The Ranking Board

Kai's jaw dropped when he saw the shelves that towered before him, each shelf could at least be 2 stories or more. It was hard to tell. The books were all placed accordingly, classified under their origins.

"Good day miss..." Kai referred to the young lady sitting behind the counter. "Can I?"

The young lady lifted her head, her short hair glowed in its red color, and her transparent round glasses fitted her nicely with her pale complexion. "Yes, you can." She said pointing out to the large hall used for the study repository. "Do you have a Nano Monitor?" She asked, bringing out one from underneath her desk. Kai objected showing her the one he had in his possession.

Kai walked away from the counter into the study repository, he didn't know what to do or where to start but he needed answers for his node and the study repository was a good place to start.

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A long time ago, prime earth flourished and the humans living in it understood its pattern and lived in harmony. Prime Earth was divided proportionately into landmarks by its most dominant guardians and certain families were set to uphold the lineage of the guardians.

The guardians were made of the strongest forms of beasts that occupied the region. Only seven of these guardians are still recorded to be seen through astral nodes as the last one was never complete.

The Mermaid controlled the bodies of water that flowed around prime Earth. The mermaid people were mostly known through the color of their hair, which glowed white when in contact with water. They could breathe underwater, thus a very vital part of the civilization of prime Earth. Mostly present in seaside nations the mermaid guardians showed no interest in politics and had little time to spend with land people.

The Fairy, regarded as the most fragile of all guardians posed a threat to all mankind with the powers they possessed the ability to conjure anything with just willpower, and some well-practiced words the Fairy guardian rose to prominence among humans who worshiped them in turn.

The Basilisk mostly consisted of earth-based creatures that mostly dominated the earth. Humans lived in fear of the power the creatures possessed and only came to an understanding when they assigned a special location for Basilisk creatures that controlled the earth.

The Banshee, recorded as the only guardians to be females, thrived in society, later developing sound powers and being accepted into society for fear of what they could do.

The Thunderbirds were majestic creatures that graced the sky with their presence only once in a season, the Thunderbirds were special creatures. Later controlled by prominent families in prime earth the Thunderbird stood as a center of power showcasing its powerful lightning control.

The Polar Bear, native to the south pole of prime earth these elegant beasts were fierce warriors that created the first bond between humans and beasts. They could communicate with the human race.

The Hawk, the biggest of all birds that flew in the skies of prime earth of old. They controlled the wind with the wind energy that flowed through them.

The Dragon, prime earth had only one recorded in its history books. The Dragon was a beast of destruction, the most dreaded of all beasts. With its firepower and ethereal armor it was highly impossible to defeat a dragon. The dragon only remained loyal to its master.

The Astral Creatures include.

• Dragon Node - Fire powers

• Mermaid Node - Water powers

• Fairy Node - Magic Powers

• Basilisk Node - Earth Powers

• Banshee Node - Sound Powers

• Thunderbird Node - Lightning Powers

• Polar Bear Node - Ice Powers

• Hawk Node - Wind Powers

When the first Gormock ship evaded prime Earth, the humans had to look for a solution to stop the destruction of their homes. The council, came together delegates on a plan to quickly assist them in their goal to end the battle between the inhabitants of Prime Earth and the farm workers.

The attack of the gormockers led to the close extinction of the guardians. The great Ragner Halsten, who was believed to be a madman before discovered how to extract the Astral spirits from the guardians and put them into mythical boxes known as Astral nodes. These nodes granted special abilities to warriors according to the astral node in possession of them. The warriors then used these abilities to save Prime Earth. Severan's skill was then bought by the military who made him grant these powers to the wealthiest ones who could afford it to become their strongest soldiers.

Ragnar Halsten had two scientists working with him; Severan Thorne and Kirk Randi. Together these men worked to develop the astral nodes, the greatest tool against the gormorkers in the great war. Only seven were made successfully, the Dragon Astral nodes project was never completed.

There was nothing new for Kai in this book he was reading, he already knew all he was reading now. "Hey! Handsome?" Annika's voice echoed through Kai's ears bringing him back to reality. He was so absorbed in the book he had with him that he had lost track of time.

Kai simply gave Annika a cold stare, for some reason he did not like being around her. Maybe because of her family background, her father being the president and her brother Ake being his worst nightmare. Kai had always been bullied by Ake for as long as he could remember, from when he ran errands for Master Sven to now when he was in the academy.

"Come on, let's go I have something to show you." Annika pulled Kai by the arm dragging him out of the study repository. "Where are we going?" Kai objected and stopped Annika.

"The Ranking Board is up," Annika answered. "The morning jog we took today was part of our speed class."

"You should have said so." Kai rebuffed leaving Annika, Kai now took the lead. 'He doesn't even know where he is headed.' Annika thought as she trailed behind him.

"The board is in the arena," Annika said when she saw Kai walk past the arena. They both walked into the building, the Ranking Board hung from the ceiling.

"No way, our team is at Rank 28" Kai complained as he looked at the LED screen that displayed the team numbers and their current ranks.