After Carl stepped into the teleporting magic circle, he felt like he had just fallen off a cliff and his entire body was in free-fall. However, just a second later, his feet were on solid ground and he steadied himself as his surroundings lit up.
He looked around to see nothing but shelves and shelves of books.
This place seemed to be a library. Rows and rows of tall and wide bookshelves were placed in random directions and stacked up to form a huge pyramid. He was at the foot of a staircase with many turns that meandered above the bookshelves all the way to the tip of the pyramid.
Carl looked at his surroundings carefully but he could not figure out what was going on. He was supposed to be here for a test of his talent, but nothing was happening. Besides, where was Raphael?
"Come up
