《Dio, Rise to the top [working title]》 The beginning I pass the door and look around me 9 children of around 8 years old are looking at me with round eyes. They are all sitting around me in a half-circle. "Good afternoon, everyone is present? Yes? Perfect! So let''s begin. Today we''ll talk about our world, it''s a story that everyone in the village know, and today it''s our turn to learn and maybe one of you will be on my seat like today to tell this story to the next generation.So...Let''s start! Humm...Our Creator, contrarily to the others story around the place isn''t the Light God like they think, our Creator isn''t even from this world it''s logic when you know that He created this world, everything, and everyone on it or in it. From an ancient text we know that our Creator is someone who had transcended the limit of limits of divinity.I don''t know how to explain it without complicate words so let''s just say he was more powerful than every gods here." *a child rise his hand* "more powerful than the Light God?" -"Yes, more powerful than each and every gods you can think of, no more interruption, i must finish to tell you this story quickly, I said looking the sun through the open window, so no more question until the end. So our Creator was bored, and with nothing to do with his powers decided to try to create something. He began with little things, but little by little he began to enjoy what he was doing and increased the difficulty, creating things complicated and beautiful, or simply powerful. At first he was creating things from his his hometown, those are the artifacts powerful items that can be more powerful than our most powerful weapon or simply useful. So after creating quite a number of artifacts he begun a greater project : Creating a world!" I stop a second to look at the eyes sparkling of interest of the children. ''Ah this is good job me'' " He begun by creating the elements that he joined together to form the landscape, the oceans, the volcano and others. He finished the world after a long time but it was empty, this world looked like a wasteland with no life. He threw his artifacts in the world hoping some change, some destroyed the land changing the geography some created trees and forest. After some time the world now had plant and trees everywhere, and looked like a paradise, but it wasn''t what he was looking for, it lacked living beings, so he created animals from snakes to dragons, from birds to phoenix. He evoked magic in this world giving affinities to the animals, giving some abilities and giving them the power to evolve, creating monsters. He was happy, but not totally this world was lacking intelligent beings. So created us, the origins, looking human but with the potential of becoming anything literally, he created a number of us and told us to increase the population and evolve. Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions.The ancestors of this time were living in a paradise no monster was allowed to hunt them, they were able to go anywhere. In the time he was gone the ancestors discovered the gift the ability to become anything, you will learn of it later so i will not explain it, but because of this ability tension started to appear, people begun to evolve and so their mentalities. They became beast-men for some, human, vampire, elf, dryads, elemental and others... but because of their transformation they started to change for some to hate each other, to kill each other, committing crimes without getting retribution, separating themselves into tribes that were making war. When our Creator came back he went mad, seeing that his work was destroyed by the ancestors. He linked our word to 2 others worlds that he created, a world of angels, called paradise and a world of demons called hell.One world was preaching goodness, virtues and order, the other sins and chaos.By the way this world is called Terra2, even if we don''t know why. He also unbind the monsters that were free to hunt the ancestors. With the apparition of demons and angels the order was back. But He was not happy, the order was back, but wars and monsters had decimated the population.The survivors needed strength to survive those disasters, he gave them The system, that helped them to unlock their potential while rewarding their efforts and achievements, the system that you will have to understand and use, later. But with this power the strong were destroying the weak and the some population were going instinct, he destroyed the continent dividing it in a multitude of smaller islands, no being could go on the oceans, it was and it is. Laws and Truths were another system He gave us there are laws that we cannot break or we will be punished by the gods that are looking at us, and there are Truths that me must find to be rewarded by those same gods,they are a residue of the power of our Creator. The tribes were regrouped by race on the island, for example we, the origins, are alone on this island with the human. By doing all of it our creator wanted a world that looked like what He had in mind, he put a cap on the system, the LEVEL 100, for that the strong may not stay on their island to terrorize the weak and to see again a place where a lot of different species could be seen together. SO if you achieve LEVEL 100 you will ascend to the central island with each one of the other little island who had ascend like you. After finishing the system, our Creator left, but it''s said that on the central island there is a way to make him appear again." Looking at the setting sun i knew i was late. Let''s end their first day in school here. After the class
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You''ve listened to true History You''ve learned a Truth
You will now learn things slightly faster
I was shocked by the blue screen before me and was looking blankly at me just like everyone around me. "Don''t worry about the screen in front of you, normally I should have explained what it was by now, but we''re late so I must end the class now.I will simply say: The blue screen in front of you, it''s the system I was talking just now!"(John) "Woooooaah!!" are heard all around me, by the other children impressed by what they''re hearing, but...I too am like that. "Well, let''s end here, you can go to your parents" But then he looked at me" Hum...You can go home" While I was still staring in front of me, still thinking about what I just saw, and what John just told us about. John is the one that was telling us the History, he is wearing a black tunic, matching his black cat''s tail and ears. Cat''s tail and cats ears, it''s obvious that his integration was with a cat but where did he find that cat? I was interrupted by a hand on my head.It was John''s hand that was patting my head.While I was lost in my through he sneak up on me. "Hey sorry about what I just said, I didn''t think before talking, you''re not angry right?" John Just as I was beginning to feel sad, the feeling disappeared and a smile creeps on my face. "No, I''m fine don''t worry"Looking at the setting sun "I need to hurry, if not the night will fall before, I''m at home" right , Me Unauthorized duplication: this narrative has been taken without consent. Report sightings."Yeah, right, it''s true you''re living quite...far, alright go, we''ll see each other tomorrow" John "Right quite far, Bye", I said while I began to run. Once outside, I didn''t see anyone. ''They must already be at home...with their parents...'' As I think that a smile creeps on my face, and I began to run on the road that leads me at home. At first, there were some homes, then less than only trees. After 5 min of running, I saw a footpath across the trees. I followed it and arrived in an open space with a lake and a wooden cabin. ''Home, finally!'' I entered the cabin, doing the same ritual as ever:"I''m hooooome!!!!" I said, hoping for an answer...nothing Sighing, I enter and light up a light stone, the night had already fallen, I would not be able to see anything without it. I look at the interior, two bedrooms, one kitchen, one washroom, one restroom, passing in front of the bedroom of my mother I feel sad, then nothing and smile. I walk to my kitchen, and look at ingredients there: ''I will have to go fishing in the lake, to find some fish to trade with the adults of the village'' I traded food with the villagers, since 2 years ago, since my mother went missing. "A man owes nothing to no one, He had to win anything he wishes to get" so I trade fish against others types of foods, such as vegetables and meat. I''m sure there was a second party to this sentence but I can''t remember.Well, don''t matter. After cooking my food and eating it, I went to bed. Tomorrow we will begin the training. ''I will become strong enough to come and find you mom'' With those thoughts I fell asleep.
A.N: This is the first time I write this...It feels special to be the one that writes the author, not just the one that read it. Well I''ll begin so it''s the third time I write this chapter it was hard.So... that it I had nothing much to say I hope You can help me to find any mistake, give me any recommendations and rate the story even if it''s a little early for that.Leave a comment it''s always welcomed. So see you later! Presentation "something" discussion ''something'' thought *something* sfx
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I woke up this morning with the sun, as always. I didn''t dream tonight too, no dream, no nightmare, I still positive and feel happy for not having any nightmare. ''Well...It''s good but...How long had it been since I had a dream? It should be since she left...''. Whatever I stand up and went to the kitchen to cook and eat. I went outside, to the lake, to look at my reflection in the water: I was almost 1,50 m, I''m too small, even if I didn''t look attentively to the other boys yesterday, I know they are taller than me. *Sigh* This is depressing, but before I can wallow in self-pity, the feeling is gone and I find myself smiling. I continue to look at my reflection, hoping to have more distinguishing feature, the only thing that separates me from someone lambda is my dark streaked red hair, and my deep black eyes, an odd combination. '' It''s time to go'' I think looking at the sun. I don''t understand the adults that can look at the sun and say confidently "Yeah it''s 1:30 pm" ''One day I will be able to do it, I just have to train'' I think while I run across the forest. 10 min later I arrived I arrived at the village, It was just a lot of houses concentrated in one place, different important structures such as the market, the forum, the clinic, the school were in front of them. The village is controlled by a chief that is assisted by an assembly of some of the elderly and the important person of the village such as the blacksmith chief and other. 2 min later I''m in front of the school, the others are already here, it seems that I''m the last one to arrive, the others are already inside the classroom. "Sorry I''m late, red-haired," I say while entering. "Don''t worry we were waiting for you. You can sit at the same place as yesterday. So you''re all present, we can begin! You will start by presenting yourself, you must be brief because we have a lot to do today.You begin" say, John, while pointing at one of us. The one pointed stand up, a red-haired boy of 1,55 m, he was wearing a green tunic made of good materials, it looked comfortable. Feeling my one cloth on me I couldn''t help but feel jealous, feeling that disappeared quickly and was replaced by a smile. "I''m Carl, I''m the same age as each of you nine years old, I''m the son of the Chief, I like to hang out with my two friends there, I hope we''ll get along well with each other" He said while pointing at two brown haired boys that were identical. This story has been stolen from Royal Road. If you read it on Amazon, please report it''That explain the tunic and the eloquence'' The two stand up together " I''m Ian" one of the two begin and "I''m Ryan" the other one continue. ''I''m sure I''ll not be able to tell the difference quickly'' they almost had the same height as John with almost 1,60 m, they seemed quite muscular " We''re sons of the blacksmith chief, and if you didn''t guess we''re twins" ''Ah this explain that'' I think while a girl stand up. When i looked at her I was shocked, I couldn''t look away from her. "I''m Alexandra, that it I''m not a daughter of someone important like those before me but I hope you ''ll take care of me", She said while sitting. She had a slim figure, and in my eyes was a beautiful dark haired beauty.It took some time to look away from her. Another girl stood up "I''m Mary, just like Alexandra I am not the daughter of someone important" She was beautiful too, with her golden hair but I couldn''t put her at the same level as Alex, not that she didn''t deserve it. As I was still lost in my though the third and last girl in the class stood up. She was a small green haired girl.small?because she was smaller than me. ''She is cute'' "Hello I''m Maya, I''m the daughter of the alchemist", She said in one breath, siting as quickly as she stood up. ''She must be shy'' When everyone look at her after her quick presentation she hide her face in her hands. One of the last boy stand up "I''m Ron, let''s stop staring at her she seems shy she must be embarrassed, I''m the son of a tailor so if you need help with cloth, ask me" He said as he stand up. The last boy stand up too "I think too, I''m Sebastien, but you guys can just call me Seb no problem, I''m the same as Ron, if you need help you don''t have to hesitate, just ask" Those two had a blue hair, and were like 5 cm taller than me ''I''m sure I''m not small for my age they must be tall" As I was lost in my tough, everyone looked at me, sensing the glare I came back to reality. I stood up and begun my introduction: "I''m Dan" And sat down. They were looking at me s if expecting more. ''what?'' I wanted to ask but I didn''t. With that The presentation were done.
