*Laglow Town*
Today during its ascent our Rock saw a shiny object.
Looking closer and entering a space behind a gap from which the object was seen. After that Rock approached and stood in front of the object in question.
The object in question is a piece of stone. This piece of stone is quite one of a kind.
On its surface you can see many spots of silvery colors which react to the light causing a silvery reflection.
Seeing this reflection of this particular object a feeling of attraction is born in him. Giving him the desire to get closer to him accompanied by a reassuring feeling and persuading him that it will be favorable to integrate him into his body to become a little stronger.
But a hunch tells him that he doesn't have enough mana to perform this process.
With the help of the skill [Climbing] he was able to descend with less error than during his ascent. Taking him less time.
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Hurrying back home to the cave he walked faster and faster.
Following the path of the sun, his walk took a little longer than expected. As the Sun is about to set it has had to take many breaks due to the fact that the beasts are appearing more and more. And in addition Rock also had to take a short break in order to recharge his mana briefly in order to walk without a continuous break so as not to drag on outside for too long.
[Night begins to fall, the system recommends returning to the cave as soon as possible because the animals are more active and dangerous at night.]
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Because of its small size and the length of the journey. Rock did not manage to return in time so he decided to spend the night in the height of a tree.
Rock therefore spent the whole night thinking about things that could help him constantly seeing different beasts pass in front of him, making his imagination work and learning about the beasts living nearby.
It wasn't until the Sun rose that Rock started to move trying to jump from tree to tree or rather from branch to branch because of his small size for much of the morning.
After traveling this distance he saw a familiar path.
Indeed this path is the one he uses when leaving his cave for the first time.
He had seen that the path taken yesterday is not surrounded by trees so he decided to go down and enter the cave.
He looked around cautiously for beasts remembering his previous night.
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It's good, now that Rock is in the cave he feels relaxed and safer. He began to take refuge in height, and to dig part of the rock to make a "Shelter".
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*Laglow Town*
Today is a special day.
It's a Bright Academy Test Day. Bright Academy is a Training Academy gathering Nobles for Transformers into Warriors or Mages
The Test Day takes place twice a year in a remote village away from the big cities in the surrounding forest of Laglow.
Due to its location and the fact that it is a village quite far from the big cities, the forest contains a lot of beasts. This place is low level but due to the beasts fighting every day it's not uncommon for stronger beasts to appear but it's still quite occasional.
It is in this environment that students who have achieved a certain mastery in the handling of their weapons are sent to prove themselves. Accompanying persons are provided and students must form groups. Thus for a group of 4-5 students 1 or 2 teachers are provided.
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Pupils and carers head to Laglow Town to take the test. They embark in horse-drawn carriages near the Academy. The convoy contains about 300 students who will be transported by 50 horse-drawn carriages. For the moment the students do not yet know how long the test will last and the very details of the Test will be revealed on their arrival at the village as well as the instructions and the rules of the test.
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The trip lasted 3 days before the students could see their destinations.
- Wow that sucks, it's an isolated town.
- They're so primitive. said a student when he saw the village made entirely of wood.
- Look at that he relies on a wooden barrier as thin as a finger to stop the monsters what bullshit.
Most of the comments were aimed at making fun of the living conditions of the villagers. Living in two different places the "Nobles" belittled the "Peasants" by describing their poor living standards, as the village does not even have a stone road. The equipment of the guards is at the same level as the village, that is to say mediocre.
Most of these students come from Noble families and live in big cities.
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or the protection and standard of living was much more secure. The Walls surrounding the cities have been made in such a way that they can resist the attack of several beasts successfully.
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On entering the village, the teachers briefly reminded them of the rules for gathering horse-drawn carriages at the entrance to the village using [Way Amplification] magic. Making his voice louder and thus allowing all the students present to hear him clearly.
During the next days you will collect points
Monster kills are worth a certain number of points depending on the strength of the monster.
All the monsters present in the forest after a careful investigation are below the 1st Kingdom.
The rules are simple:
The groups must be 4-5 and will be accompanied by a teacher ensuring their safety during the hunt.
The food that the students can eat are the own animals that you have killed.
All students will be required to wear a "Point Counter". (Machine to calculate the number of points according to the animal)
We will form the groups tonight or if they have already been formed you will inform the teachers.
