78 Entrance Test (3)
Royal Castle, Nightingale.
Lith teleported back to his bedroom. He looked at his badge once again and it showed the number zero at the top written in red and 1000 written below it indicating that it was the number of the examinee currently taking the exam. He was also amused by the fact that his badge could teleport him all the way to another continent by crossing such a vast sea in just a few seconds.
He read online on some forums that the badge has a teleportation spell. If one was in the Neutral Continent, they would be teleported directly to the academy but if one was not in the Neutral Continent, they would be teleported to their nearest teleportation circle and from there they would arrive at the Neutral Continent.
After arriving they needed to show their badge to the person in charge of teleporting people and he would set the coordinates to the academy's official teleportation circle located in Lenz City. From Lenz city, after verifying the validity of the badge, the candidate would then be sent directly to the academy. All in all, Lith knew he had to teleport many times to reach the Testing grounds but who knew he would directly be sent there and then sent back.
The academy had many centers in all the major countries of all the continents. The children could register themselves there without having the need to go to Neutral Continent and this would ensure that even a peasant would have an opportunity to get education in the best place in the world. The academy sought for talented and genius individuals from all across the world. It didn't matter if they were poor, rich, angels, demons, humans or of any race, status or religion. All that mattered to the academy was talent.
The only bad point about the academy was that it had a little corruption. Some authorities would take heavy sums from people and give them an early registration number. That was basically it. It actually didn't matter if one took the examination early on or at later stages as everyone who has been registered would be given a fair chance but people still thought, the earlier, the better and so the authorities only took advantage of the foolishness of people and thus, those found being corrupt weren't really punished too heavily.
Lith didn't know that his badge was personally made by the Principal and naturally had a 'Continental Jump' inscribed on it by the Principal. This was what made him teleport directly to the academy and back to his bedroom. In any case, he let go of the matter and was happy that he didn't need to perform a series of teleportation to go the testing facility.
He had only just arrived and was going to sit on the bed when he found himself being sucked into some vortex. He felt it just for a second and then he was back to normal again. Although, he looked around and found that it wasn't his mother's well lit bedroom but outside. The sky was dark, everything around was dark and the only light came from the Silver-crimson moon.
He then saw two silver haired, purple eyes beauties looking at him with a smile. He too smiled at them and went to them and sat on the ground alongside them.
"How was it, dear?" Lucy asked Lith. Even though she knew how he did, she still asked him.
"Why ask something that you already know, big sis." Lith said with a smile and stretched a bit and slept on his mother's thigh.
"I just wanted to hear it from you though." Lucy said pouting.
Lith chuckled and said while getting his hair caressed by his mother
"It was okay. I was bored to death in those 100 days in the other dimension. It felt so long and tiring."
"Ah yes, you really did spend a 100 days there. That's such a long time. You were never really away from us for so long. How did it feel being away from your big sis and mom?" Lucy asked with a smile.
Lith didn't answer her straight away. He looked at his mom and she too looked at him. He smiled at her and then hugged her and hid his face in her embrace. He then said while staying in that position
"It felt boring like I said. Every night while sleeping I felt empty. I felt a certain part of me missing. Every night I wanted to sleep but I wouldn't able to as I had lucid dreams about being together with you and mom. It was very brutual on my mental health and I felt I might go crazy at some point by being so lonely. But then, I knew you two were watching me and looking at my performance and that it wasn't too long of a time in the outside world.
With such thoughts, I preserved and kept telling myself, it is okay. I can endure this. It was all thanks to your training, big sis, that I had such a strong willpower to preserve. I might have really gone crazy in those 100 days had it not been for the training. Anyway, not everything was bad.
I have been with you and mom for all my life since I was born and in those 100 days that I was alone, I have had many thoughts. These thoughts wouldn't have taken place had I not been away from you. I've come to many conclusions, made many decisions for myself and also decided to test out and try many things in the upcoming future.
All in all, it wasn't the best experience but it wasn't too bad either. So to sum up my whole 100 days in one word, it would be nothing but boring."
Lilith and Lucy listened to whatever Lith was saying calmly. Lilith was caressing his hair while he laid in her lap, hugging her. They were going to through many emotions as they listened to him. They felt pain, pride, happy and had mixed emotions when they were listening to him. Though his explaination was short and like a little summary of the whole 100 days, it still felt like a rollercoaster ride to them.
Lilith and Lucy looked at him with mixed emotions, not knowing what to say or how to answer to him.
After a while, Lilith made Lith turn over and look at her while he laid in her lap. Her amethyst eyes met with his and she said with a loving smile to him
"It has been hard on you. You do not need to push so far, baby. You can always let go of these things and come back to mama. Mama wants nothing but you to be happy."
Lith smiled and then shook his head. He said to his mom
"Mama, I really wish to be in your embrace forever but you know, it'll ruin it's meaning for me. I feel happy, protected, loved and warm when I am in your embrace but if I don't really experience hardship in life, these emotions wouldn't occur much and I wouldn't really feel them either.
If I don't understand pain, I wouldn't understand joy. If I don't experience sadness, happiness would have no meaning for me. It'll all be worthless. I would simply become a person detached from the world and an emotionless machine which is running on for who knows what. I need to experience all sorts of emotions or without them, everything that I have with me right now, wouldn't have any meaning in it.
Being born with a silver spoon, it is both a blessing and a curse."
Lilith and Lucy both had a surprised expression. They weren't shocked, just surprised. They knew that a day would come when Lith would mature and go out and explore the world. Nobody in their right minds would stay cooped at just one place. They just didn't think that the day would come so early. They thought that Lith would probably have such thoughts after he graduated from the academy but who knew that only staying away from them for 100 days, he would mature so much.
They both have gone through such ordeals and knew full well how much importance such experiences held in one's life. Lucy looked at Lith and said with a smile
"I am happy to hear such thoughts from you but dear you are too young. You shouldn't get so philosophical at such a small age. It is bad for your health. It is still very early for you to think about so many stuff. Graduate from the academy first and let's have this talk again, okay?"
"Your big sis is right, baby. First experience your academy life, we'll talk about this later, okay?" Lilith agreed with her daughter's words and said her own thoughts to Lith.
"Alright, big sis and mom. Anyway, it has been a 100 days and you know.."
Lith looked at Lucy and said with a smirk. Lucy got a little red but didn't show any exaggerated reaction. She could handle her little brother's shameless to a little extent as he was not as hardcore as their mom. She looked back at him and said
"Let us enjoy this peaceful time together here on the rooftop. We can talk about other things later."
Lith nodded his head. His naughty thoughts gone. He too wanted to enjoy this peaceful time as he too was exhausted due to those 100 days with such a monotonous routine.
He got up and pulled his big sister closer towards his mother and laid his head on his mother's lap and his legs on his big sister's. Lilith caressed his hair and Lucy gently massaged his legs. It was a simple gesture of their familial love to him which Lith wanted very much. They chatted and talked while being that position and started having a peaceful and happy time together.
…..
Abalax World Academy, Espat.
"Place your hands on the ball and try to feel the Elements in the surrounding."
A lady said in a gentle tone to a black haired, blue eyed boy. The boy nodded and did as he was told. Soon, the crystal started glowing red, blue, brown, green, black and silver. The lady was surprised by such a scene. She thought to herself
'what a surprise, two candidates and both have the same elemental affinities.' She was a professional and she didn't show any exaggerated reaction and maintained her calm face. She said to the boy
"Congratulations. You have passed. Go to the door on your left."
The boy nodded and went to the door and left the room. The lady subconsciously compared him and the silver haires boy who had taken the test before. She didn't know the silver haired boy's name or origins but by his behaviour itself, she could tell that he was far better than this black haired boy who had the same affinity as him.
…..
"Put one drop of your blood in the liquid." A slim and tall man with a stubble on his chin and a moustache said in a gentle tone.
The black haired boy nodded and did as he was told. Soon, the water became a golden colour. The man had a surprised expression like the lady before but he didn't show it on his face. He thought to himself
'It seems the academy this year is going to have good talents.'
He then looked at the boy and said with the same gentle tone
"Congratulations. You have passed the test. Proceed towards your left door."
The boy nodded and left.
The man looked at him with a surprised look again. He had many thoughts and he too like the lady before compared him to the silver haired boy from before.
It couldn't be helped. This happened every year. The first candidate was a person who created a benchmark and was a source of comparison to the other examinees. The examiners although had a testing criteria available, the overall quality of the whole batch of children that have registered themselves each year was considered by comparing them with the year's first examinee.
Each year the first examinee would always be a certain special someone or from a very influential family. This naturally meant they had a very good potential and so they have unknowingly become a benchmark that the examiners used each year to compare with other examinees.
…..
The boy walked through the corridor and he looked at the long corridor. He felt something was wrong and from the folktales of his previous life that he had heard, if something felt wrong, them something was surely wrong. He knew this and so he observed the surrounding carefully. Soon, he found a weird tile and made a mental note of it.
