《Higher Beings》 Prologue: Meeting the Higher being "Where am I?" I said as I woke up in a dark abyss and looked around. "You''re in a space between Worlds." I turned my head to see a big "creature". It''s skin was gray, it had a scary face as if it would kill me anytime. He had a long, dark robe with red lines going all over it in a beautiful pattern. "Who spoke? Who are you?" I asked, still confused. I mean, I was in my appartment not long ago and was doing.... things. "I am a resident of the "Original World. It''s a world that holds mighty beings, beings which you could never imagine. My name is "????????? |"(WN:It means Aragahara) . You can''t pronounce it in human tongue." He told me this with a look on his face that holds pride and a little.... bloodlust I think? (WN: Explanation for Bloodlust at the end bc it may cause confusion) As I looked up right into his eyes, a shiver ran down my spine and my instincts told me that this was a being that could destroy our whole galaxy just for fun. His eyes had a golden color with black lines "swimming" around. I was entranced for a few seconds before I regained my consciousness again. "So, what exactly do you want with me?" I asked, shivering. "Getting straight to the point, ehh? Alright, I want you to do something for me. My world is in a bad state right now because of a certain "thing" in your dimension. I want you to get rid of it for me." "What could I do that you couldn''t? And why me? I''m just an ordinary guy who''s still going to college."Love this story? Find the genuine version on the author''s preferred platform and support their work! "I can''t do it because of a deal between the gods of your dimension and us that won''t let me interfere directly, so I want you to do it for me." He said with an annoyed look on his face. "And how should I do that? I mean I don''t have any experience in fighting and I''m not really that smart either." "Don''t worry about that. First, I will send you to a world with Magic. In that world magic is "sealed" in "Soul weapons". Everyone has one. The residents of that world get it when they are around the age of 10 in a ceremony that is held every year." "But like I said I don''t have any combat experience, nevertheless with weapons." "You don''t have to worry about that. I will implant something into your mind which will let you master your soul weapon." "Implant something into my mind?? Will that hurt?" "No, so hold still for a second." When he said that he held out his giant hand and laid his finger on my head. There was a bright light, but I didn''t really feel anything was different? "Nothing happened and I don''t really feel different either? Did it work?" I asked still confused. "It did work, yes, but it will only trigger when you get your soul weapon." "Alright, so how and when do I get there and what do I need to do?" "I will send you to the other world, Infaria, as a newborn baby. I well tell you the details of the quest when you''re more comfortable in that world, first learn a bit about that world and live your life. We''ll see each other again. Oh and by the way I gave you some gifts so you won''t be overpowered by someone else so easily. I will say goodbye now." "Alright I will try to be helpful. Thank you very much. Goodbye." A few second after I said that I saw a white light. ----------- The Bloodlust is because as he tells about his world and the mighty beings that he wants to fight and defeat. He''s a battle maniac. Alright that''s it for the prologue, I guess it''s pretty short, I didn''t know what to write about anymore, but the first chapter will be longer. Anyway, this is my first time writing so I hope you''ll go easy on me. Have a nice day :D Chapter 1: First day as a baby "What the- uaahhh?!" It was like being sucked into a black hole, and it hurt like hell. It felt like every part of my body was being compressed into a smaller form. I think it was because I was going to be a newborn, so my 19 year old body was needed to be the size of a baby. Suddenly, I was being pulled out of the white space and saw many different colors and 3 people who I assume were my "parents" and the doctor. Before I could take a closer look at them a little girl barged in- "Moooommmmyyyyyy, can I see him now?", I would guess she was my "sister"? She had beautiful, long, brown hair with a face like a little angel. Her eyes were a beautiful blue. Just like that she ran over to me and picked me up. In that moment I could finally get a look at my "parents". My "mother" was probably the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. She also had beautiful, long, brown hair like my sister. She had long eyelashes, beautiful red lips and breathtaking blue eyes that you could stare at the whole day. She wore a pretty ocean-blue dress with a flower pattern on it. Suddenly, my eyes caught sight of something big. Damn, I can understand why my "dad" had married her. Mentioning my "dad", he had messy, black hair. His face wasn''t as pretty as my mother''s or sister''s, but he had an okay face. His eyes were a dark brown, and right beneath the left eye was a big scar, probably from a sword or something. He wore a brown shirt and beige pants. Under those clothes was a set of big muscles. (WN: Like Zac Efron''s, I can''t describe it better, hehe) "Evelyn! You can''t just barge in here. We said you should wait outside." "Sorry, Dad. I just couldn''t wait to see him. I mean look at him, he''s sooo cute!" "I know, but anyways, let your mother hold him first." My dad said with a smile and then looked towards me and my mother. "Tom? Shouldn''t a newborn cry?" My mother looked at me with a worried expression. Crap. Right, baby''s are supposed to cry or something? "Right, is there something wrong Gerard? He has a calm expression, but that shouldn''t be, right?" "I''ve never seen anything like that in my entire career as a doctor. It''s weird, like he''s observing his surroundings." Alright, maybe this will make me