Preparation

[Two days ago.]

Kevin sat quietly inside the massive examination hall, waiting for the written assessment to begin.

There were more than five hundred students around him, each one from a different corner of the nation. He even noticed a few who seemed to have come from foreign lands.

But that wasn't too surprising. After all, the Academy stood above all others—it had the best facilities, the highest standards, and the most difficult entrance exams. Becoming a teacher here was considered a great honor. The process for them was said to be ten times tougher than what Kevin was about to face.

Once a person get admitted here, there was a very thin chance of him to become a useless unemployed person after graduation.

And with that success rate, it was no surprise that there were so many who wanted to become a part of the Obsidian Spire.

"Nervous?" a soft whisper came from the girl beside him—Anastasia.