--Ray's Pov--
"Rank 1 Noah Styles, please come on the stage."
As soon as the principal called out for Noah, a a handsome youth started walking towards the stage. He had a handsome face and light brown hair which could make any girl drool over him.
His golden eyes seemed to discern any lies that anyone was telling. The aura he had around himself clearly stated, 'I won't back down from any challenges.'
Even while facing the aura of the principal he seemed so comfortable as if he was taking a walk in the park. And I almost fainted because of principal's aura. The difference between our strength was too big right now, Noah could beat me hundred times over even while keeping his eyes closed.
Everyone's eyes were focused on him, he totally looked like a main character right now. The principal awarded him with a pendant. For others it might look like an ordinary pendant, but I knew what it is. The pendant is actually the pass to Supernova's vault, where innumerable amount of treasure's are stored.
Supernova is the biggest organisation in all of human domain. Nobody can dare to stand against it, it monitors all the awakened people in the human domain and keep them in check so they won't cause any ruckus.
It has 5 SS rank heroes leading it, and our principal is one of them. Except the 5 SS rank heroes it has more than fifty S rank heroes in it. They are the ones who fight against the demons and keep us safe.
And what Noah got just now, is the pass to the vault where Supernova stores all of their treasures and he can pick any one of them. Even though he only has access to first floor, it is flooded with innumerable treasures.
From arts to artifacts, weapons to runestones everything you can ever imagine.
'He seems confused.' I thought while chuckling and looking at the blank expression of Noah. I guess he doesn't know the use of the pendant as well. While I was thinking all this, our principal put a sound barrier around himself and Noah and told him the use of pendant.
After knowing the use of the pendant, Noah's face lit up as if his dream girl has accepted his proposal. After keeping the pendant in his upper pocket, he went and sat on his seat.
"Rank 2 Luke Elrod, please come on the stage."
After Noah, it was turn of rank 2 to go on stage and get his reward. Luke Elrod, rival of Noah who could go toe to toe against him. His unique ability is [ Shadow Manipulation ]
which grants him control over shadows.
He comes from the Elrod family, who owns the phantom guild, which is the number one ranking guild in all of human domain. Not only can Luke rival Noah in strength, but also in looks.
He has black glistening hair and deep blue ocean like eyes. He has a tall build and is very arrogant, well what do you expect from a second generation Chaebol. He uses daggers which compliments his [ Shadow Manipulation ].
"Rank 3 Hannah Swift, please come on the stage."
After Luke it was Hannah's turn, the first female lead in the story. She is what you call a typical tomboy with a bad temper. Her unique ability is called [ Mana Burst ] which makes her attacks pack a lot of punch.
She uses a longsword and is very dangerous in close combat. She is what you call a beautiful lady, having a nice face and the curves on the right places.
"...."
"Rank 5 Alice Pendragon, please come on the stage."
Pendragon, anyone with this last name belongs to the royal family. And Alice is the princess of whole human domain and the second female lead of [ The Third Calamity ] .
Her unique ability is called [ Divine senses ] which allows her to sense anything very easily. She uses a bow as her main weapon.
She has white hair and grey eyes which make her look like an ice maiden. The only thing odd about her is her cold expression which make people keep distance from her.
The opening ceremony went on for 30 more minutes before coming to an end. The principal didn't stop releasing his aura even for second. I felt like I will suffocate to death.
'I am finally fucking free now.' I said to myself while going out of auditorium. The past two hours felt like ages. Some thoughts were bugging me and they needed special attention, so I made my way straight to the dorms.
After arriving in my room, I quickly summoned my status screen. Yesterday I forgot to check the second gift that was given to me in the beginner's pack.
[ Copy of The Third Calamity ]
It was the copy of The Third Calamity till where I have read it and here I thought I got the copy till the end. But there was something extra written at the end, which freaked me out.
[ Task -
Survive until the end of the novel ]
[ Reward - ??? ]
I don't know how I got here in the first place, but if I want to know the answers I need to survive until the end. The second thing that was bugging me was my unique ability [ Ice Manipulation ]. It is a powerful ability to say the least, how did someone with such an ability place in the bottom three hundred. It simply didn't make sense. This ability gives you control over an entire element. There are only two answers I could think for it.
Either the previous Ray didn't practice more than a few minutes daily or he has been reawakened. Yes, people can get reawakened when they face a life threatening situation. But the chances of it happening are one in a million.
[ 5 : 00 p.m. ]
It was already 5 p.m. in the evening and the regular classes are going to start from tomorrow. Having nothing left to do anymore I thought of testing my abilities.
I went to the training facility which was beside the dorm. It had everything you can ever hope for in a training facility, from robotic dummies used for sparring to gravity room.
The thing that I found odd, was the amount of people present right now. It was totally empty, hardly anyone could be seen. Well it was quite understandable, as most of them were with their new friends right now or taking rest as it was only first day of school.
But our mc Noah, who is a different breed is already beating the shit out of the dummies.
'I pity you poor dummies.' I thought to myself while making my way towards the training field.
I started my [ Ice Manipulation ] training by making ice walls. Making each ice wall took 15% of my mana. After that I made an ice spear which only took 3% of my mana. The spear was sharp and durable enough to hold against a F- rank beast.
After testing and practising my unique ability for two hours, I started practising my spear. At first I felt like as if, I was holding a long stick, which I started swinging mindlessly. But with time it started to get better.
I was so absorbed in practising my spear that I lost count of time.
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--Noah's Pov--
[ 9:00 P.m. ]
'I guess that's enough practise for today .' I thought to myself while looking at the time.
As I was heading out of training facility, I saw a boy with silvery white hair and red eyes practising in the training field.
He seemed clumsy as if he has held the spear for the first time today. He was making a lot of unnecessary movements which could result in his death while fighting someone.
But with time his movements were getting better. Although his movements were still of a beginner, they were way better than before.
The way he was practicing was as if the world was going to end in a few years, and he was practising so that he could get stronger to protect it.
[ 9:30 p.m ]
I chuckled while looking at the kind of expression he was making. It looked so hilarious, but I couldn't waste anymore time watching him train as it was already very late. So I got up and went my way.
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--Ray's Pov--
[ 10:49 p.m.]
"Fuck" I shouted out loud while looking at the time. I will have to sleep outside today if I don't reach my dorms in 11 minutes. After 11 p.m. no one is allowed to enter the dorms.
Without thinking about anything further, I rushed towards my dorm. Even though the dorm was beside the training facility, it still took around 10 minutes to reach it.
[ 10:58 p.m ]
'Heck yea baby.' I shouted in my mind while looking at the time. I was two minutes away from sleeping on road. I was so engrossed in my training that I didn't realise it was already so late. After catching my breath I summoned my status screen. I wanted to see how much I have improved.
[ Name - Ray Bladefield
Age - 16
Rank - G+
Strength : G+
Agility : G+
Stamina : G
Intelligence : G+
Mana Capacity : F-
Unique ability - Cyromancy
Affinity - water, wind
Weapon - Spear
Arts - SPEAR OF DESTRUCTION (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐) - Beginner 8% ]
Everything was still the same as before except the art which was now on beginner stage. Every art has five stages - beginner, intermediate, advanced, perfect and the one with it. When someone reaches the stage of [ The one with it ] he will be able to use that art flawlessly even without trying.
Reaching the stage of [ The one with it ] is way slower while practising a 5 art technique when compared to a 4 or a 3 star technique. But the power it brings is also a lot more when compared to a 4 or 3 star technique.
I dozed off to sleep as soon as I layed on the bed.
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