"Hello everyone my name is Nicholas, shall we all introduce ourselves before the test starts" Nicholas said with a smile, he was being friendly because if they want to survive they would all have to work together.
"The name is Carter pretty boy and who put you in charge?" Carter the boy that have been rampaging and screaming ever since said, looking like a teenage tyrant."Don't mind him he is always grumpy, my name is Derrick, nice to meet you" the other boy said with a polite smile towards Derrick, his smile was really refreshing, 'a typical handsome boy' Nicholas thought to himself, forgetting he himself was still handsome."The name is Ivy, pleasure to meet you" 'wow what a melodious voice with a beautiful face' Nicholas thought to himself but smiled politely back at the girl, she was the girl who had a bun, with her purple hair and purple eyes."My name is Lily, pleasure to meet you" she said while giggling, she was the curious girl who asked if the man in the hologram was on a costume, her ashburn hair looked really beautiful."Freya" the last girl that has been quiet ever since finally spoke, her name was Freya nothing else, she wasn't exactly the talking type, she looked beautiful but scary also, her red hair blaze like the inferno, her red eyes seems to see through people, her whole expression was the one of focus, but she seems to keep to herself, Nicholas nodded at her."Everyone listen we have to work together to pass this test, we have less than a minute left before the test begin, go through your bags and try....." before Nicholas could continue his words Carter interrupted him."Who made you king? huh pretty boy, if anybody is to lead the group it should be...." Before Carter could finish his words something strange happened, a magic circle with eight diagram appeared in the place where the hologram was before, and then something came out, they were monsters.The first monster to come out was a Roach, they were coming out one by one, they were about 12 of them."Ahhhhhhhhhhh, am scared of disgusting insects" Lily screamed, this snapped everyone from their trance, even Nicholas who was prepared was stupefied when he saw the monsters, he was only imagining the scenario but the real thing was also mortifying for him."Everybody runnnnnnn" Nicholas shouted while rushing to the door, but the speed of the Roach were not something to joke about, he remembered they were fast but weak, but even they were weak, they were not something teenagers could take on.He immediately picked up a yellow ball "everyone close your eyes for a second" Nicholas shouted "what the fuck are you...." Carter was screaming while shouting but couldn't finish his words before Nicholas threw the yellow ball up, which brought about a blinding light. "Ahhhhhhhhhhh my eyes, fuck what did you do" Carter was the only person with his eyes open screaming like an idiot."Everyone run the light would blind them for just three minutes and some one help me to grab this idiot" Nicholas said while going to pick up Carter, nobody turned back for Carter, they all ran and left the building, only Freya decided to stop at the door and turned back to assist Nicholas, they hurriedly left the building, but it wasn't save outside either, there were magic circles opening all around."Shit everyone stay together, let's find some where to hide before the time elapses" Nicholas screamed when he got outside but nobody was listening to him, and he was carrying garbage along, Freya, him and Carter who was the garbage."Freya we need to go somewhere and hide right now or we would be dying for nothing, I have somewhere in mind would you follow me?" Nicholas said looking at Freya, who only nodded her head.They ran towards the clocktower which Nicholas had in mind ever since, it was the perfect building to escape the monsters and monitor what was happening around, the clock tower can serve as protection and surveillance. They all ran towards the clock tower but they were monsters roaming around it. "Carter if your eyes are better don't open it yet, and Freya please close your eyes for a second" Freya nodded, Carter on the other hand just hmph, Nicholas threw another light ball blinding everything within the vicinity."Everyone now run" Nicholas said running towards the clock tower, they enter it closed the door and ran to the top closing the entrance towards it.When they turned only to find a Goger there, this was a level two monster, who was neither slow nor fast but was stronger, it looked like the ugliest version of a goblin."Shit smart guy what are we gonna do now?" Carter said screaming at Nicholas catching the attention of the Goger who was distracted before."Can you stop screaming you idiot" Freya said pissed off at Carter, who was always complaining, they were all sweating buckets, the Goger screamed and attacked them, Carter was petrified out of fear, he grabbed Freya and threw her to the incoming Goger, luckily for her Nicholas has already grabbed a red ball and threw it towards the Goger which immediately got caught in flames and started screaming."Freya, Carter take the red orb from your bags and throw it towards that monster" Freya immediately took the red orb from her bag as she was closer to the monster, threw it straight at the monster, the monster screamed louder and fell from the watchtower from the opening of the clock."Ahh ahh ahh, thank you for saving my life" Freya said while looking greatful towards Nicholas."It was nothing, that's what am supposed to do, anyone in my shoes would have done that" Nicholas said with a bright smile towards Freya."I don't think so, most people are cowards and wouldn't think twice using someone as a