The spark that Luvi lit started a war between Skyward and Blue mountain academy.
Being in the same city as they were, there were usually small time wars or competitions all the time, but none of this level had happened in a long while. The previous competitiveness had turned to pure hatred for each other and they looked forward to city wide competitions to put the others in places.
Though unknown to most people, those without life that were terminally online had just come across a weird post.
"Hello fellow anon, you might not know me nor would I ever know you. But I have a special ability that helps me come across other civilizations, specifically the dreams of the people that live there."
It started out simple on the board, though the more one reads it will find how absurd it is.
An ability to enter the dreams of people, not of this world?
Did that mean there were other worlds?
Would it explain the existence of dungeons?
But that was not the weirdest part about this post.
"The method to utilize mana is a lot more substantial and complete in that world. And through those dreams I have been able to find some methods that were useful in ours."
"And while most methods require materials that are not present in our current world. But the methods I posted below can be a gateway to two paths. The knight and the Mage."
"To those with more physical oriented talents, I would suggest Knight path and vice versa for Mage. For they not only strengthen your body but your innate ability as well."
"Practicing incompatible techniques might not bring you much advantage, so beware."
It was an absurd post. Because even if it was true, why would in their right mind post it for the whole world to see.
Knowledge like this is a weapon itself and can be used to control people.
But now it was given for free to the whole world.
Anon281214: Looks like anon is smoking too much weed these days, it just looks like weird yoga.
Anon423184: Hey anon, I got the ability to smell bullshit. Living at a farm didn't help me much.
Anon120822: How about you dream some b*tches?
Anon823421: Anon really thinks we're gonna get off our seat and do weird yoga.
The initial response was not good and this was to be expected. These were people that were used to dealing with the world in a cynical way, to them everything was a joke even their own life. So why would they believe in something this absurd?
But there were some curious ones that before making up their own mind, they chose to do the exercise as was mentioned in the post.
These were people that had still not lost any hope. People who were not pure wasterals.
Anon9422233: Did someone see, the guy left a cipher for us in the end… What is he planning? Probably an arg of sorts?
Though there were others who were interested in some other things.
But after the initial post, Luvi never responded to anything. It's better to leave these people to explore the information he gave out on his own.
Because without experience, few people would believe in any of this.
The practices for Mage and a knight differed. In Knight it was focused on body and control over mana, while in mage it was more meditation focused and mnemonic information that one has to read in their mind while making weird sounds depending on their practice.
Both of them were hard, though one truly made for a lazy oriented crowd.
So knowing the kind of people that were usually active on these boards, Luvi was aware that most would choose to practice the mage method out of pure laziness even if it didn't match with their ability. But let them explore things on their own.
He had given out ample suggestions that he had other more powerful methods in his possession; if those interested wished to obtain it, they had to solve the cipher he left and pass his test.
And he would check back again in three days.
Let them be mad, confused and completely surprised over what he has given them.
"Even though there was an increment of 2 kgs in my grip strength, it is still nothing close to the strength of an average adult. Some more practice would be needed."
Currently his body fat and liquid diet can sustain him for a while, his goal was on obtaining a healthy body to begin with and these training methods also burned a lot of fats at a faster rate to develop proper muscles at a faster rate than normal.
And the more one's mastery over the fundamental body training technique rises, the faster he would burn more calories and reach his desired physique.
"My current goal is white star, then I don't have to go to the dentist every time I use my power at least."
His power was a completely stupid one without any practical use.
Of course there would not be a day where he would have to use prosthetic teeth or tooth fillings for himself, but mind you, there are people capable enough to heal their injuries using fire.
How can there be so many discrepancies in abilities?
Though none of that would matter for there was a way to get stronger without depending on talent alone.
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There were all kinds of talents in this world, from those capable of killing to those being completely useless.
There were even abilities that were considered so dangerous that the people who awakened with it would be put under quarantine.
There are even some abilities that are useful in daily life and they are rated 3 in the ability scale.
Miriam was one of those individuals.
She had the ability to tell true from false. Though, instead of it bringing her fame and fortune, she was hated by everyone.
No one wanted to talk to her.
No one even wished to come close to her.
Nor she wished to do the same with them.
For she can tell truth from false and she was scared with the lies that surrounded her.
And she had no way to control this ability as well, for she had the talent of an D class, with zero growth potential.
She might turn into a white star hunter way later in her life if she maintained her exercise regiment.
But currently she is still young. And after suffering from all kinds of lies and ostracization, she had devoted herself to an online life in a place where there was no form of identity and everyone was just one of the anon.
It was also when she came across a weird post that claimed it was impossible. To her, this just seemed another one of the lies that she had gotten so used to.
And at the end of the day, this whole site was filled with fools that like to play pranks like this all day long.
But in a part of her mind, she wished to believe in this. At least if there was some truth to this, she can gain control over her ability after proper practice.
So downloading the Mage file, she started.
The meditation and mana control was not the hard part of this exercise, to her who had tried to control her ability to stop hearing the truth, this was as simple as breathing.
What made this hard was the weird mnemonic voices that needed to be said from her mouth.
The poster had originally used software to record the voice for reference, but it lacked the natural feel to it, so she needed to still experiment and find the correct tune on her own.
"This is stupid."
She didn't believe this was any real, how can it be?
Good things are not given out for free. Not like this and in such a foolish way.
But looking at her empty room and empty packets from the takeouts she had ordered, she understood why she wanted to believe in this.
'I can't live like this.'
She had started to practice once again for real. Controlling the mana and collecting it in her chest and with time as her mouth was moving to make those sounds the mana in her body fluctuated and slowly started to compress with each weird word that left her mouth.
This was such a weird and odd feeling that her concentration broke and she stood up.
"No way…"
There was surprise written all over her face.
The general method to absorb the mana was to attract it to the body and let the body innately absorb it at a slow pace.
But for a sound from the mouth to not only stop the mana dispersal in the body, but compress it as well?
"This is really real?... "
It was just a slight feeling, but she was sure of what she felt. "I can't believe this.. This is real."
So many like her slowly learned that the weird post on the board was not a troll.
And while some were lost in their newfound power and practice. There were others that abandoned that practice and focused on something more practical. Something more substantial.
It was the cipher left under the post.
The key to a new life for them.
These people were not stupid nor blinded by the practice. They were more interested in the individual and that gave them this gift.
And they wondered.
"What else?"