Beginner's Luck

After a few minutes, the girl had woken up and apologized for her behavior. Arcon accepted her apology and they decided to wait till results to be announced. Few minutes later, she gets up, pecks him on the cheek and leaves. He touches his cheeks as his mind does back flips all round. He smiled brightly as he watched her leave with dreamy eyes but as he shifted his gaze a bit.

He was shocked to see Shina glaring at him. An evil smile creeped on her face as she walked towards him. He could feel the malicious intent in her advances; he prepared his mind for the worst. He flinched a bit as she sat down beside him. It was really awkward as they just sat there without saying a word, Shina got tried of this and broke the silence," Who was that girl?", she asked. He felt a lump on his throat that he found hard to swallow. He took a deep breath then spoke," She was one of my team mates in the last test", he asked.

"Uwu....Guess someone is getting popular with the ladies", she teased. He was blushing hard as he rejected her claims. She just laughed at his desperation till he stopped." So how was the test?", she asked with a tone of concern. He was happy that she cared that much but at the same time disappointed. He narrated all the events that happened and she gave a listened ear while often giving stupid remarks here and there.

Once he was done they were both laughing hard. Her company was the best he'd ever had and he was going to keep it no matter the cost. Shina decided to narrate her one story which was unbelievable but somewhat expected. She finally noticed the rod around his waist." So what is that?", she said as she pointed to the small (10-inch rod on his waist)." Well, it's the weapon I found on the lying on the edge of the arena. It's quite handy though", he said with a smile on his face.

"So that's your lucky weapon", she said with a cocky smile. Arcon understood what this smile meant and just nodded. They were going to fight but that will have to wait for later." So what do you want to do now?", she asked him." Well I'll just have to wait for the result and move on from there", he said with a straight face. He tried his best to hide his nervousness but she could see right through him. She smiled and patted his back," We will both make it", she said with a smile.

They sat there watching all the other demons go along with their various activity. Meanwhile, someone was keeping an eye on them through a black six-eyed bat which was high in the air and hidden away from people's perception. Two dark figures are looking down from the highest building in the school. The first was a male who has eight red eyes (same as the bat) and the other was a girl with dark piercing eyes." So, he finally arrives", she said." Yes master. He seems to be hiding his true power", he said as he bowed. She smirked evilly then burst into a fit of eerie laughter. Seconds later, she composed herself and looked at him." You are to look after him. But only help him in times of desperate need. You are free to put him to the test but", she released her terrifying aura that made him fall on one knee." He's my prey", she said and left.

The guy cleared the beads of sweat on his forehead." Just what kind of monster is he to pique the interest of the Shadow Empress", he sighed and stood up. He looked at Arcon once more through the eyes of the bat and chuckled," I'll keep a close watch on you, my boy. You have quite the luck", he turned and left, then the bat disappeared. Just then Arcon felt a chill down his spine. He turns around to see if something is watching him, but he doesn't find a thing.

" Is there a problem?", she asked him, noticing his strange behaviour. He shook his head. She wanted to know more but she let it slide. She wanted to say something, but she was interrupted by a man clearing his throat rather loudly. Everyone looked towards the entrance of the first building. A male red demon was floating at the entrance. He had white hair and gold eyes; he wore a red suit and black gloves; his thin pair of glasses carefully tucked away in his breast pocket. They all knew who it was. It was none other than the vice-principal of the academy, Melphilio Khan.

Name: Melphilio Khan Ego: Mind manipulation Inherent talent: Equip

He smiled and cleared his throat," You guys have done pretty well. Though there are 450 candidates, only a hundred will be admitted into the academy", people began to gasp and murmur for a while then stopped." I will now begin the announcement of those who passed and their scores. But those who will fail, don't be down, your performance will be viewed by other academies. So don't lose hope and now without further a due", he takes a deep breath then continued.

"I will now call the names from the hundredth to the first and their scores out of hundred. Lilith Ariala 59; Brawn Ariala 60.7; Ashante Hemendra 60.9;....;Arcon Diavolos 78.2;....", Arcon was filled with so much joy that he ended up hugging Shina tightly. Though he placed 53rd, he was still happy that he passed. He had just reached the top five so everyone paid rapt attention." Shina Stormwalt 93.4; Heracles 94.2; Fena Blood 96.5; Dark Leonas 97 and the top candidate; Adrian Dantian 100", everyone gasped in surprise and all their gazes fell on Adrian. He stood there without showing any signs of emotion because to him, this is how it always will be.

Girls and boys all around him begin to adore and admire him. The vice-principal continued," This concludes the exams. For all those whose names were not called, you may leave now". The gates opened as the failures left with heavy hearts." For the rest of you, you have one final test to decide your position in this school", some of them gasped but others where comported." As you should know, there are five ranks and four classes in this school. The first and least is bronze, the second, silver, the third, gold, the fourth, platinum and the fifth and highest, obsidian. These ranks affect your state of living in the school, missions, respect and many others within the school. On the other hand, we have the four classes: soldier, elite, emperor and deity. These affect your position outside the school. But now, we will use this test to place your ranks. The test is simple, the first ten will pick their opponents and from there it will be random matchups".

Many people were not sitting right with the test, but they had no choice but to comply. Adrian was the first to pick and to no surprise, he picked Dark. The rest of the 10 picked and the remainder of the fights were selected at random. The first match-up was about to commence. Mrs Dremo appeared behind the VP and in a blink of an eye, they found themselves in a huge white subspace as far as the eye could see. The place transformed to a huge green field with a soothing weather. The two of them stepped out and faced each other. Adrian had a condescending look while Dark stared at him lazily. Dark was tall and fit but looked like the silent type. His black hair is tied to a pony tail and his blue eyes that rivalled his red skin.