meat shield" Freya said glancing towards Carter.Carter only wanted to find somewhere to hide but nobody even answered him again paying good with evil.Derrick ran towards the nearest building he could see, his mind were a mess 'what have I gotten myself into, is this the end for me' Derrick was panting and running and came into a small building, the inside wasn't large but it was still empty, just a few boxes that was inside, it was like it was used for a store room.'I was so proud of gaining a scholarship into one of the best schools in city Z, only to find out that I have entered into a life and death situation' Derrick mind was running amok, he looked around aimlessly only to pick up the boxes that were lying around and using them to block the doors, he sat behind the door resting his back behind all the boxes he had placed shivering.Meanwhile Ivy and Lily were together, they ran towards an empty small building only to find two Roaches inside the building, Ivy took two red balls out of her bag and immediately threw them towards both Roaches, immediately they caught fire, they both incinerated and turned into ash."Ahh ahh ahh
"Holy shit we are screwed, we are so fucking screwed" Carter whispered to himself, the mammoth saw them and most of the neighboring monsters, and they began approaching the clocktower.The monsters approaching the trio drained all the blood from their faces, thier biggest fear was the mammoth, that can flatten the whole clock tower with it's trunk.Derrick was still shivering in the store room he locked up himself in, nobody knows what he was whispering to himself, shivering as he sat down there like a lost puppy, he was so scared he couldn't do anything and just sat there.A Hog Goger was approaching the store room which Derrick hid, and it started punching the wall with full force, the wall shattered into pieces, the Hog Goger smiled devishly at the petrified Derrick.'Move legs, move legs, move, please move' Derrick thought in his mind while crying pitiful, he couldn't monster the strength to run anymore, he didn't want to die but the fear in him was greater than the motivation, 'o
Meanwhile the trio, who were in a bad position were so scared that they froze for some seconds before they immediately decided to climb down as fast as possible, due to the huge size of the mammoth it was normally slow, so Nicholas, Carter and Freya decided to climb down immediately to avoid the mammoth, it was a monster they couldn't kill, and they could only avoid it when they see it."Let's quickly run downstairs and escape this monster before we are all flattened, the remaining monsters are already gaining on us" Nicholas screamed grabbing Freya's hand who was confused at first before a tinge of red appeared on her face, before storming downstairs.Carter followed suit behind them running as fast as he could, he wished he had an extra pair of legs right now, 'what kind of psycho test is this?' 'they only wanted us dead or what?' Carter thought to himself, he was scared that this could be all his fault, he has been running his mouth around wanting to hog all the attention but this
Seeing the situation they were in, the mammoth has seen them dodging the falling debris and killing the monsters on the rampage, the person who first noticed the mammoth looking at them was Carter, he was petrified at first but decided to push Nicholas who was closest to him towards the mammoth to distract it for him to run away, if Nicholas get killed it wasn't his concern he never liked that too know it all, taking all the limelight away from him, 'this wasn't payback but survival, don't hate me in your next life you damn idiot' Carter thought before apparently gathering his strength and pushing Nicholas towards the mammoth and running the other way."Ahhhh ahhh" Nicholas rolled down on the floor after screaming the unexpected push pulled him very close the mammoth, Freya eyes were blazing with anger when she saw this, she shouted "Nicholas" seeing how Nicholas was rolling towards the huge mammoth, she feared that Nicholas was already doomed 'this idiot has done this again, if I ca
"Stop scaring the kids Darius" the Archmage spoke looking at the young looking elf, he was the one who addressed them earlier and he was the one who brought them here after giving them the test, he was the one they were more familiar with.Nicholas was looking at the white beared elf, who seems too real to be a joke, the ordeal they just passed through made him realize that nothing happening now is a joke."Umm excuse me, we passed your test can we go home now, I don't want the scholarship again, I can't seem to get any signal here, please can you take me back home" Lily said with a sorry face, she looked like who was about to cry and the way she was pleading she wanted to go home was heart breaking."Kids calm down let me introduce myself and the people gathered around the table, before we begin" the Archmage said while stroking his beard."My name is Chandelier but you can call me Archmage, this is what am normally called, the old man who is a bit muscular over there is called high
"First of all, all of you are no longer on earth, you are in a world called Alzdaar" the Archmage said while looking at the children, their reactions were really amusing to Archmage Chandelier, most of them seemed like their whole world has came crashing down, two of them looking confused about what the Archmage just said."What the fuck do you mean we are no longer on earth anymore" yes this was Carter shouting again, the remaining five should elect him as their speaker because he seemed like he had no fear of speaking out when need be."What I meant is you are no longer on earth, okay to put it in simple words you have been summoned to another world" Archmage Chandelier said holding his forehead, he was already tired of this blabbering fool, if not he was among the chosen six, he would have already kicked him out already, Archmage Chandelier couldn't remember when last he spoke so much."How come we are in another world, I don't remember us passing through a portal to another world"
