Upon Exiting the transformation, Cyra had no idea how long has it been since she started. The only thing she knew is that she was hungry and the book of the earth was empty.
So she began to aimlessly wander around the Night Garden until she came across someone or something to eat.
In the meantime, Cyra drone has detected that her strength has risen by a lot. It decided to ask.
-Owner, what is your current strength?-
"Conqueror Kir"
-I will call you another drone!-
"Sure, but first, tell me two things."
-Yes?-
"How long have I been in seclusion, and where can I eat something? Also, let's make it 3. Where is my discipline?"
-20 years, the Night Academy, and she should be there too based on her drone-
Cyra didn't want to cause turmoil, so she turned on her invisibility and sneaked into the academy. After emptying a few automata, her new drone also arrived.
This time the last Diamond look was replaced by a fiery red drone. Seeing that its new owner was invisible, it also entered a camouflage mode.
When Cyra made sure that was no one around, she asked, "Is there a library in this academy?"
-Yes, Owner, it's in the right-wing-
Currently, Cyra faces a rather uncomfortable issue, her body is continuously gathering Essence from the surroundings, but her intelligence isn't high enough.
Cyra could obtain the energy for increasing her strength from the light wing sand. That wasn't an issue either.
She found a secluded spot and gathered information related to Tylium.
Cyra learned that it was incredibly hard for anyone below Deity to refine Tylium because it released energy in a sudden burst. As such, it was inefficient to try to refine it unless you were strong enough to be able to reap benefits during a so called burst.
She also learned that they were more likely to use pure Tylium as fuel to operate ships or reactors as they were able to extract more than 90% of the profit from each burst.
The process is possible because, with each burst, the power drops and reduces the quality by 1%.
In theory, People could use each Grams of Tylium 100 times before it completely dissolving.
She also found great interest in reading military information with her colonel rank. She could easily access low-level information without alarming anyone.
When she determined that she learned enough to be able to breakthrough, she experimented with her light wing sand in its purest form.
Since she still wanted to avoid contact with people, she hurriedly left the library and went back to her living quarters.
Jade still didn't come home, probably sleeping in the academy. It was okay with Cyra also, considering that she had no idea how intense is a Tylium burst it was better than they weren't around.
To ignite a burst, she used the acid produced by her own body. She didn't want to go through the troubles she had when looking for [Frost Blood].
When everything was in place, she dropped a drop of acid on top of a gram of Tylium and formed an Essence Barrier around it, then bite on it.
The Tylium had to be inside her body so that she could extract strength from it. In the beginning, nothing has happened. The time was slowly ticking by without her noticing three years passed.
In the 4th year, the acid breached through the first layer, and an explosion struck. Cyra's lower jaw was caught up in the explosions and was vaporized.
Much to her surprise, this experiment of hers worked, and she ended received some strength, but it was far from enough.
The purity of Tylium dropped by more than 10% during that one burst.
The next breach of a layer happened ten years later when she received an even bigger hit than before, as this time it was a burst of 20% percent.
Just a little more, and she could advance further as she was getting impatient, she dropped the remaining 70% inside her mouth.
She almost immediately reached the current limits of her strength, then a burning sensation took over, and she spat out the Tylium.
She was just 1 step away from a breakthrough, but she was incapable of taking that step as something was still missing.
This moment was the first time she tried to do this without her cocoon state. Every one of the last changes has further changed her body, her very being, to withstand the evolution phases.
It seemed like the only thing that she needed now was strength. As the Tylium Exploded, she gained the last strand of energy needed and became a Wusun.
[Status]
[Name] [Cyra]
[Title] [Colonel] + [Conqueror Kir] -> [Wusun]
[Race] [God]
[Variant] [QDW]
[Driving force: Greed,Discord,Pride]
[Gender: Female]
[Bloodline] [Nidhogg]
[Int: 60 000] -> [Int: 61 000]
[Str: 60 000] -> [Str: 61 000]
[E: 60 000] -> [E: 61 000]
The Tylium explosion destroyed her house. The drone and even her clothes looked racked.
The Tylium explosion left its mark on her body as such. Her clothes completely enveloped her in bandages. Only her eyes and spheres stayed unshaken by what happened.
