Ch.29: Decay.

The students and teacher sat at a long table that could fit exactly 30 people. The person who was on the throne sat at the head of the table while guards and such stood behind him.

'So basically, we were summoned to this world as 'Hero'. Heroes are people who save people, bring prosperity to their kingdom and so on. Heroes could be summoned for the sole reason of protecting the country's daughter or even to protect the king. The reason we were summoned was to advance their land and defend them. Honestly, the whole idea of being a hero and protecting others is kinda something that I don't really look forward too. Growing up in a world of the strong only surviving, the idea of saving someone wasn't really foreign in me. More about the world itself, it was that of swords and magic. Now magic...it was only a fantasy on Beta and earth alike. Magic was something I actually looked forward too..'

"Hell no! I will not allow you to put my kids in danger like this!"

Jasmine shot up and stared ferociously at the King. The king was chosen by bloodline. He was the one who summoned them here via a spell only known throughout his family.

"We will train them before they officially become Hero. We have the best knights and spell casters in the country all awaiting my word."

"T-That doesn't matter! They're just kids! This is too much for the brain of a 16 year old! They aren't developed enough to handle such a thing!"

She was defending her students with her last breath. 'Yeah, I agree with, Jasmine. Even I don't know..if I could kill monsters while protecting people at the same time..' There was such an existence of dungeons in this world. From the top floor, its named floor one. As it goes down, the floor number increases, getting harder and harder at the same time.

"Ms. Star. There is no need to worry, okay? We can handle such a task. Right guys?!"

The blond hair kid got up and looked around. For some reason, he was actually happy that we were in this situation. 'Ah, I see now. I'm not in the Mc's body. I'm just a side character, huh?'

"Yeah, I'm with Kyle on this one, Ms. Star. I think we should do it."

The buff guy stood up as well while smiling. 'These guys are all idiots. I want to stay in this world but for power. You all...you all want to stay for fame and fortune..' More people stood up as well and spouted bull crap.

Even that Kaiyo girl said she wanted to help this world in any way she could. The only people who were sitting down was Aric and his sisters. "Young Man. What will you do? Will you join your brothers and sisters in an effort to save our world of the Demon King's army?"

They all looked at him. Some said words of unencouragment while spouting crap like how he's weak and stupid. "Aric...I can't decide for you. All your classmates want to do something so stupid and selfish. I just hope..you won't follow.."

Jasmine placed her hand on his and smiled. 'Don't show me that smile, Jasmine. If only you knew...that I had to do this...' He looked at the king and nodded. "I will, actually. It seems fun." He got up, some classmates sighing, the king showing a huge grin, while Jasmine and her little sisters showed deep frowns.

"Then its settled. Let's start right away. We have so much to do after all..."

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One week has passed since they've been in this new world. Aric and a few of his other classmates were in a yard, practicing with some instructors while sparring with each other as well. 'Decay Magic, huh? Nice..' Aric had a huge smile on his face as he was sitting crossed leg and inside of his Realm Of Magic with his eyes closed.

The Realm Of Magic was a series of 7 colored dots, depending on your element of magic. If fire, the dots would be red/orange. If water, the dots would be blue. In Aric's case, his dots were grey. Anyways, the Realm Of Magic is comprised of 7 dots. In order to advance to stage 2 of Magic, you would need to connect these dots in one sitting. Once you move up a stage, the dots increase by one, the mental energy needed to connect the new dot becoming harder in the process.

'I can already form 5 dots which is the highest yet so far amongst these people...' His progress was unmatched, even when the others had growth enhancers and he didn't. You need resolute concentration and he had that. Teens will be teens and so they tend to not take things as serious.

'With my decay magic, instead of shooting it out like a fireball, I have to touch someone or something. I'm not mad about such a drawback, considering I do this with Cut/Paste..'

After some time, he got up and sighed out. He then touched a basket next to him and it immediately broke down. 'I can easily decay small things at this stage. Things larger than toilet wouldn't work though..' As he was thinking that, someone placed their hand upon his shoulder

"Look at Aric. He's actually trying, such a pity..."

It was the buff looking kid with the blonde hair boy and a orange haired boy. The blond hair boy was know as, 'The Truth.' He was the embodiment of what a hero should be. The buff kid was know as, 'Impenetrable Sheild'. He was tough, no one or nothing should be able to get past him. The orange haired guy was just a random who was forced to come along.

There was 5 titles that mattered here.

'The Truth.'

'Impenetrable Sheild.'

'God's Knight.'

'Magic Overlord.'

'God's Light.'

The 5 people who had that title in the class were the most respected amongst the class and the people in general. They were treated fairly better as well. 'They aren't the only ones with a flash title..' Aric got a secret title which the others didn't know about.

'Absolute Decay.'

