*A few minutes earlier...*"I was right. Damn..."Dream was still flying towards the battle, but he still had some ways to go. At this point though, the connection between him and Luna was cut off. He couldn't feel her, and the tugging he had felt was gone.[We're almost there. Another minute or so before they come into view.]Dream narrowed his eyes and buckled down, putting a bit more mana into his flight.Eventually, he got within a couple miles of the battlefield. He stopped his flight and hovered in the sky.[There!]Sophia blipped his vision and Dream turned. He saw two men. One on the floor, and one standing above the other.[The one on the floor is Riddick. No sign of anyone else. Including the girls.]'...So they were beat. What's the Old Man's status?'[On the verge of death. The one above him is also very weak, but compared to Riddick, is in much better shape.]Dream nodded. As he was about to prepare a plan to head down there though, he saw the unknown man pick up Riddick
As Dream had guessed, Riddick did indeed get scared.As soon as the mana wave hit, he popped out of bed."...A class 3?"Riddick was put on full alert, though when he remembered where he was, he calmed down a bit. There was no way those foxes could've tracked him here."Where's the boy?"Riddick walked outside the house and could sense a huge source of mana a little ways away. He hadn't really noticed it before since his mind was on other things.He walked around the workshop and saw a big capsule made of intertwined roots. The mana fluctuations came from inside.He walked up to it and pressed his hand against the roots. This was when he felt the true extent of the mana being moved."...Good god. What are these roots? Are these for the trees? Why is there so much mana moving through them? And...Boy? You're in there?""Old Man! Don't come in here!""You are in there!"Riddick exclaimed as Dream's voice came from inside the capsule. He was in the center of those mana fluctuations!"I'm
*1 week later*"...I have risen."Dream opened his eyes with an announcement. When he did, he began adjusting to his senses."...This isn't too different."As he sat up, he noticed that other than feeling a bit quicker to process his surroundings, it didn't feel like that big of a change.[It won't feel different, but I can assure you that your processing speed has drastically improved. You're processing your senses in real-time without delay, and you can control your motor functions instantaneously also without delay. You'll notice this the next time you get into a fight. But you can also look at your status.]"Oh? Status."|Profile|Name: DreamSpecies: Human MaleClass: [Master Artificer]Titles: [Origin Seeker]Level: 155Stats: Strength- B Agility- BStamina- B- Magic- B+Passive Skills: [Sophia] Lvl. 61, [Magic] Lvl. 30Active Skills: [Summons From Another World], [Material Magic] Lvl. 30"...My agility went up. From B-. And magic and strength is higher than before?"[Correct. T
Dream walked over to the building and went through the open gates. When he got inside, a large plaza greeted him.The plaza had a few hundred people in it. On one side, it was filled with tables and doubled as a restaurant. Dream could see food being served, and the people at the tables looked like hunters with their armor and weapons. It reminded him of the Mountain, just without the food.On the other side were different reception stations where people did some business. Dozens of people were coming and going with different papers in their hands.Since Dream needed to register, he went over to the reception area and found an open lane. He walked up to the man at the counter."Hi, how can I help you."The greeting from the man was a bit bland as he had probably been working for a while. Dream got to the point."Hi. I'm wondering where I can register for the academy. I was told to come here.""That won't be necessary.""Hm?"A voice suddenly came from behind Dream. He felt it was awfu
Dream arrived at the front of the academy.He had gone to the castle that the monitor pointed him to a day ago. Though he also tracked the watch on Riddick just in case.As he flew over, he got a good look a the castle that was the academy. It was basically 4 different Spires in a square connected by walls. It was very tall and covered a huge amount of ground. Dream couldn't see hardly any buildings that size except for the biggest buildings in the city center. It was bigger than any college campus that he'd seen before. Made sense because it had to house all its students and faculty.After he got to the entrance, he spotted Riddick and flew over, landing in front of him and undoing stealth."Good day, Old Man.""Boy.""Am I all good? What have you told them?""I refrained from telling them much other than you're a recently advanced class 2. What have you set your class to?""I was going to ask you for ideas.""Hmm... I would just set it to mage. It's common but versatile.""Alright.
Dream and Riddick left Amitel's office together."So that's it? Barely an hour and I'm a student?"Dream spoke to Riddick as they walked. He nodded."That's what happens when one of the top counselors personally admits and sets you up. Otherwise it would take longer, but even then not more than a day.""Huh. Alright. So how's this house of mine going to be?""Don't expect too much. It's not bad but not as comfortable as our cabin. Definitely not as big.""Oh. I'll make it work. So what about you? Where will you be while I'm here?""I'm going to be developing myself over in another Spire. It actually isn't far from here. If you have time, you could visit my research area.""I see. Maybe I will.""We're here."Dream looked up and saw a massive building. The place they were at was a bit away from where all the classes and other school buildings were. It was the dormitory.They walked into this building and went over to a counter where a woman was sitting around. She saw them approach."C
Dream soon arrived at his Elemental sequencing class.He walked in and repeated the same process of standing for an introduction. The teacher this time was an older man named Mr. Modric, who looked to be in his 70s and was also a class 2. He had a rough voice and plenty of grey hair, giving Dream an old, wise man vibe."Class, this is Dream. He's new here and he's going to be joining us. Be sure to help him out if he needs it. Go ahead and find a seat up there, Dream."The teacher pointed and Dream went over, finding an empty seat. Though before he took a seat, he asked the person next to it if it had already been taken. After hearing that it wasn't, he took it."Alright. Today we're going to continue practicing. Everyone open back up to page 76 and take a look at the water diagram."Dream took out his book and flipped to page 76. On it was a magic circle that could supposedly gather and control water. Dream brought up his hand and mimicked the diagram.*Shine*The circle formed and c
To finish the drills, Dream had to do a sprint from one end of the stadium to the other, then back.This actually caused him to get a bit excited. It had been a long time since he'd done a proper sprint. So as he approached the starting line, his heart began to beat a bit faster in nervousness.'It's like a habit, getting nervous before a sprint. I was never able to control that.'It felt like butterflies were in his stomach. Though before the nervousness made him feel weak, his mind unconsciously eased and the tension naturally dissipated. This was the subtle change that more power would bring about. Since his power came primarily from the mind, it meant his psyche was naturally stronger as well. He wouldn't get nervous, fearful, or tense as easily anymore.When Dream stepped to the line, he instinctively took a starting stance. His left foot went forward, right foot back, right arm down, and left arm back. The people around him looked at him weirdly, wondering why he was in such a c