The atmosphere around the training grounds was tense, with students nervously pacing or stretching to loosen their muscles.
Today was the day that truly mattered—the day of the combat exams.
This was where Ravenwood Academy sorted the weak from the strong, the mediocre from the exceptional.
Noah stood among the other students, feeling a tight knot of anxiety in his stomach.
He had barely managed to scrape through the written exams, and now, he had to face the physical tests.
"Great," he muttered under his breath, staring at the first course in front of him.
The first test was focused entirely on physical strength, endurance, and agility.
Spread out across the massive training field were various stations designed to push students to their limits.
There was a long track for sprinting.
A course filled with heavy weights that needed to be lifted and moved.
A climbing wall with magically shifting handholds.