even more suspicious, but let''s give it a try- "WAAAAAAHHHHHH" I started to cry as loud as I could, and it seemed to have worked. Everybody''s worried expression is gone and is replaced with a relieved smile.The author''s tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. "God, I was worried there for a moment, but I guess he''s okay." "Alright, we thank you, Gerard. It''s probably better we go home so Marylin can rest a bit. But first, let''s give our sweety his new name. You''re ok with the name, right?", my mother nods, "Ok, you''re new name will be Leo." So that will be my new name? Leo, I guess it sounds okay. And I learned that my mother''s name is Marylin, my dad''s name Tom and my sister''s Evelyn. -------- After that we went to our home, and I got a look around the city we''re in. It''s pretty big and beautiful, maybe the capital of a country. There were a lot of people on the streets and a lot of stands that sold food and stuff too. There were horse-drawn carts that got rich-looking people in them. Maybe they''re nobles of some sort? I still need to learn the hierarchy in this world. After a bit of walking we were at the house. It''s not that big, but big enough for a family of four. I guess we are a okay-earning household. All in all it''s a normal house. After we''d gone inside my mother had gone to her room to rest a bit. My sister went somewhere else too, maybe her room? My dad took me to what looks like the kitchen and put me on a seat made for babys. He made something to eat and it smelt pretty nice. By the way I''m pretty hungry too. Oh no, wait I don''t want to sip on my mother''s breasts. I think it''s not okay. Can babys even eat solid food? He put something down. It looks like beef with onions, broccoli, some vegetable I don''t know and bread. Let''s try some of that broccoli. I made sure dad was still gone and then I took it and put it in my mouth. I couldn''t really chew it but I could eat that soft stuff on the it. I swallowed that and it tasted really good. It ended with me eating off all the stuff on the broccoli and the tiny onions. "Dad, what''s for dinner?" My sister asked as they came into the room. "I made us beef and vegeta- What are you doing, Leo?! You can''t eat that! It''s not good for babys!" While my dad was talking about how I shouldn''t eat the vegetables, I still had a piece of broccoli in my mouth and was trying to get the soft stuff off of it, I guess it looked pretty funny, because my sister laughed after she saw me. "Give me that." He took the broccoli out of my mouth and saw that I ate all of the soft stuff from the broccoli and a few onions. "Alright, no broccoli for us then, sigh." After that, my sister and my father ate the beef and the leftovers from the vegetables. ------ A few hours later my mom came down and wanted to feed me, but I didn''t want to, but I could touch a bit. It felt quite good. I shouldn''t think about this, I mean she''s practically my mother. "Tom, why won''t he eat? (WN: Is it drink or eat? Idk) I''m really worried." My mother looked worried and sad and I felt sorry but maybe dad will tell her that I ate broccoli. Or maybe I could show her with a burp? I could try to fake one, maybe dad will catch up then? "Buurrpp" That sounded really fake. "Oh, I don''t know If that''s good but we could try to give him something else to eat? He ate the soft stuff off of the broccoli earlier." It seems he understands, and I get to eat something again. Nice. "Wait, he ate the broccoli? Why didn''t you stop him, it''s not good for him!" "I''m sorry, but I wasn''t there. I went to tell Evelyn that dinner''s ready, but when when we came back he ate it all. "He looked sooo funny." My sister said while starting to laugh again. My dad went to the kitchen and grabbed a bit of what I can only imagine is a melon? It looks like a watermelon. It was quite tasty. "He ate it! Maybe he doesn''t want your milk? I mean it looks like it tasted good." He said while picking me up and clapping on my back lightly so I could burp. And- "Buuuurrrrpppp" Woah, that was a big one. I think I could live like this. "Well, I can''t help it then, but is it really okay?" My mom still looked worried. "Don''t worry about it, dear." My dad seemed to be in a good mood. Because it was pretty late already everyone went to bed, and I slept in a room with my sister. Chapter 2: Soul Ceremony -- 10 years later - Soul Ceremony - - Today''s the day, I will get my soul weapon. I''m now ten years old and learned a lot about this world. First, the city I live in is actually the capital of this country, Lafira. Here, there are 4 different sections. On the outer walls there is the commoners section. The ones living there are commoners, understandable. The second section is the market section, which is also parted in two, the commoners market and the nobles market. The third section is the nobles section where, nobles and wealthy merchants live. In the nobles section there is also the Magic Academy of the capital, where I will be attending after I get my soul weapon. It costs a lot of money, so not everyone can get in. And if you''re a commoner it''s even more difficult. Luck''s on my side, because my mother is a famous doctor/healer in the Nobelias hospital in the nobles section and my father is the head of the security guards of one of the higher ranking nobles there. They get along pretty good, so I could often come along and I could read a bit in their library, which was gigantic. My family''s got a few books at home but that''s only a about 2% of what they got there. So in my last years I always bothered my dad to take me with him so I could read. They also sponsored me to do the ceremony because I get along good with their daughter and they think I''m smart enough to be a good fighter or something. I''m pretty grateful. Their daughter, Lenia, is beautiful and she''ll attend this years ceremony with me. She''s got beautiful blonde hair, almost golden and she has pretty, light blue eyes Anyways, in the fourth section, is the royalty, the Greysworth Family. They were royalty since the capital was built, and that''s pretty long. I think around 846 years. My family and I live in the commoners section, but near the walls to the 2 section, where the more "rich" people live. I also learned that this world''s currency is some kind of coins. There are: Copper coins, silver coins, gold coins and enchanted gold coins. 