Chapter 30

The Seven Great Elders fell to the ground in a very elegant way to stand about five meters from Monica and Walter.

Each of them wore white robes with blue stripes, and their faces were obscured by a strange gray fog that made it impossible to recognize their gender and changed their voice to a more flattened one.

One of the Great Elders who presided over the whole group took a step forward and then, with a movement of his hand, removed the fog that was obscuring his face, revealing a young woman who looked about 20 years old.

Despite her young appearance, she was tens of thousands of years old.

-"Hello, I am the Great Elder Olena, I have come here with the rest of the Great Elders because of your great talent. Congratulations on being accepted into the Academy of Nine Heavens, in addition you have been given the opportunity to go to the Heavenly Continent to the main branch. " She said with a smile on her face.

In the usual situation, to be able to go to the main branch, which is located on the Heavenly Continent, you need to gain recognition and the right amount of contribution from the academy.

But because of their talent, Monica and Walter can skip this to be sent there directly.

Another Great Elder followed these words. After revealing her face, an old face appeared with a few wrinkles, but it nevertheless gave a sense of security and confidence.

-"Hello, my name is Alucard. After deliberating together, we decided to give you the choice of choosing your master. Usually the student is chosen by either the Elder or some other high-ranking person, but in your case we give you the option to choose seven from among us. " He spoke these words calmly and eloquently.

After the statements of the two Great Elders, the other five also revealed their faces. Four of them, as in the case of Great Elder Alucard, looked very old and the last, as in the case of Olena, was a beautiful woman, but had a much more mature face.

-"Do you have any questions?" Olena asked.

After a moment of silence, Walter spoke.

-"I have one question, it will be difficult for us to choose one of you, dear Great Elders, after all, we know very little about you." He said in a respectful voice.

After all, if he somehow offended these Great Elders, his entire family could be completely destroyed.

Although the Academy of Nine Heavens is a neutral power on Earth's Continent, there are examples in history of how it destroys the greatest hegemons for messing with them.

Even these seven Great Elders are able to destroy his family without problems.

-"You don't have to be afraid of that, we've taken care of this aspect." After saying these words, Olena sent two bullets, one for Monica and one for Walter.

Holding that glass ball, Walter and Monica looked puzzled. One of the Great Elders saw this and quickly explained it.

-"They are information orbs. Each has benefits and requirements that each of you can get from us. On their basis you can decide what will be most profitable for you. " The words were from Great -Elder Pele. It was distinguished by the fact that his right eye had a large scar.

-"So take a look at the orbs and decide. You don't have to hurry, so think carefully. " Said another Great Elder, whose whole face was wrinkled, almost obscuring his eyes.

After that, Monica and Walter let their consciousness into the spheres and began sifting through the information.

Time passed quickly and after about half an hour Walter spoke up.

-"I've already looked at all the information. I have my goals that I want to achieve, so I decided to choose the Great Elder Icarus as my master. "

At these words, Great Elder Icarus stepped forward. His face was almost entirely scarred, showing his warlike nature.

-"I'm glad you chose me, but if I can ask, why do you want me as your master. As you know, I am very demanding and there is a good chance of dying if you go with me. " He said in a heavy voice.

-"My goal is to be strong, and the honorable Great Elder is the strongest compared to the rest. And yes, I know that the mortality rate is high, but I will never achieve anything without risk, so I decided to do so. " He said with determination in his eyes.

-"Very good, I like your attitude, so I will become your master. Since you've read the information about me, you know what I want to start with. " He said

-"Yes master." said Walter.

-"Okay then, now come over, so I can establish a Master and Apprentice contract."

Walter approached the Great Elder Icarus and glowing parchment appeared before his eyes.

It was a Master and Apprentice contract. This contract proved that the student and the master cannot betray each other and the student in return receives the resources stipulated in the contract from his master, and that everything he earns is his master's.

After reading the parchment carefully and confirming that everything was correct, he cut his finger open and placed it in place of the signature, finalizing the Master and Apprentice contract.

After signing, an intricate symbol appeared on Walter's right hand, unique to anyone who testified to a signed contract.

- "Okay, from now on you will be officially my apprentice, please don't let me down."

- "I will not let you down, master." Walter said, kneeling on the ground with one knee as a sign of respect.

Grand Elder Icarus nodded in satisfaction at this behavior, then turned his head to Monica.

- [I wonder who he will choose. Ideally, if she chose me as well, I would have won both talents.] Great Elder Icarus, thought hopefully.

At this point, Monica was thinking about her choice, but it would be more accurate to say that a piece of John's awareness at this point was wondering who to choose.

- [In terms of strength, Icarus would certainly be the best, but the contract of Master and Apprentice complicates a lot. I guess we'll stick to my original plan in the end. All right, then it's definitely. Monica, choose Great Elder Olen as your master.]

- [Oh well, I believe your judgment.] Monica said to John.

Monica opened her eyes then said.

- "I have already decided."

- "Who did you decide to choose." Great Elder Icarus asked.

- "I chose Great Elder Olen as my master." She said simply.

This surprised the Great Elders a little. In the end, although Olena chaired them, it was due to the status and the description of what was in the glass balls was the most modest.

Now they wondered if she might have known about Great Elder Olen's plight.

Though, they quickly pushed these thoughts out of their heads because they already knew her origins, and it was impossible for her to get this information.

After all, Great Elder Olena was the principal student of the present leader of the Nine Heavens Academy.

- "Very good, I'm glad you chose me. And now that everything is ready, we can move towards the Heavenly Continent. So I, along with the Great Elder Icarus, will go to the Heavenly Continent, at which time Great Elder Alucard will take over my duties. " At the words of Great Elder Olen, the others merely nodded and vanished.

- "Okay, now we're going to the teleportation temple." She said.

- "What is a teleportation temple?" Walter asked.

- "Well, yeah, you've probably never heard of it?" Monica and Walter shook their heads. - "Teleportation temples are used on the Heavenly Continent to travel long distances, like the teleportation gates on the Earthly Continent, but are much more popular due to the size of the Heavenly Continent."

- "Between the two is that the teleportation gates have a much shorter range than the teleportation temple. Currently, the one we go to is one of the three teleportation temples on this continent. "

There was a silence after these words, and all the rest of the way there were no more questions.

After about 10 minutes, Monica and the rest of them reached the large tower. The tower was entirely made of white stone with intricate runes carved into it.

For a few seconds Monica and Walter stared at the majestic tower then went inside.

The center itself was arranged very simply, and the only thing in the middle was a one-meter monolith in its center.

The monolith in the center was responsible for controlling the entire tower, and it was with its help that teleportation was possible.

Although it was a large teleportation temple, it was inferior to almost everything else that is on the Heavenly Continent.

The reason for this was that on the Heavenly Continent, the density and quality of mana was much greater, thus the functionality of the teleportation temples was much greater.

Great Elder Olena approached the monolith to begin the teleportation process.