Damned Healer

Niara calmly headed back to Celestia Academy. On the way, she explained a bit to Darian about how the academy worked.

Aside from the massive Library of Blessings, where they'd just been, there was another one called the Celestia Library. That place stored top-tier martial arts techniques and secret documents. It wasn't just a regular library—any martial art ranked C or above required the Summoner to pass a test to access it.

Besides those places, the academy had exclusive training zones for its Summoners. There were the Five Elemental Fields, each specialized in one of the basic elements: Fire, Lightning, Earth, Wind, and Water.

Those fields weren't dangerous, as long as you stayed near the outer areas. Even a rookie could get a lot out of them. They were made for training endurance, blessing control, and martial arts—each field being filled with an intense elemental presence.

There were also three other zones—way more dangerous, but with just as many rewards—called: Tower of Mind's Darkness, Valley of the Celestial Roar, and Lake of Primordial Blood.

In those places, a rookie could die if they weren't careful. The pressure on a Summoner's body could make them straight-up explode. Still, they were the perfect spots to push your limits.

To enter any of those eight zones, you had to pay with Chaos Crystals, the currency used in Celestia Academy. Although the regular Mannaz had a different coin, Chaos Crystals could also be used outside the academy—and were worth a hundred times more than the normal currency.

'All rookies get one free use of the training zones. Only one person can enter an Elemental Field at a time, and they can stay for an hour. As for the three dangerous ones, you can stay as long as you can handle it. Usually, that's just a few minutes,' Niara added.

Darian got her point right away. Since rookies only had one free shot, and those zones were more valuable for solidifying and testing your power, everyone would save that use for the last few days.

Only one person at a time could enter, meaning most rookies would be gathered around trying to get in right now.

'There's only a few days left until the test. Most of them probably already learned the basics and now need to put it into practice. Usually, around thirty rookies pass each year. So, there's probably a line already,' she explained, clenching her fists after.