1991, August 30 , 4:20 PM
"C'mon Rich, your better than this!" Nagging sounds and clinging blades was evident to the Owling building, the 4th basement as two males of different age battle with their best using their swords. Both was injured slightly by each other, gasping for air hard, and one manage to mock his opponent more.
"I know I know! I'm trying!" Talks back Richard, 05, holding his black golden sword equal to his leg to foot height, blood was pumping out of his palms, but they continued to clash on, the blood splattering around as he squeezed his sword tightly, in that moment, pain wasn't even a thing for him.
The wore out feet of Elliot ran in the middle, squatting as he tries to hit the solar plexus of Richard, whom dodge to the side wanting to hit his side neck for damage. Neither worked and continued on.
Three guys were watching beside each other rin the spectators seat, 01, 02, and 04, Ezmond, Ezekiel, and Kennedy their eyes full active as they gaze at the fight intensely, not allowing their self to miss one move at all.
Ezmond was irritatingly cheering for Richard, who clashes with Elliot one after another with their unbelievable strength, nagging how he's so weak, continual insults and mockery getting thrown. Kennedy was just observing silently in his seat, eating his potato chips while so, meanwhile, Ezekiel was cheering for both foolishly jumping, his excitement greater than those who are fighting.
Elliot had been in the fight for an hour now, fully exhausted as they had the 'rule' of no enhanced power, body, or weapon, meaning, both just relies on their raw strength and skills when fighting with swords.
He was of course at disadvantage, but he was still holding up with the also exhausted Richard. Their rubber shoes were dancing in the floor, giving satisfying sounds of blades hitting each other, the pressure on their feet as they dodge each other every time giving dents to the floor.
Coming from business work, Raizel gone down by the elevator in the left side of the fighting room, seeing the catastrophic fight in the center while more chaos was happening on the spectators seat. He rubs the bridge of his nose, where new glasses was worn on his eyes. He swiftly swing his hair to the back, tired of managing these guys. Sighing as he makes his way through.
Going through the side walk, he watch as how the fight was mostly gonna take forever to finish. Both competitors were stubborn, and never really give up everytime its a fight.
Seeing how it will go anyway, he clapped his hands getting everybody's attention, including the two that were just fighting, drying the blood that were coming out of their mouth. Elliot sneered a bit. His adrenaline completely gone off.
All of them were waiting for Raizel's word, only to be cutted off by Elliot. "Alright Alright, Oldie Rai wants it to end already, you guys wait in the upper stairs," It was loud and clear that echoed through the room. The spectators whined, "Raizel's, you dang mood breaker!", as they started to walk through the elevator, while Elliot finally hit the sword of Richard meaning to end it.
Richard smiled as he hugs his stomach, small yet sharp wounds in it. Same with Elliot, but he started to heal it as the fight ended.
Raizel came quickly to Elliot's assistance, checking his bad condition, yet, it was not unusual to see Elliot being like this at all. With the numerous battle he fought.
"Need some help sir?" Raizel asked as he hands in a bottle of water to the boy. Elliot waved his head in denial for help, but took the water bottle as he gulps the entire thing within seconds.
"No need, just need some few healings," Elliot then responded.
He balls up his hand green particles surrounds his palm, massaging the wounded part, it slowly healed as they got to the elevator among with others.
"Why are you doing this still? Tomorrow's your Hogwarts Day, everyone is most likely is to rest and prepare themselves," Raizel gulps in, taking the courage to ask concernly.
"You're here aren't you? You got the baggage ready, stuff, and you've send back the confirmation letter didn't ya? So what's left to even prepare for?" Elliot counters as Raizel underestimated his doings.
"Well then, I suppose I mean about your body. You're fighting everyday since the start of the month with every Owlers, slowly training them. And now your body condition is very bad due to the accumulated wounds for every fight.." Raizel then talks back, his statement pretty reasonable and very rational. And it was indeed true as Elliot states at his bare naked body. Though some old wounds were fully healed, it still left some scars and obvious scratches. And there it is, the pink fresh bloody ones that he recently have gotten today.
