Academy

Arc 14

Seeds

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As Neo held his hand into the air , a red looking substance came out from his palm , it quickly formed a big spike shape.

The red glowing spike length was atleast half of Neo's arm.

Fayn-"What is that..?"

Neo quickly bend his knees and slam the red spike into the ground with his hand

Neo-"[Hell Rain]!"

The ground around his palm shone a bright red color and then the red light spread out infront of Neo's , towards the small monsters.

The small human shaped monster ignored the red lights under their feet as they sprint toward Neo , their closest target.

Crack

As the ground began to space apart , thousands of red needles flew up from the ground and reaches the sky.

The red needles pierced through the roots monster and melted them from within their insides.

Leaving none of them untouched , the small needles kept coming from the ground like a endless barrage of arrows.

The small monsters collapsed onto the floor as they turned into a dark brown dried roots.

Sven-"Rawwr"

Neo-"Mhmm..Looks like it was effective"

Fleur-"....Amazing.."

Fayn slowly walk toward Neo and held his shoulder

Fayn-"Neo..are you sure that you are not a magician..?"

Neo-"Mhmm.. I am a warrior..sometimes"

Fayn-"Huh..but.. anyway I think we cleared the floor..."

Fleur was celebrating as she circle around Neo with joy

Fleur-"Neo! You are so amazing! I wish I was strong like you!"

Neo-"Well.. I practice alot hehehe*I can't tell them yet*"

Neo slightly open his palm , thousands of thin red needles entered his palm and closed his wounds

Fleur-"Hmm..But I can't tell what affinity you have.. your aura wasn't visible at all.."

Fayn-"I couldn't see your aura either Neo , but I felt something , hehehe anyway you saved us"

Fayn looks at Fleur and she nodded

Fleur-"Mhmm..I am sorry for asking ... Thank you Neo!"

Neo-"Mhmm we are a team after all"

Sven-"Rawwrr"

Sven jumps off from Neo's shoulder and he walks toward the lake slowly while avoiding all the holes.

Neo and his friends follow Sven as they were also curious

Neo-"Sven , what is it?"

Sven look at the surface of the water and he started at the middle of the lake

Sven-"Rawr"

Sven lift his small paw toward the center of the lake

Neo-"There is something under the waters?"

Neo and Fayn started to take off their uniform clothes

Fayn-"I will watch your back"

Fleur trembles and her face turned red , she held her hands infront of her eyes , leaving a gasp to peek at Neo

Fleur-"Ah Neo , what are you doing.."

Neo and Fayn dove into the lake while Sven was watching them

Fayn-"*I should.. of...bzzzz... the water..bzzz temperature...cold..*"

The lake wasn't really deep , it was bright and blue as the sun ray pierced from the surface of the water.

As Neo swim deeper , he notice the sun light reflecting a small object

Neo turns around and held his hand open

Neo-"*Wait here"

Fayn nodded and kept looking around while having hard times holding is breath

As Neo swim closer to the object , he notice something unusual

What is this..?

As Neo held out his hand to hold the object , it quickly formed a small barrier around it and repels his hand away

The small object grew a barrier encrypted with unknown letters to Neo

The letters spun around the object and slowly fades away.

Neo-"*A seal..?*"

Neo was getting irritated as he ran out of breath

Arrggh... I will break it...

Neo persistently tries to break the seal with the brute force of his hand

As the barrier tries to repel Neo's hand , it released a lightning shock that cut through his hand

Neo pulls his hand back and thought of an idea

Maybe.. I can use my blood .. but I am afraid that It might shatter the whole box...

The barrier unknown ancient letter began to abruptly shines , blinded by the light , Neo held his hand over his eyes.

The light was so bright , it pass through the surface of the sky like a under water sun.

Quickly after , the light faded away and Neo looked at the small box.

What happened..my blood?!

His blood spread through the box , scared that it might break , Neo tried to recall his blood but with much effort , he couldn't hold his breath any longer , he quickly took the small box and reach the surface.

Neo-"Uwahhh!"

Fayn-"Neo! What was that light? What happened? Are you okay!?"

Fleur-"Neo! Are you hurt?"

Neo gave them a thumbs up and held the box high up in his other hand

Fayn-"What is that?"

