Third person's P.O.V
--back at the 12th representatives waiting room--
"…whoa talk about final flash." Luca commented, while coming out of his quick nap. As rin, Dante and mark were all roaring out in anger… though mostly rin. "what got you guys, all rage mode."
"because those assholes called it a tie, even after the coward fled the scene like one disappearing act." Rin called out in rage, as even mark nodded his head in agreement with her words. Though Dante was still a part of this conversion, his mind wondered back at the scene he had just witnessed… that monalisa girl wielded so much power, that no one knew about it in the first place. "it was very clear that Trinity had that match, but no! they called it a draw! Who does that?"
"though I have to admit it… assuming Trinity wasn't a dual user… was just a mage entirely… then the outcome of the match would have been so different." Mark made a sudden remark about the entirety of the battle, while luca just nodded his head in agreement with what mark commented. "I'm just glad it wasn't too late."
"I guess you can say that… regardless the user… Trinity was still up against a sacred arm, and not just anyone." Rin spoke out from her seat, but then stood up and folded her arms together and started to think in thoughts… remembering the very situation from before. "for some reason honestly… I guess we just had luck that Trinity could use weapon technique too… if not… it would have been over at that very moment."
"I understand what you mean rin… I'm also very glad she is alright… Trinity is saved…" Dante tried to console her, but at the very mention of Trinity's name by Dante, the door opened up to reveal Trinity in her tattered uniform. She still had her gentle smile on her face and some dirt marks accompanied, however rin charged at her and enveloped her in a big tight hug, as mark joined in with a big grin on his face.
"that's the power of the 12th rep captain right there!" mark roared out and cheered with rin also cheering along with him. "we knew you could do it!"
"so how was it, of course it was very obvious that you won, but those butt heads called it a draw!" rin flamed up and reported this to Trinity, who just smiled and just held up her cheek with her right index finger.
"well to be honest… it was alright, though I have to admit… she almost got me… I never knew she had something that powerful with her." Trinity spoke and made her way towards Dante with a worried smile on her face, as she just hugged dante, who returned it with a very big smile on his face. She turned towards luca and smiled at him, in which in return, he nodded his head with a soft smirk on his face.
"… but this just proves luca's observation right… they have more up their selves and of course this might hinder our success in the next change… so to sum it all up… we need to try and point out any secret relic or cheat codes before it has it effects on us and while being safe… but at least I know something for sure… the stronger they are... the more the tricks… so tobi."
She walked towards Dante again and held onto right hand and spoke softly to him "please be very careful."
"of course I will sister Trinity, trust me… I've handled worst." Dante said, while trying to calm down her nerves, but this didn't seem to work at all.
"tobi… I'm talking about the seal… try not to over exceed yourself, if not I'm afraid the seal might start to act up… just promise me one thing Tobi" Trinity started off, and so did rin, who came to grasp my other hand. "…if you see any sign of the seal acting up… please… just forfeit the match… do this for all of us."
"... okay… I will, though it already seems that the stage is already fixed… meaning that-." Dante was cut off by the general announcing his name, for him to appear in the ring alongside lance.
"and for the 12th representative… Dante sarutobi." After the general's announcement, Dante started to make his way towards the door, while stretching his limbs a little bit.
"are you with your weights Dante?" mark asked from behind rin, as Dante just turned to him and grinnned, just around his wrists and ankles, his weights bracelets were present. "huh, what about the buttons-."
"don't worry mark, they all in my front top pocket… and besides, I don't leave without them." Dante commented while reaching the door. I turned around towards them and just smile as they all smiled back. "so I guess it time huh."
"just be careful out there tobi." Trinity warned Dante with a very worried expression on her face, as Dante hated seeing her this way, so Dante just gave her his usual goofy smiles to cheer her up… and as always… it worked… which he was so glad for.
"I will… Trinity." Dante responded with a soft voice, while turning his attention towards rin, who just gave me a thumbs up and a very big smile on her face. As she ran and gave him a very quick hug before letting go.
