Marcus wakes up in his room the next morning. He looks at the clock as it reads 6:00. He does a quick full-body workout and five rounds of mana absorption before he leaves for the day. As he walks out of his room, he sees Götz walking into the showers.

"Are you alive?" Marcus asks

"Last time I checked" Götz replies

"What class is first today again?" Marcus asks

"Abilities" Götz replies

"Craziest part is that we haven’t even learned anything about the abilities yet, we just got them measured and that’s it." Marcus says

"Fr, I don’t even know what yours is." Götz replies

"I have some guesses but nothing concrete."

"Anyway, I’ll see you at the dining hall."

Marcus waits for Götz outside the dining hall. The air is getting crisper outside as Marcus’s breath can be seen in the air. Marcus then takes his hands and pretends to smoke a cigar until Götz comes by, then he quickly shoves his hand in his pockets and pretends like nothing happened.

"Saw that" Götz says

"No you didn’t" Marcus replies. The two of them walk into the dining hall. The staff had gotten lazy after yesterday's break. Seeing the two behemoths together sparked fear within them as they went to the serving line. It was yet another complete loss for the kitchen staff as Götz and Marcus cleaned house yet again.

"Ready to hopefully learn this time" Götz says

"Yeah, if actually learning was anything like magic 101 I’m going to jump the teacher"

"Calm the fuck down you literally wanted this"

"Fair enough"

Both of them sat in their same seats as last time.

"Thank Christ we aren’t with those chicks again." Marcus says

"I kinda liked them, but after beating them senseless, I don't think they like us anymore." Götz replies

"Oh yeah, I forgot about that with the spider and all that shit."

"Crazy how a professor died and we are just carrying on like it’s a normal Wednesday."

"There doesn’t seem to be too many schools around here, so I'm sure that there were 80 people waiting for that exact opportunity."

The professor and the rest of the students slowly begin to fill up the classroom until start time. Then the professor sits down at his desk and lets out a sigh.

"So many of you may have heard what happened to the monster hunting professor." The professor begins

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"Not this shit." Marcus says

"We know that this might be a tough time for many of you, so be sure to reach out to your friends and family if you are struggling an take as much time as you need to recover mentally." The professor continues

"This is gonna be all fucking day isn’t it" Marcus says

"Calm down, dude, a man died." Götz says

"We were literally brought here by someone whose job it is to count our dead bodies. They only care about the deaths of those in the dome." Marcus replies

"You say it’s wrong when it’s done to you, and yet you are doing it to the dead proffesor."

"Damn"

"Stupid ass, now pay attention to class because I don't know what’s going on right now."

"Abilities were manifested around the same time as mana and magic, so they are often confused for one another, but they are very different. Magic is something that quite literally everyone can do, and everyone can reach a certain magical level. While it does cap out eventually, it is still inherently broad. On the other hand, an ability is unique, no one can use your ability except for you. While it is connected to mana, it is the only thing that connects the two. Magic is an inherently outward expression of power, but abilities can be inward or outward depending on your specific abilities. Abilities can also share similar properties, but their uses and overall power will always be vastly different. Those with powerful abilities tend to produce powerful children, and those with weaker abilities produce weak children. This is where we get the modern no-climb laws, where those who are level two and three do not have to ever climb the tower as their strength is assumed. Any questions? "

The class is dead silent as many roll their eyes."

"Alright, then here is the scientific proof of abilities that I all want you to have memorized by next class."

"What happened to all that mental health shit?" Marcus says.

The school bell rings as all of the kids are coming out of the class as if they had been hit by a train going full speed. Their faces look like they have been waterboarded in Guantanamo bay. Real nasty shit. As the dubious duo walk outside their class, they overhear some guys talking quite loudly.

"I am tired of those new fuckers acting like they own the place," says a tall, fat man.

"Yeah, nobody even knows their names, it’s like they manifested themselves just to piss us off," says a short but equally fat man.

"There is a rumor going around that they are from a fallen family," says the tall one.

"Makes sense, now they gotta show off in front of everyone because their parents are morons," the short one replies, sneering. "The only reason that they win their fights is because no one knew their powers. Once we go at it, I’ll whoop their asses."

"Sup" Götz says. Standing in front of the taller of the two, he still dwarfs them in size. Without even saying a word, Marcus runs up and sucker punches the shorter one in the throat, dropping them instantly.

"Where I’m from, words have consequences, and no one really cares if you get jumped for saying something," Marcus says. "I'm telling my father about this," the fat man says as he starts running as "fast" as he can.

"It’s so weird that he said all that and then just ran away." Marcus says

"You didn’t have to do that. He clearly was scared shitless of us. Now all you did was get us in trouble, asshole." Götz replies

"Yeah, my bad, but it was fun, so I don’t regret it."

"I don't doubt that. I do not want to go to that magical class today. Last time we barely made it through, and when I try to actually use what he taught us, I shoot out some weak shit. "

"Yeah, fuck that class, but there's nowhere else to go and nothing to do."

"Let’s explore next weekend to find some stuff to do."

"Sure"

The boys head into magical class and take their seats. They get out their notebooks, determined to understand everything the professor throws at them. The professor sees all the students' determined and crestfallen faces and smiles. Almost all of the students at their desks collapsed from the lecture. The professor does a shitty pose and walks out of the classroom with their heads held high.