We will start the hunt tomorrow.
--Group 11--
Today begins the group hunt. After spending a night in the village the groups gathered to prepare to leave.
Group 11 is made up of 2 Mages and 3 Body Fighters.
That is to say close combatants, this can be Martial Artists, users of weapons such as swords, daggers or even
He doesn't know himself any more than that. The Academy decided to form groups with people who do not know each other in order to see their behavior within the group. See how some people will fit in or try to control everything.
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Hey there, said Chase, rushing towards his opponent sword in hand.
His opponent a Brown Wolf.
The Brown Wolf is a beast that is larger than the normal Wolf sometimes reaching up to 1.5 m and more, they have sharp claws and brown hair allowing them to blend in better with nature.
They are known as the "Lone Wolf". Most of them live alone and meet only for mating. Adept at deception and sneak attacks, they use their powerful claws to wound their proids and retreat until the prey is weakened to bear the final cost.
The Brown Wolf here is quite young because it is small. He was injured by the group. His fur tinged with blood and dust, the rapid breath shows his exhaustion despite his apparent fatigue he does not take his eyes off Chase who approaches him quickly.
Seeing him coming at high speed towards him he growls showing his teeth and backs up to prepare his jump.
Chase arrives in front of him and swings his sword, the Brown Wolf steps back remembering the dangerousness of the weapon and advances his body to give a claw aimed at his legs to make him fall.
Seeing Wolf Chase shifted slightly to the side letting the claw pass relatively close to him. Chase takes this opportunity to land a blow on the Wolf's paw.
Swwwuush
The sword slashed through the Wolf's paw with very little resistance instantly severing his paw.
The Wolf seeing and feeling his severed paw howled in pain before rushing angrily towards Chase intending to injure him fatally before his last breath.
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After a few minutes of fighting the Wolf fell dead to the ground. Due to the previous fight and his great loss of blood he could only hold out for a short time.
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The sound of a vibration is felt. The group then watches their wrists as the point counters fluctuate before displaying a new value.
|+74 ¤ For the Murder of a Young Brown Wolf|
|Total|¤152|
The Party totals 152 credits after having some weak beast from the first level and below.
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Point of view of Lady Carmelina (Magus)
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Something strange is happening a few meters from her.
After using her skill [Mana Location] she could see where the mana is collected and she witnessed a strange phenomenon.
The Maiden Mage senses a small batch of mana moving very slowly. The weirdest thing about it?
She couldn't recognize the shape of the body, as it was small, a little shorter than a foot.
Every animal possesses and emits mana.
Is this mana used by the Maiden Mage to locate them.
Feeling a distortion of the embiant mana in that direction she looked in a certain direction.
- Hey, this little rock is weird, it has like two arms.
Looking closer she felt a familiar feeling attached to this rock.
- IMPOSSIBLE, this rock emits a little mana. How is it possible ?
Intrigued by this, she decided to get even closer to the Rock.
Approaching this rock, the student touched it and the rock began to move. When Rock saw the student's hand ready to touch him, he took a few steps back.
Surprised by the movement of the Stone, she panicked.
- Ahh the student screamed in fear falling to the ground pulling the rest of his group to his position.
Shortly after the group the group arrived. The worried overseer of the scream asked him a question.
- Why did you scream? Have you been attacked by a beast?
- No, I saw that weird rock move.
Seeing all the others coming around starting to surround him, staring at him intently he began to be in a dilemma.
Should he move?
Shouldn't he move?
Seeing the girl pointing at him and then being watched by so many people he panicked and suddenly started climbing the tree right behind him.
And to hide he reached his summit.
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Everyone present was surprised.
It's not every day that you get to see something out of the ordinary.
They were completely amazed when they saw this stone moving and going up a tree so quickly.
They were all surprised by the discovery of this creature.
They discovered something that could change the perception we have of inert objects.
They came to the conclusion that this is the birth of a unique breed of stone that can move.
You should know that the inhabitants of this world name most things according to their appearances.
Later when the Professor returns to Bright Academy he will tell his story and his discovery of a variant close to a Stone Golem, a short-armed Stone.
So the name of this new race for them will probably be "Armstone".
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This is how our "Rock" to begin its first steps in the discovery of the World. And so the legend of the armstone began to circulate.
Categorized as a rare rock-beast.