Chapter 15: Sanctum Peer Ascension
The morning sun shined across the eastern cliffs of the Sanctum, casting long shadows over the towering statues of ancient tamers that watched the night at the gates.
##The bell tower rang five times but the Sanctum was already alive with movement.
Kelvin stood at the edge of the South Arena with his eyes closed while breathing slowly.
Xerion hovered in his lesser form beside him with a coiling silhouette of smoke and heat with molten eyes. Today was a different day for Kelvin, it is not a class day, not a drill day but a trial one.
A formal challenge was issued by another student between him and Kelvin.
Words had spread throughout Sanctum overnight that Kelvin, the SSS-Class Novice boy had been called out by a third-year Elite boy named Rowan Vex.
The formal challenge was sanctioned by Sanctum under the Rite of Peer Ascension, a public trial that allowed students to test their strength before an audience of their peers and masters.
Kelvin didn’t fidget. He only stood still filled with faint scars from his past battles when he was just a scavenger.
A light breeze swept across the arena where he was standing, it carrys the scent of the earth like a burning sulphur.
Darius approached Kelvin from behind, fastening his cloak. "Rowan is not a joke do you think you can really go through with your trial with him?
His beast is a Tier-6 Titan-class, a mountain wyrm named Boragos. It is nearly thirty feet long and armored like a fortress."