"Alright is time to check your talents, as there are no other questions left to answer" Archmage Chandelier said while looking at the six teenagers, his smile never leaving his face after his initial frown."What do you mean talents?" Lily who has come to terms with reality after crying for a while, asked while tilting her head, her beautiful eyes which still had a remnant of tears, sparkled in the hall."Hahaha seems you are coming back to life young lady, what I mean by talents is, I mean your magic attributes, your elements if you can use the water element, fire element, air element, e.t.c" Archmage Chandelier said while looking at all of them, considering what they had just gone through they actually needed rest, but the measurements of their elements couldn't wait."Should I take it over from here? Archmage" the beautiful Rosetta stood up and said, urging Archmage Chandelier to take a rest, he has been addressing them for long now, and all the high mages have just sitting down wa
"The next person please come forward and walk up the podium" Rosetta said with a calm face, as if she was speaking with business partners.The ego Derrick used to leave the podium where the orb is, would make someone think that he just won a lottery, his chest was puffed out, he looked proud to the rest of the group, like someone who had lots of money to squander on the masses.This made Carter snort before he walked up to the podium at the far end of the hall, where the orb was located.He breathed in and then out before apparently closing his eyes for some seconds, before opening them again and then placing his hands on the orb, the orb glowed red (fire), blue (water), green (air), brown (earth) and finally purple (lightning).When Carter saw this, he jumped up and turned to where the rest teenagers were, he then shouted "Hell yeah, eat that you suckers" this made the rest of the five teenagers frown.The Mages were clapping, Darius added "He seemed stupid but quite talented, if he c
The spar has began, you have to defeat eight opponents to become the winner, it sounds easy but not really easy, every opponent you fight your mana depletes, with each battle getting harder, it was a random selection, you can meet a strong opponent at the beginning or a weak one depends on your luck."Everyone is all you have been waiting for the weekly spar of the mage academy, this week spar is a little special, it would be the debut of the chosen six, who are deemed to become heroes" the MC said which was followed by a loud cheers, the public was in a frenzy, this was the first time they would be show casing or seeing the said chosen six, they have been in Alzdaar for a week plus now, but the public have no idea what they looked like, out of curiosity most of them came to the weekly spar hosted by the mage academy, that's the reason for the full house, it wasn't like this for the rest spars for the chosen six, most of the people created time, in order to come to the event, and witn
"Do I know you?" those were the words that came out from Catherine's mouth, and Carter who had been talking felt like an idiot, he thought everybody would have already known him and the group, even their costumes were made for them to stand out in the crowd and to be easily recognized, but Catherine words shattered that idea, Carter didn't know if she said it purposely or she didn't really know him."Oh am Carter, I said so earlier, am among the chosen five, who would save this world from the hands of the demons" Carter said with his chest out, his thinking has clouded him, that he accepted that Catherine doesn't know him and that's why she was behaving the way she was, and not because she just wants to embarrass him or doesn't want to talk to him altogether."I didn't ask for your introductions, and could you leave us alone, you are bothering us" Catherine replied coldly, her face was back to the cold face she usually carries around.This interaction made the surrounding students whi
"Seeing how they are dressed different from the rest of the students and I wasn't included, I guess nobody expects anything from me anymore, it hurts a bit though, that I was forgotten, well I wouldn't blame them we don't even know each other, apart from the time during the test and the mage tower we are all practically strangers, but I still feel a little hurt, even non of them including Freya could even check up on me" Nicholas muttered to himself, seeing the five of them acting like he was air, except Carter who just likes to add salt into injury, he felt hurt and unhappy.Until someone tapped on his shoulders from behind, but as soon as he turned to see the person tapping him, he received a punch directly in the stomach, although the hand that throw the punch was delicate and soft and it contained no amount of power.The crowd seeing this opened their mouth again, this time was even worse than when Nicholas came into the waiting room, he was punched by one of the school beauty of
