Battle OF Grammar: Word Fu!

Chapter 8 - Orientation Day

For 2 consecutive nights, Dam Son spent his time training in the forest. The nocturnal creatures had to vacate that specific clearing to avoid Dam Son’s destructive radius. During the daytime, he would go into town to get familiar with Vocabular’s construct. Each day was a brilliant learning experience for him.

Now that the day had come for Raixom Academy’s admittance, Dam Son chartered a Book Vehicle to carry him there. It was located in the central region of the city where a massive milky globe was present. Surrounding that globe were multiple gigantic arcane scripts. Other lavish buildings and memorial landmarks were also near the area.

“Wow, look at that rotating orb.” Dam Son arrived at the central transport terminal with mouth agape and excitement loose. The moment he stepped outside the building, he laid eyes on a globular splendour above. “So that right there is Raixom Academy?”

“Technically the academy is inside there. You see those massive scripts oscillating the globe?” “They are mostly trans-dimensional modifiers responsible for maintaining the alternate created space. Inside that globe could be considered a whole other world. That was why I told you that Raixom Academy is extremely vast. Let’s go up.”

Dam Son followed Papyrus’s lead to the entrance checkpoint of Raixom Academy. That area was being guarded by expert Word Masters to prevent any trouble from happening. After stepping onto the checkpoint platform, Dam Son showed his admission sigil to the guards and was allowed entry to the globe. He went into a Trans-Dimensional Graph which teleported him inside.

Stepping out of the glowing Trans-Dimensional Graph, Dam Son discovered an amazing modern world intertwined with evolved nature. Many young Word Masters were travelling about the busy streets, some of which were even moving about in the air by making good use of aerial scripts and windy clouds.

“This place is more awesome than the outside. There is even a sky and everything.” Dam Son’s excitement was drooling down his lips. He continued to observe the magical splendour all around him. Floating buildings, gigantic structures. Out of everything that Dam Son had viewed so far, the most eye-catching was a very tall tower that reached the peak of the sky. “That must be the Tower of Residence.”

“It is. Your room has already been reserved in advance. Remember that TR-key? You’ll need it to get inside. But that is a matter for later. For now, you need to follow the orientation protocol.”

An obtrusive line-up of new students was several metres ahead of Dam Son walking towards a Page Coliseum. He joined the line, following them inside. At the forefront of the group of students were large arrows directing them to where they needed to go.

Sometime later, Dam Son along with the other students arrived at the centre of the Page Coliseum where a raised platform was present. Upon that platform were a handful of influential figures that served the academy. An elderly Dark-Human was standing in front of them looking dignified with his dark robe and tall beard. His hair was extremely long to the point where most of its length was hovering a couple of centimetres above the ground.

“Ahem.” The Dark-Human elder cleared his throat then spoke. A miniature Verb Script was hovering close to his mouth which continually amplified his baritone voice for all the hundreds of students to hear. “All of you Newbloods have made it here today based on the skills that you’ve showcased at the Mystic Arena. Each of you has the potential to become greater. We here at Raixom Institute of Learning will aid you in sharpening your Word Mastery to its utmost limit. Granted, there is no limit on how much you can ever learn in life, that is because knowledge is limitless. Everyone at this academy shares genuine equality and that is in the expectancy of growth. I am the principal who currently oversees this institute. I, Magnum Opus Formally great you all.” He bowed slightly to the young audience below.

“Greeting, Principal Magnum Opus!” Many of the students reciprocated his kind gesture.

“Thank you, thank you. Ahem…” Principal Magnum Opus took a few steps backwards while directing the audience’s attention to the members of staff beside him. “These 6 individuals that you see here are all General Lessons teachers. They will give you a brief tour of the academy while informing you of the basic protocols and daily operations of students. There should be at least 300 of you here in total, 50 people from each Block that participated in the Mystic Arena. These educators will separate themselves according to the Block that they were given. Those of you who are winners from Block-A please make your way over there. Instructor kilpman will take care of you. Block-B, go to that area. Block-C this way, please. Block-D…”

Dam Son followed the elder’s instruction and went over to the teacher who was in charge of 50 students from Block-C.

“Good day to you, everyone. From now on I will be your General Lessons teacher. You may address me as, Ms Enjoy.” The lady who just spoke was a regular human Word Master. She was dressed conservatively, not letting her voluptuous curves loose, fearing that it might entice the young males and distract them from properly learning their lessons.

Ms Enjoy continued to instruct her group. “All of you here have been automatically placed into Class-C. For those of you who are wondering if this placement means that you are lesser in strength when compared to the other groups then you are mistaken. These placements were set according to the entry order in which you participated at the Mystic Arena. Without further ado, please follow me to your designated learning area.”

Ms Enjoy was also an advanced Wordsmith Master whose speciality was in the processing and development of Trans-Dimensional Graphs. She utilized several large scripts of transportation to teleport the entirety of Class-C onto a vacant battle stage located at the outer campus of Raixom Academy.

A spacious institute dedicated specifically to the learning and development of Class-C was sitting on the wide expanse of grass surrounding the battle stage. Visible wind currents brushed against the decoration of trees, causing them to sway back and forth intermittently.

“Welcome to Caromine Institute. This is where the majority of your learning progress will be taking place. Among the vast academy of Raixom, they are 6 major areas for institutional learning. This quarter is designated to those of Class-C. Aside from here, they are others such as Adommine, Bartline, Dormine, Eundime and Farmine. Those are where the other Block members went to.”

Ms Enjoy led the students off-stage, moving towards the frontal area of the lavish building. “This section of the complex is for lower-class students to study. That building you see over there is where the upper-class students of Caromine Institute usually practise. Please be warned not to venture over there and provoke your upper-classmates. They might be prone to bullying their juniors.”

Ms Enjoy gave the students a tour of the interior facility, showing them a brief overview of the placement of their specific classes for those wanting to study Mage Mastery, Augmenter Mastery, Word Fu Mastery and Wordsmith Mastery. “We are currently short of staff for those of you wanting to study Word Fu Mastery. The new teacher should be arriving soon. In the meantime, you will be allowed to study the teachings from an analogue point of view in our library. We sincerely apologize for the delay.”

“We understand. Don’t worry, teacher. There isn’t that many among us who study Word Fu Mastery anyways.” A student voiced his opinion that many others in the group agreed with.

As for Dam Son. He was a tad bit disappointed. “I was really looking forward to meeting a professional Word Fu Master though.”

“Alright, everyone. Let’s continue the tour, follow me.” Ms Enjoy showed the students to the classroom where their General Studies would be taking place. The individual desks inside were really something of greater creation. They were like a miniature lab comprise of all the necessary equipment.

Sometime later……

“That is it for today’s orientation. I hope that it has been very helpful to all of you. I’ve already given you your schedules. Classes won’t officially start until tomorrow. You can take the rest of the day to familiarise yourself with the other aspects of Raixom Academy. During your exploration, you may find that many of the products sold here are quite affordable. Please do your best to upgrade your gears accordingly. Also, take heed not to start up any conflict with other students outside. I’m sure many of you have already read the fine prints on your pamphlets. You will be expelled if you violate certain rules and regulations. This is where we part ways for today. If there is anything concerning you please ask me right now or wait until classes officially start tomorrow.”

None of the students had any further enquiries for Ms Enjoy. Hence she bid them farewell then vanished her presence out of sight.

“Just like a cool breeze, she disappears.” Dam Son thought to himself.