Ian calmly watched Maria's final test. She was using her psychic power to control a fleet of 500,000 spacecraft. Her soul and will had grown incredibly strong.
However, that was not the main focus of this test. In this battle, she was facing an army four times her size—in other words, a fleet of two million spacecraft.
The battle was exceptionally fierce, but Maria remained calm and composed. She divided her fleet in two, with one half focused on attacking and the other on defense by intercepting the enemy's attacks.
Through this strategy, she preserved countless spacecraft while weakening a considerable portion of the enemy's strength. However, it was still far from enough, as she remained at a one-to-four disadvantage in numbers.
Maria stayed calm and composed, using everything she had learned during training. Employing tactics such as the Holdo Maneuver, she destroyed countless enemy ships. In the process, she also lost countless spacecraft, but she remained as steady as a rock.
Losing those spacecraft did place psychological pressure on her, but it also eased her mental burden, since she no longer needed to control so many ships. With more surplus psychic energy, she could maneuver the surviving spacecraft with greater precision.
After several hours of fierce fighting, Maria won the battle, but her fleet had been reduced to just over ten thousand spacecraft. The simulation system gave her an [S]-rank evaluation, the second-highest rating after [S+]. It was the highest score anyone had ever achieved in this test.
Ian nodded approvingly when he saw it. In the Empire, [S+] was the theoretical limit of this test, and only seven people had ever obtained that score: the artificial intelligence and six others, including Ian's wife, Olivia.
With her talent, she should eventually be able to reach the [S+] rank, Ian