Hrigon, a B-ranked giant serpent monster, with the ability to spit fire out of its mouth. Nothing can stand in its way without turning into ash. All except those with high powers.
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"Mr Snow, a Hrigon? Why did it come here?" Eden came closer, asking the man whose eyes were narrowed.
"Hrigons are attracted to great darkness, but seeing it here, I don't understand!" Snow answered, "But what I do know is that it is a B-ranked monster, with mind-blowing strength. Its weak point, well, it changes."
"WHAT?!" Both Eden and Vin shouted out from disbelief.
"Chit Chatting with the children won't do Snow, let's bring this monster down" Akio said, coming out of the thin air.
"Do you always have to appear out of nowhere? Can't you use the route like everyone else?" Eden screamed with his heart rate increasing out of fright.
"Oh my! Did I scare you?"
Eden's expression spoke his words.
"Oh," Akio quickly changed the topic, "You two should go somewhere safer, you don't want to be turned into ashes do you?."
Eden and Vin both shook their heads, as they walked away, leaving the fight for those in the upper hand to complete it.
Running away, Vin looked back, watching as Snow and Akio approached the Monster. He wanted to watch, Maybe help, but the odds were against him.
Entering into the castle for the first time, Vin dodged from the crowd into a room where he could watch the fight.
Explosions here and there made the scene blurry.
"Dammit!" He exclaimed in sadness when he looked around only to notice he was in an empty room with a bunch of old stuff.
Walking from the window whose sides suddenly froze, Vin strolled around, looking at the items.
From pictures ruined to chariots packed up in a pile, there wasn't anything intriguing to the sight.
Checking a vase, Vin's ears suddenly heard a call.
A low toned call.
A call to him from the pile of chariots.
Making a way to this, he pushed the items away, as the call became stronger.
After minutes of lifting more than a thousand chariots, Vin's eyes went wide open when he saw a mirror.
Not just a mirror, the mirror his reflection told him about.
The mirror Dravil was trapped in.
Dragging the mirror away from the items, he stood it upright, looking at the shattered glasses.
"So, it was true? Dravil actually-...."
The call continued, stopping his words.
Coming closer, the shattered glasses reassembled themselves into a square form. With the surface like that of the ocean.
Without thinking twice, he dipped his hands into the mirror, then held on to the handle of a..
"Sword?" He said inquisitively, dragging his hand out.
Slowly, the object came out with the glasses shattering alongside.
"Whoa!"
From the mirror came out a sword, dark as ebony, emitting an aura of pure evil.
"Dravil's sword" his reflection said from an opposite normal old dusty mirror.
"What?" Vin flinched backwards hearing and seeing his reflection. "I didn't summon you!"
"Your questioning mind did"
"Okay? So what do you know about this sword?" Vin swung the sword without effort, waiting for his reflection to answer.
"It was forged by the creatures of the underworld, and cursed with the kiss of Death himself. Blades made from unbreakable steel, from the bones of an extinct Demon beast, Sevix. Dipped in the blood of Regdoek, an all- powerful red dragon whom Dravil killed in a battle of power. The handle is crafted by the god of war, and its power was installed from the blood of Dravil."
"So from all you just said, this is a really dangerous sword?" Vin asked, trying to understand what he held.
"Yes! And don't let anyone see you use it unless you actually need it" The reflection added.
"Why?"
"If you do, they would know you are Dravil immediately. Because the sword is only wielded by him and drawn to the corruptness of his heart. Also, it's a well done historical object."
"Got it," thinking, Vin tried something, "Sword-.."
"It has a name!" An irritated reflection screamed out.
"Oh sorry. I don't know its name"
Sighing the reflection said, "Any name which comes out from your mouth is its, since you can't remember any."
Looking at the dark sword, Vin whispered, "Alvoan?"
The sword responded with a spark of flames.
"Alvoan? Of all the names in the world, you choose to name the sword Alvoan?" The reflection couldn't explain the kind of anger burning within.
"Yes! And thanks for the help, I don't need you now. Go away quickly!."
Immediately Vin said this, his reflection changed back into normal and the door went wide open.
An imperial guard.
"Found one of them!" He said as some of the palace guards led Vin away.
The imperial guard watched as Vin walked away, his eyes looked at him suspiciously.
Checking the room and seeing all were in order, he let out a suspicious glare before closing the door shut.
Meanwhile Vin was led to the rest of the D-ranked students.
"You got us worried, Vin!" Eden said with a playful angry face.
"My bad!" Vin rubbed his nape, on his wrist, a black band stayed. "What about Mr Snow and Akio?"
"We are here!" Show replied, sending chills down his spine.
"And now for a new exercise, Clean the surrounding and repair the entire castle which was destroyed!" Akio announced with a smile as they grumbled.
"Why must we do it?" Lucas questioned him.
"I asked you to!" Akio's voice changed and a dangerous intimidating look flashed to the others.
"You know what, I changed my mind. Let's all go and clean up the entire castle, amend all that has been broken and even those which hasn't!" Lucas voiced out, making the other students scream a "Yes'' alongside. But matching away with murmurs.
"You shouldn't be that harsh Akio" Snow told him as the students all left.
"Just once in a while they should know that I'm serious even though a smile is on my face."
Vin on the other hand heard everything, there wasn't a word which did not sound audible in his ears.
[Mister Akio really is strong, even if he doesn't show it.]
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MONDAY
9:00AM
ZENPHEK MAGE TRAINING
CLASS A. RANK D.
"Today is a new day and we should all be Thankful for not getting hurt during the welcoming ceremony!." Akio addressed the class as he sat on the table closeby. "Today we will be discussing about Dravil."
Hearing this, Vin snapped out of his thoughts, this was the class he had been waiting for.
"Firstly, let's start with a simple story…."
Akio's words made the class attentive. They all loved listening to him narrate.
".... Our story goes back a thousand years. A time of darkness roaming the Earth and fear, in the heart of humanity….."