A bright white light shone in the middle of the camp revealing a blonde haired boy with a smile on his face causing a tumult.
"What, even he is allowed to come?"
"Bro, I think the teachers had a reason for this"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, take a look at his wrists. He's neither with a partner, bracelet, or recorder"
"Oh, I see that now. It seems even the academy is tired of him for them to send to his death"
Kers looked at the cause of the commotion from one side of the camp and heaved a sigh.
'Thank fate he is also participating in the expedition. However, why is he without any device? Does the academy plan to get him killed?'
~Dimitrois~ Kers called out ~Follow that young boy and do not let him out of your sight for any reason~
~As you wish milady~ A wolf man with black furs appeared and disappeared a while after.
"Kers, why did you call out Dimitrois?" Thalia asked
"Oh, it's nothing much. Just to do some patrolling" Kers answered
"Okay, if you say so" Thalia looked at Kers with narrowed eyes
'She could have just called one of her low ranked guards and not the high rank ones'
…
"Okay everyone! Once you see the yellow light return back here immediately" Mr Philippos spoke "Now that we have all arrived, I shall officially start the expedition. Spread out"
Five minutes after the camp became empty; Marios and seven other boys appeared with grins on their faces.
"Now let's show him the real pain" Marios snickered
…
Orpheus stood puzzled at the centre of an open field.
'Where am I going to begin from… I'll just go in a random direction'
After walking for about an hour, he arrived at the middle if the valley. Happy that he had found a place to rest, he trotted into the cave thanking fate for his good luck. He woke up a few minutes later, seeing a shadow looming over him.
'Is it night already? I guess I slept for too long'
Sitting up from his position, his eyes met two big, silver eyes staring at him.
'Damn, having to encounter a monster on the first day here, I must have a pretty good bad luck'
"You've got some nerve coming here uninvited human," growled the monster
Hearing the growl, Orpheus decided to look at the type of monster he was fated to meet and got a scare. It was a black fox with seven tails of different colours – Orange, Blue, Brown, White, Gold, Black, and Yellow.
'Of all beasts, it is an elemental fox. I'm gonna die'
Orpheus began to search around frantically for an escape route. While doing so, he saw a purple light from a corner of the cave. He began to run towards the light while screaming for help.
"Hmm, they sent another one again. Those foolish mortals" muttered the elemental fox
…
At another valley, a wolf man appears before a young teenager.
~Milady,~ Dimitrois said ~the human has run into an elemental fox. ~
~Do not worry Dimitrois. He will not die. At least, that's what I think ~
~All right milady~
…
Still screaming for help, Orpheus finally reaches the source of the light
'Really? It was an ability orb?'
*Cough*
Orpheus coughs up blood as he looks down to find a cut in his abdomen from the fox.
'No, I cannot die yet when I still have a bright future ahead of me. I'm going to make a final stand!'
"Give up human, you cannot absorb it." The fox snarled
'Whatever, I'm going to die trying if I have to'
Orpheus wobbled, making his way to the ability orb that was on an altar-shaped mount while holding his wound with one hand. Arriving at the mount, he extends his bloody hands towards the orb. While his hand was above the orb, his consciousness began to fade, making him to pass out. While he was falling to the ground, his hand touched the orb placing blood all over it. As if feeling the blood the ability orb began to throb in a rapid manner before emitting a very bright beam of light into the sky, illuminating the whole cave.
"What! It chose him. Why would he? Huh" The fox said with wide eyes before casting a bright light behind him.
While the fox was containing the light, an array appeared with Orpheus and the orb at its middle. Orpheus' unconscious body began to levitate in the air above the orb. After reaching the beam of light, a purple and a silver matter left the orb and entered into his body making the purple glow into the orb to fade gradually until if finally disappeared along with the beam of light. After the phenomenon, Orpheus' body fell to the solid earth.