He observed each and everything and every nook and cranny to not miss out anything. After confirming that he knew pretty much everything about the corridor and nothing else was wrong, he moved to the next testing facility.
He entered the next test room and found himself in front of a lady in a kimono sitting on a mat in front of a small table inside a traditional Japanese looking room. The lady gestured him to sit and he did so. He sat cross legged opposite to her. The lady asked in a gentle tone
"How many odd things did you find while entering this room, starting all the way from the black metallic door."
The boy panicked a little. He thought
'Oi, what the fuck? I was supposed to be so observant? Fuck!'
He very soon composed himself and looked at the lady dead in the eye. His blue pupils started rotating as he looked into the eyes of the lady. Soon, he smiled and answered
"26."
The lady was shocked by his spot on answer. The answer he gave was correct and there were only 26 odd things all throughout. The silver haired boy previously had given almost a correct answer to her and she had considered him a genius but now the black haired boy in front of her seemed even better than that.
She also noticed the change of his pupils while he looked at her. She made a mental note of it and she remembered that there were individuals in this world with certain unique abilities. The boy in front of her must be having the same, she thought and calmed down. Soon she said to him in a neutral tone
"How many tiles were there in the corridor before you entered this room?"
"1203."
"What seemed out of place?"
"The 327th tile at the bottom starting from the last test room's exit was tilted at a 15° to the left as compared to the other tiles."
The lady was very surprised. She didn't know if he was really a genius or it was because of his ability but in any case, he was a rare talent to find.
The boy in front of her gave all correct answers and they were even better than the silver haired boy from before, she thought. Though, the silver haired boy seemed much better to her in overall terms as she could tell that he was giving all those answers due to his superior observational skills and not due to some special ability like the black haired boy in front of her. In any case, it was none of her business to judge the boy sitting in front of her's character or pry into his secrets. She was an examiner, she only needed answers to her questions. She said to him gently
"Congratulations. You have passed. You may enter to the door on your left."
The boy nodded and left. The lady looked at him again and she subconsciously thought of the silver haired boy to be a little better as he was polite enough to thank her and also seemed very cheery and easy to get along with unlike the black haired one in front of her who looked very serious, unlike his young age. She shook her head and waited for the next examinee to come.
…..
"…now pick three cards and tell me what they mean."
The black haired boy picked up the cards and then looked at the old man's eyes. His pupils rotated once again and he said with a smile
"The carnal fire is hard to extinguish, the river of blood is flowing uncontrollably, reaching the heavens and stopping it is the only option left."
The old man was shocked. What the boy said was he was thinking a second ago! Did that mean the boy could look in the future? The old man made a mental note. He then said with a neutral tone
"Go to the door on your left."
79 Entrance Test (4)
"Go to the door on your left."
The boy nodded and left. The old man then thought
'It seems I need to bring this to the Principal's notice. We have had many cases of such individuals who had innate special abilities, some became great figures and some even massacred a whole bunch of people. It is a double edged sword and we need to be careful about it. If we nurture the children well at the early age, it will benifit not only the child but also the rest of the world. A child with such potential is surely special.'
Though he thought that, he had subconsciously, like all the other examiners compared this boy to the silver haired boy from before. He actually thought highly of the silver haired boy as he didn't use any special ability and it was his own comprehension ability which made him pass the test. The silver haired boy's comprehension ability was on par with that of an elite and he was sure to reach greater heights but,
This black haired boy used some ability and got the correct answer in a test which was for the measurement of one's comprehension ability. He didn't comprehend one single thing. He had actually failed this test. Thus he was asked to go to the door on his left instead of right. Though that was the case, him failing this test was a special case and that needed to be brought to light. The exams were fair.
…..
"Enter the dimensional gate. You'll need to survive there for 35 days to pass. Though the more you stay, the more is your score. The highest you can score is 100 which means you'll be there for a 100 days. After a 100 days you'll be directly teleported outside. If you feel it is unbearable for you to survive, tear the slip and you'll be teleported out and the number of days you survive would be your score."
The black haired boy nodded and entered the gate.
After his eyes faced an intense flash of light,he found himself in the middle of a desert with high temperature.
After choosing a direction to go in, he started walking in the direction warily. Not even a few seconds passed and he heard a faint sound.
HISSSSSS!
Before even realising what happened, his body maneuvered itself into performing a quick and effective dodge and landed a few metres away from his previous position. He realised that his unique ability [Danger Detection] had been activated and he thus quickly used another of his unique ability [10s Super Reflex] to dodge the attack of what seemed to be a snake like beast.
After dodging it, he quickly cast a wind spell and ran away from where he was as soon as possible. He used the rank 1 spell 'Move' and he moved the air surrounding him and made it carry himself along with it quickly. It cost him a little bit of spiritual power but not too much as he was a rank 2 and using a rank 1 spell was easy.
After getting away from the snake and to a certain distance, he looked at the place he ran away from. He could see a silhouette of a giant snake. It seemed to be coming closer but the speed was not too high. He breathed a sigh of relief and went around looking for shelter. He had to survive 100 days here and it definitely wasn't easy.
…..
Royal Castle, Nightingale.
Lith was talking to his mother and big sister while sleeping on their laps. While keeping the talk going on, he started fondling his mother's big breasts. Lilith looked at him with a smile but didn't say anything and let him do as he pleased. Lucy didn't mind it either and their talk continued.
After fondling Lilith's tits for a while, Lith removed her boobs out of her dress and as he did that, they started jiggling as they no longer had a bra supporting them. Lith looked at the scene with a smile and then started sucking on one of Lilith's nipple and played with the other.
Lith sucked milk out of Lilith's big breasts and also was listening to the conversation. Lilith caressed Lith's hair while breastfeeding him. Lucy continued to talk with Lilith. Lith started getting a boner after a while and he looked at his big sister and said with a smile
"Big sis, I haven't had a release in 100 days, you know? *wink* "
Lucy looked at him with a neutral face and saw his smile. She didn't reply to him and started removing his pants. After his pants were down, she pulled his underwear down and his shaft stood in front of her eyes, high and mighty. It was twitching and also seemed to be very hard, indicating he really didn't have any release.
Lucy got on her knees and bent down and took Lith's cock in her mouth. She started lubricating it fully. She licked his shaft from the tip all the way to the bottom. After getting everything coated in her saliva and making it well lubricated, she started bobbing her head up and down.
Lilith looked at this scene with an amused expression.
'Ara, seems like my teasing has made sweetie bolder…fufufu'
Lilith looked at Lucy and said with a teasing look
"Sweetie, share some with mama too, okay? I also want to taste the 100 days old thick semen of my baby."
Lucy's face flushed a little but she didn't reply to her and continued with her work. Lilith chuckled at it and said
"Dear, make sure to relax your throat and don't try to hurt yourself by deepthroating him okay? It's a very big size for your small mouth."
'Hey! Why are you giving me instructions about it like this is nothing but a trivial matter. how are you not embarrassed even a little, mama?' Lucy thought to herself and looked at Lilith. She didn't reply to her again but followed her instructions.
Lilith chuckled at her behaviour and continued ruffling Lith's hair while he sucked her milk.
"Mhm, big sis, I am almost there. Are you sure you'll be okay?"
Lith said after getting himself a blowjob for around ten minutes. Lucy after hearing it was starting to have second thoughts.
'Will I really be able to swallow it all?'
Lucy thought to herself and she was now chickening out a little. She looked at her mother to get a little confidence but Lilith only gave her a smirk and made her feel even more nervous. Lucy made up her mind. She took Lith's shaft out of her mouth and wiped her mouth with her sleeves.
She then got up and pushed her mother aside from where she was sitting and put Lith's head on her lap and took out her tits for him to suck milk from. She still had milk coming out from them.
Lilith chuckled looking at her daughter chickening out. She didn't call her out for it as it was only natural that she would be a little afraid to do so. Lucy wasn't experienced like her and she knew this. She went over towards Lith's crotch area and got down to giving him a blowjob and continuing from where Lucy left off.
Lith didn't mind much about anything. He sucked milk from his sister's big breasts and let his mother do her thing. He too knew Lucy was inexperienced and he didn't tease her for that.
Lilith, with her skillful tongue, started twirling it around Lith's tip and bobbed her head up and down quickly. She made a suction force act on Lith's dick via her mouth and Lith felt so much pleasure that he almost climaxed.
Lith looked at his mother and said
"Hey, mama. Slow down a bit will you."
Lilith looked at Lith with her eyes while continuing the blowjob. She didn't reply to him and only smirked while sucking him off.
She then took his shaft all the way in her mouth and deepthroated him. She also made sure to keep using her tongue and making a suction force to make him feel more pleasure.
