"Mmm. Interesting boy"
"What god-art is that? It is different from the ones I've ever seen"
" I don't think it is a god-art. I believe it is a special kind of shield. It must be very expensive. I wonder what other abilities it has apart from protecting the guy from heat"
" Mmm. Transfiguration and a holy one at that. Wait for me boy. I don't think you would live long enough to harness it's full power. Hahahaha" a devilishly handsome man of about 30 years with short, greasy black hair,combed to the right,pale red eyes which glinted and a combination of a goatee and mustache laughed out in the shadows. No one heard what he said though and no one saw him even though they were in the same control room.
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"Hot,hot,hot!Too hot" a fat guy with slightly red long spiky hair screamed on top of his voice. Terry Kale on of the members of Vorden's group who also happened to be passing through the desert stumbled and fell in the sand. He was in the middle of nowhere even though he could see the tower. In fact, it wasn't for the fact that the place was scorching hot,he was indirectly stupid. Terry is an Earth guda but out of sheer stupidity and the heat ,he totally forgot his ability as a guda to use an energy shield and the ability to use the earth domain,the desert, to his advantage.
"This is...too...much for someone like me! It's burning all the fat away. I hate people seeing my big head!" Terry once again shouted as a dry, strong gust of air pushed him back to where he was before.
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A black combed,short haired boy walked on snowy grounds with an azure energy shield around him. He perfectly fine apart from the few wet patches on his clothes. The cold air and falling snow posed no threat to the guy.
"This test is too easy. I wonder how the others are doing especially that peasant and the blond guy. I suppose they are already kicked out or haven't been able to pass the swamp"
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Humph. Humph. Humph
Dark green short spiky hair, black horns, slightly red skin, slightly pointed ears: a boy climbed the steep cliffs, holding onto vines, branches and putting his hands in cracks to hoist himself up the mountain. The guy was seriously sweating. His sweat could even fill a barrel to the brim. Even his dwarf knowledge of the earth couldn't help him in his current situation.
After some few grunts and climbing,he got to the top and saw the tower about a 100km away from him.
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''I'm almost there.You can do this Amy. Just a little push.'' Hot,dry air blew all around her.Lava flowed in rivers and streams around her. Some fell like rain as they were being spitted out of pits. Amy in her aqua blue energy shield walked on a thin, stony path with lava spitting all around her. The path she chose was almost a short cut to the tower but it basically was a ''Lava Forest''. Sometimes she tried using her art to protect herself from the lava when a strong wind blew only for it dissipate without trace. She was a Water guda and water was like the arch-nemesis of fire and this time, fire had the upper hand. After a series of castings and evaporations, she reached the foot of the tower. She rushed towards the entrance of the tower only to hit a barrier, an invisible barrier. She tried and tried but to no avail. A sudden flash of light made her look up to see an inscription which had the abbreviations of her name ,''A.R''. She also found other abbreviations but they were all darkened. ''What does this mean?''
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The snow on the ground on the ground and the ones falling happened to be melting away from a dirty, faced, angry boy. His face was too dirty to even notice its complexion. He moved without an energy shield but the snow and ice didn't seem to bother or he was oblivious of his surroundings. He was too angry to notice that he had released his aura which melted the ice away. All what he wanted was to reach the tower, claim his if any and go lie on a soft, warm bed with snacks all around him. ''AAAAAHHH!!!Watch where you are going!'' a girlish scream broke Lith out of his stupor. ''Mmm. Oh...oh...sorry...sorry..I...I...didn't mean to.'' Lith stammered as he got off Amy who he unintentionally bumped into while she was meditating and fell on top of her, getting his hands on her soft footballs. ''Hmph! Boys, always the same.'' she gave a cheeky remark as she covered them. ''I'm seriously sorry. I didn't know you were here. Where are w....?'' Lith stopped blabbering as he realized he had reached the tower. He was confused as to why Amy was still there or she was being good by waiting for the rest of the group? ''Why are you still here?'' he asked Amy. ''Hmph! Trying to make me forget what you dead...you can go in there for all I care. Hmph! Always the same, boys.'' Amy pouted.
Lith with a deadpan face headed for the entrance only to bump into a barrier. There he noticed the abbreviation of his name, L.B in glittering gold letters above him. He saw that Amy's name was among the others which were all dark. ''I think we can't get in until they are all here!'' Lith shouted to Amy. ''Hmph! I also think so!'' she replied in a harsh tone. ''I wonder what's wrong with that girl?''
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''Someone save me! I'm burning!! I'm on fire!! Anyone?!'' Terry screamed on top of his lungs. He had successfully climbed a sand dune but was burning hot. He was literally not on fire but the heat was too much for him. If he knew what he was going to get himself into he would have worn light clothes instead of wearing a black jeans jacket, baggy pants and long, leather boots. The heat he was feeling was the feeling someone gets when he is burning. Like the gods had heard his prayer, a portal appeared over him and with a drawing force pulled him inside-back at the tower, an abbreviation, T.K lighted up and turned black, completely black that one had to squint in other see it.