It is known that the highest star you can make to appear is nine, so where in the world did the tenth star come from, this time even the representatives were shocked, but Jake still had a placid expression on his face as he went towards the third artifact, when he placed his hand on the orb, a black color appeared, everybody was puzzled they have never seen a black color before, they knew it was not a bad thing, cos they have also never heard of a tenth star before.
Jake finished his test, he walked to the middle of the platform and stood in front of the representatives, they had not recovered from the shock yet, when they saw him, they looked at each other, the young male from the royal academy expressed his invitation, the male from the black hawk academy also did, but the military academy did not, no one was surprised at that though, Jake choose the royal academy, the young representative was happy, Jake went and stood behind the royal academy representative.
Edmund didn't expect much from such a place he expected to not go back to the academy alone, the only reason he was sent here was due to his lack of talent in the academy, if those from the other two academy heard what he just said, they would give him a heavy beating, if you're not talented what about us, he is an 18 year old rank three, outside he was regarded as a genius, but in the academy, he was among the lowest, to top it all he wasn't a noble, he was one of the few commoners in the academy, he was glad though, he will receive a little bit of merit for bringing back, such a genius, then the elder called the next person, when he saw who it was, he expected good things from him also, it seemed like the two knew each other, he turned back and asked Jake, who is he to you? My brother, Jake replied, Edmund smiled, today was the greatest day ever, two geniuses at once, the other representatives heard his reply, they also wanted to see how monstrous the brother was, but what they saw next shocked them.
Lucius went up to the platform, he walked towards the first artifact, stood on the black jade tile, the gems started shining from the lowest to the highest, when the last gem shone, everybody was shocked, after all the gems were lit, they all stopped shining, people were puzzled though, because he was still standing on the jade tile, then Lucius stepped away from it in a calm expression.
The elder was puzzled, as Lucius was about to move to the next artifact, the elder called him back, and asked him to redo it, he went back, he still had a calm expression, he stood on the jade tile again, the Sam scene as before was replayed, everybody was still puzzled, but they didn't know what to do, so they let him move to the next test, he brought out his soul orb, when everyone saw the soul orb, they were surprised, a light elemental soul orb, that was rare, not as rare as the space element soul orb though.
Like what happened before, occurred again, ten stars lit up one by one, after the tenth star appeared, they all disappeared back, everyone was quiet now, thinking about what was going on, Lucius went towards the last artifact.
Lucius; I can't believe what's going on, I'm just s I good even the artifacts are malfunctioning, I smirked in my mind, either way I'm entering the royal academy, I maintained my calm expression, actually I wasn't too surprised by my this. I placed my hand on the orb it went from white to purple, it was at purple for about two second, just as everyone calmed down, after he tense, at least something they understood was happening, it changed from purple to gold, so that's what's after purple, then they all looked at Jake, who's own showed a black color, then the gold color turned black, before fading away, it went back to the normal crystal orb that it was, he went to the middle of the platform and stood before the representative.
The representative were thinking of what to do, Edmund was the same, he was confused, he didn't know if he should choose him or not, that was when he heard voice behind his back, you should choose him, my brother is more talented than me, he looked at Jake in surprise, the other representatives heard, but after Edmund expressed his invitation, they didn't, not because he wasn't good enough, but because, his brother was already chosen by the royal academy, so obviously they knew which academy he would pick.
After Lucius went to the tent of the royal academy, Jake looked at him with an helpless expression, then the test resumed.
It was almost dusk, the elder called the last person, it turns out the last person was the city Lord's son, Lucas, no one thought it was a coincidence, he turned it to be a genius, like everyone said, he lit up seven gems in the first test, he had a grade seven purple colored lightning soul orb.
Lightning are divided into four types, the weakest lightning being the white lightning, although it might be the weakest type of lightning, it's power is not something to be belittled, the lightning soul orb is very rare, the weakest white lightning is comparable to the red flame.
Then we have the blue lightning, it's destructive ability is above that of the white lightning, next is the purple lightning, the best thing about this lightning is the fact that it strengthens the body of the owner, it is said that those with purple lightning soul orb are able to reproduce and give birth an offering with the same purple lightning soul orb, in fact they is a domain which have a clan of people with purple lightning, I wonder what is his relation with that clan. Lucius thought.
The black lightning is like the white flame but it's more rare, due to the fact that no one actually awakened it, instead a man from the purple lightning clan upgraded his soul orb, and they turned out to be a lightning above the purple lightning, the man was a genius, but the black lightning was too strong even for him, he couldn't control the power, and he got killed by the power, it's not that he was weak, he was a rank nine ranker, yet he couldn't control the power and he died, very ironic.
The lightnings are each stronger than the last.
His affinity towards the elemental essence was excellent, he had a blue colored affinity, all in all he was rare to see genius, but he was overshadowed by Jake and Lucius.
Yoder was a joke compared to Lucas, although they were both rank 1 middle grade, Lucas was 16 years old, while Yoder was 17 years old, a year older than Lucas.
He was picked by the royal academy and the black hawk academy, he naturally chose the royal academy.
Congratulations city lord, the city lord smiled a little.
At the end of the day, the black hawk academy recruited three people, the military recruited only one, which turned out to be a female, the royal academy recruited three.
Everyone departed.
Lucius, Edmund gave us a day to prepare ourselves, so we went back to the inn.
What happened during the test had spread around the whole city, people were surprised by what transpired, they were sad for the city lord's son, today was supposed to be his day, but those nobles stole the show.
In the city lord's mansion
Lucas how do you feel, I feel good dad. Lucas don't be disheartened about what happened today, you're a genius, but those two are different, especially the the purple haired one, don't compare yourself with them, yes Father, but father I've set them as my goal, I must surpass them, I need to get stronger so I can save mom, the city lord sighed
Don't force yourself too much son, the power you're up against are too strong, don't worry father, I'll bring mom back home safe, then he left.
The city lord sighed again, Amanda your son have grown up, and he is determined to save you, I hope nothing happens to, I also hope he makes good friends who can help him in his conquest, suddenly the image of two purple and white haired boys appeared in his head, he shaked his head and laughed.
The next day we met with Edmund and Lucas at the platform, I couldn't see the other representatives , when Edmund saw everyone was set he whistled, then a huge bird swooped down, it was a black crane, he climbed on the crane, he beckoned for us to climb on, we climbed on it, then the crane flew up, it felt good to be standing on a crane high in the air.