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Chapter 18 - Begins with a Slip on the First step,

Since today was the day of our awakening every one was instructed to gather in front of the 'Academy'.

By the way, after an entire week in this world, today is my first time leaving the premises of the 'Academy'.

So this should be considered my actual and official entrée into the world of Orenda.

Because when we were first teleported into this world I was already unconscious and for the rest of the week, I was busy with all my preparation for the future. So I didn't have the time to go site seeing.

Many of you may think it's stupid to not know about the surrounding and stuff but to me, the situation here is more crucial than the surrounding.

When I first got out of the Academy's main entrance I walked a few meters and turned back expecting to see an Academy that would look like an ancient castle located in a bright Green Forest.

But to my surprise, the Academy was just a small tower at the edge of a cliff by the sea.

The location wasn't the real thing that surprised me but it was actually the size of the Academy that astonished me.

"This, how is this possible?"

I was sure that the academy I had been living for the past few days was at least 10 to 12 times bigger than the tower in front of me and it had a unique vibrant feeling.

But the tower in front of me just gave off the eerie feeling of a Witch tower from the children's fairy tales.

Maybe they used some kind of magic to hide the school from the enemy's eyes or the Academy is actually in another place and we just came through some kind of magic gate that helps us enter and exit the Academy.

As I was coming up with assumptions about the tower, a golden carriage was escorted by a group of warriors seems to be approaching our group.

The escorted gold carriage had a symbol of the rising sun engraved on it, the carriage was being pulled by a group of white unicorns.

I have read about unicorns, the books usually describe them as white horses with a horn and proud and beautiful magical creatures.

But If you ask me I would say that statement is a downgrade compared to their true magnificence.

The real Unicorns were twice as big as a horse and they had a pure creamy white coat and a blonde mane and tail, their hoofs looked like they were made out of gold, and thay gave off a celestial aura that would make anyone bow down immediately.

And the guards who were accompanying the carriage were all wearing gold armor with the same symbol of the dawning sun and riding on a pure white horse.

Soon the carriage stopped in front of our group and the soldiers surround the field in an orderly manner.

Their encirclement looked like a pack of wolfs gathering the herd of sheep for the slaughter.

But they soon stopped at a notable distance from us and this showed that they didn't wish to intimidate us.

This entire setup was giving me the impression of

*Entry of an important character*.

So not to be like the cliché novel protagonists who would stand out for no reason and interrupt the epic entrance of someone.

I immediately moved to the middle of the group and mixed among the mobs

I neither want to be in the front of the group nor stayed at the back of the group.

Only when I am surrounded by cannon fodder do I feel safe.

Soon after the carriage stopped in front of us, a beautiful woman with golden hair walked out of the carriage. She was wearing a white robe with golden embroidery of the rising sun.

She had an innocent face with beautiful bright golden eyes and had a motherly aura around her.

As soon she got down, she soon started smiling at us with a warm smile that would melt the ice in anyone's heart.

And when the group saw the woman they too started extended warm smiling and welcome her as if she was one among them.

No explanation was needed as soon as I saw the way everyone was behaving I understood she must the priestess who brought us to the 'Academy'.

With an everlasting smile, she greeted also all the important characters in our group like the representatives of class ( from the earth), the chief of archeologists, and the leaders of civilians and worker groups.

But soon after the greeting, the woman seems to search for someone in the group, but I had a gut feeling that this would cause me trouble.

And I don't know who she was trying to find in the group but I really don't to be noticed by people like her.

So I immediately bend down as if I was trying to tie my shoelace and avoid the encounter.

After scanning for a little while she gave up her search for the person and continued her conversation with the leaders. By the end of their conversations, she polity gestured all of us to follow her.

With the priests being our guide and her guards as our escorts we boarded wagons and started our journey through the eerie-looking forest towards a temple that was a few kilometers away from the 'Academy'.

As we walk by we could see many monsters lurking around the forest but the presence of the warriors seems to be acting as a barrier to scare off the monsters.

If any of us were actually alone in the forest I don't think we would be able to even step a few meters from the compounds of the 'academy'.

Though most of the monsters were trying to avoid us not all of them were actually able to resist the temptation of easy prey I like us.

Soon tried to encircle us, some tried to split us and some were desperate enough to try attacking us in a suicide attack only to be cut down easily by the guards.

After a 3 to 4 hrs journey we arrived at a tall Mountain, where we were told to get and climb the mountain on our own.

"Man, why are you guys doing us? Why can't you just drop us off at the top of the mountain? "

As soon as I voiced my complaint many people start following my example and start expressing their distress out loud.

'Hehehehe.. '

Looking at the situation, I was grinning from ear to ear, I really love doing stuff like this. I call it

*Mob manipulation Jutsu*

I was about fan the flames a little higher, but before I could do that the priestess interrupted by saying, even the kings of fantasia are not allowed to visit the temple in their carriages because it is considered disrespectful to Gods and may bring down Gods wrath upon us.

She then looked at me with a calm smile and said

" If Mr. Isaac gets tried or is unable to walk I can get one of the guards to help you and carry you to the top, but please don't give up before trying."

' Shit I was caught ',

The bitch seems to be already seen through the little trick of mine and she even redirected the mob furry back to me.

[ Author: That is what I call a *Reverse Uno Jutsu*.]

Dam, these guys are not dumb or stupid enough to be easily manipulated like the side character from those half-assed Novels or Manhuas.

The bitch even knows how to 'Reverse Uno' me but I am still not sure how was she able to find that it was me who did that.

I was not really sad about it, in fact, I actually have taken this lesson to my heart

'Never make a move on your enemy unless you can predict his next move'

Not just that with this I was now able to confirm my hypothesis about the bitch as well.

I really don't know why but from the moment I wake up in this world I have a feeling of being watched by someone.

And it feels like I have something inside like an intuition telling me not to believe anyone.

And the instinct that I developed during my life on Earth is screaming to me that I'm in some kind of danger as soon as the bitch.

That's the real reason for my hostility toward a bitch whom I have never even met, and now she has just proven me right.

Not wanting to be noted as someone who was impolite toward the priestess, So I apologized to the bitch and respectfully declined the offer.

Seeing me apologize the bitch showed a pleasant smile at me and lead us toward the stairs that would take us to the top of the mountain.

Holding back the grudge, I too expressed an apologetic smile and followed the group.