Chapter 8

Noah is currently meditating in the air in his room in the Sith academy. He has quickly risen in power due to the teachings that he got from the academy. It has been a year since he got here and he has become known as one of the most prodigious students ever produced by the academy. He was still an acolyte but he didn't mind as it gave him ample time to focus on his training and better control his powers.

He had also developed his own fighting style which was derived from his technique that he developed in Odessen which he modified for lightsaber combat. In essence it is a savage form of fighting but it also contained finesse and focus combining both aspects as it is an aggressive fighting style which was quite hard for the other acolytes to use due to its nature.

He then opened his eyes and stood on the ground and turned to the door as it opened to show Overseer Cestus standing there as the man looked at the student.

"Acolyte Noah, I have come to inform you that Overseer Tremel has requested for your presence." Cestus said to him as Noah nodded to the man.

Noah then left his chambers and went to Tremel's office and then entered as he found the Overseer sitting in his chair as he looked at the acolyte and smiled. He gestured for him to sit at the chair as Noah did as told.

"Why was I summoned here?" Noah asked keeping a neutral face.

"Well, it has been a year since you had joined our esteemed academy and have risen up in the ranks amongst your fellow acolytes. I have summoned you here to have you take on a trial, something which many acolytes do after their time here." Tremel said to him with a neutral face as well.

"What do I need to do?" Noah asked the Overseer.

"Go to the Valley of the Dark Lords and explore one of the temples and come back with an artifact. You should already know which tomb is which." Tremel said to him seriously.

"Understood." Noah said as he stood up before he walked out of the office.

As he was walking he came across a female he knew quite well as the Sith acolyte looked at him in turn.

"Noah." The woman said to him.

"Eskella, I presume that you are going for training." Noah said to her with a serious face.

"Yes. I will defeat you one day." Eskella said to him seriously.

Noah just looked at her amused at her words as he walked past her but she grabbed his hand stopping him as he looked at her as she glared at him. But he twisted his arm and freed his hand from her grasp before swiftly grabbing both of her wrists and pushing her on her back on the wall as he tovered over her as she looked at him surprised.

"You will have to do better than that." Noah said to her before he let go of her and walked away.

She rubbed her wrists as she watched him walk away before she frowned and went on her way.

Noah meanwhile exited the academy and went to the area of the Valley where he saw the tombs resting there. He decided to just go to the tomb of Marka Ragnos and entered the tomb, or would've but a man with a lightsaber in their hands attacked him.

Noah however wasn't even surprised and simply raised his right hand and caught the man in a force chokehold before he clenched his hand and broke the man's neck causing his body to go limp before it fell on the ground. Then the man's lightsaber flew into Noah's hand as he looked at it and hummed before he entered the tomb.

The interior was fine and had the look of an ancient building as he walked through it as he used his force to sense the things inside the building. He felt the beast of the tomb in one of the rooms and decided to just avoid it to not fight it. He used his senses to find an artifact he would like as he made his way through the large tomb.

He moved through the tomb as he encountered other Sith acolytes who had gone mad as he quickly dealt with them. He also felt a force on his mind as it tried to pry into his mind but he repelled it and focused on his mission. He killed a few more of the pests in the tomb until he felt something in one of the parts of it as he went to retrieve it as he opened the compartment.

"This is..." Noah said with surprise as he looked at it.

He reached his hand out and grabbed the artifact and lifted it into the air and looked at it. It is a sword, it was the length of a longsword and it's blade is attached to a big hilt enough for him to use it with two hands. There were also Sith runes on the middle side of the blade and on the surface which had lines as well which glowed red when he touched it as he felt the sword. (A/N: It's called Ancient Sith Lord's Warblade in the net. I'll put the image here but if it isn't coming them search on the net.)

"A Sith Warsword." Noah said surprised as he looked at it.

It felt heavy in his hand as he looked at it as he felt a familiar feeling from it from his time on Odessen as he used it as he slashed around him as the runes glowed red as it fed itself on his connection to the dark side as it empowered itself as he smiled at it.

'This will do.' Noah said as he took the sheath of the blade and put it inside it before he went back.

He exited the tomb and made his way to the academy with a few new lightsabers and a war sword. He reached the academy and went to Tremel's office and placed the Warblade on his desk as the Overseer looked at it surprised.

"Where did you get it from?" Tremel asked him as he looked at the blade.

"From the tomb of Marka Ragnos." Noah said to him as the Overseer was surprised.

'From that tomb. It's the place where many acolytes had gone mad from its power and he came out of it unscathed. He truly is quite exceptional.' Tremel thought to himself as he looked at the acolyte.

"Do you wish to keep the sword?" Tremel asked him after a few seconds.

"Yes. I did retrieve it." Noah said to him seriously.

"Then it's yours. Swords like this are not used by the Sith anymore." Tremel said to him as the man silently nodded to him.

Noah then took the sword and walked out of the office and went to his own room. After which he placed his sword on the table and took it out as he felt it's weight.

'Time to get a bit of training in.' Noah said as the runes on the sword glowed.