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
- W... WOOOOOAAAAAAHHHH! yells Gancelot and Abel
{Foivos}
" F... Fast! I have never seen something like this before. So, this is Noah Arcadios."
{Fenrax}
" What was that? He... He got behind me in the blink of an eye!"
Noah walks toward Foivos and hands him the cloth. After that, he heads back to his group
- Boss! What was that!? asks Abel with excitement
Noah takes back his shackles from Gancelot and put them on
- It was the last level of my spell, Body Of Speed. he says while putting the shackles on his ankles
Gancelot extends his hand toward Noah to help him get up.
- Thanks. says Noah while grabbing Gancelot's hand
When Noah grabs Gancelot's hand a spark lights up giving a shock to Gancelot.
- WHOA! what the hell? says Gancelot
Noah looks at his hand
{Noah}
" seems like using Body Of Speed, Thunder is still too early. I barely have any Aura left and my body takes residual damage from the thunder that traveled within my body."
- It's nothing. Just some residual damage from using the thunder level of Body Of Speed.
- What about the quest? asks Gancelot. Should we go?
- You don't want to wait for your sister? asks Juliana while looking at Gancelot
- It's just that it's gonna be faster if we do it now. says Gancelot while raising his hand to protect his face
- You guys can go. says Noah. I used too much energy earlier. I barely have any mana left.
- Did it consume that much mana? Even though you only used it for, literally, a second. asks Abel
- Yeah. answers Noah
- Ok! Well, let's go, Abel! says Gancelot while running toward the quest board
- Wait for me, Idiot! says Abel while running after him
The duo that went to the quest board, both take a quest and leave the guild's backyard. The adventurer with the number seven on his tag steps up.
- Oh. Number seven is me. says Noah
- You can go. says Foivos to the adventurer. There is no need to test him twice.
The adventurer goes back inside the guild and the adventurer with the number six walks up
- My turn. says Juliana while walking toward her opponent
- Good luck. says, Noah
- Thanks. she answers
- I am a C-rank and adventurer. When it comes to energy, I also am Bronze-rank. the adventurer says
They both tuck in their cloth and wait for Foivos's signal
- START! yells Foivos
The adventurer goes first and casts a spell
- Water Magic! Water Ball!
A ball of water forms within the adventurer's hand and he shoots it at Juliana
- Fire Magic! Fire Ball!
A ball of fire forms within Juliana's hand and she shoots it at the adventurer. The two balls collide creating a smoke screen due to the evaporation of the water ball.
{Noah}
" This is perfect."
{Bright}
- Why? Is she doing a good job. says Bright with a smile
{Noah}
" What the hell are you thinking? I am not interested in her."
{Bright}
- Is that soooo. says Bright while grinning
{Noah}
" I think she has a special Constitution."
{Bright}
- Huh!? Wait... Now that I look at her... I also think she has one... but how did you know?
{Noah}
" I felt it. I felt the fact that her body was different from Gancelot's but similar to mine. So I determined that she also had a Constitution and that it was a special one too. Can you figure out what is it?"
{Bright}
" Yeah but only if it's one I have already seen."
{Noah}
" What does that mean?"
{Bright}
- It means that sometimes new constitutions are born ones that I have never seen before.
{Noah}
" That's possible?"
{Bright}
- Of course, it is. People with Constitutions are people with special bodies that changed due to their interaction with Energicules while their body was forming within the womb.
{Noah}
" And since everybody has different bodies the change can be different.
{Bright}
- The change also depends on how much Energicules was absorbed during the formation of the body within the womb.
{Noah}
" I see... It makes sense."
- What are you thinking about? asks Mya after putting her face in front of Noah's
Noah puts his hand on her face and pushes it away
- Back off. You are too close. says Noah
- So, what are you thinking about? asks Mya again
- Nothing that you need to know about. answers Noah
- eeeeehhh. Why won't you tell me? she asks
- Because it doesn't concern you. he answers. Why do you even want to know?
- I am just wondering what exactly got the strongest first year always in deep thought. Mya says
- What do you mean by always? asks Noah
- Hmm? I mean that you never listen during class to the teachers because you always seem to be thinking about something and yet whenever they ask you a question you always get the right answer. she says with frustration
{Bright}
" At first, I thought she liked you but it seems like she sees you as a rival more than anything else."
{Noah}
" Shut it, Bright."
[Back to the fight between Juliana and the adventurer]
- Fire Magic, Fire Ball.