A.N: Ah this chapter...I hate it!! I''m so bad with names, well... you will have the time to observe that. There nothing special in this chapter but it had to be done. Next chapter should be more interesting with training and more about the system. I hope you can leave a comment if you find a mistake or just to thank see you next time. The system "something" discussion ''something'' thought *something* sfx
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"Well...thanks for your presentations!We will begin immediately!" John "You remember the blue screen of Yesterday?I will now explain what it is. So...Ryan?" He said while pointing one of the twins "Wrong" The true Ryan says "Tch...One day I will be able to know who is who. Well doesn''t matter, Yesterday did you see a blue screen in front of you?" Ryan nods "I got two of them one saying that I learned a truth and the other saying will be tired less easily." ''I didn''t have the same reward, they''re different for everyone?'' "I will explain, The Truths are things that few know, the system will reward everyone that find one of them, and based on the importance of this Truth you will gain a reward proportionally important.This truth is passed to each generation from this village, and it is forbidden to tell the true history outside the Village, understood?" John "Yeees" Everyone "So the truth if you ever find one keep it to yourself or help those around you, but only the one you hold dear, and in those you have full confidence in, understood?" "Yeees" Everyone "I can''t learn you anything new about truth because we only know so much, I hope for you that you will be able to find more of those.I forgot to say it but the reward far the Truths are different from person to person. So let''s talk about a topic more interesting: The system! If you remember what I told you, the system was given to help us to become stronger and to know what we''ve done, both good and bad deeds.You can divide the system into two parts the Level and the titles. The level presents how much potential you''ve achieved at the moment, it shows your grow and how much you can develop.Be warned that it don''t show your aptitude, just your grow. Your physical and mental capacities. A level 1 can win against a level 99...maybe, of course, the level 99 would have an advantage of stats. Do you understand what I''m saying about the Level? You will have an example later." John "Yeees" Everyone "So now let''s talk about the titles You obtain those by doing acts that are recognized by the system. I will give you a well-known example: if you destroy an army all by yourself you will earn the title "One-man Army" Cool right? but if you do break a law, for example, if you kill someone without reason or for a reason that isn''t acceptable you will earn a bad title "PK" for Person Killer, I don''t know why the title isn''t simply killer, well doesn''t matter. Well, what I just want to say is that the titles will decide of your standing in society if you''ll be feared or admired. Generally, you can choose what title is shown to others, but there are some that can''t be hidden, the PK title." John This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source. "So less explication more example think status, in your head" ''status'' [table] DanLevel5TITLEChild, Forsaken, ???, ???HiddenNone [table] ''Forsaken?'' Just as I was thinking that a screen pop out in front of me [table] ForsakenacquisitionGiven to those that have their known parents disappear during their childhood For 1-year minBonus/MalusThe bearer of this title is more likely to receive pity from others Others are more likely to try to help you [table] ''it''s quite depressing'' ''Child?'' [table] ChildacquisitionGiven to those that are under 12 years old but above 5 years old [tr]Bonus/Malus [td3]is not bound by all the Laws can get sold as a slave[table] ''Hum, hope I will not be sold'' From 7 to 9 Years old we had a class of common sense, and we learned how to count and how to read. The class of yesterday was a first with John who will be one of our new instructors. It''s a sort of ritual of passage from the little class to the ... middle? Or so they say. I tried to concentrate on the ??? but nothing happened. "Seeing your faces, I think you saw your status, you can see them anytime. Now you should all have at least a title ''Child'' if you concentrate on it, you will be able to see its description. We have other things to do, so we will end the lesson here, any question?none?We''ll be going then. Ah...wait there is way for other to see your status, you can show them, or they can spy on you with magic or special tools.Alright, stand up we''re going to the training grounds." John Everyone is leaving, John is waiting, I think he is waiting for everyone to be outside. As the last one pass the door, I went to see John. "I have title I don''t understand, can help me?" me "think ''Show status to John''" John [table] Show status to John?Yes?No? [table] ''Yes'' I can see he staring in front of him, he must be reading. "Not bad you''re already level 5" John I smile a little, proud of myself. Then he shows a troubled face. ''He should have seen the forsaken, could I not hide itIi will have to try.'' "For your titles with 3 questions marks...I don''t know. I think it should be because you don''t have any information about them or because they will unlock themselves at a special time such as the day you become an adult. Those are the only solution I can think of, I''ll search and if I learn something I''ll tell you. Well let''s go, don''t think about it too much" John With that said he pushed me out of the classroom. Affinities "something" discussion ''something'' thought *something* sfx
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After leaving the classroom, we went to the school.There, we could see the training ground: There was a dome, I heard adults talking about it:"If you don''t apologize, we will end it in the dome" They were saying.It''s a kind of arena where people could fight each other to put an end to a conflict, or sometime there could be death match of a stranger who, by one way of another, found the village and entered it. The village is a secret to the outside world because people mustn''t have any knowledge of our race that is ''origin''. One this island there is only the human, us and some dwarf that look like mini-human. Now let''s imagine the human find us who can have some attribute of animal, they will hunt us to enslave us, because we are a "rarity". Because of that, the security of the Village is taken seriously. Next to the dome there is a... obstacle race with walls, ropes, wait is that a PITFALL?!! I don''t want to think about it anymore.I was daydreaming again, I and John who was following me, arrived where the group was waiting. "So today we''ll not do the daily, you should be happy, well we''ll test your affinities, then we''ll do some basic training. A month from today, you will have to fight in team, or on a duel each week. So after knowing your affinities, you will have one instructor for each element you have. They will teach you everything they know. After the month one instructor will come to teach you one combat tactic and training, on the style they think is the best for you. You''ll have to take this knowledge, improve and maybe create your own style, but we''re quite far of it. You''re free to go asking any instructor about what they teach. So that it for now, we''ll test your affinities" John He take out a stone from one his pocket and present it to us:"This is a custom mana stone you can normally know what attribute you have by injecting mana in it, it will shine according to the elements in your mana and their purity.You will understand that latter, but because you don''t know how to manipulate mana it can''t help you." John Everywhere in this world there is mana but, in place mana is concentrated, mana stone can appear, a place where there is a lot of one element will give birth to mana stone of that element, so a element less mana mana stone is quite rare, it mean where it was found there was either pure mana in good quantity or all element of mana perfectly balanced. "So we''ll use another method", John said as he take out something from another pocket, while putting back the stone in the one it came from, but then: "Wait!"
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As he took out the stone I know it was my time to shine. "Wait!"Me "What is it Carl?" John "I know how to use my mana, I can use the stone"Me Surprised voices are erupting around me. ''Yeah, because I''m the son of the best I am the best you should all adore me'' "Oh I would like to see that, If you can do it I will gift you something," He said without much conviction. ''I will show you'' I think as I take the stone from him. As I concentrate, I begin to feel a second liquid in my blood stream, that I guide to hands where the stone is. I worked out so much just for today, my father say: "You must work hard to be better than all your enemies...or you can stop them from being your enemies." ''Well all my hard work, those long hour to read book on magic have paid'' I think as the stone shine a little red glow. I smile, all sweaty because of my effort, but proud. "Oh good job!Hmm fire element, that it? one of the most destructive. I didn''t think you will be able to do it, I will reward you later" John "Anybody wish to try?"John ''No use, I''ve worked hard so long for that, I the best, no one else can Without at least twice as much time'' I think as the stone pass from hand to hand without any shine. " Well no problem as I was saying you shouldn''t..." But as He was talking a dark red light came from the stone. This Shine was brighter than mine!!!! "Ohohoho we have two little genius in our rank today great! I will reward you too." He said while looking at him, Dan, this guy didn''t talk and was late. "The stone shined more than when with Carl good job" I glare at him furiously.I''m second? I will not accept it!!I swear silently.
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Hum, I just wanted to play with the stone but instinctively I did that.Now that Carl is glaring at me as if he wish to eat me.The others too are looking at me...I want to hide.Thanks Universe John came at my rescue. "So we have two geniuses, it great but we have to test your affinities." He opened his hand, and in it there was... pills?? "Those pills are difficult to make but we need them to try your inborn spell.It''s a spell that you can use instinctively, and that is easier and less expensive that other spell for you.It gives information on your affinity or affinities." John said as he gives one pill to each one of us. If you come across this story on Amazon, it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it."You can begin one by one" Carl walks in front of us and eats the pill. "wait for a little and put your back against us," John said as He make us walk away a little Few moment latter a red line appear in front of Carl. *explosion* We all jump backward in fright. ''magic is scary'' i think, but I seem to the only one as the other are applauding him. "Wow "laser" it''s an I magic intermediate magic to think that you would have it as an inborn spell! You have also a fire attribute" John almost screaming. "the other you can go we must hurry" John The others went one after the other ''Some were cool but not as cool as the laser'' Ryan had the earth attribute and made the earth fall, it was a beginner magic "earth fall" It was quite funny to see the other twin Ian with the same earth element but with an inborn magic that does the exact opposite.A Column of earth jump out, it was also a beginner magic "earth column" Alexandra shot a sphere of black mana that makes a hole in the column of Ian. She had a darkness attribute, and an inborn spell "dark bolt" Her element was a little rarer than fire and earth but it had a bad image. The light element of Mary was also rare, went she ate the pill she just shined brightly, but somehow I feel better after, John was jumping when he saw that, her inborn spell was ''Heal'', She had a light attribute. Next was Maya that quickly ate the pill, in front of her the grass seemed to grow.This spell didn''t have any name he was Unique, it does not mean that only she can do that, just that only those that have this spell inborn can. While we were shocked and looked at her, her face seemed like it was burning and she went to hide behind John who patted her head. This spell could have some utility in battle but it was invaluable for an alchemist such as her and her mother. She had a plant attribute. Then Rob and Seb went, the two had the water attribute, Rob made a stick with water, it was an was a beginner spell water stick, Seb made a crack in the column, it was a water ball, it was too a beginner spell It was finally my turn, I step in front of them an eat my pill. A moment later a single black flame appear in front of me, I could feel some familiarity with that flame. I tried to will her to move on the side but she moves in front. It didn''t want to listen to me.I went to the column but simply pass it without any damage and disappeared. My spell was useless. But as I came back to the group, John had a grave mine.
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Wow they are awesome in my generation we didn''t have so many good inborn spells, I jealous. So it''s the last one, Dan, what will he do? Dark red glow he has a dual attribute at the very least, Hurry up!! I want to see what you can do.There he goes: a Black flame? It just passed the column without doing anything, but somehow I feel a sense of dread of danger, that I mustn''t approach this flame, but this feel come from my very soul, it''s a first. I must do something my sense never failed me, He mustn''t use it.I will have to search what it is. There he comes. I must do like it''s normal. "Great Dan you have a dual attribute, fire-darkness attribute.But Dan I don''t know what your spell does, but I forbid you to use it?Clear?" He nods "So you know your mana attribute, it means that you can use your mana to either control that element, create the or both because your body is attenuated at those elements.While it isn''t impossible to have to opposite elements it''ll continuously hurt the one that has them because they can rarely be together, but remember there are always exceptions in the nature like the cold flame or the black-light, so in theory, they can be together. There are different grade of attribute for example divine thunder isn''t the same as thunder. And the last thing That I will teach you about attribute is that it''s possible to earn more attribute. By getting them by the system even if it''s really rare, or to torture yourself with this element. Well it''s not really torture but to stay in contact with a powerful force of those element for a long time. That everything I have to say about the affinities. Now we will pass at another far more interesting FIGHT!!!"
