Unlike all those unrealistic stories where the main character somehow manages to create that great invention in a day, our main character took seven days to make his great, soon-to-be-revealed, invention. That left them with twenty-three days to finish the test.
Two weeks and two days.
1,987,200 seconds.
Ahem! That said, lets get back to the story.
With an early start to the day, Elsword strapped a bottle of water to his bag and lugged it over his shoulder. He stepped out dramatically into the morning light, the wind gently blowing his hair. Determination was written across his face as he trotted over to his newest invention— The Plane. His, "Plane", was a simple silver with a bright red on the top surfaces. Two propellers were attached to opposite ends of the invention. The wings protruded over the ground like those of a soaring eagle in the sky. Above the whole contraption was another layer of metal attached with metal bars. The seats were completely open to the wide skies that would soon be flown.
"Oh Elsword~!"
The redheaded teen looked over to the calling voice. Rena stood by an invention of her own, similar to the plane. The major differences included the green, instead of red, color and missing additional layer of metal. Another thing included the front of the plane, which was covered by a single wall of glass so the driver could avoid having wind whipping one's face.
A man with dark, black hair walked from behind their invention. Above his head was a bomber hat with fleece on the lining. He wore a long and unbuttoned gray military coat that had white cuff links at the ends. Around his right arm were brown straps of leather connected with buckles. His black pants had three metal chains hanging on the left leg from the belt. His brown boots were strapped with similar leather to the ones on his arm. On his right hand was a black fingerless glove. His left... Was complete metal.
"Meet Raven, the mastermind behind our work!" The cheery owner declared while he approached her. "He's talented, hardworking, and smart! He's everything that you guys aren't."
Elsword scowled before returning to his own plane. He leaned down and checked the landing gear; perfect mint-condition rubber was wrapped around each axle and ready to be used. He then checked the propellers for equal lengths. Indeed, they were the same. On he went, anxiously verifying different parts of the plane.
"Elsword!"
Rushing foward, Aisha waved her hand high in the air with Chung tailing behind her. The two began breathing heavily once they reached Elsword.
"Elsword...! Are you... Sure... You want to... Do this?" The concerned girl asked him with hands on her knees, breathing heavily. Random strands of hair stuck out in odd ways from her run here.
"Yeah. I'm going to do this."
Aisha, after sighing one last time, stood up straight and pulled a bag off her back. "Then I'm coming with!" Elsword opened his mouth to speak, but was cut off by Aisha's slender finger on his lips. "And don't talk me out of it!"
He nodded before taking her bag. "Alright, I'll just put it in the seat I made for you." A small smirk formed on his mouth as he left her to lug her stuff in.
While she gaped, Chung quickly took off his own bag. "Here's mine Elsword."
There were three people, but only two seats in the plane. A bit peculiar, if I may say. And obviously, one spot is for Elsword and another for Aisha. So then... What about Chung?
The redhead innocently blinked at the blonde's bag. "I didn't make you a spot Chung."
"Eh?!" Bewilderment flashed on Chung's face. "Then I'm supposed to stay here? By myself?"
"No, of course not Chung!"
The Minister walked up to the team with her hands behind her back, an emotionless look filling her face. "The Titanium Welder has already left for the first town. If you want to win, you must leave now."
"Hey ma'am," Elsword put a hand on her shoulder while taking a marked map from her, "Since your the one in charge of the test, we need to ask a favor of you."
The Minister raised an eyebrow at the owner. Aisha, being the quick girl she was and catching on to Elsword's idea, jumped in on the plan.
"You see, our intern," Aisha gestured to Chung, "Is technically here as an exchange student from another town. We're responsible for his learning. If he goes with us, he won't be learning what he needs to be. Therefore..."
"We wanted to ask if he could learn under your watch until we come back." Chung flinched as Elsword finished his friend's sentence. This was not a part of Chung's plan.
"Absolutely not. He's terrible at what he does. He knows too little to be my student," The Minister stated like it was a fact.
"W-Which is why he needs you!" Elsword patted Aisha while stuttering. "You could really help him become better!"
The Minister looked at Chung before furrowing her eyebrows. That was a good point they had. "Fine then. He may stay and study with me until the test is over."
Aisha and Elsword cheered while a silent Chung blushed furiously. He sheepishly shuffled over to her as his two friends jumped into the plane, giving teasing smiles before doing so.
"We'll see you two later!" Elsword yelled as he slipped on his aviator goggles, Aisha doing the same.
Elsword flipped some switches and the three propellers began to turn, mixing up the gravel ground with gusts of wind. The aircraft began to wheel its way across the dirt before catching air. The machine picked up and zoomed off in the sky, leaving behind their town for the next.