1 Silver coin is 100 copper coins and so on.If you encounter this story on Amazon, note that it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. Alright, back to me. ---- "Are you excited, sweetie?" My mother asked with a big smile on her face. "Yep, I''m gonna have the best soul weapon ever and will become a good fighter like dad!" We were supposed to meet up with Lenia and her family at their house. We got there a bit early and they still needed to dress up. The one to greet us was Lenia''s father, Marath Laniarus, the duke of the capital. The order is like that: King, duke, marquis, earl, baron. Which also means that he has a lot of influence. "Come inside! You''re a little early, my friends! Lenia and Alice are still dressing up. Come and sit down!" Alice is his wife, she is a very beautiful woman with shoulder-long, brown hair. She''s got pretty green eyes and she always wears flashy dresses. " So, how are you feeling Leo? Excited? Lenia is always fantasizing what she would like as her soul weapon. She wouldn''t sleep last night because she was so excited." "I can understand why she would be excited, I mean it''s a life changing moment in our life, that will determine what way of career we will take. I''m also pretty excited, Uncle Marath." I said with a childish and excited expression. I''m still a child in this world, so I need to act like one. Sometimes it can be really annoying. "Good Morning Tom, Good morning Marylin and also good morning Leo. You all look good today." She said with her usual motherly and heartwarming smile. She wore a long, green dress with a yellow flower patterns over it. It supported her elegant curves. "Good morning to you too Alice. Where is Lenia?" My father asked with a smile on his face. "I''m right here!" she jumped out from behind her mother "Good morning Leo, Uncle Tom and aunty Marylin." She wore a blue, knee long dress, that looked really nice on her. "Good morning Lenia. You look really good today." I said with a smile on my face. It wasn''t a lie. When she''s older she''ll be really breathtaking. She ran over to me, gave me a friendly hug as a greeting and said "Thank you, Leo! You also look good today! I think I never saw you with such clothes." I was wearing a grey jacket with a light gray shirt underneath. I also wore black pants which match with my black hair. By the way, in our mirror at home I saw myself for the first time. I have the black, messy hair from my father. My eyes have a grey color which confused me a bit because neither of my parents have grey eye colors. All in all, I think for a ten year old, I''m pretty attractive. "Thanks. I didn''t really want to wear this but mother forced me to." I said while making an embarrassed face. I heard everyone chuckle a bit at my comment and my face. "So, I guess everyone is ready now! Right on time. If we go now we will get there at the perfect time. Let''s go! ------- There it was, the ceremony hall. It''s a big cathedral in the middle of the noble section. There were a lot of parents with their kids waiting for the ceremony to start. Lenia and I are gonna be one of the last one''s, so we get our turn pretty late. "Wooaahhh it''s sooo big! And there are so many people here!" You could see the excitement and joy on Lenia''s face. "Yes, let''s go inside so we can take a seat." Her father said while already walking toward the entrance. "Daaad! Wait for us!" We went inside, took a seat in the 11 row and the ceremony started a bit after. Chapter 3: Soul Ceremony (Part II) ---- Ceremony Hall ---- The bells of the cathedral were ringing loudly and through the doors came one man, the current king of Lafira and the whole country of Alagriah, Mathias Greysworth. Everyone in the church turned to look at the door, where the King was gracefully walking towards the pedestal. As he stood on it in front of everyone he talked loudly, "I welcome you all, young ones and old ones, to this years "Soul Ceremony", where our children, our pride, will receive their own weapon, so they can go to the academy and learn important things about their way of career, learn to fight and many other things. Hereby I declare this years Soul Ceremony for start." His words echoed through the hall and loud cheering broke out within the seats. "I will now explain how this works. First, you will come up here and concentrate fully on this mirror and say this "Et sic satiata est anima mea in vobis notissima intueri pars vestrum permission.", Your weapon will then manifest into your hands. The First Person, Petano Libra, come to me." When the king said these words one person stood up and nervously but still a bit graceful (i guess) walked towards the king. "My name is Petano, I''m here to ask to receive my soul weapon." The king nodded and gestured him to go to the mirror. He spoke the words and concentrated. Everything was quiet for a moment until- "I got it! My own soul weapon!" He was so excited and happy that he forgot he stood in front of the king. As he turned around Everyone could see his weapon now. It was a big, white spear with a sharp blade at the top. The blade rose out of what resembled the head of a white tiger. Black stripes were on the spear like a snow tiger. It gave off a cold aura, Ice affinity I guess. You could hear gasps among the seated people. The king gave the kid a blessing, and the kid went back to his parents. -------- It went on with numerous kids getting their weapons one after another until- "Now, for 48th one, I call my own son to come to me." The people were quiet as they wanted to witness what kind of majestic weapon he will get. His son had blonde hair like his father, purple eyes and wore a suit worthy of royalty. It was an azure blue suit with golden stripes going around some edges. He went to the mirror, spoke the incantation, and it was complete silence again. Suddenly a big swirl of fire came out of nowhere, and within that swirl was a scarlet red sword that seemed to come out of legends. As the swirl disappeared more and more the sword slowly descended into his hands. (Imagine the Draedic Sword from Skyrim in a scarlet red and black) As they saw the flaming sword they gasped in awe, but you could also see stares of admiration, envy and various other emotions. His father gave him his blessing and his son calmly returned to his seat.This story originates from a different website. