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"Is that it?" Richard said as he slowly opened his eyes. He was expecting some sort of light or something. At least the Professor should have said something to him. He was nervous since Professor kept his silence. Maybe something had gone wrong. Maybe his elemental root was flawed.
"*Ahem* Yes, that was all. Now we should start with building your altar" said Professor Serpentine after coming to his sense. Richard found that wrong but as long as his elemental root was okay it didn't really matter to him.
"Okay, Professor!" Richard said. Then he followed him to another room. For building altars, each element had its own room. In those rooms, there was a magic circle installed in them to gather that particular element's prana. The professor led him to the darkness element's room.
"Darkness? Do I have the Darkness elemental root?" Richard asked the Professor.