Chapter 31 THE MORNING DRILL BEGINS
The class went smoothly as Wilfred started off with the history of Avalon and the first king down to the current.
It was long hours of history for the first years, but they didn't mind, strangely.
Wilfred had his ways giving lectures like stories, while yellow shade of spirit energy danced occasionally around him.
It was exciting to the students, he was an smilely face Beast Master of the Ascension stage after all.
It's never easy for a Beast Master to reach the Ascension stage, Wilfred was one star from reaching Transcendence stage, yet he was happily relaxed and teaching a bunch of first years.
Most Beast Master would be in seclusion trying to force a breakthrough.
The students eyes glowed seeing Wilfred in a new light.
Wilfred raised a brow.
They look like they are about to eat me....
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The went by with hours of history, thats how it was for the first day of school for the first year students.
And now, a new day at arrived, it was day two and the real start of the academy.
Before dawn, the students were were already up and running, heading to the Court yard.
Roman and Lunar met up with Slyver and Sarah at the entrance of the girl's dorm. Erica was also with them.
She waved.
"Hi I'm Erica, Sylver's third roommate."
She smiled.
Roman nodded.
"Ready for the drill?"
He asked Sylver.
Sylver nodded
"I wonder how it's gonna be "
Sarah said as they head for the court yard.
The court yard was already filled with the first years, all twenty two in numbers.
Lan, Billy, Carl and Bryon stood at the center.
Anya was at the far end, being invisible as always, it had become a norm.
Fury turned his head to face her.
She raised a brow.
At the entrance of the court yard, a bright light suddenly emerged and a figure appeared.
The students turned to face him with a startled expression.
Sir Brock was really large man with extreme bulking muscle. He was dark with short white hair and clad in white lower body armor and boots, leaving his upper body bare. Two armored gauntlet covered his hands all the way to his elbows.
A Transcendant.
He was not smiling.
"Whoa, now that's my kind of man"
Lan said, eyeing the abs of the knight.
"And he's not even wearing a shirt"
Sir Brock's figure looked like it was sculptured from a jade rock by the best sculpter in the Avalon.
"He looks frightening"
Lunar smiled.
Sir Brock suddenly stomped the smooth ground with his left leg.
BOOM
The whole yard shook as the ground compressed and cracked under the intense force. White aura surged from his foot, covering the whole yard and the students gave into the pressure, dropping on their knees.
The toughest student resisted, activating their spirit energy.
Roman stood still with arms folded and a deep frown on his face, resisting the pressure with pure strength and will.
Lunar dropped on one knee, slowing getting up.
"This is nothing compared to Dad's"
He thought.
Sylver bent a little then slowly straightened up.
Sarah dropped on two knees, gritting her teeth.
Lan planted his foot on the ground and forced himself up with a smile.
The others were on one knee.
Anya had used her gravitational ability to support herself, in the process became visible.
She looked around and her eyes landed on Roman who was staring daggers at the knight.
Strong..
The pressure disappeared and the energy resided into sir Brock.
The first years groaned getting up from the ground.
Sir Brock took slow steps towards them.
"Weaklings!!"
He yelled.
"That's what you are!!"
He advanced towards them. The students quickly shifted to the sides letting him pass.
"And when I'm done with you!!"
He paused and looked at a student in the eyes
"You'll wish you were never born"
He said slowly, put emphasis on each word.
Sir Brock's eyes suddenly glowed , a bright color of white causing the student he was staring at to yelp back in fright.
White aura suddenly burst from his being and covered the entire yard in a blink.
Suddenly, they vanished.
The yard was completely devoid of students.
Only the web like crack remained on the ground.
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WRITTEN BY PRIDE CHRONICLES
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A wide expanse of land came into view.
Filled with nothing but rocky grounds, tall hills, deep canyons, swamps and large mountains.
A fierce wind blew endlessly without stop, followed by rain drops from the dark skies.
In the middle of this hell slope, a bright light flashed for a moment and disappeared.
A bunch of teenagers suddenly appeared.
The first year students were surprised to suddenly appear in a new environment. It wasn't something they were used to .
"A teleportation ability, nice"
Lunar said.
Sir Brock appeared on a pedestal and looked at them.
"Listen up you first year brats!"
His loud voice caught their attention.
"This is where you will be doing your morning drills till you graduate or die"
He pointed at the distance.
"I want you all to run all the way to that mountain, hike it and continue till you see the finish line"
Roman smiled.
