The next day after the duelling contest, The school announces the three leading winners, the students are obliged to assemble their selves in the convention auditorium, located on the second floor from the top. it's rarely used, only when the school has an audition or an event that doesn't require much Crowds. the building used for the annual duelling contest is separated from that building.
Subsequently 4 years, the leading student is always Gray, followed by the school president or Leo,the Vice president, sometimes Kary, Anderson or Scarlett, the trio and some other students always compete for the third position.
Inside Damian's room, he's fast asleep. Last night before he fell asleep he ensured that he made an increase in his cultivation level. and Also, he learnt the second form, till the system sent him a mastery notification.
Some beeping sound came from the worn out alarm clock he received few years ago from the principal. He has made some repairs, making the naturally circular clock to become shapeless, anyway, he only needed it in the morning, after that time, it becomes nothing. After yawning for some time, he stood up and had his bath.
[ Mission : Skip classes today.
Rewards : One free System Level Up and, 2 tier2 cultivation-base elevation pill.
Penalty : Minus one system level,
blocked meridians for Two days.]
[ Daily quest : Preparation to become the strongest martial artist and a system God.
Cultivate : 3 hours (0/3).
Practice combat techniques : 3 hours
(0/3).
physical exercise 1 hour : (0/1)
[ Warning : failure to complete daily quest will lead to fatal penalties]
"um! I agree with the daily quest. But what the heck is the Mission, I wanted to know who's the winner, and learn new stuffs. Even if I'm not informing the people yet, i still need new stuffs, please can you remove this mission for me please" Damian watched the Quest and the missions with angry eyes.
[ "Sorry God of system, Missions can't be changed" ] Lucian answered with a cool but emotionless voice. Damian felt the twitching In his head.
" Address me as Damian. I'm still a rookie, Not a God!" He yelled those words out, fortunate for him, No student was passing through or coming to his room at that moment.
' What if someone asked of me, Should I listen to it or receive the penalty, No one has ever asked of me. anyway, everything is going on for my own Good, Cultivate, exercise and practice, that's what I need. though, am been grounded by my own system, it's still a blessing in disguise for me' A smirk crept across his lip. intentionally directing it to the system.
After few hesitations, he took the third form of the combat technique, taking every moves bit by bit.
Three hours passed quickly, but he was already immersed in it that he found it hard to stop, he saw the difference between practicing for two hours/one hour and practising for three hours, he Even received three additional points in his dexterity stat.
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The school auditorium building. filled to the brim with all students and masters. the principal and his vice, Mrs Veronica stood in the stadium, elevated up from the level of the students. The scores has been released.
" Are they for real, they allowed that trash to become the winner."
" What's so special about using a basic technique to win a duel."
" I fell cheated. didn't I use a Basic technique as well, though I received some injuries, I could've be listed among the top."
" Who knows, there might have been some corruption."
" Let's leave the poor guy Alone!"
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The student broke into several speculation groups, some speaking out of dismay, hatred and others speaking neutrally. Their voices all revolves around Damian been the winner.
The news came as a fatal Blow. When the top rankers was made known to them. some students opened their mouth, why others began scratching their ears as though something flew into it. Some even thought that Mrs Veronica was Just trying to pull their legs, However, she isn't that type of person who love joking, infact she never jokes with anything.
" But where is he, isn't he gonna take his rewards. if he's too big to show up, why don't you guys pass the rewards to me, I can elevate my cultivation levels with it and get to the lower stage of grandmaster realm"
" he's acting big and skipping the most important meeting that everyone wishes for. is he psych or something "
" Someone's acting big on the first day, I've ranked at the top before and I was so humble and communicated freely with everyone" Leo standing with his boys said with anger and jealousy mixed with his voice. he stole a glance at Lindsey and saw her standing emotionlessly. Thoughts of jealousy flashed through his mind, he was planning to become the new school president, so he could get light missions and receive bountiful credits.
The other masters present in the hall were infuriated by Damian's behavior. But not that infuriated, they tried seeing things from the lad's perspective, Some of them pitied him, why others like Mrs Veronica and the hot-blooded master Devon, saw it and remained neutral.
All those perspective were entirely different from that of the principal. He kept on smirking.
' Hahaha, he's dead, why pitying the dead. From now on, I have no other rival in ruling this part of the world. the bloodline of my rival is gone. Haha, my patience has paid off. The great shrine will be owned by me now that his bloodline is wiped out' The principal Smirked and left the stage, then started walking to his office, he made a hand sign, the shadows in the wall started rising up till the figure of a man was formed, dressed in black outfit.
"The lad is alive" the man said slowly, but the words were loud enough to burst the drum in a normal child's ear.
" That was last night, right?, don't worry yourself my subordinate. I'm sure he's dead, he could have attended classes, even though he knew he won't win. But he skipped today." The principal dragged out the chair and sat on it.
" Last night, he was full of life, Come to think of it. No one including the vice principal has ever noticed me if I'm just one metre away from them. But that lad noticed me, he Even guessed the direction correctly." The man answered, he felt like his ego has been chopped down by a lad. he has been helping the principal to complete missions, the principal also used him to watch and assassinate some of his Co-masters, never for once has anyone saw his shadow.
"you messed up by using the lowest type of Shadow. Even I can't recognize if you are close-by or not, how can a martial art trash like him see you. Or maybe he noticed something else" The principal replied with a frown on his face. if himself whom he considered as the strongest in this district of the martial art world could not see his subordinate if he's fully immersed in his shadow, how could a trash be able to see him. He felt his ego been stepped on. and a very painful slap on his face.
" I'll take it like that. What should be our next move from now. The ancestral light will revolve three weeks from now. the Shrine will be opened, should we act immediately or wait till the next revolution which will be in three months Time" The man took down the black mask, revealing a pair of Crimson eyes and crimson red hair. A handsome feature proving that the man is in his mid twenties.
" Only that lad's bloodline can enter that shrine, Now that the bloodline is wiped out, the Shrine will be ours to take. you Know of your rewards once our Quest is completed. Take this pills, Xavier. you need them for now. We might meet unnecessary trouble that needs your powers" He tossed three Tier7 cultivation elevation pills to the Xavier, his subordinate.
" someone's approaching, I'll be leaving Now" Xavier took up mask, and merged with the Shadows, he then moved upward to the top and moved out from the building completely.