Prof Brody started walking toward the office while Claire came running to Xander.
"Are you okey? Aren't you hurt?" Claire asked while looking at Xander.
"Don't worry I am okey, I thought you will be going in town?" Xander asked. Claire didn't answer, instead she give a light slap to Xander's nape.
"Ouch!" Xander wanted to complain but decidenot to.
Claire went at the weapon area and pick a great sword, it was like the one Prof Brody used to carry all around, a long two handed sword. The sword Claire had picked looked normal just like other swords with a red hilt though there were some strands of black pattern at the both sides of a central ridge that's runs from a crossguard all alone to the tip point of a sword.
"I can't believe I got panicked because of you." Claire declared. "You know what? I am the best among the sword users and besides I have seen your performance. Come and pay for got me panic for nothing."
Claire walk past Xander and stay a fighting stance. Xander looked at her for sometime before he pick his sabers.
"You know what? I am not that easy." Xander said.
"I know." She answered before she charge in.
Xander choose to stand and watch her without any fighting stance, looking at her sprinting with her sword raised above her head. When she reached near him she swung her sword.
Xander immediately raised his dual sabers in a crossed shape to block. The impact pushed them two steps back away from were they where.
"I didn't think you were this strong." Claire declared.
"Me neither." Xander said. "This is getting more impressive."
This time Xander was the one who made the first move as he swung his sabers in a wild way while taking one step after another toward Claire. She block the first attack but then another attack was on mid-air, she raised her sword and block an incoming attack however Xander swung one of his sabers again without giving her a chance to catch her breath.
She proceed to block again and again without getting a chance attack until something unexpected occur. She strike her sword on the ground and the round wave like flame spread from the tip end of the sword all around her to every corner of the room.
It was a suddenly and fast strike which took Xander by surprise, it sent him flying toward the other side of the room, but not before he rapidly spin in the air and land in a rondom direction.
"You surprised me." He said.
"But you have still manage to catch your balance even before you fell." She replied in annoyed tone while prepare for the next clash.
Xander didn't say anything as he stay a fighting stance, they both sprint and unleash a series of swings, but this time Xander was the one who was overwhelmed and remain in a defensive mode.
"A suddenly increse in agility!" Xander wondered. "I knew you still have something under your sleeves...You should know I have some myself."
After a while both Xander and Claire could be seen sitting huffling and panting inside the Weapon Class. But what came first in Xander's mind was to look his progress with his dual sabers skill.
[Master of dual sabers]
[Level: 3]
[Progress: 63.9℅]
"I knew you were impressive than you seem." Claire said.
"I also wonder how on earth did you get to use the sword." Xander said. "It matches your style well."
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Finally the day every student was waiting for, it had arrived as every student was busy by their own preparations. By the other side on the very top of the ASSEMBLY HALL was a black haired boy with an Academy outfit, at his back there were a back shealth which carried what looks like two blades.
He was leaning against the wall with his hands in the pocket looking at a certain direction. He has been in the position for a long time now. He looked at his watch, then he sighed before he turn around and leave. He went through staircase until to the ground level inside the ASSEMBLY HALL.
When he reached in the ASSEMBLY HALL, she found Prof Rayven finishing his speech. Then he tap on his watch several times, a list appeared before he started to call out squads from number 1..2..3 going on to the larger numbers.
Then they were taken by the supervisors out of the room.
Eventually Xander's time had reached as Squad 11 was called out and the same procedure were followed. When they were taken out of the room they head into a certain block building, it vot no name like how other building were.
Inside they found large long different glass tubes which were builded from the floor to the ceiling of the room. On the base of these tubes were marbles which run around the tube.
"This is what are called teleporter, they will take you to the other teleporter located in your destination." One of the supervisor explained. "The marbles will glow different colors according to your destination. For your case, they will glow green because your destination is the forest."
"Is your destination a 'Dark forest'?" A Supervisor asked and both of them noded, he then type on a strange machine beside the teleporter. One of the teleporter glass door slid open.
He sign for them to enter the teleporter, and when everyone was inside the Supervisor said. "Bring as much crystal as you can, remember you have two days only." After that revalation the glass door closed and the marble started glow green. Everyone in the teleporter felt a force pulling them into the unknown void, their head felt heavy and their mind fell to process what was going on as their vision became blur.
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