{Foivos}
" Noah was the one to teach him that? But if I remember it right, Naoh is a lightning magic user. Is he a dual-element magician?"
- This is taking too much time! says examinee number two while walking up to the adventurer with the number two on his tag
- What the hell is wrong with him? asks Juliana
- Let's do this old man. says examinee number two
{Noah}
" This guy... he looks like... Rex Ulvan. The guild master of the Ulvan guild. In seven years, when the Rifts will start appearing, he will be one of the first to create a guild."
- You shouldn't talk to those that are older than you like that. says Noah. How old are you?
- You talking to me, you fucking noble? says Rex. I am 20 years old. Why?
{Noah}
" So it really is him. His blatant hatred for nobles seems to have always existed, huh? Now the question is, what should I do with him?"
- Fine. Let's do it. answers the Adventurer with the number 2 on his tag
- Rex. I don't think you should fight him. says Noah
- Boss, what do you mean?
- Don't meddle in my business, kid. Otherwise, I will rip your Noble mouth apart.
{Noah}
" His hatred for nobles runs deep... but why? Even back then, he refused to cooperate with me because I was a noble."
[Flashback to Noah's past life before the fall of humanity, two years after the first Rift opened]
*Knock* *Knock*
- Enter. says Rex
The door opens and Noah(17 years old) enters. Rex's expression changes from a relaxed one to an angry one and he sighs.
- What do YOU want, noble?
Noah also sighs
- What is your problem? asks Noah
- The blood that runs within your veins, maybe?
- Tsk! This is ridiculous. I only came here for one reason.
- What is it? asks Rex
- I want to enter the Rift that opened yesterday. says Noah
Rex who was looking at some documents lifts his head up and looks at Noah
- What?
- You heard me, Rex. I want to enter the Rift that opened yesterday.
Rex puts down the documents that he was reading.
- Why? asks Rex while staring at Noah
Noah stares at Rex. Noah closes his eyes, opens them, turns around, and goes sit down.
- I had a strange feeling when the Rift opened yesterday. says Noah
- What do you mean by strange feeling? asks Rex while getting up
Rex goes sits down in front of Noah
- Explain. says Rex
- How much do you know about Rifts, Rex?
Rex stares at Noah. He notices that Noah is serious, just like always, but this time there were worries within his expression
- Rifts are a passageway that connects two realms permitting inhabitants of the Realm that opened the Rift to enter another realm. says Rex
- However, the result of opening a Rift is not always guaranteed. That's why there are different types of Rifts that can open. For now, there is a Rift that permits the inhabitant of the Realm that opened it to enter another Realm and there is the type that only permits inhabitants from the other Realm to enter the Realm from which the Rift was opened. In other words, Rifts are passageways to other Realms but it only has one door, and for some reason, the only Rifts that open on our side are those leading to the Demon Realm. That's all we currently know about Rifts.
- Where are you going with this? asks Rex.
- The Rift that opened yesterday, it's different.
- You already said that! Why is it different? That is what I am asking you! says Rex
- This Rift is not connected to the Demon Realm. says Noah
- What!? Then, which Realm is it connected to? asks Rex
- That's the problem. It's not connected to any Realm. answers Noah
Rex stares at Noah
- What does that mean? Rifts are always connected to another place.
- No. That's what we think but the truth is that we don't know much about Rifts, Realms, and all the other things that happened two years ago.
- You think you can understand more about those things if you enter the Rift?
- Yeah. answers Noah
- I see... It's too bad you are a noble. says Rex while going back to his seat
- What do you mean?
- I am saying that you cant enter the Rift. I don't trust you at all.
- Are you serious? You are letting your grudge against nobles get in the way of the discovery of a possible way to raid the demons?
- So that's your goal, huh? You want to be able to open Rifts to the Demon Realm and you want to raid them?
- The only way for humanity to survive this is to wipe out the Demons. says Noah
- .... And who is the one letting grudges and hatred get in the way? Why do you hate demons so much, Noah? What did they do to you?
- We are done talking. says Noah while heading to the door
- By the way, did you hear? The number of Rifts appearing in Fayrak has been on the rise and the guilds over there are starting to have difficulty handling them. At this rate, Fayrak may fall. says Rex
- I don't care. Fayrak is not my home. I was robbed of my home two years ago. says Noah while leaving.
[End Of Flashback]
Rex and the adventurer both tuck in their cloth and wait for Foivos's signal.
- Boss, what did you mean earlier? Why shouldn't he fight him? asks Abel
- Gan!
- Yes, master?
- When you look at him, don't you find him to look quite similar to someone in our class? asks Noah
- Someone in our class?
