Blue bolts of lighting were dancing around the stage.Every time a bolt collided with the ground,Scorching marks would appear.As the lightning was dominating the whole area,a big ball of fire was going towards their source.Blue haired,blue eyed handsome boy,Barak,put his hands together and created a twin chain like lightning.

When the Handsome boy with red hair and red eyes,Deroc,saw it,he stomped and leaped towards the air.Just after he leaped a 5 meter long scorching mark appeared with a small explosion.'That was dangerous'Thought Deroc,and created two flaming wings to safely return ground.Barak didn't give him a chance though.

Barak guided his mana towards his hands.All mana gathered at the palms of his and with a slap to ground,he released a shock wave that shook the air.With no practice towards flying with these wings,Deroc,Lost balance and started to fall.But he was not panicked.He gathered his mana and created another ball of flame around him.But this time,Flames around ball were swirling and rotating at high speeds,creating a strong barrier which can absorb the damage of fall.

When Deroc finally dropped,flaming ball protected him while cracking a little but regained it's shape in no time.Both Barak and Deroc looked at eachother for a moment,and rushed towards the other.Barak turned into a bolt of lightning,striking towards Deroc while latter enveloped his arm with flames,increasing in both denstity and temperature.The bolt shaped Barak started to grow more and more as he passed through the arena while Deroc's fist was now as huge as door.

After condensing the fist,Deroc sent a wall of flame towards incoming bolt to lessen it's speed.Barak was unfazed by the flaming wall and with no hesitation,Pierced through it.The moment wall disappeared from his sight,he couldn't find deroc in front of him.He directly looked around but couldn't see him.With a gasp of suprise,he saw Deroc right above him,Diving towards his back.

Even if he saw it,that was for a moment.As split second passed,Deroc landed the gigantic fist at Barak's back,directly destroying the whole ground under it while burning his clothes.But,something suprising happened.He saw Barak,Holding his flaming fist with a lightning wrapped fist.He finally understood'This guy is one rank higher than me!'

But it was too late.With a sweep of his hand,Barak threw several balls of lightning towards Deroc.Each of them was stronger than his attack as a bolt of lightning.Deroc using flames to envelope his lower body,slided under the incoming balls and with a push,threw himself at Barak.At air,he condensed his flames to create a flaming sword.With a slash,he sent an red shockwave to interrupt Barak.

Barak evaded the attack by darting towards the side.But the moment he appeared another shockwave was sent towards him,which didn't let him to attack.Barak darted here and there to evade attacks while Deroc was depleting his mana reserves faster to keep him at bay.

Barak was finally angry.He wrapped himself arounda bolt of lightning,and darted towards Deroc,not caring about shockwaves.Deroc created another sword at his left hand,stabbing at the ground with them.When two swords were planted,he transmitted huge amounts of mana to both of them.His mana was at %20's and he couldn't keep it up much more.There were no visible changes at the sword.It's power was also not increasing.

With a smirk,Barak sent tens of lighting bolts to interrupt him,but using the same trick Deroc created a revolving flame ball around him,which increased the speed he depleted his mana.Barak was also aware of it,so he increased the tempo.While getting closer he sent bolts of lightning towards his defence,which was cracking it bit by bit and scorching the whole area around him.

As Barak was already feeling like he won.With another rush,he transformed again but this time,he darted towards air.When he reached a certain height,He created a thick bolt,as thick as a adult's thigh,and sent it towards the shield of Deroc.With a smirk,he watched Bolt of lightning tearing the whole shield and colliding with Deroc.

But it didn't happen.Just before bolt collided with shield,Deroc dissipated it himself and just like he was carrying a mountain,swinged the left sword with difficulty.When he swinged it,Whole arena was shaking like it was being bombarded.Just after Deroc swinged,A long and thick line of fire cut earth under it and slammed iteself towards bolt.

Both flaming line and lightning exploded,sending shockwaves through the whole arena,creating whirlwinds.But it was not the end.Barak was flustered.There was still right sword.With another hard swing,Deroc aimed at Barak's neck.Barak gathered all his powers to create a shield,but it was futile.Because attack didn't came from ground,it came from his side.Deroc sent the sword flying towards Barak while creating a ball of flame.He sent it quietly flying towards the tear at the ground.

With a last effort,he managed to slap the sword downwards,slightly changing it's route.The sword cut his left leg and created a bloody mark with some tinge of black.He looked down towards Deroc and saw his flaming ball getting smaller.He just waited and his whole shield disappeared.''So,Are you surrendering now?''Barak asked Deroc.

''I should be the one asking you''Said Deroc with a smile.Barak didn't know what he was talking about,but as soon as he took a step,he cursed''OH FUCK YOU!''A little ball of flame found it's way towards Barak's crotch and directly slammed it.Barak's whole face turned pale and he started to tremble while holding his precious Lil'Barak between his hands.

''OUCH,DEROC!WHY SO RUTHLESS!.ALL I DID WAS A JOKE!''Barak screamed in pain.Deroc just smiled while quietly saying''You made her cry,so you deserve it.''And just like a hero returning from an epic boss,walked down from arena.''Oi,Oi,Oiiiiiiiiiiii''Barak was now lying down,Supressing the urge to scream.He was still a honorable man,how could he make such noises?

''Brother,i think you've gone too far as well.''Said Stella,who was now pitying Barak.''He just scared me,that was no big deal''she said the same thing,which was now like 1000th time.And she didn't cry!She was just suprised because of the sudden bolt of lightning appearing right in front of her.''No,He deserves it.''Deroc said plainly.

Actually,he was not that impulsive.Just that this guy was boasting everyone in class everytime about evaluations.He was the one with best results,and with him being a chatter box,It created a living hell for the others in class.Even Vera,who was not aware of her surrounings most of the time,was upset about it.