A.N: This chapter was soo looooong I hope you will like it next chapter will be the dreaded fight chapter, I hope I will manage If you see any incoherence or mistake in this chapter tell me in the comment plz. And if you like the chapter comment too plz. Nothing more to say so see you next time "Fight" "something" discussion ''something'' thought *something* sfx
Dan
"Well, I said "fight'' but we shouldn''t forget that you''re 9 years old brats that never had to fight anyone, so looking at you fighting each other would be pointless...And I think we''re a little late" John "As I feared 11:46 am, we must end it in 10 min." He said while looking at the sun. I''m sure that ''How can he tell the hour with such precision, just by looking at the sun?'' was what we were all thinking. It was only much later that we learned that there was a clock in the system (A.N: reference anyone?) "Yeah so in 10 min I have to see the 9 of you fight...Well let''s do it like that: sideThe nine of you will together come against me!!" John said while smiling "What?!" "No way!" "We can''t" sounded all around me. ''But we don''t even have any chance against you even in a 9 vs 1 fight" "Well you still stand no chance, so you will have to just land one hit on me, and I will reduce my power to be at your level.I''m so generous, you can''t refuse."John still smiling. Since he begun talking about fighting he seemed to change little by little: His normally calm tail was now moving back and forth excitedly, his smile has a bestial feel, he was now looking at us like a predator to its prey. "Well so now I''m a Level 3, you can come.Damn It''s been so long since I felt so weak!" He almost spat the last word. "you can fight how you wish, just don''t use magic, you don''t know how to use it and you can hurt yourself.Well... not that it will change anything." Carl that didn''t seem to support anymore the verbal abuses rushed at him and tried to swing a punch directed at his face. John waited until the last moment to dodge, just by tilting his head to the side, while doing that he moved his hand, ground .gripped Carl''s neck and lifted in a way that only his toes could touch the ground. As Carl was beginning to suffocate he begun to whisper. As there were no other sounds on the training grounds except the wind and the suffocating Carl. "In a death match, You would be dead" and he dropped Carl on the ground. "Is that it? just one? I know you''re weak but I didn''t know you were cowards" He continued, taunting us. The twins didn''t support anymore and rushed at once, attacking, from beside once with a punch. If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation.Carl that had recuperated during John''s taunt had stood up and was trying to tackle John from behind. In the time it took for the twins to prepare themselves to punch, he seized them by their necks abruptly, leaving them no chance to evade. As Carl was about to tackle John, He was slapped by something and had to stop his charge stunted. John profited of this opening to slam the twins he was holding in Carl, throwing them all on the ground, ending the little fight. ''What was that?What stopped Carl?''The ...tail? "What it is guys? I told you to use anything to land a hit, ''cause I will use anything to defeat you" He said grinning savagely at us. I looked at those near me, the girls seeming engrossed in the fight, but showed no hint of wanting to join the fray. I looked at the other boys, they looked at me a second but Ron didn''t keep staring at me.It looked like he doesn''t want to go. Seb kept staring and nodded, I nodded too and we rushed together. We were weary of his hands, careful to not be grabbed, but were caught off guard when he kicked us. We were even able to come near him. "Ok, you don''t understand when I say I will use anything guys? Well, I can''t see how you fight if you''re down so quickly. Well I ''cause I''m a generous man, I will not use any kick from now on! Come at me!!" We went all 5 together at him only to return on the ground when he used the other to protect himself from a hit. This continued for 2 more minutes. I was siting on the ground, thinking. ''When we are 3 or more, he grab us and swing us to the others to block them.On a duel he will dodge with a minimum of movement, I can use that'' As everyone was on the ground I stood up. John was eyeing me, trying to guess what I will do next. I rush at him alone, dodge to the side his hands that were trying to grab me, after so much time, I had understood the timing, and I punched him the face...or I tried. He was already beginning to dodge on the side by tilting his head, and his hands were already coming to catch me. ''This is what I wanted !!'' As his head was tilting, I...opened my hand and threw sand in his eyes! He closed his eyes and by reflect stop his hand.Just what I wanted so I punched him!
A.N: Writing fight scene is hard...it took me so long... I hope it''s good, tell me what you think in your comment plz, and of course any mistakes. I forgot about it, but last chapter what did you think about the POV change? plz tell me that it. So see you next time Instructors "something" discussion ''something'' thought *something* sfx
Dan
"I... I DID IT!!" I screamed. I did! I punch this monster that can fight us equally, with fewer stats than us, and in a 1 vs 5 situations. It feels so good! I sat on the ground with a grin, and stare back at John who after cleaning his face, was staring at me. "I''ve lost." He said. He seeming to have come back his usual self, without bestial feel. During that time, the others had time to run at me and to congratulate me for this win. "I didn''t think you would be able to punch, no I will change the way I say it. You shouldn''t have been able to touch me" He then looked at the others "This fight should''ve shown you that even with a better physic, even with a numerical advantage, you can loose. Looking at me again " My unexpected defeat should show you, that everybody can lose, even when a battle can look like lost, if you are still alive then that mean that there is still a chance to win." "But John he cheated! It isn''t a fair win!" Carl "Cheat?! Didn''t I say that you could use anything to win?It''s your fault if you didn''t think of that? Now Fair? You came 5 vs 1 on me then you talk about fairness? You''re kidding, right? No? SO you wish to be "fair" right, so you will fight only enemies at your level? Never Lower, never higher? So if you''re ever involved in a war and say "stop we cannot fight they are stronger" or in the match "Oh it isn''t fair!He uses his left hand to surprise me when before he always used his right?". Seriously?if you wish to survive in this world, get rid of that mindset." John angrily retorted. "Ok John" Carl Wow, John got angry...I hope I will never get him angry at me... Carl seemed about to burst into tears.He was glaring at me.Could it be that he takes me responsible for John''s scolding? Before I had time to reflect anymore on this John glared at me. "Well congratulation Dan, but thanks to you those guys will joke at me for quite a time, "He said with a sad smile, pointing behind him. ''Those guys?'' Following his finger, I saw 10 figures that seemed to have appeared instantaneously. "Hehehe, you''re right John, you''ll hear us for at least 2 months!" said one one those. "Pfff you lost to a noob," said another, trying its best to not laugh "Tch, when I was young instructors didn''t lose to a newbie," said the one on the left, shaking his head from left to right. I couldn''t see any of the characteristics of those in this group, not even if they were male or female by their voices. Even if they were in the sunlight I could only see black figure. "Shut up guys! Well those guys there, are the other instructors. They are adventurers that were caught and who survived to the dome" John "Oooh" "Seriously" "They must be strong" were muttered around me, I just keep quiet. " ''cause they''re quite strong they were offered to stay in the village as instructors, they have each their specialty, and teach it" John I was a little stunned hearing that, it''s hard to stay alive in the dome, but it''s even harder to get accepted in the village because of one''s strength. "They accepted and gave up their name to stay in the village, so you will call them by their nickname, if you do well enough, maybe one day you will be able to know their name. Well, it''s not for now. We have to go to the lunch so let''s finish quickly!From left to right you can see Hammer, Artemis, Blacky, Rogue, Slayer, Aqua, Blaze, Stone, Hunter, Aero, Sadic" As he was saying the last nickname the figure in question seemed to teleport near him and punch him in the face.His face met the ground and he didn''t stand up, he didn''t even move, He seemed to have fainted. As I look at the one that gave us so much problem in the fight getting one-shot, I was shocked and awed by those instructors. This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road. If you spot it on Amazon, please report it."Eh?! Usually, he dodges that and I have to hit him at least 5 times to get him to faint.Ah, that stupid didn''t have his stats.Well, it''s his fault anyway.So, children, you calm me Whip, okay?" Whip After what we saw, we all nodded earnestly. "Well cause it''s my fault, so I will finish for him.So now that we saw your performance you will choose your instructors, you need to choose at least two, one that will show you magic and the other how to use a weapon. The nicknames should be explicit but I will explain it: Hammer will teach you blunt weapons, as the hammer or the mace, Artemis the bow, Slayer cutting weapon axes, swords and others.I will teach how to use a whip and how to get information from an enemy but it''ll be when you''re older if you wish. Blacky, Aqua, Blaze, Stone, Aero and I will teach you the elements of their nickname, darkness water fire earth, wind. I teach magic for the plant element. Don''t worry if no one in this group teaches about the light element the teacher just couldn''t come but she will. Her nickname is Cleric. Rogue will teach how to be an assassin, even if few chose this way of fighting, and Hunter how to survive in the wildness. You will all have Hunter as a master because it''s vital to know how to survive in the wildness." Whip "I say that you choose your instructors but it''s only for the supplementary courses. The instructors will choose you now from what they saw today." Carl got chosen by blaze and Slayer. Ryan and Ian by Hammer and Stone. Seb by Aqua and Artemis. Ron by Aqua and Hammer. Alexandra by Blacky and Whip. Mary by Cleric and Artemis. Maya by Whip only. And I was chosen by Blacky and Slayer. "You will see with the instructors in private if you wish to learn what they teach, ok?" Whip We nodded. "Well we''ll end this session with an informat-"Whip "Wait!!!" She was interrupted by Rogue pointing at me " I want him! Did you saw his performance? He is perfect for what I teach"Rogue "Dan you''ve been chosen !" With that, I got another teacher. "So, I was trying to say that we will finish this session with a little information and the gift John promised You. In school there is a system of the point, with those points that you win by completing assessments from your instructors you will be able to materials, equipment, and sorts. For example, your magic instructors will teach you basic sorts for free and sometimes more advanced spell, but if you wish to learn more you will have to trade what you wish to learn with your instructor with your points. You will be able to see the shop and its schedule with the shopkeeper that is John when He will wake up. So each month you get 100 points, so you already have 100 points. For participating in the battle against John you get 50 points. So congratulation to those that dared to fight and too bad for the others! So 150 points for everyone except Mary, Maya, Alexandra, and Ron. Now the Gift 50 point for Carl for the attribute test with the mana stone and 25 for you Dan. Yeah, the First one will always be more rewarded than the second! Remember that! And Dan for punching John I give you 100 points ''cause it''s a first, and as a bonus, because you punched him in the face I give you a bonus, you can ask something from me for free. It''s gift because It was awesome to see a little boy taking back to reality this combat maniac. So we will stop there for this morning, you can go and eat. We will contact you shortly." On those words, they disappeared one by one.
