Zerrif had finally arrived at the supposed town where the academy is supposed to be and was wondering to himself where exactly the academy would be.
'It doesn't exactly help that it's been a few years either god dammit' Zerrif continued to wander around with a frustrated expression
"hey excuse me are you looking for something young lady?" someone called out to him
"hmm yeah how did you know?"
"you've passed by our shop four times now "the man chuckled dryly
"oh "Zerrif turned slightly red being embarrassed that he didn't even know he was lost "t-thank you for telling me I was lost ha-ha um… do you know maybe a place I could stay?"
"an inn? no problem just go straight down and turn right instead of left, okay?"
"uh huh got it thanks mister "he smiled and ran off but tripped and almost fell over. "I'm okay "
The man let out a sigh as he watched Zerrif leave
"who was that grandpa? "a blonde girl stepped out from behind the curtains holding a letter in her hands "
"just a random girl maybe she came for the entrance exam like you" he answered resting his head on the counter
"if she came for the entrance that would means she's pretty strong but I hear that the examiner this year is one of the founders "she said.
"so, she might fail?" the man asked granddaughter to which she just smiled.
"sheesh that was embarrassing I guess I'll ask about the academy here." he opened the door and walked up to the desk.
"hello what can I do for ya?" the receptionist asked.
"a room please "
"Gotcha, name and gender and length of stay please" he said pulling out a small notebook and pen
"Zerrif crescent, Male, one night "The man gave him one more look before he tore out the page and it turned into tiny light particles "ooh"
"Please follow the light sir will that be all?"
"Actually, could I get directions to the academy?"
"I'll give you a map, here "
Zerrif woke up the next morning and rushed to the academy only to find a line waiting for him.
"guess I don't have a choice "he lulled. After an hour it was finally his turn.
"Name, Age, gender, speciality and origin please "the woman asked while Zerrif sighed
"Zerrif, 17 years old from corkus village my speciality is magic combat and I'm male". The woman gave him a good look before asking.
"Are you sure you're male? You don't look it "Zerrif sighed once again.
"I'm a man can I go now?" he replied slightly annoyed as he could hear a few people behind him giggle.
"Go to the 5th room on your right you're in group 7 your examiner is the sword emperor good luck" he snatched the letter and walked off, upon approaching the room he saw the door fly open and three people running out one badly injured.
"Next!!" he heard a shout and he walked in seeing the space suddenly expand
'space magic? Interesting' he also noticed some students sitting off to one side some looked more hurt than others but they were all quiet, but that's not what bothered him. "where's the – "before he could finish his sentence, he saw a sword come directly at his neck but rather than panic he just calmly dodged and took a step away.
"Not bad "he said as he swung horizontally at him with what looked to be his full strength to which he just dodged again and took and created some more distance, and the man just smirked which Zerrif found suspicious.
[ CLEAVE]
The room shook as the strike that seemingly came from beside him hit but Zerrif had yet again avoided it. "you're fast" Asword could be seen hovering next to him "the man had vanished from Everyone's sight and reappeared above him as he swung down "I'm faster "and explosion followed after spreading out debris and dust as everyone waited for it to clear, to everyone's surprise holding back the blade with two fingers was Zerrif with his coldest expression.
"I take it you're the sword Emperor?" the real fight had started