The surroundings were crowded with hundreds of people. Same came from the nearby mansions while others hurried here from the academy.
Even Jade and snow came after all this was Cyra home, and they were slightly worried by what happened.
Cyra was unfazed by their arrival. She was focused entirely on the fact that she was unable to release her spheres.
It seemed like even she reached the point where she needed to refine them one by one so they could grant her more strength.
When Cyra finally came back to her senses, she glanced over the crowd until her eyes stopped on Jade.
No one, literally no one, dared to stay in her line of sight as the killing intent that she was emitting was unbearable for most of them.
At this point, a new drone appeared above her head. This one resembled a glass crown. Everyone knew what that meant.
After all, most students of the academy spent a long time learning in the Night Garden. Knowing your enemies are the best way to avoid disaster. Still, even so, Wusun-s were incredibly rare at the academy.
Sadly for Cyra, her next breakthrough had to wait as countless resources were missing.
Firstly this one stunt of hers sucked the level completely dry of Essence. Secondly, she needed to learn more.
As such, she wasn't in a hurry to leave as information and Wisdom were her most important objectives as of now.
Cyra once more looked at Jade. It seemed that she has also improved and became an [Ace Prime] meanwhile, snow also became bigger by 1 mm, it wasn't much in his case, but at least he was healthy.
Then she turned her attention to a person flying towards her with rapid speed. A Kir was coming towards her together with three conqueror gods.
The Kir firmly stood before Cyra and decided to question her, "What brings a Wusun to our Night Academy territory?"
"Wisdom, I spent the past years reading in your library. As for now, I just decided to breakthrough here instead of there."
"In that case, all I can do is thank you for not attempting to a breakthrough in our library, furthermore. As the principal, I will also grant you Honorary membership to freely access any information in our library."
"Thank you." With that, she headed to the library, maybe she will rent another house later, but as of now, it wasn't that important.
Since Cyra didn't use her reflection this time around, everybody could see her.
To avoid confusion related to Cyra's identity, the principal acted quickly and announced Cyra's Status on the academy wall on the same afternoon when the explosion happened.
"Look, it's the mysterious Senior from the explosion site."
"Pst, you idiot, don't disturb her. She is an honorary member. After all, she could get you expelled from the academy!"
"Really? How?"
"It's not that we'll know, but honorary members are experts as strong as the principal or, in this case, even stronger as such they willed equal rights as a vice-principal."
Cyra didn't mind the students' chit-chat as even by this. She learned new things. She eventually got curious and looked up the academy structure.
Principal [Kir] [Teo]
Vice-Principal [Conqueror God]
Honorary members
Headteachers [Emperor God]
Home-room teachers [Crowned God]
Subject teachers [Golden God]
... Official Students
5th division [Awaken God]
4th division [God]
3rd division [Ace Prime]
... Students
2nd division [Prime]
... Trial Students
1st division [Lesser Primes]
So it seems The principal is called Teo as for Jade, she seems to be an official student.
Later that day, Cyra rented a new mansion while also paid for the damage she had previously caused.
"Look, Senior Cyra has arrived at the library!"
"We shouldn't disturb her. Let's go."
It was easy to recognize Cyra as more than half of the academy was present to see her stunt aftermath. Furthermore, she didn't change her looks at all. Even though most of her injuries already healed. It was unnecessary as she wasn't going anywhere other than the library and her home today. She did that just like every other day.
Today, something was different as around lunchtime, Cyra got a call from principal Teo to go to the big hall and oversee the events.
At first, she was puzzled by the request but then complied as she had nothing better to do. Also, interacting with people was a faster way to earn Wisdom.
In the big hall, the academy Teachers, Head Teachers, and other honorary members were gathering.
Below the hall, students from every division represented their groups of interest because, as it turned out, it was time for the hundred-year grading competition.
They were the top students of every batch; they were standing in the middle of a vast arena waiting for the event to start.
The group made most of the onlookers out of visitors and trial students.
The principal started sending the students their objectives, then every one of them vanished and began searching for pearls hidden around the night garden. The principal ranked the people based on how many pearls they possessed.