Lith couldn't handle it anymore. He held his big sister's waist tightly and thrusted his hips upwards and hid his face in her big sister's embrace and released a muffled groan.
"Mhffm"
Lith shot his seeds in his mother's mouth and Lilith expertly swallowed it. He came much longer than he has ever before and waves of semen kept gushing out of his dick in Lilith's mouth.
Lilith, like an expert, first took the semen in her mouth and her cheeks puffed up. She then swallowed it as more semen kept coming in her mouth and maintained that puffed up cheeks look. She finally, swallowed almost enough to not have her cheeks look puffy. She removed her mouth from his shaft and went towards her daughter.
Lucy looked at her mother swallowing like an expert. She didn't know wether she should be proud or embarrassed about it. She looked at her mother coming towards her and she knew why she was coming here. Her face flushed hard. She wanted to run away to not feel embarrassed but Lith was currently hugging her tightly and was panting heavily in her embrace. She sighed and accepted her fate.
Lilith came to Lucy and lifted her chin and gave her a kiss. She poured Lith's seeds in her mouth and let her have a taste of it. Lucy accepted it, albeit a bit shyly. She savoured the taste as it was a very good one for her. It tasted the same as her mother's love juices but it was much more stronger than her mother. Her mother's juices had a mild and sweet rosy flavour and her little brother had a strong and wild rosy flavour.
Lilith broke the kiss and savoured the taste of her own son while her daughter did that too. They both closed their eyes and felt the taste. After half a minute or so, they both gulped at the same time.
Lilith and Lucy both casted a cleaning spell in their mouth and Lilith casted one on her son's shaft too. They knew Lith wouldn't kiss them after they gave him a blowjob or had his seeds in their mouth. They didn't know why he hated to do that as he was okay to taste their juices but not his own self's seeds. Nevertheless, they didn't ask him but simply followed along with his wishes.
If he didn't like kissing them while they had his seeds, they would clean it. If he hated to have a taste of his own self, then so be it. They loved him and going along with his wishes like such wasn't too much for them. It was just a small thing for both.
Lith recovered from the heavenly feeling he just felt a few minutes ago. It was too good. He hadn't had anyone or anything touch his little brother in a 100 days and now it all erupted in one go and the expert techniques of his mother were too much for him to handle and so, he felt so much more pleasure than he had ever felt before during that one moment.
He got up and went towards his mother. He said with a smile
"Thankyou, mom. It felt amazing."
"Hey, it was me who did most of the job!" Lucy said from the side and pouted.
"Yes, yes, big sis, thanks to you too." He then went to her and kissed on her cheeks.
"My mouth is clean, don't worry." Lucy said. She didn't realise it but she had started to get bolder like her mother and little brother subconsciously.
He went to his mother and gave her a kiss too. He didn't do it before because he thought they still had some remnants of his seeds and he didn't want to taste it but now that Lucy said she was clean then his mother too would be clean, he guessed and did it.
"Let's go in the bedroom. I want to watch the new episodes of the anime that I left off."
"Fufufu….only an hour and a half had passed in the real world and not 100 days. There are not any new episodes, you know?" Lilith said while chuckling.
"Ah, right. I forgot about it. Anyway, let's go and sleep then."
Lith took their hands and walked with them downstairs. He didn't even wait for them to tuck their big breasts in their dress or pull up his own pants. He forgot about it too and walked in the castle like an exhibitionist.
Lilith of course knew that he forgot and she simply casted an invisibility spell on them while they walked so the maids and servants don't notice them.
They reached the bedroom and removed what last clothing they had on them and slept on the bed.
Lith was in the middle with his back facing his mother. He was holding his big sister who was facing him. Lucy too held Lith and Lilith from the side wrapped her long arms around both of them.
They slept in such a nice and warm position together happily.
…..
"FUCK! ISN'T THIS TOO MUCH! FUCKKK!"
A black haired boy cursed while running away from a group of big centipedes who were crawling towards him at a crazy speed.
The boy thought while running from them that these survival plains shouldn't be so difficult, should they? There were supposed to be low level creatures which could be dealt with by rank 1 or rank 2s. They shouldn't be so high level for such low ranks, should they? He had such thoughts while he cursed outwardly and ran with all his might.
It had only been 4 days and he had gotten attacked by many creatures. These centipedes were the highest ranks he had come across yet. He didn't know if his luck was shit or it was the academy that was unfair. Nevertheless, he couldn't give up as it would make him a laughing stock in front of his father and whole family to whom he said that he would surprise them with the exam results.
It had only been 4 days and he needed to preserve for 96 more days.
What the boy didn't know was that it was so challenging in this dimension because he had failed the comprehension test. Each test students fail, the next test would gradually get more difficult for them. It was a rule set by the academy.
The students would either preserve in these difficult tests and prove themselves or they would just keep on failing and give up. The academy needed high grade talents and not students who would give up in the face of difficulties. The difficult they set in a test wasn't too much for a 13 year old to handle but it wasn't too less either. If they passed in the difficult test, their upcoming tests would be much easier.
The examinees who failed in one test, got the next one as difficult, if they passed it, they would get normal tests from the next time onwards but if they failed, they would keep getting more and more difficult tests. This was the academy being fair in their testing and judging. The examinees just needed to redeem themselves in the difficult test and prove their worth to the academy.
The black haired boy had failed the comprehension test and he didn't know about it. This was the reason he was having so much trouble to survive over here.
"Huff…Huff…fucking finally! Ahhhh…I have finally shook them off my trail. What the fuck is the use of unique abilities when there is someone of such a high rank present.
It is nothing but a load of crap in front of absolute power! Ugh! I need to get stronger or I would die and I would die once again in this life without providing justice to everyone properly!
I need to be stronger and more powerful! Ah yes, I know how to do that. I'll think about it again after the test."
The black haired boy said to himself while panting. He later found for shelter and hid himself there.
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A/N: To all who were asking about Yuri and other stuff in the novel. Let me tell you few things first. There would be Yuri among the ladies who are related to the mc but it isn't like lovers. It's just because they want to let themselves off and they haven't found a partner yet. They don't want just any male inside them, if it is not the right one, which in this novel, would be mc.
In short, yuri would be present but it isn't done like lovers. The ladies are all straight and not bisexual or lesbians who are related to the mc and they only do it to let themselves off as they haven't found the mc yet. Otherwise, this novel would've been in the LGBT+ category. I don't hate LGBT stuff but I don't like it either and so I'll only write about it when I feel like it.
Other times, ladies who are into anyone else except for mc wouldn't be given too much screen time. They would be given a little but not too much. I'll add warning beforehand.
There definitely would not be any form of yaoi, ntr, r*pe(though reverse r*pe and netori is a possibility) and that's pretty much it.
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80 Combat Test Tournament
Abalax World Academy, Espat.
Inside the test room.
A black haired teen appeared out of thin air in the well lit room. His clothes were tattered, his hair disheveled, there were blood stains everywhere on him and his whole body seemed pale. The examiner looked at him and said in a neutral tone
"Congratulations. You have passed. The last test would be the Combat Test Tournament. It'll be 15 days later. Goodluck."
After the examiner said that, the black haired boy vanished from the spot.
The examiner had been watching the boy and a few others. He was incharge of examining the students who had failed the comprehension test and out of all the students who had gone to the other dimension, only this black haired boy seemed extraordinary to him.
The examiner had noticed everything that the boy did, from the way he used his abilities, ran from strong creatures and whatever things he muttered in those 100 days.
The examiner wrote some things on a paper and folded and put it inside an envelope. He sealed it with a special seal and then moved towards a corner of the room. He put the letter in a letter box. The letter box seemed like an ordinary red box placed on a table in a corner.
After the letter was sent in the box, the box made a ding sound and went silent again. The examiner thought to himself
'I've recorded everything there was to it about the boy and sent it to the administrative office. Phew, such a hectic day. This boy was in so much trouble and why did he have to fight monsters for no reason. He ran from stronger ones and stupidly fought the weaker ones.
Because of him I had to watch his every fight and record every detail about him. Sigh, this was so tiring. Why couldn't he be like the other students who came here after failing the comprehension test. Why didn't he just give up after passing or hid for 100 days correctly.
The exam was only about surviving and not fighting. Ugh, whatever, there are more students that I need to check on now.'
The examiner then sat on his seat and waited for other examinees to come.
…..
15 days passed.
The examinations was done in full swing. Each day about a 750,000 candidates would be tested. The examiners would conduct their exams day and night all day for four days straight. Each examiner would do a 12 hour shift to ensure that candidates got the full attention of the examiner.
It was tiring on the examiners but thankfully there were many testing rooms and many examiners to conduct the exam. There were around a 1000 examiners who conducted one 12 hour shift. Each examiner had to go through around 700-800 students everyday in their shift. It was tiring on them but they managed it well as they were all high ranks and such work would only happen during these times of the year. They also got bonus for it, so all was good.
