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Chapter 21 - Reprimanded - Luck Manifestation - Lucky Warning - Spirit Mines

At the Core Academy Infirmary, Tom and Corpse is seen sitting on the medical bed

Tom only had bandages on his left cheek. He was lucky to only have this kind of injury

Meanwhile Corpse, had thick bandages and metal rods attached across his joint elbow and right arm while the nurse is on his side with her hands hovering above his right arm. The nurse had her eyes close as green and yellow light emanates from her hands and covered Corpse's arm

In front of the two, is the entirety of the Comfy Cartel with Wendy. Don Scar sits on a medical chair as the tall man and short blonde woman are standing behind him. While the others are sitting on the medical bed, leaning on the wall, and standing as everyone looked at Tom and Corpse with curiosity and interest

"So, who did this to you? I felt the burst of condensed energy from afar, but to the extent of breaking Corpse's arm... Who did this to you?" Don Scar asked with deep eyes full of seriousness

"The one who made us unconscious is the Headmaster..." Tom said with sadness in his voice

"But the one who crushed Corpse's arm is the person who took Lyre's interest..." Tom said carefully as he knows that Corpse is still quite mad that his mask was touched

Luckily enough, Corpse didn't budge and just stared into the empty space in front of him with angry yet calm eyes. As if Corpse knew what Tom was thinking, he said,

"I'm not angry anymore, I'm more questioning your actions and the fact you kept triggering him and making him more annoyed. You clearly know that he hated what you were doing and you still kept doing it. What did he do to you that you kept annoying him?" Corpse reprimanded Tom and asked his goal upon meeting Philip

"Tell me, what happened." Don Scar said as if he expected for this kind of development

"Well, at first, everything was going well and he was cooperating and answering my questions..." Tom said with joy

"That's because he was under the influence of your ability, isn't he?" The short blonde woman said, interrupting Tom

"Then, he just suddenly became angry out of nowhere!" Tom continued anyways and he obliviously said the next part

"That's because you indirectly asked about his abilities, didn't you?!" The short blonde woman once again interrupted Tom

"Ivy, please..." Don Scar raised his left hand to stop the short blonde woman from interrupting

"Well... That's true..." Tom said as he scratched his left cheek with his left index finger

"See?! You were reckless and approached him without talking to us first!" Ivy said as he reprimanded Tom too

"That's right, Yozu also said to not approach him. Why did you approach him?" Don Scar agreed to what Ivy said and asked Tom

"Well, I did not intentionally approach him... Uhm, he just appeared in front of me..." Tom said with confidence but confusion started to fill his mind

Why did Philip appear in front of him?

"What do you mean?" Don Scar asked in confusion as he narrowed his eyes, expecting for a shocking revelation

"Maybe it's because of my ability?" Tom said as that is the only reason he could think of

"Well, your ability is Extreme Luck. Maybe you have an ulterior motive for your ability to activate?" Ivy said as she quickly had an idea for what Tom was thinking

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[Extreme Luck]

Rank: A+

> Special innate ability that alters the flow of all things to compensate for the wielder or host of the ability. Extreme Luck can be neutralized if countless variables were added into the equation or a more powerful alteration ability overpowers it

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"No! I didn't had an ulterior motive at that time! I was just sight seeing and roaming around the hallwayd!" Tom tried to defend himself

"At that time?" Ivy caught Tom's words, which meant he had ulterior motives after he met him

"Well, I mean, if he appeared in front of me, I couldn't let the opportunity pass, could I?" Tom said with confidence amd righteousness

"You have a point..." Don Scar said after thinking for a while

"Wait..." The tall man spoke

"What is it, Brad?" Don Scar allowed Brad to speak

"There's something wrong... Please continue your story, Tom." Brad urged for Tom to continue, which Dom Scar and Ivy listened to closely. Corpse was also curios as to why Brodin wanted Tom to continue, well, he wasn't there before he was called by Tom

"Well, he somehow realized that he was under the influence of my ability after a burst of condensed energy swept us." Tom said truthfully. This earned everyone's eyebrows to raise

"Then he became angry that I was trying to find out what ability he had. He said that even the Headmaster did not know about it." Tom said that made everyone nod their heads and tilt due to the next sentence

