Academy

Arc 4

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As the sun rise , the birds were happily chipping and flying together suddenly Ria came bursting into Neo's room.

Ria-"Neo! Wake up , school is starting in an hour hehehe"

For the first times in a really long times , Neo slept for more than 2 hours and had a really hard times getting up.

Neo-"Uh...mhmm..good morning sister Ria"

Neo was sitting on his bed with a blanket over his head and Sven on his laps.

May-"Ria , your friends are here"

Ria-"Okay , coming! And Neo , get ready and come down as soon as possible okay?"

Neo-"Mhmm yes sister Ria"

Ria-"Don't forget your uniform hehe"

Neo-"..yes.."

Neo wash his face , took a shower and put on his uniform.

Today was a big day for him , the beginning of his path of becoming stronger , while Neo was staring at the mirror , Sven jumps on his shoulder and rubs his face on Neo's cheek.

Neo-"Hahahaha Sven stop it , you are tickling me"

Sven jump off his shoulder , walk toward the balcony and he jumps into the pool , it was his morning bath.

Neo , left the room , went downstairs and notice 2 strangers sitting beside Ria.

Neo-"Good morning May"

May-"Good morning Neo"

May smiled and continued to clean the floor.

Ria-"Ah , little Neo , come here and meet my close friends!"

Neo walks in the living room to greet Ria's friend.

Neo-"Ehm.. Hello , I am Neo.. it is a pleasure to meet you both"

Neo lift his hand to give a handshake.

??-"*shakes*Nice to meet you Neo , my name is Mii and this is Saya"

Saya-"..."

Saya just nodded and shook Neo's hand and let go really quick.

Ria-"Hehehe I told you so"

Mii-"Mhmm for the first times you said the true"

Saya nodded at Mii's reply

Ria-"W..what first times? Since when did I ever tell lies?!"

Neo-"Uhmm sister Ria.. are you sure is ok to bring Sven with me?"

Ria-"Mhmm , aslong he doesn't hurt anyone it should be fine , he can be counted as a familiar and since he is still small you can bring him into class"

Students and teachers are allowed to bring their familiar with them but if they take too much space in the classroom , they would had to wait in the school yard.

Mii-"Oh my , Neo , you tamed a familiar already?"

Ria-"Kukuku of course , he is my little brother after all"

Mii-"Shhush , you don't even have a familiar and Neo , where is your familiar? I don't see him anywhere"

Saya nodded and looked around Neo

Neo-"Oh.. he is taking a bath right now but he should be done soon hehe"

Saya pokes Mii and spoke quietly

Saya-"...we ... should .. leave..soon"

Mii-"Ahh! Neo's face is too distracting I forgot to keep track of times! We have to leave now or else we will be late for the school entrance exam!"

Ria-"Mhmm , let's go"

Ria took Neo's hand and walk toward the door.

Neo-"Wh..what about sister Cyel?.."

Ria-"Don't worry , sister Cyel can skip the exam and ceremony because she is in her last year so she still have 3 hours to sleep"

As they got out of the door , Sven was on a wall column beside the gate , he was licking his fur while laying on his tummy.

Mii was shocked and Saya eyes began to shoot laser beams.

Saya-"...fluffy..."

Mii-"O my god a white tiger cub! Why is it here!? I thought they went extinct!"

Ria and Neo giggles

Neo-"Sven , let's go"

Mii-Saya-"Sven?.."

The white tiger cub jumps onto his shoulder and rest his chin on Neo's head.

Mii-"Wha..whha..what!? This is Sven?! Where did you find a white tiger or how did you even manage to have one"

Neo-"Uhmm... is a long story hehehe but Sven is my family and friend.."

Mii-"I am sorry , I was just really excited"

Saya and Mii bows their head while Neo was scratching the back of his head.

Neo-"Mhmm is ok , shouldn't we be going?"

Ria-"Oh right , let's go"

As they walk on the street during the morning they could see alot of people setting up shops and food stalls.

Neo could smell alot of different food , it even made him and Sven drool but he was told not to eat before the exam because it would affect his results.

The exam doesn't only evaluate a person rank , it also allows for older students to recruit talented first years to join their group.

Groups formed by students in the academy allowing them to prepare in the future to either join a guild or to make one from scratch.