There was a break on the 5th, 10th and the 16th day. The administration of the academy along with the help of examiners, went over the list of candidates that were of a high potential. After 4 days around 3 million+ students were tested which was approximately one third of the total candidates that registered.
The academy went over the test results of these three million candidates on the rest day and sorted out the ones with the highest scores. These students were the ones that would be allowed to take part in the Combat Test Tournament.
The academy wanted students with an overall high potential in all fields and if some students failed in some tests, they wouldn't let those students take the combat test as even if they had high combat abilities, it wouldn't matter because their overall potential is low, thereby making them seem ordinary.
The academy also had to send the scores of the test result of those who failed, to the respective candidates. These candidates could take these test results and use it as a reference of their abilities while applying for other academies.
The other academies all considered Abalax's test scores are 100% valid and they didn't doubt it as they knew that their testing was very efficient and the best in the world. If the test scores are high, they would accept students without even testing them and if they are moderate or low, they would first test them for themselves and see if they are worthy to be taken in or not.
Some could also pay money and directly get into other elite academies apart from Abalax. There were many types of academies available to get into if Abalax didn't take them in. There were local, state, country and international level academies all over the world. The students had many doors open to them if Abalax didn't take them in and so nobody was left without any education.
The graduation criteria, academic years and number of semesters and all, varied from academy to academy. Abalax had one of the strictest criteria for graduation and examinations but it also had the most relaxed semesters and syllabus. The students are happy in their 5 years stay in the academy and give those strict exams and graduate with a high rank with no problems.
The academy also had the highest number of graduates each year even though it had the world's most strict criteria for graduating. To be a rank 6 in five years was not easy. On an average, in five years, a person in the world would only be around rank 3 or 4. Being a rank 6 was only done by geniuses and the most elite kids in the world.
Abalax took pride in this as even the children that get expelled from their academy for not meeting the criteria are around rank 4 at the lowest. If a student fails to be a rank 6 after 5 years, he would be given an extra year to make up for it and if he failed in that, he would be expelled. Thus, even the failures of Abalax were above average in the whole world and were respected by everyone.
Abalax World Academy was almost done with their examinations and only the final one was left. It was the Combat Test Tournament. After testing over 10 million students, only a million have been selected for the final round. Among these one million students, only 10,000 would get a chance to be in the academy.
These 10,000 students would get alloted to their classrooms depending upon their rank in the tournament and their treatment would also vary. The high ranking students would naturally be given more benefits and so, everyone in the tournament took the fights seriously.
…..
Royal Castle, Nightingale.
Lith was currently sitting and having his breakfast. He was having miso soup with tofu, salmon, rice and tamagoyaki with some pickles on the side. He was eating a traditional Japanese breakfast but here in this world it was from the cuisines of the beastkins. The beastkins were demi-humans since birth. They were half beast and half human all their lives.
They live majorly in Elven Continent. They used to live in Human Continent but the humans loathed these half beasts and half humans type creatures and killed them whenever they found them and so these beastkins were on a decline.
According to the tales of the beastkins, their ancestor called Yamamoto Sakaguchi united them and left with every possible demi-human out of the Human Continent and into the Elven Continent, which was just North of the Human Continent in the Eastern part of the world.
The Elves were a very tolerant race and they didn't mind the beastkins migrating in their continent. The beastkins found a place for themselves in the Elven Continent and lived there from then on.
From pictures of their cities that Lith found online, he guessed that one of the Earthling had reincarnated into the body of the demi-human and from there on, he lead them to such a prosperity. From his name alone, he guessed that he was from Japan back on Earth. In any case, Sakaguchi had done a great deed for an entire race. He was an Emperor rank and he looked after the beastkins. He still lived to this day.
The cities of beastkins had Japanese architecture and their whole race followed Japanese culture. Everything related to Japan in this world came from them.
Lith while eating the tamogoyaki with his chopsticks thought
'How did the beastkins adapt to the mild tastes of food? Shouldn't they be craving for foods with strong flavour and meat constantly? Japanese cuisine has a wide variety of foods and it is not focused too much on meat like the English cuisine. Whatever, it's their choice.
Oh right, thanks Sakaguchi for your hardwork. Without you, I wouldn't be able to eat ramen, hahaha.'
Lith had small talks with himself in his mind. He didn't miss Earth too much as everything from back there was present here and that too, it was more advanced or much better. He really liked eating food. It tastes good, it brought back memories and he would get to know about the various people and culture in this world by just having a taste of the food.
Just by having a traditional Japanese breakfast, he got to know about the whole Japanese and beastkin culture over here. Food was a good way of knowing the world more and also his fellow Earthlings.
He looked at his side while eating food and found his mother doing his big sister's hair in front of a dressing table. He smiled and continued to eat his food.
He had almost finished his food and was about to reach for the last piece of salmon when his registration badge which he wore on his chest started to tick and a monotonous voice started coming out of it
"Dear Candidates, the Combat Test Tournament would start in 3 hours. You would be teleported to the academy grounds and would have to stay there until the end of the tournament. Goodluck on your test."
Lilith and Lucy looked at the badge on Lith's chest and Lith too looked at it. Lucy shifted her gaze and said to Lith with a smile
"Goodluck, dear."
"I still have 3 hours. Stop saying it like I am leaving now, big sis." Lith said with a smile.
"Fufufu…3 hours aren't too big of a deal, baby. Anyway, let's get you ready." Lilith added.
Lith finished his last bite of salmon and got up and went to Lilith to get dressed.
…..
Abalax Sky Island, Lenz City.
On one corner of the big sky island, there was an arena which could fit around a 100,000 spectators easily. It was in an oval shape. In the middle of it, there was a flat ground and around the flat ground was a green translucent barrier. This was barrier to protect the spectators and also acted as a circle to trap the souls of the people who die during the fight and get resurrected by the officials later on.
The whole arena was pretty much empty. There were only around 2000 people who were sitting and waiting.
At a corner of the arena, a blonde lady with blue eyes wearing a majestic white and golden robe was sitting. Beside her sat an ordinary looking lady with light brown hair and eyes. The blonde lady said to the lady beside her
"Sel, it's time."
"Okay, madam." Sel said and did some things on a tablet screen she was holding.
Soon, on the training grounds, magical spatial fluctuations occured and flashes of light were seen. Out of those lights, figures of thirteen year old childrens came into view. They were the selected candidates for the Combat Test Tournament. In only a few minutes, the arena ground was filled with 1,000,000 students.
The blonde lady looked at the sea of examinees and was in search of a particular candidate. She soon found the familiar silver haired boy with purple eyes.
She noticed that the cross earring he was wearing was still present. This cross gave her a feeling that she was standing before the Heavenly Emperor. It radiated his aura and she made a guess that it was made by him and gifted to the Vampire Queen for her son. Why he did that, she didn't understand and it wasn't her business to pry into it.
She smiled looking at him and she was hoping to see how he would perform in combat.
…..
A silver haired lady wearing black sunglasses walked near the blonde lady. She was wearing a sports bra, a jacket which was open and revealed her flat stomach which had signs of abs which didn't make her look too muscular but only fit and lean. She wore black leggings and black shoes. A little area above her ankle was shown and overall, she looked very hot in such an outfit.
She reached the blonde lady and sat beside her and wrapped one of her arm around the blonde lady's shoulder and said in her melodious and sweet tone
"Yo Emmy, who you looking at? Did you finally find a boy toy for yourself this year? Hahahaha"
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"Yo Emmy, who you looking at? Did you finally find a boy toy for yourself this year? Hahahaha"
"Arya, we aren't friends for you to talk like that and I am the Principal. Please behave yourself." Emilia said in her gentle tone.
"Boo! So boring you are, Emmy. Hey Sel, why does your boss deny being my friend?"
Arya looked at the light brown haired lady and asked.
The light brown haired lady, Sel, looked at Emilia with a neutral face and then at Arya and said in a neutral tone
"Because miss Arya and madam are not friends. They are bestfriends."
"Hey!"
"Hahahaha. Emmy, Sel is as fun as always even though she is twice as serious as you." Arya laughed and pulled Emilia closer to her.
"Sigh. Arya please behave, we are in public and there are children and staff watching us."
"So you are not denying that we are bestfriends, right?" Arya smirked and asked.
Emilia got out of her hold and said in all seriousness
"I don't even know you and we are not friends. Also, Miss Arya Relgar, I have called you here for business, please be serious."
"Ah right! It's about a boy who shares the same hair as me, where is he?" Arya said cheerfully.
Emilia gave up in wanting Arya to be serious and pointed towards where Lith was.
Arya looked at Lith and said
"Hmm, his hair colour isn't like mine. Mine has a bluish hue to it just like my eye colour. Emmy are you getting senile with your age, can you not even look that he doesn't have the same bluish platinum silver hair like me."
