Wendal Spirit Academy was the number one official Spirit Academy of the Wendal Kingdom whose rule spanned throughout the entire Wendal continent. It accepted only the most elite students of theory and combat. This meant that the teachers were even more elite. After all, the minimum power level needed to teach there was to be Grandmaster-level in qi. However, this was just for the most basic, low-level teacher. Many of the middle level teachers were Sage-level, while higher level teachers were at the King and Emperor levels. There was even a rumour going around that the Headmaster and a few other of the highest level academy teachers and officials were at the Demigod-level.
Since there were Demigods throughout the entire kingdom, this made Wendal Spirit Academy one of the top powers within the kingdom.
Of course that's the place where Alice will attend. After all, how can a school that looks for talent pass over a person with a God-ranked spirit.
Wendal Academy accepts students half a year after they get their spirits. This was to allow students who lived far away to travel there. After all, with little rest in an average speed carriage, it took six months to travel across all of Wendal Kingdom. Wendal Academy was not at the edge of the kingdom, but closer to the middle, so the six month restriction was to make sure that all students would start at the same time, and to leave time for even the slowest students to get there.
Using Aster’s power, I can get there in one month. That leaves me five months to train and get used to my new spirits.
(Raas) Boy, we will begin to teach you how to use our elements now. In these five months, you will learn how to combine our elements and of course, your qi levels will rise even quicker than before. And, we will help you to nurture your little pet when it hatches. It surprised me when I learned that it was related to that creature in the Dark Forest.
Wait what pet? I don’t have one, much less one that could be related to that legendary being.
(Raas) Boy, did you really not notice the egg that you picked up from the Grandmaster-ranked monster was an egg, and not just a rock. Moreover, it is not even the same variety as that monster, but it is a Tyrant Serpent, which is the same species as the legendary monster of the Dark Forest. However, it will not hatch for about five months, so it will hatch right before you leave for the academy. I have been around longer than most, and I have observed the first Tyrant Serpent, as have my brothers. We can be confident in raising it, at least many times more confident than anyone but that other Tyrant Serpent.
Oh! So that rock with the dark aura was actually an egg. Well, I had considered that, but decided that it was not, since it didn’t hatch.
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And so the training began...
For months, Rama trained his sword, his qi, his body, and his techniques...
(Zane) Lightning is the fastest of the attacking elements, and has some of the most powerful attempts. Lightning is the flash which the opponent cannot respond to. Lightning is resolute, and unyielding. Those unworthy will be shocked and smote down, while those worthy will embrace it. Lightning is the flash which destroys before another knows what has happened. Lightning is a flash.
(Aster) Wind is one of the most flexible elements. Its greatest strength is speed of movement and flexibility of movement, as well as affecting a large area, with both detriments to the enemy, and attacks. Wind is the flow which yields to what is coming. Wind reacts. Those unworthy will be swept away, while those worthy will flow. Wind is the flow which reacts and defends from harm. Wind is the flow.
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(Raas) Darkness is the most peculiar of elements. Its greatest strength is deception, illusion, and power. Darkness has overwhelming power, yet is impossibly quiet. It does not boast, only sneer. Darkness is what lurks underneath everything of this world. Darkness is the shadow which guides. Those worthy will guide, those unworthy will be mislead and deceived. Darkness is within all.
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In a blink, five months passed. In these five months, Rama broke through to the Grandmaster-level and was now 51st-ranked. He had learned to fight with Zane, the swords. He had learned to walk on air, to move swiftly, and to react with Aster, the boots, and most of all, he learned to deceive, hide, and kill with the ring, Raas.
(Raas) Boy, finally that egg is hatching. Quick, get it out.
When Rama removed the black, scaly egg from his pack, the aura was much stronger than from five months ago. He could feel the strength of a master-level beast coming from it.
To be Master-level at birth, I wonder what this guy could achieve in the future!
Over the time which Rama had had the egg, it grew many times in size, and what was originally the size of an apricot became the size of a grapefruit.
As Rama watched, the egg started to crack, and a lithe, pure black serpent with eyes as white as powder snow appeared, slithering out of one of the cracks.
(Raas) Boy, feed it some of that monster meat from your pack, and then drop your blood onto it. This will link him to you for good, however, he will not be a slave, but rather a deeply bound partner.
Rama did just that, and when he finally dripped blood onto the snake, the snake was coiled around his neck, hanging comfortably. With the amount of coils, it was hard to tell, but the snake was only about a meter long.
(???) Sa.... Di.......Sa.......Di......Sa.....Di......Sa.....Di
Since it seems like thats all you can say right now, I’ll name you now.
“I proclaim you my everlasting partner, Sadi!” yelled Rama.
Of course, nobody but Sadi could hear, because he was in the wilderness training away from civilization.
Well, its about time to go, it is time to throw off the chains of my old life.
Rama used darkness magic to meld his face into a more perfect, slightly more masculine face, changed his eyes to a deep green, and turned his hair pitch black with miniscule yellow flecks. The only thing which he kept was his now formidable physique. He now looked about eighteen instead of only sixteen-and-a-half.
Now every trace of the being who was years ago Gates Bernstein had vanished. Rama Dunstan was nothing like that naive boy, he was now calm, realistic, and collected.
With Sadi coiled around his neck, Rama ran off near his top speed just above the ground using Aster’s power, which he decided to call Wind Walk.
Its finally time to go to Wendal Academy. I wonder what I will find there, haha I think I know a few things, or people which I will find. Still, this will be an interesting experience. That is what Rama thought as he flew off into the horizon.[/b]