After the break was over, the students gathered outside the main building following Instructor Keith's lead. The classes today were not going to be held in the classroom; rather, they were being taken somewhere.
The capital as a whole was situated on a mountain, the academy was built on the edge of the capital. The instructor led them through a passage beside the school building through a tunnel-like space. The students whispered slowly as they moved.
After a small walk, the path opened up into a Training Ground—a massive, coliseum-like arena built deep into the hillside behind the academy.
The stadium stretched high and wide, ringed by polished stone walls. Tall archways circled the upper rim, where balconies and banners of the academy fluttered in the wind. The ground was a mix of packed soil and stone, divided into segments for different elemental practices. Around the edges, stone benches formed rows like an ancient amphitheater, and towering columns loomed at the corners.
