Chapter 9
As the light of dawn crept into the room, Jake woke up early as 4am to start with his daily quest. He wanted to start with the push ups but he didn't want to disturb his roommates so Jake quietly got dressed and slipped out into the crisp morning air, making his way to the gym.
After thirty minutes of walking, Jake finally got to the gym.
The gym door had a type of machine which has a specific code that will be inputted before it could be opened. And all the students were given that code when they got into the academy.
"Hey, Jake, you know with a leveled-up inspect skill, you might just find yourself unlocking more than doors." Zee said.
Jake initially was shocked about the talking voice, he almost forgot about it. "Really!?"
"Yes. It can do that, so I will advice you level up as soon as possible because it might be useful to you." Zee said again.
"That is great. But I need to focus on the present thing right now." Jake said as he slipped into the gym.
As soon as Jake entered, the bright fluorescent lights overhead illuminated rows of sleek, silver machines.
Jake even saw the drum like thing and treadmill that was used at the testing site the other day. Eager to start the quest, Jake got started with the push ups.
After much difficulty, Jake managed to complete the push ups. When he was done, his chest heaved, and his lungs burned as he struggled to catch his breath because he never had any reason to train his body or even exercise.
Next on his list was the sit up and squats. In an hour, he was done with his squats and sit up so he decided to rest for ten minutes before beginning the 10km run.
After resting and making sure he could run, Jake finally left the gym for his run. He ran around the academy over and over untill the 10km was completed.
Immediately he was done with the run, Jake heard a ding and a system message appeared in front of him.
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"Well, it actually works." Jake excitedly said doubting the system a little bit before.
Jake decided to head back to his dorm to bath because he was sweaty. After a few minutes of painfully walking, Jake finally got to his dorm room by 6am.
Luckily most of his roommates were not awake except for Jack and Sophia who looked like they just finished bathing.
After an exchange of pleasantries, Jake went to take his bath. By the time he was done, the whole room were awake.
They all greeted each other before they argued on who will go into the bathroom first. Meanwhile, Sophia was curious were Jake came from all sweaty.
"Hey, a word?" Sophia asked coming over to Jake.
"Yeah, sure what's up." Jake said casually.
"I was curious to know, where you were coming from all sweaty the other time?" Sophia asked.
"Oh. After my encounter with werewolves, I decided to start doing physical exercise so that probably I might develop even if it's a little bit of strength so that I could defend myself from werewolves" Jake answered smiling.
"Oh I understand." Sophia said while heading off towards her bed.
After an hour, the whole room were done bathing so they decided to wait for 8am so that they could go and get their breakfast.
Finally, the clock struck 8am and the whole room decided to go get breakfast. After breakfast, they were now expected to go to their homeroom class.
The location of the class was inputted on their watch so they could find the class easier by following the location there.
Finally they got to their class and they decided to pick their seats. They were only allowed three per seats. So Jake,Vynn and Peter decided to take a seat together.
After thirty minutes of waiting for the homeroom teacher, he finally showed up. Jake was quite surprised because he noticed that the teacher was familiar and then it finally clicked in his head where he had seen him before.
The scar above the left eyebrow, the no nonsense gaze and the imposing gaze. Their homeroom teacher was none other than instructor Thompson.
"Good morning, great students of Aurora Academy." Thompson greeted with a little bit of friendly smile.
"Good morning sir." They all responded together.
"So, for some of you that don't know me, my name is Instructor Thompson and am your homeroom teacher. Every 9am weekdays, you are to be here without bumping class, for this class is quite important to you like the training." Thompson said.
"So, toady's topic is about the current state of our world and what is the academy's position in all of this. So who can provide the answers to all this questions I mentioned."
A student raised their hand and Thompson nodded signalling they could speak.
"200 years ago Portals opened up in different corners of the world, releasing deadly and ferocious creatures that were only known in myth as the werewolves into our world. The academy's purpose is to fight against the werewolves and help reclaim the Earth." The student answered.
"You are quite correct about the world events and the academy's purpose but it's still lacking a bit of information." Thompson said.
"The werewolves were not only pushed back by the academy but the academy joined hands with brave and three powerful families to push the werewolves back. The academy's purpose is to train young and hardworking students like you so that you could help push back or even defeat the werewolves. And am sure we can do it together."
"Can I ask a question if I may?" Jake asked while raising his hand.
"Sure, go on." Thompson said giving him approval to talk.
"In your explanations, you mentioned about three families right?" Jake asked.
"Yes. Why?" Thompson asked raising an eyebrow.
"Well, I just wanted to know more about those families since much information is not known among the general populace." Jake said.
"They are three families, normally called the big three. Families with powerful abilities, equipment, techniques and even technologies. I'm not permitted to tell you more than this. Maybe in your second or third-year, you will know more." Thompson explained.
"Why are they not saying anything more about the big three? Why the need to be so secretive? I need to know." Jake thought.
"Okay. That is all for today, we will meet tomorrow here for another class. Today was just for debriefing. Tomorrow the main class will start with you knowing more about the academy and current world state." Thompson said.
"So everybody class is dismissed, it's time for your combat class." Thompson said dismissing the class.