Juliana shoots another fireball into the smoke screen and when she does it touches the adventurer throwing him out of the smoke and burning the cloth
{Foivos}
" How is this possible? They are 8 years old children and yet they were able to defeat seasoned adventurers. This is all too much of a coincidence. And all those coincidences circle back to Noah Arcadios. This child is a genius? No. At least I don't think so. He surpasses those we call geniuses. He is a monster!"
Juliana hands back the cloth to Foivos and heads toward Noah and Mya.
- Did you still not entirely recover? asks Juliana
- No. I still need a minute or two. answers Noah
- Ok. Well, I will be going to do my own quest. Juliana says while walking backward toward the quest board
- Good luck! yells Mya
- Thanks. answers Juliana while turning around and heading to the quest board
{Noah}
" What do you think, Bright?"
{Bright}
- She has the special heat Constitution.
{Noah}
" What does it do?"
{Brigth}
- It grants the person resistance against all forms of heat and also permits the ability to feel and see heat.
{Noah}
" That explains what happened during her fight with Gancelot and what happened just now. Shooting a spell at an opponent she can't see but still hit. It was because she could feel and see their body heat."
Noah gets up.
- Seems like I am good to go. he says
- Whaaat? But you didn't answer my question. she says
- I already told you that it doesn't concern you. Therefore, it also means that you don't need to know.
- Well... Good luck then.
Noah heads to the quest board and takes a quest
[Quest]
Hunt the Threat-level 10 monster
Monster: Grey Wolf
- Just great. I have to deal with a wolf. Again. says Noah
Noah leaves the backyard and head to the area where the grey wolfs are.
[Ouiside of the city in the forest]
Noah's walking in the forest looking for a grey wolf. He hears some rustling in a bush.
- Again. Noah mumbles. Why are so many things happening just like that night, damn it!
Out of the bush, comes out the trio of Abel, Gancelot, and Juliana
- Boss! Are you doing your quest? asks Abel
- Yeah. What about you guys? asks Noah
- We are done with ours. We are gonna turn them in. answers Juliana
- Master, do you want us to wait for you? asks Gancelot
- No. The longer you take the worst your result is gonna be. Go ahead I'll be there as soon as I am done with my quest.
- YES, BOSS! says Abel and Gancelot
- Idiots. says, Juliana
The trio leaves
[A few minutes later]
- Where the hell is this wolf? says Noah who is now sitting on the ground. I have been running around the forest with my Body Of Speed, Electricity activated but I still haven't found that damn wolf.
All of a sudden the ground starts shaking.
- It's finally here. says Noah
Noah gets up and heads where the tremors are the strongest. He stops on a tree branch and what he sees when he arrives there is a wolf but the wolf had black stripes and his fur was yellow.
- A mutated monster. A tiger and a wolf. Why is the second monster thirteenth monster I encounter also a part of the wolf family? says Noah.
{Noah}
" This is worst than I thought."
{Bright}
- You can't fight this Noah. You do know how mutation for a monster happens, right?
- Yeah. Through the consumption of another monster prana core.
A monster mutation is a transformation of a monster after killing and eating another monster's core. The success rate is low (6%) but even if they fail to mutate they are able to absorb the prana that was in the other monster core.
- The problem is to find out which monster absorbed the other. What do you think, Bright?
{Bright}
- I am not that good with monsters. Dull would be able to help you but he's in Deep Cultivation.
Noah sigh
- Great. Problems after problems. says Noah after sighing
Deep Cultivation is the state one enters to solely focus on their cultivation. The problem is that to enter that state a person shuts down all of their body's function and when they do they can only get out of that state when they reach the level of cultivation they set before entering Deep Cultivation.
- What level is he trying to reach? asks
{Bright}
- Black-Gold rank.
Noah closes his eyes and sighs again
- And what level is he currently at?
{Bright}
- Peak-Silver rank
Noah exhales loudly
- So it's only gonna be the two of us for a while, huh?
{Bright}
- Yup.
Noah extends his hand toward the mutated monster
-Lighting Magic, Electricity Bolt.
A bolt of electricity forms in Noah's hand and he shoots it at the mutated monster but the minster dodges the bolt and immediately retaliates by jumping toward the branch Noah is on. Noah quickly dodges by jumping on another tree's branch.
{Bright}
- What the hell are you doing? Do you think you are a ninja?
- I have no choice. In the tree because of its big body. If I go down there it will be able to move freely.
The monster roars and once more jumps toward the other tree on which Noah landed on but while it's in the air, its claws start glowing red and he swings toward Noah. When the monster swings the claws take form of a slash with prana.
- This is a Beast Art! says Noah while jumping off
The tree gets completely destroyed and Noah lands on the ground
- A monster able to use Beast Art means that the monster is at least a silver rank. That also means that it's a threat-level 8 monster at least. says Noah