"Just win." the old woman said and disappeared.
The two looked to each other and go to the others in the couch.
"Even though you received the grace of miss Tina, you still have only one power." a guy in the couch said when they are close.
"Even if I have only one power, I aren't weaker than you." the leading guy said coldly.
The leading girl seated in the side of the only girl in the couch, and stayed silent.
*****
Lucas looked to the ceiling in thought.He obtained water meaning today, if he obtain earth meaning, it will fuse in 5 elements or something like that, like the physical meanings fused in the all round meaning?
'Whatever, one day I will get all of them.' Lucas thought and closed the eyes to sleep.
In the morning he heard sounds in front of his room, he woke up and yawned.He stood up, put his shoes and caught some bags in the freezer, the majority is still there.
After walking out of his room, he sees a cracked wall, and two boys preparing to fight.Several people are watching, and all of them are genius, Lucas passed through them, and a wind make them impossible to move.After Lucas got down the stair, the wind dissappear.
The others see Lucas passing through the middle of them, and they don't even moved, and they looked weirdly.The guys who are preparing to fight got a splash of cold water, even after the wind got away, they don't moved, just looked to each other.
When Lucas got in the hall, one elevator opened and a group got out.He don't see this group yesterday, probably they aren't favorites, but are strong enough to ignore the arrogant group of yesterday.
The leader is a guy who appears more younger than his age, has a vibrant smile, and had green hair.Lucas even thought that this guy isn't high school, but he sensed that he is more powerful than the leading guy of the previous arrogant group, but he can't measure completely.
Lucas don't know why he can sense a little of the strength of people weaker or a little stronger than himself, maybe this has to do with the meanings.Like he probably can measure more or less Ryo strength because he has a fire and metallic meanings like him, even though it's differently things.But Elisa he can only guess, probably because she has the same All-round power than him, even though his meaning is more complete than powers, but her green power must be too different, so he can't measure her strength.
'Maybe I comprehending numerous meanings, everyone will be like a open book to me.' Lucas thought fearfully.Being strong is one thing, but seeing everyone origin looks like a god's way.
"You are alright?" the young looking guy asked suddenly.
Lucas noticed that himself are stopped in the middle of the passage, he got a little embarrassed.
"It's alright, only thinking about the contest." Lucas replied.
"Don't need to worry, if you are near the top of the Tier 8, you will pass easily, even though 1.000 schools are little, but there few people in the top of Tier 8." the guy said with a smile.
Of course the few people in the mouth of this guy is comparable with the population, because almost everyone who can buy energy fragments already arrived there.
"I preoccupied with the Tier 7 in the contest, in the same hotel I already meet 3 of them." Lucas said
He started the conversation to pretend that he has a motive to stop there like a idiot, but now he wants to know some things.He already see 3 Tier 7 only in this hotel, and probably had more, he only see the people of the previous group, and some random people who wants to please them.
The guy got surprise to Lucas being able to perceive who is Tier 7, so he extended the hand said "My name is Wendell, nice to meet."
"Nice to meet too." Lucas said shaking his hand.
"What you are preoccupied is real, I thought only the top 10 would be Tier 7.But by what I know, at least the top 20 will be, or even the top 30." Wendell said sighing.
"It's good, at least the humanity has more genius." Lucas said calmly, but in his head he thought about others things 'If I fight with all Tier 7 after upgrading to Tier 7, I might get near the Tier 6...No, I have to think about the present, I only entered Tier 8 yesterday.'
"Sorry about my egoistic thought, you are right, the more high tier genius we had, more pillars the humanity will have." Wendell said with guilt.
"Don't worry, everyone think like this, but the more genius have there, more you will evolve fighting with them." Lucas said and walked to a seat in the hall.
Wendell followed him, consequently the group behind him followed too.Lucas looked but don't care, this guy isn't annoying anyway.
During this time, the elevators don't stop, every time a new group got down.They looked stronger than the groups waiting in the hall yesterday, but he don't see nobody in the Tier 7.The arrogant group is there too, but their leaders weren't here.
The elevators decreased their rates of going up and down, after a while an elevator descended, when it opened the door, there is 5 people there, 3 boys and 2 girls.The teams leaders looked solemnly to them, even Wendell looked serious.
After going out of the elevator, they separated, one guy and a woman go to the yesterday group, and the rest go each to one group.Their groups looked much more confident with them here.Lucas group appeared too, but they don't stayed together, only Bai and Ryo got to Lucas side, the others stayed alone or in small groups.
Everyone waited in silence, after a while, Marcos appeared in the entrance of the hotel.He don't said anything, and just looked to everyone, and got out of the hotel.
Everyone followed, they walked in the streets like a parade.Those passerby must be warned in advance, so they made a way in the middle of the street.They walked for a while and saw others parade like groups, coming from others directions.
The leaders of those groups looked to each other, including Marcos, and nodded.They continued to walk to a big building, like a coliseum, when they all entered the building, a figure appeared in a tall stage.
"Even though the small schools got less spots, it still have more than 20 thousands of students here now.So the preliminaries can't be 1vs1.We thought about it, and you guys will make groups to kill monsters, in a relatively safe battlefield.If you don't wanna go, then give up now." the figure spoke with a powerful voice.
It was a middle-aged man with strong features.Marcos and the others leaders who brought the students here, saluted and said "Vice-Admiral!"
Everyone are stunned, such high ranking person is there to survey their contest.If it is on the finals, they will understand, but it don't even started.
"The groups might be up to 5 people, but if you want do alone you can.You all have 10 minutes to make groups, we will go after that." the Vice-Admiral said and stayed there silent.
Everyone started to make groups, of course Bai is on Lucas group, Ryo stayed there too.There two more spots, but they don't know nobody else.Lucas looked around and started walking in a direction, he got in front of one group and looked to a girl there.
"Did you remember my promise?If you want, I can take you in my group." Lucas said directly.
Everyone of that group looked to that with wide open eyes.Liz face got red.
"It's not what you guys think, I just paid some candy for him." Liz said and pointed to the bag that Lucas is holding.
"Did you take your own candy to a contest?Isn't too much?" a girl frowned and spoke annoyed.
Lucas just looked to Liz.Seeing this, everyone on that group had a mocking face.
"Hey, did you know who was our leader?" a guy said to Lucas and looked to the girl who just spoke.The girl face got filled with pride.
"Just make a recent breakthrough to Tier 7 and are so proud, if you die on the battlefield, then it's your own fault." Lucas said directly.
They congealed looking to him, even Liz.
"If just a novice Tier 7 can resolve the monsters, did you think that the army will be so preoccupied with them?" Bai said
"You will go with us or not?" Ryo said impatient too, the people he least like is those who are idiots.It's obvious that even the army has fear lf the monsters, and they think that they can do whatever they want there.
Liz hesitate but go to Lucas side, even if she stay in the group, it won't be like before.In a battlefield, this can make her die, so even if Lucas's group are weaker, she had more chances.