Within the assembly hall a single voice continued speaking,"Soon ,each and every single one of you shall go through an awakening recieving a skill a lineage that can be traced back forming the keys to your ascension,although few to non have climbed so far passing through the 9 stages or climbing to the 9th heaven", slightly cupping his hand towards his mouth and releasing a few coths the elder finally said, " Your journey starts now "
Darian was impatient using one hand tapping his fingers on his thighs,Thinking to himself about his old life on earth," even for Earths standards this was unnecessarily long" ,he sighed," Theirs a bigger game thats being played here and I cant fathom it ,looking at the big picture I have no real control and a target behind my back with unknown enemies stronger than me,the chances of my loved ones dieing from the debree was at 80%,I have to get stronger " he said to himself
Nordwind swipped his hand a basket placed behind him shook a little as white papers flew being blown in the air by a strong gust of wind causing them to spread throughout the hall,creating a entertaining magical scene within the pages were information on the assigned dorm rooms and a meeting area soon after that everything had ended
Outside the assembly Darian and Doulos walked through the corridor," Its seems the info you gave was correct as expected,this school has no seniors" Darian said his eyes resolute,Doulos smiled, " Since its institution, a large group of noble children would be taken at 15 or 14 years of age as an exception, in such a system new children would only be added after the the initial group had graduated,Being an exceptional talent I attended decades ago due to lord Conrads secret backing ofcourse,something unheard of at the time "
Darian eyes looked at the sky breathing in the clear air," It seems this is where we say goodbye, after all this school is known for its isolation tactics", Doulos walked in closer ,Darian taking a step back in confusion,Doulos lift up his hands ruffling Darians hair ," Hey whats this for " Darian expression turning iritated while Doulos looked at him a sense of nostalgia," Its just funny to me thats all ,you grew up so fast and despite your ages you all seem so tall 5,8 for your age is very impressive ",sighing once more he took his hand off placing one on his hips the other using two fingers of his right hand placing it on his chin to sizing Darian up " Don't go attacking the ladies now ,no PR team is saving that "
Remembering his experience on earth the few books he read about the years before the war Darian answered with sincerity "you would be surprised " ," In all honesty spinning something in a empathetic light is normally enough for ordinary people to side with you ,say it was a crime of love or the parents caused this by forcing the lovers apart ",he thought in his heart," let's stop talking about my non existent relationships,What about you!",he said pointing at Doulos ,crossing his arms and tapping his foot with a smirk then unfirling his arms pressing it close,bending his palms to the opposite directions, " ofcourse I will be attending your wedding soon "
Doulos chuckled," Then its not goodbye its see you soon besides in a years time,I will be seeing you fight in the colleseum",his expression turning sturn placing a hand on Darians shoulder," Also I'm still worried on the force I felt that day, its best to keep such things a secret never hesitate to signal me if your in danger", sighing Doulos turned around walking away his last words were " don't put on a show ",before completely vanishing
Darian looked at the page as he started walking towards his destination,In this place nobility was stripped of servants and Instructors with only wits talent and strength to carry them this decided the future ,those who came out of such a cauldron were the strongest and the very best in almost all areas and would quickly gain political clout
Behind the large castle stood a large colleseum its appearance over 300 metres in width,its height less that 1/3 of that,although from the front view it was completely obscured by the large castle,Darian took a few minutes to head to his appointed location,as he got closer figures appeared in his line of site infront of them was Nordwind
The group was Comprised of 50 students with many noticeable members, standing infront with a smile was Nordwind he had personally selected this group,moving his hands tapping on the air His vision fixated like a hawk honing in on each students head as he counted, " right it seems everyones here",Tapping his staff that had shortened to the size of cane,a blue light appeared forming a circular pattern and glowing symbols appeared beneath everyones feet releasing a bluish white color,releasing a flash before shooting upwards
No time had passed as the group instantaneously found themselves within the school,the cieling were designed in a ribbed vault style being dark to light brown in color, pillars placed on the left and right sides,the castle having clear marble floors designed with triangular patterns, scattered around everywhere on the school were white stone giant realistic figurines of certain people within the history of said academy students and more " let's begin the Tour", Nordwind said,releasing an air of professionalism
As they walked Darian spotted some familiar figures in his group one was Annabeth who had two female friends around her talking and giggling compared to the two females next to her she seemed more introverted,Darian made sure to not stair at all and continued viewing ,right then another figure popped in his line of sight ,it was Benjamin the twos eyes crossing paths ,Benjamin quickly approaching him a few moments later
" Ah its been a long time,since we last met ",Benjamin said with a smile ,the two had known of each other for quite some time and met during a few events ,both lived in the same province Benjamin living in its upper western half ,his family had the title of marques making Darian higher than him in status by a small margin ,Darian took the initiative "Correct its been far too long ,again Im sorry for your loss ",Benjamin chuckled both of them were side by side lifting his arm placing his hand on Darians shoulder,"No need my father died one of the two great deaths he lived his life to the best of his ability " , "But what about you ",Benjamin said probing ," I've heard many rumors do you care to confirm ir deny " ,Darian laughed slightly " No need,as my affairs are non of your business as for my character everyone has eyes, rumors may or may not be true ,if I denied it would be no proof that a truthfull word has escaped my mouth "
