On the top of the large stairs, dozens of n and won wearing robes of different colors could be seen standing in front of a huge purple tower. In the center of this crowd of people, an old man with a long white beard was standing firmly. Not a single person on the ground could deny the charisma emanated from this man, Altus Drayden, the headmaster of the Magus Academy, as he simply stared at them with his profound gaze.
Dozens of tiny transparent blue cubes flew around the sea of acolytes, before they flew further above the grand assembly and projected a large screen. It was the sa that had been used to display the list of nas last year, this ti though, it displayed a close-up image of the headmaster's face.
Almost everyone inside the hall was amazed when they saw the distinguished man up close through the screen. Many of them were looking around the cubes, as well as the screen, trying to figure out how they worked.
They then noticed the screen also showed the faces of the magus beside the headmaster. When they looked up, they saw the tiny cubes were in front of the person on the screen. It turned out that the screen was able to project whatever those tiny cubes saw.
Hearing the loud chattering among the acolytes, the headmaster imdiately stomped his staff. A deafening sound quickly echoed through the hall, stopping all the chattering of the hundred acolytes, causing them all to look at the old man with a long white beard. These acolytes stared at him intently and opened their ears to listen. Unfazed by thousands of pairs of eyes staring right at him, Altus Drayden calmly opened his mouth as his voice began to spread throughout the whole hall.
"The Magus Gas are a yearly event to celebrate progress and acknowledge those who have talent. In the next 20 days, for the second year, this will be your trial, so we can find out who deserves to be given the best the academy can offer" said the headmaster. He then looked at the sea of acolytes beneath him and added. "May the best acolyte win!"
Hearing the headmaster's encouragent, all of them showed their enthusiasm for the event. They wanted to do their best.
After the headmaster said his words, a beautiful magus stepped forward in high spirit. "Dear acolytes, I'm Serena and I will be the host of today's ga. The ga itself will be observed by the institution and our guests coming from outside."
When the acolytes heard the ga was not only observed by the institution's magus, but also by others outside of it, their already high enthusiasm shot even higher.
"This will be our biggest and most anticipated event so far. That's why I suggest you all give your best in competing and don't ever give up!" Magus Selena said.
"Always try to look your best, especially when you are being approached by this tiny cube… do you understand?" continued the beautiful magus with a cheeky smile.
Most acolytes had already read all the information they could put their hands on about the Magus Gas. They had gathered as much information as possible to better prepare themselves, with so of them even having detailed information. Ery and the others did the sa, because no one wanted to lose in this ga and they had decided to get ready ahead of ti.
The Magus Gas themselves were separated into three rounds. The first one will be held today, the acolyte could join the next round, that would be held in the next ten days, if they passed the first round, simple as that.
The rule would be the sa until its last round. In the end, a bunch of groups that could make it to the last round would be considered the most talented ones. Even though the rule was simple and looked easy, the challenge might not be as easy as they thought.
The beautiful blond magus continued her speech, "The classes will be divided into groups, 10 classes per group. If you are from class 45. You will be in group 4 and so on. Now, it's ti for you to team up! Hope you have wisely chosen your partners, as finding good teammates itself is part of being one the best magus."
An information suddenly ca from the symbol on Ery's palm.
[Will you be participating in the Magus Ga?]
[Yes]
[Choose your team]
When Ery was trying to make sense of the words he just received, another information suddenly popped up inside his head.
[Julian Kaesar from Class 77 would like to invite you into the team. Will you accept?]
[Yes]
After Ery accepted the invitation, he could see that Julian had added all their nas and they were now a team.
Clapping his hand in excitent, Julian couldn't hold his enthusiasm anymore and said, "Alright, guys. The five of us are already in one team. We are Team 99 of group 7. I'm sure that if all of us can cooperate well this round, we can win this ga!"
Klea, who heard Julian's words, rolled her eyes and sighed before saying, "Ai… Can't we just make our own team na? This one screams 'silly' to ."
Thinking for a mont about the rules of the ga, Julian opened his mouth, "Uhm… I'm sure there is no rule that holds us back from naming our own group." Turning his head to Klea, he said, "We can pick our own na if we want to. What do you have in mind, Klea?"
Klea fell silent thinking about the possible nas, while others kept their mouth shut. Seeing the situation, Julian said, "What about you others? Does anyone have another idea about the group na? Ery? Chumo?"
"Wait. Why co you didn't say my na?" asked Thrax, annoyed.
"Because… your brain full of muscle?" replied Julian.
Just before another fight broke out between the two boys, Klea finally woke up from her deep thought, "How about '5 Jewels'?"
"5 Jewels?" asked Ery in curiosity.
Klea looked at Ery and said, "Yeah! I like the sound of it and it also represents our team's personality better." Turning her gaze towards others, she asked, "What do you think, guys? It sounds great, right?"
Seeing the three boys silence, Klea crossed her arms and said, "Ok what about.. 'The Queen's Warriors'? I'm fine with either of them."
Looking at the expression plastered on the boys' faces, Ery could sense that all of them dislike the na Klea just suggested. But he knew all too well that none of them would dare to say no to Klea. They would rather agree to anything she said rather than facing the 'consequences'.
"How about 'The Eagle'?" blurted out Julian after the montary silence. Thrax replied, "Is this about the Roman and their eagle?"
"It's a symbol ant to inspire others," said Julian calmly.
Thrax scoffed at Julian's words, "Huh?! You should choose lion or bear if you want to inspire…" said Thrax, "Eagle.. Heh, what a joke."
Feeling the familiar tense atmosphere, Klea said, "Okay, stop it you two," she then turned her head towards Ery, "Ery, what do you think?"
Rubbing his chin while contemplating, Ery then said, "I think we should just keep it simple and use our ho as the group na."
"The na of our planet? So… Earth Magus?" asked Klea.
"It's so plain…" comnted Thrax, "But, I guess it sounds fine."
Hearing the agreent from the loud bull, Julian then quickly addes, "Alright then, Earth Magus it is." Turning his head towards Chumo, Ery saw him nodding his head in agreent.
The beautiful blonde magus once again speaking, "Now, I will announce this year's first stage the." The chatter imdiately quietened down when the acolytes heard that. Magus Serena flashed a smile before saying, "This year's first stage the is… Defend the Bridge!"
The crowd of hundreds of acolytes started to turn wild, when they heard this year's the.
'It's a fairly easy ga to understand. Just stand on the bridge and don't fail on defending it!" said Serena, looking very excited as if she was the one who would participate in the ga.
"Defend the bridge?" muttered Ery in confusion. In all honesty, he never really knew all the different thes that could occur in the ga's stages. Julian, on the other hand, looked very worried.
Noticing the expression on his face, Ery asked, "What's wrong, Julian?"
"This is bad, guys. This is the worst possible the for teams such as us."
Confused, Ery asked again, "What do you an?"
"Don't you get it, Ery? It will be much harder to defend the bridge with only five people. In this the, the number of the team mbers really affects the outco" explained Julian.
While Ery was still thinking about the matter, Magus Serena gave the last announcent regarding the first stage.
"The objective on this stage is simple. Just like the previous first stage gas, this will be an elimination ga, only 50 teams from each group are allowed to move to the next round. This ans the ga will not stop until leaving only the top 50. Easy, right? Aren't you all excited?"
[Total team of group 7 :121 team]
50 teams out of 121. Being able to pass this stage ant that they would be in the top 40% of the acolytes. Realizing that, Ery was determined to pass this stage no matter what he had to do later.
Seeing the enthusiastic acolytes, Magus Serena said, "Without further due, you may all step into the portal. The ga will start shortly."
"Good luck!"
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