Gym Challenge
Early in the morning, the sky outside the Inn gradually changes from dark blue to bright blue.
The sky in this Secret is exceptionally blue.
The bright golden sun diffused into a spacious room through the curtains, and Filipe Wind, who was lying on a large soft bed, slowly opened his eyes. Eyelashes fluttered slightly, and a pair of sea-blue eyes reflected the glare of the sun.
Getting up and walking to the edge of the window, what you see is a boundless sea of clouds, and the sound of the wind brings comfort to body and spirit.
"Today is the day, to challenge the Gym."
With a soft whisper, Filipe Wind donned his battle clothes and went to the bathroom that accompanied the bedroom to freshen up.
Today the whole CS Village looks excited.
Not only were many villagers coming and going, but also many young people were heading in the same direction. Of course, what is most striking is the arrival of the person responsible for this Kingdom test and his followers.
"Welcome everyone, I never expected His Excellency James to come to our Gym."
Facing the entrance to the Gym, is a Bronze Level Warrior greeting all visitors.
He was the CS Village Gym Leader, and he was nervous facing so many mages. Among them was the gold level mage, James. And the mages that accompanied him were all at the silver level. So on to today's Gym Challenge. He already realized that the Kingdom was taking over the Gym Leader for this challenge. So after greeting the guests and completing the formalities, he made room for James to take over.
"Let's go in then and prepare the ground for the arrival of these young people."
James, who took over as the new Gym Leader, spoke and strode in. Leading everyone into preparation for the Challenge he was tasked with taking on. He doesn't know what the superiors want with these young people, but as an order was sent from above, he has to comply.
Filipe Wind was not clear about the decisions taken by the Kingdom. There's only one thing he knows now, and that's that the challenge is about to begin. Along with other youths, he was led all the way towards the Gym's backyard.
At first I didn't notice anything, but suddenly I discovered that they had walked hundreds of meters and hadn't reached the yard behind the Gym.
Everyone was very surprised.
Even Filipe Wind is the same.
This is the power of space magic!
Let the entire territory of the Gym expand hundreds of times invisibly. This is no ordinary spatial magic, but an array made with precious spatial element materials. This caused everyone to marvel at the Kingdom's methods.
Upon reaching the backyard, everyone found that it had turned into a small snowing environment with a range of 10,000 meters of space.
The environment has a lot of Ice element in the air, making it easier to use Ice element skills. Already giving a hint that he will face a challenge related to the Ice element, in this snowy world.
But what is even more shocking and intriguing is an ice-blue gem floating above the center of this world. No one knows the origin of that gem, but it is certain that it is definitely the power source of a certain terrifying existence. Because the terrible Ice element mana contained within the gem, even if it is deliberately contained, it can still seem powerful with slightly overflowing breath.
"I see that twenty young people have arrived."
"For everyone to know I James am taking on this Gym challenge. As the difficulty increased, as responsible for this test carried out by the Kingdom. The medal won in this test will be worth ten times more points. This is equivalent to saying that this medal is worth ten medals of the same level."
"For those who are still willing to accept the Challenge stay. The others can leave."
James who appeared in front of the crowd dropped a bombshell with this increased difficulty of the Gym challenge. Causing an uproar among the young challengers.
The Gym challenge on Standard difficulty is already difficult for most. Now with the increased difficulty, if anyone out of twenty of them passes it's a nightmare difficulty. But like James, he didn't mention death during the test. Most of the young people decided to stay, and five more cowardly young people left.
It felt like it was a choice. But those who chose to desist had their names engraved.
After all James only talked about the Gym challenge, he didn't talk about the Kingdom test that is always going on. He even gave a tip to these young people, presenting himself as directly responsible for this test Performed by the Kingdom. Now even people who give up, so it doesn't matter if they are geniuses in their cities. They will have points deducted if they make it to the end of their one year stay at The Secret.
"So since the fifteen of you decided to stay, I'll explain how the challenge works."
"This challenge is in the hands of this magical beast, which is in the middle of the place. You must survive for five minutes."
"Let the challenge begin."
Following James' words, the content of the challenge was released to young people.
After being told that it was to survive, the youths turned away from the middle of the world and ran in different directions. But everyone was heading towards the edges of the land.
Filipe Wind was among them. With the help of his Wind manipulation, he was the fastest and he was already hundreds of meters away from that dangerous jewel that was in the middle of the world.
"Very well, there are promising young people."
"Good mana manipulation."
"Even before the element awakens, Wind helps it. Very high affinity with the Wind element."
The public who watched the challenge commented. They were all silver level mages after all, they had experience and could see if a youth was different, he was promising and the Kingdom would pay special attention to such youths.
So far only Filipe Wind has stood out. The other youths despite being bronze level warriors at such an age, and looked like a genius in their cities. They didn't come into their sights.
Where these silver level mages came from, they saw a lot of young people of the same age as these participants, and they are also bronze level. It even seemed that the bronze level at this age was normal. They only care about those with high elemental affinities, which are possible to reach the silver level.
"Looks like it's about to start."
James commented.
Causing the other mages, who were still talking, to fall silent.
As predicted, the gem-like stone filled with Ice element. It suddenly exploded in an icy wind that encompassed the entire venue. The jewel that once floated was now broken, and coming out of it found a bird only seen in myths, the Ice Phoenix.
"Chip ..."
The Ice Phoenix.
A magical beast that spawns at the silver level. Be it speed, strength, defense, attack, everyone is at the peak of their level. In addition to its high affinity for the element, it compensates for long-range usage. They are a magical ice beast, which can fight both melee and melee. As well, they are oppressive in long-range fighting. Being of your choice the fight mode, without weaknesses and can still fly.
The Ice Phoenix suddenly spread its wings, and countless feathers made of ice flew swiftly, mixing with the surrounding snow, attacking everyone participating in this challenge.
That challenge was called a group battle, so naturally it wasn't for these youths to defeat the Ice Phoenix. The goal was already mentioned at the beginning, which was to survive for five minutes.
But like the Ice Phoenix, it would only make a challenge of survival. She is also testing her affinities with the element of ice. The attack she used blended in with the snow in the location, if the participant didn't notice the attack through the ice aura. He hadn't managed to survive even the first round.
This scene shocked everyone who was there.
The magical beast of myth, the legendary Ice Phoenix, really exists!
And what's with this attack that you can't even see.
This challenge still needs to be done.
Must be Hell Mode difficulty.