Final Test

The walls surrounding Alex changed to a barely blue color. Seeing the color, he was sure that he was on the verge of completing all the trials. All he had to do now was pass the final test.

He sat on the cold floor, wondering what the next test was going to be. He had a hunch that it was going to have to do with talisman again and not just runes or scripts. 

The people of this world were more used to talismans, and most of the people who came to get tested were ones who were good at talismans. So testing any other skill was counter-productive.

The woman had already tested their knowledge of runes and scripts, so the final one had to be a talisman-based trial for certain. 

He had to wait for a while longer than he had expected to. There seemed to be some participants remaining that were still trying to control the last trial. When they ended, either in victory or in failure, the female soul spoke once more.