A.N: Giving nickname and making the instructors appear as a shadow, a way for me to not give them a name and have time to think of their appearances? I don''t know what''re talking about. "> Anyway, hope you enjoyed this chapter. The next one should a training chapter with some time skip but in 1 or 2 chapters I think there will be an event that will change our mc. Well, I hope you can comment ''cause it''s always awesome to know if you enjoyed the chapter or if there is a mistake. That it so see you next time "> Objectives "something" discussion ''something'' thought *something* sfx Sorry for the late release, I just came back at home. So here a modification to the last chapter: There will be no Flore the plant attribute teacher it''ll be Whip that will take this work so now she has a plant affinity.
Dan
After the lunch, we came back to the training ground, just in time to see John waking up. "Tch, just a joke why does she always take it like that?" He said massaging his swollen cheek. He then looked at us, especially to the boys in the group. "Guys listen" He started "I will be brief: to surviveWomen are dangerous and can be scary and heartless." He started whispering:" What I am going to say is vital, necessary survive: Don''t ever anger Whip, never!! She is petty and will remember anything you do to her.And she will avenge any grievance, she can be worst than a demo-" Before he finished his sentence a vine(?) wrapped itself around John''s neck and dragged him to a nearby bush. "Who is a Demon?!!" Whip *punch* "wait... how come you''re here, you should be restricted to your zone!!" John scared. *punch* "I came to welcome them" Whip *slap* "You shouldn''t be able to hit anybody in the village!!"John *wood breaking* "They made an exception for you ''cause they know you''ll do something that deserves a beating. They guessed right, I can beat you half-dead!!" Whip " Listen...I-I''m sorry...I will not do it again." "You need something that dissuades you from doing it again" *sound of something hitting a tree repeatedly* I could see the tree trembling. For 5 minutes we heard sounds of fightin- Hum sound of someone getting trashed. During those 5 minutes, s a tree even fell. A woman finally came out the bush. She was about 1,70 m, with a beautiful long green hair that reached up to her hips.She was wearing a green dress with a slashed side that enhanced her hourglass figure. As she neared us I was able to see more of her figure, she had brown eyes that seemed to know anything about you. She had a black thorny vine tattoo that came from inside her dress, passes on her left shoulder, her neck and finished above her left eye. "I''m not scary right?" Whip I was trembling, just like the others around me but I still managed to say: "N-no of course not, y-you are beautiful" me "Yes" Carl "Ooh nice one kid, changing the subject."She said as she approached me, stopping just a few centimeter in front of my face "You''re cute, I think you''ll have some success with the girls later." She continued as she winked at me. "The truth isn''t always what we want to hear."She said glaring at him. "Where is John?" Carl Looking and said "Let''s just say that he is...sleeping, Yeah resting a little." smiling Somehow this seemingly gentle smile sent a shiver down to my spine. We didn''t know that we will not see John for a whole week. "Well let''s talk about more important things, follow me" Whip We followed her to a cabin on the training grounds. "This is where you''ll pass the next 3 months!!" Whip said pointing at the cabin. "What?!" "Why?!" "I was thinking we were going to learn how to fight!!" "I feel cheated" "Silence! You are too weak to support our training! So you have to improve your body! Inside this cabin, there are instruments to improve your body. We don''t care what you do during those 3 months, you have 2 objectives" Motioning us to follow her inside the cabin. This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.Inside the cabin there was nothing but stairs, this was the entrance an underground facility. We meet some people, that were generally from the past generations, and sometimes some official warriors that were training. We stopped in front of a room with a sign " Dodge chal 1". "When you''re in that room you can choose to show what you''re doing inside or not."Whip Entering the room she said "Show outside" And the originally black wall turned transparent enough for us to see inside. Whip was inside a circular room, projectiles were flying from the wall around her. She was standing at the center of the room, dodging everything with minimum efforts, not getting hit by anything. After 2 min she exited the room. "You have to be able to leave untouched this room, in 3 months. It''s just the first level it''s manageable, the projectiles all come at the same speed, they don''t even bounce." "What?" "Seriously" "It''s impossible" Not caring about our cries she left to another room. On a sign, we could read "gravity room n¡ã6" "Show inside." She said as in the other room. "5 times" She walked in, walked around, squatted 3 times then came out. "1 time" And as if nothing happened she walked out. "Enter" Whip We did as asked, and entered. "Your second objective is to enter one of those rooms and to support perfectly 2 times gravity. You have to do at least one objective, boys I hope you''ll be able to support the gravity and girls learn to dodge. But Dan you" pointing at me "You have to achieve both objectives, it''s what Rogue want so you have to." she said smiling. "Whatever, you will at the end of the training support way more than " 2 times" the gravity" *Bam* We all ended on the ground, surprised we didn''t have time to adapt ourselves. I was fainting, looking quickly around me the others already had, just Carl was struggling. She walked up to him, and smiling, putting her head up to his then tilted her head on the side "Am I scary? Oh he fainted...weak" ''Hm, John was right.'' Looking up to her, I made a quiet promise to myself:'' In 3 no in 2 months I will be able to support this level of gravity easily''.
Whip
''How can they think that I''m like a demon, I''m such a good and beautiful lady'' I think as the one that found me scary fainted.Before he fainted he looked at me like I was a demon. ''John I swear that I will take my revenge. It must be because of you that they''re thinking that. ''Oh there is someone that didn''t faint!'' I think surprised ''Eh it''s the boy that told me that I was beautiful.Eh He is the last one.'' He was looking at me with eyes, beautifully determined eyes. ''What lovely eyes! He is really cute! I think I''m in love with those beautiful deep black eyes! Oh he fainted, well it''s good enough for the first time. Looking at the fainted body of that cute boy, a finger on my lips: ''I wonder what you will become after the training'' Smiling to myself "1 time" I said. The gravity coming back to normal. ''Well now there is 3 months before I begin to teach'' Stretching my arms ''Hum I wonder what to do, well I have time to think'' "Well it''s enough for today, you can go back home!" With that, I ended their first day.
A.N: Sorry for the late release. I don''t know if I will be able to update tomorrow so I''m sorry if I can''t. Well I try to develop other character so I would like to know what you think, and plz I would like a vote, I''m sad to see my fiction without any vote. "> Well that it comment if you see any mistake or just if you wish to support me. That it, so see you next time! "> Training "something" discussion ''something'' thought *something* sfx
Dan
I woke up in a familiar room, alone. I looked around me, I''m on a bed, everything around me is familiar: I am at home?! How did I come back here? I try to remember what happened before I black out. She is really a demon, Carl was on the ground, trying his best to not faint, and she came in front of him to taunt him" Not an ounce of pity. ''I hope I will not be the next victim'' I think to myself shivering. As I stood up a piece of paper fell on the ground, a letter. "To Dan, So you should be the last one in this room when you wake up. The parents of your little friends should''ve come to take them back at home, but you kinda have nobody to take you home.Sorry to say that but it''s a fact. Well what matter is that I''m a generous and beautiful lady so I took you home I cooked you something too! Well, I did that not because I said I owed you something, but because you said that I''m beautiful! And maybe because I had nothing better to do...continue like that and you''ll have success with women. Continue like that and you''ll have success with women. That''s it I hope you enjoy the food -Whip " Next to her nickname was a kiss mark. Even if she is a demon to those she doesn''t like, she is sweet to others. This kindness I will remember it, I swear to myself. Going to the kitchen I saw the food she made for me. I sat on a chair the food in front of me and I began to eat. The flavor was nothing special, but... I couldn''t stop to eat (A.N: Is it good?) It was the first food that I ate in 2 years that I didn''t make myself. After finishing the dish I went to my bed, to sleep, promising myself to be the best in class to thanks her for today. Tomorrow morning, after eating and washing myself, I went directly to the training grounds, to the cabin to go underground. Carl was outside of a gravity room gasping for air. I waved my hand to salute him. He seemed to want to say me something, but said nothing, glaring at me, he entered the room next to him without giving me a second look. ''whatever'' I searched a free gravity room and entered it. " 2 times" I just finished my sentence that I was brought to my knee. "1 times" I almost cried. Panting...How can she stay at 5 times the gravity as if it was nothing?! "2 times" gaveI tried again only to see the same result. I tried the whole day and had given up to go home. I can''t achieve an objective of 3 months in just one day, I consoled myself. The following week too only to see almost no result, following the same routine of trying and failing. I was resting outside of the room, gasping for air, when an adult with a full barb and a mustache. "You''re a newbie right? I can see the young me in you!"He said smiling. I didn''t know how he could see himself in me, he was a head taller than me, so muscled that he was almost twice as big as me, but I didn''t answer. "As shy as I was, I see... You know what I like you I will tell you an advice"He begun smiling "You should stop what you''re doing now, it can help you bu it''ll take time, and you''re rewarded if you''re first right?" Not waiting for my answer. "If you have the point you should exchange them for enchanted stuff that can add some weight on you by multiplying the gravity around you. It''ll be like a portable gravity room. If you find this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the infringement.If the gravity around you is more important your body will end up adapting to it. The only advantage of the gravity room, against this stuff, is that when you faint inside people will know, so you can test your limits. That was my advice little one, it''s up to you if you want to follow it." Finishing with that he left. I left and went to the shop of the school, where John was the shopkeeper. His appearance was somehow scary, he was totally bandaged, even his tail. When I asked him about the stuff the adult advised me about, his eyes lighted up and he tried to tell me something, but only muffled sounds escaped his bandaged mouth. He went inside the shop and came back with a bracelet. Looking at the price I hesitated a bit but finally bought it. ''He shouldn''t have any reason to lie to me'' I hoped. It took a good 2/3 of my points. I could use the bracelet to add gravity progressively, I learn that I could multiply the gravity by a decimal number. From this day onward I was living constantly with more gravity than others around me. At the end of the first month, I could support 1.23 time the gravity. During this time, I didn''t talk to anyone in the class, I didn''t even go to the underground complex. I just rested in the surface doing simple exercises like running or some push-up. I took me only 2 months and 1 week to complete the first objective. I from that point I began to go to the dodge challenge, from what I heard the girls already managed to complete it. The first time I try it I god beaten black and blue, but after some time I remarked that I tried with the bracelet on. Putting the gravity back to normal I felt freedom, I could go faster, react faster, I passed the challenge easily. But it was not enough for me as I wasn''t doing it as easily as her .(?)(A.N: help plz) For the next 3 weeks, I challenged, again and again, the room, trying to feel the attack behind me like her, trying to use minimum movement to dodge like John. During that time I even increased the gravity to 2.2 to force myself to use a minimum of movement. The bracelet could make the gravity up to 3 times stronger, I will have to change for a better version if I want something that can add more. As the time ran up I knew I improved, I was able to dodge everything, not like Whip that dodged everything like it was the most natural thing in the world, but it was better than in the beginning. I was proud of myself, but I knew I could do better...Well times up! Let''s see How the others are doing.
