2025-02-08 23:13:00Adrián woke up suddenly, with his heart beating hard. The room was in gloom, illuminated only by the weak moonlight that leaked through the window. He sat up quickly, trying to calm his broken breathing.
"It was just a dream ..." he murmured, but inside he knew he was not so simple.
The air was loaded with energy, as if something invisible moved around it. Then, a sound made him tense: the wooden crunch from the door of his room.
Adrián looked towards the entrance and felt a chill travel his back. The door slowly ajar with a prolonged squeak. Beyond the threshold, the hall was wrapped in dense shadows, but could distinguish the silhouette of something moving.
"The test has begun," Eleonor's voice resonated inside his head.
Adrián stood up, feeling a tingling in advance and nervousness. He had faced powerful opponents at the Academy, but this was different. Here, the magic of the house itself was testing its worth.
He inspired deep and advanced towards the door, crossing the threshold with determination. He barely set foot outside, felt the air change. The torches of the corridor lit with bluish flames, projecting shadows that seemed to move for their own will.
Then, the hall was transformed.
The walls lengthened and twisted, the ancient portraits came to life with mocking and whisper expressions. The door of his room disappeared behind him. There was no going back.
In front of him, three paths opened. Each was different:
One led to a descending ladder, from which a dense and greenish mist emanated.
Another carried him by an endless corridor, where the shadows twisted as if they were alive.
The third invited him to cross a golden door, with engravings of runes that shone weakly.
"Choose wisely," Eleonor whispered, although there was no sign of his presence.
Adrián swallowed. There were no clear instructions. This test was not physical, but mental.
He looked at the three options carefully. I knew the house would do nothing at random. Each road represented a different challenge.
The descending ladder symbolized the unknown and possibly their fears.
The hall of shadows could be a test of value and resistance.
The golden door, with its bright runes, could represent knowledge or something more dangerous.
Adrián closed his eyes for a moment and trusted his intuition. He knew that this decision would mark the beginning of his true proof.
He breathed deeply and took a step forward, choosing his destiny.
Adrián felt the weight of his choice as he crossed the threshold of the golden door. As soon as he touched her, the runes shone with a warm and enveloping light. A feeling of aggravation toured it, as if the ground had disappeared under his feet. His vision clouded, and when he could see clearly again, he was in a circular stone chamber, illuminated by floating torches.
In the center of the room, a pedestal held an old book with dark leather roofs, recorded with the same door symbols. Adrián advanced cautiously, his breathing accompanied by the tension of the moment. By extending the hand towards the book, Eleonor's voice resonated again in his mind:
"Knowledge is power, but it can also be a curse. Only those willing to face the truth can advance."
Adrián felt a chill to travel his back. I knew I couldn't doubt. With determination, he opened the book and his eyes met with words that seemed to dance on the page. An acute pain pierced his head, as if his mind were being invaded by a torrent of prohibited information. Vision After vision, they deployed before him: hooded figures drawing circles of energy, ancient secrets of the academy, forgotten pacts with forces beyond human understanding.
Suddenly, the torch flames became a deep red and the room trembled. A Guttural whisper rose in the air, as if something had woken up.
"You've seen too much," the voice warned, but this time it was not Eleonor.
Adrián felt a stalking presence, a shadow rising from the dark corners of the camera. His instincts shouted to run, but his body was paralyzed. Something moved beyond its peripheral vision, an entity formed with pure shadows.
The book in his hands began to burn with a white light. Without thinking, Adrián closed it suddenly and felt as if his consciousness were torn from that place. When he opened his eyes, he was on his knees in the middle of the original hall, panting. The golden door had disappeared.
Eleonor manifested himself to him, his indecipherable expression.
"You overcome the first test. But the real challenge is just beginning."
Adrián barely had time to recover his breath when the hall began to change again. The walls shrugged, the torches assigned, and a new iron door emerged in front of him, decorated with inscriptions in a language he did not recognize. Inside emanated a cold that pumped to the bones.
Eleonor took a step forward, extending a hand towards the door. "The second test awaits you. This time, there will be no warnings. You must trust what you learned."
Adrián looked at the iron door and felt his heart accelerate. I knew I couldn't go back. He inspired deep and, with a last look at Eleonor, pushed the door and entered the dark.
Inside, the temperature descended immediately, and the air acquired an oppressive weight. I couldn't see beyond a couple of steps in front of him. Black was dense, as if the light itself avoided that place. Behind him, the door closed with a deaf echo, sealing it inside.
Adrián advanced cautiously, extending a hand in search of something tangible. Their steps resonated on a wet stone. The silence was so absolute that his own breathing seemed deafening. Suddenly, a bluish flash illuminated the stay for a moment, revealing static figures on the walls, shadows that seemed carved in the rock, watching it with empty eyes.
A voice arose from darkness, low and serpentant.
"Who dares to challenge the unknown?"
Adrián swallowed, his mind by processing what he had just seen. I wasn't alone.
