Being one of the 2 super heavy soldiers present in the heavy soldier arena that had destroyed the strength measuring device, Tariq Dolen was crowned as number 3 in this highlight video series. He was also a commoner, and belonged to a B rank squadron, Vallance Academy. Therefore, he had basically shot to fame overnight.
However, the strongest few videos were still from the Mo's List rankers. Regardless of whether it was an assassin or a heavy soldier, absolute strength could indeed suppress everything. Be it Noriad's heaven shocking slash or Napier Mo's flamboyant face in the Assassin's away match, both of them were truly breathtaking. Even without the Parliament's organizing committee, they were naturally the number 1 in the hearts of the audience.
The 3rd day of the ranged soldier arena had arrived as scheduled, with the competition growing increasingly intense. The weaker squadrons were struggling to appear, while the stronger squadrons were focused on the overall evaluation of the 4 great competition zones. This was destined to be a spectacular show.
However, Tianjing Academy, which had already attracted widespread attention and appeared to be in a limitless limelight, was still under quite a bit of pressure.
Although Barran's performance yesterday was eye-catching, his final evaluation would definitely not be high. As for today's ranged soldier arena, it was Tianjing's true 'shortcoming'.
Scarlet was extremely clear about the disparity between her and a genuine expert at the apex. Without talking about those Mo's List rankers, even the mainstay ranged soldier of a 1st rank squadron, such as Copperfield's Arnold Teuton, was on a level that she could not contend against.
However, what made everyone feel at ease was the fact that Scarlet had remained calm throughout the entire match, completely lacking the nervousness and uneasiness that Barran had shown yesterday.
There were people who said that there would be a certain relationship between the special ability and the character of a person who had awakened it. For example, those with a fire attribute special ability would be relatively impatient, while those with an ice attribute special ability would generally be more calm and composed. Although this saying wasn't absolute, it seemed to be universal in Scarlet's eyes.
In the morning, she chatted and laughed as she ate breakfast with everyone, with not a single trace of nervousness or worry present on her face. She was extremely clear about her own position. She didn't need to obtain a high score, as long as she could stabilize her results and leave the rest to Wang Zhong and Grai. Naturally, it would be best if she had the chance to obtain a high score. Scarlet also wanted to see exactly what sort of standard the outstanding ranged soldiers from the various regions of the Federation were at.
Today's examination venue wasn't in the number 3 training hall, as Grozny Academy had a specialised training ground for ranged soldiers. Although heavy soldiers were abundant in the north, they were also abundant in ranged soldiers. Firearms were rather common in the northern regions. Without talking about the new humans, even the nomads and vagabonds that Grai had encountered when he was roaming around the northern regions were all armed with two firearms. Even an ordinary three-year-old child would know how to use a gun. Furthermore, there were quite a few firearms training grounds within Grozny City.
The long-range training grounds appeared to be exceedingly luxurious, with all sorts of specialized equipment and training facilities present. There were quite a few of them that Scarlet had never seen before. Furthermore, a considerable portion of the participants present were females. Indeed, long-range soldiers were the occupation that was most suitable for females to display their full potential, as they were usually more meticulous and focused on pure techniques than males. This was a publicly acknowledged fact. Naturally, those on the Mo's List were special cases, and could not be treated as the same.
"Today's assessment for ranged soldiers will be slightly more complicated, and there will be more topics to consider." Cole Joseph was still the chief invigilator. His good-natured appearance was rather suited for such a job. "Therefore, everyone will be split into three groups, and the assessment will be conducted in three different locations at the same time. The content of the test included accurate shooting, obstacle course skills, and firepower assessment. Next up is the distribution of the groups … "
The more topics there were, the longer the overall duration of the competition would be. Scarlet was assigned to the first group. According to the order of the competition, the first topic to be conducted was accurate shooting.
The weapons used for the long-range soldier assessment were all provided by the organisers, and were not allowed to use their personal concoctions. Naturally, there was a considerable variety of weapons to choose from, ranging from heavy firearms like cannons, to cold weapons like bows and crossbows. Everything that one could think of was available.
Naturally, the criteria for choosing different weapons would also be different. For example, for the first round of accuracy shooting, the target was a 10-ring target that was a thousand metres away. If one were to choose an ordinary runic pistol or even an ordinary runic bow, as long as one could hit the target, one would definitely be able to obtain an A rank or even an S rank score. After all, the target was a small, bowl-sized target that was a thousand metres away.
However, if he chose to use a Gauss sniper rifle with a telescope, he would need to have at least nine rings if he wanted to get an A rank result. And that 'nine rings' was only a dot the size of a mung bean …
Scarlet had chosen a Gauss sniper rifle. This was her old profession before she switched to dual pistols, and had a basic level of proficiency. Although it had a higher requirement for the target score compared to other weapons, it was still relatively more advantageous. After all, the large caliber Gauss sniper rifle was famous for its stability in terms of accuracy.
Gunshots rang out in succession within the competition grounds, yet no one made any noise. There was also no one who would discuss about the results and performances of others like they had done in the previous two rounds. This caused the entire competition grounds to appear incomparably orderly and focused. Most of the ranged soldiers were the calm type that hid in the shadows. This was even more so for the outstanding ones, as it was extremely difficult for them to grasp this occupation well.
Scarlet's final result couldn't be considered outstanding, as she was still limited by her strength. However, it was fortunate that she was considerably stable, and had also chosen to use relatively conservative tactics. Therefore, her result was barely able to rank in the middle amongst all of the participants.
In such an examination, other than absolute strength, one also needed to have the guts to obtain a high score. Take Scarlet for example. Although her choice of a Gauss sniper rifle in the first round would lower the difficulty of her shooting and increase her stability, it would also be equivalent to destroying the possibility of obtaining a high score. No one would be able to guarantee that they would be able to achieve 9 or 10 rings with every shot while facing a mung bean sized bullseye from a thousand metres away. Furthermore, they weren't using the guns that they were used to. Even the firearms produced by the federation's most reputable heavy munitions factories would more or less have a slight error in their trajectories. Achieving 9 or 10 rings from a thousand metres away was already not something that could be achieved by relying on one's strength alone, unless one used their personal weapon.
However, there was always an exception to everything. Clearly, such a saying could only be used against ordinary participants. The person who had broken such a general understanding was the captain of the Torres Academy, Alasi Torres.
He was one of the 5 great Mo's List ranged soldiers, and was also the captain of the Torres squadron. There was no need to doubt his strength, and he outshone all of the ranged soldiers in the Grozny City competition zone. Clearly, he was a character that could take on the challenge. Today's extremely difficult ranged soldier examination appeared just like a stage that was specially set up for him to perform on. When he took action, even Scarlet could not help but to pause and specially take some time to observe his performance. Indeed, it had caused people to be shocked, while the feeling of being in the arena was even more beneficial to the other ranged soldiers.
For the first round of accurate shooting, he had chosen the most ordinary runic handgun, and not the large calibre Mogren's Wheels series that he was used to. Everyone knew that the long range trajectory of a runic handgun was the most insecure, as it lacked firepower. After the bullet left the chamber, it would be affected by the air pressure, wind direction, temperature and other changes in the environment. This was more than enough to cause the bullet to deviate by at least a few metres from its intended target at a thousand metres. The most crucial factor for a thousand metres was one's field of view. If he couldn't see, how could he fight?
However, the problem was that Alasi possessed the [Eagle Eyes] special ability. Therefore, such a distance was basically nothing to him.
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