The sudden explosion of Kent's cauldron was a ridiculous sight that made many wipe the idea of him being the perfect alchemist from their minds.
Exploding a cauldron on the first trial was just a plain definition of how inexperienced he was. Of course, he managed to finish the pill, but that was beside the point.
Just getting your cauldron to explode in your face as an alchemist is like a swordsman losing hold of their sword in combat.
So they just put him aside and started focusing on some others.
Even the saints were of the same conclusion.
But that was what Kent was after.
He just smiled in his head, stood aside, and started waiting for the appraisal that would determine whether his bait would catch its fish.
After a while, the last of the contestants was done, and the appraisal artifact was brought forward. It was a circular tablet with runic formations on it.