The blue flash emerged again, this time prolonged. Before him, a stone altar appeared in the center of the room, on which a ornate dagger rested. The edge shone with a disturbing glow, reflecting symbols that twisted as if they were alive.
Adrián instantly knew that this test was different. It was not only knowledge or resistance. Here, I would have to make a decision.
The voice spoke again, closer, this time.
"Sacrifice is the price of true power. What are you willing to offer?"
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Once again, and little by little, Adrian opened his eyes, waking up inside a dark room, which was now illuminated only by the open window facing the back of his bed.Slowly, he sat up, but suddenly felt a sharp pain seize his back.“Damn, what happened to me?” he said to himself.“Did you wake up already? I'm sorry, this happened because of me, I shouldn't have hit you like that,” Ally peeked out from behind the door of his room, looked at Adrian with embarrassment, and slowly, began to enter the room.“Don't worry. Although I don't remember much of what happened, I think you gave me a good blow because my back hurts a lot,” Adrián confessed, placing a hand on his back, in token of that pain.“It's just that I threw you against a tree trunk, and that's why you were knocked unconscious. But don't worry, I brought something for you that will calm the pain”, she smiled and even shyly, she approached Adrian's bed, although without asking his permission, she sat down next to him.Adrian no
Adrian's Awakening: Wake up in the magical world 3
The Darkside Specialist Academy in the new world was fantastic.It looked like a castle out of a tale of dark medieval stories where evil seems to reign more than good.The towers have been built on rocks, and the academy was located at a very considerable height as seen from the ground and in the sky.At the beginning, Adrian felt scared, nervous because he had to use a high-tech flying skateboard to gain entrance to the academy. For Ally, it was very easy to use it, she only had to jump on it, the skateboard gave off smoke and following the orders of her body began to move through the air with agility, without fear of falling to the ground.For his part, Adrian looked at his skateboard, not knowing how the hell he should use it, when he saw Ally do it, it seemed so easy, but just when it was his turn, terror took over him, since in his world, once upon a time, he got to play on these things, but not in those that could fly, his were different, they were used with small wheels, and y
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The students were entering the academy, all in orderly fashion, wearing the same uniform Ally had been wearing that morning, and the same one she had worn the day she and Adrian met. The group of the three boys who had confronted and stolen Ally's giant's head trophy were nowhere to be seen yet, Adrian remembered them, and thought that maybe the boys had already arrived at the academy and were at this moment showing off their prize to the teacher Ally had mentioned to him that she didn't want to be late for class that day.Ally looked nervous about approaching to pass attendance along with the woman stationed at the door, an antique notebook hovered in the air beside her, and a feather moved on top of it each time she called out a name of the student who was entering in line order.“You're nervous, aren't you?”, Adrian noticed.Although he didn't want to say it, he was. Ally was afraid to enter the academy, to attend class, because on that previous challenge depended on her future at
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They strolled through all the halls of the academy, Adrian kept looking in awe at what made it up; students with extraordinary abilities, superb teachers and teaching classes that didn't look at all boring like the ones he once took in his other life for when his terminal illness hadn't been detected yet.Headmistress Roxanne analyzed every step, every glance and every movement of the boy who accompanied her, wondering to herself from which of all the worlds she knew was the one that might have been Adrian's former home.There were different existing magical worlds that were annexed to the earth, for when people died, God decided if he wanted to take their soul to heaven, or if they deserved a chance to reincarnate in one of the other worlds, it all depended on their aura, their mentality, and their personality and heart. These worlds were seven in total, and the director, Roxanne, knew them perfectly well to the letter because both she and her graduate students from the academy, stoo
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Adrian looked around him with nerves on edge, gripping every part of his body. Onexus was a place that seemed designed to break anyone who dared to enter it. The undulating walls, the air charged with an energy that could almost be felt, and the constant sensation of being watched made him feel tiny and helpless.Suddenly, the ground trembled beneath his feet.In front of him, the walls began to open, giving way to a gigantic figure emerging from the gloom. It was a colossus of dark stone, with eyes that glowed like burning coals. His step echoed like thunder, and every movement shed fragments of his body, revealing flashes of light at specific points.“The Shadow Colossus!” said Roxanne's voice, echoing through the air. Watch, Adrian. Every enemy has a weak spot. Find it before it finds you, that will be the key to its defeat.The giant advanced, raising a huge arm that slammed into the ground, sending a shockwave that threw Adrian backwards. He struggled to his feet, his hands wer
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“What? You're kidding, right? What do you mean you're not magical? What do you mean you don't have powers? Who told you that vile lie?”, Ally caught her breath after coughing for a moment as she nearly choked. Adrian didn't seem surprised by her friend's reaction. He set the sandwich down on the half-finished tray, tossed the tray to the side of the bed and stood up, began to walk in circles for the short space he had to do so. Her gaze was lost on the floor.“Ally, did you know that the academy does an entrance test for students to define in which academic program they will be enrolled?”, he asked the girl with interest to know that what she experienced was not some kind of trap on the part of the director Roxanne, he wanted to know if that had been true. Ally nodded. “Yes, I knew that. I forgot to mention it, sorry. We've all been through that test, I nearly failed, I was sent to fight a horde of flying angry piranhas from another world. Yes, it may sound stupid, but with that t
