The following morning, the sky above Eldrath was painted in hues of pale gold, and the academy bells rang across the sprawling campus. Students bustled through the open courtyards and stone archways, most of them whispering about a new applicant who had defeated Cernan Vellmont with a weapon no one could quite explain.
That applicant now stood in front of the Examination Hall, wearing a simple black jacket and his signature smirk.
A tall man with a thick beard and monocle, wearing professor's robes lined with deep red, opened the door and looked Inigo up and down.
"Inigo Velasquez, I presume," the professor said, rolling a scroll in his hand.
"That's me," Inigo replied casually.
"I am Professor Maelric. I'll be your overseer for today's Proving. Follow me."
