The next day, the 80 contestants assembled in the lobby. " Students, today, we shall send you into the Spiritual space which is only accesible to year three and above. There, you will be given customisable avatars with the customisation feature blocked for now. It can modified in your third year so don't fret. There, you will spawn in random locations based on your luck. The equipment and task to fulfill will reach you eventually. The time flow in the spiritual space and the real world is the same, so, keep that in mind. All the best, looking forward for your performance. "
~~Applause~~
" Alright, students, follow me. " The martial arts teacher herded them into a vast building that touched the skies. It was divided into various floors. The examination purpose Spiritual space formations were on the ground floor. Each of the 80 students were given a room with a spiritual formation engraved on the floor about one human length in diameter. They were instructed to use the Unveiling gift to activate the formation and either sit or sleep on the formation.
Sarcony chose to sit in a meditative pose on the formation and activated it. After a while, a white glow engulfed Sarcony. Her body remained still while her mind was pulled into the space. When she opened her eyes, she was standing on a prairie with her green battle dress on. She was completely bare handed and had brown hair in a bob cut. Walking over to a small pool, she checked her appearance and smiled. She seems to have her Unveiling gift as well. When she glanced at it, she sighed in relief as her status remained that of human. It read:
Name: Sarcony
Age: 12
Gender: female
Species/race: Human
Dantain nature: Water
Species specific characteristics: none
Titles: none
Profession: Student at Human Academy 1
Quirks:
1. Water manipulation [ beginner level ]
2. Personality switch [ beginner level ] [ 2 personalities ]
3. Presence reduction [ beginner level ]
Physical skills: Martial arts [ level 4 ], Archery [ level 4 ]
Academy score: 2000
Spiritual space utilisation time: 00:01 lunar units.
Criminal record: none
Title bonuses: none
" Hmm, it seems that the spiritual avatars put the physical skills of everyone at level 4 for fairness and removed all the other skills except for the dantain related one, the elemental manipulation. It eliminated the titles and associated bonuses as well but it failed to eliminate the skills that are tied to my existence like the presence reduction and personality switch. " Sarcony spoke her thoughts.
Turning around, she grasped her surroundings and decided a course of action. Climbing one of the only 4 trees in the area, she scanned her surroundings from a higher vantage point while muffling her presence completely. She spotted a silver bow on one of the trees and a quiver of arrows on the other. Before she could get down to get them, she heard a rustle and decided against it.
" Hello, I am beast trainer....huh! wasn't a student supposed to be here. Where is the student? " The woman who appeared with a whip at her hip and a flute in her hand scratched her head while looking around. SO SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BATTLE ME IN THE GRASSLAND BUT WE HID IN TIME FOOLING HER. I GUESS WE HAVE TO WAIT. EH!! ARE YOU AN IDIOT, WHY DON'T WE JUST GO DOWN AND DEFEAT HER? WITHOUT KNOWING HER POWER, WE CAN'T. NO WE CAN. TRUST ME AND HAND OVER THE CONTROL FOR A WHILE. I WILL BRING VICTORY TO YOU. YOU DONT EVEN KNOW THE FULL EXTENT OF MY POWER YET. WE SHALL WAIT FOR A WHILE. AHH!!!!!!!!! SO ANNOYING, CAN'T YOU TELL THAT SHE IS WEAKER THAN YOU? COME ON! GIMME A CHANCE... PLEASE!!!! FINE, ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, BUT PROMISE THAT YOU WONT DAMAGE MY BODY MORE THAN 40%. I PROMISE I PROMISE. FINE, DO WHATEVER YOU WANT.
Sarcony's face broke into a vile grin. She pulled her Unveiling gift and reactivated it. It read;
Name: Cheeky Sarcony
Age: 12
Gender: female
Species/race: Human
Dantain nature: &^%$#@
Species specific characteristics: none
Titles: p$ych%{!c C!ll*^
Profession: S$#!$n{ @% H*%$# A@#$%^$y $
Quirks:
1. Water manipulation [ beginner level ]
2. Personality switch [ beginner level ] [ 2 personalities ]
3. Presence reduction [ beginner level ]
4. $h%^{ ch@!n c%#n{*^ %ff*n$* [ l*v*l #ncn%wn ]
Physical skills: Martial arts [ level 4 ], Archery [ level 4 ], #ncn%wn [ l*v*l #ncn%wn ]
Academy score: 2000
Spiritual space utilisation time: 00:03 lunar units.
Criminal record: none
Title bonuses: m*n{@l w%^ld c^*@{!%n [ #ncn%wn ]
Sarcony was dumbfounded by what she saw. WHY DID THE UNVEILING GIFT SHOW THE DATA LIKE THIS? HAHA! IT IS NOT AT A LEVEL WHERE IT CAN MEASURE MY ABILITIES. The cheeky Sarcony started to boast about her strength as she climbed down and walked towards the instructor whose back was visible to her. The instructor turned around when she heard a clap and was surprised when she saw Sarcony smiling at her yet felt like a predator glancing at prey. Dangerous.
She narrowed her eyes while speaking " Little girl, you should have hidden and escaped while you had the chance. Pets, pounce on her. " At the words of the instructor, tens of beasts of various kinds pounced on Sarcony whose smile widened. As if unaffected by the claws and fangs of the beasts, she calmly dodged each and every attack with precise, minimal movements that became smaller as the time progressed. The more she dodged, the more optimised her maneuver became.
Sarcony appeared as if in trance as her movements became finer and finer, one step becoming half a step, half a step becoming a quarter and so on. The close knit evasion paved way for the construction of a powerful counter attack but sensing it would wreck her body, the cheeky Sarcony stopped it at the level of evasion. She widened her smile and got serious. the result, all the beasts were now bodies strewn on the ground while the teacher was gaping at the unbelievable scene.
" Is it your turn now? hmm? hmm? " cheeky Sarcony displayed her bad habit while closing distance. " Kyaaa..." with a loud shout, the teacher collapsed after a brief fight and fainted. ~~fuhh~~, I AM SATISFIED. I AM GOING BACK. Sarcony fell to the ground and then stood up, after a while, moaning. YOU IDIOT, YOU REALLY LEFT ME AT 40% DAMAGE. She grumbled in anger while walking in the direction of the arrow that appeared after defeating the teacher and her pet beasts.
Spiritual space utilisation time: 00:04 lunar units.
She came out of the spiritual space and stood up from the formation. She walked out of the room and waited in the reception of the building shocking everyone.