On the way to the second test's venue. Five of them were following Mr Kael.
Alvin was musing what was the second test. He had a habit of preparing for what was coming.
Since the first test was about cloud level and talent. Alvin guessed that the second test was about fighting skill. After all, cloud level was useless if one couldn't fully utilize it.
Alvin glanced around as he followed Mr Kael.
Surprisingly, although it was a small and poor academy, it was well equipped with teaching facilities. There were cultivation rooms, classrooms, library and training room.
Jack, Charles and Alvin were walking in front. Elaine and Szyi were walking behind them.
Just as they passed by a classroom, Elaine tapped Charles's shoulder.
"hey, where do you come from?" Elaine asked.
Charles turned his head and looked at Elaine. Elaine was gazing at him with her big eyes.
"Arcanum ground layer" Charles mused for a moment and answered.
"I am Elaine" Elaine raised her chin and said with a big smile.
"Charles" Charles nodded ,then pointed at himself and said.
Hearing their conversation, Alvin turned his head and glanced at them. Then, he accidentally exchanged a quick glance with Szyi.
Then, Alvin turned his head back, glancing around and observing his surroundings.
While Alvin was walking in front, Szyi was gazing at Alvin from behind.
After passing through a row of classrooms, they stopped at the end of the corridor. In front of them was a mirror on the wall.
It was a full length mirror.
"Follow me. Don't be afraid, be fast" Mr Kael turned his head and said.
Mr Kael turned around, facing the mirror. Then, Mr Kael ran towards the mirror.
*ding
As Mr Kael's body touched the mirror, there was a doppler in the mirror as if a stone was thrown in the pond. The next moment, Mr Kael ran into the mirror, disappeared in front of them.
Alvin was stunned for a moment, staring at the mirror. The next moment, he realized that this mirror was probably a cloud item. Just that he didn't know where this mirror led to.
As an ex-student at Arcanum Secondary cloud academy, Jack instantly knew that this was a cloud item. He turned his head and glanced at others. He noticed all of them were stunned.
"I go first." Jack said as he turned around. Then, he took a deep breath and charged to the mirror.
*ding
Alvin saw the Jack ran into the mirror and disappeared.
Then, Alvin exchanged a quick glance with Charles. Both of them nodded at each other.
Alvin took a few step back, staring at the mirror with sharp eyes. Then, he darted to the mirror.
*ding
Once he was in contact with the mirror, he felt the physical mirror turned into a void.
Throughout the process he remained calm and steady. After all he had experienced space type cloud items before. Last time, he was teleported to an underground by Matthew, the member of the Infernal Order
The next moment, he was standing on top of a hill. In front of him stood Mr Kael and Jack.
Alvin glanced around. As Alvin looked down from the cliff, there were tall and thick trees. He found out that they were still in the jungle. Just that they were at the high hill in the jungle, not at the academy.He could see the Eldrich Academy at a distance.
Soon, Charles appeared , followed by Elaine and Szyi.
"Wow. It is a space type cloud item, teleport.We are on the hill." Szyi raised her head, glanced around and then said.
"Ya, no bad. If I am not wrong, this is the cloud item No. 88, space mirror. It could teleport people in a long distance. But it came with a down side. It can only teleport to a fixed place and it took a long time to set up the new teleport location. But I thought it belonged to the Imperial Academy. Why is it here?" Elaine glanced around then fixed her gaze at Mr Kael. She felt curious on how Mr Kael got these cloud items.
Mr Kael looked at Elaine,thinking, but he didn't answer Elaine. Actually Elaine was right, this was the cloud item No.88, space mirror. Yet, she was wrong that she thought this cloud items belongs to Imperial Academy. Actually, this items belonged to Mr Kael. Mr Kael was an ex teacher at Imperial Academy.
Then, Mr Kael glanced at five of them.
Jack was standing, with a big sword on his hand.
Charles was holding a bow with his arrow on his back.
Elaine got a smaller sword with her.
As of Alvin and Szyi, they got no weapon.
"Alright, get into line" Then, Mr Kael said in a solemn voice.
Hearing that, five of them got into a line, facing Mr Kael.
"The second test is about your survival skill. We are now at the top of the hill. You have 4 hours for you to go back to the Eldrich Academy. Those who didn't reach Eldrich academy in 4 hours would be considered failed." Mr Kael announced.
"Now is 10:28 am. The deadline would be 2:28 pm" Mr Kael looked at his watch and said.
"The test starts now" Mr Kael raised his voice and announced.
Listening to the rules, Alvin squinted his eyes. Not because the test was difficult, but because the test was too easy. Even ordinary people without cloud could do it.
The problem with this test was the unknown in the jungle. The path and direction to the academy was obvious. They could follow the path and reach the academy easily, but that doesn't mean there weren't any obstacles. Considering the high entry requirement of Eldrich academy, Alvin believed there was some unknown hidden along the way.
Although he didn't know what that was, he believed he could handle it with the cloud skill and training that he had.
Then, five of them darted down the hill and headed towards the Eldrich Academy.
Seeing them darting down the hill, Mr Kael was gazing at them from behind. Then, Kael ran into the mirror. The next seconds, the mirror disappeared in a silver light.