The Anacromedian Academy, one of the four most prestigious academies in Markostein. Everybody wants to join this academy because admission in this academy means a golden ticket to unimaginable success. I'm one of the few students who got the chance to study manipulation in this academy. Unlike many of the other students, I managed to make my parents happy. Of course, it wasn't hard since I'm the best visionier at my age. This is my first day at the academy and I'm excited to see what the other candidates can bring to the table.
Jin Juna June is a 16-year-old boy who just got into one of the four renowned academies for producing the best Visioniers of the nation. His magic skill is exceptionally high for a boy at his age. He can cast level five spells which takes a minimum of two years of higher academic education for an average mage. He knows that his skills are extraordinary and takes pride in his abilities. He is over confident because of his skills. But this isn't just any academy, neither are the student's incompetent. He was about to find out that himself.
Jin enters through the academy to find out that there is a large gathering around a stage that is placed in the middle of the academy field. He goes closer to inspect himself and suddenly a magical fairy of white color the size of three stories pops into the stage out of nowhere.
"Hello dear students. Welcome to the academy, all of you are exceptional mages that will become the best at what you do and take over the country as the next generation. I have no doubt that each and every one of you has a hidden yet useful talent that will serve the kingdom. Today is your first day here, I hope that all of you are having a good day." She speaks, grabbing the attention of all the students. "Now for your faction selection, we will have a tournament to determine whether you go to the faction Celessa, Bermione, Goushin, Frankenstein or Orshin. The rules of the tournament are to defeat your opponent through magical abilities. Top 15 of the 500 students will go to faction Celessa. 16 to 30 will go to faction Bermione, 31 to 55 will go to Goushin, 56 to 80 will go to Frankenstein. The remaining 20 students will go to Orshin and the others will be expelled immediately. You will fight one opponent at a time and climb the ranking with points based on your fighting ability, level of manipulation and victory. Now we shall begin!" The white fairy disappeared right after announcing the sudden tournament.
The academy field fell into chaos as only about 20% of the people will remain in the academy. They will have to pack their bags and go away even after passing the entry test. Many became pale as a corpse, broke into tears seeing how low the chances of them being selected is. But fear is for the weak, those who don't possess any skills. It was obvious that these run of mill lackeys won't make the cut. Yet they got happy just because they passed one or two exams, how foolish! As for me, I know I am the best among these insects. I'll show them how their future majesty fights, I'll shove it in their eyes that it is I who they must serve here, that they are mere slaves of my will.
A weird screen appears and it shows,
[Match 250
Round 1
Harjoun VS Nickel
Points: 0 0 ]
Two people suddenly appear on the stage before it transforms into a big boxing ring. So the first ones to fight are Harjon and Nickel. Both look like utter trash with no talent to me. Let's do what these peasants can do.
Harjon launches a level 1 grade 5 compressed air spear that almost wipes the stage away.
Wow, this is one powerful wind attack to start the fight with. I bet that's the best he can do. Did he want to end it with one attack? But it didn't work though, Nickel guy deflected it. I guess that's it, he's the first one to bite the dust.
Nickel counter strikes with an earth magic which creates a sharp rock that pops up right under Harjon. Harjon jumps up in the air to deflect it and he suddenly casts an air magic spell that completely breaks the sharp pointed rock.
'That earth style spell was a level 2 grade 3 at least! Enough to break any bone. Not only did he dodged it but broke it with a spell that must be at least level 3. He can even do that? He must be one of the better ones here. Well, I expect nothing less from the elite students in the country.' Jin thought to himself.
Nickel goes for another earth type manipulation, creating a hard clay shard in thin air and attacks him with it. Harjon doesn't try to dodge it; rather he manifests a mini storm that not only destroys his shard but damages Nickel severely. Ending the match swiftly.
Nickel later was picked up by two tall guys that wore all white uniforms and a blue mask.
{Match Ended}
[Match 250
Round 1
Harjoun VS Nickel
Points: 27 11 ]
'What the…? He created a shard in thin air? A mage capable of level three magic at our age? And he's not the only one, the other guy didn't even dodge that ridiculous attack. He just overrode it with his own magic. Not only he created a mini tornado but mixed it with condensed air which he also sharpened. This couldn't be a spell any less than level 3 grade 3! How are they doing it? HOW?' Jin thinks to himself looking at the mesmerizing fight that just broke his expectations.
