Chapter 74: End Of The Grand Selection
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"Where am I?" Aaris opened his eyes and raised his head, and found himself sitting in utter darkness with violet and red cracks all around.
"What is this place?" Aaris stood up, emotionless the glint in his eyes was gone too, he started walking aimlessly in that darkness, he looked at the violet-red cracks which were regressing slowly, and realized the black walls were fixing themselves.
"I have been here before." He halted, sat down on the fuming ink floor, " I hate this place-" he pulled his knees closer to his chest and hid his face behind his knees, from the thousands of eyes that were peeking and staring down at him from the cracks.
"How's his condition Afreen?" Tara spoke to the mage who was looking after Aaris,
"I can't say anything now.." Afreen was caressing his head and the emerald green light was spewing out of her hand,
After Aaris passed out because of Tara's blow, he was taken to the high room of the medical tower, only the Tridents and Afreen the Medical and healing magia professor of the magus Academy was allowed to see him.
-- Tara - PoV --
Why did you do that idiot!
We were spectating each of the candidates from the academy, during the game and my sight was essentially fixed on you. I was happy you got a good start in your region and others but…
But you let everything you worked hard for go to waste! Didn't you tell me that you exhausted blood, sweat, and tears for two years in that garbage of the land, The Garden, to get into this Academy?
In the end, you let your foolish and naïve emotions ruin everything, I saw you getting beaten to death by that… fake royalty!
But you didn't even raise a single finger to fight back who took everything from you! Everything that was yours! You idiot!
"Though Lady Tara can I ask you a question" Afreen raised her arm and wore her glove,
'Go ahead ' I am not in the mood for a long chat she better make it short,
"How could you hit a child, who was soaked in his own blood and ridden in injuries and wounds from head to toe? Aren't you also a teacher? Selected or not he was still a child seeking your guidance! How could you!" She stood in front of me cursing me with her green eyes.
You don't know a single bitch! Don't act so high on ideals and morale, criticizing the actions of others when you don't know on which records were made!
This boy was oozing so much ominous and violent mana when he came back into the Academy if any teacher would've noticed it, he would've been thrown straight to Raven's dungeons under suspicion of forbidden magia user, and if the investigation were to move then his identity would've been revealed.
'He just pissed me off, here I helped him get into the selection, and there he threw everything aside for an idiot persistent girl! Don't hate these kinds of idiots too?' I tried putting on a smile but my face was stiff for some reason.
"Are you listening to yourself? This boy saved Lady Ruth's life! Indeed, I don't care about the idiots who throw their life or get in trouble ignoring the value of their life but those who fight to save other lives I don't despise them rather it hurts to see them take on the pain of the other." Afreen sat at her table and poured myself a cup of tea.
'Hmpf, you doctors really take your job seriously huh? Well then, fill me in on the details of what is his condition and how much time will it take him to take up?' I looked at Aaris, he laid in the bed like a dead body, there were more heal spell-marked bandages on his body than his skin, only his face and some of the hair on his head were uncovered.
I don't even want to look at him!
"Did you forget he took damages from the crown prince golden flames, the flames that are said to destroy things from its very existence, the flame of creation, but lucky for him seems like the crown prince flames aren't fully developed yet, I took a look at his wounds, and found something very strange" Afreen opened her notes and showed it to me,
she pulled out a lollipop and put it in her mouth,
"I am going to explain it as easily I can so listen carefully, this is what we know from the theories we know about golden flames, if a part of the body of a normal person got burned a golden flame, the cells in that burned area would never regenerate as they did before, not without the help of the emperor level of healing spells, the DNA of the cells in that gets maimed like cancerous cells but don't spread like it-, sorry that was too complex for you" she squinted at me,
'Oye, even though I know basic biology, shut up and tell me everything!' What does this bitch take me for!
"So, you can regenerate or heal the part of the body but it would most like fresh dead flesh and nothing else that person would never be able to circulate mana in that area forever like it was never part of his body, if the flames were fully developed, it would've burned until the person soul or mana was exhausted, but this kid is very different. " Afreen closed her notes and threw it aside,
'What do you mean, different?' Maybe she could explain what I saw on the day of the first qualification test.
