"Have you seen the fight yesterday?" A young man spoke while hammering a piece of ore.
"No, my mentor asked me to work the whole day yesterday, damn! He's a lazy assh*le!" The other man who was burning a straightened piece of metal inside a furnace replied.
"Too bad that you didn't see it! It's so awesome! Never saw a team who can fight Lady Chisa in head-on combat!"
"Is that really true or you're just trying to tease me?"
"No! I'm not trying to tease you, bro! You know what's more amazing than that?"
"What? Don't keep the suspense hanging!"
"Okay, okay! What's more, is that the team who fought with her is a team of rookie students who just joined the Academy today!"
"Is that true?"
"Yes, it is! I won't even believe it if I didn't see it with my own eyes!"
"Tell me what happened yesterday!"
"Here it goes!"
As the two remaining students clashed against Chisa who already unlocked 100% of her current power, the stadium shook and trembled non-stop.
Every time the three people clashed, people outside the barrier is getting scared that they might get caught in the fight when the barrier shattered.
Luis held two sabers in both hands, one is a saber of light and the other is a saber of earth.
Alyssa also held two fiery swords in both of her hands as they clashed against Chisa who held a fiery double-headed spear in her hands as they exchanged moves that the audience viewed as the three of them dancing gracefully inside the stadium but every time their weapons clashed the stadium trembled.
Luis summoned a large earth spike that hovered on the ground and covered it with light as Alyssa blasted it off towards Chisa who held a bright orb in her hands, she threw the orb towards the trajectory of the spike and a loud explosion happened. The three took heavy breaths after that exchanged as the fires on Chisa's body disappeared, she raised her hands as the barrier of the stadium disappeared.
"I conclude this battle as a tie! Congratulations Sky Chasers! You are the very first team who made me unleashed 100% of my power and ended up with a tie!" Chisa applauded as she walked towards the two tired students and hugged them.
The two collapse and lay down on the floor taking heavy breaths from the exhaustion that they had and immediately they fell asleep on the stadium ground. "Please call someone to bring them back to their respective houses." Chisa waved as she disappeared out of sight.
The men successfully brought the unconscious team towards their respective houses except for one.
He was Cyrius the student from General Studies, they didn't own a house so they should look for a house themselves.
"Lady Chisa, sorry for the disturbance but one of the student doesn't have a house, he was also rejected by Feather Express, what should we do?" The man on the other line of the talisman reported.
Mufar heard this because they are all in Fulgur's office.
"Bring him to Luis's house, tell the guards of the residence that you have my permission!" Mufar directed as the talisman dimmed out.
"Are you done?" Fulgur asked and both Chisa and Mufar nodded.
"Okay good, now, let's hear your reports." Fulgur directed as the people inside the office reported everything to him.
"So, how's the preparation for the students to join in the opening of the realm?" Fulgur asked.
"A lot of them registered but there are 5 teams that registered on the team battle and one of them is the Sky Chasers composed of the rookie students," Chisa reported as she lay down the lists of the students registered by their mentors and the teams who registered themselves. "Oh! So we have one team from each school and a team of rookies? This is exciting!" Theriud exclaimed when he read the papers.
"Don't underestimate those rookies, they are also excellent! They made me release 100% of my power just for that spar earlier!" Chisa grinned as he looked towards the scroll where the profile of the Sky Chasers was imprinted.
A day passed and the Sky Chasers decided to hold a meeting at Luis's house, the reason that they picked it is that there's a lot of greenery around, the atmosphere is relaxing and soothing, and his house is big because he upgraded it using the money he earned from the contract he got from Medicine Pavilion.
"We gather here today because we are competing for the team spot on the quest towards the Hidden Realm which is opening soon," Alyssa informed them. "Yes, and we need to be prepared for any possible occurrence that we might encounter while the qualifications are ongoing," Jay added.
"We will analyze our battle with Vice Dean Chisa to cover up our weaknesses and boost our strengths when fighting as a team!" Alyssa stated as she spread a scroll towards the table in the living room. "This is the team training plan me and Jay devised to effectively use cooperation, we made a couple of individual training, dual training and lastly is the group training." After Alyssa finished informing them, Archie raised his hands.