"just remember to go crazy on that dipshit for me." Rin commented with large grin on her face, as dante just reciprocated it with the same energy, but then rin's once rugged behavior then mellowed down to a shy kind of character, in which she only portrays towards either him, father Alfred or Trinity "but please be safe, okay."
"of course rin… I will." Dante responded with great softness in his voice, as he turned towards luca, who just removed his glasses and smirked at Dante.
"just remember to kick some ass Dante." He simply spoke out his words, and mark just came about and gave me a simple head nod and thumps up.
"oh you know it… well then, see ya guys." Dante raced out of the door, closing it as he sped off towards the arena. 'let's do this'
--back at the observation room--
Third person's P.O.V
'finally I can now study that boy… and who would be the best case study to put him up against than the ace of the 1st academy, lance caul…' the general continued to skim through the papers, as his eyes caught hold of something under Dante's profile… and that was he mana data analytics, from the first assessment. "this kid… just what is he?"
--Flashback to the mana presence assessment—
The general's P.O.V
"alright, next up." I called out after assessing most of the 12th representatives, and it seemed to only remain just one more… I check the papers to see, a very strange name… or am I seeing this well.
'Dante-sarutobi… this can't be, did father Alfred have a child…. That's impossible, the resemblance is not even present at all, probably just a coincidence.' I thought with a suspicious expression on my face, while I was about to continue the procedure.
"Dante sarutobi." I called out and waited for him to show up, it started to take some time after I called out his name, but finally i saw that some of the crowd start shift away to create space for him to pass… but as he made his way out and towards the chamber dome.
I squinted my eyes at him, as if trying to notice something off about him, as something didn't feel right about him… 'there's something about his mana presence… I-I'm I sensing something else hidden… but the more I try to find… the more lost I am...'
"so I'm guessing you already know what to do then." I cautioned the boy, as he just nodded and made his way into the dome. The hatch shut closed and everyone started to wait in anticipation… and so did i. "alright then… show us your power."
We all continued to wait, until we finally saw sight of a streak of red mana chunking up within the chamber, as the dome started to read his mana presence.
1000
2000
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10000…
'wow, talk about a sudden spike… this is not meant to happen.'
15000
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500000..0…0
'something is wrong with the system.' I started to get worried at what was going on, as the readings for him were not counting the number systemically… instead it was spiking up in significant amounts. "the system is overloading… how is this even possible."
I stared back at the dome, trying to observe what could have been the fault… but it seemed that the once red colored mana… started to evolve into a dark purple with streaks of blood red… and the pressure from it started to feel almost… choking… as even some of the students nearby started to go on one knee due to the amount of force the dome… 'I needed to stop this right now, this must be a glitch in the system.,
600000..5..3….23.4.5…6..5...1.3.2….4.4.56.7..45.5.7…35..3.5..6.734…0
"what is going on, the system is crashing" I panicked and tried to attend to this problem, as I was in both awe and shock. This system was said to measure even the unquantifiable... without any sort of glitch… but apparently this boy's mana presence is far too great to be measured by the system… but that can't even be logical in the first place. 'the monarch's mana presence is said to hold no limit, as it transcends both time and space… but of course even the dorm could measure the intensity… even though it was unquantifiable… it has never glitched once… until now.'
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
I saw that the system starting to stabilize itself, as it started to produce the final result of the boy's assessment… the walls immediately started to record the following numbers.
1000000000000......0.0.0.0....
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Crash!
The dome shattered and the walls started to crack… but it still kept counting… until… it just went off…
I suddenly ran towards the boy, trying to make sure that he was okay… but to my surprise, he was alright… I held his right hand, trying to focus more on it.
As I felt a weird mana shift from there… but the moment I kept the contact with his hand, I immediately let go and started to sweat profusely. 'this b-boy…
--end of flashback--
I glared at the screen, with the boy already present and focused on that his right hand.
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"just what is he"