When the competition ended, it's already in the end of the afternoon.Lucas fighted 3 more times, and obtained 2 meanings, the last one he already had.
He obtained a fire meaning and a gold meaning, the fire is obvious and the gold meaning is like the metal covering, but enhances his attack instead of defense.
Lucas is disappointed, after his fight with Penelope, almost everyone don't fight with him, he needs only one more meaning.He wanted cause problems with one of the others competitors, they must be incredibly powers, but he shock his head.He won't lower himself to become a guy who do anything to became stronger.
When he is thinking, the judges and the principal arrived near.
"The 10 chooses and Penelope can stay, the rest can go home." the principal said on the mic.
Even though several of them are dissatisfied, they didn't make a scandal, and just go home honestly.
After everyone is gone, Penelope asked directly "I lost, why did you ask to me stay?"
"You have a all-around power, so we made a exception." the principal explained shortly.
When the others heard this, they are stunned.All-around power is one of top powers in the same Tier.How Lucas is the winner then?
"You guys can chose fight or not to receive a ranking, but in the national contest, only strength matter." Rick said suddenly.
Nobody cared about the rankings, in a few days they can be stronger than now, so it don't matter.So the ranking stayed in the order they are called before.
N°1- Ryo
N°2- Robert
N°3- Elise
N°4- Bai
N°5- Sidney
N°6- Edward
N°7- Lucas
N°8- Nina
N°9- Alice
N°10- Yufei
N°11- Penelope
'So her name is Elise.' Lucas looked curious to the 3rd place, it's the short haired girl.He is curious why nobody challenged her.
"The 1rd place will be the leader of the group, and will represent our school in the nationals.Don't need obey him, but don't shame our school." the principal said solemnly.
Everyone nodded, and a reforced small plane appeared in the sky.There some big birds behind it, but a blue flame pulverized them.After arriving near the school, it landed.
Lucas looked weirdly to Ryo, that blue flame is similar with that he seen.Ryo sensed the glance and looked back, after seeing Lucas and Bai, he go there too.He had a good opinion about them, so it's okay to talk with them.
"It looks that my invitation is useless." Ryo said smiling.
"We will support the army in the federation school too, and being stronger we can help more too." Lucas said.
"It's true." Ryo nodded.
"But why that flames looks so similar with yours?" Lucas asked curious.
"Even though my flames are a little special, there is several people with them or even some more powerful ones.But I don't if it's coincidence or something, but my father awakened the same power as me.That blue flames is his." Ryo answered.
"What?There people with the same power in a family?" Bai said stunned.
If it's normal power than alright, but some powers are rare.A family having the same rare power is difficult to believe.Even his basic lightning power is rare, he seen in the internet a guy with purple lightning and there few of them in the world.
The door of the plane opened before they can talk more, a solemn middle-aged man walked out of the plane.He looked to the students, manly to Ryo group and nodded to the judges, and entered again in the plane.
"We will get now, if you wanna inform someone send a message or a call now.In the plane you can't use the phone." Rick said.
They don't expect that they will go now, so several of them took their phones and called someone like Bai or just send a message.Some only stood there, probably they don't care or don't have someone like Lucas.
After a while, they entered the plane and each took a seat, Ryo, Lucas and Bai seated nearby each one, but don't said nothing.
"We will arrive in the capital on 5 hours, it'll take this longer because there some mutated birds sometimes." the middle-aged woman said.
The principal looked to the leaving plane and sighed, teaching now is practically sending their students to death later.No matter what is teached, if the humans don't progress fast, they will be easy targets to monsters or other things.
In the plane, Lucas relaxed in his seat and planned to sleep.When he is almost sleeping, the plane started to shake.He wake up and see a thing in his front, and immediately catched it.When he catched the thing, he sensed a chill in his body.
He looked and it's Yufei with ice around him.He dropped him and said a little apologized "Haha, I thought it's something wanting to kill me, sorry."
Yufei got up and straightened his clothes, and looked to Lucas annoyed.
Bai is shaking on the side, holding his laugh.
They seated again and Lucas got curious "Why the plane is shaking just now?"
"I don't know." Bai rolled the eyes.
"Don't worry, my father is strong." Ryo said calmly in the side.
After a minute, Rick went out of the control room.
"Stay calm, it's just a flock of birds passing by." He said and immediately got in again.
Everything stayed silent again.But Lucas head isn't.
(The host obtained a Tier 9 ice meaning, and upgraded to Tier 8.)
Lucas sensed some invisible sensation appear in his body, like being cold but hot, being wet but dry, being dirty but clean.It's like all sensations at the same time, but none at all too.
He go back to normal in a second, like it is an illusion.But he is dissatisfied that nothing substantial changed.
He tried to concentrate in his power like normal people, and surprisingly he sensed.He concentrate more and a list like thing appeared.
(Physical meanings)
Tier 8 All-round
Tier 8 Attack speed enhancement
(Elemental meanings)
Tier 8 Wind
Tier 8 Fire
Tier 8 Ice
Tier 8 Gold
Tier 8 Metal covering
(Debuff and Buff meanings)
Tier 8 Heavy body
After seeing this, Lucas almost screamed.Some things are missing.But after sensing his powers, all of them is there, just that some merged together or are the same thing.The speed and defense meanings disappear because all-around meaning is all of them.
But he is happy that the meanings evolved with him, if he had to catch they again but with Tier 8, he will never reach the High realm.The only thing he is preoccupied is that the number of meanings will increase to Tier 7.
With more meanings, harder will be to catch new ones, so if the number increase, he will be finished in the Tier 4-5.
Looking to the several meanings, Lucas decided to use only all-around and metal covering in the national contest, it'll be more than enough.He don't fear getting attention, he just don't like it.When battling the monsters, he will give everything so it don't matter showing off in the national contest.
Lucas waited to the sleepiness came, but he are relentless because he wants to know if the number of meanings increases to upgrade to Tier 7.So he poked Bai.
"What's up?" Bai looked a little weird.
"What was it?" Lucas got curious, Bai is almost never down.
"Remember what I said to you before the Eternal Day?" Bai asked.
"No." Lucas responded without hesitation.
"It's about the girl you liked, but with powers I forgot completely about that.But today I see that Elise and remembered that." Bai said after hesitating.
"How I aren't gonna remember the girl I liked, but you would." Lucas rolled the eyes.
"It's been years, she changed, and you have shit memories, I don't say it before because she looks scary." Bai said quietly.
"Well, whatever.I bet that it are a unilateral passion of mine." Lucas said.
"More importantly, I wanna test something, so show me your lighting power." Lucas continued without giving chance to Bai speak.
"Why?" Bai got confused.
"Just use it, I will say something good about you to my female friend in the capital." Lucas said.
"I despise you Lucas, using a friend like this....is she beautiful?" Bai can't hold himself in the end.
"Of course she is beautiful, she has the style of that girl with ponytail,Nina." Lucas tempted him.
Bai looked to Nina in the distance and bite his teeth, his lightning surged around his body.The others looked to them.Previously the plane shakes, but this time have none.Before they understand, Lucas put his hand in the lightning.
They are dumbfounded and looked away, these two have a pit in the head.
(The host obtained a Tier 8 lightning meaning, and lacks 9 meanings to upgrade to Tier 7.)
Lucas got excited looking to the notification, and almost laughed out loud.