"Where's Cyrius?" He asked as he looked around the team.
Right after asking that, the door opened and it spewed Cyrius who was grinning widely.
"What took you so long Space boy?" Achilleas snorted.
"Sorry if I'm late, I made it!" Cyrius exclaimed.
"Made what?" Some of the members spouted together.
"I made it inside the School of Production!" He grinned as he showed the mark behind his hands.
"I made the Danger Escape Artifact which is a bracelet, they tested it and worked!" Cyrius smiled as he walked towards them. "So I guess you are officially in, in this team? I officially welcome you to the Sky Chasers team!" Alyssa congratulated together with some of the members and after that, she briefed them on who will be the partners in dual training for each day.
"The qualification battle will start next week, we need to be prepared for that, so let's train hard and be strong together!" Luis spoke that sparked the eyes of all the members as if they were blessed by a god.
They nodded firmly as they looked towards each other.
"Go Sky Chasers!" They cheered.
They trained together for days, Alyssa monitored their progress, and Luis concocted pills that might benefit the team, and Serion studied some formations that might help the team accordingly, while Achilleas was helping the members devise training that suited each of them. Alyssa was hugging Luna while looking at their progress report when something is happening to the pup.
She is squirming as if she was in pain. "Luis! Something's happening to Luna!" Alyssa shouted that caught every member of the group's attention.
They rushed towards her as they looked at Luna who looks like she's in pain.
"Luna, what's wrong li'l buddy?" Luis worriedly came as he took Luna from Alyssa.
He tried to check if everything is okay but he didn't say something bad happened with Luna.
Worried looks surfaced from the team's members because she is the mascot of the team.
They even made their badge looked like a wolf with wings flying past the cloud.
The wolf pup didn't stop squirming and Luis already has a tear in his eyes.
This is the first time that this happened to Luis, Luna is like a child to him, he loved the wolf pup dearly and he didn't want the pup to leave him.
Luna howled loud and something strange happened. It was mid-day so the sun shines brightly but it slowly getting dark as a black circle slowly covered the sun.
A black mark slowly forms on Luna's forehead like the phases of the moon.
She howled again and a Solar Eclipse happened.
Meanwhile, people heard a loud howl as they looked towards the sky.
"The Legendary Lunar Wolf is around! Find it!" The mayor ordered as the guards of the city immediately scattered and find the source of the howl.
An hour passed and the Solar Eclipse didn't end, and the guards found out that the howls came from the Divine Prophecy Academy.
They reported it to the mayor and the man immediately form a force to go to the Divine Prophecy Academy.
"Fulgur! Show yourself! Explain why there's a Lunar Wolf in your academy!" The mayor shouted but it's too loud that it was heard all around the academy.
A man on a white robe frowned when he heard this, he also tried to find the source of the howl but they can't find it.
"How dare you shout in front of my academy? You don't have the right to be involved in my academy's problem!" Fulgur appeared at the academy's entrance.
"I am the representative of the royal family, I rule this city so I have every right to be involved!" The mayor exclaimed.
"Have you forgotten already who managed this city? You have the title but you didn't do anything that made this city prosper you, pig!" Fulgur fumed as he looked angrily towards the Mayor.
"I'll make sure that you will pay for this humiliation someday!" The mayor burst as he walked away with the guards following him.
"I'll wait then!" Fulgur confidently replied as he shut the academy gates loudly that the steel gates screeched and echoed throughout the city.
Another howl echoed from a very far away place as the moon slowly get away from the sun and the light slowly came back to the Sacred Domain.
After that event, Luna suddenly lay quiet, peacefully sleeping as a few changes happened to the pup, she grew a bit larger and a bump emerged from her back, her fur was glossy and small claws protruded from her paws.
She changed but the look of cuteness remains. Luis checked the sleeping pup and exhaled a breath of relief when he finds out that the pup is in good condition now.
"What happened to her?" Julianne worriedly asked.
"Don't worry, she's safe now, she might have experienced a beast transformation that's why she suffered like that."