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. ------------ Now it was Lenia''s turn. As the king called out for her she gracefully stood up and walked toward the king with elegant steps. You wouldn''t belive she is only 10 years old. She stood in front of the mirror and spoke the incantation. There was a raging wind coming from outside and and inside. It was howling like a pack of wild wolves going on a hunt for their prey. Two daggers manifested themselves in a whirlwind. Slowly the wind slowed down and Lenia grabbed the two daggers that were hovering in mid-air. They had heads of dragons on their grips and short, bended blades. (Imagine Silver Kris Dragon Dagger) Lenia turned around and walked towards the king. She didn''t really show it but you could see the joy and excitement in her beautiful eyes. As she got back to her seat she couldn''t hold it any longer and quietly screamed in joy so only we could hear it. "Aaaahhhhh did you see my daggers, they''re soo coool!" "They are amazing. Only people with big mana pools and those whose soul is very close with an element can have that specific element manifest the weapons for themselves. That means you both have a very big mana pool and you have a strong affinity with wind, and the prince has a very strong affinity with fire." I explained so that she could understand that she is special, stronger than others, like the prince. "Sooo coool, does that mean I''m Special or something?" She asked with an excited face. "Yes you are. Talents like you are rare, so be sure to train hard." "Yes, I will! By the way shouldn''t it be your turn soon?" "Yeah I''m the last one. Hopefully I get something good." I mean I will master any weapon that may come. As I was thinking that- "Leo Kuara -which is my last name, yes- come to me and receive your weapon." "Alright, wish me luck!" I said as I stood up. I was walking with a calm expression towards the king and then towards the mirror. As I stood before the mirror, I concentrated, but something felt not quite right about this object. I spoke the incantation and my conciousness was being sucked into the mirror. "Where am I? What happened?" I looked around, confused as to where I am. "You are inside your own soul." A strong and clear voice told me. It came from everywhere and it gave me chills. "Wh- Who are you?" I asked frightened by this power emanating from somewhere. "You need not fear me, human. You should fear this part of yourself, this part of your soul." The voice said. Suddenly the output of the power was getting stronger, and when I turned around I saw it. My soul weapon. I couldn''t see what it was but it pulled me towards it. " Stop." The voice declared but I wanted that power. I had to. As I started walking again- "I said stop, human. This power is none you could ever hope to control. Return to the mortal world and never come here again." I din''t wanna listen to it, I still walked towards it. As I was close enough I could touch it but I still couldn''t see what it was. The only thing I knew was, that what was in front of me was pure power. I grabbed it and my consciousness was being released again. When I opened my eyes I could see Darkness. Darkness that could devour anything. As I stared into that abyss, my eyes went back to the shattered mirror where I could still see myself. A dark veil wrapped itself around me like a cloak. My hair had turned into a void-like black and my grey eyes were a raging purple. Something drippled down from my hair. It was blood. (WN: He didn''t kill anybody, It just happens) saw it. Out of the neverending darkness came a pitch black scythe with purple flames protruding from various parts of it''s "body". Dark swirls danced around the scythe beautifully. (Imagine the Death Sickle fron Terraria but much more detailed, pitch black, and more deadly) When I grabbed the scythe the neverending abyss around me was sucked into it and I could see my surroundings again. The first thing I could see was a devastated pedestal and a terrified king as well as hundreds of terrified gazes, amongst them was my family and Lenia''s too. As I put the scythe away, my body returned to normal and I just stood there with cold eyes. It feels like something inside of me had died, when I grabbed that scythe. No, when I accepted that power. I could see that my family was terrified of me. I could see it in their eyes, in their souls. So for a long time everything was silent until the king finally decided to walk towards me with his guards. Suddenly my consciousness began to fade and before I knew it I fell unconsciouss. Chapter 4: Testing ----- Nobelias Hospital ----- "Uagh... What happened?" I mumbled while slowly getting up. "Huh? Doctor Marylin! He''s awake!" A woman in her 20 screamed and rushed outside of the room. "Where am I? Wait... Uagh.. My head, it hurts, f*ck." Suddenly I heard something somewhere, "Finally I''m out. Damn, it was getting boring in there.", a deep and sinister voice. Whatever that thing is, it has a lot of bloodlust leaking out. "Who is this? Stop leaking so much bloodlust. You''ll scare someone." I said with a cold voice