Veins popped on Emilia's forehead. She looked at Arya and said with an angry tone
"I am not senile. Also, I only said he has silver hair and didn't mention that it is the same as yours."
Arya looked at Emilia's reaction and smirked.
"Tsk. Tsk. Emmy you are getting senile with your age and are forgetting things easily. You clearly told me that he has the same hair as me." Arya said and provoked Emilia once again.
Emilia burst into anger and said yelling
"WHO'S SENILE, YOU STUPID LIZARD! DAMN YOU!" She got up and got into an attacking postion. Many pairs of wings spread out from her back and they were also very colourful.
Sel from the other side simply got up and went behind her madam. She put her arms under her madam's armpits and held her back.
"Hahahahaha. Emmy it's sure fun to provoke you. Anyway, didn't you say people are watching? What is this behaviour, Miss Emilia Liwet?" Arya laughed and in the end gave a smirk to Emilia and said.
Emilia realised her blunder and quickly retracted her wings. She then sat back down calmly and tried to compose herself. She looked at Lith and said with her gentle tone as if the previous incident didn't happen
"He is very pure and innocent. His overall ability is also very good. His comprehension ability was top notch. He probably would be 1st in that test had it not been for a boy from the demon's lust family. He also preserved and survived well in the survival test and his willpower is very strong.
Because of his superior observational ability, he avoided all strong beasts and he didn't fight even once. We do not know about his combat powers and during this test, we'll know about it.
He is the only Vampire Prince in the world and there shouldn't be any harm done to him. We do not want to provoke the Vampire Queen at any cost. The previous Vampire King was killed by her and the Dragon Emperor of your race was also beaten to half death and only spared because of the request from the Dragon Empress.
We mustn't provoke the Vampire Queen. I being a Principal, am not eligible to take him as my personal student. I want you to take him as your student. You'll be the incharge of his class and also the Club advisor for whatever Club he joins.
Of course, your pay would be high but I know it doesn't matter to you. So, Arya.."
Emilia looked at Arya and said with a very serious expression
"…I cannot make any promises to you but I can for sure say that it will definitely help you with your last step."
Arya got serious when Emilia said the last sentence. She looked at Emilia in her eyes and asked
"Emilia, even if it helps me as you say, I wouldn't take him under me if he doesn't do well. I am here to groom and teach students and not babysit them."
Emilia smiled and said with her gentle and sweet tone
"Of course. But I do believe that he'll do good."
Arya nodded her head and once again wrapped her arms around Emilia's shoulder.
Emilia got annoyed and removed her hand from her shoulder. Arya once again put it back there. Emilia said in an annoyed tone
"Stupid lizard! Get away!"
"Sel, what is wrong with your madam? Why does she act like how a stupid teenager would act in front of her crush."
"Madam has not gotten any form of love before. She also has no experience in being intimate or close to anyone.
Miss Arya's behaviour makes madam feel shy and embarrassed due to that and this is the reason of such a behaviour from her."
"OOOOH! Right! right! Makes sense. I think I should even give some kisses to her. Hahahahaha!"
"SEL! ARYA!" Emilia looked at her secretary and shouted. She was her boss, you know? Why was her own secretary not on her own side? She was angry with this fact.
Emilia didn't even think that her own secretary insulted her and exposed her in front of her. She was only angry because Sel wasn't on her side and was teaming up with Arya to bully her.
"Stupid Lizard, let me go!" Emilia struggled to get the arm of Arya out of her shoulder.
"Emmy, if you struggle more, I'll kiss you in front of Sel. If you struggle even more than that, I'll…" Arya smiled and said to Emilia. She then leaned closer to Emilia and whispered something in her ear.
Emilia's face turned as red as a tomato when she heard Arya's whispers. She gave up struggling and stayed still like an obedient kitten. She was scared of what Arya would do to her and thus chose to give up. She then muttered softly
"B-but….I-I am the P-Principal!"
Arya leaned closer to Emilia's ear and let out a hot breath. Emilia shivered from such an action. Arya then said in a sweet whisper
"That only makes it even more fun."
Emilia's face flushed. Her face was burning and she was very embarrassed. She didn't say anything anymore and quietly looked at the arena.
Sel from the side was also a little red. She had a high rank and could easily hear whatever Arya had said to Emilia. She too was embarrassed just from listening to Arya's words but she didn't say anything and maintained a calm face. She tried her best to look professional but her red ears and cheeks gave them away.
Sel then took out her tablet and tapped on it a few times.
…..
Ding!
"Attention candidates. Your registration badges would now display the area where you need to fight your opponent and also the estimated time for the match. Until then, you have to stay in the waiting area.
Refreshments and food would be provided. There are restrooms and also places where you can sleep and relax. You will be staying here until the end of the tournament and those who have been disqualified would be sent out immediately.
Your registration badges would have your overall score. You can use this as a report card and as a reference for your abilities to the other academies if you fail.
There will be screens in the waiting area that would state what match is ongoing. There are 10 arenas in total. They are named as Arena A, B, C upto J. Each arena has 10 stages available for you to fight. The stages have their number. Such as A-1, A-2, A-3 etc.
There will be instructors available around you to guide you. Make sure to follow the instructions given by the instructors when you are in the waiting area.
Only the top 10,000 would be admitted in the academy, so do your best. Goodluck."
After a ding sound was heard, a monotonous voice was heard all over the arena. Each candidate heard it loud and clear.
The candidates then saw the change on their badges. All had the number zero written in red at both the top and the bottom of the black screen indicating that no fight was going on and no estimated time was present.
The candidates were all led to the waiting area and after an hour, the fights had started.
200 candidates were fighting at a time. There was only 10 minutes given for them to defeat their opponents. If they couldn't, the win or loss would be decided by the number of points they had. The refree gave them the points by noticing the overall damage done. The one who had the highest point would win. It would mean that one has done more damage than the other.
Lith was sitting at a table and he looked at his badge. It was written as 543 and the estimated time was 27 minutes. He noticed a person coming towards him. It was a black haired boy with black eyes. Lith realised who it was. It was Dennis Dracula.
Dennis walked towards Lith and saw him sitting at an empty table. He said to him
"Hey dude, can I sit here with you? Or is it occupied?"
Lith was surprised as to why Dennis didn't recognise him but then he quickly recalled the bracelet he was wearing. He looked at the black bracelet in his hand and smiled.
This bracelet was an artifact given to him by Lucy. It would make people unable to recognise him. If they looked at Lith, they wouldn't be able to tell that he was the Vampire Prince or the son of the Vampire Queen.
His face was very similar to his mother and if people had seen the Vampire Queen's portrait, they could make it out that Lith was indeed the Vampire Prince. So, this bracelet made people below Emperor rank, unable to relate him as the Vampire Prince even if they have met him before like Dennis.
There was also another thing. People at a certain radius would always be under the effect of the bracelet. If Lith said that he was Lith Evure, nobody would think that he was from Clan Evure of the Vampires. Most people didn't know the Royal Clan's name and even if someone did, they wouldn't be able to relate Lith to the clan.
The radius was very big. The whole Sky Island was under it's effect. Only three people were an exception. They were the staff of the academy. One of them being the Principal, Emilia Liwet.
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"Hey dude, can I sit here with you? Or is it occupied?"
"Take a seat." Lith said to Dennis after his confusion was gone.
"Thanks man. By the way, I am Dennis." Dennis said after sitting down. He started cutting his steak and looked at Lith and introduced himself a little.
"Nice to meet you. I am Lith." Lith said in a neutral tone.
"Lith? Damn, you have the same name as that of his highness the Prince." Dennis said in amazement while chewing onto his medium rare steak.
"Do I? Why do you call him so respectfully even though you are so far away from him." Lith asked, a little interested.
"Oh well, you see, we are instructed by our parents to not take the names of the people from the Royal Clan and call them with respect even if we are outside." Dennis said while sipping on some blood.
"So you are forced to respect them?"
"No. We are not forced. We do it willingly. I actually respect her majesty the Queen and her highness the Princess a lot. Without the Queen, we wouldn't be a main race and without her highness the Princess, we would have many problems in everyday life. Also she was the one who promoted my clan to a Duke one, so yeah I guess?"
"So you are from a Duke Clan."
"Ah shit! Hey pretend I didn't say anything okay? It was nothing but a slip of tongue!" Dennis said hurriedly.
"Too late. Which Duke Clan are you from?" Lith said with a smile.
"Sigh. Please keep it a secret. It'll be troublesome if word got out that I am from a Duke Clan. There's no point in hiding it from you now. I am from Clan Dracula." Dennis went through a series of emotions and said.
Lith was internally laughing. This guy, he is still very unrestrained. He thought to himself.
"Nice. Now what about the Prince? You didn't talk about him." Lith said while supporting his chin with his hand.
