Max was walking the hallway like he had known it before. He was trying so hard to seem like he belonged there, not looking at the paint that was hanging on the walls or the windows.
He thought that if he acted like that, nobody would think he was new, and no one would ask him questions or bully him. He wanted his first day to be an easy one. If nobody noticed him, it was perfect.
Walking through the hallway, entering and exiting rooms one after another, he was starting to feel like he was inside a maze, even if the system was showing him an easy way to follow and it seemed like the shortest one to his class. Finally, after what felt like an hour, and in reality were just ten minutes, he found him standing in front of a wall, more precisely a black concrete wall.
"Why is the system showing me that I can move forward? This thing is broken? Maybe it isn't as nice as I thought."
"Hey, why are u staring at that wall?"
Suddenly, after hearing that question Max turned his head around. He saw a girl with blonde hair and green eyes. Her dress was short and black, and she was wearing a jacket with a white shirt. Max found her beautiful, but at the same time, he was annoyed that she noticed him. He wanted to walk away, but the girl teleported between him and the concrete wall, scarring the boy and making him more worried about her.
'System, can you show me...'
~~~ Analyzing Legacy ~~~
~~~ Legacy of Unseen Hunter ~~~
~~~ Level: Medium to High ~~~
'What the....this is bad'
"Aaahm, sorry, I was daydreaming. Anyway, I will go that way, see ya."
"Wait. You are new here, aren't you? I saw that you came with the headmaster, and heard how everybody talked about that. Still, you didn't make a scene and even worked hard to be unnoticed. Tell me, are you his son?"
'Tsk, how did you... Unseen Hunter? Maybe because of her Legacy?'
"How did you know that?"
"Let's say that I can make myself hard to see and I just followed you. My instinct told me that you would be worth the time."
'It sure is because of her Legacy. But that level thing the system keeps showing me, what is it referring to?'
"Why are you staring at this wall? It is the only black wall in this academy, but still, it is weird for somebody to just look at it."
"Wait, it is the only black wall?"
"Yeah....so you are new here, not even knowing the legend. It is said that right beside this wall was burned alive an ex-student. And his soul was engraved on the burning wall, that's why it is black like the darkness itself."
"Interesting, what else..."
"Anyway, I need to go. I hope to see you around more NewGuy, you seem interesting and I have a feeling that I will enjoy hunting you."
Max was scared. Right before being interrupted, the girl appeared behind him and whispered in his ear the last part of her message. But when Max turned around, she was nowhere to be seen.
'System, search for her'
~~~ Function not yet unlocked ~~~
'So you can't do anything. It was too good to be true.'
~~~ Secret in front of the user ~~~
~~~ Advise: concentrate on the wall ~~~
'What the...Ok system, you are trying to make it even? How am I supposed to do this?'
He was trying to push the wall with his hands. After seeing that it didn't work, he just put his hand on the wall, closed his eyes, and concentrated on the wall, imagining it and then imagining the map shown by the system, with the road to his class continuing through this wall.
Suddenly, he felt a little more refreshed and relaxed, like he just got out of the shower. But still, nothing happened.
He felt like something inside him changed a little, but nothing happened with the wall. So, he decided to take two minutes to sit down. He wasn't in a hurry to class. The boy knew that he didn't have a legacy and that high school was especially for kids with legacies, so his not going to class was not a big deal for him.
After sitting down and crossing his legs, he tried to clear his mind. Let it go for a moment.
Suddenly, he remembered his childhood. Specifically a moment when his mother played chess with him and she was telling him something.
"Your father always said that whenever you are in trouble, clear your head, feel the air enter your body, feel it clearing all your negativity and making you more peaceful."
Without him noticing, Max let a single tear escape his eye and washed his face, but at the same time, he was smiling. Practically, he was seeing his mother inside his memory, which brought him sadness and happiness at the same time.
"Now that you are at peace, ready to try to win again? Maybe this time don't lose your queen so quickly, girls are important in life Maxy."
Suddenly, he felt his heart heavy, and at the same time it was growing, or something was starting to appear inside it.
At the same time, he felt like falling on his back, like there wasn't even a wall. Scared, when he quickly got up he saw the wall, but at the same time not. It was now transparent, and he could see a hallway behind.
~~~ Mana Pool upgraded ~~~
~~~ 1 Mana gained ~~~
~~~ 1 Mana used ~~~
He saw that now, the Mana bar was contoured blue. It seemed like he unlocked the thing that was supposed to be there.
'Did I just use mana? On the wall? How, why?'
He was dumbfounded, but at the same time, he started to ask himself some questions.
'That girl, she didn't seem to know this. Why didn't she try to use mana? And what is there, if this was a secret door....what lies ahead?'