The student's movements were available on the bracelets, and everyone could switch between who they wanted to follow during the competition.
Of course, Cyra watched Jade avoid suspicion. She used the bracelet instead of her force control.
Jade was well known for her brutal personality and inhuman ways of torture, yet her obsession with beauty fascinated many people. As such, she gathered a large number of followers through her academic years.
Just as she wanted to start torturing a lower-ranked third division student, she was ambushed, and ten other students surrounded her.
"Senior sister, you were careless this time we got you. You have nowhere to run. It's time for payback for what you have done to us!"
"My, my, did you think that you could defeat me just a few of you?"
"We, the 2nd and 1st division also students of this academy, we want better treatment, to achieve that you needed to fall here!"
"Remember, Jade. You were once one of us, one of the forsaken of the academy!
"You still have a chance to redeem yourself of your sins and help us win this competition against the gods by bringing the victory to the first division!"
"Pathetic, you couldn't even reach the 3rd division. What gives you the right to lecture me, redeem myself for what? I did nothing wrong!"
"Cyra, there you are!" Teo walked to Cyra's side with another honorary member Ankuj by his side.
Without any previous notice, Ankuj punched at Cyra, much startling everyone present, including Cyra her self.
"Do I know you?"
"No."
"Than why did you attack me?" It was just weird as she didn't detect any killing intent, but if that's the case, why would he hit her?
"To welcome you at the academy!"
"???"
"Since you spend most of your time in the academy, I had no time nor chance to observe you!"
"Is that good or bad?"
"Bad extremely bad, as such I just had to punch you, don't take it to heart!" Ankuj pulled Cyra to his side then looked at her bracelet.
"Isn't that Jade? All the kids in fourth and fifth grade talking about her, she is rather popular as the riot killer!"
"Riot?"
While they were talking, both of them ignored Jade's fight. They were clear about just how one-sided that situation was, not to mention ten, not even 20 or 30 students, could defeat Jade; they were at a significant disadvantage.
Jade quickly slammed her senior brothers to the ground without using too much force, and Jade added them to the batch of people that she could torture.
"Just what I was expecting from the likes of you. You can't even hit me!"
"I see even you couldn't stop yourself from watching the fight." Said the principal as he saw Cyra continued to watch Jade's movements.
"Oh, Principal Teo, perfect timing. I want to ask something."
"Please, I'm listening."
"What are the students talking about what sins and Riot?"
"The first and second division protesting for better treatment, luckily Miss Jade of the 3rd division is here to show them their place!"
"Aren't they treated equally?"
"No, everything is decided by strength the strict rules over the weak. Most of the first and second division is filled up with senior students who are just a waste of our society!"
"What happens if they can't climb to a higher division?"
"They have five hundred years to reach the second division and another thousand to reach the third division if they manage to do that, they will become official students. Those who reach the limit will be expelled!"
"I see. What do you do with the expelled students?"
"We kick them out of the Night Garden!"
"You're kidding me? You let them live?!"
"Of course, killing is forbidden in the central district as such, we are safe here, and as a principal of this school, I'm strongly supporting this rule!"
"IDIOT!"
"Pardon?"
"You heard me right. This is madness! How many students are in the 1st and 2nd division?"
"Those two divisions where 80 percent of our students belong to it that are nearly 8000 members, they are motivated by the higher divisions this way."
At this point, Cyra couldn't even describe how stupid this was, after witnessing what Jade did to the lower-ranked student if stuff like this was happening every single day that could break people, not to mention years.
And now this idiotic principal told her that he doesn't kill the expelled students. Even Jade has a higher IQ than this moron because at least after torturing her targets, she usually kills them, avoiding future troubles.
"Anyways, there will be a competition in 300 years. Are you interested in coming with us?"
"I think you should forget about the competition and stay here. It's much safer for your students to shake."
"Not. The academy needs us, Leaders, to represent our academy together with the best of the best!"
"You know what? Please take it as I never said anything, I will go with you, but I need to rest for now. I will be leaving."
"Cyra, call me later if you would like to chat!" Said Ankuj to the departing Cyra.
Sigh... seriously, this is not my day, I move out once, and that bastard principal decides to ruin my day with his stupidity.