"Okay everyone takes your seats its time to start," Monsoon said with a sweet smile and a ruler in hand.
Shen felt awkward he was sitting in between the two princes so he felt out of place, And not only that but both of them looked like they had been beaten to a pulp their eyes were swollen and their lips looked like duck lips and he could even see ruler marks so defined it seemed as if he could read the numbers Shen felt a chill run up his spine thinking about it 'Was this monsoon's doing?'
"SHEN!"Monsoon called out.
Shen nearly cr*pped his pants from fright HE sat up as straight as he could and responded quickly "YES MISS MONSOON."
"You better pay attention to this next part your gonna need it," Monsoon said while facing the board.
"Yes miss monsoon" Shen sighed in relief after hearing he wasn't next on the hit list and began to listen
Monsoon began to teach "Do you know the physical body types?"
"No miss I wasn't much of a student," Shen said as respectfully as he could I barely know about magic from my grandmaster '
Cain, Leo, and Monsoon turned to face him in disbelief. They all looked at him as if to say "Is this guy for real? That's so basic! Were you thought by wolves??"
"Ahem well then I'll give you a quick rundown of the different types
In order of power from weakest to strongest
mortal
apprentice
practitioner
master
grandmaster
As a person progresses they can be described as being a lowest lower middle higher or peak of any class as they get more powerful" as monsoon spoke she wrote it down on the board
"The difference in power in the different levels is great for example two lower mortals would be beaten by a middle-class mortal If no magic is involved and the power escalates as well a peak mortal class can beat about a dozen higher mortal class "
As Monsoon was talking shin began to think about what the system had said after he finished training for the five hours
[Middle mortal class unlockable One middle-class beast needed]
and after he finished the system told him he could keep the blade activated for about thirty minutes now Shen wanted to try and see if he could find a beast range or something to get stronger quicker but for now he is stuck where he is. the only thing he can do is try to learn more skills from the library
'I wonder how strong everyone else is ' Shen began to wonder
[Threat analysis engaged] As soon As he looked at the room around him he noticed a screen on his left and the screen were the stats of everyone in the room Shen shrugged and started to look it over.
[Leonidas: middle intermidiate class]
[Cain: higher intermediate class]
[Monsoon: middle masterclass]
Shen was flabbergasted. Everyone here in this room is a hundred times stronger than him. 'Cain is even one step away from master class
"I have to get stronger fast I'll talk to Aceton after class to see if he could find somewhere to battle beasts for me" Shen understood that to make progress he needed to take advantage of the system
but It will have to wait till after class
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Outside the castle in a covered boat.
An advisor to the king and another man in a red hood sit near one another
"Are you sure you can kill him?" The advisor looked worried
The man in green only nodded and continued down the market in the boat stopping near a junction and letting the advisor off
"I'll get you in, but what you do after that is up to you" The advisor looked around and covered himself and walked away
"Such a lovely city" He paused and began to chuckle "I can't wait to burn it to ash" A sinister grin appeared on his face
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After finishing class Shen immediately asked Leo where he could find his dad
"He should be training right now I'd check the training arena" Leo answered with a confused look
"OK thanks bye" Shen was quick with his answer and quickly ran there immediately
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Hydris was sitting with his legs crossed and sweating and straining he couldn't understand why he couldn't break through this bottleneck.
"I've been stuck at lower grandmaster for so long" Hydris began to fear that he peaked in power.
"Your majesty mister Shen needs to speak with you" a guard bow to the king and exclaimed.
"Let him through" Hydris decided he had trained enough today it made no difference.
Shen approached the king and bowed "Hello grandmaster Acetone I have a favor to ask of you"
"Speak Shen" Hydris said in a jovial tone.
"Is there anywhere I can battle beasts in this place?" Shen was straight forward and to the point with it.
Hydris was taken aback. "Well no. But why would you want that? We have more than enough training materials and partners."
"Y-yes but you see I need practical experience as a form of growing." Shen quickly lied to the King because he feared that he treated as insane or used for a weapon in war if he told him the truth.
The system would make him a force to be reckoned with in the future, But for now, he must keep a low profile.
"Ah I see That is important" Hydris rubbed his chin for a moment running his finger through his beard "How about next time we go to port you get off and hunt for a few days?"
"Go to port?" Shen asked curiously
"Yes even though we are almost fully self-sufficient we still need to stop due to the grandmaster beast needing rest and needing supplies. We also sell our meats and recruit warriors. follow me." Hydris said while walking into the palace
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Hydris and Shen arrived at a room with maps all over the walls and a big round table in the middle of it. Aceton stood in front of the table and put his hand on it and it began to glow blue
"Next port!" The map began to move and search along the Continent before landing on a large port on the north side of the large Continent. "That' where we are going. We will get there about 1 week from now, when we arrive you can get off and go to the forest to the east. There you can train" Aceton said pointing to the map
"Thank you Hydris ." Hydris nodded and walked out of the room with shin and they parted ways.
After parting ways, Shen began walking to the library "Let's see if I can learn anything before the week is up to make my hunting easier" Shen has been training
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Shen arrived at the library and began to look for some type of directory to find out where the books he needs are.
He didn't even know where to start the library was huge there were at least a thousand bookcases here and the room was at least a mile long. It had long tables, leading up to the back of the room. He searched until he found a podium with a book on it listing all the books in the library. Shen started to turn the pages of the book and found where he needed to go
"ab 76" He walked down the aisle and found the bookshelf he needed. he then began to rummage through it to find something he could use but every spellbook he found he couldn't learn because the system wouldn't allow him to.
[Constitution not high enough to learn skill.]
Shen was annoyed by the fact that he couldn't learn any of the skills he wanted to because of his weak body The first one he found that he could learn was a book titled "sword fighting for beginners".
[Would you like to learn this skill? Yes/No]
Shen was surprised he thought that he could only learn spells from the system "Yes"
After he said yes, The book began to glow bright green and vibrating violently in Shen's hands after a few seconds it stopped and he shen began to understand sword techniques and types of attacks as well as feeling like he had a new understanding of how to fight with a blade.
"This is amazing! " He exclaimed "If I focus on skills instead if spells for the time being then I could get stronger without having to rely on spells alone"
He had only a small amount of energy so the time being he couldn't do any spell attack without exhausting himself quickly. so he came here to figure out how to get energy but now he can focus on martial arts for now and let his energy build up with
After a few moments, He found another book "Iron body" And he learned it too but that one didn't teach him how to fight but how to train for defense and power meaning he could also learn defense from these books shen smirked and began to read as much as he could.
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Cain sat down in his room reading a book and taking notes
Leonidas walked in and leaned against the door frame, letting out a sigh "Really brother?"
"What?" Cain asked not even looking up from his studying
"If you want to be strong you have to use both magical and physical abilities, yet here you are. You haven't trained with me in months and your physical body is in a decline" Leo said walking into the room
"That doesn't matter if I can't learn them anyway," Cain said barely looking away from the book for a second.
"Yes you can it just takes time and effort that you don't want to put into physical skills because you find them useless" Leonids rubbed his forehead in frustration "If you focus on only magic your enemies will take advantage of your weakness"
"They won't be alive long enough too" Cain responded
"Keep acting like that and till be you in an early grave" Leonidas let out a sigh and walked to the door "I can't protect you forever brother."
Leonidas left quietly and Cain sat silent in his desk, letting out a tear.