"Have you heard, the chosen six are being trained personally by the high mages" "What do you mean chosen six, they are actually chosen five, the last one is a liability""I heard he has given up on himself and does nothing but stays in his dorm room all day, he doesn't even attend classes""I can't wait to wipe the floor with his face, he only has a nice face going for him, he is totally useless"There was gossip flowing all around about Nicholas and the teachers did nothing to stop it, even the rest five he came with, where being cold as if they don't even know him."hahaha I knew that fool wouldn't amount to nothing, I have gotten used to my elements that I can shoot a fireball straight at him without even looking at him" this was Carter he seemed, he had put on more muscles in the span of a week, he was talking amongst the rest four, who were known has the chosen five."Mind your manners Carter" Freya said a little disinterested."Sorry miss Freya, do you still have feelings for t
"Hey kid, what are you saying?" Layla responded in Nicholas's head, this left Nicholas tongue tied, he felt his whole body that was tensed relaxing."How are you speaking to me right now, am not in the stream as of now?" Nicholas said a little bit confused hearing Layla's voice in his head.."Wait is this because of the equal contract, we just entered?" Nicholas asked in a little excited tone."Bingo... kid we are connected now, we can speak with one another no matter where we are, am actually still trapped in the stream, but I can share thoughts and images with you and you can also do thesame" Layla said a bit excited, she has been trapped in the vicinity of the stream for far too long that anything would make her happy."You sound really happy, I don't think you would be this happy signing a contract with me?" Nicholas said to Layla."You wouldn't understand kid, I have been trapped for so long, now I can see the world through you, even though am not out yet with your help I would s
IVY POVAfter seeing what was happening in the classes, these people are not ready to teach us anything important, we were supposed to be a priority not an option, where is that Archmage that keep saying we were Alzdaar last hope, strolling through the academy the other students were still staring at us from afar as if we were clowns that is making a performance, is been a day already, and we are already wearing our robes.I should probably find somewhere to train peacefully, seeing those stupid boys I don't think we can count on them."Hello miss, can you give me a little of your time" I heard a voice that I wasn't familiar with, so I stopped and turned only to see a blonde elf, he was really handsome but I was not in the least moved, I had my priorities in check."Yes, who are you? and what do you want?" I asked, I wanted him to make himself clear, my time was already limited, the classes were useless to us, and knowing that our room mates have already took us through the introducti
"Where have Catherine gone to, I have been looking for her all this time, I wanted to ask her the amount of manner needed to create a water dragon, I asked the water element teacher during her class but she denied me the answer saying it was too early for me to create such a spell, but I don't think so" Freya said to herself while pacing up and down in their dorm room, she was actually pretty scared and wanted to get stronger quickly, the nonchalant attitude she saw in her teammates today in class motivated her to do more, she already knew that she was the only one that can lead the group if Nicholas was out of the picture now.After waiting for a while, she saw Catherine coming into the dorm room smiling, this prickled Freya who was anxiously waiting for her arrival ever since, she wasn't happy seeing the smiling Catherine, who was frowning at her all day long yesterday."What's so good, that made the great Catherine smile like a little girl" Freya said trying to gain some informatio
'Where is Layla?' Nicholas thought, "I am here like I said but she is not showing up and am not even hearing her voice, should I take a bath then? seeing how it would be hard for me to earn academy points, I should save up by bathing here, but why is there no one here, even though is a nice stream in the school" Nicholas said looking at the stream water."Stop it don't blind my eyes with your nakedness again, I don't want to see it for the second time" Nicholas heard Layla's voice in his head, when he was about to pull his clothes and dive into the stream."Where have you been? I have been looking for you since I came" Nicholas replied grumpily."I have been here, I am trapped here for crying out loud, where would I be, anyways why I kept quiet was because you were followed, you couldn't even perceive that you were followed and you call yourself a mage" Layla rebutted Nicholas words with what she said."What do you mean I was followed?" Nicholas replied Layla who was talking in his he
NICHOLAS POVI took the book and looked for somewhere to sit, the book was heavy but looking at it, the pages inside were few and thick, I guess they don't know the concept of keeping a book simple here.I opened the old and weird looking book only to see that there were three types of contract known to all.SERVANT CONTRACT: The contract in which you are the superior, where by the person who becomes your servant, would be your servant for life and cannot betray you, only you have the power to break the contract, in any occasion the servant decides to betray you, his heart would burst.EQUAL CONTRACT: The contract states that both individuals entering the contract are equal, they can not betray each other, their lives are linked with one another, they are to die together, share life spans and share memories, equal contract can not be broken.SUPERIOR CONTRACT: This contract is the opposite of the slave contract, in which you become the slave and the other individual become the superio