"He then snapped his fingers once again and the second burst of condensed energy swept both of us again. At that point he learned of my ability." Tom said as he squinted his eyes ane clutched his chin as he began to think harder

"What happened next?" Brad asked as he narrowed his eyes

"He said along the lines of, Embodiment of Good Luck and what I was doing there and why I... was... there..." Tom said as he started to doze off and became unconscious

Everyone was alarmed at this scene and tried to come closer only for Brad to stop them. Corpse only stared at the unconscious Tom and his right eye, that is covered by the whitewashed eye of the mask, was glowing blue. He then shook his head sideways

"I see... That was not Tom when he called for me..." Corpse said as he closed his eyes and the blue glow disappeared

"What happened?" Don Scar couldn't help but ask

Brad didn't answer him as he walked forward. It was the same for Ivy as her demeanor became incredibly serious

"Stand back!" Brad stopped the Capos, Associates, and Soldiers from coming closer. He and Ivy stood in front of the Don

Then, Don Scar felt a powerful wave of energy coming from Tom. He stood up and released his Suffocating Aura. The ground then cracked under his feet as he used his Undefeated Fortress ability as energy gathers around his body and wind is being swept through everyone in the Infirmary

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[Suffocating Aura]

Rank: D

> A type of aura that nullifies and limits the ability of any kind of breathing and respiration

[Undefeated Fortress]

Rank: SQ

> An ability that manifests the image of a fortress that hasn't been brought down to the ground. Undefeated Fortress requires at least five General-level personnel with at least one Soldier-level personnel under them

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The nurse was distracted by the sudden turn of events. Corpse stood up and gently grabbed the nurse in her waist. He then quickly went behind the Don, the Consigliere, and thr Underboss

As soon as he entered the area behind the Don, his broken arm was healing in a rapid pace. The other members of the Cartel then went to their positions, like a fortress. Wendy went behind her parents, Baoab and Wanda

At this moment, the whole Infirmary turned green as the floor emanated a green hue that gave a green underlight to everyone in the room

Green particles then appeared in the air. Upon closer look, the particles were a variety of four-leaf clover, a horeshoe, and strange symbols than signifies good luck

Everyone was surprised at the sudden change in the environment and this is the first time they experienced something like this which made them distracted

At this point, the six Capos started to move

Capo Liliana transformed completely as her white blouse and black suspenders turned into an ethereal white musical gown. Her black fedora turned into a white feather that was stabbed in the tie of her ponytail that was once a gorge red hair. She then wielded a long black rod that looked like a pen on her right and a one meter long Conducting Baton on her left

Capo Michael had electricity surge out from his fingers and wrapped around her arms. There were no further transformation as he waits is the danger will increase

Capo Jerry just stood in place as he puts on his wide sunglasses and veins appeared and popped on his forehead

Capo Ki transformed as her beautiful appearance became even more beautiful. Her clothes is more than enough to make someone's heart raise, not to mention her long luscious brown hair that is too perfect to be true. If she were to walk on public, all eyes would fall on her and no one will be able to take their eyes off her. They would go far as just to follow her only to see her

Capo Ed just stood in his place with his eyes closed and raised hands. The hands encompasses the entirety of the Cartel that fortified their mental states

Capo John cocked his Assault Rifle and aimed above Tom's unconscious body. Red aura flowed through the gun from his arms and made his eyes turn red. His hair turned white from black

The Cartel was prepared as all preparations was set with the Don in front of everyone and the protection of Consigliere Brad and Underboss Ivy

Green aura rose from Tom's body and gathered above his stomach. A few secodns later, the aura formed a small entity that looked like a baby

The entiry looked like the spitting image of Tom. The entity had the same anime MC hairstyle, a green striped scarf that covers most of its neck and its nose. The entity also wears a bluish green long sleeved shirt with a yellow star in the middle, green shorts, and green slippers

"Hello there! Nice to meet you all!" The entity nonchalantly said in front of the overbearing Comfy Cartel. From the entity's point of view, everyone's eyes has a scary glint in them. It also doesn't help that all of them had the green underlight that made them more threatening

"Geez, could you all please calm down?! I'm not an enemy! I just came from one of your members!" The entity nonchalantly said that made everyone confused

Suddenly, everyone's power up and transformation was undone after the entity spoke. This includes the Undefeated Fortress of Don Scar

Dread and fear filled most of them because the never defeated fortress of Don Scar was never destroyed befofe, yet the entity in front of them made it disappear like it was a joke just by his words

As the Don of the Cartel, Don Scar decided to collect himself together and step forward to strike a conversation with the entity

"Hello." Don Scar raised his left hand in a comedic manner. "May I know who you are?"

