It had been two weeks since Luna and her older brother arrived at the Stella Academy through one of the Portals connected from where they came from to Stella City.
They admired the urban scenery of Stella City, and the land area, as well as the infrastructure of the entire academy.
Although they couldn't fathom it with their naked eyes, due to the provided School Guidebook with the Stella Academy's map in it, they came to know the premises' size.
The entirety of the Stella Academy was as massive as the size of 8 standard-size football fields, and it had a hexagonal shape based on the aerial view that the pictures had shown.
Due to its massive size, it was only right that not everything inside the Stella Academy was related to academics.
There were restricted areas or areas that were out of reach for students unless they received authorization with a valid purpose.
These areas consisted of facilities regarding the following: Beast Processing, Herbal Gardens, Forge, Atelier, Enchanter's Sanctum, Stella Armory, and Luna Logistics.
Beast Processing was about the facilities where dissecting the beast's parts took place for miscellaneous or general uses except for Beast Core which could be used for weapons, armor, or artifact-making.
Herbal Gardens were the area or facilities where any alchemical herbs used in Atelier, for potion-making, could be harvested.
Forge was the facility where the weapons or armour for the Stella students were produced, while the Enchanter's Sanctum was the area in which 'some' of the weapons and armor that the Forge made were passed through so that they could do the Enchantment process.
Atelier was the area for making artefacts. Although the security of the Stella Academy wasn't lax, the Atelier contained tighter security.
Then, the Stella Armory contained weapons or armour that were not for students, and the Luna Logistics worked in transferring and procuring the relevant materials depending on the higher-ups' orders.
"It's not like I'll memorize all of them, though."
Luna — who was sitting in front of her study desk, inside her spacious, but luxurious-looking dormitory room — muttered softly as she re-read the parts of the School Guidebook that she didn't manage to finish due to its thickness, which only means "many pages".
"I wonder if my brother has read all of them..."
Waiting for the Sun to be swallowed through the horizon, she continued to flip the pages and read them thoroughly, like the new, excited student she was.
The 9 gigantic, dormitory buildings were located at the Western part of the hexagonal-shaped Stella Academy. They occupied at least three parts of the hexagon.
Then, there's the General Training Ground located on the perimeters of the middle of the Stella Academy, where a towering, massive literal Stella infrastructure was situated, pointing itself to the sky.
The Teachers' Faculty Building, as well as the students' classrooms, were on the Northern part of the Stella Academy.
This building occupied the two parts of the hexagon, while the remaining three parts, which referred to the facilities that were restricted to the students were located on the Eastern and Southern parts of the Stella Academy.
"…There are also 3 entrances, huh..."
She muttered as she read about the entrances of the Stella Academy that's situated in the North, where the Teachers' Faculty Building was located; West: where the 9 dormitory buildings were located, and East, where the restricted areas were located.
...
While reading the School Guidebook, and at the same time, admiring the Stella Academy's infrastructures and its architecture, the Sun started to set.
Luna looked at her smartwatch that she was wearing on her right wrist before closing the School Guidebook, she then stood up from where she sat, walked slowly to her bed, then started to lie on it.
After a few seconds, with her fair-skinned hands at the back of her head, she muttered softly.
Name: Luna Raven
Race: Human
Title:
Health Points (HP): 710
Mana Points (MP): 500
Stamina Points (SP): 630
Age: 15 (Earth Years)
Sex: Female
Height: 167cm
Planet: Earth
Rank: E
Profession: Magic Swordsman
Constellation: None
– STATS:
Strength: 42
Dexterity: 33
Constitution: 63
Agility: 40 (+11)
Vitality: 50 (+21)
Willpower: 25
Tenacity: 25
Charm: 14
Luck: 12
Magic Power: 50
– Unique Skill: None
– Skill:
Wind Cutter (Lvl. 2)
Rank: E-
Cost: 15 MP
– Imbues your sword with wind element and makes it sharper.
– The sharpness and magnitude of the wind element that envelops the sword increases as the level of the skill increases.
Short Blink (Lvl. 1)
Rank: C
Cost: 25 MP
– Teleports a short distance of 10 meters from your original location.
– The place of teleport can be designated by the user.
– As the level of the skill increases, the distance for teleportation becomes farther and the mana cost becomes lower.
Basic Swordsmanship (Lvl. 3)
Rank: F-
– You can perform the basics of swordsmanship like a true beginner.
Mana Sense (Passive) (Lvl. 1)
Rank: S+
Cost: None
– Sharpens your senses to be more sensitive to mana.
– The higher the level of the skill, the more sensitive you become to mana.
– Helps the efficiency of other mana-related skills by 100%.
Mana Breathing (Passive) (Lvl. 1)
Rank: S+
Cost: None
– Breathes in mana from the atmosphere more efficiently.
– Mana regeneration increased by 100%.
Mana Control (Passive) (Lvl. 1)
Rank: S+
Cost: None
– Allows the user to control mana more efficiently.
– Skill executions can be performed more efficiently.
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For an aspiring player to be qualified for enrollment in the Stella Academy, the player would need to take an entrance exam, which was divided into two parts: Written and Rank Evaluation.
As the "Status Window" was something very personal, considered to be one of the best assets of a player, the Rank Evaluation was rather done through a simple yet anxiety-inducing process.
By placing the hand atop the Legendary-rank artefact, "Truth-Seeking Orb", the player or enrolling student would then answer the necessary questions given by the employee or Stella staff.
These questions were about the Rank, ranging from F- to SSS+, Professions, and the number of Magic Power stat.
Any lie of the aspiring student would be detected through the Truth-Seeking Orb, which comes with a heavy penalty.
Although it was somewhat "easy" to enter the Stella Academy as long as the aspiring student passed the simple examinations and have the finances for the enrollment fee if the individual in question wasn't under the "Player Scholarship" program,
it's better to belong to the A-1 class as much as possible due to its unreal privileges, especially after they graduated.
Luna then recalled the process that was explained to them, on how the classes were assigned, while she was waiting for the time to pass.