[Match 249
Round 1
Sevve VS Ynier
Points: 0 0 ]
So, the next two opponents are girls. They don't look half bad. One is a ninja who uses knives and the other is a demon girl. Well, I never saw a demon this hot.
Sevve attacks first with medium size balisong. That spin is sooo smooth, she's definitely a skilled ninja. She imbued her air manipulation into the balisong and her legs to achieve speed and sharpness. She blitzes towards Ynier at a speed where I can't even see her for a moment until she's already attacking her. That's a nice technique but a basic one. I bet my demon girl will stop it like a piece of cake.
Ynier defends as Jin expected but as soon as she touches her hands to stop her from attacking, her hand starts to burn intensely. After just 5 seconds, her hands completely burn down into ashes. Cementing Sevve as the clear winner.
{Match Ended}
[Match 249
Round 1
Sevve VS Ynier
Points: 16 0]
She just oneshot the demon girl? Let's rethink what she did. She used AM (Air Manipulation) to increase her speed and her blade's sharpness. Then she moved in on her immediately to attack but when the demon girl touched her hands, she started to burn. What magic could she use? flame manipulation? No then the flames will be visible on her hands before she even touches it. Holy magic? It can be, it can burn the demons. No, it must be it. I have no other explanation.
He was shocked to see the battles. Yet Excited. None should be able to use any type of manipulation above level 2 without academical training, much less without it. His pride of being number one was challenged by the battles he witnessed before his eyes. Born in the Juna family, one of the most established royal families in the country. He was regarded as a prodigy. He was the best at his school. Never in his life he saw any hardship. Although he has no pride over his family's money, he takes pride in the heritage. He also takes too much pride in his achievements, arrogant in other words. He saw many others use magic that is even A or S level but those were the royal guards or his grandpa. Nobody of his age showed this much talent despite being as young as him. He's feeling very nervous now, yet so happy to be challenged.
Many matches passed on, many had one or two noteworthy moves to show but no match that's as significant as the first ones. It started to bore him, were there not anymore good matches? After what felt like eternity, he sees his name on the match board. It's the royal boy's time to shine!
[Match 28
Round 1
Jin VS Yokoha
Points: 0 0 ]
And he instantly teleports into the stage. Before him is a tall, very tall, 6'10" type of tall and insanely buff dude with ripped muscles. Although he was in black suit that obviously covered his body well enough, it was evident that only a few in the whole country have a body as physically strong as he does. Jin speaks his mind immediately after seeing this monster of a man in front of him, "Do you only have muscles? Can you fight?" His face is stoic, almost scary. He continues shortly after, "If yes then don't disappoint me, I've waited half a day for this."
Yokoha just smiles before positioning himself to run at Jin. Almost as if shrugging Jin's words completely.
Jin snaps his fingers activating a cloud above the entire academy. Though he isn't attacking yet.
Yokoha runs at a lightning-fast speed towards Jin.
"That ain't gonna work on a god. Your physique is nothing against my manipulation." He launches thunder strikes at Yokoha from the cloud he summoned.
Yokoha manages to deflect the thunder coming his way but to his surprise, he feels a touch on his left shoulder.
He quickly jumps forward before turning back in the midair. His heart stops, eyes widen and mind goes blank. He watches Jin turned upside down, only fingers away from him just floating in the midair. Not only Jin managed to get behind while he was dealing with his thunder strikes without him noticing but also followed him in the air. Yokoha has no answer. It's like he's stuck with time while he stares at this strange man in awe.
"The Pyro Blade"
Jin chants his magic abilities name while activating it. Upon activation a narrow red beam created from Jin's fingers blasts Yokoha's head away in the ground before he could even react. Yokoha took a great amount of damage yet it seems he could go for another round or two.
"Huh? You're still awake? That was a level three-grade-five magic you know. You're pretty strong for a muscle hea--"
"B A A M"
Jin gets launched in midair and only after getting launched in midair he noticed he was thrown by Yokoha.