After a day without sleep, we finally reached the capital of the empire Srodenia. Too afraid of falling off the back of Rio while flying through the space void, I clang to Waren for my life and could not even afford to have a small eye shut.
Speaking about sleep, by the way, I would like to delightfully say that due to my having space elementality on the abyssal level, I could make both of my wing pairs disappear in the dimensional space when I wished to do so after I attained some mastery, so I would have no trouble during sleep. Practically everyone could do it after becoming at least a 6th Allinge Amar powerhouse but I would be able to do so much sooner. And the difference was that the 6th allinge powerhouses would pull their wings back in their bodies while I'll be able to hide them in my dimensional space much sooner along with just making them invisible if I wanted.
"Even the wall in Attack On Tit@ns wasn't as big as this behemoth." was the first thought through my mind as soon as I saw this wonder of architecture which was 2 kilometers tall with cannons as big as a house on top of it.
As we entered through the 300 meter giant gate for important people who could afford a flying mount, the guard present asked the classic city guard line, "State your purpose and affiliations?"
Warren replied, "Warren Dreamsworth, going to drop a kid for the Ciliaso Test coming up."
They would have thought that Warren was probably some noble because of the extremely rare pegasus with even rarer affinities, so the procedure was fast and easy.
As we entered the city I was again surprised because of it's vastness and glamour.
Bustling with life, Srodenia was a huge city, so huge that, "Why didn't they just go and end up calling it a country." were the words that came to my mind as soon as I saw the city the boundaries of which I could not even see.
Without wasting any time though we departed straight for the Academy present in the inner regions of the city. And well all I saw was a massive cloud on the ground extending all the way up to the sky when Warren said, "To the east, the cloud you see contains the academy." Even with how gobble smacked I was, noticing that we were not heading toward it I asked, "Aren't the tests going to be conducted inside?"
"Of course not, why would the academy show itself to students who would fail to pass its test."
"Wait, wait you didn't tell me anything about the test."
"That you'll have to find out on your own of course as the tests change every year."
And so I ended up in a massive field with those who had come to give the test just like me after having a great nap last night in an inn.
After all the people had come, the principal of the academy decided to appear in the sky with his pressure coming down on us like a mountain. I'm sure he was at least a 6 Allinge Amar due to the lack of wings on his back which he must have pulled back into his body.
"I'll be very frank with everyone here" and with a gap, he said, "I don't give a hoot bout who your parents are, who you are, where you originate from, and all that will not AT ALL get you in this institution, in which you can only get admission by proving your worth. So all those who have been riding the coattails of their mommies and daddies will not be accepted here unless they pass. Am I clear?"
I guess because of being too dazed by the current events we were in a trance, hence we only nodded slowly.
"Say something you chirping chickens, AM I CLEAR?!"
"YES SIR!"
"There will be 3 rounds. The first will test your willpower, the second your strength, and the third your brain." were the parting words said by the principal.
LET THE HUNGE-(damn there will be copyright)
LET THE CILIASO GAMES BEGIN!