"I'm starving." Daisy said to the rest of the group on our way to the dining hall.
"So what do you guys think about what Scarlet said?... about needing to learn how to fight close combat?.." Jay asked he group.
"I think she has a point..." Helen replied.
"Yeah... at least I can keep firing arrows....." Grace replied.
"Hmmmmmm..... she kinda made sense to me as well...." I answered him.
"Hmm I guess she had a point." Jay agreed.
"I wonder if Paul..... Knows how to fight with weapons..." I asked the group.
"Well... with the levels of spells he can sling he probably doesn't need to!" Jay replied.
"He does do morning training every day..." Daisy replied.
"Really?.." I asked not quite believing her.
"Yup.... when he was taking care of me he would always be up at sunrise training and practicing spells." She answered.
In the distance I caught sight of Ashley in the distance talking to a group of Students wearing lab coats. 'I wonder what's going on there' as I tried to analyse the body language. Looked as if he was slightly annoyed with them for some reason.
"So how about Travis?.. What's he like compared to Scarlet and Paul?..." Helen asked.
"Well.... Travis is one of the three children of Abbraxsoth." Jay replied.
"He's pretty dreamy as well..." Grace said beginning to go slightly red thinking about him.
"Well he is Ranked 3rd so I assume he is weaker then Scarlet and Paul..." Helen said.
"Yeah..... No way will Paul ever lose to him!" Daisy said with a giant smile.
"Well.... rumours has it Paul never accepts a challenge from him.... so I think he's just afraid." Grace replied sounding slightly pissed.
"Yup.... he can't openly challenge Paul for the rank one position without taking rank two off Scarlet." Jay replied.
"How do you know?..." I asked Jay.
"If there was news of an S ranked student fighting another it will plastered all over the news. Especially since it's known that Travis hates Paul." Jay replied.
"Is there a reason why?..." I asked.
"Well.... the story goes that…. Abbraxsoth sent his three children one to each other school, and upon reaching Rank 1.... They would leave the school and return to the fighting pits of Eshia.... and Travis is the only one of the three to have not yet completed this task." Jay replied.
"Wow that seems a little... dramatic..." I said hearing the story.
"Yeah... Abbraxsoth likes to show off his strength, so himself along with Two ex-Rank 1 students is a clear demonstration of the Strength of Eshia." Jay replied.
"Wow.....So Eshia must be very powerful then..." I replied.
"Yeah military wise they are pretty devastating if they were to pull the trigger." Jay replied.
"What about the Grand Tournament?.." I asked Jay.
"Well as far as I can remember Paul hasn't participated in any..... Which results in our school scoring the lowest points.... but Scarlet remains undefeated." Jay answered.
"Why does he not participate?.." I asked.
"No one has any idea...." Jay replied.
"When is the next Tournament?.." I asked sounding a little excited.
"Next year." Jay replied.
"Ohhh I can't wait!" I replied to him.
"Yeah it's pretty great our family get special tickets to attend it." Grace added.
"Yup watching Scarlet in action is truly a sight to behold." Helen said.
"Just out of curiosity .... What does Travis use as weapons?..." I asked feeling curious seeing him in action but he never used any spells.
"Hmmm from what I remember, he wields 2 pistols... right?...." Jay asked the group.
"Yup he does, he wields two pistols crafted with ancient technology a relic of the old world, unlike current weapons which needs Visium cells. His is able to absorb Arcanum from the wielder." Grace answered.
"Old world?..." I asked a little confused.
"So stories has it.... a long time ago.... there was a race of humans with an immense connection to Arcanum able to perform spells even possessing the ability to make mould their own spells with devastating power, their leader a prodigy at the time rose to power but being the strongest sorcerer wasn't enough. So he then looked to Godhood.... With the sacrifice of many souls and a very long ritual he attempted to ascend to Godhood but was denied by a Hero sacrificing himself to interrupt the ritual and the Arcanum backlash obliterated their continent sinking it into the sea. After that their ancient spells and technology was all lost in this one event." Helen told the story.
"Ohhh wow...." I said listening to the story in awe.
"Yup.... but the fates were even crueller on the survivors, legends say that the Gods were angry at this action a blatant mockery of the pantheon. Cursed the survivors with a devastating plague that swiftly put their civilisation to rest firmly placing them in history and legend. All that remains now was their floating city that is why have all the best artificers there trying to understand and replicate the vast complex ancient technology that runs throughout the city and islands." Grace added.
"So when we talk about the 'old world' it means before the ritural?..." I asked everyone.
"Yup." Helen replied.
Again somehow we manged to get the same seats oddly being left empty for us as we sat for lunch. "Okay now this is super weird now! How did these seats stay empty again and the exact number of seats we need." Jay said taking a seat.
"Yup.... somethings going on...." Grace said looking around.
"Hi sorry I'm so sorry to disturb you, but I was wondering why these seats were left empty..." Helen asked a male student next to her.
"Ohhh.... because you guys are friends of Paul.... so everyone leaves the seats for you." He answered before going back to eating.
"Wow... well... I'll be sure to thank him next time I meet him!" Helen said hearing the news.
"Yeah..... We are defiantly lucky you know you Emilia." Grace said with a smile and began to eat her food.
"I must say..... I do like these privileges." I said also beginning on my lunch.
Looking over at Paul's, Scarlet's and Ashley's table it looked like as if Ashley was no longer pissed, 'I wonder if everything is okay....'
"You okay Emilia?..." Jay asked.
"Huh what?.." I replied.
"Helen asked you a question." he said looking to the same direction I was.
"Sorry I was day dreaming wassup???" I asked Helen.
"Ohhh nothing..... Just wanted to know if you have any prior training of any sort before Atlantis." She asked.
"Ohhh.... no I haven't sadly... I was kinda thrust into all this." I admitted.
"Really?... non at all?.." Grace replied in shock.
"Yup I lived a relatively quiet uneventful life sadly." I replied.
"So where did you meet Paul?..." She asked looking intrigued.
"We were Childhood friends for a long time..." I replied.
"Ohhh so you both are form the same city?..." She asked.
"Yeah ... " I replied.
"Hmmm interesting." she replied looking at me suspiciously.