Pure blood, also known as the top dog among humans, enjoyed several privileges that were not available to the general public. They were seen as demigods among humans; they didn't follow the rules like any other person did because even the military was scared of them; thus, they were treated like kings, but their arrogance wasn't just for show because they had the power and strength to back it up, and the mystery behind them was their abnormal powers and strength before the whole evolution.
Over the years, they hid in the shadows, doing their things. Furthermore, they were wealthy and influential, and they also had different people in government, so they secretly controlled the affairs of the world before the military took over.
They had accumulated massive wealth over the years, making it easier for them to buy out the strongest and rarest abilities in the early stages of the evolution era. The abilities were so rare that there was only one such ability crystal that could be found all over the universe.
The pure-blood families, who already had strange powers and knew about the potential of the ability beast crystals, bought all the rare crystals. Even for them, the crystals were so expensive that the pure-blood families could afford only one, and they somehow replicated them for their family members.
This further increased their authority and influence on Earth.
[AN: Each pure-blood family has unique abilities that are powerful and only available to members of their family.]
Ethan stared at them, trying to figure out what was so special about them; what he saw was a group of about ten teenagers, almost all of whom had an arrogant expressions on their faces. A few seemed natural, though.
Ethan examined them one after the other. The first was a chocolate-skinned male with bulging muscles and a delicate face; he had braids covering his left eye.
The second was a boy with red-spikey-hair, and he stood about 7 feet tall, which was not normal for a teen; in conclusion, there were 7 boys and 3 girls. Ethan's eyes widened a bit when he saw the last girl; the last girl was Layla, the girl Ethan met at the fight club.
Ethan and Noah were very close to where the purebloods were standing, so Layla noticed him and waved. Seeing the wave, Ethan just smiled back.
Seeing their little display, Noah exclaimed, "Dude, I never knew you were such a cheek magnet; have you forgotten about Helen?"
"No, nothing is going on between us and, certainly, I don't have anything to do with Helen either," Ethan said, almost screaming.
seeing the whole crowd talking about the purebloods like they were some sort of celebrity, the instructor gave a warning and the crowd became quiet again.
Then, military staff started to appear and gave all the students a metal watch and instructed them to put it on. Immediately they put on the watch, it showed a screen on which their ability and all other physical attributes were listed, namely: strength, stamina, and agility, but what caught the students' attention was the red mark on their ability name, and also, their physical stats were all halved. Some of them tried using their abilities, but nothing happened. This caused murmurs and talk among the students.
"Hey, what do you think they have done to us?" One of the students asked
"I think they have sealed our powers; I hope they are not planning to make us act like zombies or mind control us," answered another with a panicked face.
One of the students who was listening to their banter couldn't help but voice out, "You fools, this is the 20100 and you don't know this device."
Hearing his outburst, the two students sneered back, "Oh, Mr Know It, do you mind telling us?"
The boy sighed and said, "These watches prevent us from using our powers or abilities for a given period."
Hearing his statement, many other students who were in the vicinity nodded their heads in agreement.
Naturally, they had the military in high regard even though there were not many wars happening, so the ones who thought this was a scheme by the military began to feel bad.
Meanwhile, Ethan was in a daze staring at the system's new message.
[Ability sealing watch has been detected.] [Would you like to disable it?]
Ethan had been staring at this message for some time now, and he was considering saying yes because good performance in this race would pave the way for his goal; however, Rowena interrupted his thoughts.
"Don't remove it; this is also a way for you to train, so I would advise you to let it be."
"You're right; what was I even thinking?" Ethan thought and quickly said no.
When everybody was done with their watches, the instructor briefed them about the race. The students were all told that the race destination was inside the massive forest beside the field. The Academy stood in the middle, so they were told to round the entire field and come back to the starting point. After hearing the briefing, many students had displeased faces. Circling the forest was no easy task. But what can they do? Besides, this was not called a military school for nothing; in fact, the second name was discipline.
After some time, the instructor held a gun high and made a count down.
3
2
1
The gun sounded, and with that, all the students rushed into the forest.
From a bird's-eye perspective, they looked like thousands of soldiers rushing into war.
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