"The last practice of sixth year is now, i am both nervous and excited" thought Andrej while walking to the exercise field, where some students were already sparring with each other, one of the pairs was Anya and Mateja, so Andrej sat down to watch.

"Let's see how much you regressed over the years" taunted Anya.

"That is not how you talk to the strongest man in the kingdom"

replied Mateja and Immediately took a stance.

"Full concentration" both of them said at the same time. They exchanged some strikes, before Mateja backtracked and started running towards Anya, intending to strike her, but she grabbed the sword with one hand, and pinned him to the ground with the other, he quickly got up and slashed her, leaving a small cut on her hand, then she jumped in the air and kicked him in the back, which made him cough out some blood and he fell to the ground.

"I suppose you did regress" said Anya, then she heard Mateja whisper something, but she dismissed it, before he disappeared from the ground.

"Where did he…?"

"Turn everything to ash, Dragon Roar" a large serpentine dragon appeared from Mateja's hands and Anya took the full force of that attack head on, and now she was the one on the ground.

"I guess you regressed" taunted Mateja.

"Attacking me from the back, you are playing dirty"

"I don't care if it's "playing dirty" in the end, only the results matter"

"I agree with you, good fight" Anya said and extended her fist.

"Right back at you" answered Mateja and they bumped their fists.

"That was an excellent spar you two" said the professor in charge "Now Andrej, i want to see your progress, let's have a spar now"

"Yes sir" said Andrej, and both him and the professor took their positions.

"Full concentration" said both of them, and the professor swung his blade, which Andrej parried, but that was a fake, and the real one slashed him on the face.

"If you want to be an adventurer, you must see through my illusions" said the professor.

"I know" thought Andrej, and the professor created more illusions which surrounded Andrej.

"What to do, i don't have an attack that can deal with all of that, think Andrej" then he remembered something.

Flashback, two days before Katarina's graduation

"Look Andrej, before i graduate, i want to teach you the basics of water magic, but only if you want to" said Katarina to Andrej.

"Of course, you don't even need to ask" replied Andrej.

"Then let's get started right away!" said Katarina, and both of them went outside.

"Let me explain, water can be whatever you want, so water magic is the most versatile of them all" Katarina explained "So in order to understand the usage of water magic, you must imagine mana itself as water, you can bend and shape it to your will, and that is what makes water magic"

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"I see"

"Now, try to gather mana like you normally would, but imagine it like you are holding water in your hands, like this" said Katarina and she did just that, and a small amount of water appeared between her hands.

"Looks simple, let me try it" said Andrej, and then he gathered mana in his hand, and imagined it like water is in his hands, and before he knew it, there was a small amount of water above his hand.

"Wow, you did it on your first try" said Katarina.

"Looks like i did, thank you for teaching me"

"No problem, now you must teach me dark when you graduate"

"It's a promise"

Andrej then remembered, and repeated the same process, and a small amount of water appeared in his hand, which he spread out in a circle around him, which managed to dispel all of the illusions.

"To think that you know two magic types, you are a prodigy boy" the professor said and ended his full concentration.

"Thank you sir" said Andrej.

"The practice is over" said the professor and all of the students left the field.

"Woah partner, that was awesome! When did you learn to use water?" asked Mateja.

"Katarina taught me before she graduated, i didn't have a chance to use it until now"

"Why didn't you tell us?" asked Anya.

"Wanted to keep it a surprise" Andrej answered.

"Well you got me surprised that's for sure" added Anya "Anyways, did you have any plans for after we graduate?"

"Yes, me and Katarina said that we will become Adventurers together" said Andrej.

"How cute"

"I will continue my training to become stronger" said Mateja.

"I see" said Andrej.

"I wanted to become a knight, maybe even join the royal guard, to prove that women can be strong too" said Anya.

"That is such a noble goal, i support you" said Mateja dramatically.

"Me too" added Andrej.

"Thank you guys" said Anya.

"Anyways, me, you two, Katarina and Ivan, even Konrad are all from nearby villages and towns, maybe we can form a group" said Andrej.

"That is not a bad idea" said Anya.

"I agree with her" added Mateja.

"Hey, do you remember the creation myth?" asked Anya.

"Yeah, what about it?" replied Andrej.

"I was just thinking, do you think it is real?" asked Anya.

"It could be, it wouldn't be passed on from generation to generation this much if it was fake" said Mateja.

"I think so too, what about you Andrej?" asked Anya.

"I didn't think about it much" admitted Andrej "However, i agree with you two"

Then he stood in front of the entrance to the school dorm building, when he felt a strong aura of fear, then he saw the same woman that was on the meeting event a few meters away from him, he started shaking uncontrollably, as she opened her green eyes and looked at him for a second, before disappearing.

"What just happened? Maybe i shouldn't say this to anyone" thought Andrej as he slowly ascended the stairs.

"Andrej what happened? Your face is so pale" said Anya worryingly.

"I'm fine, just need some sleep"

"You are definitely not fine"

"Yeah parner, what happened?" asked Mateja.

"It's nothing i'm just tired" Andrej said and went ahead of them, the two of them just looked at him with worry. Then Andrej arrived in his room, and Immediately went to sleep.

"Chernobog, Henry, the unknown god and this mysterious lady. There are a lot of dangerous unknowns in this world. That doesn't mean i will give up, i will become stronger" thought Andrej while slowly falling asleep.