"I'm the Embodiment of Good Luck that has been staying inside of Tom ever since he was born. You can call me Syk if you want." The entity, which is named Syk, said truthfully

Don Scar then looked around and observed the changed surroundings. He knows what questions to ask, "What is your purpose for showing up now, after this entire time?"

Syk looked at Don Scar with a firm glare, "As you heard from Tom, my identity was found by the person you are interested because of the woman named Lyre. His name is Philip if you haven't known about it"

Syk was a humble existence because he was not acting smug or prideful by knowing certain facts in different situation just because of his title. He was patient and waited for the correct questions to be asked

"What does have to do with you showing up now?" Don Scar asked, not understanding what Syk just said

"Upon discovering me, Philip unconsciously empowered me and I could manifest myself in the material world." Syk paused as he could felt that Yozu and the Genesis Class has teleported to the Spirit Mines. It was by sheer good luck that he knew and felt this

"The reason I showed up now is because there will be a large battle at the crack of night. I showed up to warn you all about it since Tom cared for all of you so much. You all will be swept by the commotion and fight." Syk dumped a large amount of information at once

Everyone was confused by Syk's words. How did he know this? What are the chances that a crucial information was revealed just like that? Don Scar asked these questions to Syk

"I'm the Embodiment of Good Luck! I guess I just got too lucky?" Syk shrugged his shoulders and raised his arms in a comedic manner

This earned everyone's stare of emptiness that is directed to Syk and Tom

"Who are the attackers or intruders? What are they after? What is there objective?" Don Scar asked a barrrage of questions as he deemed necessary to gain information and use it either to defend the academy or use against it

"I actually don't know the answer to that, hmmm..." Syk tought deeply. "Maybe they are soem sort of a dark and evil cult or mercenaries? Maybe they're after a treasure or some sort of a legendary item? Or maybe they have their own desires that they can accomplish here?"

Syk guessed the answers to the questions. Surprisingly, his guesses were correct. Yet Don Scar deemed his answers as semi-reliable because he thought that Syk was uncertain. He still doesn't know the true power of the Embodiment of Good Luck

"Also, don't even think about siding with the attackers and strike the academy when it's weakened... You don't want to incur the wrath of two individuals." Syk said with power in his voice

"Who are they?" Don Scar dared to ask

"One, an Old Man, and two, Philip." Syk said as he raised two fingers from his small hands

"Old Man? Why Philip?" Don Scar asked in confusion

"You don't need to know about the Old Man. Why Philip? Think about it... He managed to unconsciously empower me, which in turn I made your abilities useless due to my being. You want to mess with him?" Syk voiced out his thoughts and thinking process to which Don Scar and everyone else understood completely

"What do you want us to do?" Don Scar finally asked the most important question which Syk has been waiting

Syk closed his eyes for a few seconds. Everyone waited for Syk's reply

"You must defend this Core Academy, but never help Yozu and the Genesis Class. Including Philip, especially Lyre." Syk dropped a bomb in front of everyone. Everyone was speechless from intense confusion

"Just do it! I'll be on my way now. Don't worry, good luck will always be by your side, as long as Tom is with you all. Remember my words! You won't regret it." Syk said as he disappeared completely in green mist

The green mist then went inside Tom. The green underlight and particles also disappeared which turned the Infirmary back to normal

"What are we going to do, Don?" Brad asked to break the silence between everyone

"We'll follow his instructions. There's a reason to the course of things. He's the Embodiment of Good Luck afterall." Don Scar said with seriousness in his voice

Tom then woke up and sat up. He was surprised that everyone seemed exhausted and they were looking at him with wary eyes

"Oh, uhm..." He turned his eyes to the right, "What happened?"

Seeing no one answered his question, he decided to change the subject to avoid an awkward situation

"Nice weather we're having!"