A.N: Well guy so here the chapter, since we are now tomorrow...I sorry for yesterday I couldn''t update... I hope you can forgive me. "> So in this chapter 3 months pass, our mc can''t keep being a child right? so the story will speed up a little I think. Training isn''t really fun so I''ll try to finish it quickly. Also, I need you, in this chapter, there are points where I''m not sure what to write so if you can help me in the comment I''ll appreciate. Thanks Franbarra2011 for your comment and your review parkle: , I hope you''ll keep enjoying my story. So that is it, so see you next time! "> I''m going leeping: Evaluation "something" discussion ''something'' thought *something* sfx
Dan
Today is the last day! I woke up excited, today they''ll see the results of those 3 months! I did my best. Eating and washing up in a hurry, I hurried to the training grounds, I don''t want to be late. Arriving at school, I see the group. Look like I''m not the last Seb isn''t here. He arrived a few moment after us. A few moments later, we saw Whip arriving. "Let''s go." She said not even saying "hello" or "good morning", She was colder than usual. She led us to the complex, to the gravity room. "Everyone enter" She continued. When everyone was inside she entered. "It''s an evaluation, so it''s quite easy you just have to handle at least 2 times the gravity and you pass guys! Of course, the one that can handle the most will get a reward. Girls you''re here too just to see what you can handle, you can leave before the 2 times mark without anyproblem." Whip "Ok" "Yay" "Understood!" I just nodded, but then. "It''ll begin the gravity will be amplified more and more, little by little.You can leave when you wish" Whip "There was something like that?" I couldn''t help to blurt out. ''This room can do more than what I was thinking'' "You should have made some research." She said coldly. Carl was looking at me with a sneer on his face. "Let''s begin, beginingProgressive type 1" Whip I felt more pressure instantly. The amount of pressure on me was augmenting. "Every 10 seconds the gravity will reach a new mark, 1.1 at 10 sec, 1.2 at 20 sec...etc" Whip 10 seconds passed but I was beginningto feel tired. 20 seconds It was beginning to become unbearable. ''Why?! It''s should be easy up to 2 times!! I''ve already done it." As I was trembling to my knee Carl was sneering at my struggle. "You wish to stop already" Whip asked, I could feel the disappointment in her voice. "No" I struggled to say. 30 second I was brought to my knee. The others were all looking at me. I couldn''t understand why I was struggling so much then the answer hit me. ''I''m so stupid!'' I couldn''t help but slap myself. The others were looking at me like I was an odd beast. I would too if I was looking at a guy who should be stronger than me but was struggling to do something that is easy for me, then slap himself only to smile after. Grabbing the bracelet on my arm I couldn''t help but throw it at a corner of the room. The pressure was gone, I could finally breathe freely. I stood up and laughed at my stupidity. I was trying to support almost (2.7*1.3=)~3.5 times the gravity. Whip went to the corner to pick up the bracelet I threw. She looked at me and laughed, it looked like my stupidity make her lose her coldness. "I don''t know how you learned about this but it would be a really stupid reason to fail the test when you can do so much" Whip. After some curious stare from those of the group and a murderous glare from Carl, the test continued. As the seconds passed I could see the others struggling more and more, at 1.6 G Maya gave up and left the room. At 1.8 Mary left too. Seb was sweating a lot and fell to his knee when Mary left. He was trying his best to support the gravity to pass, but at 1.9 when Alexandra was giving up He fainted. Whip had to drag him out of the room but the test continued. Ron was the next one to give up at 2.2 Time passed, Carl, the twins, me and Whip who came back were the only one left in the room. 2.5 I was still smiling looking at the others, Carl glared back, the twins were sweating a lot and were putting all their attention on their legs, trying to not fall, to not give up.But Ryan gave up. Followed by his brother, who gave up 10 seconds later. Carl and I were the last participants. 2.6 He started to pant. 2.7 He started to tremble, but even like that he tried to taunt me. "I will win" I only shook my and smiled at him. Maybe my smile had some hint of contempt, ''cause he didn''t take it well and resumed glaring at me as if he wanted to eat me alive. ''2.7, It was what I was able to support without forcing, from here thing will become difficult'' 2.8 Carl went to his knee. "Give up and it will end" I whispered, still smiling. Surprisingly he stood up. 2.9 Only to fall again. Looking at me who wasn''t even gasping for breath, unlike him, He finally gave up. I was the last one. "Good job Dan, you''re first, You can leave,"Whip said coming next to me. "I can''t, I know I stay longer, I ca-can''t stop right now determinedly. began I to pant, I could feel my limit coming nearer. Mom was saying that you can only become strong if you find your limit and surpass it. Stolen novel; please report. 3.1 I was trembling 3.2 I fell to my knee. "You should give up Dan, you should not hurt yourself before the training. ''one more, just one more'' The next 10 seconds were longer than ever. 7 8 9 10 When the pressure augmented again, my face ate the floor, and with difficulty, I said "I give... up" And the pressure disappeared. Whip came near me:"Are you ok?" "Yeah, I''m fine just give me 5 min" I smiled. "You''ve just beaten the old record, you know that?" She smiled back "I''m sure they''ll enjoy training you"
Title progression :indomitable warrior 1/20
Don''t give up and persevere where others would already have to unlock this title
You''ve earned a new title: Trainee
[table] TraineeacquisitionGiven to those that will do their best while training, even if it mean destroying their body. [tr] [td3] Bonus/MalusTrainers will enjoy teaching you, they are more likely to teach you their art or more. This title can evolve [table] I was momentary shocked, indomitable warrior!!!It''s a legendary title! 1/20, I''m quite far to get it, but it''s a start. One day I will get it!Never give up? Sure! ''A new title...That will help me to become stronger, sweet!'' Seeing me shocked then excited Whip asked me if I was hurt somewhere. Telling her about my new title, She stopped a moment. "I''m happy you believe in me but you must not say to others your titles unless you really believe in them or have no other choice, ok?" I nodded. "Well, congratulation for your new title! Continue like that!" She said happily, patting my head. It wasn''t...uncomfortable, I hopped she continued a little longer. Leaving the room, the others were looking at me as if I were a monster but said nothing, there was a more pressing issue. "Seb, you fell before the 2-time mark, you''re not feet to become a warrior give up" Whip We were shocked by the brutality and coldness she said it. "Can''t he have another chance?"Mary pleaded ''Eh, She is quite a gentle girl to worry about others here, where the higher you are in the ranking the better your rewards.'' But we all knew that not everybody is able to become a warrior, and we all heard of the cruelty of the instructor on those that don''t meet their requirements each year. Whip didn''t even cast a glance to Mary. "You can go back home and try become a craftsman" she continued mercilessly. She left to the dodge challenge, not waiting for us to follow her. We followed her leaving a devastated Seb in front of the gravity room that crushed his dream. We were waiting in front of the challenge room. The girl went one by one and came back untouched. We were able to see their dodges from outside. Oddly enough from the 3, it was Maya that dodged the best, imitating to perfection Whip when she was in this room, Whip who congratulated her. Then it was my turn, dodging left and right, trying to move a minimum. Just moving the member that was about to get touched out of the way. After two minutes of concentration, the projectiles stopped coming. It was the end. Leaving the room no boy went after me, there was no need for them to do it anyway. "I will report your achievement to your instructor so you will see the issue of your points with them. Well, so all of you in front of me are officially accepted in the training course, Congratulation !!
A.N: So, I have now a part-time job, so I will update less frequently. And ''cause of revision I will have to stop writing in a near future. BUT I wish to at least finish the Childhood arc, it''s my goal for now. I hope I can continue ''cause the next arc should be funnier than this one. So for the next chapter, I Will try to develop the characters around the mc, that are important for the progression of the story so Carl Mary Alexandra and maybe Ron and Maya. The twins are pretty much the handymen of Carl. Well so plz in the comments tell me what you think of them for the little you''ve seen of them, and/or how you wish to see them grow. That it, I hope you enjoyed the chapter, tell me in the comment if you see any fault. (I''m sure there are some ''cause I didn''t PR myself ''cause I''m in a hurry) "> P.S: I need help with table "> Prologue V2 On this continent, as you know, we can find human, beastman,elves and others, each torn in a war between angels and demons. Here the strong are above the weak, and if there is a justice somewhere, it''s only because of a powerhouse will it. And so power mean everything, some people can forsake anything forit, and Demons can exchange anything against power: taking from some their family, sometimes their treasure, but even pieces of their very being, transforming them into Demons. Angel preach living healthily by abiding by their commandments, praying their god, hunting those "tainted" by Demons. We are not against those that made a deal with a Demon, as long as He or She is not a problem to the Comunity as power is everything.I think I will never repeat this enough.This story has been taken without authorization. Report any sightings. Two more things and you''ll be free. I hope that you will become powerful as the world we''re leaving in is not the end of the road, by becoming powerful enough and piling up enough achievements you''ll be able to ascend higher. Now to finish, now that the last of you is 11 years old, he unlocked the system, and can now view titles and achievements. But as you know until we tell you to look at it, youmust not. This ring has been made to restrain you from using the system, not matter how much to call for it, while you wear this ring it will not answer. So to end this session, I will just give this last ring to the youngest, the others having already received theirs. That''s it, we will talk more about it tomorrow because tomorrow start your training. You''re free! The boy and the village On the continent, ravaged by wars where humans and the other races fight for more powers and territories, lay a village, hidden and cut from the outside world by mountains. In this village is an ancient race, that never got involved in the struggles for power, that has always been hidden from others, the origins . This particular race looked like the human, with a difference that appears at puberty, thefang.This simple difference gives this race an unfair advantage on the others races. By an ancestralrite, each child that have awoken his or her fang is made to hunt by his ou her own means a beast and has to kill it with the fang. This simple action changes the child at the very core, changing his/her race into half of that of the killed beast. Thanks to this rite the originscan adapt to any harsh environment.Did you know this story is from Royal Road? Read the official version for free and support the author. The originsused to be in every harsh environment but following the successive generation their bloodline thinned, and now they can only be found in this last village. In this last village, situated behind mountains, in a dense jungle where poisoned insects and beast are everywhere live this community totally united to survive...or almost. In this village was a boy living alone since his 5-years old. He never knew his father and his mother left him on his 5th birthday. Even so, he lived with a smile never leaving his face, striving to become strong as it is only with power that he will be able to find his mother. Since the day he became alone, at first, the villagers helped him gifting him some food from time to time.But following the words of his mother, he started to dislike owning food or favor to some, as such he started to hunt, to pick up fruits and fish to get his own food and trade using what he needed with the villagers using what he got. Because of the time used to survive, he never had time to make a friend and find himself alone most of the time, even so, his smile never left his face. And so 8 years passed, the boy is now 13 years old. Training : 1st year ???
