Daksh and Hari took a elevator to the 5 floor where their basic combat class was to be held. since there was still 15mins for the class to start the smoothie bar at the entrance of Basic Combat class was filled with students ordering various protein shakes and smoothie's.
Daksh and Hari made there way into the crowd,
" Hari, its my treat feel free to order something expensive." said Daksh with a generous smile.
" okay then, i will order molten frost. I always wanted to try this but never had enough cash. " said Hari looking at the menu board hang by the ceiling.
Hearing Hari order Molten Frost Daksh's generously smiling mouth started to twitch as he glared at Hari.
" what you said to order something expensive " noticing Daksh's glare Hari sneered.
" yes I did, Molten Frost is something beyond expensive. order something less expensive!! " shouted Daksh
" ok ok relax, then I will order Urban Nectar with lime " said Hari rubbing his chin while looking at menu board.
" Enough , you are doing this on purpose right, I will decide for both of us." said Daksh as he turned to the counter " we will have two Wild Bone with salt, please "
seeing Daksh order Hari just spread his arms innocently and sat on a nearby empty table. after 6mins Daksh came with the shakes and sat opposite to Hari.
" you are not going to ask what this treat is for " said Daksh
" I thought you would tell me " argued Hari
" ok you win, I have sensed and located my Hardaya Heart star. " said Daksh trying to be as humble as possible.
" Congrats, no wonder a cheap stake like you was willing to cough out a treat. " said Hari
Hearing Hari's nonchalant reply Daksh was flabbergasted as Hari did not give him the expression he was expecting. some how with Hari's expression it felt that Hari already knew that Daksh has sensed and located his Hardaya Heart star.
Seeing Daksh's expression Hari realized his mistake and continued " ah! I am so jealous of you for opening a life star as your 8th star in star opening realm unlike me. who knows when I am going my next star ah! .... its so depressing "
Seeing Hari whine Daksh said " don't be depressed who knows maybe the next star you open will be one of the life star. "
" you are right maybe the next star i sense will be one of the heart stars or may be I can locate all the stars today and become the Federations no. 1 genius " said Hari narcissistically with a smug face.
seeing Hari's boasting Daksh really wanted to punch his smug face but seeing that he is not being pessimistic anymore he let it go this one time and said " it's about time for the basic combat class to start lets hurry to the class "
Hari and Daksh entred the class and joined some of their close classmates.
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Soon a short plain looking coach entered the class, seeing the coach enter the class quiet downed.
After taking a look at his class the coach said
" today we are going to start the class by checking how much progress each one of you has made in your individual physical strength. Okay "
" yes sir " the whole class replied in unison.
" you all know the grading standard of Magic Academy
90% power displayed - Average grade
100% power displayed - Good grade
120% power displayed - Best grade
150% power displayed - Extraordinary grade"
" yes sir " (whole class replied)
" good, then one by one come forward as I call your roll no. lets begin with roll no. 1 Bert Gowda"
as soon as coach called out the roll no a shifty eyed looking young man came forward towards the black Boxing test machine.
In the Basic combat training class there were many different devices for practice and testing and some of them were the power testing device, which can accurately reflect the power of the tester.
The black boxing test machine is one of the power testing device set up on the Basic combat class
In the middle of the Boxing test machine there is a sandbag with a black display above the sandbag.
At this moment, the words "00000kg" were displayed on the display.
A punch is the most intuitive response to human physical strength. The assessment of the Basic combat class is also based on the punching force of a individual.
Seeing shifty eyed looking young man walk towards the boxing test machine his classmates started to whisper among themselves.
" I heard Bert has opened stars and is ranked third in our class, as accepted of some one from Gowda noble family. I don't know what his score will be will it cross 500kg " said a Female classmate
" girl what do you know I heard Bert had open 10 stars 3 months ago but for some reason he hasn't open any of the life stars yet some say he has met a bottleneck in his practice I don't know if he has made any progress in these three years " said another female classmate
" hey! you! don't talk nonsense if you do not know anything. I heard that Bret's sister is a big shot in some Magic Academy and she asked Bert not to open any life star until she say so. " said the third female classmate
"why so?" asked the first female classmate.
" I heard it has something to do with achieving perfection and stable foundation " said the fourth female classmate
" this rich people and there lavishness sigh!!" sighed the second female classmate
Without caring about his classmates whispers the shifty eyed looking young man took a deep breath and started to transport all the strength of his whole body to his fist while his footsteps were firmly and stably placed on the floor, then he moved his whole body's weight and power on his right hand through the spine and launched a punch
"boom!"
Bert's Left fist hit the sandbag of the boxing test machine.
Then, a red number jumped out on the display screen of the boxing test machine.
" 456kg, average."
The Coach read the number that jumped out on the screen from Bert's punch while commenting and moved on to next roll number.
For every star opened the magic apprentice gains 50kg physical strength, so according to basic calculation the power for someone who has opened 10 stars should be 500kgs.