"Before that, I want to ask you something" Afreen glared at me with doubt-filled eyes,
'What?'
"Did you use your manifestation magia for necromancing?" She tilted her head with a sly confident smirk,
'What the fuck are you talking about?' Only if this bitch wasn't necessary for the Academy, I would've punched all her teeth out,
"You see this boy wounds and injuries caused from the flames were almost healed before I started treatment, there are many mages who use self-healing but in his case, it was more like replacing his flesh with something his body was not aware of, moreover the most surprising thing is his mana, where it should never touch the burned place again, his mana was creating new cells forcefully to surge again, it isn't normal Lady Tara not for a person with human abilities but if it's you-" She stood up and on Aaris' bed,
'What does it have to do with necromancy?'
"As I said, golden flames destroy existence, that goes for mana and soul too, but this kid, his mana recovered and started circulating so fast like the part of it that was burned never existed in the first place, but it was there since the start, I can't explain it but his body changes itself from its very core but stays the same thanks to his mana, it's very weird." She said,
'That doesn't answer my question.'
She rested her arm on his chest and closed her eyes for a while, then looked at me,
"His mana lady Tara, it's in his body but not at the same time, it destroys his body and recreates it every time he uses it, it's like his mana is the embodiment of -"
'Death itself!' Why didn't I realize this sooner?! Certainly, his mana doesn't behave like of an alive person,
"Correct, I don't think I can comprehend his condition here, so I would like to leave him-" This bitch! She wants to use him as a lab rat!
'No can do, when will he wake up?'
"Didn't I say I can't say anything right now, the stress and pain his body went through were enough to put anyone to death or coma for decades, but I think he would be unconscious for at least 6 months or so." She sighed, she had come that won't agree.
'Fine then' I said and walked to the gate, thinking about his execution that will take place after he woke up.
'Afreen you or anyone isn't allowed to go near him, without my permission call me whenever it is necessary, I have to prepare for the last trial tomorrow.' I warned her with a blast of mana aura, I need to make sure she stays away from him.
She nodded in agreement and I went out.
***
Tara left her chamber and Afreen pulled Aaris' blanket and went out too, still in slumber. Another day passed for Aaris and everyone, and the final 64 candidates were summoned to the Colosseum for the last trial.
The one-on-one duel fight.
6 rounds were fixed on which candidates who made it to the 3rd eliminary and top 8 runners made it to the first-year batch of Magus Academy.
And the Grand Selection came to an end, but there is a zeroth day of Grand Selection where the top 8 fight to each other, to distinguish rank and position in Ovyrus!
And hence on that 8th day, Zeroth day commenced!
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"Where am I?" Aaris opened his eyes and raised his head, and found himself sitting in utter darkness with violet and red cracks all around.
"What is this place?" Aaris stood up, emotionless the glint in his eyes was gone too, he started walking aimlessly in that darkness, he looked at the violet-red cracks which were regressing slowly, and realized the black walls were fixing themselves.
"I have been here before." He halted, sat down on the fuming ink floor, " I hate this place-" he pulled his knees closer to his chest and hid his face behind his knees, from the thousands of eyes that were peeking and staring down at him from the cracks.
"How's his condition Afreen?" Tara spoke to the mage who was looking after Aaris,
"I can't say anything now.." Afreen was caressing his head and the emerald green light was spewing out of her hand,
After Aaris passed out because of Tara's blow, he was taken to the high room of the medical tower, only the Tridents and Afreen the Medical and healing magia professor of the magus Academy was allowed to see him.
-- Tara - PoV --
Why did you do that idiot!
We were spectating each of the candidates from the academy, during the game and my sight was essentially fixed on you. I was happy you got a good start in your region and others but…
But you let everything you worked hard for go to waste! Didn't you tell me that you exhausted blood, sweat, and tears for two years in that garbage of the land, The Garden, to get into this Academy?
