The rising sun tore through the blankets of clouds as it rose and the birds were awake once more and soaring through the skies.
An Alarm rings loudly as four boys were soundly asleep on their beds not minding the ringing alarm prompting them to have an expression of tiredness on their faces as they opened their eyes heavy with sleep.
"Ah, what's with the alarm Ava?" Daniel asked as his eyes were still heavy with sleep.
"What's the need for the alarm" Alex spoke as he yawned.
"Ah couldn't we just sleep a little longer" Levi said with a groan as he struggled with sleep.
"Just a little more won't hurt right?" Zack spoke as he tried to leave his eyes open.
"Why didn't you wake us up earlier!!!!" Levi shouted.
"Yeah why wake us now!!!" Zack had jumped out of bed as they were all scrambling to have their bath and to get ready.
And the three turned to Alex with sharp looks on their faces
"What!" Alex said with guilt on his face
Because last night before they had gone to bed, Alex had decided to change the alarm time because he had suggested it because so they could get enough sleep but who had known he was going to set the damn time 20 minutes to their Assessment test.
With a hurry they all got into the bathroom as they were four bathrooms so everyone had one to himself. Five minutes later they are seen busting out of the bathroom as they were in a swift hurry, cleaning up their bodies in a haste and doing the needful.
Bringing out the carton boxes given to them, they all opened it as in it was a their uniform which was gold and white in color, the shirt was white and having gold linens, it was a long sleeve and the trouser was gold in color and by both sides of the trouser was a white line running from the waist all the way down the trouser.
Inside was a white blazer and a pair of pure black leather shoes, at the left chest side of the blazer were the pocket was meant to be was replaced by the insignia of Bright Gold Academy and the collar of the blazer was gold and a black tie.
Everyone hurriedly dressed up as the clock was ticking, sliding their Student identity cards and Smartphones into their pocket, because as of yesterday Ava had synchronized itself into their smartphones.
"Alex what the hell were you thinking" Daniel asked as a vein pooped on his head as they walked towards their room door in haste.
"I didn't know the Assessment was going to start by 8:20 am" Alex said with an embarrassed expression on his face.
"Forget about that, the main issue is getting there on time" Zack said.
"The assessment is taking place at the Golden square that's like a 15-minute walk" Levi said with an expression of helplessness when everyone heard this, they all had the same expressions.
"Am going kiss goodbye to my Free merit points" Alex said with a sulk
"Forget about that now, the point now is getting there one way or the other" Zack spoke to them as the door before them slid open and as they were about to step out then Ava suddenly spoke form Zack's Phone as it has integrated itself into their smartphones.
"Why didn't say it beforehand" they all said in a chorus.
"_____"
They were all speechless, For Zack, first it was a damn annoying system and now a really damn Al what could get worse than this.
The hoverboards had a sleek design as the hoverboard was constructed in an arc shape with the front pointed out and the hover board had boosters as the outline of the hoverboards were designed with neon lights and the hoverboards were of four colors as they were four in number. The first one was black in color, the second was blue in color the next was red in color and the last was green.
"You got to be kidding me, are those the new Gx drought Hoverboards" Alex said in surprise as he stared with his jaw agape, hoverboards although already invented in this era, was something the rich and well to do people could afford as these things were expensive.
But right before Alex were hoverboards made for each of them.
"that's what am talking about, am going for the black" Levi said with a grin
"Am going for the blue"
"Am taking the red" Daniel and Zack spoke as the green was left for Alex and everyone hurriedly took their own and turning them on as the hoverboard recognized their owners and the hoverboards hover gently above the ground and the hoverboards were wide in width.
"Well I have never rode a hover board before" Alex said with embarrassment as he covered his face with his hand.
"Thank you, Ava," He thanked the Al gratefully.
Climbing on their hoverboards as they adapted once except from Alex who had a hard time standing on his hoverboard and then with a silent hum the hoverboards came to life and off they went as their room door closed behind them.
Zooming through the hallways on hoverboards were the four as the speed of the hoverboards increased.
Two male students came out of their room as they were on causal clothes and just at that moment four hoverboards zoomed past them.
"Looks like some freshmen don't wanna miss their free Merit points" one of them said with a chuckle.
