"Yeah of course unlike Atlantis where I would say there's aren't any or few unsavory characters. The other school have some very unpleasant students, like number four of Eshia is nicknamed 'The Butcher'. Eshia runs on a mentor-mentee system, the top 10 Eshia students tends to go through mentee very quickly, but the Butcher his training methods are both grueling and punishing he has the highest mentee casualties." Paul answered.
"And he's allowed to stay in Eshia?" I questioned in shock.
"He is in the fourth spot in Eshia making him very very strong," Paul answered.
"So who are the first three?" I asked.
"So Travis has three siblings, one sister and twin brothers, Helena being ranked number one who also achieved number one rank in Aspa which is no easy feat Elite Aspan students are strong individuals on their own as well as mastering Artificing, imagine Ashley with the fighting capabilities of casters and fighters" Paul explained. "Ranked Second is Thomas one of the twins who harnesses lighting rumoured to be as fast as a bolt of lightning, Third-ranked is the other twin Trenton much like their father he is very fast as well as very strong easily killing or incapacitating opponents in one punch." Paul described them with no-look on worry on him.
"So can you beat them?" I questioned.
"Well Eshians are bullies and even then they won't dare touch Arcadia so they must be afraid of me or Scarlet." Paul chuckled.
"What about the other schools?" I questioned
"Well, I will warn you now, never visit Zessia." He warned.
"Yeah I heard it's pretty bad," I replied remembering the brief descriptions of the place.
"Yes, it's a truly hideous place ruled by a very evil council." He warned.
"Who Egwene?" I questioned.
"Yes and her Council of ageless Sorcerers, you know what that means right?" He questioned me curiously.
"That they cant die?" I answered a bit unsure what he's implying.
"It means that her council of nine sorcerers have each mastered necromancy and somehow overcome death, Necromancy is also the preferred school of magic there meaning that their students can use death magic." He explained looking extremely worried.
"Why are they even allowed to practice necromancy? I thought it was banned." I questioned in shock.
"It's banned in most places I think except in Zessia. So what have you heard about Zessia?" He asked.
"Just that its a place writhe with corruption," I answered.
"Okay so Zessia is the wealthiest of all the school, not only do they abuse their power to strip their populace of all their wealth, but they also raise those who die or owe a debt to serve as eternal slaves, so they even have a workforce that never stops eats or sleeps." He answered me making my jaw drop in absolute shock.
"That's so inhumane." I instinctively replied.
"I know, even I don't know the capabilities of the Council of Nine, all I know is they have mastered Necromancy and are ageless." He answered.
"Then what of their S Ranked students?" I questioned.
"Also formidable, I'm actually good friends with their current Rank one student Kay, a brilliant assassin and duelist as well as being able to manifest spectral forms of herself that can also attack and at will switch places with." Paul smiled.
"I guess she's a good person?" I questioned knowing there is no way Paul would ally himself with an evil person.
"Yes, she's a good person at heart unlike the Council of Nine." He nodded.
"Their Second Ranked student is Tesa, her sword lets her summon all the souls she has trapped inside it." He answered.
"Now that sounds evil." I instantly replied.
"Yes shes not the most friendly of characters, also the souls she has trapped in her sword are all formidable opponents on their own." He warned.
"So if she killed you, she'd be able to summon you?" I questioned.
"Yes she'd be able to summon me at will and I'll be forced to obey her every command." He answered.
"I hope you and Scarlet never meet her." I shuddered at the thought.
"Don't worry Scarlet is indestructible and you never need to worry about me." He smiled. "Lastly is Marya, a True blood vampire direct Daughter of Dracula himself." He grinned.
"What the hell Dracula is real here?" I questioned in shock.
"Well, to be honest, I don't know but that is what she calls herself, so far what I know about Vampires is that you have two types, True Bloods and Incompletes, there are fifteen known True Blood Vampire families each with a house head called a Primogenitor, Incompletes are individuals turned into vampires by a true blood vampire. Lastly, you get spawns Incompletes that turn individuals into vampires, spawns are more like mindless slaves more feral monster then vampire." He explained.
"So Marya is a Vampire?" I questioned in shock.
"Yes so apparently shes a True Blood, Daughter of Dracula the first Vampire." He answered.
"Is she a Primogenitor?" I questioned.
"So I assume Dracula is the Primogenitor of his family but she has said that she wouldn't even stand a chance against a Primogenitor so if she's Rank three in a human school, even I'd be worried fighting against a Primogenitor." He confessed.
"Wow something you're even afraid of, they must be dangerous." I chuckled
"I'm serious, there is no information out there on Progenitors, I don't know anything, weaknesses, strengths, tactics, abilities, how they fight, nothing, I don't even know if they can even die." He explained with a very serious look.
"What of Aspa? We had a great time with Officer Jun." I asked in the hopes to learn more.
"Ahh officer Jun, High Admiral Ruri's Second in command right?" Paul asked trying to remember where he heard that name.
"Yeah he was very hospitable." I smiled.