In the end, you let your foolish and naïve emotions ruin everything, I saw you getting beaten to death by that… fake royalty!
But you didn't even raise a single finger to fight back who took everything from you! Everything that was yours! You idiot!
"Though Lady Tara can I ask you a question" Afreen raised her arm and wore her glove,
'Go ahead ' I am not in the mood for a long chat she better make it short,
"How could you hit a child, who was soaked in his own blood and ridden in injuries and wounds from head to toe? Aren't you also a teacher? Selected or not he was still a child seeking your guidance! How could you!" She stood in front of me cursing me with her green eyes.
You don't know a single bitch! Don't act so high on ideals and morale, criticizing the actions of others when you don't know on which records were made!
This boy was oozing so much ominous and violent mana when he came back into the Academy if any teacher would've noticed it, he would've been thrown straight to Raven's dungeons under suspicion of forbidden magia user, and if the investigation were to move then his identity would've been revealed.
'He just pissed me off, here I helped him get into the selection, and there he threw everything aside for an idiot persistent girl! Don't hate these kinds of idiots too?' I tried putting on a smile but my face was stiff for some reason.
"Are you listening to yourself? This boy saved Lady Ruth's life! Indeed, I don't care about the idiots who throw their life or get in trouble ignoring the value of their life but those who fight to save other lives I don't despise them rather it hurts to see them take on the pain of the other." Afreen sat at her table and poured myself a cup of tea.
'Hmpf, you doctors really take your job seriously huh? Well then, fill me in on the details of what is his condition and how much time will it take him to take up?' I looked at Aaris, he laid in the bed like a dead body, there were more heal spell-marked bandages on his body than his skin, only his face and some of the hair on his head were uncovered.
I don't even want to look at him!
"Did you forget he took damages from the crown prince golden flames, the flames that are said to destroy things from its very existence, the flame of creation, but lucky for him seems like the crown prince flames aren't fully developed yet, I took a look at his wounds, and found something very strange" Afreen opened her notes and showed it to me,
she pulled out a lollipop and put it in her mouth,
"I am going to explain it as easily I can so listen carefully, this is what we know from the theories we know about golden flames, if a part of the body of a normal person got burned a golden flame, the cells in that burned area would never regenerate as they did before, not without the help of the emperor level of healing spells, the DNA of the cells in that gets maimed like cancerous cells but don't spread like it-, sorry that was too complex for you" she squinted at me,
'Oye, even though I know basic biology, shut up and tell me everything!' What does this bitch take me for!
"So, you can regenerate or heal the part of the body but it would most like fresh dead flesh and nothing else that person would never be able to circulate mana in that area forever like it was never part of his body, if the flames were fully developed, it would've burned until the person soul or mana was exhausted, but this kid is very different. " Afreen closed her notes and threw it aside,
'What do you mean, different?' Maybe she could explain what I saw on the day of the first qualification test.
"Before that, I want to ask you something" Afreen glared at me with doubt-filled eyes,
'What?'
"Did you use your manifestation magia for necromancing?" She tilted her head with a sly confident smirk,
'What the fuck are you talking about?' Only if this bitch wasn't necessary for the Academy, I would've punched all her teeth out,
"You see this boy wounds and injuries caused from the flames were almost healed before I started treatment, there are many mages who use self-healing but in his case, it was more like replacing his flesh with something his body was not aware of, moreover the most surprising thing is his mana, where it should never touch the burned place again, his mana was creating new cells forcefully to surge again, it isn't normal Lady Tara not for a person with human abilities but if it's you-" She stood up and on Aaris' bed,
'What does it have to do with necromancy?'
"As I said, golden flames destroy existence, that goes for mana and soul too, but this kid, his mana recovered and started circulating so fast like the part of it that was burned never existed in the first place, but it was there since the start, I can't explain it but his body changes itself from its very core but stays the same thanks to his mana, it's very weird." She said,
'That doesn't answer my question.'