Having a bunch of talented individual in a group would allowed them to synchronize better and to challenge high rank missions together for the final year exam.

To graduate from the academy , one would have to reach rank 5 and also do one mission given by the principal himself.

If the student successfully complete the mission , he will be given evaluation points , the points system is like a rating system , the higher is the rating , the higher chance you will be accepted in a excellent guild.

Most of the rank 5 students group who passed their first rank mission remains in the school to accumulate more points before accepting their certificate while others quickly take theirs and join the guild who scouted them.

Accepting a ranked mission will also mean you will be risking your life , so the students are most likely to pair up in groups before taking a mission.

The students who takes the ranked mission alone have a high chance of loosing their lives but succeeding one would be enough to earn a enormous amount of points to join the top guilds.

Student groups challenge higher rank missions that gives them more points because it evaluate their teamwork but also the given missions will be really dangerous and hard to accomplish.

Liske academy encourage for adventurer to work as a team because being a lone adventurer is far more risky and dangerous.

Neo has his mind set on becoming stronger so he won't be joining any group.

Arriving at the school , Neo was awed by the beautiful scenery.

The school was surrounded by a stone metal wall , the gate was enormous , the trees were taller and thicker than any trees Neo had ever seen.

Trees-"Uncle.. I think its that person with the white tiger.. be careful not to enrage that child"

TreeUncle nodded.

The giant trees had leaves falling down slowly , the leaves were green on one side and orange on the other.

The leaves were waving and dancing around the wind before touching the ground.

Thousand and thousand of students were walking in the school gate.

Students walking together , some were around Neo's age but most of them looks older than Ria.

Couples were holding hands together , rich students were arriving in carriages with body guards while some were alone.

Alot of student came with their families and said their farewell to each other.

Neo-"*When I become stronger.. I will go back..*"

Under the tall tree , Chrysty , Erri , Fayn and Haln were standing there waiting for Neo to arrive.

Erri-"Ah.. I see Neo , over there"

Erri points toward Neo and Fayn let out a loud shout

Fayn-NEO!!!!!!OVER HERE!!!"

Neo and Ria's party approached them.

Neo-"Good morning everyone and this is my sister Ria"

Ria-"Hoho , you must be Neo's friends , my name is Ria and please look after my little brother oh and these are my close friends , Mii and Saya"

Mii greets them and Saya nodded

Mii-"Hmm by looking at your uniforms , you are all a first year like Neo huh , if you need any help you can come find me okay?"

Saya nodded , Chrysty and her party were happy to hear that from a senior student.

Haln-"So prett-ouch ouch what are you doing Chrysty!?"

Chrysty-"You were dreaming with a drooling face so I just woke you up"

The group started to laugh as they notice other students were at them.

??-"Look.. that cute girl has a white tiger.."

??-"Is that a white tiger.. she's so lucky.."

??-"a white tiger..."

White tigers are indeed rare but most of them don't know their origin or what they are capable of.

Ria-"Kukuku we are attracting so much attention"

Mii-"*cough*You mean your little brother and Sven are *cough*"

Saya nodded at Mii reply

Ria-"Hmmp my little brother is incredible but I am also known as a genius ok"

Mii-"Sure..just because you are a higher rank than us.."

The school bell rung , Neo and Chrysty's party went to the entrance exam yard while Ria and her friends went into a school building.

The first year students were to take the exam first while the senior students went to pick up their new student cards and then they would head to watch the exam yard.

The school has a big open space field , the exam yard was atleast 100x100 meters , the teachers were setting up crystal powered machines while other were preparing papers.

Atleast 2600 first year students will be taking the entrance exam , after the juniors finish their test , they will have a 1 hour break for teachers to prepare to evaluate the seniors student.

Liske academy had atleast

10 000 students and many people applies every year.

The academy consist of 3 grades.

Grade 1 are for newly admitted students ,

Grade 2 has atleast 6800 students while

Grade 3 has a average of 600 students.

Although sister Ria didn't make it sound important but

no matter what rank you are , you will need to pass the normals classes to advance in grade and those classes are

-Herb class

-Survivability class

-Orion class

-Colossal class

-Magic beast class

-Beast class

-Unexplored geography class

and

-Mathematics...

Neo and his friends were split in groups and waited for the teachers to call their names.