken away by the professors?"
"They wanted to give a different question paper to regressor students."
"Oh, that's…. Wait, what!?"
Felix grabbed his shoulder.
"Y-you! You awakened your Time element!?"
"Not yet. It's Professor Daniel who sent me back in time to help me with Immersion Awakening."
The group was shocked.
Felix and Jack looked at Neo enviously.
"I wish I had Time affinity too."
Neo shrugged.
They visited the cafeteria for lunch and returned to their rooms.
"I have five months until D-0.
"I'll grind some stats until then."
The academy classes and events were useless for Neo.
He had skipped a large portion of curriculum and was far behind his peers.
The next day, Neo visited the mission hall.
"What mission do you need?" the receptionist asked.
"The Labyrinth."
"…!?"
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