Elliot just accepted Raizel's opinion. Nodding only, to Raizel's dismay as he expected an answer. Sometimes silence is the best answer is indeed a good quote.
*Ding*
The elevator sounded, opening as they arrived at the base floor, seeing the workers respectfully greets them simultaneously.
Raizel just stared at his master, his face unreadable.
But inside, he's concerned, and yeah, maybe also stressed out. He had to handle all the damages, the branch stores and all, also with the departing of his Master Elliot to the other side, Wizarding World. Poor him....
1st PoV
I put in the usual forge smile I give to everyone as the workers stood on their spot bowing as they greet us, me and the Owlers, in their respectful manner.
I waves them off as a signal to go back to their work. I sighed in pain as I am indeed not fully healed for the wounds i have accumulated for the everyday fights I had. Ever since i arrived here at this building, every Owlers will fight me everyday until the last day of the month, one Owler per day for me. It was to increase their fighting experience more as they don't battle anyone anymore as they don't clearly want to have a relation to the underworld nor Wizarding World anymore, making their skills rusty. Goes the same for me, it does increase my fighting experience more and not make me rusty.
I often lose and all, but still, every fight is useful. Not the injuries it gives but sure. I grit my teeth hard as blood keeps pumping out my scratches from the sword fight before. Fighting them can be pretty disadvantageous to me as I'm the only opponent they face. As each of them had their specialty, I had to get used to it and use the same skills. Richard specialized in melee and sword fight, which can be useful to me as I also use swords. The two brothers, Ezmond and Ezekiel had a high skills when it comes to charms and spells, sometimes not using wand and also nonverbal fights, pretty troublesome for me as sometimes they even launch some spells that they personally made. And they wont even tell me about those spells. So without knowing it's properties, its very hard to counter attack them. While here Kennedy is pretty balance, he's very calm and proper, always conservative, you can't really read his face and mind. Unlike Ezmond who is usually reckless, him always immediately without any observation, and with that thought, you can immediately prepare, but with Kennedy, you're full of unexpected movements. And Grey is technically the same, we use bullets of guns that are not that very crucial in effect, and we don't usually fight as guns are just useless in the Wizarding World. Vail, I can tell he's the weakest among the group. The very reason why he asked why I recruited him, as even I can defeat him easily in minutes. But his mind is what stands out among the rest. Even though he's very weak, he can read every people's mind almost every time. Their next movements and all, he can even counter Kennedy's unexpected movements. He's very smart but his immature attitude gives him in.
Fortunately, they can grasp the power of simple magic a bit already. Though due to their slower and less efficient core enhancing, their improvements are a bit slower than mind but it's fine. I suppose with their addiction to being stronger than what they are, they would mostly train themselves without even orders and so. And thats good as Raizel can't handle them all alone while I'm gone.
Now that even though I 'should rest and prepare myself' like what Raizel told me, I won't do any bit of shit of that. I've gone up to the floor where the Owlers are staying. Arriving, I proceeded to the very farthest room in the left side where the room is full of gym equipments, a kitchen, and a fun room full of things you can play. It's a haven for the group. They can train, play, and eat. It's the room where they usually stay.
Opening the door to the room, I see them scattered around as they do their own business. Some were in the work out section , while others are chilling around eating after the exhilarating fight we had. I got in seeing them turn around noticing my presence. Like usual, since we're all casual and all, we don't greet each other that much anymore. We just treat everybody friendy friends or something.
But Vail came up to me as he speak his thoughts, "Some reasons why we're here?"
He's the only person that doesn't really like this room. Probably because it's very crowded with everybody and usually noisy. He always stuck himself in his room doinhg his theories stuff and shites I don't understand. And that's why he's the only one who annoyingly asked me why they're here.
"Yeah, I ordered Raizel to get the things ready," I stated getting their focus on me.
"Things for what?" Ezekiel asked as his hands are lifting the dumbells while his other hand is pushing up.
"I'm gonna test your simple magic today, your magic nature," I explained , not one of them getting what I was saying. Until Raizel opened the door, bunch of men behind him carrying bunch of strange stuff.
One was carrying woods and a lighter, while one was holding wires and electrical stuff, others have boxes, a big drum of water, mirror, and all.