The human body can not always produce 100% but a magic apprentice is different as with enough practice of muscle and body control they can achieve about 120%. so basically Bert performance was basically average as commented by the couch.
soon the coach called out the roll no.'s one by one, nobody was able to get comment better than good.
Roll no. 2, Raj Veer, 11 stars opened : 553 kg, good
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Roll no. 5, Karan Paul, 11 stars opened : 549.5 kg, good
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Roll no. 7, Rin Cygle, 9 stars opened : 673 kg, extraordinary
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Roll no. 11, Vivian Moore, 9 stars opened : 460 kg, good
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"Roll no. 25, Hari Eshwar "
Hearing his no being called out Hari stood in front of Test machine
"Breath!"
Taking a deep breath, Hari started to move all the strength of his whole body to his fist. Hari's footsteps were firm and stab, then he concentrated his whole body's weight and power on his right hand through the spine and launched a punch
"boom!"
Hari's right fist hit the sandbag of the boxing test machine.
Then, a red number jumped out on the display screen of the boxing test machine.
" 480kg, Best!?."
Seeing Hari's score all the classmates were surprised, even the seemingly expressionless coach couldn't hidden his surprised. and added a extra remark
" good, keep it up "
" Is Hari also gifted with divine strength or some gene mutation like Rin? " asked a classmate
" no silly Hari only able to achieve 120% which means his muscle, bone and body control is at perfection." answered another classmate.
" I thinks this Hari is trying to play the role of the the Dark horse during this years Magic academy admissions " said a classmate
The max efficiency a Magic Apprentice body can achieve is 120% through vigorous training of muscle bone and body control. if one is able to achieve 150% then he is gifted with divine strength or some gene mutation. like the Roll no 7.
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"Roll no. 29 Daksh Yer"
Daksh shrugged his arm and stood in front of the boxing test machine.
Taking the same deep breath, Daksh took a horse stance and clenched his right fist.
Daksh concentrated the whole body weight and power on his right hand, and then his right fist hit the sandbag.
"boom!"
The same sound and scene appear as before during Hari's turn, but the difference was that the numbers appearing on the screen were very low compared to previous ones.
"365kg, good"
Looking at the numbers on the screen and hearing Coach's remark, Daksh shook his head and did not speak.
With Hari's achievements, Daksh is very dissatisfied with his test results.
Daksh's burly body size is much bulky and sturdier than Hari's lean body. According to normal circumstances, Daksh's strength should also be greater than Hari.
But here in this world of Magic arts and Practice. The strength of a person can be more than what it appears outside.
After Daksh finished the test he was not in a good mood seeing the results of his fist strength.
Daksh is not jealous of Hari, he is just dissatisfied with his results.
Daksh's family situation is just slightly better than that of Hari's. all expectation of his family depend on him passing the Magic Arts assessment and testing in to a good Magic Academy.
Looking at Daksh, who is a little worried, Hari opened his mouth to comfort Daksh saying: " you have already located your Life star what are you sad about it is a matter of week before you completely open your life star. don't make me punch you "
Taking his fist and hammering Daksh's board shoulders, Hari once again gave Daksh a strong punch of encouragement.
"Okay, I will not whine any more, we will train together, and both of us will definitely become Strong magic knights together."
Daksh's sentimentality disappeared very quickly, at least on the surface there seemed to be nothing unusual.
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Soon the test came to an end then the coach said " Now you all know where you guys stand, if you want to join a good Magic Academy opening Life star is not enough you should also train your muscle, bone and body to Magic Academy standards. now lets began with close combat training , form yourself into pairs and practice basic military boxing. "
After hearing the coach the students split in to pairs and spread across the hall to practice basic military boxing by sparing with each other.
Hari and Daksh formed a pair and moved towards a corner to practice basic military boxing by sparing with each other But on there way out a shifty eyed looking young man blocked their path and introduced himself to them.
" Hi I am Bert Gowda"
" Hi, me, Dasksh Yer and this is Hari Eshwar."
" I was really impressed by your text score Hari. achieving 120% is not a normal feet you must have practiced hard." said Bert looking at Hari.
" oh! I did practice very hard " said Hari arrogantly.
" not humble at all, I like straight forward guys like you Hari , are you willing to spar with me. both our score are almost similar so it would be more efficient for us to spar together. what do you say Hari " said Bert with a charming smile
" no Bert you are wrong our score are not same, I am stronger than you" said Hari arrogantly as he looked disinterestedly at Bert. If it was some one else they word try hard to impress one of the member of Nobel Gowda family, but Hari Knew Bert wasn't here to practice or spar with him but he came here with other ill intentions.
"Hari this is going to far aren't you ashamed to say that you a 8 star magic apprentice are stronger than a 10 star magic apprentice " said Bert with a sneer
" no you are wrong again Bert, I am not saying this our test scores are saying this" said Hari nonchalantly.
' Hari what are you doing! why are you provoking the hornets nest … ' thought Daksh as he nudged Hari with his arm.