Inside the examination hall, a row of twelve apprentices raised their hands and wept, looking a little like impostors. It was as eerie as could be.
Beneath the bright sunlight, the questioning went on for nearly twenty minutes before finally coming to an end.
The apprentices' arms were practically numb from holding them up.
At last, the light dimmed.
Potential Sun God followers - 12
For a long time to come, they wouldn't want to hear another thing about the Sun God.
When the miraculous Q&A session was over, every apprentice received their rightful "reward."
A Guidance buff they could have gotten easily in the first place.
The mages from the Arbitration Committee, along with the examiner and the Druid brought in as outside help, exchanged looks. They could see the same confusion and bewilderment in one another's eyes.
Was Guidance supposed to be used like this?
"I don't think this is any good. I don't think this Guidance spell's effect means much. In the end, all they got was an ordinary blessing, wasn't it? Why go to such lengths?"
The Archdruid was the first to offer his opinion.
"I don't agree," another mage said. "I think that 'going to such lengths' is the point of the spell. He forcibly kept more than a dozen apprentices occupied for almost twenty minutes. An ordinary third-ring control spell couldn't do that."
The Archdruid caught on, too. "So it's actually a control spell disguised as Guidance—and a group control spell, at that."
"Not only that. The real problem is that this control effect isn't easy to dispel."
"What makes it hard to dispel? Can't you just dispel Guidance's blessing?"
"But in this examinee's Guidance spell, the blessing is just a bonus. The control is built into the casting process. In other