towards whatever and wherever it is. I feel like there''s something important missing inside me. "Oh? Good morning, ''Master''. Have you rested well, because I want to do something fun." The voice said with even more bloodlust leaking now. Why don''t I feel anything towards this massive bloodlust "Who are you, and where are you? And why are you calling me master" I asked with a commanding tone, like an order to tell me everything. "I am the thing mortals call a soul weapon. Although I''m a bit different. My name is Aladarius Grandas. I am the former ''Reaper'' or what you would also call ''Death''. I was sealed in this weapon swimming around for centuries, maybe a few millenia. I don''t know, I lost track of time." "So, why do I have you? And how are you sealed in a soul weapon?" I asked confused. "Oh? I''m here because I felt that you had a connection to my world, the ''Original World''. You were probably sent here by an Elder. I felt that you are going to be a powerful being someday. So I tried to get into your soul with all my might, as you can see I made it. I couldn''t wait any longer, I wanna kill someone or something so bad. It was so long since I last tasted blood. Let''s go do something right now!" He said with a still increasing bloodlust that could let a whole city faint, but luckily he compressed so that you could only feel it in this room. If someone were to come in here they''d fall into a coma probably. Wait, didn''t that lady earlier say ''Doctor Marylin''? Oh no! My mother, if she comes in here- "Stop leaking your bloodlust, even if it''s compressed. If I''m your master now you need to listen to my orders." "Oohh no fun." He said while clicking his tongue. Right as the door was about to open he retracted his bloodlust. As I sat there, several people came into my room. It looked like there was my mother, a nurse, several guards (?) and... The King?! My mum rushed to my side and gave me a big hug. "Mom? Why ar-" I wanted to say something but was interrupted by my crying mother "You scared us all so *hick* much *sob*, you were unconsious for the last 10 days. *hick* What happened?" My mother was crying her heart out, I mean she could have lost her son. Anyone with a heart would be sad and crying. "Mom, I''m okay." I told my mother with a reassuring smile "I don''t know what happened. All I know is that I''ve got my soul weapon!" "Do you mean that scythe? That''s your soul weapon?" My mother asked still sobbing a bit. "Ehem. I''m sorry to interrupt you, but could I talk with your son a bit?" My mother looked at me worried. "I''m okay, mother. I am listening your majesty." I said while lowering my head in respect.This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there. "Thank you very much. First, I would like to ask you to take out that scythe." He looked at me with a serious expression. "Okay." I said while manifesting my weapon into reality. While doing that my hair was transforming into a deep black, my eyes were a raging purple again and the black veil wrapped itself around me like a coat. The atmosphere grew tense and the only thing you could hear was the blood dripping from my head. "I''ve never seen anything like that, neither was something like this recorded anywhere in the ancient scrolls. You can put it away now." He stared at me with curiosity and fear in his soul."Can you walk? I would like to continue with the ceremony, you didn''t complete it like everyone else." "Sure, It''s not as bad as it looks, my head still only hurts a bit." I said while getting up. "I''m sorry but I can''t come with you but I will inform your father and your sister immediately. They''re both at home right now, so when you''re down you can go there." My mom gave me a goodbye hug and then we went to the ceremony hall again. As we sat in the carriage the king nervously looked around, it looked like he was worrying about something. ----- Ceremony Hall ----- "Alright we''re here" The king said while getting off the carriage and walking towards the hall. "We will measure your magic power now (WN: capacity of his mana pool) and then wevwant you to do a test fight against a guard." "A test battle? That''s not part of the ceremony?" "We only want to test something. Alright, come here and put your hand on this crystal, It will measure your magic power." I walked over to the big white crystal and put my hand on it. Suddenly, the crystal gave off a bright yellow shine. "Such magic power. We can''t let his talent go to waste. Leo, you''ll go to the magic academy, right?" "Yes, I will" I replied knowing that one gift of the mighty being was a big mana pool, i think? "Alright, give it your all in the academy! Now, let''s go to the arena near the academy." ------- Arena------- "We''re here. Isn''t it just magnificent? Ok, Jedro, your gonna fight against him. Both of you on the field and take out your weapons. The first one who is rendered unable to fight will lose." Jedro is a big and sturdy man with big muscles and he could overpower me if we were to fight with raw power, but with memories on how to fight with a scythe planted into my mind by the higher being I will overpower him with pure skill. I can''t use Magic yet but I''m confident that I can win. The moment I took out my scythe again the bloodlust from Reaper (WN: That will be the scythes'' name for now) leaked a bit. It may have been just a bit but it could make a veteran wet his pants in fear. I could see the horror and fear in everyone''s eyes as I looked around. I tell Reaper he should stop it from leaking, and so the unbearable bloodlust disappeared. The usual transformation happens and I''m once again a shadow with blood dripping on the ground. Jedro''s soul weapon was a big dark hammer that had the aura of Elefant that could smash you anytime. The problem is, Reaper''s bloodlust scared him. He may not be able to focus as good anymore. It''s a plus for me so I guess it''s okay. "Are you ready?" He said nervously, still shaken