"Funnily enough I don't even know, among all the schools Aspa is the most competitive when it comes to their Top three, literally changing every two or three weeks, unlike the other school that have had their top three remain the same for years," Paul answered.
"What sort of fighters do they have?" I questioned.
"Well one weird student he goes by the name Genesis, he studies in potions and alchemist I believe, before a fight he would take a concoction of potions that would allow him to best defeat his opponent. He a truly exciting to watch, one time I spectated him, he made his own blood poisonous so when he was hurt his blood would then land on the opponent infecting them and poisoning them, crazy tactic." Paul chuckled. "Hannah lead artificer Daughter of our headmaster, on the other hand, she's quite amazing she firstly does a full set of a robotic combat armour seemingly impenetrable and similar to my spellbooks she has ten floating devices that shoot beams and projects shields that she controls individually. That doesn't even include her personal guard unit of five golems she designed herself that alone can take down an S ranked student by themselves." He explained with awe and amazement.
"So how would you describe Atlantis top three?" I smiled wondering how he'd describe himself.
"Well." He grinned with excitement and confidence. "Not to toot my own horn, but Rank one you have Paul 'The black Dragon Slayer', the only current individual known to defeat a Black Dragon by themselves, Master in countless Forms of Magic and an unknown number of Forbidden and Lost Magics. His most notable weapons are Eight spell books that each cast spells on their own knowing just as many spells as their master, making a one on one duel essentially 9 vs one. Unlike traditional Sorcerers and Wizards, he also possesses mastery in many forms of melee combat, giving him the ability to go toe to toe vs any other melee fighter in single combat if magic isn't working." He answered with a giant grin thoroughly enjoying describing his accolades as if he was trying to impress me.
"Wow!" I sarcastically answered teasing him pretending to be in awe.
"Ranked second you have Scarlet, despite having no casting ability she is unrivalled in speed, strength and swordsmanship that can only be matched by Gods, donning a Legendary Great-sword that can cut anything even spells, and impenetrable Armour making her impervious to damage. Making her the most feared fighter in all the school." Paul carried on describing Scarlet making me feel a little excited that I knew both of them.
"Lastly you have Travis 'The Exiled', currently the last remaining son of Abbraxsoth 'The Demon' that hasn't completed his task. Although pales in comparison to his peers is still a formidable S-Ranked student. Being a son of The Demon he's highly resistant to spells and damage. He wields two Artifact rarity weapons, the First being 'Pandora' a weapon that has several forms the most famous being a giant flak cannon capable of shooting condensed Arcanum that can easily flatten buildings in a shot. The other being twin pistols called Judgment and Pacifier. His left pistol Judgement able to rapidly shoot condensed Arcanum, a single hit easily strong enough to take down any strong opponent, Pacifier his right pistol slightly weaker but it's shot will always hit its target." Paul described Travis ability as giving him much more respect than I thought he would.
"Hey, when can I see you go all out properly?" I questioned with excitement.
"All out? probably never." He chuckled.
"Really?" I questioned feeling a little disappointed.
"Sorry to disappoint." He laughed.
"Well next year I will be participating in the tournament, so you'd defiantly see me go a little serious." He smiled at me.
"Are you always busy doing stuff?" I questioned hoping that he'd stay for a little bit.
"Sadly, I'm very busy most the time, once I've recovered I have to go see the family member of the solider that sent the message for me, then I'll have to see the council to discuss the price of repairs and stuff." He sighed.
"But you saved them," I said finding it absurd that he has to pay for repairs.
"If I refuse to pay for the repairs or help in repairs it'll just come out of the pockets of those who live there," Paul explained trying to make me understand.
"That's true I guess," I answered back understanding him a little.
"So what's your daily life like?" I questioned.
"Luckily for me, Mr Wayne handles my business and profits. What I normally do is Mission, Job, special requests, I'm also a council member of a new distant city that I have responsibilities for. Also, I have Atlantis things to do." He answered.
"Ohh." I replied feeling a little disappointed.
"Don't worry, you're safe Scarlet is normally here, Travis also protects the school also Anna and Ashley will always come to help." He smiled.
"Yeah..." I hesitantly replied saddened he didn't understand what I was trying to convey.
"Don't worry in two more week's we'll have a two-week break, I'll take you back home if you're homesick." He smiled.
"Yeah!" I felt a little happier excited a little to see all my friends.
"Yeah, Sorry we can't go back more often." He apologized.
"By the way is there any way we can take my friends back so they can experience our world?" I asked hoping he would say yes.
"Well, we could but it wouldn't be easy, first we'd have to address their race issue, then we'd need to brief them about how people live and behave and stuff and lastly I'd have to sneak them back home and back here." He chuckled at the idea.
"So you'd do it?" I asked sounding extremely hopeful.
"You know I can't resist that look of yours, besides I do owe you a bunch of birthday presents and stuff." He chuckled and began to think.
"You don't have to if it's too much trouble," I confessed to him feeling a little guilty.
"Nah don't worry, we'll try our best he nodded with a smile.