She rested her arm on his chest and closed her eyes for a while, then looked at me,
"His mana lady Tara, it's in his body but not at the same time, it destroys his body and recreates it every time he uses it, it's like his mana is the embodiment of -"
'Death itself!' Why didn't I realize this sooner?! Certainly, his mana doesn't behave like of an alive person,
"Correct, I don't think I can comprehend his condition here, so I would like to leave him-" This bitch! She wants to use him as a lab rat!
'No can do, when will he wake up?'
"Didn't I say I can't say anything right now, the stress and pain his body went through were enough to put anyone to death or coma for decades, but I think he would be unconscious for at least 6 months or so." She sighed, she had come that won't agree.
'Fine then' I said and walked to the gate, thinking about his execution that will take place after he woke up.
'Afreen you or anyone isn't allowed to go near him, without my permission call me whenever it is necessary, I have to prepare for the last trial tomorrow.' I warned her with a blast of mana aura, I need to make sure she stays away from him.
She nodded in agreement and I went out.
***
Tara left her chamber and Afreen pulled Aaris' blanket and went out too, still in slumber. Another day passed for Aaris and everyone, and the final 64 candidates were summoned to the Colosseum for the last trial.
The one-on-one duel fight.
6 rounds were fixed on which candidates who made it to the 3rd eliminary and top 8 runners made it to the first-year batch of Magus Academy.
And the Grand Selection came to an end, but there is a zeroth day of Grand Selection where the top 8 fight to each other, to distinguish rank and position in Ovyrus!
And hence on that 8th day, Zeroth day commenced!
"Where am I?" Aaris opened his eyes and raised his head, and found himself sitting in utter darkness with violet and red cracks all around. "What is this place?" Aaris stood up, emotionless the glint in his eyes was gone too, he started walking aimlessly in that darkness, he looked at the violet-red cracks which were regressing slowly, and realized the black walls were fixing themselves. "I have been here before." He halted, sat down on the fuming ink floor, " I hate this place-" he pulled his knees closer to his chest and hid his face behind his knees, from the thousands of eyes that were peeking and staring down at him from the cracks. "How's his condition Afreen?" Tara spoke to the mage who was looking after Aaris, "I can't say anything now.." Afreen was caressing his head and the emerald green light was spewing out of her hand, After Aaris passed out because of Tara's blow, he was taken to the high room of the medical tower, only the Tridents and Afreen the Medical and healing magia professor of the magus Academy was allowed to see him. -- Tara - PoV -- Why did you do that idiot! We were spectating each of the candidates from the academy, during the game and my sight was essentially fixed on you. I was happy you got a good start in your region and others but But you let everything you worked hard for go to waste! Didn't you tell me that you exhausted blood, sweat, and tears for two years in that garbage of the land, The Garden, to get into this Academy? In the end, you let your foolish and nave emotions ruin everything, I saw you getting beaten to death by that fake royalty! But you didn't even raise a single finger to fight back who took everything from you! Everything that was yours! You idiot! "Though Lady Tara can I ask you a question" Afreen raised her arm and wore her glove, 'Go ahead ' I am not in the mood for a long chat she better make it short, "How could you hit a child, who was soaked in his own blood and ridden in injuries and wounds from head to toe? Aren't you also a teacher? Selected or not he was still a child seeking your guidance! How could you!" She stood in front of me cursing me with her green eyes. You don't know a single bitch! Don't act so high on ideals and morale, criticizing the actions of others when you don't know on which records were made! This boy was oozing so much ominous and violent mana when he came back into the Academy if any teacher would've noticed it, he would've been thrown straight to Raven's dungeons under suspicion of forbidden magia user, and if the investigation were to move then his identity would've been revealed. 'He just pissed me off, here I helped him get into the selection, and there he threw everything aside for an idiot persistent girl! Don't hate these kinds of idiots too?' I tried putting on a smile but my face was stiff for some reason. "Are you listening to yourself? This boy saved Lady Ruth's life! Indeed, I don't care about the idiots who throw their life or get in trouble ignoring the value of their life but those who fight to save other lives I don't despise them rather it hurts to see them take on the pain of the other." Afreen sat at her table and poured myself a cup of tea. 