After admiring the stage for few minutes, Zaiden went towards the northern stand where a counter was placed. In order to take part in the ceremony, one must first register their name. And that counter was exactly the place where one can register their name.
Once Zaiden reached that part, he could see dozen or so children about his age already standing in the long queue. But as he paid close attention at the front, he realised that there were more standing ahead. On an approximate calculation, there were about thirty children in the queue.
"Agh! Its gonna take a long time!"
Zaiden sighed as his excitement dropped by a level. But still he didn't forgot to get in the queue. After waiting for a long time, he finally reached the counter.
It was his turn at last. The female receptionist smiled towards the cute boy standing in front of her asked.
"Can you tell me your name and age, little one?"
But in her heart she was thinking. "What a cute boy!"
Zaiden smiled back and replied. "Zaiden White, 12."
The female receptionist filled a form in her tablet and gave a white token to Zaiden. He took the token and found the number '47' written on it in bold black colour.
After thanking her, Zaiden went towards the stand to sit down. He waited for sometime but he wasn't able to find Angelica at all. He felt that she might not like such crowded areas.
An hour passed by as all the stands were packed with people. But still there were no traces of Angelica.
After 10:00 a.m., few influential figures started to appear. But unlike common people, they were given a VIP room on the northern stand. Once all the important people were present, a middle aged man walked up the stage and stood near the centre.
In front of the middle aged man was an orb. It was completely transparent and glassy in appearance. Next to it was a open box about the size of two basketballs.
Before long, he was done with his opening speech and announced the start of the Spirit Soul Awakening Ceremony.
He took out a white coloured tablet and opened a file. On the screen showed number '1' along with a name, age, image and other details about a boy.
"Token Number 1, come up."
In the next moment, a boy looking exactly like the one in the tablet walked up the stage. He stood in front of the orb for further instructions.
"Put your token in the box then place your hand on the orb."
The boy did as he was told. He kept the token with number '1' on it in the box and then he placed his right hand on the orb.
A cool feeling entered his body and went back to the orb. After few seconds, the orb started to glow with a metallic lustre.
The glow got brighter and brighter. Suddenly an illusionary figure appeared on top of the orb.
As the figure got more clear, an axe was formed.
But in the next moment it disappeared and everything returned to normal. The glow on the orb faded away as well.
After that the boy looked at the middle aged man with anticipation and nervousness in his eyes. Seeing this the middle aged man nodded and gave the final result.
"Tier two battle axe soul."
The boy's eyes lit up seeing this and he went down the stage with happiness. Without wasting any time, the middle aged man continued the ceremony.
"Token Number 2, come up."
This time a girl walked out of the crowd. She went through the same procedure as the boy and was successful in awakening a good spirit soul.
The middle aged man started calling one after another with almost no gape in between.
"Token Number 3. .
" Token Number. .
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"Token Number 20. .
" Token Number 21. .
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"Token Number 38. .
" Token Number 39. .
"Token Number 40. .
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Time flew by quickly as the children went through their awakening. Some were happy while some were sad.
Most of them were happy as awakening a tier one soul was not too much. Out of hundred people, there was a possibility that eighty would awaken a tier one soul.
They could easily enter an academy. But those who has awakened a tier zero soul weren't as good.
It was because they were considered trash and thus weren't even ranked. But still only those with a shitty luck will awaken a tier zero soul. Although the possibility wasn't too low, it wasn't high as well.
After an hour or so, it was finally Zaiden's turn.
" Token Number 47, come up."