Eram stood in shock and excitement at seeing the talent agent that took him here. "You the teacher for spearmen." Eram looked at him with his mouth wide open like a fish out of water.
"Of course. My role when I was an explorer was spearmen. I usually focused on halting enemies and dealing heavy damage." Mark looked back with pride.
Eram excitedly showed what he learned about his abilities. " I can take part in people's souls when I attack them and give myself a temporary boost in ability. Also, I have a special ability that Cedric acknowledged was amazing called adaptation which will allow me to adjust to combat situations easily."
Mark smiled happy that Eram at least looked like he was having fun." So it's nice to see you but since you missed the first couple of days you're going to have to work extra hard to catch up." Eram smiled and then sat down at a desk in the front of the class.
As time passed more students showed up sitting down at the available desks. Eram was excited to learn and improve so he sat patiently. After a longer while a larger student showed up and approached Eram. He knew this guy was going to be bad news based on the scowl on his face.
The larger kid approached and said rudely. " You're in my seat boy." While looking at Eram.
Eram looked back at this kid who was a stereotypical bully and proceeded to shoot back. " Fatso I got here first so buzz off." The Bullly was enraged but didn't want to budge so he decided maybe a little bit more brute force was necessary.
The bully gave Eram an unexpected backhand knocking him to the floor. Eram looked back in disbelief at the moron in front of him wondering why he was even hit in the first place. Mark walked in with a black expression and said one word. " Freeze.' The bully froze unable to move a muscle. Everyone else in the class froze unable to make a word.
He walked up to Eram and asked him if he was okay. Eram stood up and gave him a nod. Mark looked back at the annoying child that had bothered him since day one and decided that this kid was going to learn now. He took out his prize sword End and with two swipes cut both of that child's arms off.
Eram was surprised by the drastic measures but decided not to say anything. Mark looked over at the now armless kid and told him. " Tell Eram here your name and give an apology."
Unable to disobey Mark's ability he furiously said with tears streaming down his eyes from the pain. " My name is Raj Byke. The first prince of the Bykeere Empire! I'm sorry I had to hit you to teach you that you were in my seat!" Raj glared at Eram unable to believe the situation.
Mark then looked at the arrogant child and told him. " Sit down in the back of the class your disrespect towards someone I chose myself to pass. You will not be able to hear for the rest of class till the bell goes off. You will also suffer the pain of being armless as well till the class ends. Upon the end of class, I will reattach your arms and heal them. You will clean your filthy blood off the floor as soon as you get your arms back." Raj was fuming. As soon as Mark finished talking Raj's Ears mysteriously stopped working and he couldn't hear.
Raj sat in the back of the class meticulously coming up with a way to get revenge on that mere commoner who was causing him all of this trouble. He had a powerful core but that didn't matter if he couldn't find a way to get Eram out of the school. As long as Raj could get five hits on Eram, He would be mind-controlled by Raj for a whole month.
Raj sat there staring daggers at his mortal enemy for the rest of class. For as long as Raj was alive he had always been given anything he asked for. Money was no matter, power was no matter, love was to be given unconditionally or death was inevitable.
Raj valued only himself. If he could sell out his parents to gain something he would. He had no love for anyone not even himself. Raj had his castle by the time he was nine and his servants when he was seven.
His family owned a merchant country and to their core his whole family was rotten. All of the main family participated in slave trading as well as other nefarious works. Raj was set to inherit the fortune but to him, it wasn't enough. He wanted to rule the world.
As Raj was plotting Eram's downfall, Eram was listening to the lecture provided by Mark. Mark was busy showing all of the student's drawings and tactics to avoid getting hit. Mark wanted to make sure all of the students knew how to survive in each situation.
After Mark showed each of the basic areas to stand he told them to all get up. Following his instructions the students stood up which made everyone's desk disappear. Mark then instructed everyone to get into pairs. Raj was sitting in the back following what everyone was doing furiously.
Raj didn't understand why he had to be punished when he did nothing wrong. Mark knew exactly what kind of person Raj was and he knew he should fail him because he would be a detriment to everyone around him.
Mark then told everyone. " Ok, so one person will be playing the monster and one person will be p[playing the explorer. The person that plays the role of the monster must land one hit on the Spearman while the Spearman must not get hit once. We will do this for the remainder of class we will switch every five minutes. Eram, you will practice with me."
After all of the groups got started Eram went up with the instructor and got ready. Mark smiled and Eram asked. " Who is going to be the monster?" Mark smiled and thought for a second.
Mark came to a decision. " Since you are a guardian then you will almost always be up in the front attacking so I want you to play the monster first."
Eram got ready and then bolted at Mark's hand out desperately reaching for the instructor. Eram knew that it would be impossible to land a hit without doing something creative so he got to thinking. Realizing that Mark stepped to the side to avoid his attempt at touching Mark he fell face-first into the ground. Eram did a kick while using his hands to stand up.
Mark smiled seeing how creative he was getting and decided to spice things up. Mark pulled an eraser out of his pocket and chucked it toward Erams face hitting him right in between the eyes. Eram was stunned and fell once again. Eram picked up the Eracer and threw it back only for it to be caught by Mark. Eram expected for the eraser to be caught so he threw a punch behind it.
Mark dodged the kid's punch and threw one of his own. Eram got hit right in the stomach causing him to double over in pain. Eram then had another idea and wanted to try it. He did a kamikaze style of attack to bait out another punch. Eram threw the book he had gotten a few days ago causing the instructor to catch it gently not seeing the punch behind.
Mark knew what Eram was trying to do even without seeing it so he moved to the side to avoid the punch. He kicked upwards right where the gut was to land another hit on Eram. Eram realized his was coming and braced his stomach and readied his back leg to land a kick when he was flung up. Right as Eram had thought He got kicked hard enough in the area to fly up a bit. Eram used his feet again to land a kick which caught Mark by surprise.
The surprise kick wasn't enough to land a hit on the mark. Mark leaned back just enough to avoid the kick. Eram feeling desperate picked up the eraser that was left on the ground and hurled it to Mark as soon as he landed. Eram landed on his hands and quickly flipped to get back on his feet.
Mark was surprised by how relentless Eram's attacks were and decided to let the Eraser hit him. After the eraser barely clipped Mark's hair the round stopped. Mark asked Eram. " Where did you learn how to fight?"
Eram was excited that he landed a hit was smiling and responded. " Me and my parents used to spar for practice. I don't know where they work but they said it was always important to attack as much and as fast as possible to get the upper hand."
Mark then looked at Eram curious as to who his parents were and asked. " So who are your parents?"
" My mom is Rue Shibo and my dad's name is Yubok Shibo." Mark laughed smiling at how small the world was. He realized why Eram was so good at fighting despite being so young. Eram was wondering why Mark looked so happy and asked " Do you know my parents?"
Mark smiled and said. " I do but I am not going to tell you where they work anyway the bell is about to ring so you can head back to your room."
Eram excitedly bolted out of the class much to everyone's Frustrations and envy that he got to leave early. Eram immediately headed down the hall to where the warp was to Cedrics' room to get the afternoon study he was promised.