The Talent Awakening Ceremony was going To take place as it did every year.
Hundereds and thousands of children came every year to participate in this Ceremony. The best rank
The Talents were divided in 6 categories from the best to worse were, Obsidian, Diamond, , Golden, Silver, Bronze, Glass and Wood.
It wasn't bad to get a Bronze rank but glass and Wood Talent were really Outcasted by other talent holders.
Their average physical Strength was Above than that of a average human but Their magical skill would be below An E rank Monster.
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Meanwhile in a small house of Aurora Kingdom there was a boy who was Hesitant to go to the Ceremony. He was nervous because he did a lot of hard work and Wanted a good rank, but what if He got an outcasted rank like wood or Glass?
He realized That he was getting late for the ceremony and Before the leaving the house his grandfather said "Ryujaku, Come here for a second"
Ryujaku Followed the orders of his grand father and Went to meet him downstairs. As soon as he arrived, his grandfather held onto an odd Object. It looked like a stone Which was Made out of different pieces and was very ordinary looking.
His grandfather gave him the stone and said to take a very good care of it and said "Good Luck for the ceremony". He thought That the stone was Being given to him as a lucky charm and gladly accepted it and said "Thank you Grandfather!".
He left home Hurriedly and Was running on the way to the ceremony hall. As he ran he was thinking about his Talent.
As soon as he reached the Ceremony hall, He could see thousands of Children of the age of 10 Waiting for the ceremony to start. He Also knew these people will be his competitors in the coming future.
As he entered the hall And it was Really crowded and due to his height he could see nothing but the legs of Adults talking to each other.
While moving In the crowd he bumped into a girl and they both fell on the ground. He Quickly got up and asked her "Are you hurt? Please forgive me for not seeing you" he extends her a hand.
The girl Refused to take his hand as a support and stands up herself. She Says "I am Fine, you don't need to worry about me"
He thought she must belong from a royal family, After all Why would a loyal accept his help.
He continued As an old man Got on the stage which was setup for children with a crystal ball for Talent Measuring.
The Old man Was Elder Ming and He was giving a brief introduction about the talent awakening ceremony and at last he said "No matter what rank you get done not lose hope and keep Protecting the Human civilization"
He further said "Today we also have the headmaster of top 5 academies who would recruit you all after awakening."
Getting an Obsidian Talent is really rare and only 10 people have ever received that rank
As there were so many people, They got divided into Batches and Ryujaku Was placed in the last batch.
The first Child Stepped on the stage and focused her energy to The crystal Ball and it became greyish White in colour. The elder Exclaimed "Nice, A silver Talent right of the bat"
Everyone was excited and that excited created a lot of noise when someone got a silver rank. After the first child Many children came some received Silver other Received bronze and four received golden. Now it was Time for the last batch.
The batch consisted of 5 people, The first three people went to the stage. One of them got Silver talent and other two bronze.
The other person with Ryujaku was the girl who bumped with him Earlier. She looked very nervous and Scared. Ryujaku Patted her Head and said "Don't Worry, It will be all fine" She Remained Silent and Didn't respond. It was her turn next she went onto the stage and kept her hands on the crystal but to everyone's surprise nothing was happening. The elder went to the stage and When he looked up, It was bright, "Is that a rain diamond?"he asked. "It's a Diamond Talent!!!" he exclaimed
For ranks like Diamond And Obsidian the ball doesn't Change its colour but A strange phenomena Occurs. It's different everytime.
everyone got up and Made a lot of noise and the little girl opened her eyes on the stage, Unable to Understand what was going on In her surrounding, she remained quite. Now it was His turn, As he went onto the stage Everyone was staring at him and were hoping for another diamond or golden Talent.
Ryujaku became very nervous but after that He mustered up enough courage put his hands on the Crystal Ball. For the first 2 minutes nothing happened but after thhose few minutes the ball changed to Light brown colour which Depicted Wood Talent. .
Everyone had their hopes high but He just turned to be a wood Talent. People where whispering "Ehh, Only a wood Talent" and the other were whispering "We got our hopes high for nothing.". As Ryujaku opened his eyes he saw People laughing at him and saw the light brown colour of the ball. He thought in his mind "Is this The best I can do? Am I bound by fate?"
To be Continued