Soon, time was up.
The tornado disappeared.
Four of them fell on the ground, breathing heavily. It was really exhausting for them to handle such a powerful cloud spell.
After the long fight, Alvin's shirt was totally wet due to sweating. He raised his head and looked at Mr Kael. There was a slight smile on Mr Kael's face.
Then, Alvin looked at his hand, where he held the gems.
"We won." Alvin grinned and announced.
"Yeah, haha" Jack raised his fist high and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Jack, you ok?" Jordan and Austin was trying to help Jack get up.
At the same time, Szyi ran to Elaine and trying to get her up.
"Everyone ok?" Szyi galnced around and asked.
"Ya. Szyi, you ok?" Alvin looked at Szyi pretty face and asked.
"Yup" Szyi replied.
After helping Jack to get up, Austin turned to Alvin.
"Nice one, magician." Austin said. They were amazed by Alvin's ability.
Jack was surprised and scared by the powerful effect of the magic circle. He knew that if encountered the magic circle, he would have a hard time dealing qith with it.
Hearing the praise, Alvin gave them a smile and a short nod.
"Alvin, what is that mat?" Elaine pointed at the magic circle and asked, curious.
"Magic" Alvin answered.
"Hey... Seriously, what is that mat?" Elaine sighed.
"Magic" Alvin laughed and repeated.
In this world, there are some tricks called magic which are the tricks that a performer does. Yet, there wasn't anything called magic that could release such a powerful spell.
So, Elaine thought that Alvin was joking with her.
"Charles ah, what is the mat?" Elaine turned to Charles.
Charles looked at Elaine's beautiful eyes and paused for a moment. Charles didn't tell Elaine about the magic circle.
Charles turned his head and gazed at Alvin. He wanted to know whether Alvin wanted to share about the magic circle.
After all, the magic skill was Alvin's secret.
Alvin gave Charles a nod. Althought it was a secret, no one could take it from Alvin because the making of magic circle required a langugage that only Alvin know.
After getting permission from Alvin, Charles nodded and turned to Elaine. He didn't straight away tell Elaine, he moved close and whispered at Elaine.
"Secret" Charles said.
"Ehh....I don't want to know anymore" Elaine said.
"Haiya, I tell you." Charles said. Then, he explained that it was a special way of arranging cloud energy so that it got some special effect.
After listening to the explanation, Elaine turned to Alvin and asked.
"So, you got it from a dream?" Elaine raised her brows, doubting.
Szyi and Jack were also gazing at Alvin. It sounded a miracle to them that Alvin got the magic skill in the dream.
Although it sounded like a miracle, that was always the reason Alvin gave to anyone who knew about his magic spell. After all, Alvin thought that it would be harder for them to believe in reincarnation.
"Ya." Alvin grinned and said.
...
While all of them were joking and celebrating, Mr Kael walked near and stepped forward.
"All of you, pass the test." Mr Kael announced.
Of course, if Mr Kael wanted to fail them, it was really simple. He simply had to use his high level cloud spell to attack them. Yet, he didn't do it. After all, this was just an entry test of a secondary cloud academy.
Originally, he thought that he would end up with no student, considering the difficulties of the test.
Now, it seemed like he had five new and talented students.
Hearing the announcement, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and smiled brightly.
Mr Kael was looking at them with a warm smile. After waiting for them to calm down, Mr Kael said.
"Welcome to Eldrich academy. Now, let's go in and have a rest first. Then, tomorrow we will start our class at 8 am sharp."
Then, Mr Kael led them to their hostel.
Alvin, Charles and Jack would share a bedroom. Elaine and Szyi would share another bedroom.
...
The next morning, at the center of the Eldrich academy where grasses were green, wind was breezy.
Eldrich academy was a small academy. It consisted of a few buildings and a big field. It was a field with green grasses for students to do their training.
There was a canteen in the academy. After having their breakfast, all of them walked to the field.
Today, instead of having class in the building, they were having it in the field.
At the field, all of them were wearing a black robes except Jack. These black robes were the uniform of Eldrich academy.
It was not a must for them to wear it in daily activities. It was only a must for them to wear when they represent Eldrich in an event or competition.
So, Jack was wearing his own black jacket.
After waiting for a while, as the clock ticked at 8 am, the principal, Mr Kael arrived.
"Today is the first day of your school. I will start with the rules and regulations." Mr Kael said.
Jack pursed his lips and rolled his eyes a little. He didn't like rules, especially some stupid rules in his previous academy. But he didn't voice out anything.
"First rule, your job here is to learn and level up. Second rule, no bully is allowed toward non cloud holder, but if the non cloud holder bully you, you can fight back. If you don't fight back, I will fight you. Third rule, if it is a fight between cloud holder in the academy, do it as a duel. If it is a fight outside of the academy, call me, I will join." Mr Kael said.
Hearing the rules, Jack's eyes lit up, especially the second rules. In his previous academy, he got expelled because of protecting his friend from gangster. His previous academy didn't care whether he was right or wrong. He simply got expelled.
Yet, now, from what Mr Kael said, Mr Kael supported what he do.
Jack was gazing at Mr Kael, without uttering a word.