Neo and Fayn swim toward Fleur

They reaches the ground and Fleur quickly cover her face once again with her hands.

Fleur-"Ah.. Neo.."

Neo did not know why Fleur kept saying his name as he put his warrior uniform back on

Fayn-"Neo , what is that box?"

Neo-"Hmmm...let's see"

Fleur and Fayn gathered behind Neo as he opened the box slowly.

Slowly opening the small box , Neo could feel a nostalgia feeling , tears ran down from his eyes.

Neo couldn't stop crying , but he also did not know why he was crying

Inside the box , new took out a white crystal that was attached and made into a necklace

Fleur-"Wahhh.. so pretty..."

Fayn-"Could it be! A necklace artifact!?"

Neo was really happy but he also had no clue why was this necklace sealed in this box.

Neo-"Hmmm.."

Neo look into the small box again and found one more item , it was a small key

Fayn-"Hmmm.. a key and a necklace"

Fleur-"The key is cute too.. Neo.. may I take a look at the necklace?"

Neo nodded and handed the necklace over to Fleur

The necklace shine slightly a pale blue light as Fleur held it in her hands

Fleur-"Ah...."

Fayn-"What's wrong Fleur?"

Neo-"Why is it glowing?"

Fleur-"Ah.. I don't.. know.. but...I am suddenly exhausted again..."

Fleur fainted and Fayn quickly held her before she hits the ground.

Fayn-"She just fainted from exhaustion.."

Neo pick up the necklace from the floor and it returned white once again.

Neo-"Hmm.. weird.."

Fayn-"Becareful Neo.. maybe it's a dangerous artifact"

Neo-"But I am fine"

Neo curiously looks around the necklace , he sees some letter he could recognize

Neo-"Liam..?"

Neo shows Fayne the carved letters

Fayne-"Maybe that is the owner or something..but it's yours now hehe"

Neo looks at Fayn

Fayne-"It's fine Neo , you obviously saved our lives and did most of the work , I am sure Fleur will say the same , keep it , as our first floor memento artifact"

Neo-"Mhmm thanks!"

Fayn-"Hahaha why are you thanking me , you earned it!"

Sven felt asleep on Neo's head as they walk toward the exit

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Gessi-"Principal Lest , what happened? why did those savage plants appeared here , on this continent?"

Lest-"I do not know but... It has something to do with that necklace , I am sure of it"

Lest and Gessi were looking through a cup filled with empowered water.

Lest-"Thank you Gessi , you can recall back your [Golem Eye]"

Gessi-"Okay.. but.. I think I deserve a explanation.."

Lest-"Let's just say the box Neo is holding was sealed by a strong magic that not even I could manage to scratch it"

Gessi-"What!? How is that possible?"

Lest-"I am not sure but.. I have a guess.."

Gessi-"Fine.. but because of that box you put in the water , savage plants appeared , killed the beast and made the first floor impossible for the childrens , what would of happened if Neo couldn't handle them!?"

Lest-"Hahahaha Gessi , I understand , don't worry , I will give them each a reward"

Gessi-"And tell them that you almost got them killed?"

Lest-"Well...I believed in my grandson , isn't that enough?*cough*cough*"

Gessi-"Hmm.. fine.. acceptable..but I want to know the truth sooner or later hmmp"

Gessi left the room , ramming the door behind her

Lest-"My my.. she sure has grown.. she can even get mad at me now"

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Neo wore happily the beautiful white crystal necklace as he kept the key in the box and put it in his pocket

Lor-"Oh , children I was getting afraid as you 3 didn't come out yet and what happened to her?"

Fayn-"She just fainted from exhausting hehehe nothing to worry about"

Lor-"Okay , you should bring her to her dorm or house , and so far your team were the only ones to take a full 2 hours to complete the first floor.. you have a long way to go.."

Fayn-"What! Longest times to complete the first floor?...*It was so hard.. what will happen to us on the 2nd floor..*"

Neo and his friends left the Trial tower lobby , the moon was high in the sky as the stars glitter brightly

Neo smiled and look up

Fayn-"How are you not tired.."

Neo-"I don't know hehehe normally using that one spell would almost deplete my energy*but I feel fine after touching the necklace.. artifact sure are useful*"