Capítulo 27: _ Finish line; reached

The first two girls ran with speed and probably all of the energy left in them. Each girl tried to overpass the other strangely, the gap between them was close to nothing.

Afina's eyes were on Gia. The girl was behind the approaching four girls but Afina was contented since others were behind Gia too but weren't visible yet.

Giada's partner was amongst the four girls. She was the second one and when they came into view, Afina saw that Hera's partner was the third.

None of these approaching girls used their sand bending instead, they took to channel their qi into the strength to run faster.

Although Afina had no idea what Gia's qi was, from what she had gauged in this racing game, she thought the girl should have an orange qi at its early stage.

Giada's partner had shaken her hands while Giada dashed off with speed.

Hera's partner did the same then, the third and the fourth girl until Gia got to her.

"Good job Gia." Afina cheered as she shook her hands before turning to the back and running with all of the energy in her.

She was running with so much agility yet, this was a piece of cake for her all thanks to her qi.

Afina passed by the girl who left before her, breathing hard and rowing her legs as fast as she could. Then the third girl did her best to remain above her but she was no match for Afina.

The energy of her qi could last her more than a day of running without getting tired. Her chi was powered and full. The only problem was her body. Could it withstand standing as a powerhouse for all of that energy?

Afina could already see Giada up ahead. She was impressively fast but all Afina needed was a simple skill to overpass her.

As she thought of what to do, she kept on getting closer and closer to Giada but Giada's athletic body proved its importance. The vigor at which she speedily ran was impressive that she was already a few steps away from Hera.

Surprisingly, her chi started to get tired whilst her energy reduced. A smirk settled on Afina's face as she took that advantage to channel her energy into her feet and barely touching the ground, she passed by Giada on a whim.

Now, she could see Hera up ahead. Not only, Hera, could she see. She could see the other girls who had left the spot way before them.

Afina was not surprised as the deity qi was unmatchable with divine persons who had the regular blue to yellow qi.

She saw Hera take a look at her approaching footsteps and then turned to return to face the tracks. Afina again smirked. It was great to make the all-mighty Hera restless.

Suddenly, a bed of sand materializes under Hera's feet, and it formed and stretched down to the other parts of her tracks alone.

Afina's eyes widened at that skill.

Marvelous! She thought.

It was a skill only those who have climbed up to the true immoral realm in the cultivation rank could use.

Even Afina herself did not know how to use the art. She went to the regular divine schools and the techniques taught to them were limited.

Their teachers themselves could barely survive past the ninth stage of the yellow qi– that was even if they have had the opportunity to save enough to go for qi testing.

The celestial and heavenly arts were considered nonessential as no one of the low class was considered to have over the yellow qi of the middle stage at least.

The sound of Hera sliding flat on the bed of sand while it hauled her down the tracks reached Afina's ears and when she saw the view, she just had to halt and marvel at Hera's movement skills.

Reprimanding herself, coupled with the noises of the helicopter as it whirled closer to them to get the perfect capturing of Hera's array, she came back to her senses and returned the racing.

Her flame bending could not be that useless in racing, could it?

She thought of the mortal grade skill the first girl had used and assured herself she could do the same.

Summoning her flame element while still running, a ball of flame appeared under her feet, and like a burn rate in cars, a flame speed shot bounced Afina so high, she could almost touch the sky before she landed right in front of the first girls.

Still, she was behind Hera.

Hera's bed of sand had dissipated but she was still on her heels, running faster than any divine person Afina had ever seen.

Indeed, the girl was the most talented when it comes to martial skills among all of them.

Maybe all thanks to the sound education she had been opened to.

Hera, who knew she had won before even getting to the finish line which was visible now dropped her guard a little.

Afina saw that change in her and decided to use it to her advantage.

She had no idea if her body cultivation has climbed high enough to endure another grade skill.

Having a high qi was something but body cultivation was another.

She decided another grade skill wouldn't hurt as the finish line was already visible so, she bended her flame. This time, it took the shape of a dragon and screeched before pulling her up and dropping her right in front of Hera.

It couldn't do as much as that before evaporated thereby leaving her with derailed energy.

Right about when she was about to slide over the finish line, she tripped and fell flat on the floor.

Someday, the high house should organize a body cultivation testing program for them so that each divine high scholar would know the capacity of the skills their bodies could endure.

The trip was all Hera needed to win.

She jumped right above Afina using a yoga skill with the flexibility of her body and crossed the finish line.

The winner's whistle was blown and applause resounded from the group of people waiting by the finish line.

Afina stood up on her feet immediately and crossed over also before the other girls arrives and steal away her second position from her.

A towel was draped over Hera while some maids were mopping her sweat away and feeding her glucose. The same was done for Afina too.

Never had she felt that pampered her whole life.

The butler was standing there looking so neat and organized in his usual grey suit watching the race as the third girl crossed the line then, Giada came forth as the fourth position.

Afina sat on the carpet grass gasping for breath until all the girls arrived. In about fifteen minutes later, the match was over with.

Cher's partner came second to the last. Afina never knew Cher could be that lazy and still be so loose-mouthed.

She knew people like the girl. They were weak and would only feel strong when they made others feel bad about themselves.

It served as a form of compensation to them for how miserable their existence was.

Divine Coach Jedrek had taken a jeep over to the finish line.

"You have all done a great job, divine girls. I will see you once more before the week runs out. You all need to work on your body cultivations and not cultivate to increase in your qi level alone" he instructed before leaving the picture.

How fair it would have been if divine coach Jedrek had also run down the tracks instead of taking a jeep. Then, he would come to repeat the nonsense about body cultivation when he was panting and all sweaty, Afina thought.

Maybe then, she would listen to his instruction.

After giving them about a minute since Coach Jedrek left, the butler began to address them.

"Hello divine girls" he began with a bright smile lightening up his neat face which his combed walnut brown hair highlighted. The feminity of his appearance vibrated in his voice as he continued...

"I am butler Baelfire. The one in charge of overseeing the general running of the high house. I am sure a lot of you would have heard about me" the smile on his face remained unwithered.

He was a vivid contrast to Matron Valentina's harsh personality. They needed a break. Someone who was nice and accommodating and this butler was a good placement for the post.

Afina couldn't help but feel she would get along with this man quite well.

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