This left Benjamin stunned but also caused him to think deeply ,what Darian had said was very logical,from Darians perspective he wished to build a mask that kept certain relationships at bay but Also some people were useful by creating uncertainty in the rumors themselves, Benjamin as a man of honor would still associate with him ,if it came down to it ,Benjamin gaze became slightly Ethereal as if gazeing into the expanse of the horizon as he spoke calmly ,"offcourse your right rumors have no evidence, but they can bring about some clear warning,although I will continue to observe to determine my own thoughts on the matter"
"But it truly feels like this class is filled with strange but dangerous characters " ,Darian thought to himself this guy why is he so honest and straight forward but he replied solemnly," I will agree with you on this,we have the twin sisters children of the 10 star berserker general,the two half elf princes sons of the king,The kings son from the beast tribe,his other half elf daughter,and the chosen sword master,The sea pirates son and....",Darian stopped himself from continuing, Benjamin continued " Don't forget,Annabeth the kings half brothers daughter,Hai Yulang his father is a Ten star general aswell ,his brother is touted as a genuis too,The competitors of the Hai family keraunios family also has a son here,other notable figures such as the rosewald family heir aswell",Darian smiled " It seems like they placed all the trouble makers in one place ","Seems so" Benjamin replied
At once they stopped at a great mural carved in stone it had high contrasting and a sketchy rough artstyle but at the same time very detailed depicting, a single hero standing on a cliff lifting a blade glowing light sprouting from it by his side to the left was a male dwarf with gauntlets,a giantess,and vampire,to his right two Elves male and female standing side by side the female having a fairy on her right shoulder an old mage,a heavy knight and a beast tribe women at the edge and behind all of them was a large friendly dragon, all were in battle position
finally Nordwind spoke ," These depicts Oliver's party those who fought on our side many met their tragic fates at the conclusion of the great battle, their conviction inspires us all ,the party at first was made of only members of humanity but as the war continued and many died others from other races those who were harmed by the continous war joined Oliver's quest forming a blood pact at the end only three members of humanity lasted consisting of merlin one of if not the greatest mages to ever wield a wand",Benjamin reacted with aw," To think a dragon was capable of such loyalty even disobeying it's kings voice, truly praise worthy "
As they walked to the next area ,another class would pop in," they scheduled it well",Darian thought ," And now for the three crown jewls of chrokus " said Nordwind,continuing on ,infront of them was a large gate over a 60 meter long and 30 meters wide this was the entrance to the first Tower the treasure Tower,"within this Tower contains millions of artifacts those created by this academy or taken from evil Organisations and guarded by Spirits and ancient sorcery, even I without certain prerequisites cannot hope to take from its vaults ,within it are merlins wand,the evil wishing lamp it even contains rare magical ingredients", the audience gasped
Darian resolve heightened,"so is there any legal way to get something from the vault " ,Norwind chuckled " I'm going to get to that later",The Tour Continued to the next area the second Tower having the same type of gate ,Nordwind coughed twice ," This place is known as the hundred trials Tower or the demon containment Tower , Invented by Merlin himself, depending on your strength it creates a real world demension of varying demensions of size length ,diameter and one can either defeat the trial and progress or quit and you will be sent back ,nobody can die even creatures once dead they can resurrect, and the trials work on a parrelel axis meaning multiple people can be stuck on one trial fighting the same monster Individually unless you register as a party which is the most advised,we recommend a psychiatrist later aswell "
"Reminder although you will not die ,you will feel pain and be brought to near death before being brought back ",the crowd gasped as they talked amongst each other some more confident than others ,"So it's basically a game telling you not to pick a solo run " Darian thought ,Nordwind continued "Entering as a party is best as you will be given missions and tasks which give you contribution points based on performance, the trials also give you points,the system will then give you an equivalent exchange from the Treasure vault ,entering as a team can help with practicing team work for the missions assigned "
Benjamin said solemly," Well theirs a reason this academy is feared by many nobles to the point of some attempting to hide a childs date of birth ,death is a high probability,nobody wants to lose their own blood",Darian chimed in "while I do agree children are also money and certain family's losing the only heir is absolutely catastrophic"
Entering the final Tower
The suns light cascaded downwards from the ceiling it was a seamingly endless library that spiraled down from the top with many tiers, at the top or near it books could be seen flying or releasing signs of life with floating book shelves , many books shouted out " we have new visitors" shacking ," We are currently at the lowest sector of the wisdom Tower " Nordwind spoke with utter pride, on the lowest level the book shelves were on the ground neatly arranged having a huge diameter above a hundred metres ,white statues of great deities were placed all around the Tower showing the subject of the type of magics learnt in certain areas and the topic," On the first level are basic knowledge of mystical information and spells and even amateur level spells created by our own mages and above you will see the hard work and research of those who have lived a hundred years and have explored many of this world including geniuses that have created some of the most revolutionary spells "
"You can always choose to go higher by collecting more points and learning more ",eventually they continued with the Tour to the cafeteria and spoke a little bit about the Outside colleseum.at the end Darian stood in his dorm room with 2 other figures ,Galahad and Benjamin ,
"Ohh common!!!!!"