The Imperium Federation Territory,
Prometheus Zeal System, Capitol Planet Ember SZN,
Aavesh took a deep breathe of the Frosty air as he stepped out of the shuttle and gazed at the plaque of the Large Castle before him.
"Fortitudo legionis
Corda Platinum", He read the Latin Quote and someone spoke beside him.
"Strength of a Legion
Hearts of Platinum",An old man spoke suddenly besides Aavesh with a strange smile, an old man with a Platinum Beard.
"I sense Extraordinary Mythic Order within your soul young man", the old man continued as Aavesh stared at him expressionless.
"But we don't simply accept people simply because of Mythic Power, for the root of the true Mythic power is in their heart", the Old man brought out a Metallic Hourglass that seemed empty.
"Not Quite what it looks like is it? It's an Archeotech from the time of the Mind Breakers"
" Go on- Take it within your hands and gauge yourself ", He passed it to Aavesh who observed the device carefully and then took it in his palm.
*Click
The hourglass device gave out a mechanical clicking sound and a Projection of a Strange coin formed- one side pitch dark black and the other side pure bright white .
The Old man saw Aavesh with a new light in his eyes.
He took hourglass back and explained to Aavesh," Remarkable - to have successfully calcified Your Nascent Aura with such an Absurdly powerful Principle that it has begun to manifest it's complete shape- this is the Dogma of your soul- it has been forged over and over again and again, through Mortal Tribulations"
"The Darkness represents Evil and Destruction, while the Light Represents Good and Creation", He continued and asked finally,"What holds such diametric views together so tightly like two faces of the same coin?"
" You forgot the Silver Metal of the coin- It represents Absolute Neutrality and Protection - together they form the Order of the ancient Immemorial cycle - Creation, Protection and Destruction", Aavesh replied and then added," I am not Good or Evil but sometimes I wish I could be both...
because are they not 2 sides of the same coin? That is my Question, I have yet to find an answer to it"
"Ho- Hahahaha! Good! - such an interesting situation, I wonder what will happen when you do realise the answer we all see ", The old man chuckled good naturely.
"You have passed the test to join my Platinum Academy - do you want to?", The old man asked with half a smile.
Aavesh gazed at the geezer and felt him to be Unfathomable, his eyes widened as he sensed an aura that he only felt at one other person-Grandpa Kronos.
As if sensing his discovery the old man smiled even wider and spoke," Your senses are truly enviable - I suppose you deserve a Kernel for what you discovered, I go by Johan Veid Platinum for now, but my true essence is in stories, my true name is forfeit but they all call me the Storyteller - and you have quite the unusual Story "
For brief moment, Aavesh saw the old man's true face- A tall old blind Elf like being but more majestic yet with singed hands holding a wordless book and then the vision faded.
Aavesh swallowed his doubts and nodded slightly.
This Johan - Storyteller was pretty terrifying character.
But he seemed to be on the same side as Grandpa Kronos and that was enough to trust him temporarily.
Aavesh followed Johan into the Academy and saw the Grand Site of countless young ones bustling about and chatting animatedly.
And they were all Stage 4.0 above, some looked at him a bit curiously because of his Absurdly low power flux.
Aavesh couldn't help but smile bitterly at that fact.
He really couldn't help it! Each sublevel was huge Pain in the Ass, not that he would regret it- but he really couldn't do anything about his low power flux.
Johan gave him a brief tour of the complex as Aavesh filled in the digital paperwork on the side to complete his admission process.
Soon they entered Johan's office to see someone already waiting there.
"Is he one of those freaks headmaster?", A Violet haired old Ethereal Sprite asked as she curiously gazed at Aavesh- as the Headmaster would only ever personally do this for those Nine Freaks.
"Mmmm- His effective combat ability should reach Stage 5- No Stage 6.0 and if he uses his Living Metal buddy, he should be able to wipe out Stage 8.0 combatants", Johan spoke causally as Aavesh looked at him in shock.
Truly no one could hide secrets from this man!
" S-so Monstrous? These are 4 Major Stages Headmaster! FOUR MAJOR STAGES!", the Violet Sprite cried out in shock!
"No need to be so alarmed, it's not like he's had it easy - His opponent is Khorramzadeh after all", Johan causally dropped another bomb in the conversation.
"Wait! So you are Aavesh Adhi! You're the brat who dared to defy Khorramzadeh and went missing for a decade!", Lize - the Violet Sprite now seemed to understand.
"It kind of makes some sense now- Anyways I am Lize, Chief Alchemist of the Platinum Legion Academy", She then introduced herself to Aavesh nonchalantly.
Aavesh felt the sudden switch in behaviour and statement to be jarring, as soon as they mentioned Khorramzadeh, they seemed to have 'understood', and then they behave normally.
Weird.
But fine.
It's not like he wanted attention anyway.
"Here- take this badge and report to Class Z9 Sigma, I have arranged a place for you to stay in the Legion City as a Student, I don't care about your private residences ", Johan carelessly tossed a platinum Eagle Shaped Badge at Aavesh, who caught it and stared at it curiously, before placing it on his Clothes.
It stuck on immediately and Aavesh could feel it connect to his Omni Connector Augmentation quite smoothly.
Neat.
" But don't lose the badge though, it's your access Key here and a very crucial map- it will show you the way, Now you may leave us", With that Johan waved Aavesh away from his room.
Aavesh stepped out and then spoke to Coral with their mental link," This Academy is going to be interesting "
"Still don't let your guard down, My Deep Scan probes have detected something heading towards the Ho-Jax Sector, I don't know the exact EYA but give it a few months "
"From where?", Aavesh asked as he walked to his designated class.
"From beyond the Galactic Rim, Outside the Galaxy ", she replied .
"That's intriguing and Bad news, we should keep an eye on that matter closely , But for now I'll try to settle in - it's my first proper Academy experience after all!
"I'll talk to you later Coral", Aavesh Muttered as he stopped in front of his designated Classroom.
He entered it and saw a bunch of familiar faces- all grown up now.
A beautiful half elf girl with chromatic eyes and Silky Black hair looked at him in surprise and smiled cheerfully at him," It's been a while old friend"
Aavesh blurted out in surprise," Anya?"
This was quite the surprise indeed.