All of them sent a look on me, including Raizel, as he doesn't even know why I ordered these stuff.
"What are these bull- stuff?" The fiery red haired Richard asked getting rid of the weighs his holding with his both hands carefully.
"Simple magic can have transformations aight? Be fire or water be it, but every person have their nature type that they're more talented. I presume you, Richard, your probably good at fire magic I say, your fiery as fuck" I explained further as the men drop the things carefully in the floor as I arrange them. The wood with the lighter, the electrical stuff together, the box, the water, and the mirror.
"And how can we know our nature?" Ezmond asked as everyone approached the center together close to the things I brought out.
With the floor being unable to get burn or spread fire, I lighted the wood covered with gasoline with the lighter, combusting immediately creating a large fire. Raizel helped with others, doing the orders he specifically got earlier. The Owlers just stand in puzzled faces while watching Raizel do the work.
Finishing for few minutes, we set up every station that can determine their nature type.
"What are those for?" Someone asked again, and I will explained more this time as they can probably get it more clearly.
"With the previous thought, everyone more powerful with a specific nature, which can be fire, water, and other elements, this can be the testing for you," My hands made its way to the fire station as I balls up my hand conjuring energy in my palm as my mana channels in my wrist. Doing so, I explained further.
"Conjure your mana into your hands, then put it on to these things, if it repels your energy, it means its your nature type."
I did what I told so, putting my hands onto the fire directly without any grunts or pain because of the protective energy in it. And like what I said, it immediately repelled my hands onto my body, not accepting it.
The Owlers observe closely as they saw what happened. Slowly nodding their heads in understanding.
"If you guys get your nature type, I recommend it to train it more than the other elements, if your nature is electricity, use it more, or perhaps even use it solely, since it will do some good results presumably," I informed more, and Richard immediately made his way to the electrical generator. Without my permission, immediately turning it on where lightning sparks was made, and recklessly without thought, he conjured some energy into his palms directly putting it in the sparks.
As I expected, he immediately run off in pain. He was electrocuted, not repelled but instead, electrocuted. He holds his hand with the pain. And everyone laughs mocking him. Getting a warning from the irritated Vail.
"I told you your nature is fire, obvious by your reckless action just now" I spoke and with his determined eyes, he put his hands again on the fire conjuring a ball of energy.
And I smiled as I see the repelled hands. Without any pain nor excruciating feelings. Just simply prepeled.
Just like the guy Richard is, he clapped happily all by himself, immediately transforming his small ball of energy into its fire form, seeing it leisurely dance in his palms.
All of them just rolled their eyes nonchalant about the man. They all started going onto their ways to the different station, only to be stopped by me.
"Uh uh uh nuh oh, if you don't want to experience like what Richard had, you guys better of go to what your personality, your nature is. That box is for the dark element, put your hands inside without any evidence of light. The mirror is then the opposite, it's for light, reflect it on the sun, then burn your hands if it fails. The others are self explanatory, so go off then.. "
They did what I've asked them to do, Ezmond and Ezekiel daringly going to the electric generator. Only for Ezekiel to succeed his hands being repelled, mockily laughing at his brother pitiful face. Grey unbelievably got her first try on the dark nature section, the box. Simply a box. And it's maybe my first time seeing her smile genuinely. Raizel tried out for the electricity, failing, winning his way with the dark.
Ezmond succeeded on the fire one, while Vail did on the light one. Kennedy, after several trials, probably because of his unreadable personality, only then succeeded on the Light also, Hans ending it with his water nature.
After their reactions to each others nature, turned to me as they ask their question.
"What about you, what's your nature? Fire repelled you right?" Vail was the one to do so.
I gulped in, answering, "I'm a natural, don't have one"
Vail then raises his eyebrows. "You mean you can probably do all?"
"Everyone can do 'all' stupid. But Im just fitted to the natural form of energy." I reasoned out. Though it's in my dismay im not specifically talented for one. It's fine for me still though...
"Why so?" Vail didn't ended and still kept asking. And so, I also thought the same thing. Why so?
"Probably...."
"my master had done something to me."