Waking up with the sun as always, I stood up slowly.No dream as always. It''s one less subject to talk about to the others. Shaking those thoughts out of my head, I exit my chamber, a simple room with just a plant as decoration, the only thing mom left here, so I took care of it. Following the same daily routine for the past 5 to 6 years I know exactly what to do. Leaving the house to go the lake next to it, I take some water to water the plant, then taking the plant outside to let it have some sunlight. Looking around meall the time, in case some beasts try to attack me, the house may be in a ''safe zone'', it already appends. Mom was here to deal with the beast but now she isn''t, and I''m not strong enough to take on what can lay in this forest. I may have lived here alone for the past 7 years, I only fished and picked up fruits, to have meat I could only trade it with the villagers. So in those 7 years, my preys were just fruits and fishes, some days it''ll change. Whatever looking around me, I see nothing no beasts no mom, neither come back. After this, I did some light exercise to truly wake up, it took 30 min, 10 min eating and washing up and it''s time to go. I live 6 kilometers or so from the village, why mom wanted to live here, I never understood. I may have good memories in this little house with only 5rooms ( 2 bedrooms, 1 kitchen, 1 restroom, 1 toilet), wait there is also a cave, where I don''t have the right to go until either mom come back or meturning 16. Whatever I have good memories here but why forsaking the security of the village and the facilities there? Still, I smile, at the memories inside the house, I could just revive 2 or 3 memories before seeing the massive wooden village gates and its walls made of stone. The doorswere already open as some hunting groups already left, I entered the village without any problem.If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it. The village was simply organized with the habitations near the wall and the different facilities near the central plaza, the facilities were classed by the materialsthey needed to work, as such the smithies were regrouped together in the iron plaza, the alchemist shop was placed near the different markets and finally the school, where I''m going was regrouped with the training grounds. It only took ten minutes to arrive at the school from my home, even then I''m not even out of breath thank to the stamina training we''ve been undergoing for the past year. I still remember the smile on the face of our instructor when he said that we were going to start the training. We all thought that we were going to learn how to hunt, fight or survive in the forest. We learned how wrong we were the day after when the very same instructor made us run laps this day... and the day afters and all the following days. It started with just laps around the training grounds and as time passed we had to run more and more until we were able to run 6 laps in one hour and to for 3 hours straight (one lap length being around 4km). At first, I couldn''t even walk back home and they had some hunter take me back home each day. It took three months to be able to run the just the number of laps asked, and four more to respect the time limit. After the laps, we had to do some push-up, pull-up and others exercises, without healing magic it was impossible to move after the training.Well, even with the healing magic we were unable to move, without it I don''t event want to think about it. When we were able to run under the time limit the training became even harder when they gave us weight at the start of the day to keep all the time. Needless to say that the first day nobody finished the training. Well, it''s been 1 year since we''ve started the stamina training, and today we will start something new. As I was thinking that, I arrived at the school. The others had their backs facing me and only the instructor could see me. "Dan, you''re here! Excellent we can begin! Congratulation on passing the stamina training! We will start something new today, you can''t keep building up stamina right? So today you''ll have new instructors appointed and finally, you''ll learn how to fight, cool right?" Instructor The only answer he got was the cry of joy of everyone around me, as for me I was just smiling. It''s the first step in becoming strong enough to find you, mom. Wait just a little more, I''ll soon be coming for you! Training : choosing the instructor Dan - Training grounds
I went in front of the instructor,he was a black-haired young man in his twenties, looking at himwe could seedirectly cat''s ears swaying with the wind(?) along with a tail behind him. The instructor that followed us those pastyears was someone who finished the training but instead of leaving the village as everyone else in his generation, stayed behindto guide the new generations. To each generation, there is an instructor that will look after it(?). The one that looked after us those pastyears was called John, he was someone who during his rite, hunted a black...cat. He said that he confused it with a baby puma. Well, mistakes happen, but we can''t understand why he has chosento stay when he loves to battles so much. There should be more battles outside of the village, right? The one that came back talked about giant wars between countries. As I was thinking about this, John started to talk: "So now that everyone is here I will explain what will be happening this morning. Today, you will choose your new instructors that will teach you how to fight, how to survive and any others skills you should need outside. Wait, or rather they will choose you, of course, if the course that your instructor chooses for you isn''t adapted you will be able to change. It''s rare but, hey, everybody makes mistakes you know? I think that I digressing, so go to the point: You''ll have to fight each other and the instructor that will be looking at you will choose who they want to take as a student. Well, that said we will be going." We started moving across the archery training grounds, where field archery could be practiced, it was the only outdoor training ground, the others being underground. We passed next to the arena, a place where the amusement was paid with blood.In that place were sent those that broke the law, because the strong were revered if you could survive in there the time asked by your sentence, you''ll be able to leave free of any charge.This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there. But even so most of the time, hunters captured beast to fight inside the arena and were betting on the victor. Sometimes people from outside, that, one way or another find their way to the village, were captured and send to the arena, and would they survive, they would be able to stay in the village. Well, I never had the time to go there but, this is what the others said to me. 3 min later, we finally arrived at an open space. "Now we''re here, you all fight here, and the instructors will choose some of you to become their disciple student or whatever. Don''t worry, if you aren''t chosen you can stay with me." John said smiling "Well there are just two rules in those fight: the one knocked-out lose and the one that steps out of the stone circle lose. The 7 of you can all come at me together, I have no problems with that you know." He continued. Looking around, it was just an open space, there was not even a stone in view. "There is no stone circle, what are you talking about?" ??? Exactly what I was thinking, the one who spoke was Carl, this guy was the son of the chief of the forgers, he had a blond hair and was as tall as me 1.65m, he was a little arrogant but I don''t think he is a bad guy. "I was waiting for that question!" said John smiling and lifting his arms in front of him: [stone wall] The earth trembled, then cracked open stones brutally erupted from the cracks to fly around just to insert themselves back to the cracks, filling the cracks that just have been opened, forming a circle of stone of 10 meters of length. Cry of excitement erupted around me, while it wasn''t exceptional to see such magic, it was still spectacular to see that. "When we fight, don''t worry I will just use my fist, no magic, not that it change the result." John "Show-off" said a cold voice. Turning to the origin of the voice, I could just see some human-shaped shadows.Hmm...12 human-shaped shadows? "Whip!!" said John with a goofy smile "A pleasure as always " " We will talk later John, do your job and stop showing off" the shadow of the left who I suppose to be ''Whip'' answered with a sigh. " To accept the request of the lovely Whip, we''ll begin, these shadows there are your potential instructors, we will talk about them later as it isn''t needed now. As I said earlier, you can come foolishly to me alone and fight on one on one, or you can come together. Choose!" John Training : chosen by the instructor Daniel AKA Dan - training grounds
John was looked at us from the center of the stone circle, waiting for the challenger, a feral grin on his face. I absolutely didn''t want to enter the circle, this toothy grin of his seemed to promise me a worldof pain, but it looked like someone didn''t have the same point of view as mine. Carl walked near to the circle and stopped, but as he prepared himself to enter, John talked: "Man, I can''t let you enter now, there are girls here right? Show some gallantry! Come on girls, you''re going first!" Stopped, Carl showed for a split of second an annoyed expression that disappeared as soon as it came. Looking around me, look like there is nobody except me that have seen it (?), being concentrated on the two girls that were making their way to the makeshift arena. The first girl that was advancing to the circle while looking determined, she was almost 1.60m tall, her long black hair reached up to her hips in a ponytail. She was Alexandra, she lost her parents in her childhood like me, except that she knows that they''re dead, I heard that they died protecting the location of the village from crusaders. Crusaders are the warriorsof the temple, wielding holy magic and weapons blessed by angels, they hunt demons and for some reasons, they are determined to find the village. I remember that when she talked about her past her beautiful purple eyes were burning with hatred. I hope that she doesn''t let hatred that waste her life on her revenge. After arriving in front of John, she was preparing herself by gettinginto a fighting stance. "No no no, you have to wait for Marie, you know, if you don''t come at me together it won''t even be a fight you know? Well, it still won''t be a fight with you two together, but with you alone, it will be even less of a fight." John (1) As he was saying that he waved his hand to Marie to enter. Marie is a blond haired girl with blue eyes,just a little shorter than Alexandra. She was the daughter of one the healers of the village, she is a kind girl that doesn''t mind to go out of her way to help people, more than once I''ve seen her helping people in the market, as such she is well liked by everyone. The two girls looked at each other an instant then nodded to each other, only to rush at John. They tried to punch him, only to see him dodge while laughing.While they were attacking together, the girls didn''t really have any coordination. And so they continued to try to catch him for 5 min, only to fail. "More of you can come you know, you don''t have to wait for the end of this ''fight'' ." john said seemingly bored. This remarkseemed to anger Alexandra as she attacked even more fiercely...the air, as she still didn''t hit him. Finally exhausted mentally by John''s laugh she asked exasperatedly us: "Stop looking while doing nothing come here and !" She quasi-ordered us. Two boys answered the call, one being Ron the blue-haired son of the only alchemist in the village, the other being a brown-haired boy of whom I have absolutely no impression. I should probably pay more attention to those around me... I mean it has 1 years since we began the training together and it the first time I see this dude. As I was trying to figure who the brown-haired boy was, he and Ron joined the fray but were not any help, if something they were more of a nuisance as they were getting in the way of one another. John had an even easier time as he replaced himself to block hits using the body of the boys, catching their punches and kicks to draw them back in front of the girls when they tried to hit him, transforming the poor boys into human shields and punching bags. 10 min passed since the start of the ''fight'' and John stopped laughing: "It''s boring." He said, suddenly stopping, only to catch the boys and violently slamming them into the ground. " You lose" catching Alexandra and throwing her out of the ring, he then looked at Marie, "You know you don''t stand a chance, do I have to make you leave like them" he continued pointing the boys then Alexandra. "No." Maria said dejected, as she left,shehelped the brown-haired boy to stand up and leave the circle, Ron being already on his way. She is truly a nice girl. As Marie and the boy left, the three boys that didn''t fight rushed at John, leaving me the last one that didn''t fight behind. One of the one rushing out was Carl, he was acting as the leader, positioning the others two. The 3 of them knew each other from childhood, Carl being the son of the chief of the forgers, Ryan and Bryan, were the twin sons of a forger. The two of them were quasi-identical red-haired boys, that were towering at almost 1.75m, they were the tallest of my generation. The only difference between the two was a chain mark, while both had the mark, Ryan had it on his right arm, while Bryan had it on his left arm. It seems that there wasThis narrative has been purloined without the author''s approval. Report any