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Adrián woke up suddenly, with his heart beating hard. The room was in gloom, illuminated only by the weak moonlight that leaked through the window. He sat up quickly, trying to calm his broken breathing."It was just a dream ..." he murmured, but inside he knew he was not so simple.The air was loaded with energy, as if something invisible moved around it. Then, a sound made him tense: the wooden crunch from the door of his room.Adrián looked towards the entrance and felt a chill travel his back. The door slowly ajar with a prolonged squeak. Beyond the threshold, the hall was wrapped in dense shadows, but could distinguish the silhouette of something moving."The test has begun," Eleonor's voice resonated inside his head.Adrián stood up, feeling a tingling in advance and nervousness. He had faced powerful opponents at the Academy, but this was different. Here, the magic of the house itself was testing its worth.He inspired deep and advanced towards the door, crossing the threshold
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Adrián stopped in front of the mansion, carefully observing the structure. It was an old, but well-preserved building, with dark stone walls and stained-glass that reflected the dim light of the moon. Despite his imposing appearance, he did not seem an abandoned place. On the contrary, it gave the feeling that someone, or something, expected it.He breathed deeply and firmly sustained the bewitched key. As soon as he took a step towards the main door, the huge crunchy wood gate opened with a prolonged sound. The interior was illuminated by floating candlesticks that projected fanciful shadows on the walls adorned with ancient tapestries.Adrián crossed the threshold and, at the same moment he did it, the door closed behind him with a dry blow. His heart accelerated by the shock, but soon calmed down when he noticed that the atmosphere of the place was not threatening. It was as if the house was evaluating it, recognizing it as its new resident.He advanced cautiously through the wide
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Adrián left the director of the director Roxanne with a lot of papers he signed and that he promised himself that he would read as soon as he came home. Home. It was a word that, at this time and after having been admitted to the hospital of his last life for a long time waiting for death to take him, he was not yet updated in his vocabulary. But Adrian infinitely appreciated that director Roxanne has behaved very good with him and that he has now decided to give him a home without even having known him. Upon leaving his office, Adrián met several of his new classmates, going out with his backs loaded on his back. The vast majority greeted him, some girls smiled to see him. Being the new sensation was incredible, because before, it was just a marginalized. Quickly, he met Ally.“Hello, Ally. Look, I already have everything I need for my first day of class, I am already a student of the Academy”, he said when he approached to greet the girl, who at that time had been distracted
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Thus, Adrián did not wait any longer, and with all his might, his body emanated an intense crimson red power, Adrián's power raised a powerful winding wind made mixed with sand that quickly went against Ryan. Ryan was not prepared, and Adrián's power managed to defeat him. Ryan flew through the air, losing himself in front of the eyes of the battle -attendees. Ally looked at Adrián with pride, and as he knew that the battle is over, it was the first to run towards him to hug him. Adrián did not expect to receive that hug, but received it with pleasure. All the students, being excited by the incredible battle they have just seen, rushed to approach Adrián for their achievement, all except Ryan's friends who stood up, and looked towards the direction where their best friend became He had disappeared in the air. The director Roxanne proudly looked at Adrián, and soon, she disappeared, and when everyone but imagined, the academy returned to normal, the battlefield had vanished by mag
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The battlefield was similar to that Adrián had entered when the director Roxanne told her that she should do to enter the academy as evidence.But this field was different, now, the sky was black, there was no space where a single flash of light could enter. Around it, the students had all organized themselves sitting on stone benches that appeared magically at the same time as the battlefield.Under his feet, kilometers of sand extended.A battle has begun.The teachers joined the students to be spectators.Adrián looked around, looking for Ally everywhere, until, finally, he found her sitting in the front row from the highest point of the steps. Adrián calmed down to see her, because in the midst of so many people, it was impossible to stay calmly and surely what he was doing. Adrián came from a world in which magic did not exist, and now, he had reincarnated in soul in a world where magic was real, and the survival pillar is the fight.On the other hand, Adrián also saw Ryan's two
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“What? You're kidding, right? What do you mean you're not magical? What do you mean you don't have powers? Who told you that vile lie?”, Ally caught her breath after coughing for a moment as she nearly choked. Adrian didn't seem surprised by her friend's reaction. He set the sandwich down on the half-finished tray, tossed the tray to the side of the bed and stood up, began to walk in circles for the short space he had to do so. Her gaze was lost on the floor.“Ally, did you know that the academy does an entrance test for students to define in which academic program they will be enrolled?”, he asked the girl with interest to know that what she experienced was not some kind of trap on the part of the director Roxanne, he wanted to know if that had been true. Ally nodded. “Yes, I knew that. I forgot to mention it, sorry. We've all been through that test, I nearly failed, I was sent to fight a horde of flying angry piranhas from another world. Yes, it may sound stupid, but with that t
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