Earthling in Uncharted Dimensions

"Go ahead and place your hand over Judge Crystal."

The woman's voice was cold as she casually pointed at the next table. Jonathan followed her instruction and walked forward. As he went away, he could hear the woman inquiring Hugo about something.

The next table had a decorated tripod over it and a transparent glass sphere sat on it. At a glance, it looked like an artefact with great power. Jonathan briefly scanned the object and his eyes shifted to the man behind the table.

"Place your hands on the crystal."

The man spoke devoid of any expression and Jonathan obeyed. As he placed his hand over the crystal, the transparency began to fade away and a muddy complexion filled the inside of the sphere. The man rubbed his chin while squinting his eyes at the sphere and scribbled down something.

Unbeknownst to everyone in the room, there was a sliver of green colour floating inside the mud-brown colour. The brown complexion simply overshadowed the faint green hue and it was sunk deep.

"You may go to the next table."

The man finished scribbling and spoke without taking his eyes from the paper. Jonathan did not delay and walked to the last table.

The third table had a familiar object on it. But it was not ragged and damaged like the one he had seen at Emogus. This Judge Stone was perfect in dimensions and was flawless.

"Place your hand on it."

The loli sitting behind the table had an arrogant demeanour as she commanded at Jonathan. Though surprised, he did not display it on his face and promptly placed his hand on the stone.

Humm...

The stone hummed for a split second and was back to normal. The loli seemed surprised by this and glanced at Jonathan when she saw his ears by chance.

"Aha, you're an elf!"

Her voice had surprise and curiosity in it. Other than those, Jonathan could feel a tinge of disgust flowing from her.

The loli extended her hand and took a metal plate from underneath the stone. It was made of metal and had some mass. She extended the card to Jonathan who took it from her hand politely.

"A few tests are going on in the evaluation room."

Jonathan derived from loli's words that the test was compulsory and every new student must take it. Thus he walked to the evaluation room while Hugo remained still. Fortunately, there was another signboard that led Jonathan to his destination.

The evaluation room was a large underground chamber with numerous apparatuses setup for each attribute and element. Students were already taking the tests and professors were directing and instructing the students.

Jonathan's eyes skimmed over the entire chamber and then fell on a table near him. The man sitting at the table looked old and in his forties. The student at the table gave him her metal card and he asked her to go to instruments in the chamber after pointing at them.

Jonathan followed the example and walked to the table. Handing over his metal card, the man raised his eyes to look at the hazel eyes after surveying the card.

"First go to the strength test, then the endurance test and the reflex test. After all of these, go to the elemental tests and supplementary skill tests."

The man swung his arm and pointed at the respective instruments before handing back the card. Quickly placing it inside his pocket, Jonathan walked forward.

Fortunately, there were signboards at each apparatus to describe what it is for. Therefore it was easy to spot the aforementioned instruments in the crowd.

The strength test apparatus was easy to distinguish among them as it looked like a punching bag connected to some type of machinery. As a student near the instrument, the instructor took the card from the student and inserted it into a slot in the machine. It was only after that the student was allowed to proceed.

As Jonathan watched, a student stood in front of the apparatus in guard. Her eyes were fixed on the punching bag and then, her hand moved swiftly.

Ding!

The instrument produced a mechanical ring and the card came out. The instructor took it and gave it to the student after a quick peek.

"Yay, 14 kilograms!"

The girl exclaimed while pressing down her excitement as she went past Jonathan for the next test. Now he has the outline of how the machine works.

Next was a boy. Behind him was Jonathan. The boy went and did his best and got the card back. Without any change in expression, the boy walked to the next apparatus.

"Next."

The instructor spoke and Jonathan stepped forward. He was able to see the change in expressions as the instructor caught sight of his pointy ears. When the instructor took the card from Jonathan, the man's brows rose upon knowing his race.

"It's been more than a decade since an elf stepped foot on the campus. So, welcome."

The instructor spoke in a hushed voice and stepped back for Jonathan to take his test. The card was inserted into the machine and the instructor nodded at the elf.

Without taking a stance, Jonathan raised his right hand and threw a solid punch. It was worthy of calling a punch as it was supported by his well-placed footing. Aleria taught this method when he trained under her.

Ding!!

This time, the ring was slightly different from the monotonous ring. Jonathan could tell that there was something different in the noise as he shuttled his eyes to the instructor.

Why is he staring at me?

Jonathan saw the man standing with the card in his hand. The brows were raised and he had surprise written all over his face.

It took the man a moment to collect himself before handing over the card.

22?

Jonathan was puzzled to see the number. He could tell that he saw the score value average standing between 18 and 12 till now. He wondered whether his result was because of being an elf.