The adventurer that is gonna fight against Rex is a tall black man with blue eyes and grey hair and a grey beard.
- hmmmmm.... Now that I look at him... he kinda looks like.... Mya!
Gancelot turns and looks at Noah
- Master... Does that mean that he is?
- The double A rank adventurer, Fenrax. That's him. says Noah
- START! yells Foivos
- Body Art! Reinforcement! yells Rex while running toward Fenrax. Movement Art! Quick Steps!
{Noah}
" Double Art. The ability to use multiple Arts at the same time. It's a hard thing to do but it's even harder when you are using two different Art. He really is a genius."
- Master... That Quick Step.... It looks exactly like my wind step. An explosion of ki at hia feet that propels him and permits him to move at high speed.
- That's because the wind step spell is based on the quick step. Truth be told quick step is an Art that if well understood is possible to recreate with magic.
- You don't understand, do you Noah? asks Juliana
- What are you guys trying to say? asks Noah
- Boss... How were you able to understand a technique that uses ki and change it so that it can be used with mana.
- Is it that amazing? asks Noah. All I did was copy what I saw.
Abel puts his hand on Noah's shoulder
- Boss... I really like you, you know. But what you just said was pretty annoying. Abel says with a smile full of annoyment
[Back to the fight]
Fenrax easily dodges all of Rex's attempts to steal his cloth.
- *huff* *huff* Why aren't you attacking, old man?
- You don't need to worry about me. says Fenrax. I will take the cloth from you when you give up and is out of energy.
- What? asks Rex with anger. Are you kidding me?
Fenrax smiles at him and shrugs. Rex, out of anger, blindly rushes at him and continuously tries to take the cloth. He tries to feint, he tries to throw some actual attacks and even tries to use some dirty tactics but none of them works.
[A few seconds after]
Rex falls to the ground. Emptied of all his energy and tactics to steal the cloth. Fenrax approaches him and takes the cloth.
- You let your anger take the reins when you fight. Up until now, it may have worked but from now on as a fellow adventurer I strongly suggest you try to stay calm while fighting.
- DAAAAADDD! yells a familiar voice
Fenrax and the others look at the door that leads to the backyard and when it opens the one it reveals is Mya. Noah, Gancelot, Abel, and Juliana's fellow magic-specific classmate, Mya.
- What are you doing here, darling? asks Fenrax
- Mom told me to bring you your lunch. she says while handing him a lunchbox
Mya turns around and notices Noah's group
- Oh! Noah! I didn't expect to see you here. she says
Fenrax approaches Noah, he puts his hand on his shoulder, and squeezes his shoulder
- Who is he, Mya? Is he someone I should know? asks Fenrax with a clenched jaw
- Huuummm, I think you got the wrong idea, mister. says, Noah
- HUUUUUHHH? Is my daughter not good enough for you? HUUUUUH?
{Noah}
" What the hell is wrong with this guy? I thought that he was mad because he thought that his daughter and I had something going on. So, what the hell is he talking about?"
- FOIVOS!
{Foivos}
" I have a bad feeling about this."
- What is it, Fenrax?
- I will be the one to test this kid. he answers
- Do you mind, Noah? asks Foivos
- Of course not. Noah replies. It would be my pleasure to have my test be against an AA-rank adventurer.
Noah and Fenrax walk up to the middle of the backyard. They both tuck in their cloth and wait for Foivos's signal
- Sorry, old man.
- Why are you apologizing? You... COULD IT BE THAT JUST LIKE I THOUGHT!?
- NO! I am saying sorry because I will have to humiliate you in front of all these people.
- Huh? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Do it if you can but let me warn you. I am at my best only when my daughter watches me fight.
{Noah}
" What the hell is this old man saying? But this is a good opportunity. I will test my real speed."
Noah takes off all four shackles that he is wearing
- Gan! Keep this for me.
Gancelot take the shackles and return next to the two others
- What are those? asks Juliana
- I don't know. But master always has them on. I wonder why he took them off all of a sudden.
- This is my first time seeing those but.... Doesn't the design look like Boss's sword design?
Gancelot looks at Noah's sword that he left next to them when he left.
- You are... right. I think. says Gancelot
- I guess they were made by the same person. says Juliana
Noah starts jumping in place to warm up his body. He stops
- Ready when you are. says Noah to Foivos
- START!
- Thunder Magic, Body of Speed. Thunder.
*BZZT* BZZT* BZZZTZZTZTZTZT*
One second Noah is in front of Fenrax and at that moment everyone blinked and when they opened their eyes Noah was behind Fenrax with his cloth in his hands.
- This is what it means for a fight to be over before they even know it, Gancelot. says Noah