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"Welcome to the Spirit Mines, everyone!" Yozu declared as a wide open space greeted the Genesis Class

Philip was amazed by the scenery. They were in another location and the Mystical Academy was not in sight. There were trees, clear skies, the Sun, and grassy plains

The only peculiar objects in this place is a gigantic tree in the distance that reaches to the sky with twisted stem and branches with lush leaves and falling leaves that makes the scenery even more beautiful

The thick stem of the giant tree has a huge gaping hole in the middle. This may what cause the trunk to become twisted and it made the tree look magical

Inside the gaping hole of the trunk, there was a large bright object. The object was shining and it looked like a crystal or a gem. The gem is colored yellow, almost golden, and it's shaped as a star. The star had eight points in three dimensions. Finally, the yellow crystal star had yellow glitters and dust falling from it into the inside of the trunk

The other object is a large cliff side with a large opening through a cave. Like some typical settings in movies and cartoons, the entrance of the cave had scaffolding, rail tracks, minecarts, and empty crates. The difference is that the materials that are made out of these objects are different from what they usually are

The wood are of unidentifiable kind as of now and the metals looked like they are of a high quality kind

Of course the cave doesn't look ordinary, the cave was emanating a blue glow from the entrance. Faint blue glowing crystals are protruding out of the mouth of the cave and small faint blue glowing stones are scattered on the entrance floor

These are clearly the cave to the Spirit Mines and the faint blue glowing crystals and stones are impure or depleted Spirit Stones

As much as Philip was excited about the Spirit Stones, his attention has not caught by the Spirit Mines or the cave, but the shining yellow crystal star that is inside of thr giant tree

Philip looked at it for several minutes until the rest of the Genesis Class, except for Yuze and Lyre, has already walked towards the Spirit Mines with the enthusiastic Chihaya urging them to hurry

Yozu noticed Philip looking at the giant tree and walked towards the trio

"What is that?" Philip asked as he felt that Yozu was approaching him. Between everyone, of course Yozu has the most knowledge about that thing

"Unfortunately, I can't tell you what that is... But I can tell you that, that is what makes the entire Mystical Academy function. That blue orb at top of the Core Academy? That's just a battery that stores Mana and Mystical Energy, well it's magic now, and that yellow star right there is like the generator." Yozu explained the importance of the star to Philip

"Generator for the Mystical Academy? But we're far from the academy. How can it reach the academy from here?" Philip asked with confusion

Yozu looked at Lyre at the corner of his eyes. He is contemplating whether of he should disclose this information to a member of the Cartel. In the end, he trusted Lyre because he believed she is not stupid. Plus, he believe that Philip has her heart, as well as Yuze

Yozu's face became bitter after he realized that his daughter fell for a two-timer. Anyways, he didn't want to annoy Philip because he doesn't know what he will do

"Oh, we are not in some far away place..." Yozu carefully said to Philip

"What?" Philip asked in confusion

"We are in the middle of the academy, inside the Core Academy, under the Core Academy." Yozu said mysteriously

At this point, Philip immediately understood that this place is completely artificial. Except for the giant tree and the Spirit Mines

He couldn't believe that technology that can generate an artificial sky and Sun already exists, unless it's Magic by the Headmaster himself or the yellow star itself

It's like he was inside of a virtual reality game that had multiple floors and people wield swords and magic

"I seem... I understand." Philip closed his eyes, trying to absorb all the amazing infromation he just learned. His anger was dissipating by the second and it reach to the level where it's bearable. It will be about several minutes or so before he could completely manipulate it and get rid of it

"You do?" Yozu asked in disbelief

"Of course, I mostly understand the concept behind it." Philip said with deep eyes

"I see..." Yozu agreed nonetheless. He was skeptical even though he knows that Philip is intelligent. He just couldn't believe that he already understood the concept behind it despite him having to make this place for years in the past

"Well, anyways... Should we go to the Spirit Mines?" Yozu changed the subject

"Let's go." Philip said as he walked forwards. Yuze was still holding his left hand as Lyre walked along side him on his right

Yozu could only hold his head and shake due to the relationship of the three

He then turned around and look at the yellow star. He stared at it with serene eyes. He then noticed that the star was ever so slightly pulsating

