Nakutsck was on a kind of stage set up right next to the entrance into the arena where the first challenge will take place:

'The first competitors who'll try to pass the first test are the ones from the ‘Sacred Tree' School. May their wands help and protect them!"

The three elves entered the area where the dangerous quest was to take place with no fear. As they entered that huge, snowy field, two 30-cubit tall golems got up from that snow ... they had neither more nor less than ...