from the bloodlust. We both nod and "Let the battle begin" Instantly, Jedro rushes to over to me and hammered into the ground from above. I stay there wide-eyed because that could''ve seriously injured me, if not killed. If we fight like that, then okay. He quickly turns around and swings his hammer at me. I jumped and swing my scythe at his head, but before I could reach it he punched me in the stomach and I flew quite a bit before landing on my feet again and instantly charging at him. He jumped and suddenly *RUMBLE* It was an earthquake! "Magic!" I lose balance and fall down. He wanted to use my fall to smash me in that little moment. Wait, I can use this as a chance too. I waited until he was in reach, then I turned around, pushed myself to the right, jumped above him and hit him as hard as I could with the with backside of the scythe. The hit rendered him unconsious and- "The winner is Leo Kuara." As the king declared me as the winner of the match, the other guards stared at me with suprise and disbelief. "How did you learn how to fight with your weapon without training with it even once?" The King asked, he too couldn''t believe it. "I don''t exactly know either, what I did just felt right, I guess? Hehe" "I hope you will study and train well in the academy so you can defend yourself and those around you with your power. I just have one question left... How did you get such intensive bloodlust? Even a veteran like Jedro got scared because of it." "It''s a secret." The king let the matter go, but still curious. After that I got a ride home from the royal carriage and It was pretty comfortable. When I got home, my father and my sister stood there waiting for me to come home. They ran over to me and gave me a long group hug. "Are you okay Leo? We were worried about you." My father said with a worried face. My sister nodded furiousfly and also asked "You''re okay now, right?" "Yes I''m okay, no need to worry." I replied with a warm smile. When we got inside, food was already standing there. We ate and then went to bed. Chapter 5: Entrance Exam ---- Academy Gates ---- "Alright, everyone! I will call you out one at a time and assign you to groups of 10. After everyone is in a group another teacher will come and brings the groups to the examiners!" A happy female voice said through what looked like a speaker, but It was actually made out of a metal that is attuned with the natural element of wind, so It can easily let someone speak through it if they had a microphone powered with magic stones of wind. Magic stones are rare and really expensive, so only powerful and influencing people have them. After a few moments the female voice talked again and called out names. "In group one, we have: Irela Ambrus, Theodor Gengu,..." The voice assigned us to groups and I was in Group 6 with 4 Girls and 5 boys. One of the boys was the king''s son. About 20 minutes later a teacher came for us and took us to what looked like an arena. It was probably twice the size of a football field with seats around it. As we entered we could see a beautiful woman with blonde hair, purple eyes and a voluptious body. "Hello, my name is Avire and I am the principal of this humble academy!" She said cheerfully as she looked at each one of us. I heard a few gasps from the group because of her beauty, me too. "Alright, let us begin the exam! Each of you will first show me your soul weapon and then we will measure your magic power. After that, you will fight against each other in a 1vs1. The winner will get into the primary class while the loser will go to the secondary class."This novel''s true home is a different platform. Support the author by finding it there. The class system in the academy is built out of the primary class and secondary class. At the end of every school year there will be an examination where you can either get from the secondary class to the primary class, or you go from primary class to secondary class. What the difference is? In the primary class, you get way better education, free food, a room in the academy and every month you will get an amount of money that will be changed by your grades in that month. In the secondary class you get the basic education, you need to pay for your food and all the stuff. "The first one is his highness, prince Rhal. Come forth, please." As he went towards her, he summoned his sword. "Beautiful and strong! Exactly what we want. Now come over here so I can measure your magic power." She said while gesturing for the prince to go towards the big white crystal. He put his hand on it and it gave off a dark green shine. "Not bad, not bad. Dark green is above average!" She said happy. "Next one, Lyrio Pequer." She said as it went on until my name was mentioned. "Now, to the last one, Leo Kuara. Oh, you''re that kid." She said as she smirked. "Show me your weapon so I can finally see it myself." As she said that I summoned my soul into the form of a deadly scythe. The dark veil wrapped around me, my hair went black again and my gray eyes transformed into a raging purple. Everyone went a few steps backwards as the shivered in fear at the sight, while the principal looked at me with intriguing eyes. "Magnificent! Truly marvelous! Come here so I can measure your MP." I put my weapon away because it seemed to scare everyone. I put my hand on the stone and it shined a bright yellow shine. "Bright yellow! That''s abnormal for a kid your age. I don''t need to see more. YOu''re going to the primary class and I''ll give you private lessons." When she said that, everyone''s eyes looked at me in fear and awe at the same time. She sent me home to prepare my stuff so I could come as soon as possible. Chapter 6: The beginning of a friendship -----In front of the academy---- After the principal told me to go home and pack my stuff to enter the academy, I did exactly that. I mean, I was pretty excited because in my past life, magic was something like trickery or from old storys, but