appearances on Amazon. The two of them were quasi-identical red-haired boys, that were towering at almost 1.75m, they were the tallest of my generation. The only difference between the two was a chain mark, while both had the mark, Ryan had it on his right arm, while Bryan had it on his left arm. It seems that there was an accident at the forge while they were younger. As they were in the forge, a recipient inside of wich was burning iron, detached itself and fell, it killed one forger and the two of them received a burning chain on them. Oddly enough, only their arms were touched, and their mark is symmetric. I know I shouldn''t but looking at them I help to think about how would we distinguish them if they didn''t have those marks. As they reached John, they didn''t start to attack immediately, they positioned themselves around him in a triangle, circling slowly while observing him, hoping to find an overture to strike at. John didn''t move, looking at them with an amused grin, his tail moving left and right excitedly. They were in a deadlock, none of them willing to move the boys because they could be knocked out in an instant and John...for fun I guess? I know that I don''t have a single chance against John, the best I could do against him would be a clear hit on him, knocking him out of the circle? What a joke! I had John''s facing me, he shouldn''t be able to see me, thinking that I slowly made my way near the arena, then stopped, waiting for my chance. He said that we didn''t have to wait for the one-sided punching session to end, I will do as he asked. They finally started, the two brothers attacked together, the last one seemingly waiting for an occasion. They attacked for 2 minutes, they had a coordination, as expected of twins. As John dodged without difficulties the two of them, Carl that was waiting suddenly leaped at him trying to catch him. He...did it? Odd, John could have dodged that. Hmm...he is chuckling? whatever the twins rush at him, from both right and left only to get caught...again. It''s my chance, I creep as silently as possible behind him 10m...8... 6, now that I''m looking he didn''t even move from the center of the arena.Then suddenly I froze, he started to talk, as I was fearing that he, somehow or another, saw me, he talked to the girls and boys outside. "Well, it was not bad, when you affront someone stronger you can''t rush like an idiot, you have touse tactic against him or her." He said, lifting the twins in the air "exactly like they tried to." I couldn''t see his expression but I knew that it must be a mocking one. It was my one and only occasion, I know that I mustn''t waste it. While he was talking, I continued silently, I was only 4m from him. I prepared myself to hit, I don''t like to hurt peoples... but that now that I will do next to nothing to this guy that can lift next to 60kg with one arm. When he starts to talk again is when I will strike. I didn''t have to wait long. "Well, you don''t know how to fight so it''s logic that you can''t do anything to the great me, but don''t worry this what training is-" John was interrupted by my to feetknocking him from behind, releasing the twins, he passed above Carl to fell face first to the ground...How? I didn''t have any momentum, I had to jump and kick like that to not be found, this kick has less power than the tackle of Carl, so why did he fly like that? While I didn''t move in my incomprehension, the girls started applauding and were followed by the boys, and while some shadows were rolling on the ground, seemingly laughing, John slowly stood up and looked at me as if he had found a new toy. As I knew things were going bad, I did the only thing that could help to my survival: "I give up!" I said. "Oh no no no, there are no giving up here, you know? You can hit me once, I''m sure you can do it again let''s have a good fi-" Once again he didn''t finish his sentence as he was kicked again from behind by a woman, who didn''trestrain herself, knocking again the poor cat-man face first to the ground, then arriving on top of him. "Shut-up, you battle maniac! You will scare them, this one-sided beating stops here." She said. She was a beautiful woman in her twenties, with green eyes and red hair, with some leaf as stuck in her hair, it was an exotic combination that suits her perfectly. She was gorgeous in her green dress with a slashed side, exposing her curves and her legs. I could see a tattooed thorny starting from her left foot, climbing up to her left eye. From the overture of the dress, I could see the vine, it looked like it was climbing up across her body. I stopped again at her curves.Yeah...I was totally captivated by her. "So, hello everybody, you can call me Whip, I''m one of the instructors, normally you shouldn''t see me here, but because this idiot under me was becoming excited things could have taken a bad turn." Whip When he was treated of an idiot, John tried to stand up, only to get slammed back to the ground by a kick of Whip. "Well, because this idiot can''t explain to you in this state, why you had to confront him, I will do it, but congratulation to you to hit him and thanks for the good laugh, we will have something to joke about for a long time thanks to you." Whip Following the world of Whip, congratulations rained on me for the first time, from everybody, and I didn''t know how to answer, stuttering quickly a thank, to look back at Whip. If I wasn''t that fixated on Whip and if I had paid more attention to those around me I would have seen the ugly expression on Carl''s face, that disappeared as quickly as it came. "Well, that''s done, you had to fight someone like him to show you that there are people stronger that you, and to see how you''ll react in front of them, it''s not one of the better tests as you don''t have any tension or fear of him ''cause you know him but it does it job. Thanks to that we were able to see how acted without any real fighting training, it help to see what kind of training you are more inclined to. And so, the instructors will be able to choose wich one of you will become his or her student. While the one that chooses you will be your principal instructor, responsible for your training course for the next year, you will see the other instructor sometimes for some special classes." Whip "That said, I will let the other talk." She said, turning herself to the others shadows. At that time a voice rang out, surprising everyone because of where it came from: "I want him!" It said from behind. Turning back I could see a human shaped shadow pointing at me, looking at Whip it looked like she didn''t expect that. "..." everyone Hmm, is that something bad? Training : People you should never anger Daniel AKA Dan - training grounds
Looking at the shadow in front of me, I didn''t know what to say. I mean... I don''t know anything about it, except that the one behind the shadow should be a man because of its voice. Should I accept or not? "Oh, so you want to take a student, who would''ve guessed, it''s so rare, wait...it the first time, right?" another shadow asked. "Yes" "Totally" "Didn''t see it coming" "You don''t say?! It''s been 3 years I''ve been betting that he wouldn''t get a student!" " I was doing the same, it was supposedto be a sure win!" "it was until today" "You finally have to pay!!" I didn''t know who was talking...but it looked like they deviated pretty quickly. "Well, we''ll see that later, you know Rogue ''cause it''s the first time you wish to take someone in I won''tfight with you for him, I think the agree with me?guys?" ??? "Go on" "You can take him" "It''s a pity, tough, he would''ve been an awesomearcher, I''m sure" "Oh come on we all want to know what will become a guy taught all the way by Rogue" "Totally" "Right" "Agree" "..." It looked like the decision wasn''t mine, to begin with. Redirecting my attention my soon-to-be teacher, I still didn''t know what to say. Looking back at me (I guess) he said: "So what?Areyou finally gonna say somethingboy?" "What can I say, you''ve already taken the decision in my stead!" I answered. "He talked back!" "Oh man!" "Didn''t see it coming" "Well, I mean, they don''t know who we are." "Right" "Look like we forgot" "I because of Rogue! I''m putting all the blame on him" "We should present ourselves, no?" "Later, let''s enjoy the show!" "Right" "Agree" They''re still talking, it looked like they were enjoying the show. "What do you want?" Rogue "Strength" I answered determined, I only need that to look for what I lost.Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. "What is ''strength'' ?" He asked me in a serious tone. "What is needed to win a fight, what is needed to protect" I answered directly, the world were as engraved inside of me, as if I heard them time and time again, even if I don''t even remember when, where or even who said them. Nodding he asked again: "Do you need the strength to win overweeningly? the strength to destroy armies and the likes?" Rogue "I just need the strength to win any fight. " I said smiling weakly. "I didn''t choose wrongly, I will give you what you''re asking for. Call me however you want, but now you''re my ''disciple'', ''student'' or whatever, there is a single you have to do and that is to not shame me or my name, you haveto live up to my expectations. I will pick you up when they''ve finished " Rogue Saying that the shadow that represented him exposedin a puff of smoke. "That it?" "Damn, this guy knows what he wants" "Rogue, you''re lucky... If I knew he was like that..." "Don''t whine, hey don''t you think that Rogue was ...sterner?" "Yeah, but it the first time they see us, we must appear as authoritative as possible." "Right" "Totally" "Agree" "Guys I don''t want to pop your bubble, but they can hear you, youknow?" After hearing the last shadow, there was suddenly a silence. "Guys we''ll start so-" Whip started, but only to be interrupted. "I think the best way to train someone is to start from the basic." said one shadow. "Right, only with firm foundation can one advance!" answered another one. " I personally think that..." they started a discussion. ''Starting a serious discussion now won''t help you to take back our first impression!'' I though dumbfounded, looking around me, I saw that I was not the only one, it looked like nobody knew what to think. Looking at the beat-*cough* at Whip I could see an angry expression. Her tattoo was...moving? The vine was leaving her body, leaving her beautiful face, her body, it was only visible at her feet She was ever prettier without the vine, captivated by her beauty, time passed, the instructors were still engrossed in their ''serious'' conversation when... "Hey what''s that!" "It looks like the vine..." "Wait you have it near you too?" "It''s Whip''s right" "When have we angered her?" "I think I heard her starting talking but we interrupted her." "Oh God what have we done" "Pity, please it was the last time! I swear" But it looked like whatever what attacking them paid no heed to their cry, as the shadows exploded, and sounds of trashing(1) and cries could be heard. The cries continued for 5 min straight, everybody around me was focused on the smoke that used to be the instructors. When the cries stopped, I saw Whip tattoo climbing back on her body. Clapping hands to catch our attention, Whip talked with a beautiful smile, not letting any hint that she was at the origin of the attack on the instructors: "Well we will soon start, I will present them" As if they were waiting for Whip''s call, the shadows reformed themselves, even if they were uniform, I could swear that I could see injuries on some of them. Looking back at Whip, her eyes meet mine, I think she saw my scared gaze ''cause she winked at me, I didn''t know what to do and could only blush. They human-shaped shadows had a military-like formation, not moving, not laughing, I couldn''t even see if they were respiring! Well, I understand, Whip may beautiful, but she is scary. Note to self to survive: Never anger Whip Training : Situation Daniel AKA Dan - training grounds