So he was trying to find a reason to beat this guy up,and it was delivered right in front of him.This morning,when Stella and Amisi were going towards class this guy used his power's and darted right at their side.It was not a soft landing so it created a big sound,which scared Stella.She was just suprised but subconsicously she cried.And right at that time,he was getting out of the dorm with Vera.Well,there couldn't be any good chance so he directly told him to follow him.

Everyone was aware of the reason,even Barak himself.But no one tried to resolve it.Because this guy really pissed them off.Last result is,you already know it.''Ye-Yeah,it may be a bit bad to g-go that hard on him''Vera said,still not meeting the gaze of anyone with a shy attitude.''Past is past,it already happened just forget it''Said Amisi with a smug smile on her face.She was the most upset one.He knew this guy even before he came academy.

''Well,having an ego is not bad,but you need to be humble sometimes''Said Grim,who was sitting at a chair,giving some fresh meat to Conall in front of him.''Yea,he is right.''Darius said.He didn't show any expression,but he was the most tormented one.They were roommates after all.But he couldn't be so shameless to invite him to a fight.Not only he was bigger than him by 4 years,19 years old,He was also a 4th year and a 3rd rank warrior,so it was not possible.

''Grim!''As they were talking,someone called Grim.When they turned,they saw someone waving his hand from afar.Wait,how it was possible to hear him that clearly from this distance?They were still talking when Grim stood up and called Stella''Stella,can i left Conall with you for a while?''Stella replied by nodding and wrapped her arms around Conall's thick,fluffy mane.She loved to hug her(Conall) like this.

Amisi and other's were also aware of Grim's companion.Right,Companion.The mostly calm grim became irritated when people called Conall his pet.So they changed their way of adressing her.Vera's face was a bit red.She too wanted to pat or hug this wolf,but she was just too shy to ask.She was feeling disappointment when Deroc called her.

''She doesn't bite.You can pat her head.''She slightly looked at Deroc with gratitude and with a bit difficulty,took a step towards Conall.Stella held Vera's hands and put them on Conall's head.Conall was waiting like a little puppy,while Vera was still a bit embrassed.But with a moment's determination,she started to pat her head.

Conall was feeling pleased while Vera was filled with joy.She didn't think this wolf could be that soft and nice.She squatted down and while patting Conall's head,touched her mane.It was much,much softer than her head.As she was feeling a bliss with Conall,Others were also a bit suprised.Vera was not smiling very often,so it was a bit of shock for them to see her smiling while patting Conall.

As they were watching it,Grim was already on his way towards the sound that called him.

...

''So,How is your progress?''Said Aeneas.It has already been a month since evaluations.Grim passed with ordinary results while most of his classmates were getting high results.Especially that boy Barak,he was the most favored of the experts that came.After him came Adrien,with his intelligence he could modify and reproduce most magic.Even still,he was a 7th rank,which was lower than Barak's 6th.

As for the 3rd one,it was Amisi.Looks like she was also a 7th rank,who could use earth to create sand and grow plants of all kind.Some of the experienced knew where her magic's came.Sand dragon's domain.Whole Western Deserts were belonging to a Sand Dragon.No one knew it's name nor age.But it was ridiculously strong.And there was a place it protected personally.''Village of Awakeners''These people were born with a soul coming from another universe.After growing,their memories would awaken and get much much stronger depending on their past experiences.

Looks like she was born with a damaged mind,so the other soul fused with hers,which triggered early awakening.So she was exceptional among them.She learnt most of the magic's hard to even adults in a week and progressed very smoothly.So her family,with the request of village head,decided to send her to central part of continent to learn spells.

'You can see it but still ask'mumbled Grim while smiling.With a pop,he released his aura.He became a 8th rank since 2 days ago.''Good!''Said Aeneas with a smile,patting Grim's shoulder.''The only thing you should think is now which element you think suits you most,and try to slowly turn your mana's nature.''Aeneas said the basic of becoming 7th rank.

''Well,i think you can do it in a small amount of time,as you can forge a spirit weapon.''He added.When Grim's bloodline connection was lost that night,he also felt it.But that thing was different.If his father was also in here,he may have understood it at the moment.But only after Grim was done he felt it.

He was feeling 2 Grim.Like there was 2 connection he had with Grim,which was very confusing.After doing some research,he found out two reason about it.First,Other party was breaking through 1st rank,re creating his/her body.Which was impossible,2nd one was,obviously,Forging a Spirit Weapon.

So,he directly found Grim that day and made him spill the beans.He was astonished.What was a spirit weapon?There was only 2 spirit weapons on this continent.One of them was their family heirloom'Phoenix' which was the spear of their first ancestor,and 'Book Of Celestial Knowledge'A Dragon artifact which belonged the current Dragon Sovereign.So how could he do that?

All he could get was a ''I don't know''He knew the attitude of his little brother.Even if he lied to everyone,he never lied to him.But he still felt there was something missing.But didn't pursue it.His brother found a way for him to travel,his own path.So he was happy about it.With a spirit weapon his brother could advance faster and increase his potential.It was a mutual relationship.One grows,other grows,one gets stronger,other gets stronger.

''Alright then,Father sent another letter this time.Here,I'll prepare some tea when you read''He gave the letter to Grim,and left towards the kitchen.He was staying at a Building near to the Academy,which was allocated for teachers.As he entered kitchen,he took some water and started to boil it.When he was preparing the tea he saw a sealed letter.He spaced out,and directly rushed back but it was a bit late.Grim was at his feet,Looking at his brother.

Aeneas was filled with regret.He should have checked the letters before giving them.His brother saw the letter their father wrote for him.As for the contents:

''Big brother,Where is 'my' mother?''