Arcanum Jungle.
Alvin sweeped the sweat on his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief.
Alvin was glancing at his teammates and remained silent. After experiencing the challenge together, he felt good about their teamwork. Although they didn't know each other before, they worked well and fought well together.
Alvin was happy to meet teammates like them.
Despite having a fierce and gangster look, Jack was like a big brother who always take the dangerous spot.
Charles was a very strong attacker who could handle strong enemy at a distance.
Szyi was a great support. Having a recovery cloud spell really helped them in the challenge. If it wasn't her cloud spell, most of them would be exhauted.
Elaine had a surprisingly great fighting ability. Her cloud spell, fighting instinct and cloud control was great.
As an experienced cloud holder, Alvin couldn't help but felt grateful. He knew that it was rare to have such talented teammates.
Then, out of a glance, Alvin noticed Szyi was looking at the Eldrich with an excited gaze.
Alvin raised his head and looked ahead. His gaze turned from solemn to relax. The Eldrich academy was just 1000 meters away.
All of them relaxed a bit when they saw the Eldrich academy.
As before, Eldrich academy was made up of old buildings. The gate was rusty. There was no lighting at the entrance.
Due to the bright sunlight now, they could clearly see the black colour words, 'Eldrich Academy'.
As they walked toward Eldrich academy, Elaine tilted her head and looked at Charles.
"Charles, Alvin. Your cloud control is quite unique. It is a rare cloud control method. Where did you learn it" Elaine complimented.
Hearing that, Charles looked the the left and then right as if it was a secret. Then, he put his hand beside his mouth as if he wanted to tell her a secret.
Seeing Charles's action, Elaine moved close to Charles. She was curious about the cloud controlling method. She knew a lot of great cloud control, but the Alvin and Charles used was unknown to her.
"Secret" Charles whispered to Elaine. Then, he grinned big.
"Ehhh. You ah." Elaine said.
Alvin smiled and remained silent. He didn't tell Elaine about their cloud controlling method. Not that it was a secret, just that Alvin wanted to see more cute interaction between Charles and Elaine.
Their cloud control was trained by teacher Elias. It was a cloud control about splitting the cloud element into smaller and smaller pieces, and then tried to connect with them.
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In front of the Eldrich stood three figures, Mr Kael, Austin and Jordan.
Austin and Jordan were waving their hand high in the air. "Heyyy, Jack."
Jack startled for a moment. He didn't expect to see his friends here. He thought they went back already.
"Jack. We brought you lunch" Jordan said. Then, they took out lunch box before walking towards Jack.
"No need to bring me lunch. You guys can go back first." Jack said.
"Don't shy shy" Austin laughed.
Alvin was observing from aside. He could tell that Jack was being respected and loved by his friends.
Mr Kael raised his head and looked at the bright sunlight. It was now 1:45 pm.
"Second test, everyone passes." Mr Kael announced. Although he was announcing in a solemn voice, he was satisfied with their performance.
At first, he thought that maybe one or two would fail the test. He even predicted that maybe only Jack would pass the test, considering Jack being level 39.
Now, it seemed like all of them passed the test due to their teamwork.
"Hehe, Mr Kael, we pass." Hearing the announcement, Elaine raised her chin and said proudly.
Alvin and Charles exchanged a fist bump.
"Congratulations for passing the second test about survival. Now, we will have our last test, fighting." Mr Kael announced.
"Now?" Jack asked. As of now, everyone was tired. Even though they had Szyi first cloud spell, recovery, they still hadn't fully recover.
"Yes" Mr Kael nodded and said.
"Ridiculous" Jack muttered to himself. As an ex student from Arcanum Secondary Cloud Academy, he knew that the the arrangement was tough. Even some of the brightest students in the Arcanum secondary cloud academy wouldn't handle it.
"The third test is to test your fighting skill. Here are the rules. In 1 hour, if any of you can get this ring from me, all of you win." Mr Kael announced as he showed them a ring. It was a gold colour ring that was tied on his wrist using a string.
When normal people faced challenge, they would feel stressed. However, that wasn't the case for five of them.
Hearing the rules, all of them exchange a glance. Then, instead of feeling stressed, they took a deep breath, feeling excited.
"Come one. We will win." Jack raised his chin and grinned.
Elaine swung her sword a little as if ready for the test. She was gazing at Mr Kael with a sharp and excited gaze.
Charles held his bow in his hand, gazing at the ring.
Szyi nodded, smiling bright, excited for the test.
Alvin was glancing around, analysing all the possibilites of the fight.
Although they just finished the second test, having little energy, they all were confident that they could pass the third test.
Seeing all of them ready for the test, Mr Kael had an unnoticeable smile on his lips. Then, he took out a time funnel. It was a funnel filled with sand that people used to count time.
"Third test, start now." Mr Kael announced with a solemn voice as he turned the time funnel upside down, making the sand started to flow.
The next moment, Mr Kael summoned his cloud. Under the gaze of everyone, a pure, white book was formed on Kael's hand, with seven cloud spell symbol floating on top of the white book.
Instantly, all of them felt a strong pressure from Mr Kael.