Charles and Jack slowly stopped their cloud cultivation. The light shimmering around them became dimmer and dimmer.
Eventually, they stopped and opened their eyes.
"Alright, let's go." Charles smiled as he got up from the bed.
Then, they took turns to shower and pack their things
...
8 am. In front of Eldritch Academy.
Five of them stood in a row, listening to what Mr Kael was talking about.
"This is the first time all of them go out as a team. Before going out, there are a few things you need to do." Mr Kael said.
Then, Alvin saw that Mr Kael took out five masks from his bag. It was the type of mask that was solid, not the type that was soft.
"Put your mask on whenever you are in the spire. It is very dangerous inside the spire, especially the danger that comes from others. Sometimes the greed of others will bring you trouble. This was to protect yourself. " Mr Kael passed the mask to them. Then, he himself also put a mask on.
Hearing that, all of them nodded and kept the mask with them.
"Second, give your team a name. " Mr Kael said.
All of them looked at each other, thinking.
"I think we can call it, dangerous people" Jack grinned with confidence.
"No, I don't like it. Hmm, maybe call it team Cherry" Elaine put her hand on her chin and said.
"Ya nice name. Or the team sunflower is also ok." Szyi agreed.
"Cannot, we want something fierce." Jack said.
"Maybe cloud fighter? or Avenger" Charles suggested.
All of them had their own opinion. They couldn't come to a consensus on the naming.
"Hmm, maybe we can use the name of the academy, which is also the reason we become teammates to each other. Maybe The Eldritch Five?" Alvin suggested.
Hearing that, Jack tilted his head, thinking. Then, he nodded. "I think can." Eldritch came with the meaning of being strange and fierce. Jack liked it.
"Hmm, can also." Elaine agreed with Alvin's reasoning.
Charles and Szyi were also nodding their heads.
Glancing at his teammate, Alvin noticed everyone agreed with his suggestion.
"Alright, then, today onward, we are the Eldritch Five." Alvin said loudly, smiling.
"Nice name. Let's go" Mr Kael said.
With them, five of them got into a carriage.
Unlike last time, this carriage was a big carriage that could carry 6 persons. All of them could fit into the carriage.
As for Mr Kael, he told them that he wouldn't follow them because this was a teamwork of their team. But in fact, he was following the team secretly from behind. After all, Mr Kael had the responsibility to make sure they were. It was dangerous for them to go spire by themselves.
...
A wheel was rotating on the road, bringing all the dust to the air. At the same time bringing five of them to their destination.
They didn't go to the flora spire first. Instead, they decided to have their breakfast near the flora spire.
Soon, the carriage stopped. They got out of the carriage.
"Thanks for the ride." Alvin said to the coachman.
Then, he turned and glanced around. The flora spire was not too far from them. Alvin could see the tall, pink colour spire that was full of flowers.
Around him was a busy street with a lot of shops. Some of them sell breakfast, some of them sell potions.
"This way." Szyi said as she pointed at a hawker stall. It was a famous hawker stall that sells laksa noodles.
Elaine and Szyi liked the food so much. They did their research of the nice food nearby flora spire.
"Wah, long queue." Seeing that a lot of people were waiting, Alvin sighed.
"Ya, it is a famous shop" Szyi said.
...
They were lucky. After queueing for 15 minutes, they found a table.
"Five laksa noodles" Jack took a seat before saying to the waiter.
All of them were eager to taste the laksa noodles, because it smelled really good.
Soon, the laksa noodles were served. They were enjoying the noodles.
Alvin saw that there was a big smile on Szyi and Elaine's face. Then, he chuckled and then lowered his head to eat the noodles. Indeed, the noodles were great.
Suddenly, a rude voice called out at them.
"Hey, isn't it the Jack who got expelled? Haha"
"Ya man, haha. The one got expelled because of fighting."
"There is a rumour that he lost in the fight. "
Hearing that, the crowd was looking at Jack with a disdainful look.
Alvin frowned and turned to where the voice came from. He saw that there were six students in blue robes. Alvin could tell from the academy badge that six of them were from Arcanum Secondary Cloud Academy.
Instantly, Alvin understood that they were saying bad things about Jack. According to Austin and Jordan, Jack fought the gangster for them. So, Jack was fighting for a good reason.
Although Alvin knew that there was maliciousness that came out of nowhere in this world, he didn't like it. Jack did nothing bad to them. But the six students wanted to humiliate Jack.
"Oh, is Lucian. Why, you want to fight? You forgot that you lost to me in a fight? Do you dare to fight?" Jack stared at them.
"I am not a rude person like you who simply fights people" the leading student said as he tunred around, trying to leave.
"Cowards." Jack smirked and shrugged.
Just as the six students tried to go away, Alvin stared at them and said. "Ya. Why don't we do a duel. 5 VS 5, Coward?"
Alvin made it so loud that everyone nearby heard it.
Duel was a very sacred way to solve conflict in the cloud world. If a cloud holder dodged it, he would be seen as a coward and useless person.
The six students were glaring at Alvin, holding their fist. They wanted to bad mouth about Jack, but they didn't want to deal with consequences. Yet, because of the duel, they were forced to fight them. If not, there would be rumours about them dodging the duel.