There is still time for the workshop trial to start. What should I do until then.
"Hey, there, I am May and you would be?"
"I am Zack" I replied to the girl.
"Hi Zack, I am a member of Fenrir Nobel family, which family do you belong to?" she asked looking at me up and down.
"I am not of any prominent family, but your family it is known for wolves' right" I asked.
"Yeah in our family each one of the members are bestowed with a Wolf and each of us is very powerful" She said with a Smirk on her face.
"Oh......k" I said awkwardly.
"So would you like to team up after the first phase trials with me" she suddenly said.
"Why do we have to team up" I asked confused.
"Oh you will see" saying that she headed towards the other contestants.
After some time the gates of workshop started opening and an old man came out.
"Welcome participants, I am one of the creators of trials of hell, Charlie, thank you all participants to come here for the first phase, we will be starting shortly until then please become familiar with the rules and promotion criteria. All of will be assigned a beast as a part of this test, there are four types of Beast which will be assigned to you as part of this test and then you will be given a weapon according to the Beast you Are chosen by. After this you will be trained for one and a half month, a test will be conducted in which teams of four will be used."
"Did that girl May knew about this and that's why she came to me" I thought to myself.
"Each team should have one of each types of beast as they have their own specialties which will be told after the ceremony, you may proceed to testing area 1" the old man told us.
"What will happen to those who are not chosen by any beast" That Girl asked the man.
"The contestant will be unworthy and hence will have to go to the weaker ones, Miss May, now please proceed." he replied.
At the testing area the old man who picked me up was there. He was talking to a person in tension. Then he went to the creator and said something which changed the look on the face of the creator.
"Please everybody start to enter the room in front of you one by one so that we can start the ceremony"
The room in front of us could not be called a room it was as big as the hall in a museum. Then we received numbers on our holochromes*(A device that is used like a handheld computer in the trials). My no. was 25 so I was gonna be in that hall very soon. My assumption was wrong my turn came after four hours out of 25 until now only 5 had been selected.
"No. 25 Please go in the room" A man instructed.
The hall was dark but for a glowing light which was in the center of the cathedral and a man beside it.
"Welcome, Sir Zack, please place your hand over the flame and speak out your name"
I did as I was told, strangely the flame didn't feel hot it was kind of warm and then I spoke out my name "Zack" and the flame turned red and the hall suddenly lit up and the picture of a dragon was etched on the wall in front of me.
The man took a look at me and said,
"Sir please go in the room labelled dragon candidate"
"Where would the room be Sir?" I asked.
"Oh just go straight and a room will appear before you, further instructions will be given to you there" he said flustered.
"OK"
Believe it or not there was a room at the end of the hall and in there were dragons, literally dragons all kinds of dragons, only separating them from me was a glass wall.
"So you are the dragon candidate, Sir Zack", it was jack the Guide.
"You are Jack, you picked me up!!" I exclaimed!
"That's right sir, so you are up for a dragon?!. Sir now you may proceed forward there are scales in front of each of the dragon, all you have to do is pick up a scale, if you are able to pick up a scale, you go to the next dragon and pick up the scale corresponding to it, until you are not able to pick up the next scale, in that case you can choose any dragon you want to choose, previous to the one whose sword you weren't able to pick up. There are a total of 20 dragons in this cabin. You may now start"
"Thank you, sir"
There were dragons with different type of swords or more like their scales were kept there.
"What are you waiting for, boy, go forward, pick up a sword/scale"
"Please don't do that suddenly it startles me"
"Start picking the damn swords"
"Fine"
The first dragon was more of a baby of green colour its scale was not that big so I started to pick it up and it wasn't half as hard as I thought it would be. Similarly the second dragon and so on.
"Stop wasting time boy, come to me, the second dragon, ask the butler if you can do this" The voice in my head said.
"Sir, can I skip the Dragons whose sword I think, I will be able to pick up" I asked Jack, a little embarrassed.
" Surely Sir, but if you are not able to pick up the sword against the dragon you stop you will be disqualified, Sir" what a confidence this boy has it's as if I(Jack) seeing 'him' again in front of me.
"Thank you, could you tell me where the second dragon is, sir"
"Yes just go towards the bright blue light and the dragon corresponding to it is the dragon you seek" that's absurd no one ever has been so confident that he asked where the Blue dragon is directly, but we can only see what will happen over the time.
"Hello boy, we finally meet" A gorgeous blue dragon was sitting on the other side wth one eye open.
"You are the voice in my head" I was dumbfounded.
"Yes, boy now pick up the my scale, you are the one who can pick it up"
"Are you sure"
"Yes boy, we Dragons have given one of our scales to the workshop, during the start there were a total of 200 dragons now only 20 remain and I am one of the strongest dragons here. We dragons decide whether the contestant is worthy of picking up the scale or not, and I deem you worthy so pick it up."
The scale was of blue colour with a strange power radiating from it. The scale was not very massive and not very small it was medium in size with a sharp tip. I think that's why these are called swords.
"You think a lot boy, I am waiting over here please pick up the sword." the majestic creature exclaimed.
I placed my hand on the scale and suddenly it felt like I was lifting a part that was supposed to mine. Before I knew it I was holding the scale high.
"Congratulations Sir, I am pleased that you were able to pick up the scale of your choice of beast"
"Thank you"
"Could you please hand over the scale, your blade will be made according to it" Jack asked.
"Yeah sure, here you go" I gave it to him.
"Now you may go to waiting area or Resting area as you wish."
"OK"
So I was able to clear the first phase of work shop trials with success but what about the other trials.
"Boy you worry a lot, The first phase has not ended yet, it has just started" the voice resonated in my head.
"What do you mean?"
"Just wait and watch, Boy, you have a long journey ahead of you, so just rest for now"
"Fine" I sighed.