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Chapter 2 - Sword Academy

7:45 AM

Leo was slowly approaching the Sword Academy. The first thing he saw was huge gates that were easily higher than a 2 floor building. The gates were so wide that even a commercial plane would have no problems going through them. Another detail Leo noticed was a golden sword that hung at the top of the gates.

Before coming to the academy Leo did a little bit of research regarding the academy. He has read that these gates have an interesting function - only people with uniforms can pass through them. It's because of the special sigil that is attached to the student's uniform. This function was implemented, because a few years ago the academy was raided by Obsessed. Half of the students were injured and some even dead or had critical wounds.

As Leo was about to walk through the gates when a strange energy appeared seemingly out of nowhere and enveloped his body. Leo felt the energy was searching for something and he was correct, as soon as the energy reached the academy's sigil it disappeared allowing Leo's pass through the gates.

' Mana, huh... '

Leo thought while closely looking at the sigil, dimly shining on his uniform.

Going through the gates Leo's eyes widened. As far as he could see there were building complexes. Leo already knew that the academy has over a hundred buildings, but was still amazed by the sheer size of the whole territory.

While Leo was looking around and his eyes were scanning every building a man approached Leo.

" Are you a new student here ? "

Hearing a voice Leo turned his head towards the speaker and saw a man with huge circular glasses. The man had a uniform similar to Leo's and held sheets of papers.

Nodding his head Leo's eyes once again gravitated towards the huge buildings and stadiums in the distance.

Seeing Leo being absent-minded the man held one of the papers and gave it to Leo before making his way towards other students.

" Take this information sheet and follow instructions "

Taking a last glance at the departing man Leo started reading the sheet.

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For all new students:

We are happy to have you at our Sword Academy !

[ Every new student will be provided with housing and food ]

[ New students have to register at registration ]

[ Registration location - Block E, Building 5. ]

[ New student's talent and affinity will be measured today ]

[ Inside your apartment there will be a watch which will direct you where and when to be present ]

[ The watch will be useful for the whole year, so don't lose it !]

Sword Academy's student council

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Putting the information sheet in his pocket Leo started walking towards Block E to complete his registration. Along the way he saw a lot of students communicating with each other, playing with their mobile phones, hitting on girls. Sword Academy has 5 grades, hence there are people ranging from 16 to 21 years old in the facility.

8:00 AM

Leo was nearing the registry's location. Building 5 was a huge triangle shaped structure. It was made out of a weird material, because it was constantly changing colors. Spacing out for a bit Leo was about to enter the building when the energy came back. Mana took a few seconds to search for the sigil and allow him to enter through the door.

Passing through the door a white world appeared before Leo's eyes. The whole interior of the building was white. Leo could see huge trees with branches that were reaching the ceiling spreading light like a lamp and illuminating the whole building. While Leo was walking towards the booths to complete his registration he saw some Ice Sculptures. Coming closer he noticed that there were 4 ice sculptures in shapes of known Mythical Beasts - Wyvern, Hydra, Fenrir and Kraken.

Leo was closely inspecting the sculptures and was honestly impressed by how detailed they were. He felt extremely interested in the Wyvern's statue, because it looked to be the coolest.

Wyvern's head looked like a lizard's, but had two horns on the sides of its skull. The beast's body was covered by hard and sturdy scales that could withstand even the sharpest weapon's strikes. Wyvern also had huge bat-like wings and a long tail. It had a long neck and body full of muscles. The beast's legs were armed with sharp claws that could cut through the metal like paper. From its nape to the tail small spike were growing seemingly preventing anyone from touching its back.

Leo was so immersed into studying the creature that he didn't even notice how other trespassers started giving him weird looks. Finally after 15 minutes of continuous gaping at the creature Leo came back to reality and went on to register.

" Leo Virgilius, Block H, Building 8, Room 26 "

An automated voice rang out from the speaker and the key was given to Leo. From Leo's perspective the process reminded him of a vending machine. He had to write his information on a paper and scan it under the scanner. The machine took a few minutes to analyze the information and finally gave Leo the room keys.

8:45 AM

Leo stepped into his room and closed the door behind him. Lifting his eyes he looked around and was honestly surprised. It was a moderate size, 5 room apartment. The apartment had a Bedroom, Kitchen, Living room, Bathroom and another room filled with dummies and weapons ranging from smallest throwing knives to maces.

Leo proceeded to explore his new home when he came across a note and a watch lying on the table in the living room.

Taking a note in his hand he started reading it.

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[ Information ! ]

[ Food supplies in the fridge will be refilled thrice a week ]

[ If you are in need to make some changes to what you eat, leave a note on the fridge ]

[ Academy has its own money system, the currency within academy's territory is called Pecunias ]

[ Every new student gets 10 Gold Pecunias. You can get Pecunias by ranking up, completing missions and defeating other students in Battle Arena ]

[ 1 Diamond Pecunia - 100 Platinum Pecunias ]

[ 1 Platinum Pecunia - 100 Gold Pecunias ]

[ 1 Gold Pecunia - 100 Pecunias ]

[ Pecunias will be allocated inside your watch; don't tell the watch's password to no one]

[ To buy certain items you have to scan your watch under the scanner to complete the payment ]

[ Activate the watch after putting it on. To activate the watch press and hold the button on the left side of the watch for 5 seconds ]

[ Classes you will attend will be assigned after your talent and affinity measurements ]

[ Don't be late to classes or other appointments. Because Pecunias will be deducted ]

[ If a student doesn't have Pecunias he will have to go on missions or help the academy's staff ]

Sword Academy's Registry

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After reading the information note Leo equipped the watch on his wrist before activating it. He felt Mana spreading out of the watch and enveloping his body, studying it. After a few minutes of Mana flowing across Leo's body it slowly returned towards the watch and a small screen with something written on it lightened up.

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Student: Leo Virgilius

Age: 16 Years Old

Race: Human

Body: Athletic

Mana: Not awakened

Talent: Not measured

Mood: Hungry

Affinity: Not known

Special Ability: Doesn't have / Not awakened

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Appointments:

Talent and affinity measurement:

11:55 AM - 12:00 AM

Block I, Building 17, Room 48.

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