He looked around, then towards the mountain. It was the tallest mountain in the landscape.
But the Devil's mountain was way taller and more dangerous.
Lunar looked at him and smirked.
"I know what you're thinking"
Derrick had made them climb up and down the devil's mountain as a daily routine.
The worst of it was that Derrick could control the structure of the mountain to change at will. Not only that, he could release multiple danger beasts locked in the mountain upon them.
You can compare such horror to this one.
Some of the students already had their competitive look on, some where weary.
"Don't think it's gonna be easy you brats!"
Brock suddenly said.
His hands suddenly glowed a large metal box appeared.
He let it drop with a bang.
Brock opened the box and the students gaze at it's contents.
They were filled with round metalic ring, big enough to fit the wrist .
"The gold ones will prevent you from using spirit energy no matter how you try."
Brock said
The students gasped.
Such things exist...
Brock let out a laugh.
"Avalon has its own secrets. These were made from specific danger beasts for various reasons.
The silver ones will add weight on your body"
His eyes darken
"Now put them on and start running."
Before the students could react, Anya suddenly appeared in front of them and picked up the gold and silver cuff and strap them on both wrists.
She turned around and began running.
"Not so fast!"
Roman dashed towards the box.
Sylver followed.
"Don't think I'm gonna let you over take me"
She smirked.
Lunar followed.
Roman felt his spirit energy disappeared, and a strange weight pulled him down
The cuffs actually works.
Yet, he could still feel his beastly strength.
He bolted behind Anya.
Sylver, Lunar and Sarah followed suit.
Billy frown deepened. He strapped on the cuffs and followed behind.
Soon, the students followed behind.
The race had began.
A Beast Master is someone who had already awakened and have the ability to cultivate spirit energy. They become stronger and faster and sharper than the average man.
This is because their bodies evolves and changes during awakening and they become carriers of the Animal Spirits, a Spirit Beast. The Spirit Beasts are alive and lives inside of them, and can be summoned when needed. Most spirit beast can come out when they want to without being summoned, while most comes out when their masters are threatened.
It takes spirit energy to be able to summon a spirit beast, and currently the first year students are unable to draw out their spirit energy. They felt....normal.
"Arghhhh I hate this!!"
Billy yelled in anger as the heavy winds washed over his face, carry a mixture of sand and dust.
"It's fun, reminds me of sir Barrons lessons"
Lan exclaimed as he dashed past Billy. He was shirtless.
Billy growled as he increased his speed.
Bryon and Carl were behind.
Ahead of them, Anya was in the lead due to having a headstart. Her athletic figure moved with flawless grace as the wind washed over her face and hair. She had tied it a ponytail so it wouldn't get in the way.
Roman trailed behind her.
Even having his spirit energy restricted, Roman was still at an advantage, he had his beastly strength.
After absorbing beast crystals for the past years, Roman had discovered another energy flowing through him. It was the foreign energy from the crystals, the main source of his beastly strength.
He could let the energy flow through his meridians therefore greatly enhancing him physically.
The cuffs restricted his spirit energy, but not the other.
Roman smiled.
"Nah, I'm not gonna use it, I can win this"
He increased his speed.
Fury suddenly popped it's head out from Romans jacket.
The red squirrel had hidden itself in Romans jacket before they teleported
It let out a squeak as it looked around the strange environment.
"Hey buddy"
Roman said.
Fury climbed up his shoulder.
"We're in a race, and the finish line is just beyond that mountain"
He pointed out.
Fury scanned the mountain, then squealed.
It just off Roman's shoulder then dashed forward with speed on all fours.
"Hey that's not fair, you're a beast"
Roman complained.
Fury reached Anya in a few seconds and hopped on her shoulder.
Anya glaced at the squirrel.
It waved.
"What are you doing on top of meet?"
She frown.
Fury squealed again then jumped off and dash forward, towards the mountain.
Anya rolled her eyes and increased her speed.
Someone was already catching up to her.
Roman was already catching up to Anya , before Lunar overtook him.
"You may be strong, but don't forget speed is my specialty, rival."
Lunar said, adding more speed.
Sylver appeared at Roman's side and smiled.
"This is gonna be challenging"
He smirked.
Lunar reached Anya's side in no time.
He smiled at her.
She frown.
"Hello pretty lady, I'm sorry to say but this win is mine"
He smiled then increased his speed, putting a gap between them.
"Stupid cuffs"
Anya spat
"And I was the first to even put the damn thing on"
They race continued on
TBC