Chapter 284 (2/2)

“What sort ofat the old drunk He looked about fifty at least, and although he sported a large beer belly, it couldn’t mask the warrior’s build that he once had

Alaric turned to face ht our deal here was that we don’t pry and ask questions that are unnecessary”

You are reading on ReadNovelFullonlinecoed It would be a lie to say I wasn’t curious about the old drunk, but it seemed like he had about as much reason to keep me at a distance as I did for him It was probably why he never specifically confirh it was probably pretty obvious to hih the streets of Araates of a large rho that stood by itself, surrounded by a lush grass lawn A single paved road, lined on both sides with statues of battle

“This is it, dearest nephew,” Alaric said casually while handingwith a series of nu er than that, physically, I didn’t say anything

I stored the card safely in the inside pocket of et this?”

“During the ti up toward the guard stationed inside the booth next to the front gate

After Alaric gave the guard his identification card along with a piece of paper, the gate soon opened

The old drunkard slid his hand over one of the statues “Impressive, isn’t it?”

‘These look like toys coishow many times I had almost died in that zone alone Good times

Despite how quiet it was outside, alked through the doors of the rather flat building, a cacophony of noises erupted fro ates inside every ascender building restricted only to ascenders and a platform where they can use their own teroups ofto clerks or aates are purely for candidates testing to become ascenders?”

“It’s actually really just for noraze upon the majesty of us ascenders,” Alaric said with a wink “Coh thereminded me of some of the nicer Adventurers Guild Halls back in Dicathen, except it was er and had a much wider array of accolass h concentrations ofrooms that teams could rent out It was an all-inclusive facility that you could spend days in

Alaric took his tih the different sorts of facilities that every ascender building offered…for a fee, of course This was, once again, a cold reminder of how much more developed Alacrya was co roo inside?” I asked, watching a tea roo in sweat

Alaric knocked on the solidroos are top class, and theup these rooms are special alloys only found in the northern mountains of Truacia”

‘Instillers are basically enchanters specializing in enhancing objects with theirnated for helping ascender candidates Unlike the other areas within the facility, the large circular waiting area was filled with es

Aside fro, e and were all wearing different hout were several older arbed into soes

“Most applicants come from academies, hence the reason why they look like they have a stick up their ass,” Alaric whispered distastefully “Unfortunately for you, most ascenders look down on the ‘unschooled,’ as they say It ht be hard for you to attract a party so do decently well—but not too well”

I frowned “What is ‘decently well’ supposed to be?”

“Just follow their instructions,” the drunkard dis his ear “They’ll tell you what you need to do to pass”

The two of us took a seat near the far end of the circular waiting area after Alaric signed me up for a practical skill assessment

“daling to drink alcohol while hiding it within his suit jacket

“What you need is help,” I retorted with a scoff

“Thank you for caring so much about your uncle’s health, dearest nephew,” Alaric said with a smile that didn’t quite reach his eyes

We continued waiting, and with nothing better to do, I closed my eyes and visualized the realm within the keystone By now, I had accessed the relic so ine the kaleidoscopic space clearly enough to si froirls are checking you out,’ Regis cole

Are you twelve? I shot back, not bothering to open my eyes

‘Technically, I’ued ‘But that’s not the point Some of them are pretty cute’

How do you even knohat cute is? I asked

‘I’is reminded me ‘So technically, my interpretation of cute is actually your interpretation of cute’

Curiosity getting the best of irls a fes in front of st themselves That’s when I also noticed a powerfully built student, whose unifor atto drill a hole with your gaze?” Alaric snapped “Come on You’re up next”

I followed the old uided us through a narrow hallway leading to a circular rooh portal five,” he said, ate “Guardians will be led to the viewing room where they can watch froh the portal marked with a ‘five’ without a word and I followed after hiates in Dicathen had been largelyonly a dull sense of vertigo that quickly faded Studying htly lit tunnel we seemed to be in

Runes flashed on the i our way Aside from the main path that stretched out in front of us, there was a set of stairs to our right, aroo” Alaric s up the stairs “It’ll be interesting to see you fight”

With a deep breath, I h theround lab rather than any sort of testing area

The roo rooht suit neatly folded on a bench as well as a locker formy current clothes

“For your own safety, please wear the protective suit,” a prerecorded voice repeated every fewon the foaht suit covered in runes, I walked over to the entrance clearly labeled ‘assessment hall’ I had to admit that it was ihtly as I neared the entrance and the doors slid open as if the suit itself was required to go through

‘Wow…fancy,’ Regis commented

Despite such differences in experience, mythrough the autoht of a huge chamber

The enormous room was a perfect cube that was around fifty yards in width, height, and length with rows of intricate runes pulsating throughout the walls Both the floor and walls were divided into slass pane near the ceiling which several shadowed figures stood behind

“Candidate Grey, striker,” a voice booin”

That was it No guidance, no instructions of any sort Instead, a row of lower square tiles receded froiant arht

Regis let out a groan ‘Again…how coly?’