Chapter 2 The Secret Hall

The Exam Day

"Before I leave I wish you both the best of luck," said Kai

"Thank you," said Katsumi sand Ichiro.

Kai continued, "Of course, Ichiro, Katsumi. My father once told me this, and now I would like to share this with you today."

"Always remember 'Power does not respond to desire Power responds to the need'. I know you will not understand this currently, but we all know time will teach you this in its own way. Now it's time for me to leave." said Kai.

Kai proceeded towards the exam ground

"What does he mean by that? Do you have any idea?" Ichiro asked, puzzled.

"To be honest I didn't understand it either." Said Katsumi

"Hmm ok, as you say, I think we should also head towards the exam ground," said Ichiro.

Katsumi and Ichiro arrived at the Admission Exam Ground

"What? This is where the exam is supposed to take place. But nothing is here, just empty ground," said Katsumi.

"Ya, where is everything? Is this the right place?" asked Ichiro.

"Yes, the date and location are correct. Wait, let's ask someone," said Katsumi.

"Look someone is standing there let's ask him." Said Katsumi

"Hello."

"Hmmmm, who are you?"

"my name is katsumi." said katsumi.

"Hey, and my name is DAICHI," said Daichi.

"I wanted to ask you if you know where the admission exam will take place," said Katsumi.

"I see you're visiting for the first time. Nice to meet you. As you can see, the exam will begin tomorrow. Today we have to find a secret entrance," said Daichi.

"a secret what?" said Ichiro

'There is a secret entrance to a hall where the tests will be introduced in three hours.' Said Daichi.

"Hh how do you know all this?" said Katsumi

"the thing is that this is my 3rd time attempting this exam" said Daichi

"Whattt! For the third time!" said Katsumi

"Ya its true, these exams are pretty difficult." said Daichi

Daichi continued "Wait by the way do you wanna try to find the entrance together that will make it easier with more people?"

"Together, that's a great idea. What do you say Katsumi?" said Ichiro

"I agree let's find this together" said Katsumi.

"So let's get moving we don't have much time." said Ichiro

"I remember someone mentioning that it is the direction towards the forest" said Daichi

"Hh the forest that's weird. Should we go there?" said Katsumi

"I think we should and we haven't even found a clue yet. Maybe it can help." said Daichi

They started to search for clues but then...

"AAAAAAAAA KATSUMI ! DAICHI ! HELPPPP..." Ichiro yelled

"What just happened? The floor just disappeared, but how?" asked Katsumi.

"Wait no look the floor is closing let's jump in " said Daichi.

Katsumi and Daichi jumped into the whole and the whole closed

"Wow! What a gorgeous place, but what is this?" said Katsumi

"In addition to tricking you, the guards also tricked you. The only way to get out of here is to find a way to get out. There are multiple rooms in the building you can choose from. You should take care when entering these rooms as some might be dangerous. If you cannot get out within two hours, you will be escorted." A voice came from the speaker.

"This is dumb. If we waste two hours here, then we will only have 30 minutes of spare time left to find the hall. We need to find a way out of here," said Ichiro.

"Can't we just climb back up the hole?" asked Katsumi

"No, the trap we fell into was a high-level spell. The ground didn't just disappear. It was a spell. They turned the ground into a molecular form by using a combination of wind and earth spells, which meant we were unable to see the ground and could fall through it. When we saw it was closing at that time the effect of the spell was ending. The wind and earth spells used were both high level spells. The spell requires a tremendous amount of mana so it can't be cast with a mana band," said Daichi.

"You are very smart but you should use this in escaping because time is ticking." Voice came from the speaker.

"What even is this place. Multiple rooms we need to figure out this cant be possible. We need to come up with a plan quickly," said Ichiro.

"Based on what I see, at the moment we are able to see three doors, which means it will be idle if we split up and find our way out. If we split up and get out, we can reduce the time it would take us to get out, but we would also be facing an increased risk," said Katsumi.

"We need to take the chance and split and...…" said Daichi

"Sorry for the late notice, but I forgot to mention that there are watches on the table that can be used to communicate with each other. Good luck finding your way out." Voice from the speaker.

"Watches to communicate, that's exactly what we needed. I think we should now split up." Said Daichi in a reply.

"All right, let's go," said Ichiro

TO BE CONTINUED