Female Novel
Chapter 52
The day had finally arrived.
Finally, Gravis' goal was in reach. Did he not chose an elemental lower world just to practice in elemental cultivation? Finally,after all these fights and Heaven's schemes, Lightning was in Gravis' reach. Soon, he would take his first true step towardsopposing Heaven.
Outside of Body City was a humongous arena, nearly a full kilometer across. The floor of the arena rose nearly five metersabove the ground, and there were no seats for an eventual audience. Apparently, the Elemental Guilds didn't care aboutonlookers. In the middle of every side of the arena were luxurious white stairs leading to the arena with several guards placed ateach one.
Those guards were no ordinary guards judging by their outfits. Instead of wearing the usual armor and weapon of regular guards,they were wearing different colored robes. Some of them wore fiery red colored robes, while others wore robes as blue as thedeep sea. Gravis could guess that those guards were not from the city, but probably from the Elemental Guilds.
It was still early in the morning, and not many people had arrived, and Gravis was one of the first participants who came. Hewalked to one of the stairs, which had four guards and stopped some meters before them. "I am here to register for the entranceexams," he announced.
The guards all smiled at him friendly, which seemed unusual in Gravis' eyes. Why would guards care about participants? Yet,what Gravis didn't know was that the guards were instructed to act very friendly. Every participant was a potential new asset toone of their guilds, and a good first impression may push a participant to join their specific guild.
"Welcome!" a guard with earthen-yellow robes walked forward and welcomed Gravis. "First of all, we must test if you are eligibleto participate." Then, he pointed at a stone table beside the arena. "Please put your hand on the table. It will verify if you are inthe eligible age range," he explained patiently.
"Thank you," Gravis said plainly and walked over to the table. The table was gray and made out of stone, but Gravis could seesome signs of a Formation Array. Before the guards could tell him what he should do, Gravis placed his hand on a round stone inthe middle of the table.
The table shuddered slightly, but that was not due to Gravis using too much strength, but due to the mechanisms and FormationArrays doing their work. After some seconds, the table shone in a green light. Gravis retrieved his hand and looked at theguards.
The guards nodded at him. "Alright, next, we need to test if you have tempered skin." A guard in fiery red robes walked forwardand unsheathed his sword. "Let me warn you. We don't have an easy way to verify this, so we are using a basic attack. If youhave tempered skin, everything will be fine, but if you don't, your arm will be severed. Are you ready?" he warned and asked.
Gravis simply lifted his right arm so the guard could strike him, without a comment. The guard readied himself and chopped atGravis’ arm.
CLANK!
The sword bounced back with cracks in its blade, and the guards looked shocked. They were using quite some strength whentesting the participants. Usually, someone with a tempered skin would receive a slight cut, yet the sword bounced when it hitGravis’ skin and even cracked a little.
Suddenly, the guards all started laughing. "Serves you right for using your own weapon. This is exactly why we have the testingblades," shouted one with a white robe.
The guard in fiery robes could only sigh bitterly. He looked at his sword in dismay. "My Fire Blade," he whimpered in agony. Thatsword had cost him a lot of money.
Gravis didn't console him. Stupidity had its price. Maybe the guy could learn something from this experience, so Gravis justlooked at the other guards. "So, can | go up now?" he asked.
The others smiled friendly and nodded. "Welcome to the Elemental Guilds' entrance exams," they all said in unison and madeway for him.
‘This is a nice procession,’ Gravis thought as he jumped up to the arena, skipping the stairs.
Suddenly, the guards below looked grim. "He jumped the stairs,” one said to the others, and they nodded. "He might havetempered muscles," another one said. "Should we revoke his participation? We all know that it is forbidden for people withtempered muscles to sign up for the entrance exam."
Another one shook his head. "That is not our task. We are only here to judge the participants on their age and their skin. If hetruly has tempered muscles, the Guild Masters will throw him out. Let's just continue doing our work," he said. The others agreedand continued doing what they were doing before.
Gravis saw multiple people already standing in the arena. Most of them seemed to be around 16 years old, and they had allgathered in small groups and talked with each other. Gravis ignored them, walked to a corner, and sat down. He had onlyregistered, so he only had to wait now.
Gravis took advantage of the time and started concentrating on his Will-Aura. He released it and tried to shrink the affectedspace further. His practice in Martial Arts had already finished, and only actual fights could further his mastery in those. Rightnow, concentrating on his Will-Aura was the only thing he could do.
The other participants looked at the newcomer, but before they could greet him, he had already turned away and sat at a corner.After they saw that, most of them ignored him, but some tried to strike up a conversation with Gravis. Yet, when they got closer toGravis, they started feeling nervous for no particular reason.
The closer they got, the more the nervousness transformed into fear, and all of them stopped at different distances andretreated. They shot a look at Gravis, not knowing what was happening, but they all started giving Gravis a wide berth andcontinued talking with each other.
Gravis continued training hisWill-Aura, and as time passed, morepeople gathered at the arena. ae nthe time had reached kor Colt one halfof thé arana was packed with around5,000 youngsters, but strangely, noone stood in the surrounding 30meters of Gravis. From above, helooked like a lone tree outside of aforest. He was an outsider. Thecontent is on NovelDrama.Org! Readthe latest chapter there!
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One young-looking woman was small and emanated a friendly, calm aura, like a deep lake. Her robes were, of course, deepblue.
One middle-aged man was over two meters tall with bulging muscles bursting out from the ripped-off sleeves of his earthen-yellow robe.
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In total, there were seven different people in different colored robes. They all represented their elements and stood beside eachother.
"The entrance exam will now begin!" they all shouted in unison, and Gravis opened his eyes.
Motivation and greed for power was burning in his eyes.