Talk:Beacon Academy/@comment-76.14.204.130-20140502234556/@comment-3146930-20140503011220

Ozpin doesn't actually say that failing the test will require you to be killed. Ozpin only explains:

"After you've partnered up, make your way to the northern end of the forest. You will meet opposition along the way. Do not hesitate to destroy everything in your path... or you will die."

He is saying that if the teas hesitate to attack the Grimm, the Grimm will most likely kill them. Failing the test however does not mean you are going to die, as Ozpin even points out in the next line that all teams will be graded and evaluated. If some of the teams didn't make it to the relics, they were probably teamed together and put in remedial classes.