'Hmpf, you doctors really take your job seriously huh? Well then, fill me in on the details of what is his condition and how much time will it take him to take up?' I looked at Aaris, he laid in the bed like a dead body, there were more heal spell-marked bandages on his body than his skin, only his face and some of the hair on his head were uncovered. I don't even want to look at him! "Did you forget he took damages from the crown prince golden flames, the flames that are said to destroy things from its very existence, the flame of creation, but lucky for him seems like the crown prince flames aren't fully developed yet, I took a look at his wounds, and found something very strange" Afreen opened her notes and showed it to me, she pulled out a lollipop and put it in her mouth, "I am going to explain it as easily I can so listen carefully, this is what we know from the theories we know about golden flames, if a part of the body of a normal person got burned a golden flame, the cells in that burned area would never regenerate as they did before, not without the help of the emperor level of healing spells, the DNA of the cells in that gets maimed like cancerous cells but don't spread like it-, sorry that was too complex for you" she squinted at me, 'Oye, even though I know basic biology, shut up and tell me everything!' What does this bitch take me for! "So, you can regenerate or heal the part of the body but it would most like fresh dead flesh and nothing else that person would never be able to circulate mana in that area forever like it was never part of his body, if the flames were fully developed, it would've burned until the person soul or mana was exhausted, but this kid is very different. " Afreen closed her notes and threw it aside, 'What do you mean, different?' Maybe she could explain what I saw on the day of the first qualification test. "Before that, I want to ask you something" Afreen glared at me with doubt-filled eyes, 'What?' "Did you use your manifestation magia for necromancing?" She tilted her head with a sly confident smirk, 'What the fuck are you talking about?' Only if this bitch wasn't necessary for the Academy, I would've punched all her teeth out, "You see this boy wounds and injuries caused from the flames were almost healed before I started treatment, there are many mages who use self-healing but in his case, it was more like replacing his flesh with something his body was not aware of, moreover the most surprising thing is his mana, where it should never touch the burned place again, his mana was creating new cells forcefully to surge again, it isn't normal Lady Tara not for a person with human abilities but if it's you-" She stood up and on Aaris' bed, 'What does it have to do with necromancy?' "As I said, golden flames destroy existence, that goes for mana and soul too, but this kid, his mana recovered and started circulating so fast like the part of it that was burned never existed in the first place, but it was there since the start, I can't explain it but his body changes itself from its very core but stays the same thanks to his mana, it's very weird." She said, 'That doesn't answer my question.' She rested her arm on his chest and closed her eyes for a while, then looked at me, "His mana lady Tara, it's in his body but not at the same time, it destroys his body and recreates it every time he uses it, it's like his mana is the embodiment of -" 'Death itself!' Why didn't I realize this sooner?! Certainly, his mana doesn't behave like of an alive person, "Correct, I don't think I can comprehend his condition here, so I would like to leave him-" This bitch! She wants to use him as a lab rat! 'No can do, when will he wake up?' "Didn't I say I can't say anything right now, the stress and pain his body went through were enough to put anyone to death or coma for decades, but I think he would be unconscious for at least 6 months or so." She sighed, she had come that won't agree. 'Fine then' I said and walked to the gate, thinking about his execution that will take place after he woke up. 'Afreen you or anyone isn't allowed to go near him, without my permission call me whenever it is necessary, I have to prepare for the last trial tomorrow.' I warned her with a blast of mana aura, I need to make sure she stays away from him. She nodded in agreement and I went out. *** Tara left her chamber and Afreen pulled Aaris' blanket and went out too, still in slumber. Another day passed for Aaris and everyone, and the final 64 candidates were summoned to the Colosseum for the last trial. The one-on-one duel fight. 6 rounds were fixed on which candidates who made it to the 3rd eliminary and top 8 runners made it to the first-year batch of Magus Academy. And the Grand Selection came to an end, but there is a zeroth day of Grand Selection where the top 8 fight to each other, to distinguish rank and position in Ovyrus! And hence on that 8th day, Zeroth day commenced!
