Arrival at Jade City
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Years 20298
It’s was a beautiful afternoon when they reached the city. They’ve been in the road for some days now. Cindy wanted to window shop before heading to the school but they didn’t have time to spare since they needed to get ready for the ceremony.
They reached the gate of the school soon after reaching the city. The gate was enormous and it had the school emblem on the middle of it. The emblem was made out of 4 majestic beasts on each corner; the blue dragon on the top right, the red phoenix on the top left, the white tiger on the bottom right and the black turtle on the bottom left.
The gate split in two and left a passage for the carriage to enter. The carriage arrived in front of the school within 5 minutes. The court yard was quite long and the entrance was full carriages. Every carriage had a rich student coming out like a royalty. Some students entered the school while other stayed in front to observe the newcomers. It was always good to make connection with powerful family.
It was L’or family carriage next, the carriage stopped in front and the doorman opened the carriage’s door and Cindy made her entrance following by Tristan and Liam. Cindy was wearing a white summer dress with flat shoes. Tristan was wearing a blue tunic and khaki pants with brown boat shoes. Liam had a black butler uniform. He stood behind the twin while some people were gazing them.
It was an impressive view since they were all in the age of 5 to 7 years old. It seems like it’s hard to be a rich kid. They had to put up a fashion show in front of all those students in order to show power. It didn’t feel like they were children. Cindy went inside without paying much attention to the attention they brought. The entrance was like a dome that had paintings of the 4 beast on the ceiling. The floor was made of crystal.
There was only one hallway that leaded into a gigantic room. The room was full of chair and students waiting for the beginning of the ceremony. The room also had 4 entrances with an emblem on top of each door. Each door represented a beast; they all had different colors depending on the beast.
It seems like the campus was separated in four houses. They will be studying in separated class and they would have different field of study however, they’ll have some class that are obligated for all students. They campus was 15 km x 15 km in total. There was all kind of facility to help the students grow. They didn’t leave any expenses because the students here will the future leaders of the continent of Starlight.
When all the students have arrived and has been seated, the ceremony started without further notice. A platform has been raised in front of the 4 entrances. They platform had a giant black tablet with a circular crystal in the middle of the tablet. An Old man with a white robe walked up into the platform and stood beside the tablet.
“Greeting to all the newcomers, we will start this ceremony in order to see your level of power and we will assign you into one of the 4 houses depending on your attribute and power with the help of the school faculty that stands behind me” said the old man with a loud voice.
“We will name each and every student, the student will come forward and come on the platform and place the hand on the tablet, it’ll show us your power and we will assign you to your house. You may request a house before the test and you may request a change in the decision. HOWEVER, it’s not certain that your request will be granted because you aren’t compatible enough” added the old man.
“Lex Ame, please come to the platform” said the headmaster.
Lex stood up quickly and went on the platform. He presses the tablet and closes his eyes. The tablet lit up and showed 2 stars while the crystal turned blue. He opened his eyes and let out a sigh. The teachers started to put talk between each other and gave a small piece of paper at the old headmaster.
“Black turtle house” said the headmaster. Lex went back to his seat with a smile.
“Emily Ares” said the headmaster loudly.
Emily looked quite nervous when she went on the stage. She comes from a powerful family that all went to this academy and they all went in the phoenix house. Her family expect her to enter that house in order to continue the tradition.
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She pressed the tablet but nothing happened. The headmaster told her to relax and concentrate. She followed the advice and waited. The tablet showed one star and red crystal. She was relieved to saw the result.
“Red Phoenix” said the headmaster.
“Leo Jade” said the headmaster.
Leo stood up and walked towards the platform. Everyone was looking at him with a surprise face. Leo is the 3rd son of the king of Jade city. Everyone from his family was powerful and they all reached Jack rank at least. The students were curious on his power level. Leo held his head high while walking to the platform. He had confidence overflowing out of his body. He put his hand on the tablet and it showed 4 stars and the crystal turned silver. Everyone was surprised by the rank that was showed but what really awed everyone was the color that the crystal exposed. Silver is a special colors since it’s rare.
He had the metal element which was a rare sight. He smirked and looked at the rest of students like if they were nothing but lowly peasants. Some students felt offended and other didn’t care at all.
“White Tiger” said the headmaster.
Dozens of students passed the ceremony and Liam was falling asleep next to Cindy. Suddenly, Liam woke up because of a cry. Liam looked up the platform and saw a young girl cry her tears out. Liam was thinking that she didn’t get the house she wanted and asked Cindy about the situation. She told him that she didn’t pass the test. The crystal glowed red but the tablet didn’t show any star. It seems like she wasn’t strong enough to enter the school.
One star seem quite low however, a fully grown adult that has been bodybuilding all his live would only receive one star at most. These children has been nurture and spoiled by their parents. They have received the best treatment to gain mana and power. Some have eaten legendary food that would increase their mana and strength. Other would have secret technique in order to power up their body. In some case, money even plays a factor in gaining power.
1 star would rival 10 men in raw strength while 2 stars would rival 20 men, and 3 stars could rival 50 men. The minimum requirement was 1 star and an element. Some would have the strength to get a star but not enough mana to get an element; on the other hand, some would have a lot of mana but no strength. This school require both since it’s one of the top schools. There’s other school that specialise in mana power or in strength power.
After the commotion, the ceremony resumed and after several students has passed without problem.
“Cindy L’or” said the headmaster.
Cindy walked up and presses her hands on the tablet. 3 stars showed up and the crystal turn green and red. Everyone eyes popped out of their skull. She had 3 stars which were impressive however, some had 3 stars and Leo had 4 stars. They couldn’t believe she had two elements; in addition they complimented each other. This kind of person would come once every century.
“May I request the blue dragon house” said Emily L’or. The request was granted because she had wind and fire element.
“Tristan L’or” said the headmaster.
Everyone was wondering if the brother would have a double element also. Tristan went on stage and presses the tablet which showed 3 stars and 2 elements. Everyone was stunned since there are two people that had double elements. He also requested to join the dragon house which was also granted by the faculty.
The rest of the students passed without causing any uproar until the last student stood up and walked towards the tablet. Nobody could believe it. He was 4 stars with double elements. The crystal was red and blue. He had fire and lightning elements. He went towards the phoenix door without asking permission and the headmaster nodded without any complaint.
He was named…