Academy Trials [I]

All the second-years soon gathered at the Grand Terrace, one of the academy's ceremonial locations.

The Grand Terrace was the highest point in the academy. It looked like a god's helicopter pad, surrounded by the rooftops of the other victorian buildings.

It was spacious enough to hold all 150 students, who had divided themselves into twos, fours, and even sixes. Every party had its own reason for choosing that number. Some wanted the leaderboard multiplier, while others cared more about surviving the Trials.

After all, many students knew the title of Dux was out of their reach, leaving it to inevitables like Rake Cooper and Scarlett Trump.

In that case, it was hard to tell which party was the strongest because the top students had scattered themselves across different teams.

Rake Cooper's party was one of the first to catch everyone's attention because of Toby and Tabitha.