Chapter 104 - 104: Let the assessments begin!

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Finally, after an hour plus of driving without any hitch except the bandit issue, the carriage Grey was in was finally seen moving into a huge looking square gate with other carriages. Entering in after the driver showed some people at the gate a document of some type, they were let in. Looking out of the carriage, Grey was in awe as he could hardly see people walking with their two feet getting from one place to another. He could see several carriages moving around while looking up, he could see people flying possibly from using wind magic. Not a single house looked dilapidated at all. Each of the buildings were beautiful looking and standing tall almost like lord Cedric's mansion. Then as the carriage moved, he could see some stalls and shops off to the sides with people walking over getting some things they needed before flying off again. The ground wasn't rough at all, it was smooth with marble flooring covering every inch and corner of the streets. The people themselves didn't look to be starving at all, they all wore beautiful clothes with smiles on their faces as they bought and traded with mostly silver and gold coins. 'So this is the capital huh? It is really a huge contrast from the small Kiten town I came from. I can hardly see any broken down house or buildings here. Truly, it's only the rich that can stay here.' Grey thought as he admired the whole city. "Wait a sec, where is the assessment supposed to take place?" Grey asked out loud when a sharp sound was heard in front of them and the carriage halted sharply in the middle of the streets. "What happened?" "Someone just appeared in front of the carriage." The driver replied and then Grey stepped out of the carriage to see a man dressed in a long brown robe with his hands in his pockets. "Who are you?" Grey asked. "The one tasked with bringing any participants taking part in the assessment to the coliseum." The man replied. "Huh? How did you know I was taking part?" Grey asked. "We have our ways. Now let the carriage head back and you come with me." The man replied as Grey suddenly felt his forehead sweat slightly. 'Why do I feel slightly afraid of the man in front of me? Is it because of the mysterious aura surrounding him or what?' Grey thought when he walked forward and he could see Cedric's carriage heading back. "Now come on!" The man said as he grabbed onto Grey and before he could do anything else, they suddenly disappeared from the streets leaving no trace of Grey or the man. Meanwhile, to the south of the capital, a huge coliseum was built far away from any nearby buildings and devoid of people walking around it. But there was a loud noise heard coming from inside it. The coliseum was so huge that it could be said it spanned several kilometers while it was built in a round shape. In front of the coliseum gate, a warping sound was heard and then all of a sudden, two individuals were seen standing in front of the gate. One of them had a mysterious look to his face, the other had a stunned expression on his face. 'Teleportation magic?!' Grey shouted in his head when the man suddenly stepped forward and signalled for Grey to do the same. "Huh? Why didn't you just use your magic to teleport us inside?" Grey asked as he snapped out of his awe and came back to his usual self. "That is because a barrier has been put around the coliseum to block any unlawful entry. If I tried, we would be bounced far away by the barrier." The man replied as he suddenly placed a band of some kind on Grey's hand. "What is this for?" Grey asked again about to pull the band out. "Don't pull it! If you do, then you forfeit this assessment as this band will prove that you are going to take part in the assessment. So I will leave you to enter into the coliseum yourself while I go get the rest." The man said as he suddenly disappeared from view. "What a weird man." Grey commented as he looked in front of him at the huge gate and then he took a sigh while about to push it open when it suddenly opened by itself and stayed open as if waiting for Grey to walk in. "Seriously?! How am I seeing things I have never seen before?" He shouted and then he shrugged before stepping forward and walked into the gate and then, the gate shut back open sealing any options of Grey running back not like he planned to. Taking several steps forward with his heart thumping louder and louder, he could see hundreds of young individuals in front of him no doubt the same age as him. They were all dressed differently with some huddling together and making small talks while others stood alone in the corner nonchalantly and some were seen looking around nervously. Looking around, Grey admired the coliseum as on the sides, he could see several seats there with a barrier of some kind blocking the place just in case of a stray attack. While in the centre of the coliseum, when one looked forward, they could see about four huge chairs raised with different colours on it which were currently empty. 'I think those chairs are for the captains of each squads.' he thought. Walking forward, he could see that the contestants suddenly stopped mumbling and looked his way but shrugging their looks, he walked towards the side and leaned against the wall with his arms crossed and his eyes closed. 'Although I'm nervous about this whole thing, I can't help but feel excited and pumped up. So I need to see if I can replenish my core and not let a single mana go to waste. This… this assessment is very important to me and I must do my best to get into the academy.' Grey thought as he closed his eyes to continue meditating. The crowd on seeing that the new contestant was not concerned with making friends, let him be and then slowly, the coliseum was receiving more contestants and finally, they could see the gate that served as the entrance and exit to the coliseum disappear meaning that no one would walk in. After disappearing, five minutes later behind the chairs that were raised on the very high platform above the ground, a door opened and then, four individuals walked out with two young individuals each walking side by side with them. The presence and aura they exuded, made a hush befall the coliseum as they began mumbling while gathering together in the middle of the coliseum. Hearing no loud noise, Grey snapped his eyes open and could see the contestants walk towards the centre so he did the same but stayed at the back. Although he was still able to see what was going on and could see the four individuals and seeing them, Grey recognized one of them. But he kept quiet as the four took their seats one at a time with the two people standing on either sides of their chairs. The crowd seeing them, began mumbling as the noble blood there recognized the men and they began mumbling. "That's captain Amir! The captain of the Lunaria squad and the vice principal of the Lunaria academy." Someone from the crowd said as they pointed with beautiful brown hair on his head and brown eyes too with a constant smile on his face. Sёarch* The Novelƒire(.)ne*t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. "And that's the captain of the Everwood academy! Alex Brown!" Someone shouted as they pointed at a man that looked to be in his twenties with a lean body build with short black hair and bright blue eyes and a small scar above his left eyebrow. He wore a long green robe with a silver pin on his chest indicating his position as a captain. "That is the captain of the Ravenhust academy! Sophia Davis! She's so dreamy!" Someone said as they pointed at a female that looked to be in her early twenties sitting on the far right of the chairs with silver coloured hair on her head and gleaming brown eyes. Her skin looked so smooth and beautiful almost without blemish and she wore a purple robe with a silver pin on it while her face was looking stern and emotionless but she still looked beautiful nevertheless. "And the last but not the least captain! Ryan Kim! The captain and vice principal of the Wysteria squad." Someone called as they pointed to the man that took the chair in the middle of the captains. He looked to be in his late twenties with his jet black spiky hair on his head and beautiful green eyes while having a slightly agile build with his heart-shaped face with small freckles on his nose. Captain Ryan wore a black robe with a silver pin on it while a smile was plastered on his face as he stared out at the crowd and then he stood with a glowing green crystal in his hand. "Welcome you all to the great assessment held by the four great magical academies!" Ryan Kim spoke and the contestants listened attentively. "We are very busy people so we won't waste time with unnecessary details, we would just jump straight into the assessment." Hearing this, the crowd nervously cheered with some not bothering to say anything while staring nonchalantly. "This assessment would be three different types and note, if you fail anyone of them, you would be told to head back. No second option so you must do the assessment properly and when done with all three, winners of all three assessments, would be displayed in front of the captains and the captains would raise their hands if they want any contestant to join their squads. Do we all understand?" Ryan asked and the whole contestants shouted at once. "Yes sir!" "Good! Now let the assessments begin!" Ryan smiled.

Chapter 104 - 104: Let the assessments begin!

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