Lux quickly called Nia and asked her to meet him in front of the cafeteria building.
A few minutes later, Nia could be seen walking towards Lux.
"Hi Lux! What happened that you suddenly called me like that? We just spoke this morning."
Nia was really curious about Lux's motives for calling her; he wasn't usually like this.
"I have some good news for you; come with me to my room." As Lux said so, Nia followed her brother to his room.
A couple of minutes later, the pair of siblings arrived at the Men's Dorm Building.
Quickly entering his room, Lux was happy that Nia didn't ask him about the fact that she could enter the building so easily.
Her SkyLimit bracelet wasn't checked. Usually, women couldn't enter the men's dorm, and for a good reason…
"Do you want some tea or soda?" Lux suddenly asked.
"Oh, yes! Some tea will do." Nia quickly nodded; she seemed excited to drink some tea, as it was her favorite drink.
Lux proceeded to look for the tea cups, when he suddenly realized he didn't know where they were.
"Nia."
"What is it?"
"I don't know where the tea cups are."
Nia, "..."
"Do you want some water?"
"Sure."
After the awkward moment finally passed, Lux prepared to give Nia the items he just bought.
"Open your SkyLimit bracelet." Hearing her brother say this, Nia didn't hesitate to do as he said.
With a few taps, Lux managed to take out the items stored in his SkyLimit bracelet for Nia, "Take these and try them out before the Portal Exploration begins. I'm sure they'll help you greatly."
Nia was taken aback to see so many items on the floor, especially the dagger and armor that seemed to be calling out to her.
"Brother, what's this?"
"It's just a small gift. I had some unused Power Stones, and Professor Atomus also gave me some."
Lux smiled as he said this. He couldn't really say that he was probably the richest man in the world, speaking about Power Stones.
This small amount wasn't even a fraction of his entire wealth.
"But…they look so expensive. How are we going to pay him back-"
"There's no need to pay him back. He gave me one million and promised to give the rest of his debt later. These were only a few hundred thousand Power Stones, so don't worry too much about it."
As Lux said this, he patted Nia's head before hurrying her to take the items from the floor and try them in the Special Class Training Facility.
After Nia left, Lux entered his bedroom and stood on the bed. A few moments later, he took out a bunch of Power Stones and started absorbing them.
Just like the last time, tens of Power Stones were fully drained of their energy; this process repeated itself for a few hours, until Lux opened his eyes.
'This is too slow, normal Power Stones can't help me right now. I think Khione mentioned something about Pure Power Stones, but where can I find them?'
'Or maybe... They're not on Earth, but outside.'
———
A few days passed quickly, without many things happening. It wasn't that Lux wanted something to happen, but it was really boring.
'Maybe I can see something interesting inside this Portal.' Thought Lux as he was the first one that arrived at the meeting point of the Special Class.
Well, he wasn't the first one, as the Professors and Instructors were the first ones to be there.
"Worthy of being the number one student amongst the Special Class, you are the first one to get here."
Instructor Blaire smiled as she said this to Lux; the others quickly gazed at him before continuing what they were doing.
Only the Professors, with Atomus in the lead, approached Lux and asked different questions, some of them even treated Lux as being above them.
"Professor Atomus, can we get some insight about the specific missions we have to complete inside the Portal?"
As Lux asked this, he saw Professor Atomus shaking his head, "I'm afraid not. The specific missions would only be released after being inside the Portal. This is to prevent others from making preparations beforehand and get ahead of the other students participating."
Nodding his head, Lux patiently waited for the students to arrive here, so they could already go and explore that Portal.
The next ones to arrive were Nia with Silvanna and a joyous Maximus who was holding hands with a beautiful young woman.
"Hey, Lux! Look at this, Emily also came. Hehe, she couldn't resist my charm and decided against skipping a few months of Academy life."
Said Maximus with a foolish grin on his face, before getting slapped.
The one who slapped him was Emily, she sneered a bit before saying, "What charm? If the Academy didn't announce that they were going to downgrade those who aren't in the Top 30 in our Class, you think I would've bothered to come here only to see you?"
Not only Lux, but even the others chuckled a bit at the couple's funny quarrel.
Lux only saw Emily twice before, and both times she was talking with Maximus on a video call. So it could be said that they were neither familiar or unfamiliar with each other.
"This guy just had to say something so cringe every single time he opens his mouth. Pathetic." Said Silvanna before also sneering.
"Yes, very pathetic." Nia also followed in and nodded aggressively.
"Thank you for sharing my thoughts." Emily sweetly smiled at them, a different contrast to how she was when with Maximus.
Both Lux and Maximus were speechless seeing the girls acting so in tune and being so close to each other, despite it being the first time they met.
'That's why women are scary.' Said Maximus using his eyes to signal Lux.
The latter seemed to understand as he subtly nodded back.
"Are you thinking something bad about me?" Emily came closer to Maximus, she wore a beautiful smile on her face, but for some reason, that smile only managed to make Maximus more afraid of her.
"N-No! I wasn't! You can ask anyone who knows me. I, Maximus Dunamis, aren't such a person!"
The Professors and Instructors all had a smile on their faces, one that quickly disappeared when thinking of something.
After this small episode passed, the hall where they gathered was shortly filled with the other students. All sixty of them were present.
Among which there were some familiar faces.
Myra Blaze, Mark Tenebris, Amanda Lapillus, Valentino Russell. The latter was constantly stealing some glances at his big sister who was hugging Maximus's arm intimately.
"Alright, now that everyone has gathered here, let's begin…"