"MALINNNNN !!! , GeT your ass up , just how long are you going to keep kneeling " a manly voice echoed in Malin's ears seeming to shake him awake from what seemed to be a deep trance , recollecting the life and identity of what he concluded to be now his new self-being .Without delay while dizzy he quickly stood stumbling on his feet and leaning to what seemed to be a battered wooden sword , with the recollection just obtained he discerned the voice to belong to who was his instructor *Caleb* , an intermediate knight tasked with training and guiding newly birthed Amateurs (at the Red Level) .
Finding his feet, Malin readied himself in a pose that seemed to come natural, what he concluded to be muscle memory .
Seconds passed to what brought a state of confusion on Instructor Caleb's face making the situation all around thus awkward with bystanders looking at Malin whom he could identify as amateurs like himself.
"Are you not going to unleash your aura" Caleb's condescending statement brought enlightenment and embarrassment to Malin as he now understood the situation . How could a knight not have unleashed their aura in a fight it would be nothing but short of suicide.
'I need to focus on this exercise fight before I draw too much attention on myself and later then try understand what happened to me 'Malin thought having concluded.
Unleashing his Aura which produced a fervent red light around his body and the battered wooden sword, Malin stares at his instructor
" I am sorry about that I was just disoriented a bit from before "
Caleb's lips curling upward to what could only be an approval to the apology unleashing a mellow orange aura which surrounded his body indicating his level to be at intermediate . This brought a slight oppressing feeling to Malin to what he surmised to be Caleb withholding some of his aura to not overly dominate Malin , the whole exercise was for new Amateur members to get a hold of their recent awakened abilities in the Dark Knight Organisation .
"Good, no more lapse in concentration Malin. You are one of the young members the organisation has eyed due to your unique ability they would not want to lose such an asset before it flourished , even I am looking forward to what you can do"
Caleb said in what seemed to induce a level of envy from those surrounding them , since all knights wished to awaken a unique ability that was rarely seen, as this would mean a few knew how to fight against you and would bring many kinds of accomplishments and victory in most battles.
Hastily Malin noticed the temperature seemed to drop and he quickly leapt back on guard , Caleb's ability by now had been known to allow him to drop the temperature around him which would slow down his enemies and being hit would either cold stun you or freeze part of the limb hit by his sword and aura of course with a metal sword the damage would be more lethal accompanied by slicing and dicing but of course this was just a sparring match.
Malin's ability *instinct* revolved around his senses, hence he could see better, far much better even to some above his level, could feel to a point that was physically impossible, hear the water breathing underground, smell the dried urine on most of the people surrounding him, taste the metal or wooden utensils used to prepare the food, he was and is now the embodiment of awareness.
These came with some perks to his already unbelievable senses as from his recollection he had just discovered besides echolocation he could also express it as a high pitch sound wave attack at this point compared to most abilities it was blatant cheating and life having favoured him of course it did not mean he had awakened the strongest ability but it was definitely special as it seemed to be an ability which encompassed some other abilities , call it an umbrella term ability ,clearly a fraudulent ability to the few who knew about it.
Wasting no time, Malin flared his aura and his mouth agape , a shrill loud sound escaping his vocals aimed at Caleb who seemed mostly amused by it . Caleb slowly made a stabbing movement in the air which dropped the temperature further, one would think the cold winter had arrived.
"Good you kept some distance and opted for a ranged attack but now the cold air around me has stripped the potency of your sound attack, of course if we were at the same level I could have just frozen my ears temporarily disregarding your attack . Now what would you do if I'm now attacking ".
Caleb wasted no time and kicked off the ground heading towards Malin , unlike Malin he did not flare up his aura , he had to do the duty he was assigned, to help the newly awakened to familiarize themselves with their abilities by the organisation before he would probably go on another mission or something of sort.
Malin scrambled in his head what to do, allowing his concentration to loosen and hence was bombarded by many voices and sounds, disorienting smells entering his nasal cavity , while staring at Caleb whom now he was registering every detail about him seeing his eye corneas constrict and expand and the eye vessels pumping blood , the miniscule dandruff on his brown hair , the nearly non existent dust on his padded vest . With too much information bombarding him at the same time Malin only had the sound attack to rely on again which proved not as his joints and muscles felt a cold biting them.
"Not too bad really, it's just the second day of training, you'll get used to your ability and understand what to do on each circumstance. This goes for everyone here, learn and understand the situation and what to do to counter using your abilities don't get overwhelmed by them and control it with finesse not brute unless your ability is oriented towards brute force of course but most require control and finesse. That is all for today go on about your business or go to your rooms I don't care, just don't wander around the complex, stay in ground and don't wander to the forest or the towns, don't go to areas you're not approved or cleared, besides the gray levels (Starters) and the servants you're all at the lowest level as it is, so be mindful what you say to whom. We'll all meet again tomorrow at dawn no excuses you're all dismissed ".
As Caleb finished his remarks, he left the training ground leaving what was an age group ranging from 14-year-olds to 19-year-olds, Malin himself being 17, the numbers looked to be about 26 new awakened mixed girls and boys who looked battered and tired, some more than others.
Malin wasted no time and left the ground entering what was medieval complex building going up seven floors, making his way to the second floor whose hallway looked pristine with colorful stone inlaid on the floor and walls. On his way seeing men and women dressed in what could only be maid and manservant clothing, greeted him with some reverence as it seems the first floor housed those at the starter level (Gray level) who have only acquired an aura but have not awakened an ability. Seemingly the higher floors housed those at higher levels which made sense and perhaps some for guests.
Entering his room, Malin was met with what he would consider a basic room, it had a basic wooden bed, a basic wooden table and chair, a small window whose view looked over the opposite building which housed the main lobby and offices. Cutting his own viewing activity he sat down on the bed now to reminisce on just what had happened to himself.