The teams are assembled, and the test begins.
As Xia Zhou had predicted, the central dome of the circular platform houses a test area that simulates an anti-magic field.
Mystic Mage Yakst explained the condition of the test area in precise terms:
"Shadow energy readings: Plane observation at 1 meter, observation cycle of 3.2 seconds, Bidirectional observation, average reading value 94.6, peak value 96.4, trough 92.8, range difference 3.6, amplitude 1.8. Elemental energy with unidirectional polar amplitudes higher than 1.8 cannot appear in the test area…"
After reciting a host of hard-to-understand data to the uninitiated, the Mystic Mage Yakst announced in his uninflected voice that testing would begin with the last-arriving Wild Hammer Alchemist team. Everyone else would follow in reverse order of arrival.
The content of the test is simple.