now it''s real. Because Reaper didn''t know anything about the abilities that I could use because of him, I needed to go to school and get a proper education to make my parents proud and to not betray the mighty being. After school is over I will try to get in contact with him, but that''s still a long way. Right now, I''m standing right in front of the huge gates of the giant academy that were guarded by tamed beasts from the forest of Oleria. Those beasts were strong enough to beat a mage with bright red magic power, which was pretty strong. "So, I guess that''s goodbye for the next 2 years. When we get our 2nd year exam results back, I will come back with the best grades in my class." I said as I hugged both of my parents, one crying, and my sister who was also crying because I couldn''t be there for her in the next two years. ----- Reception of the academy ----- "Next one!" said an old woman around her early 70s. "Leo Kuara, first year, primary class." I said as I stepped forward with a smile. "Dorm 14, room 316, your roommate should be arriving soon. Classes start tomorrow at exactly 7 am. You will get the rest in form of a letter." She said with a monotone voice. I bowed politely and walked of to my room where I would live for the next ten years, If I wouldn''t fail my exams and stay in primary class. ----- Leo''s Dorm ----- As I entered the building, there were a lot of newcomers looking for their rooms or just going around in the large lounge.Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions. I went upstairs to the third floor and entered my room with a magic enchanted key. The room was really big with two big beds, a really big wardrobe, two separate bathrooms and a small kitchen. I picked a bed and put my stuff into one side of the wardrobe. After an hour of putting my stuff away and looking around I went to lay on my bed. Right when I closed my eyes the door opened and a young boy came in. The boy looked like he was around 10. He had short red hair, green eyes and two long ears coming from his head. He wore a green shirt with yellow stripes and brown pants. "Hey! I''m.. Elvin, your new roommate." He said with a weird smile. "Hi, nice to meet yo-" I said before looking at his ears "Are you an Elf?!" I screamed in an excited voice as I shot up from the bed to get a closer look. He gave me a weird look as he retreated a few steps "Yes I am, but why are you so loud and excited?" When he said that I realised I was way too straightforward so I stopped, and introduced myself again. "I''m sorry, my name is Leo, and I was so excited because I never saw an elf before." I said as I gave a polite bow. "Oh, it''s okay. I mean it''s the first time the other races can get into the famous school here. Let''s not talk about that, because we are both here, that means we''re in primary class, which means we both have super cool soul weapons, but what I wanna say is... " he stopped to take a deep breath" Can I see your soul weapon?" "Hahahaha! Sure, sure. But wait a second." I said while laughing. After calming myself I continued with a more serious and worried look. "Alright, but be prepared, and please don''t be scared." I said while he looked confused. "I don''t know what you mean, It can''t be that ba-" He lost his breath mid-sentence as he looked at my transformed form with my scythe. "Wha- What is that? That- How- Oh my god that''s so cool! How did you do that?" He asked excited while inspecting me a bit more. I looked baffled because l didn''t think he would be so excited instead of fearful. "Why are you looking at me like that?" He asked, confused. "I- Normally everyone who sees me like that is terrified of me or something. Except for a few people." "Why would they be fearful of you? I mean that''s so cool man. I wish I had that. Now I feel down because my weapon is just a ''wooden'' bow." "Alright, you saw my weapon, now I wanna see yours." I said as I unsummoned my scythe. "Don''t get your hopes up." He said as he summoned his wooden bow. More precisely, it was a longbow. It looked stury and had a few vines lining along the bow, also a few leaves. Also, It gave out mystic feeling. At that time nobody would have known how important it was to the elves. After that we talked a bit more and then went to bed. Chapter 7: The basics of magic ----Leo''s room---- "Oh god! We gotta hurry or we''re gonna be late for the first lesson!¡° Leo screamed at Elvin who was dressing in a hurry, so it didn''t look that good. The same goes for Leo whose hair was messier than usual. "I''m on it! Goddamn Leo, why did you continue sleeping instead of waking me up and getting ready!¡° Elvin said as he put on the academy''s uniform that they got sent during the night. The first year''s uniform from the primary class was a black robe with yellow stripes going all over that was pretty easy to move in. Beneath that was a black shirt with a sign which showed that they were first years and black pants. All in all, it looked normal, but it was actually more than that with multiple enchantments made by the academy''s enchanter. The enchantments were actually pretty simple ones, but are actually pretty tricky to make. The first one was ''Warming barrier'' for the winter because a few classes were actually held outside. The second one was ''Minor damage reducement'' so the students wouldn''t be hurt much during spars. The third one was a minor mana regeneration spell and the fourth one a ''Minor Mana Regeneration'' and the fourth one ''Minor Health Regeneration''. It all doesn''t sound like much, but it''s pretty hard and expensive to do that. "I''m sorry! I''m used to sleeping long and thought it was still time." As soon as both were ready they rushed out and ran towards the first year building as fast as they could. --------- When they got there, the professor was already standing in the big room and glaring at Leo and Elvin, clearly annoyed and disappointed. He looked to be in his late forties, had short