"Alright let's start heading there" Cinister said as the Fangra started making their way to the Academy
After a bit of walking the Fangra made their way to the gate where the two knights were still protecting the entrance
"We waited for 3 days, can we get in?" Ragna asked as he took a step forward
"Yes you may enter the Academy" One of the knight opens the gate to the Academy
The huge gate came down and revealed a lot of students just chilling around the yard
The Fangra quickly made their way to the Academy entrance and when they opened the door
Pure silence
Every student's gaze was upon the Fangra
"Hey is it just me or is everyone staring at us" Alya whispered towards Cinister and Ragna
"Well what do you expect me and Ragna are Eldritch so of course we will get treated differently" Cinister replied with a serious attitude
"Hey!" a random student came towards us
"Do you need something?" Ragna asked as he let his guard down
"You're the 3 new students who were admitted to the Academy 3 days ago right?" he asked with a smile
"Yeah that's us, what's it to you?" Cinister chimed in
"Well I'm the student that's supposed to give you a tour around the academy and your schedule" he says "And how could I forget I'm Mason what are your names?"
"I'm Cinister"
"My name is Alya and I can't wait to learn with you"
"You can call me Ragna and I wanna find the sword of devotion"
Instantly the gaze from the students went from curious to disgust even Mason smile faltered for a bit
"What he was trying to say was that he wants to find the sword of motion" Cinister quickly replied
"The sword of motion? What's that, I've never heard of it." Mason asked "Hey guys do any of you know what the sword of motion is" he inquired his classmates
The whole room went dead silent for a moment when one student's voice shot through the silence "I know what it is Mason. It's a legendary sword once in the leader of the Divers' possession. It's said he lost it in one of his battles in the North American tower. Word is shopkeepers from the black market have brought it here in the European tower. Though I'm not familiar with its abilities. "
"What? The sword of motion doesn't exist. I just thought of it on the spot. Why did he fabricate it further? He even gave us room to expand it." Cinister was thinking to himself when his train of thought was interrupted by Mason.
"Oh really? That's really interesting I hope you manage to find it "
"Thank you." The Fangra said in unison
"Anyway, let's just start the tour,shall we?" Mason added
"Alright" Ragna replied looking a little confused as to what had just happened
"Okay so the room we're standing in right now is the main lobby. This is where students hang out in between classes if they aren't in the yard which I'm guessing you already saw. "
Mason leads them around the school showing them different rooms
"Here's the cafeteria. It's pretty big and food tastes amazing"
"Right there is the fighting room. Fortunately we have put a revive circle meaning if you die in it you will come back to life" Mason shared
"That probably costs a lot huh" Alya voiced her opinion
"It sure did but because of the school president we were able to afford it" he said as they went outside
"And here's the park where you can just chill and eat" Mason explained
"Ok can we finally go to class" Cinister got a bit irritated
"Sure we will head to your classrooms, you impatient child" Mason said as he lead them to an elevator
"In this Academy there are 5 floors indicating the difficulty of the class" he continued
"So for example class 4 is way harder than class 2 right?" Ragna chimed in
"Correct and also each floor has a room for the respective class for example on every floor there is a Class for Mages, Knights, Tanks, Assassin, Commander and Support" Mason explained as he showed every class on floor 1
"What if I have two classes" Cinister asked
"You can choose between them I guess" Mason replied "But now from what I can tell"
Mason cast a wind paper to show him their documents
"So Cinister and Ragna you can start your journey on floor 3 while Alya you're on floor 2"
"That sucks but I'll be waiting for you guys soon" Alya said as she went ahead to her floor
"So which will you choose bro" Ragna turned to face Cinister
"Isn't it obvious" Cinister responded "If I want to beat Allen the mage course is the one I have to take"
"Ok just so you know I will surpass you even if it takes my life to do so" Ragna replied as he leaves and waves
"I hope you're ready to spend 3 lifetimes to reach that goal then" Cinister said jokingly as he head to the third floor
As Cinister entered the room he saw there were only 5 students and a female teacher, who looked very strong and experienced, and there were two empty seats one for Cinister and the other for another random student
"Oh you must be Cinister you can take a seat and we will start with introductions" the teacher said
"Yeah but is this class only for 7 students?" Cinister asked as he took a seat
"Duh I mean you do know that the orb from the previous floor is a test and if you fail you don't get into the Academy" a female student who sat next to Cinister explained as she chewed on her gum
"Sure and how much is the minimum" Cinister asked
"It's 10k" she rolled her eyes in boredom
"Well I guess were are ready for roll call" The teacher said excitedly
"But aren't we missing someone aren't we" one scared looking student with headphones said
"No one asked you" the female student glared at him
"Sorryyyyyyy but I just want everyone to be here" he continued as he hid behind his chair
Then everyone felt immense aura from the door
"Introductions are so beneath me" The student who saved the Fangra by saying the sword of motion came in with two weird looking creatures on his shoulders
"Are those curses!" The teacher said with a widen look in her eyes
TOWER OF SCALING: ADDITIONAL FLOOR
"So what even are those things?" Cinister asked
"It's just my curse which is very cool" he said
"What does that even mean? And how do they even work and what is your Nexus" Cinister started interrogating him
"Well you'll learn in the next chapter" he responded
"F*ck you" Cinister replied