"Oh, the Prince, hmm, I've talked to him once. He seems a pretty chill guy. He was actually very knowledgeable. I naturally respect him for that and I don't really feel bad about it.
So yeah, just like me, everyone in the Vampire Society respect the Royal Clan from the bottom of their heart even if they haven't met or seen the people from the Clan. Just from the fact that the Queen protects us all, it is enough."
Dennis finished his steak and the blood drink he had on the side. He said after gulping down the blood
"I don't like this blood drink. It is clearly blood but it tastes like orange juice. Just where the fuck did they make it from?"
Lith was amused by Dennis's ability to change topics. He smiled and didn't say anything more. He thought of introducing himself to Dennis as the Prince but now that he asked about himself so much, he felt a bit embarrassed in doing so. He would reveal himself the next time he met so that no one would feel awkward.
…..
Lith was walking towards the stage where he needed to fight. There were monitors and sign boards everywhere to talk about the directions and instructors were present at certain intervals too. He found his stage to fight pretty easily. His combat stage was H-8 and once he reached, he found his opponent already waiting for him.
Lith walked opposite to him with a neutral face. The refree looked at him and gestured for him to stand at a certain spot. Lith followed the instructions. The refree said
"You have 10 minutes. You can fight without holding back. The one who does more damage on their opponent, wins."
After saying that he raised his hand up and dropped it and said loudly
"FIGHT!"
Lith's opponent dashed towards him. He yelled "Water Cage!"
A square cage of water was made out of thin air and trapped Lith in it. Lith looked calmly at his opponent. He had ten years of battle experience. Beaten to near death everyday by his big sister now seemed to show it's effect.
He walked towards the cage and touched one of the bars made of water. The cage disintegrated into a pool of water and Lith pointed his index finger towards his opponent. The pool of water moved towards him and wrapped his opponent in it.
The water blanket which was wrapped on his opponent got tighter and tighter until
SPLASH!
A splashing sound was heard and the water blanket dropped to the ground. After it dropped, there was not only water but also a pile of flesh and bones.
He had smashed his opponent to meatpaste!
The refree looked at Lith, bewildered. He was a little shocked. Every year there were prodigies but nobody seemed so effortless while fighting. He composed himself and took out a tablet from his spatial ring. He tapped it a few times.
He then got into the pile of flesh and blood and constructed a magic circle around it. Soon, it started to glow in a green colour and the flesh and blood started to integrate into each other and his opponent's body was restored. After a few more minutes, the body started to twitch and his opponent opened his eyes and looked around in panick and fear.
The refree got back to his position and said loudly
"Lith Evure wins and advances to the next round."
Just as he said that, Lith's opponent's registration badge started to glow and the space around him fluctuated and he teleported out of the stage.
Lith looked at the refree and said with a smile "Thankyou." and left the stage.
He looked at his badge and the screen displayed 15789 on top and estimated time as '13:57:18′ on the bottom. The time was reducing with each second. The time was in hours:minutes:seconds format.
He had a lot of time until his next round. He stretched and moved towards the waiting area once again to relax.
…..
In a corner of arena H.
"Hmm, Emmy, not bad, not bad. This boy seems strong. Alright, if he keeps winning like that and come in top 200, I'll take him as my personal student." Arya said to Emilia while sitting beside her.
"See. I told you. He also has good manners and is not arrogant or haughty." Emilia said with a smile.
"Miss Arya you want to be the teacher of class A-1?" Sel from the side picked up the important bit and asked while nudging her glasses up.
"Oops. Sel I sometimes wish you were as dumb as Emmy. But you are right. If I am to become a teacher for this year, I also need good pay and benefits heh heh heh." Arya said and chuckled.
Emilia was annoyed by Arya's insult which came at her every few minutes. She didn't say anything because it would only help Arya feel more amused by her reactions. She was a mature lady and she won't fall for such things, she thought.
"Miss Arya, madam is not as stupid as you think." Sel said with a neutral tone and neutral face.
"Hey, Sel! She said dumb not stupid! And whose side are you on!" Emilia couldn't hold back this time and said to her secretary with an unhappy tone.
"So you admit you are dumb? Hahahaha." Arya said and laughed.
"Argh! You stinky reptile! I hate you! Hmph!" Emilia said grumpily and snorted.
"Gimme good benefits when I take him as a student okay? I'll be leaving then. I'll come back during his next match. See ya!" Arya said and left after making enough fun of Emilia.
"Hmph! It'll be better if you never came back!" Emilia snorted once again.
"Madam you are missing the key point once again. Miss Arya said that she'll take him as a student and to give her more benefits.
She already believes that the Vampire Prince would be in top 200. Miss Arya seems confident about it."
Emilia's eyes widened. Only now did she realise what Arya had said. She composed herself and got back to her serious professional lady face and said
"It is only natural. You have seen it too right, Sel? That boy didn't even chant spells and I could feel it from here, the water element in the space around him move. What's more, they moved according to his will and not due to chant. This only means one thing. He is a genius among geniuses and probably has the potential to be an Emperor rank easily.
That stupid stinky lizard would clearly have felt it too."
"But madam, do you really think he has such a high potential? The lust family boy, the Dracula boy and the Novius boy seemed much more better than him.
They could be an Emperor rank easily. I don't think the Vampire Prince has a potential like them."
Sel put out her honest thoughts.
"You are right, Sel. But you are missing a key thing. Did you forget whose son he actually is?" Emilia looked at Sel with a smile and said.
It took a few seconds for Sel to realise what her madam had said. She then was surprised a little but still maintained her neutral face. She said
"I understand. I overlooked the fact that he is the son of a Supreme rank. He naturally would have the potential to be an Emperor rank easily.
Madam is indeed not stupid."
"Hey!"
83 Combat Test Tournament (4)
Lith was sitting on a chair and sipping on tea while listening to music through his headphones. He was thinking of a few things while listening to music. After a few minutes of this process, he sighed and closed his eyes, fully focusing on the music and relaxing.
His thoughts from before were revolving around a question and that was wether to do good in the test and get a high rank or not. He had full confidence in himself that he could win the tournament by just using a few magic spells. From his first opponent he got a general idea on how strong the others were in this tournament.
The level of control of spiritual power, magical energy and spell casting was nothing but terrible in his eyes. Just one spell almost made his opponent use 5-10% of his total spiritual power, the magical energy around wasn't channeled properly into the spell and the spell casting itself was stupidly complicated and terrible. The basic spell 'Water Cage' was chanted in such a complicated and terrible way.
Lith used his opponent as a benchmark and he made an assumption that the most elite among these one million candidates who are giving this test should not have prowess more than that of a rank 3. The highest one could be is probably around rank 4 and not more than that.
If he came across a person with rank 4 prowess, he would need to use atleast half of his potential to win and that was pretty much it. His spiritual power was very high. Having an all elemental affinity like his mother and big sister, he naturally had high spiritual power.
The more elemental affinity one had, the more their spiritual power. For example an elite rank 1 with 6 elemental affinities would have twice the spiritual power than a rank 1 with only 3 affinities. He may also have it much more higher than a rank 2 with only 3 affinities.
Same with Lith. Lith had twice the amount of spiritual power among the most elite in his own rank and his spiritual power could be rivalled amongst the average rank 4 or some low grade rank 5s. This meant, a battle of attrition would always be in Lith's favor as long as he fought with people from his own rank. His spiritual power would never be exhausted before his opponent's and he was for sure going to win in such a battle.
Anyway, though it seemed like such an easy win, in real fights, that is, outside in this world, things weren't so easy. People had many artifacts and various hidden trump cards and winning a fight was never easy. Some might have an artifact that would constantly reimburse them with spiritual power and thus a battle of attrition would not be easy even for Lith.
Lith knew all of these facts but currently he was in the academy entrance test where one couldn't use any form of artifact or external aid in the battle. It was only a test meant to be won by their own combat potential.
Thus, Lith had the confidence that he would for sure win the whole tournament if he wanted by only using half of his prowess.
In the end, Lith made up his mind to be in top 200. Top 200 meant that he would be in the top class of the whole Academy. There would be good benefits for him and he would also be allowed to skip classes. This was a good thing for him as classes which taught the basics were a waste of time for him. He could take up advance classes or just relax or wander around freely. He would also get more points per month and all in all, the benefits to be in the top class were the best.
Thus, he could either top the tournament or be in the top 200. He chose the latter as this would ensure that he didn't have too much attention on him. Though being the most elite class, getting attention was inevitable but as long as there were 199 more of them apart from him, he could still lay low.
He rested for a while and started walking towards the arena F-9 where his next match was. Only 5 minutes were left and by walking at a leisurely pace, he could reach there on time.
…..
A beautiful lady with bluish silver hair and blue eyes that seemed to contain the sky and the ocean alike, came running in her casual outfit which revealed her toned abdomen which didn't have abdominal muscles but was flat and fit looking with a little bit of lines indicating that more workout would eventually lead to the abs showing. She was a fit and lean lady with her curves not too big not too small and she was neither too thick nor too lean.
