Heh ,heh ,heh ,heh , Tera was finding it hard to breathe in the assessment ground they were told to jug under increased gravity, this was the worst week of his life , never had he suffered so much in his life . Tera had calluses on his hands and feets , the army boots and gears given to everyone was so rough on the skin and so heavy, every morning they had to start jogging and climbing slippery jagged slope and the last 1000 to complete the courses everyday were eliminated male or female , there was no preference here
The head of the Primary assessment was sergeant Grant , he had a stone cold face with a bionic left leg and forearms , he was a very stern man that showed no mercy to anyone including himself, he led them in participating in every task he had asked them too , he partook in the climbing, running, swimming and he always reached first , it was because of activities like this that pushed people to modify themselves so that they could perform better and have a higher chance of passing , any well to do commoner here had at least one modification to their body in other to perform better, the nobles refrained from this act as they took pride in their humanity and also because they could afford to buy the overly expensive, nutrients pack that strengthened their body as it was , it strengthened , their bones and compressed their muscles while reducing fat , this process smoothened their skin, kept it fresh and lean most of the time , it had another advantage it made them more beautiful, a noble will stand out anyway they found themselves.
Tera was lucky to grow up in a noble house as a result of the sacrifice his father med allowing his family to go away, it was a small price to pay for the future he wanted them to have, tera could clearly see the difference between himself and the commoners in terms of endurance and strength, life was unfair the rich get to get stronger and stronger, while the poor kept getting left behind. Tera felt life was unfair but there was nothing he could do about it. Will he quit so that one more commoner will qualify into the top hundred thousand that will be left at the end. Tera was trying to get into the top hundred thousand though he needed to be in the top one thousand it looked like that was a lot of people but that's not considered that there was more than a million aspirants competing to be in the top one thousand, only the top one thousand will get to join the elites ,to have a chance to become a future Titan.
It's been weeks since his life had turned to hell and he had been running up and down a mountain, swimming in the river and eating the grub being given in the canteen , it was completely tasteless and bland , tera could have sworn it was boiled tree bark , he was on his way back to his dormitory, he was more than tired today he had taken a big risk and jumped down the side of the mountain with his uniform shirt spread out like a parachute, he landed safely on the ground with a few tumbles and scratches but he crossed the finish line before sergeant Grant, causing him to receive a nod and look of approval from grant when he crossed the finish line , Sergeant Grant had asked him his name, and invited him to sit with him, and drink tea with him , everyone that looked at him , were jealous, they had suffered for weeks Eating only grub what did he do to deserve to sit down with the sergeant and drink tea , while they were here breathing hard and struggling with thirst, tera looked so clean and he wasn't even soaked, when he jumped off the cliff he didn't need to swim down the river and enter the swamp anymore with them. They all took note of him and some even planned to teach him a lesson
Tera was walking to his dorm when a group of young teens far older the him surrounded him,he was one of the youngest aspirants here , he was tall for his age and they were all taller than him , there was even a noble among them he was the only one who didn't hide his face the commoners hid their faces when they were attacking nobles to avoid revenge from the noble house whose Scion they attacked, " who are you "zuma asked he was the noble among them, " none of your business" tera replied he just wanted to go to his bonk and sleep , he tried to walk past them but he was pushed back on the ground, " if you don't tell me and which noble house you belong to I am going to beat you till you wish you were dead", everyone mistook tera for a noble cause he looked like one ,they all wanted to know which noble house bribed the head of this year's assessment, sergeant Grant no one had been able to do it before, what did the noble house have on grant to make him give tera special treatment, " boys beat him till he talks" zuma said, " no , no , help! , help! Tera screamed no one was in the corridor with them.
A fist flew directly to his lips shutting it with a powerful blow, he had never been hit this hard in his life, before he could recover a kick went directly to his ankle knocking him of his feet and before he could land a kick landed directly at his chest, taking away his breadth and sending him barreling across the floor, he struggled to stand up but couldn't, he took it back he would rather be home with his soon to be stepdad than to spend one more second with this vagabonds. "Are you ready to talk now "zuma asked as he placed a boot on his face, " yes "tera replied , "alright start talking " zuma said , " I am gonna kill you , you pieces of shit " tera said, the faces of his attackers wrinkles as they rushed him with blows and kicks, he wasn't going to take this lying down this this time , he punched and kicked anyone he could see but was quickly beaten down but not before landing a hard kick on zuma below the belt, he was surrounded in a corner with blood flowing from his lips and a swollen unrecognizable face bit he was smiling and laughing , zuma was on the ground holding the spot between his leg he was blacking out , that kick had carried the full force of tera and his rage and it hit directly on his right testicles he was not even sure it was still there. I am gonna kill you he kept mumbling on the ground
Kill him , he screamed at his henchmen but nobody moved. None of them wanted a noble's blood on their hand. Tera had stood up ready to go another round with his attackers, zuma had also stood up and was walking towards him there was a knife in his hand, the fight was about to be a lot more bloody , just then the lights all over the corridor turned on and sound of boots could be heard, the noise from their fight had been heard by the sensors and the guards were coming, the henchmen quickly ran and left zuma who was limping. He couldn't run but he wasn't going to let this opportunity pass he didn't know if he could have a child anymore he must have his revenge today, tera had been vexed and beaten today, like never before in his life he was full of hate and rage he was going to teach zuma a lesson there had a couple of seconds before the guards reached none of them wanted the time to waste. "Ahhhhhhh" , " Ahhhhh" , both of them screamed as they limped towards each other.