He doesn't know what that means but he made a mental note of it, but one thing is apparent, he had a bad feeling about this

He then turned back around and walked towards the Spirit Mines, several meters behind Philip, Yuze, and Lyre

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A few minutes of walking has passed, the Genesis Class has arrived in front of the cave to the Spirit Mines

"Everyone! Welcome to the Spirit Mines! Where you can gather and find rare Spirit Stones to help empower your abilities!!!" Chihaya declared with enthusiasm and excitement

"Chihaya-sensei, how will we gather Spirit Stones? Do we mine it with a pickaxe?" A certain student asked

"No? We don't use any tools on gathering the Spirit Stones. We currently don't have the technology to mine these hard rocks that cover the Spirit Stones deep in the walls"

"Then, how do we gather it?" Yashida asked

"You use your Mystical Energy in your Spirit Fibers and extend it inside the walls, you become like a metal detector. Once you have your Mystical Energy has found a Spirit Stone, you will feel the Mana inside your body become more enriched. At that point, you can pull out the Spirit Stone with your Mystical Energy and it will come out of the wall like a piece of cake!" Chihaya explained wholeheartedly

Philip contemplated about Chihaya's explanation. He thought if that procedure was effective or efficient. Eventually, he concluded that it was ineffective and inefficient. Though, they still don't know the true nature of the Laws of Mysticism except for Yuze and Yozu

He'll keep it to himself though and let Yozu decide if he should spread his findings about the Laws of Mysticism. He did asked for Yozu to not disclose his name, 'I wonder how'll he handle it...'

Yozu then caught up and stood beside Yuze with his arms crossed. Philip looked at him and tried to ascertain if he had a different opinion after he learned of the new Laws of Mysticism. Unfortunately, he is oblivious to the reality and didn't notice inefficiency of the procedure

Perhaps, Yozu and the higher ups has been doing this for four years and they were used to it. They didn't have the time to stop and think of a better way, or maybe the researchers hasn't found about it yet

"Chihaya-sensei, what is this?" A certain student picked up a faint glowing blue stone from the ground and asked

"That's a depleted Spirit Stone. It became like that because it was too small to be used. The stored Mana immediately got used and lost its color. It will be about a few decades before those stones regain its juice!" Chihaya said with sad eyes while she looked at the depleted Spirit Stones across the ground and the mouth of the cave

Philip looked at the depleted Spirit Stones with questioning eyes, 'How did these Spirit Stones lose its Mana when almost no one, except for the Headmaster, has access to this place?'

Then, as if Yozu knew what Philip was thinking, he pointed his right thumb behind him at the yellow star inside the giant tree

Philip subconsciously looked at him and he immediately understood once again

The yellow star was absorbing Mana that was coming out of the Spirit Mines so that it can provide the necessary Mana throughout the Mystical Academy. The depleted Spirit Stones are the evidence of this process

"Anyways! You're all free! You can do whatever you want, loiter around, go inside the cave and look for Spirit Stones, or just do nothing!" Chihaya excitedly said, not caring about her class anymore as she wanted to get her hands on some Spirit Stones

She then ran towards the entrance of the cave and entered it, but she was stopped by Yozu

"Chihaya!!"

Chihaya stopped on her tracks as she felt chills on her spine. She then remembered something that she forgot

"Oh yeah! I almsot forgot! If you entered the Spirit Mines, be sure to not go deeper on the large chasm. If you do, you'll die!" Chihaya said with seriousness, contrasting to her child-like behavior a moment ago

"Anyways! I gotta go!" Chihaya turned back to a hcild and skipped inside the Spirit Mines

The students could only look at her with empty eyes while Yozu slapped his forehead and shook his head

A few moments later, most of the students started to approach the Spirit Mines, while a few students decided to explore around the cliff side first

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Meanwhile, Philip's group stayed in one place while Cedric hid under the shadows from afar and glued his eyes on Philip's group. He then grinned sinisterly

In another place, two individuals from the opposite sides of the Core Academy glared inside the academy as their vision penetrated the barrier that is covering the location of the Spirit Mines and giant tree

They saw the clumped energy and stars deep inside the Core Academy

It was Tanzanite and Chloe

"Change of plans!" Sunstone decided

"We must free the students now!" Von decided