Early in the next morning, Thomas stood at the verandah and stared at the horizon. The morning breeze blew carrying a little cold, blowing at his face. The flaunting of his hair gently spread, giving a mesmerizing look.
Walking towards the classroom, every student who came across him stole a glance at him. Having gotten used to that kind of look. Nonchalantly he entered the class.
Having arrived early, fewer students are inside. He walked towards the back seat, not aware of the entry, every student was busy networking themselves together. Sitting at the extreme end, he stared at the young masters and mistress talking and laughing. After some time, the class was filled with students with a different atmosphere.
A young man walked into the class, the class did not notice his entrance. Everybody is busy with their things.
"HMMM!!"
"Class, I need your attention," the teacher said. All the freshmen glared at him. " Welcome to the academy, whatever you think you know before does not apply here. I know some of you come from a noble family and you have been given some cultivation manual. Please be informed that you can continue to use it but what we are here for is to guide you in whatever you are practicing. To bring out the best from you. You are the future of our great kingdom." He looked at every one of them and could see some not being serious. He shakes his head " you will know what you are into when the time comes." He thought.
"Am helframe, I will be teaching you on body cultivation and practices"
After teaching for about an hour, a boy stood arrogantly and said "why do we need to practice body art, isn't it meant for those who want to be body cultivators. Can't we practice all the art that will make us fearsome to our enemies since we are not body cultivators."
"What's your name?" Mr. Helframe asked with a smile.
"Pets of Aldalf"
"Oh, you are from the Aldalf family. That's nice, I can see you are in stage 3 bodybuilding realm. Anybody who wants to answer pets' questions?" He asked with a smile while looking around for anyone who wants to answer the question.
The whole class was quiet for some time, no one signifies.
"Body is the container that contains all the vessels to be cultivated. If the body is weak, the body will not be able to withstand the pressure of breakthroughs to another realm. Thereby explode during cultivation breakthrough"
"Excellent!!"
"What's your name?" Mr. Helframe asked.
"Thomas of Hunter"
"Hmmm, the Hunter family," he thought.
" You heard what Thomas says, the body is the first step in cultivation. That is why we have the bodybuilding realm. To build your body for the next realm which is essence building realm." He looked at Pets "And I believe you can learn from Thomas"
"Himph"
" I will teach you a lesson. Hunter family, you think you can go against my Aldalf family. Let's see about that." Pets thought.
"That will be the end of the class, you are dismissed" Mr Helframe said and walked out of the class.
Thomas stood up and departed from the class. Moving along a narrow bush, he was blocked by Pets who had haughty looks on his face.
"You think you can go against me and leave freely just like that?" Pets release his early 3 stage bodybuilding realm aura. He tries to intimidate him. Thomas shakes his head, looking at him like a dead man. Seeing the look on Thomas' face, he became furious.
" You think you can escape from me or someone will save you. Don't think about it, I had to make sure nobody passed through this place for the time being" Pets withdrew his saber. He slash his saber, going for Thomas's chest. Thomas avoids it skillfully, he behaves like he was not being attacked.
"I have to finish this quickly," Thomas thought.
He immediately uses his footwork, moving forward and backward at the same time. Thomas did not allow him to attack again, instantly he appeared before Pet while Pets saber was still up in the air. Daze by the sudden appearance of Thomas in front him, scared the shit out of him. Still in daze, Thomas punched his heart.
He was blown backward by the sudden punch. Blood flows out of his mouth and nose, having his heart shattered by the punch. "Anybody who raises their weapon against me will not be spared alive," Thomas said. Listen to what Thomas said, he started to lose consciousness.
The turn of events was beyond his expectation.
"If I had known, I wouldn't have ambushed this devil. Can't he be lenient with me?" He thought. He laughed at his stupidity, he looked at Thomas with an unwilling eye as he died. Thomas walked to Pets dead body as he brought out a small bottle from his storage ring. He poured it on him, instantly his body was set ablaze. Watching as Pets body disintegrated into ashes as the wind blew out the ashes without leaving any form of suspicion. Thomas walked away nonchalantly with a calm face.
Deep in the forest at night, a lady with an average look was facing a boy who is an epitome of handsomeness are talking. They were both Zara and Thomas
"Where are the books" Thomas asked
" Over there" she pointed to a bag at the back of a tree " I don't have a storage ring, I would have brought a lot more"
"How about what I asked you to learn, have you learnt it"
Noticing that he was not taking the reading things lightly, she was a little scared " have studied the basic common knowledge and already learned some basic theory on alchemy" she faced downward, holding the edge of her clothes with panic. Why was she scared, she couldn't answer that question herself. Since the moment he defeated her, she knows deep down her heart that things have already changed from the way she used to behave.
"Let me check how far you've learned"
She was delighted to show her capabilities. Thomas started to ask her question related to alchemy, in the beginning she got some right. Not long she could not answer any questions. After ten minutes of asking questions, she could only answer a few.
"What have you been learning if you can't even answer these types of questions?" Thomas stared at her with cold eyes. She was scared, looking at his eyes. "Scary" she thought.
Thomas cut a branch from the tree " draw your sword" Not knowing what he was going to do, she drew out her. She was expecting him to scold her, not this.
Thomas appears in front of her and uses the thin branch to hit her by the waist. She was surprised by the sudden attack. She moved back by six steps with her eyebrow raised a little not expecting the attack.
"If you can use your sword to touch my clothes, I will let off your mistake. I will not use any cultivation art." Hearing this she starts to attack with everything she got.
After twenty minutes, Zara was lying on the grass with various injuries on her body. The injuries were not that serious but it's enough to make someone desire death. She was trying to get hold of her breathing, Thomas did not go easy on her. Every part of her body aches from beating, even the reserved part of a lady was not spared. She had cried and begged but he continued to discipline her.
"Get up" he commanded. She struggles to stand while shaking in her blood clothe.
"Open your mouth" Thomas flipped a pill inside her mouth. The pill dissolved inside out as she swallowed it, it started to nourish all the injured sections. She begins to feel the effect of the pill
"This high grade pill" she thought while being in shock.
"Thank you Lord master"
"I go easy on you today, tomorrow won't be like that." He picked up the bag and put it inside his storage ring.
"Easy!"
She rolled her eyes, thinking about what will happen if he does not go easy on her gave her goosebumps. The difference is clear, he's too strong. " If I don't want to be Maine, i have to keep up" she thought
" Take" he gave her a small pouch "inside everything you need to increase your beauty is inside. Follow the manual, I wrote it down specifically for you. It can't be shared" he started to walk away.
Delighted, she looks at his departed back "even though he's strict. He cares alot." She thought.
"We shall start the lesson on alchemy properly tomorrow" he said, not looking back.
"Ok, thank you. Lord Master I will not disappoint you"