章 18: Path selection

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Next morning.

Eric woke up early to get ready.

Currently, he and Jin walking toward the training ground with others.

The training ground is at the back of the building they stay. As he exits the building he looks at the surrounding. He finds that the training ground is a large field. It is around 10 miles in length and around 7 miles in width.

The training ground is a grass field with a very small inch size grass all over it. There is a large platform present just near the east entrance of the training ground. Around the training ground is 40 feet wide stone track that surrounds the training ground from each direction.

Beyond the training ground, Eric finds some huge buildings. He sees 2 buildings just like the building he lives in on the North side and similarly 2 On the south side. The building he lives in is present on the west side of the training ground. This is the only build present on this side. Beside the building, there is a path that leads to a large hall-like structure.

That is the same hall where he got transported. On the east side of the training hall, there is nothing but empty space. But around 2 miles away a large dome-like structure presents there. That structure is as large as the Transportation hall.

If he examines it correctly then it looks like the building he is staying in is at the outer edge of the academy and only the transportation hall is behind that. Eric knows from his experience that they must be at the outer area of the academy.

If his guess is correct then the East side will lead them toward the inner academy. He looks curiously toward others and finds that all of the students are walking toward the platform near the east side. He and other students also follow the crowd toward the east platform. Coming near the platform they stand there and start waiting for the warriors to come as there are still a few mins left before the deadline time 5 am.

Eric looks at the student and he finds that there are around 1000 students present on the training ground. He looks toward Jin who is talking with many other students in a friendly manner. He is seriously impressed with how easily Jin made friends. With his cunning mind, he understands that Jin is collecting information from all these guys.

He heard from Jin that Jin's family is a merchant family. Just like the sweet tongue of a merchant who sells things that you do not even need. Jin has that same sly-sweet tongue. Eric sees Jin as a natural-born information collector.

Eric does not talk to anyone but he does examine most of the Students near him. He knows that these people will be his teammate as well as competitors. Eric does not want to follow anyone, this time he wants to be the person whom many follow. He wants to become someone whom everyone fear and respect. He knows that to achieve that he needs information as well as a strong personality.

At exactly 5 am 2 warriors appear on the platform.

Both of them hold a book in their hand. One is in a robe and the other one is in keikogi. The warrior in the robe is female whereas the warrior in Keikogi is male.

Seeing them on stage everyone stops speaking and they assemble near the platform in multiple lines. Warriors smile at them.

The warrior in keikogi comes in front of them and starts speaking.

"Good morning, everyone, I hope you get a good sleep last night. Now I hope you know a little bit about warriors. So a warrior is someone who uses mana to increase his strength. So mana is the most important thing to become a warrior.

What is mana?

In the environment, there are 6 base elements. A combination of all 6 elements is called mana.

Now to become a Warrior you have to form an element core inside your heart. As every one of you has a natural body element. You have to absorb mana and separate your element and make a core with it and the rest of the 5 elements will get exit from your body into the surroundings.

Now forming a core easy. Here in my hand is the guide to properly forming cores. The time taken by you to form core will decide your potential.

Those who form a core in less than 15 days are S rank.

15-20 days A rank.

20-30 days B rank.

30-45 days C rank.

45-60 days D rank.

More than 60 are E rank."

Saying till now Warrior paused to give them time to register the information. He speaks after some time.

"Now the potential of a person will decide the speed at which you progress in the warrior path. A person with more potential will have an easy time learning art and Study scrolls than those with low potential.

You all will start at the same time but those with high potential will leave behind those with low potential. I think you know the importance of potential.

For your motivation, I will tell you that potential can be improved using some of the herbs. How to get those herbs depends upon your performance in the war.

Once the core is formed you have 2 ways forward. You can choose either a physical or magical path.

The physical path focus on using mana to develop the body. Like this "

Saying that Warrior punched in the air. The impact of the punch made a shock wave which cause students to take a step back. This time Warrior in a robe come forward and speak.

"Magic path focuses on controlling mana, like this"

A small fireball formed in her hand and she launched it into the air. After some distance fireball blast of causing a heat wave to hit students. This caused a little commotion but nothing much.

After the commotion died Warrior in the robe started explaining a little bit about the magic path. After her warrior man also explains little about the physical path. After they finish explaining Warrior in robe speak to all students.

"Moving on to the topic, everyone has a choice to either choose the physical warrior path or the magic warrior path. We already explain the basics of both paths to you.

Once you start training in a path you will never be able to change it. I am giving few mins to you to select either of the physical or magical paths. I want anyone who wishes to learn the magic path to assemble to the left side of the ground.

Those of you who want to learn the physical path assemble at the right side."

Making up his mind Eric starts walking toward the right side of the ground. Now, most of the student walks toward the left side of the room.

Out of like 1000, 600-550 are on the left side and 400-450 are on the right side of the ground. But Eric sees that many of the students are still confused. Eric knows that selecting a path only comes after forming the core. He knows that many of them will change their path depending on the potential they have.

'It is different from the White academy as in their teacher chooses for the student instead of giving the option to choose.' Eric thought.

After the group is dived robe warrior continues.

"Now in my hand is the method to train as the physical and magical path. This method will be used after forming the core. You will be given a method to form your core. You can start forming your core today.

When a person forms his core, he needs to inform that at the counter of the building you staying in. That will decide your potential and thereby resources you get to train. Once you finish that you can choose a method to train in your respective path.

You have max 2 months to form your core. After that, a mandatory 1 month of classes will be held. During that class, we will teach you the basics about the warriors' world. You will learn about warrior paths, About the world, history, and many other things.

6 months from today, there will be a test. Performance in that test will decide your academic life so train well in these six months. That is all we will tell you. From now on you are on your own. We will meet after 6 months."

After taking a breath warrior continues.

"One more thing. For your mandatory class after 2 months. There will be 2 classes based on root paths. You much select your path before 2 months otherwise you will not eligible to attend the class."

Finishing the speech both warriors disappear from the ground. All students look dumb fold at the platform. They still have so many unanswered questions left. They start speaking to each other in distance. At this time the sound of multiple footsteps is heard. They all turn toward the sound.