brown hair and an average face. "Who have we got here? Already late on the first day. Get in." When they came in they apologized and sat down in the third row. The room looked like a lecture hall from Leo''s old world, but not as big. The other students looked at them with disdain, some laughing, and others clearly not interested. "Quiet. Now that everyone is here, why don''t we introduce ourselves starting at the first row." One after another, everyone introduced themselves and as she said her name, Leo realized it was Lenia, whom he hadn''t seen since the Soul Ceremony. "Hello, my name is Lenia Maniarus, I''m 10 years old and my magic power is at dark green." When she finished she sat down and smiled. After a few more students and the king''s son introducing themselves it was Elvin''s turn. "Hi, my name is Elvin Geyzel, I''m 10 years old and have magic power at the level of bright green." After he said that everyone looked at him with wide eyes. ----- There are 11 different colors of magic power, each with 3 shades of color. Dark, normal and bright. Between each shades was a big difference, and between colors was an even bigger one. The colors are from worst to best: Gray, green, yellow, orange, red, blue, purple, silver, golden and white.The author''s tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. ----- Even the teacher looked surprised. "It seems like our late comer is a genius among magicians. If you study and train well you will be a very good magician in the future." As Elvin sat back down , Leo stood up and wondered if he should tell them the true color of his MP or if he should lie to them. He mind shrugged and started. "Hi. I''m Leo Kuara, 10 years old and the color of my magic power is bright yellow" Leo said casually and sat back down again. Everyone, including Elvin and the teacher, gasped and looked at him unbelievingly until the teacher started speaking again. "Student Leo, after arriving too late you still have the guts to tell lies. We will talk about this later, now tell us the truth." "It is the truth, you can check for yourself." Leo said, when Agrius came to his seat and checked his magic power. His eyes opened wide and his jaw dropped. "So you''re the one chosen by the principal. It is quite spectacular, I''ve never heard of anyone with a bright yellow magic power at that age. I expect great things from you.". Everyone looked disbelievingly at Leo, but eventually calmed down when the teacher started talking again. "Alright, now that you have introduced yourself, I will do it too. My name is Agrius Nagrar, I''m 48 years old and the color of my magic power is dark blue." He said proudly as everyone was looking at him in awe. Reaching blue magic power at the age before even his 50''s is something only talented mages can achieve. ------- After the introductions were done, the first class started. "I will teach you the principles of magic in your first and second year. After that you will get more advanced magic classes. Now, let us begin." "This," Sir Agrius held up his hand when- "is but a simple solidification of the power we call ''magic''." - a blue ball of pure magic popped up. It was about the size of a full-grown man''s fist. "The size will be according to how much of your magic you will channel, and the color changes according to the color and purity of it." When he said that, the ball vanished and a way bigger ball popped up, about the size of a basketball. Everybody stared at it with round eyes. He threw the ball in the air and it popped into many stars, disappearing. "Each and every one of you will be able to do this at the end of the lesson. If you don''t make it until then, you will be kicked out of my class." He said as he looked at everyone with a serious look. "I will now show you how to do it, so listen closely. First you need to enter your own consciousness and study your weapon and the aura around it. When you feel a slight push from the aura, you will try to pull it out with you. After getting more familiar with the feeling, try compressing it into a ball. Begin." After he explained the technique to them, they started right away. For about 30 minutes the students were quietly concentrating, until there was an excited voice "I did it! I can feel it." It was Lenia. Only a few, including Sir Agrius, reacted to it because they were to busy trying to do the same. Sir Agrius was slightly excited as he said "Very good, student Lenia. You will be a very good mage in the future if you keep up with that." "Oh? We were supposed to say something when we were done? Well, i was already done about 15 minutes ago or so. Look, I can already do this." The silver-haired boy said with a smirk. The professor looked at him with an excited and amazed expression. The other students looked dumbfounded at him, clearly not believing what they saw. "Student Leo, what you did was extraordinary talent that was only recorded a few times in our history. How could you do it so fast?" He asked Leo. "Well I looked for that aura you told us and pulled it with me while waking up. Then I just thought of ball and it formed. I can do this too." He said while altering the ball in his hands so It was a pyramid. ''Well actually I had a little help with that stuff from Reaper so I guess it'' s cheating? But who cares.'' Leo thought to himself. "This is truly amazing. Changing shapes is something you can only do with a lot of training. If you want, you can go already. I will personally report your achievements to the principal." Leo nodded and left the room with a satisfied expression. After the lesson was over, 9 people had to leave because they failed to perform what was asked of them. -------------- --Principal''s office-- "Truly amazing, that boy. I knew he would be a genius but that is just outright amazing. Even I wasn''t able to do it in that time. You need to take good care of him. Thank you, Agrius." The principal said while sitting in her office with professor Agrius.