It's been two days since Spade was thrown out of the kingdom. He was in his tent from that time, not talking to anyone. And this had Martha worried.
Martha is the woman who takes care of Spade's well being. As his parents have gone long ago, she takes up the responsibility to look out for Spade. They have lived together for 10 years now, in the Cleov mountain, which is on the outskirts of the great Zaun country.
Being Lower Class, she and others like her were not accepted in the country and were forced to reside in the mountains. The people that belong to the Lower Class do not have any beast powers in their souls. They are accepted in the kingdom only if they agree to be enslaved.
This racism began when humans started magically awakening their powers. Those who couldn't were bullied and mistreated due to their soul being 'too weak to handle a beast'. And when they started revolting back, the people with powers also began to fight, bragging that they are the righteous ones.
This piece of history was known as the 'Inside War', where the human society itself started dividing due to pride and greed.
Coming back to the present day, things are still the same. Classification of power holders and non power holders still takes place. Parents abandon their children if they are not strong enough to have a beast. The society is crumbled.
And still with all this, Spade still has his ambitions to rise at the top. And he has not given up on it yet.
After the third day of isolation, he came out of his tent. Martha noticed him and approaches him.
"Spade! Why were you inside for so long!? I told you not to go to their place, all of them are like that. They will look down on us no matter what we do! Don't feel bad about it, they are the ones in the wro-"
"I understand, Aunt Martha. And I am not feeling bad. I actually am pretty excited for what I have thought!" He said as he took out a bag and put it on.
"What have you thought, boy?" Martha asked.
Spade smiled.
"You'll see." He said as he ran away to the nearby forest.
Martha was to stop her, but then she stopped. She knew it was impossible to stop him once he had decided what he had to do.
"Go for it young man." She said.
Meanwhile in the Zaun Kingdom....
The format of the exam had been announced. The exam will take place in two parts.
First, it will be a race. The candidates will be left on an island with a task to find Crimson Key, which will give them the pass to the second part. There are a total of 40 keys on the island, meaning out of 500, only 40 will be chosen.
The next part will be the tournament. The 40 remaining candidates would be thrown against each other to fight one on one. There would be a total of 20 rounds, and the twenty people who have won would be chosen as the new batch of Predators. Meaning that the tournament is a do or die round. There is only one chance to win.
The aspiring Predators get ready as the exam is about to begin in the next three days!