She had a very perfect body and if she were ever to post her pictures online with a public profile, she would become a goddess of beauty in the eyes of many men and women alike. She would also be featured in the top 10 beauties of all time magazine and would become a top idol for everyone.
Though that was the case, she was currently running towards yet another beauty who was on the same level as her if not above. The only difference being the other beauty had blonde hair and her overall curves were bigger than the silver haired lady and her blue eyes were a bit darker shade than the silver haired lady.
The bluish silver hair lady reached the blonde lady and gave her a tight hug and lifted her off the ground and made a few circles.
"Hey! Hey! Let me down! Let me down!" The blonde lady shouted.
"Waa Emmy, did you gain a bit of weight? You seemed a little heavy to lift." The bluish silver haired lady said with a smile in a cheerful tone.
"Stupid Lizard! We only met a few hours ago and how can you make such a comment! Also, let me goooo!" The blonde lady, that is, Emilia, shouted yet again.
"Such a bore. Tsk. Anyway, has the match begun?" The stupid lizard, aka Arya, said in her usual jolly voice.
"No, miss Arya. The match will start in 5 minutes. He is on his way right now." The light brown haired lady, Sel, with an average face and curves wearing round glasses like Emilia, said from the side.
"Woohoo! So nice! See Emmy, I've become punctual hahahaha!"
"It was nothing but a coincidence. Stop calling yourself punctual. It is an insult to all the actual punctual people out there." Emilia retorted in her sweet and gentle voice with her brows a bit furrowed.
"So serious as always." Arya said with a smile and wrapped her arms around Emilia like last time.
Emilia didn't try to resist as she knew it would be futile. She could only blame herself for asking help from such an annoying person. She sighed thinking about it and couldn't blame herself too much about it either. She was helpless as Arya was the only one who was the best person suitable for the job. She looked at her secretary, Sel and asked
"Who is the next opponent that he'll be having a match with this time?"
"A demi-human of Tiger tribe." Sel said with a neutral tone and straight to the point.
"I see. Every year there are some candidates from the tiger tribe and have a good overall physical build, thereby letting them have a physical advantage over their opponents and can take up those with weak builds easily.
They have the highest chances to get into the academy from the beastkin race but it seems that this year, the luck of this tiger tribe candidate is not good." Emilia said and smiled.
"It is indeed his badluck. He would've gotten into top 10,000. An automatic matchmaking done using various complicated algorithms by the academy's system which had around a million candidates registered, but still to get him as his opponent in his second match, it is truly a misfortune for him." Sel said in her flat tone from the side.
"Yes. His luck seems very terrible. Also why was his second match so early?" Emilia asked from the side.
"No idea. But one thing is certain, his next match would be after a very long time. The system does this type of matchmaking many times and it has been a trend like that for a long time." Sel added.
"I see." Emilia said.
…..
Lith arrived at the stage on time. His opponent this time seemed to be a demi-human to him. He had a striped orange and black tail and ears and it definitely looked like he came from the tiger tribe of demi-humans in Elven Continent.
Lith's general knowledge was very advanced and so he could easily tell who was from where with a single glance or if he was described their features. All these years of studying weren't in vain.
He looked at the guy with a neutral expression. He calmy walked to his place and stood there. The refree looked at both the candidates and after ensuring both were ready he talked about the points like the previous refree and raised his hand and dropped it and said loudly
"FIGHT!"
The tiger tribe guy dashed towards Lith as he was very confident in his physical powers and capability. Lith thought on what he should do next. Should he fight with his own physical powers? No! Lith quickly made the decision and started to run away from the guy.
After having a big enough gap with his opponent, he casted a 'Water Cage' without chanting and trapped his opponent inside. He then casted another spell 'Slow' which was a time spell that slowed down one's own perception of time with respect to the general time of the world.
A person could take one rank 1 spell all the way to an Emperor rank or above if he wanted to. Modifications were needed at every rank and it depended upon a person's own intelligence and comprehension ability to be able to modify it accordingly.
Lith had not mastered rank 2 'Slow' spell but he could still cast it with some modifications very easily. He had to chant a bit for the spell and after he did that, his opponent didn't even have the ability to chant a defensive spell on himself.
One chantless spell trapped his opponent on the spot within a second and his opponent chanted an attack spell to be free from the cage while Lith too was chanting the 'Slow' spell. Lith was faster and before his opponent could cast his spell, Lith casted the 'Slow' spell on him.
His chants became inaudible murmurs and were not casted. Lith went near the cage and touched the water. He felt the magical energy around and willed some water to hit his opponent and do damage to him.
Only a bit of damage was done as Lith realised he mustn't be too cruel on his opponent like the previous match. He went a bit overboard last time. He reflected back in the waiting room that as long as his own damage was less than that of his opponent, he would win.
So he casted a 'Slow' spell and time for his opponent slowed down for quite a bit. The damage done due to Water element from the surrounding wasn't too much but it was more than the damage on Lith.
Lith had no damage done to himself and even a slight scratch on his opponent would make him win. He took advantage of that.
The tiger tribe candidate felt everything around him move at a much faster rate than what he could perceive. He realised even his chants didn't work and he was unable to cast spells on him. He found himself slowed down but he was helpless as his thoughts too were slow. He put up a struggle against this spell which was casted on him but soon after only a minute, he found it undone. He sighed in relief and was about to attack Lith when he heard a whistle and a loud voice after that saying
"Lith Evure wins and advances to the next round."
"WHAT?!!" The tiger guy shouted. How was this possible?
The refree looked at him and said with a neutral face
"Ten minutes have passed. The damage done on you is more than your opponent. Therefore, you lose."
"HOW??!! NOOOooo.." the tiger tribe candidate yelled but midway he was teleported outside the stage and left behind a trail of his scream.
Lith looked at the refree and said thankyou and left once again.
He looked at his badge and saw there was 632,310 written on top and the time below was 13:23:57. He raised an eyebrow at it. His next turn was after a very long time but the time duration was only about 13 hours. His previous turn was only at 15,000 something and the time for his turn was only 13 hours like this one around.
He then shook his head and started walking out of the arena. He felt some fluctuations when he he entered the arena before and only now did he realise that time was accelerating inside as compared to the outside world. So it made sense on how his turn would come so early despite such a long number.
He made a guess that everyone was given around 12 hours to rest and recuperate no matter when their turn was. He was right about it. If they academy went according to the normal time of the world, each fight which took 10 minutes and only 200 at a time could fight, it would take years to complete the whole tournament.
Thus, the academy smartly made the time inside accelerate. The students due to their registration badge were protected from the time acceleration and didn't age faster or exhaust their limited lifespan. The staff members of the academy were all high ranking officials and time acceleration didn't have any effect on their lifespans or age.
Once one reaches half Saint rank their lifespan would be very long and once one reaches Saint rank, they would become true Immortals. Half Saint ranks were also called psuedo Immortals as they were the bridge which connected the mortal and the immortal realms together.
They weren't Immortals, nor were they mortals. They had long lifespan but not never ending like that of an immortal. Thus, they were called pseudo immortals.
At Saint rank, one truly becomes an immortal with an inexhaustible lifespan. Thus, all the staff members inside the arenas which were casted with time acceleration circles were all above Saint rank. It didn't matter if their lifespan accelerated due to the spell as it would mean nothing to them. Wether it accelerated or slowed down, it didn't matter as it was inexhaustible.
Thus, the tournaments were usually done within a week. The top 10,000 students would compete for atleast 5-6 times with a gap of 12 hours everyday. The top 100 would do it for around 6-8 times and the top 10 would fight for around 8-10 rounds.
Lith had done two matches. He would need to do around 5-7 more to be in top 100. His goal was top 50 and so he was pretty relaxed.
He went to the waiting area once again and put on his headphones and started listening to music while closing his eyes.
…..
In a corner of arena F.
"I think he realised his mistake from before and held back his strength this time. He was very gentle in this match. He is very innocent and pure like I've said before. Arya, therefore I need him to be under you and for you to shape him well." Emilia said while looking at Arya at her side.
"Hmm, if he was trained by me, he wouldn't wait for 10 minutes like this and would've straight away gone for the kill just like his previous match." Arya said in a serious tone unlike her previous self.
The talk was about her future student and she took everything related to it seriously. Though she never really had any student as her personal one, she still was serious when it came to teaching or the 'last step' that Emilia once talked about.
"Also Sel, you seem right about the Algorithm. His match number was 15,789 during the last time and now he is 632,310. It was indeed as you said, after a very long time. Good job." Emilia said to Sel with a smile.
"Thankyou, madam." Sel nudged her glasses and said in a flat tone.
