Taking over the words with a smile, Anvis touched his chest with his right hand and nodded slightly to the two of them.
Then, he stretched out his hand and gestured in the direction of the jungle in the distance.
"Have you noticed that this area seems to be surrounded by a special force field? If I didn't sense it wrong, it should be a 'wall' that temporarily restricts us from going out."
"Force field?"
Hearing this, Kaxiu was suddenly a little doubtful.
He was the first person to arrive here. Although he was only less than half a minute earlier than Anvis, he did not find any force field nearby.
Shafia fiddled with the magic cube in her hand, not knowing exactly what she did. After a moment, a line of fine runes like a data stream lit up and flickered on the surface of the cube.
"...Anvis is right. With the oak tree as the center, the radius is five kilometers, and the strength is unknown."
Looking at the results displayed on the cube, Shafia came to a conclusion in a calm tone.
"Five kilometers away?! No way, is it really there?"
After receiving the unexpected affirmative answer from the girl, Ka Xiu was stunned for a moment, and his black robe trembled like smoke.
Perception is one of his weaknesses. It can only reach a level close to the general fourth level, and can sense an area with a radius of about 1.5 kilometers at most.
For things that are five kilometers away, you have to use secret methods, but that is not necessary.
"Yes, the most likely is a blocking force field, with a probability of 83.42%. The second is hidden space occlusion, with a probability of 9.6%, and the subsequent possibilities can be ignored.
Excluding."
In response to Card Xiu's question, the girl with blue hair and purple eyes clicked on the inscription on the cube without emotion and gave an extremely accurate answer.
While the three were discussing, a bright white light like a star appeared in the forest clearing again.
The eyes of the three people were attracted at the same time. When the light disappeared, a girl wearing dark blue light armor with inscriptions, a sword hanging at her waist, and red-gold waist-length hair appeared on the spot.
She seemed to feel that her body had returned to normal. She opened her eyes gently, but her eyes were a very rare bright golden red.
After looking at each other for a moment with the three different-looking people in the room, the girl slowly spoke, wanting to ask something.
But at this moment, a cold mental wave suddenly spread rapidly from the oak tree canopy, touching the four people in an instant.
"Trial and assessment, the force field cover will disappear after five minutes, and the real venue will be found. The time will be twelve magic hours."
After reading the content about mental fluctuations, Kaxiu sorted out the content and picked out the key points.
"It seems that the only newcomers here tonight are the four of us."
Shafia nodded slightly and added calmly.
"The information just mentioned did not mention any restrictions related to the assessment, nor any hints related to the location of the venue. As an assessment for newcomers, the difficulty should be limited to a certain range.
I think that either the area here is not too large for us to search it completely within twelve magic hours. Or there are corresponding clues in the surrounding environment."
"It should be like this. The most likely location where there are clues is this big oak tree."
Anvis nodded cooperatively, and by the way told him the location of the first test in his mind.
"Wait, wait...what are you talking about? Can you explain the situation a little bit?"
Listening to the discussion between the three people, the girl dressed as a knight who appeared at the end looked confused and didn't know how to answer the conversation.
"As you can see, we are not directly entering the venue now, but are in a trial and assessment scene."
Showing an easy-going and relaxing smile, Anvis spoke calmly and briefly explained the current situation to the girl.
"If we want to officially become a member of the True Knowledge Society, we need to find the real meeting place within twelve hours, otherwise we will lose the qualification."
As he spoke, Anvis turned to the other two with a smile. His pale silver monocle reflected the faint moonlight, making his blue eyes look particularly deep.
"Three of you, how about we briefly introduce ourselves to each other? At least for now, we all have the same goal and can act together temporarily."
"I am Avis, a mage from the mysterious school. I have just entered school for one year and am a junior level three in strength."
As the proposer, Anvis first introduced himself.
"Safiya, School of Change, one year of enrollment, second level intermediate."
The girl with light blue wavy hair fiddled with the cube in her hand and said succinctly.
"I am Card Xiu, from the Necromancy School. I am currently in my second year of enrollment and am a third-level junior."
Ka Xiu, who was shrouded in a black burqa, moved and turned to the girl who appeared last.
"I'm Alyssa, a magic knight. I've been in school for one year. I'm a second-level advanced student."
After hearing the three people introduce themselves, the knight girl with golden red eyes quickly introduced herself in the same way.
"Okay, Shafia, Kashu, Alyssa, how about we start exploring the oak tree right away? After the force field cover disappears, there may not be any changes here."
Anvis nodded and took over the words very naturally.
This proposal was approved by the three people. After determining the target, they began to explore the huge oak tree without any delay.
As everyone searched carefully, soon, as a hidden illusion magic circle was broken, a broken black stone slab appeared in front of several people.
An incomplete guidance circle is engraved on the stone slab, and judging from its well-preserved lines, this stone slab is only one-fifth of the entire circle.
Seeing the slate, Anvis's originally worried heart was slightly relieved. At least the first step of the assessment was still the same as in his original memory.
"It seems that what we need to do is to find all these stone slabs."
Ka Xiu shook his robe and spoke in a relaxed tone.
"With this slate as a medium, I think this should be simple."
"The finding object spell is not effective on it, Ka Xiu, is there anything you can do?"
Pressing her slender fingers on the surface of the silver-blue cube, Shafia tried it and shook her head.
"certainly!"
Card Xiu nodded, his tone confident. At the same time, a pale bone staff appeared in his hand.
As he chanted, a silver-white mini-skeleton emerged from the ground.
He handed the slate to the skeleton, who looked at it with eyes burning with special silver soul fire, and then placed it into his chest. The entire skeleton began to deform and turned into a silver bone compass.
The silver-glossy pointer rotated and pointed to a direction in the surrounding dark dream forest.
"The nearest fragment of slate is to our northwest."
After glancing at the compass in his hand, Card Xiu looked at the other three people.
"Let's go, everyone, be careful not to let down your guard. Since it's called a trial, it's probably not safe here."
Anvis glanced at him slightly, and he sensed a faint force of time and space on the skeleton.
.….….
While everyone in Anvis was exploring, they were in a canyon in the surface dream world.
A high-level secret ritual array with a diameter of several hundred meters and an extremely complex inscription structure is steadily emitting light blue light on a huge temporary stone round platform.
On the side of the magic circle, stood a tall and thin figure wearing a pale smooth mask and a black robe.
He held a metal nameplate and stared at a magic hourglass on the ground that was almost empty.
On the nameplate in his hand, there is a half-open eye carved with a bright red nine-pointed star of varying lengths engraved in the pupil, as if weeping blood.