"What do you want, Mike?"

Aric hit his hand away while turning around. 'I felt bad for this guy...as in the guys body I stole. I would've lost my shit already if these people kept harassing me each and every single day...' He was resisting the urge to take their life-, Power. Yes, power.

"Don't use my name so casually, runt. I just came over because I was told to spare with you. Let's go."

This wasn't true at all. He just wanted to embarrass Aric in front of the whole class for weird fame. 'As they are right now, they don't stand a chance against me. But that's only in hands. In swords and magic, I'll get my ass whooped..' Aric agreed while the other 2 snickered.

'In The Face Of Overwhelming Power, Just Give Up.'

Kazemi put on black gloves with open finger air channels. He wore grey, baggy pants and a black cloak, looking like someone who was in an evil cult. Everyone, meaning his classmates, all wore medieval wear. Everyone, excluding him, also had good clothes. Becuase of his magic and how it destroys everything, people saw it as ugly and didn't really care about it..or him.

The class gathered around as they were about to watch the match. Some sat down with scoffs while others only shook their heads. 'I hope he comes out fine..' Thought Kaiyo. She held the title of, 'God's Light.' She, was in a lack of words, a healer.

"Don't worry about him. It's no powers or weapons so he should be fine.." Kaiyo's friend, Aulani, said to her. She held the title of, 'God's Knight.' She was the sword that protected 'The Truth' like the other 3 Heavily Order did.

"Y-Yeah.."

She said as she watched him stretch. 'Stage one can destroy a small objects. In stage two, I should be able to decay even more...' In total, he could reach 10 stages of Magic Development. Everyone with magic could try this, but the last person who reached such a stage was alive during the Age Of God Vs Devil, a thousand years ago.

"What's going on here?"

A deep and mature voice said as the crowd of students parted like the sea at his presence. Who appeared next was a man with a huge build and brown skin. He had black hair and black eyes as well. His resting face was that of a frown but his personality differed.

He was known as, 'The King's Sword' amongst the people. He was the strongest person in the entirety of the kingdom but was retired so not anymore. His battle sense and experience lead him to keep such a title though as no ones ever defeated him. He was the head person in charge of training the kids for the dungeons.

"Those two are having a sparring match, sir."

The students spoke with respect. It only took them one meeting to do this. "A spar? I haven't heard word of this. Is both parties in agreement?" He asked the two who were eyeing each other.

"Yes sir. We have both agreed on this exchange of fist. No weapons nor magic.."

Aric said. He wanted to make it known about the rules of the battle in case someone cheated. "Oh, alright. No weapons or Magic? Got it. Begin when you want." He crossed his arms and waited. He was a referee for these sort of things.

'The winner will be Aric. When I went one on one with the students, the amount of openings he found on me was quite something. I had to train a bit to remove said openings..'

The match begun at the sound of a bang. Aric fell back and slowly started to circle him, his hands slowly moving like he was dribbling a basketball. 'What the hell is he doing?' They all thought as they stared at his peculiar movements.

'This body..' Kazemi thought to himself. 'I can see..that they watched a lot of...anime? So much in fact that he copied the techniques people used when beginning to fight and now I'm copying those moves..'

"I'm not the same me from a week ago boy!"

He stopped watching and ran at Aric. His hips would go left to right in that one motion. 'Yeah, me neither. Though, it's not like I needed a change..' He stopped running and threw a punch out at the same time, carrying the momentum of stopping into the attack.

Aric stopped his movement and stood there. 'What is he doing now?' The tall referee thought as he watched the bout. 'He's gonna move, huh?!' Mike then saw multiple images jump out into different directions. 'And I'll be ready!'

'Ah, you came to such a conclusion judging by your face..' It only took a slight tug to his right for Mile to strike at his left. He hit nothing however and fell down at the side of Aric's leg.

The class stared in confusion, until one person faintly laughed which caused a chain of laughter to go off.

'What an interesting guy..' The ref thought as he declared Aric the winner. Over the past week, he's watched the relationship amongst the students. It only took 2 days to know how they all treated each other.

'Taking into account of his very personality, he formed a plan like that, huh.' Mike was a rowdy, back handed guy who did everything to win, even if it took him years of hiding in the dark. He WILL get his revenge on anyone as long as he lives.

Aric took this into consideration and used it as a means to fight. He'd do anything to win and so, he'd of course have predicted everything out. All Aric had to do was wait for that face he made and bam, he wins

"Damn it.... I wanna rematch!"

He got up and into Aric's face. Griffith, the referee/kings sword, had to step in and break the two up, Mike showing he wasn't done by spitting on Aric's face. 'Yeah, your first on my hit list bastard!' They jerked at each other as Griffith sighed.

'What will they do..in a dungeon?'

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