"Alright you guys, I'll be leaving once again. See ya!" Arya gave a kiss on Emilia's cheeks and ran away.
"Argh, Stupid lizard." Emilia said in a mosquito like voice. Her face flushed red and she looked down in embarrassment.
"It's okay madam, Miss Arya is your bestfriend and you shouldn't mind her being close to you." Sel said in a neutral tone.
"Sel, stop believing in that stinky undead lizard. Whatever she says isn't true. We are not bestfriends. It is only she who thinks she is my bestfriend and I do not reciprocate that." Emilia said in an annoyed tone.
"Madam, Miss Arya is not an undead but a Death Dragon from the Death Dragon race. Also, you have miss Arya's lipstick mark on your cheeks." Sel said and removed a hand mirror our of nowhere and showed Emilia's face to her.
Emilia became more embarrassed this time and she turned to the side and wiped her face. She then stood up and said while fuming in anger
"I'll make sure to make that death lizard live upto it's name."
"What will you do madam?" Sel asked, a bit curious. She didn't understand what her madam had said.
Emilia made a smile that was not a smile and said
"Make her dead!"
84 Combat Test Tournament (5)
Examinees in these few days of the Combat Test Tournament were having all sorts of emotions going through them. Some had grief for not being selected, some felt joy for clearing their rounds, some felt fear due to being beaten ruthlessly, some felt pain and their hopes crushed as they were disqualified and everyone in the academy grounds right now had only one thought going through their minds
"Will I make it in the top 10,000?"
Many candidates had the dream to study in the world's most prestigious academy and be called as the genius among geniuses wherever they go. Being a student of Abalax World Academy was one of the best thing one could have done in their lives. There won't ever be a second chance to join such an academy as life goes on and one starts to age. Unless of course, one dies and reincarnates and get into the academy once again.
But nobody took such chances. Reincarnation did occur but it was very random and nobody knew about which time, race or place they would reincarnate over. They did not even know if they'll have their experiences and memories intact, unless they were of a very high rank when they died.
The candidates although were going through such emotions, they had been preserving and doing their best. Up until now, 9,980,000 candidates have been disqualified and had their applications rejected since the start of the entrance test. Only the last 20,000 were remaining and it was about time to decide the top 10,000 which would be admitted into the academy. Out of the 20,000 candidates, 10,000 were bound to suffer sever depression and would have a drop in their self-esteem due to failing at the last stage.
This was inevitable and even the academy could not do anything about it. It was the psychological nature of an intelligent being to feel such emotions. Without emotions, one is no different than a beast which runs on their instincts or a machine which runs on commands. Emotions is a characteristic and a trait of an intelligent being.
These depressed and low self esteem candidates would although be going through a difficult phase right now but the ones who could cope up with it and break through it would have a good experience from this and it would only shape them into their better selves and help them survive in this cruel world.
Life was like this. There are times when things are not in your control. You just have to hang onto one small piece of hope and try to pass these difficult times. Things would eventually be better. Predicaments, failures and hardships are the experiences one needed to face to become a better version of their own selves.
These 10,000 examinees which would be rejected right now are all the youngsters who are above average in the whole world among their age. They are among the elites but just lacked one little step to truly step into the world of genius among geniuses. Though they would be rejected, they would not go home empty handed. Their registration badges would have their scores and this would help them take admission into other prestigious academies which are just a little below Abalax World Academy. They would even get scholarships or even free tution due to their potential.
This happend every year and Abalax World Academy provided recommendation letters about these students to various prestigious academies. Thus, although a door for these elite students was closed, a new one was waiting for them to walk into. They could still reach great heights as academies were just a tool for people to get themselves prepared for the cruelty of the world that they have yet to see.
…..
Lith had been through 5 fights till now and everytime he won using the same type of trick. He didn't come across any candidate who had time affinity and so breaking from his 'Slow' spell was difficult for them. He would repeat almost the same thing all the time and he has in total only used 4 spells. One was from Time, one from Water and the other two from Space element.
Though Emilia, Arya and Sel watched him with great interest nonetheless. They have realised after a few matches that he had been hiding a lot of prowess and they did not know the depth of it. They knew they they had just seen the tip of the iceberg and they were very curious to see what Lith would show them. Though they were disappointed in every match as he didn't showcase any of it much.
Lith had been relaxing in the waiting room and it was about time for his next round. This one would ensure wether he would be in the top 10,000 or not. Though it didn't matter if he won or lost as due to his previous test scores, his overall score was already pretty high and the academy wouldn't want to lose a 6 elemental affinity elite gem and also they feared to offend the Vampire Queen.
…..
A black haired, blue eyed teen was sitting on a couch and was having some refreshments. He looked at his phone screen and was going through his fights which were recorded by the academy and given to him for personal use. He furrowed his brows and muttered
"Hmm, no, no, this is wrong, I should've used my ability [10s Super Reflex] but nevermind, I can use it in this upcoming match and secure my seat in the top 10,000. Heck, what am I even thinking? Top 10,000? What a joke. With these many unique abilities that I have, If I don't top this shit test, I should just kill myself."
He went through many videos and analysed and corrected himself many times. He then looked at his badge and then at his phone screen. He saw the tournament table to look at who was his next opponent.
"Let's see who is the one I am fighting next.
Hmm? Lith Evure? Why does this name seem familiar? I think I may have heard it before. Lemme think, hmm, hmm, argh fuck whatever, who cares. If I can't recall it, it must not be someone worthy to be remembered. I'll beat this shit guy up and kill him. Though he may not be actually killed, he would know his bloody place and the shithole where he belongs.
I wish I could just kill all these shit Demons, Vampires, Werewolves fucks fully and bring a bit of justice earlier on in this world. It's a pity that they are able to resurrect over here. Nevermind though, I could kill them later on. I have all the time I need. I have mastered the Sword and the Bow. Not me but my predecessor but it means one and the same thing and I also have 9 elemental affinities.
One long range weapon and one short range weapon along with 9 elemental affinities and on top of that a lot many unique abilities, who in the fucking world has the ability or potential like me? No shit can even kiss my foot in such terms.
Anyway, me being first in the tournament is pretty much the done deal. What am I supposed to do next? Fuck around with a bunch of beauties? Yeah seems like a good idea. The women in this world like the strong and I am the strongest. Well not yet but I have the ability. I can fuck around with as many beauties as I want.
Any women I ask will spread her legs for me. Though I love to bring justice to the world, women coming at my door to spread their legs isn't any crime or me fucking stupid sluts or even r*ping them is their honour. These bitches of other races deserve to be r*ped and killed. Scum criminal whores."
…..
Lith got up as it was time for his next match and left the room. He started walking to the arena I-5 as mentioned on the badge screen.
He walked to the stage for the 7th time and in the same calm way as before. He got into position and first looked at his opponent. His opponent seemed to be a black haired, blue eyed teen. He didn't read anything about him before as he didn't care. Even if the guy in front of him was someone super special, he wouldn't care.
The reason being, Lith believed in himself and his ability to win any fight thrown at him. This confidence came from all the harsh training his big sister and mother gave him. He respected these two ladies from the bottom of his heart and they were the source of his pride and confidence. He was a bit arrogant but his arrogance was backed by his abilities and prowess that he had and trusted in.
Lith got into a battle ready position. Though he believed he would win, he wasn't stupid enough to underestimate his opponent. Know yourself but not your enemy and you may suffer a defeat at the cost of a win. This was an art of war quote famous even in this world. He had naturally read about it in the various books about battle tactics and strategies.
In these fights, he knew about himself well enough but not his opponent. Even if he looked at his phone to check his opponent, he would only know his name and nothing else. He could ask for information from external sources about this name but it was pointless.
There wouldn't be anyone having prowess above rank 4 in this tournament. It was simply not possible. Being able to fight above ranks was already a very genius feat and the candidates weren't above rank 2. It takes around three to four months to reach rank 2 for the geniuses after awakening their magic core and after reaching rank 2 it takes around a year to reach rank 3. The academy test was made in such a way that no candidate is above rank 2. So, there were no rank 3 or above in this tournament and Lith knew this information.
A rank 2, even if the most elite would only have prowess around rank 4. Above it was simply unheard of. Fighting two ranks above themselves was not achievable by many and as people ranked up, it just becomes more and more difficult.
Lith with all the information he had, was therefore cautious and didn't take his opponent lightly. He was prepared to fight anyone who showed the prowess of a rank 4.
The black haired, blue eyed boy looked at Lith and he too got in a battle ready position. He thought in his mind
'Boy you are in for a beating. Consider it your blessing to not have died in my hands today but also a curse for I, Liam Novius, always remembers my opponents and I would add you into the list of targets I need to eliminate.
From today onwards, your own hunt would begin. So enjoy every moment you can that you have right now.'
The refree looked at the duo and gave a little instructions and then raised his hand and dropped it and said loudly
"FIGHT!"