Guilds

He soon found him self in a arena covered in runes and filled with other youth. At the peak of the arena numerous academy representatives were waiting for all the alive youth to arrive before beginning.

John sensed some piercing gazes on his back and was able to spot the figures staring at him looking directly at the officials. Awe filled their beings at the site of a rank one mage that could notice their presence even in the enormous arena. They noted him in the back of their minds.

John soon lost interest in those presences as the arena started to glow when the last applicant had arrived. Then a booming voice resounded throughout the arena scaring the living shit out of every one in the arena.

"Welcome applicants, to the result ceremony of the trial. We will call your application number that can be seen on your hand, and you'll come to the stage for the guilds to accept you into their ranks. If multiple academies want you, then you can pick which ever one you like best".

John checked his hand and notice a shining number which stated 1015. Time trickled by slowly as he sat there waiting for his number to be called. To pass some time he tried to invoke the same state he had earlier, but the arena was deprived of any sort of energy.

After several hours of waiting his number was finally called, he stepped to the front the crowd. As soon as he stepped out all the representatives immediately jumped up and excitedly waited for which guild he would join.

Even though he had no idea which guild was which and what the specialized in it didn't matter, as the designated announcer started telling him what the guild were. He notice that the man looked like he was fed up with having to announce the same thing over and over again.

"Blaze guild specializes in fire magic, Abyss guild specializes in dark magic, Bright guild specializes in light magic, Aqua guild specializes in water magic, Sturdy guild specializes in earth and metal magic, etc…(John zoned out while he was talking about the because they didn't sound interesting)…..and Body guild which specializes in physical enhancement and melee combat."

Having ended his explanation the announcer sat down and just patiently observed the boy and the representatives. John stepped forward with a beaming smile and then spoke.

"It would be an honor to join the body guild".

Every other representative sat down dejectedly and the representative from body academy he was extremely shocked in his decision, but was smirking at the other representatives due to their lose on such a talented individual.

A soldier from the side wearing a robe with the silhouette of a man on it asked John to follow him as he handed John a medal token with a fist design.

"This is the official token that every newbie to the body guild has to keep as identification, just prick your finger and use a drop of blood to bond it to you".

As the blood hit the surface, the token disappeared and a searing sensation was felt on his right hand, as the same symbol appeared on his hand.

"Just will it and the token mark will recede and no longer be visible till the next time you will it to the surface".

For a while there John wasn't particularly paying much attention to the differences between this world and his last, he began thinking about the innate similarities of the worlds.

'Damn this world is kinda wack, I never thought that the guilds would be so similar to the big companies from back in my day'

John and the guard went to the arena exit and John quickly found out that all the schools had designated areas just outside the arena. He quickly joined body academies group and showed his token mark to the receptionist. She let his in after she saw it and he quickly found a seat to start resting in.

After a few more hours, the test had ended and those accepted had all gathered. The body academy representative quickly had them pack up and start the journey to the academy.

They started their march, but the journey wasn't to were they expected they were heading to train.

'Damn it, I thought that after joining the guild I would be on the high road, but this is like boot camp'. Sweat beading down his head as the torture had just began.