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Chapter 9 - Chapter 9: A Rivalry... The 1st reps vs. the 12th reps

Author p.o.v

All the buses drove into the front base of the HQ just below the mountain structure, as the buses containing the regular students parked and unloaded first, before the rep's buses. 

The buses were arranged in a series of positions from the number 1 to the number 12, which symbolises the total number of bishops present for the unity meeting. Each academy bus is assigned to the academy's headmaster in charge, as these were the bishops present. 

All the students in the buses had unloaded and headed towards the grand assembly, as there were hundreds of students present, each from different academies owned by their very own bishop, as they all came to witness the assessment.

As the buses kept rolling in, different academics added to the numbers already present in the assembly. The whole operations were guided and observed by standing members and officials of the dragon guild, as some were securities and some were organizers and planners. All academies from 2st to 11th had shown up… but the 1st and 12th hadn't shown up yet.

The grand assembly hall had a stage at the centre, which was some feet above the floor level, so all the seniors circled it, while some just started up gists and socialize among themselves.

All the students wore different colours and styles of attire, and while some academy's attires were just robes, others were different or similar, but with different sets and codes of dress. 

The 2nd academy wore a black suit attire with golden buttons and dark shoes, seeming more former than the rest, but unlike the 6th academy that wore a bright red coat that had a golden chain that held it over their shoulders and then with black long sleeves and trousers for the males and skirts for the females. These kinds of differences separate each academy and make them distinguishable from their following pairs.

But as they continued to chat with each other, different academies socializing with the opposite academies, suddenly came to a halt. They all paid attention to the arriving buses with the assigned titles.

(1st)

(12th)

As with the usual entrance, the rep's buses were to be the ones to enter just halfway into the main assembly, showing the candidates of all academies currently in the assessment. The first and twelve buses arrived safely in the assembly ground with all the different academies around it, but soon officials of the HQ came to separate them from the way.

The reps from the 2nd to 11th academies stayed at their assigned waiting rooms that stood in their academy sections, as they were all observing the new arrivals of their opponents.

The doors of both buses opened, and the muttering in the hall got louder due to this. 

From the 1st bus, a young lad with black coloured hair and red coloured eyes came down from the bus, accompanied by a girl with brown coloured hair and grey coloured eyes with a petite size, a boy with green colour hair and brown coloured eyes who towered over them with a height of 6'3 feet, and a somewhat slim figure but built beneath, then another boy with dark blue coloured hair and aqua blue coloured eyes and was same height with the young lad with black hair, though held a short sword at his left hip stealth, and finally, a more matured girl, seeming to be around the same age as Trinity and had a silver hair colour and yellow coloured eyes.

They all wore black combat suits that had a similar design to the other opponent's attire. But as they came down, a big round of applause erupted from the crowd, as these sets from the 1st academy were known to be at the top of the assessment for almost every 5 years, so they were treated to be on a different scale than the rest. Even the opposition from their waiting room was disturbed by this.

The 1st academy students were about to start going to their waiting room… but then.

"Move it you nerd!" a roar erupted from the 12th bus, The moment the door opened, everyone's eyes widened and their hairs stood on end, A sudden wave of breeze blew from the door and out came the reps from the 12th academy, with dante leading out first, followed by rin, then Luca, mark and finally Trinity.

The boy from the 1st academy had his gaze turn into a glare towards the new opposition, as the mana presence from them was unbelievable.

'....just what are they…' the boy thought with malice in his eyes, though no one cheered for the 12th reps, a sudden cheer erupted from a section of the crowd, as this seemed to be their fellow students from the same academy… they cheered with so much confidence.

Dante, Rin and Mark decided to wave back at the applaud, but Luca just seemed to stare at the opposition… almost as if he was trying to read them and study them. Trinity on the other hand just kept a gentle smile on her face and stood close to them.

Mark after waving, spotted the 1st reps and decided to go over to them for the sole purpose of giving a friendly handshake, Though Mark stood 6'4 still had a friendly smile on his face that made him less intimidating. He reached them and was in front of the boy with black hair.

"Hey there, I'm Mark, I hope to have a splendid match-up with you guys…" Mark brought out his hand for a shake towards the black-haired boy… but instead, the boy stared at his hand spat on it and carried his face away, as the petite girl beside him glared at mark. 

"Move along, trash" the black-haired boy spoke, referring to Mark, who just stared at the spit on his hand with a surprised face.

"Are you deaf, he said to move." The dark blue-haired lad pointed his sword at Mark's chest, with an intense glare… though still, Mark remained, looking at his hand with the spit.

"It seems the boy is brainless… it appears fools were brought into the assessment and no surprise it's from the 12th-" the 6'3 teen on their team insulted, but was then countered by a marching footstep sound coming their way.

"Yep and I'm staring at them," dante said with a frown, as he was accompanied by Luca, Rin and Trinity close by. "Or what do you say, Luca?"

"talk about assholes" Luca called out and made his way to the dark blue-haired boy with the sword, and used his right index finger to push the sword he had at Mark's chest. "stop pointing your twigs at people, it's rude, dumbass"

The dark blue-haired boy got furious and was about to assault Luca, but was then called to order.

"Enough Paul… stand down, We can't waste our time here with these garbage orphanages…" the dark-haired boy said with a bold voice.

"Of course, senior Lance" Paul said with a bow and stealth his sword back into its hoist. But just as Lance was about to move, a hand held his shoulder and it seemed to be Mark's hand, with the spit on it. 

"... Get your hand off me…" Lance said with an intimidating aura around him, but instead, the entire hall got hot as Mark stared at him with a very sinister smile and closed his eyes.

".....make me…" Mark responded, making Lance's team get into a battle stance, but then Trinity came along and held onto Mark's hand, she just smiled at him and requested him to let go… which he obeyed.

"Next time keep your dog at bay." the brown-haired petite commented to Trinity, who just let go of Mark's hand and started directly at the girl with a closed-eyed smile. 

'damn it… she might blow.' rin, Luca and dante thought, but instead Trinity just maintained her composure and spoke with… a dangerous aura over her.

"And remember to make sure to avoid me if you truly cherish your life… it was nice to meet you all, let's go guys." Trinity made her way towards their waiting room, as everyone was paralysed by her mana presence but continued to move, though it seemed that all the academy's students witnessed all the drama and some officials were ready to intervene if things got out of hand.

Finally, all the reps were in their waiting rooms, when a sudden alarm alerted all the students to go to the centre stage, as the event was already starting. Everyone made their way to the stage, with a man in a black general's uniform on stage with an ear mic.

"Welcome everyone to the unity assessment, Now This assessment shall assess the following teams on their capabilities, strengths and capacity, and if they succeed, the team shall receive instant acceptance into the dragon guild, for the protection of the people.

I am General Cole Sniper from The Phoenix division of the Dragon Guild and I'm pleased to inform you that I will be in charge of the first assessment… the combat sparring." The general said while looking into the scripts in front of him on a pedestal but by the end of his sentence, everyone cheered in excitement.

"And please note that in this test, only the randomly chosen reps shall engage in the first combat… and for the first combat… we have

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The 1st reps… vs.… the 12th reps… meet in the combat space in the next one hour… everyone is dismissed to the observation room… to witness the battle between these two giants."

'just perfect… time to kick some asses' dante thought with a grin on his face.