Jace sat on the ground like he was meditating. his dark shirtless body glowed as static electricity cackled around him, his hair stood as small flickers of lightening pulsed from it.
People around him couldn't help but stop what they were doing to stare.
"He has a lightening affinity", a man dressed in a black robe said enthusiastically.
He seemed to be a Warlock and was in charge of Jace's team which was team 2.
Jace soon opened his eyes and heaved deeply. Electric currents moved rapidly in his eyes for few seconds before finally disappearing, restoring his eyes back to normal.
"What?", Jace asked a bit embarrassed as literally everybody were staring at him.
"Jace Manuela. Quite impressive ", the man in black robe said clapping his hands.
"Oh thank you sir Shawn", Jace scratched his head.
The man nodded and turned to the rest of the team,
"You all are dismissed for today.", he said before walking off.
Like Xavier had been waiting, he rushed at his friend.
"Yo bastard. When did you become so OP?!", Xavier laughed as he playfully punched Jace's arm. He bit his lips trying to endure the pain that shot through his fist, meanwhile, Jace had not even felt a thing.
"Nah I am just on level 3 in basic sword proficiency and level 0 in lightening proficiency ", Jace laughed sheepishly.
"Well, turns out lightening is a pretty rare skill", Guila joined the conversation.
Jace paused as he stared at Guila, the prettiest girl in his class was actually talking to him.
"Sorry, I'm Guila", Guila thought he probably didn't know her.
"Of course, who wouldn't know the beauty queen?", Jace gave a dramatic bow. His lips grinning from ear to ear.
Xavier rolled his eyes at Jace's drama but it seems to crack Guila up.
"Aren't you lucky?... You have a rare magic skill and a vampire constitution", Xavier threw his arm across his bestfriend's shoulder.
"Wait what?.... You have a vampire constitution?", Guila asked rather surprised.
Jace puffed his shoulders proudly and nodded.
"Well, you really are impressive, I have a nymph constitution ", Guila said indifferently.
Nymphs were spirits. Known for their affinity with nature, they had the ability to use nature magic, summon and control elemental creatures and even draw upon the physical forces of the physical world.
Xavier and Jace's gaze were fixed on her like she had gone mad. The ability to harness nature's magical energies wasn't supposed to be taken lightly and here was somebody disregarding it.
They could have understood if she hadn't heard about it but she had also downloaded that book and Nymphs were talked about in it.
"Don't look at me that way, I might have the knowledge about Nymphs but I still know little about them. Moreover, when does our constitution begin to manifest?", Guila furrowed her brows.
"As you all know, I don't have one", Xavier shrugged.
"Well, my team's warlock said constitutions were not really known about since it's unique to only Marshals but we should wait till we get to level 10", Jace rubbed his chin.
The three decided to leave things to time and headed to their rooms for the day.
The next morning, the training continued. This time a different man came to take Xavier's team. He had on him black tight leather pants which matched perfectly with his leather robe making him look badass.
"I am warlock Cinkor and I'll be taking over for Pete and be teaching you how to harness magic.
With this he sat down just like how Jace had done previously. He motioned for them to do exactly as he was doing, which they complied.
Xavier and his teammates sat down just like the warlock had done and began to meditate.
"Shut out all that is happening around you and focus on my voice alone", Warlock Cinkor said.
Xavier shut out his surroundings and concentrated only on the warlock's voice.
"Magic is about your ability to communicate with your surroundings. To become one with your surroundings and to manipulate all that is in it.
Try to sense your environment, feel the slight movement of the wind and particles in the atmosphere. Now, create your own consciousness and immerse yourself in it. Try to remain there.", the man said with his eyes still closed.
Xavier had followed the man's every instruction, he imagined himself in a different space and waited patiently. It was dark and although it was just from Xavier's imagination, it looked like it was taking a shape of its own.
Soon, a light began to appear to the left. It shone for a short while before compressing into a black orb. Xavier frowned as he could feel the heat from the orb even though it was far away. Almost instantly, another light shone beside the black orb. Just like the black orb, it compressed and became a small orb. It was just as black but Xavier could see some electric charges swimming around it.
Xavier was not done observing it when another light shone, it also compressed into a small black orb but was weirdly crude in shape and glittered unlike the others. It looked like metal.
Five more black orbs were formed before they finally stopped appearing. Xavier hadn't done this before, so he couldn't tell what was actually happening. After the eight orbs had formed, something strange happened. They all began to vibrate rapidly. By every second it was becoming rapid, and it was beginning to freak him out.
Then, like dogs that broke out of their chains, the orbs instantaneously attacked Xavier's subconscious.
"Aarrrrgghhh!!!", Xavier screamed as he shot his eyes open. His clothes were soaked with his sweat as he sat still, exhausted.
Pissed glares were cast upon him as he had disturbed his teammates with his scream.
"Xavier.... Xavier... Xavier", the Warlock called his name after using observal skill on him.
"The trash.... your name precedes you.", the man scoffed. He was also just as angry and disgusted as Xavier's teammates.
Xavier decided to dismiss himself which the Warlock gladly accepted.
'I guess that wasn't supposed to happen',Xavier sighed as he made his way back to the room.
'Am I truly trash? Or Is it due to my luck? Do I really have no talent? Was I cursed to be unfortunate forever?', anger was beginning to overwhelm him. He put his head in a pillow and screamed at his loudest. Exhausted, he soon slept off.