Looking at the 10 silent instructors, and remembering what happened to them, I didn''t move or make any sounds, fearing any sort of punishment. I couldn''t help but think: ''This is how you show your authority''. Whip started talking: "So, it may be a little late but we will present ourselves, orI will present us, objection?" Of course, there were none, not after the previous display. "We are all instructors, going by differents nicknames, each representingour forte. We will be training you in the next years, while you''ll get a ''main'' (1) instructor that will control most of your training, you''ll still learn from the others, as to at least have a basic mastery in whatever discipline they will teach." Whip "Now I will explain who really we are. As you know sometimes, adventurers find the way in the mountain and arrive here, they are mostly killed, but some are captured alive and brought to the arena. We are some of those adventurers, the one that passed the arena, and showed their strength." Whip "Gasp" could be heard around me, but silence back quickly. After a few seconds, she continued, but she seemed to think about what to say, look like she can''t say everything. "After surviving the arena, we were made to make a choice between serving the village as hunter or instructors, whatever choice we made, we had to sign a...contract making us forsake our name, and that was saying that we won''t ever try to cause harm to the village and that we will do our task with everything we had, in exchange we were to have a house and some relatively good conditions of living. You can surely understand what choice we made. " Whip So that''s where they come from...I will have to ask teacher about outside "So you''ll be stuck in the village until your death?"Carl said. I can''t understand why it may be important to him, I mean, I''m not some egoistic bastard, but it means that they are wars prisoners right? "No, there is only one way we can be freed. Well, two cases: the First we marry someone from the village, as you know marrying someone from the outside means to leave the village and never come back and never talk about the village except if a child is born, of course, it''s only if the one married is a awoken. And the second way is if...the village is destroyed. So there is concretelyonly one way to leave the village." Whip "To leave the village you have to marry someone, Whip marry me!" Carl "..." everyone There was a suddensilence, no one talked. I didn''t know how to call Carl...hot-blooded, lustful? He is looking at her with a lecherous gaze right now while asking her to marry him. Moreover, we meet just 15 minutes ago, and while looking at the beautiful Whip, I can believe in love at first sight, I don''t think it''s part of his motive to ask her out. A vine suddenly grew out of the ground only to slap Carl then disappearas quickly as it came. "Another one..." murmured one of the instructors who was quickly silenced by a stare of WhipThe story has been taken without consent; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. "So NO" Whip "Why don''t you want to leave" Carl almost cried, slowly getting up, by rubbing his swollencheek. "I do, but for one, I don''t like the way you look at me, just for that I don''t want you near me. On this point, this one has a better chance with me than you." She said looking then winking at me. I feel my face blush so much that I must look like a tomato to everyone. An angry glare from Carl changed nothing to the joy I felt at this moment. "Secondly, you''re too young, but that not even important, I said years earlier I will only marry the one that can beat me. And if you''re wondering why I didn''t marry the one that captured me, that''s because 3 of your better hunters had to come together to catch me. After that, some tried to challenge me after becoming stronger, but I too became stronger, the only one that did beat me was Rogue but he wasn''t interested in me. So if you can beat me, I will be yours! But look like you can''t." She finished in a mocking tone. Listening at this declaration, my desire for strength increased, even more, I wondered too what was the strength of my teacher and...was he interested in men? Shuddering at the thought, I choose to forget it, he must have a good reason to refuse...a very very good reason to refuse the pretty Whip. "Now I will present the instructors, finally! It''s the third time I try to!" Whip said exasperatedly. "But firstly, they are here present as shadows because it''s hard for them to quit their respective zones, I and Rogue being an exception as we can come and go as we please, a benefit of the strong I suppose. I had a shadow to support them, and Rogue it''s because he is lazy I think. You''ll still see them later when they come to pick you up." "As I can''t say anything about their life, I will only tell you about their nickname and what they will teach you, so if you have any other questions you will have to ask them directly. I will start with the one that already left, He was Rogue, the one that will teach you about stealth, traps, unlocking and how to survive in the jungle." "As you can''t make any difference betweenthe shadows it''s probably useless but" Now turning to the shadows that didn''t move since, narrowing her eyes, she started talking again: "WhenI call your name, you walk two steps, understood?" A loud and clear "MA''AM YES MA''AM" answered her. "Hammer!" Whip A shadow stepped out of the group, and with a loud and grave voice: "I''m Hammer, I will teach you how to handle slow weapons be they hammer, claymore or anything, I will also teach you how to move in a heavy armor." He then went next to Whip, as if to let us know that he already talked. "Blade!'' Whip Following the exampleof its predecessor, he stepped out and start talking with an equally grave and loud voice: "I am Blayde, I will teach you about bladed weapons sword, axes anything." Listening to these two it didn''t seem like they were of a little height. He then went next to Hammer. "Lancer, I will talk in your stead, or else you''ll take too much time" Whip The ''Lancer'' in question stepped out but looked depressed and wronged. "This guy can only teach you about the lance and the poll, that''s it, next Archer will teach you about distance weapons." Whip As ''Lancer'' left to go next to Whip a second shadow that I suppose to be ''Archer followed him, with the same depressed air. "Well, to speed up, I will simply say what you teach you will just have to walk out for the form of it." "Frost, Wind, Fire, Rocky and Shadow will teach you about magic on the elements of their nicknames. Medic is surely the one you''ll see the most after your main instructor, being the one that heals you in the case of injury, and also the one that teaches light magic. Shaman is here just to be here, as he teaches only to those having some potential in shamanism, and none of you have any." Whip The shadows left as soon as they were called. "To end things nicely, I''m Whip, pleased to meet you, I''m gonna teach you about the whip and other similar weapons such as the snake-sword. I will also teach you about poisons, how to make them and how to prevent them from affecting you." Whip "That''s it for now, I will let my colleagues talk to you, then there will be one final test that will determine your fate, do well because when John said that you''ll stay with him if you failed, he was lying. They will refuse if your resultsdo not keep up with their expectations. Do yourbest!" She said smiling cheerfully. Somehow, this smile gave off an incredibly cold feeling. Training : new house Looking at Whip taking out a blue orb of almost 20 cm of diameter from...where did she take it out? It''s a dress!! As I observed every inch of Whip, trying to understand where she took it out, she met my stare and winked. Maybe it''s because mystare wasn''t the same as Carl but I didn''t end up like him. (1) I still end up blushing like the last time...I have to do something about it, I can''t keep doingthat every time. "I won''t accept any talk now. This will be your test" She said pointing at the orb. "Sometimes working hard don''t make up for talent, and this is one of those time." She said playfully. "You''ll just have to inject your mana inside this artifact, don''t worry, you''ll understand how to do it when you have it in your hand, you must not drop it." Whip Carl tried to talk, only to be silenced by a stare from Whip. Carl, it looks like your relationship with Whip is off on the wrong track. "You will touch this orb in the order in wich you''ve fought John, so Alexandra you''re first. Remember, You don''t have to talk, no that''s wrong, until the end of the text you don''t have the right to talk." Whip Alexandra approached to take the artifact, we followed her by being 5 metersbehind her. She took it from Whip, at first nothing happened, then a skull appeared inside the ball, surprising Alexandra who dropped it, but managed to catch it before it touched the ground. A purple light appeared up to 4meters around Alexandra. Whip looked at a shadow who shook its head, she then talked: "Sorry, look like it isn''t enough, go next to them." Whip said taking back the orb. Alexandra looked like her entire world was falling apart, she was breakinginto tears, but a stern stare from Whip and a finger on her mouth put her on her way. We could just look not knowing if we will end up like her. I said "we" but it was a "they" because I already had a teacher. I was way more serene than them. Marie looked like she was holding back her tear too, but she still took the artifact from Whip, a circle of golden light appeared, followed by a strong white light flashing everyone. When I looked back I saw Whip smiling, a shadow appeared beside her and talked: " Hey, girl I''m Cleric if you can''t tell. If you choose me, I will teach you how to heal the injuries of others and how to take care of them. So, do you want to be my student? " Cleric Marie too had a tear in her eyes, but they were not the same as Alexandra, her hand in front of her mouth to stop any sounds from coming out, she nodded happily. Look like there was more than one outcome to this test. "Jule you''re next" Whip So the name of this brown-haired boy was Jule...I hope that this time, I will not forget it. Taking the orb, a rock appeared inside it along with a brown glow thatflashed everyone as Marie''s did. I didn''t have to be a genius to understand that all of this was to test what attribute one had and who had the potential to be a mage. I never hoped to become a mage, I was even less stressed than before after figuring it out. A shadow appeared next to... the boy, I figured out that it was Rocky. A deep voice confirmed what I was thinking.This content has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. "Hello, I Rocky I will be blunt: do you want to take me as a teacher, I will show you the power of the Earth?" Rocky He nodded silently and went next to the girls where Marie was still consoling Alexandra. He wascalm as if he never doubted what would happen. The next 3 testswere uneventful one as the glows from the orb were between 2 and 5 meters, apparently not enough to convince the instructors to take them in. We still learned that Ron had water attribute why the twins had both a fire one. Carl triggered the next interesting event as a golden circle appeared in the orb and a white light appeared, like Marie but with a lesser intensity. But as he looked around waiting for a shadow to approach him, none did. He threw me the orb, seemingly trembling, surely because of the rage of not being chosen. A flaming skull appeared inside the orb, making a glint surprise appear inside the eye of Whip.A glow of about 6 meters around me appeared, better than average, but not good enough to be chosen, not that it really did matter. Whip casually explain that I had good affinities to fire and darkness, a dual affinity quite rare. "Now that we''ve finished, those that have a teacher move that way. Also, Wind, look like you will not have a lot of work in the coming years." Whip While we were moving Carl seemed to not accept the result of the test, raging he said: "I don''t accept that! How could we not have instructors because of that stupid test!" Carl, he was followed by the twins acquiescing to everything he was saying. "I had an intense glow, why wasn''t I chosen" Carl "You don''t have the personality to be my disciple, while I want to see in my disciple the kindness to help to in need, I only see you exclude the pride of being above them, you''re not fit for this role." Cleric answered calmly. Carl was preparing himself to continue to scream at the injustice when Whip stopped. "Why are you unhappy? Did I say that you''ll be fired if you failed the test?" Whip "You said that no instructor will take us if we failed!" Carl still screaming. "I said thatthey will not take you, there other instructors than those that teach magic right?" Whip I was struck dumb by this answer, and I think that everyone was too. Carl turned silent at once, not knowing what to do. He finally opted to range himself in the back of the group, where he wasn''t seen. "We will end this quickly because you''ll see each other a lot in the following weeks and months, I don''t think you to talk a lot when chosen or while choosing, Alexandra you''re with me." She said. Anybody with a little bit of observation could see that she was annoyed. I think that the instructors understood that, or maybe it''s still because of their precedent beating, but their choices were made in an absolute silence...they didn''t even say the name of the one they were choosing, they directly came next to them silently and put their hand on their shoulders. The final choices were that Carl was to go with Blade and the twins with Hammer. "Now that you know who are your instructor, we''ll end this journey by a final surprise. But before that, I have to say that you don''t have to worry about magic for those that were not chosen by a magic instructor or weapon for the others as you''ll learn to use them, in the following months. Now the big surprise, your parents are here!" As she said ringed a bell. At first, nothing happened, by a few moment, later a groupof middle-aged men and women appeared near the building of the training grounds. They only took a few moments to arrive near us, having bags in their hands. Looking at the smile of those around me I could help but smile too, maybe I should feel the sadness of not having anyone coming for me but I felt nothing of the sort. I just looked at them, when they were throwing themselves into the arms of those they hold dear. Looking around I saw Alexandra, who like me was alone. Approaching her, I patted her on her shoulder. At this moment a middle-aged man called me. ''Odd'', I thought while advancing toward him, He had well-toned muscle, and was almost one head taller than me, an air of authority was lingering around him (?), with his green hair and eyes, I had no doubt he was the village chief. ''But what does he have to do with me'', I only ever saw him from afar but never talking to him. Still walking toward him, I finally observed that he had his hand extended toward me a cross-shaped pendant inside of it. As I was preparing himself for the reason of this call, Whip herself called once more for our attention: "The true surprise is that...You don''t come back home tonight!" She said with a beaming smile. While shocked face could be seen on the faces of those of class, I was concentrated on the man in front of me, his first sentence still resonating in my ears: "This pendant...belongs to your mother " (2)