Azure kingdom, Milvic State, Maveric clan's training hall.
"One"
""Haa!""
"Two"
""Haa!""
"Three"
""Haa!""
Many young lion kin could be seen practicing Martial Arts. Though they were around 1.5 meters tall, the youngest one there was only 9 years old. Covered in sweat, these children continued their practice for a long time before finally lying on the ground, tired. Of course, the older ones endured more than the younger ones.
After the training ended, the old-aged lion kin, who was training all these children stepped forward. The man himself was shorter than average Lion kin and was around 2 meters tall, there were wrinkles all over his face signifying his old age, but he had a straight back and stood tall with pride.
The man looked around as if examining the youngsters and the way children looked at him showed that he had an important status in the clan or at the very least, every disciple present here respected him greatly.
"Youngsters of the Maveric Clan, as you all know, we, from the Maveric Clan are the people of the Lion kin, we generally don't have much magic affinity, we mostly have low or maybe an intermediate affinity with magic but against that, we have higher body strength than others.
Though many believe that no matter how much one trains his body, there is no way for him to beat a mage, let me ask you if that is true, then how can our clan, who only has lion kin with low magic affinity is still a major power in Malvic State?" hearing that question, many youngsters looked at the man with curiosity.
"It is because we work hard.
While those mages of the other race live only start to form a core after they turn 10, and successfully form core after they are around 18, we start our training ever since we can walk, by the age of 18, we can already be called a warrior.
We are a generation ahead of others.
And in that time, we are strong enough to fight and even defeat those weak mages.
That is why we are a major power. That is also the reason why you all should focus on your training and not slack off.
Remember, we, the Lion Kin, people of the Maveric clan are proud warriors and are not below anyone else!" The man exclaimed, and after his speech ended, the children's eyes shined with determination while some started discussing among themselves.
"Elder Mais is correct!"
"Mhm, we lion kin are stronger than others."
"I am so happy that I was born as a lion kin"
"So what if we don't have magic? Our body strength is unbeatable!"
"Also, with Young Master Prodige on our side, it won't be long before we become a major power in the whole Azure kingdom!"
"I know! Young Master Prodige is so talented, even though he is Lion kin, he has an advanced level affinity with earth magic, not only that, he also has a stronger body compared to others."
"And the best thing is, that he is not arrogant like others, he is humble and treats everyone with a smile. I am sure he will lead our family to prosperity." The children talked with each other while they glanced at a 14-year-old Lion Kin, who was 1.6 meters tall and had a huge body along with an imposing aura. On the contrary to his fierce look, he had a soft smile on his face as he turned towards them and spoke,
"You think too highly of myself, I am not as good as you say, I haven't even formed a core yet."
"Young Master Prodige, no need to be so humble, let alone in our race, there is no one in the entire world who formed a magic core at the age of 14. Plus, your physical strength is peerless, you can even fight to hold your own against Elder Mais for 5 minutes, even seniors can't do that."
"That is right, Prodige, though it is good that you are humble, you shouldn't be too humble either, you are the future patriarch of the Maveric Clan, you should be a little more imposing. You are our pride, you should raise your head high and lead the Maveric Clan to glory and should show our power to the whole world."
"Oh? I would like to see how powerful you proud warriors actually are" as Elder Mais said these words, a voice was heard, everyone turned around and saw a man in his 20s standing behind them. The man had incredibly sharp features, his white hair fluttered in the air while his deep golden eyes glanced at everyone present. His red lips were curved into a disdainful smirk as he stood in front of everyone with a casual stance.
Though his stance was casual and full of opening, the man had an imposing presence that indicated that he was no ordinary person.
"Who are you? How did you enter here?" Elder Mais questioned with a frown.
"Huh? What kind of stupid question is that? Of course, I came through the door" Ace replied with a mocking grin as he pointed towards the door, or at least the place where the door was, the door was actually on the ground, shattered into pieces while four Lion kin guards were lying right beside it. No one except Ace knew if they were dead and alive.
Seeing that, Elder Mais's frown deepened, not because Ace defeated those guards, but because this all happened without him knowing anything.
"As for who I am, well, I will tell you that if you manage to defeat me"
"Oh? Of course, I won't be unfair to you all and will fight without using any magic, so you don't have to worry about that" before anyone could respond, Ace clarified.
"Arrogant!" many youngsters called out at the same time.
"Hmph! You don't deserve to fight against Elder Mais, by your looks, you must be a human who should be around 25 years old, my name is Prodige Maver-"
*Whoosh*
Before he could complete, a gust of wind shot towards Prodige, throwing him away.
"How dare you talk to me like that!?"