Name: Adrian Dantian Ego: Tamer Inherent talent: Voice of the commander

Name: Dark Leonas Ego: Darkness Inherent talent; Curse manipulation

Once the signal to begin was given, Adrian appeared at his front and threw a punch. <Dark Body>His entire body turns black. Adrian's punch just passes right through him; he slaps Adrian with both his hands with enough force to disorient him temporarily. He palms Adrian sending him 8 feet away. He stands straight and looks at Adrian's body. Few seconds passed and the body didn't move. The other candidates became worried. Dark spoke in lazy tone as he pockets his hands," He won't be getting up in the next five hours". Everyone was shocked to hear that. Dark carried Adrian up and moved to Mrs Dremo," Let me take him to the infirmary to rest", he said. The VP stepped forward," That won't be necessary", he stretched out his hands and black smoke sipped out of his body." Drop him close to the tree", a tree sprouted in the direction he pointed to.

Dark did as he was told, and the next group was called up. Fena, unlike Adrian, chose wisely. She chose Andra, who was 93rd in the exam. Fena was a red demon with waist long silver hair and red-brown eyes. She chuckled a bit as her opponent stepped forward. Andra, a blue demon with purple eyes and hair, walked slowly to a safe fighting distance. They both took their stance.

Name: Fena Blood Ego: Creation Inherent talent: Accelerated regeneration

Name: Andra Belmond Ego: Binding arts/magic <locked: red> Inherent talent: Energy Absorption<red>

Immediately the signal to begin was given, Andra whispered," Clarion come out". Fena threw six blades at her. Before contact, a huge explosion of red energy burst forth, throwing everyone away. A red demon with red-purple hair and a bit more muscular than Andra came out of the explosion, she had an evil smile on her face as she was waiting for this day. everyone was once again surprised. Two demons has shown them things they would never learn in your life time.

Fena throws two spears at her with all her force. She catches them with ease and destroys them. The sky turns black as thunder rumbles all around. She laughs loudly and raises her palm as a blue energy disc forms. She throws it at Fena who blocks with a huge shield causing a huge explosion. Fena tries to recover from the shock but Andra launches a few more energy beams. Fena jumps out of the way barely dodging the attack. Andra appears beside her and punches her on the chest causing her to fly few feet away.

Andra roars loudly as her power spikes. Everyone around her feels a drop in their strength as her energy spikes up even more. She appears at Fena's front and punches her chest ripping a huge hole on her chest as she flies high in the air. Andra blasts a red wave of energy at her. She creates a shield with a pointed center, splitting the blast. Her body fully recovers before she lands on the ground.

Andra roars loudly as her energy drastically spikes up. The grass in a 10 mile radius all wilt away and everyone weakens a bit. She blasts waves of energy at Fena, who dodges all of them and tries to get closer to her. Andra hits the ground as the earth's surface in a 12 mile radius shatters making Fena lose balance. Andra takes advantage of this and blasts a condensed beam of red and blue energy through her chest. Fena falls on her knees as blood trickle down her mouth.

She cleans it off as she smirks. Andra roars loudly as her energy spikes up again." This is so much fun", Fena whispered.<Armour XI> She is covered in a red armour that gives off a deadly red aura and a blood red lance. Andra blasts multiple energy balls but she halves them with ease. Andra charges towards her as she takes a stance, pointing her lance at Andra. A tenth of a second later, a huge explosion occurred. Once the smoke cleared, Fena was shocked to see that her lance didn't pierce Andra's forearm, which she use to block the attack.

She tried to pull back her lance but a force was opposing her. Andra smirked as she shattered the lance in one punch. Fena instinctively jumped back but Andra followed through with a punch, sending her falling and her armour shattered. Before she landed, Andra threw barrages of punches at her then punched her high in the air. She flew above her and formed a massive ball so purple energy so big that it seemed to cover the sky. She condensed the ball till it was her body size and threw it at her causing a huge explosion.

Miss Dremo put down the shield she created once the explosion cleared. The crater which it caused was so deep that lava was spewing into it. Fena was at the bottom covered in blood, torn parts and burn marks. She weakly stands up as her body heals up faster as she smiles.<Armour XVI> A black armour covers her with two daggers. Andra raises her hand as Fena flies out of the portal into the air<Rush>; a huge surge of energy pushes her into the ground causing another explosion.

The impact causes her to bounce back up.<Bind> Invisible chains wrap around Fena. She tries to destroy into but to no avail. Andra punches her in the gut causing her to spit out a huge amount of blood and fall to her knees. Two pillars appear and the chains steady themselves on the pillar, holding her in place." Time to end this", Andra said.<Energy Combo> She begins to rapidly rain punches on her, each punch having double the force of the former.

It took thirty seconds and about a thousand punches to accumulate enough damage to shut her down before she could regenerate. The match was finally over and everyone gasped in shock, fear and awe at the two monsters who had just emerged victorious. The space changed to a desert at night and the next match-up which was between Heracles Modella, the fourth and Gare, the 85th was about to commence.

Note:

This was a mistake on my part; the minimum age to get into this academy is 14 years and that's how old Arcon and Shina are. He spent four years training with Mrs Belmere