Exiting the Dorm, they increased the speed of the hoverboards with the help of Ava and going as they exited the platinum dorm premises in a hurry.
Riding above the pathways of the academy on their hoverboard was the four, Zack, Levi and Daniel rode their hoverboards like experts while Alex on the other hand, well..., he was having difficulty riding his as Ava had to reduce his speed.
The wind blew as their hairs fluttered in the wind as they soared through the Academy on their hoverboards as Ava had helped them find a shorter route and giving them a map of the academy.
"We got five more minutes before the Assessment starts" Daniel said aloud as he glanced at his smartwatch.
"Then we go faster" Zack said with a grin.
"Alright then, boosters forward" Levi said with a smirk
"Hey guys slow down, you know am not good with this" Alex yelled from behind as his speed was slow.
The three guys turned back their heads and looked at Alex as they stared daggers at him.
"Well if it wasn't for you, we wouldn't have to be in such hurry" Zack said aloud to him.
"____"
A freshman runs as he was going to be late for the assessment and then four hoverboards zoomed past over him as they were headed in the same direction.
"Damn they must be from the platinum tier dorm, that's why they have hoverboards, how wish we gold tiers had such treatment, ah damn it sucks!!" the freshman student said in frustration as he increased his pace.
In a huge square surrounded by buildings and there was a huge golden statue in the center of the square and hundreds of new students stood before a huge podium and behind the podium was a stage like structure with a roof above it and seated were men and women who were teachers and instructors in the academy.
A man climbed the podium as he stood before the crowd of new students with expectation in their eyes and at that moment Zack and the boys arrived right on time and catching the attention of some students at the back
Jumping down from their hoverboard was Zack, Levi, Daniel and Alex as the hoverboards entered into sleep mode but hovering gently above the ground where they were parked and the boys making their way through the sea of students as they wanted to get a better view.
Finally, they found an elevated platform and stood on it as they could see the podium and the man that was about to begin a speech.
"Phew, right on time" Daniel said as he released a sigh of relief.
"We made it just on time" Zack released a breath as he spoke.
"My sweet merit points here I am" Alex said with an expression of gratitude on this face
"It's about to begin" Levi pointed towards the podium as the man was ready to give his speech, the man had a short brown curly hair and deep grey eyes and having a little mustache and beard, he wore a white shirt with a white coat on top which had furs at the collars, he wore a black jean trouser and a pair of white shoes.
The man's eyes swept through the crowd of freshmen as they were intimidating as they held seriousness in them and he having a well-built body as it could be seen from his body outline in his cloth.
"what a beautiful day isn't it?" the man started off his speech with these first words as his voice boomed loudly, he held no microphone in his hand but there was a little mic mounted on his cloth, and his first words got so many new students confused.
"Well this is new" Alex was surprised.
"I agree with you" Levi nodded.
"It's a beautiful day for you all to be able to stand within these grounds of Bright Gold academy, because so many dreamed of this chance but never got it and here you are, standing in golden square in Bright Gold academy a place where many had stood over the years that had come and gone, even after you there will be many to come and still stand in this same place you all stood today for your assessment.
Five hundred ago as we all know it, a disaster befell the world and all of humanity that changed the human history and everything we had ever known all because of a single energy, Bane energy! This energy was the cause of the disasters that struck after wards but who would have thought that this same energy will be our very liberation from a catastrophe that would have wiped humanity out and that was when we humans began to awaken abilities and from the very first awakening more people began to awaken afterwards.
We saw a ray of hope to fight back and take back our world invaded by out worldly creatures who came from the gates and portals to unleash hell and destruction upon mankind, but we stood strong and never faltered despite our losses and the sacrifice we had to make and then academies were constructed little by little and bright gold was among the very first few academies for abilitans which sprang up during the era of chaos were survival was crucial. There at the center we have the statue of the founder the academy, Mr. Bright Altos" the man pointed to the golden standing majestically at the center of the square as everyone turned their eyes towards the stature.
The statue was made entirely of gold and the stature stood in a pose, pointing its sword towards the sky and the golden sword gleaming under the sunlight as the tip of the sword reflected the sun light, details on the stature told one that this masterpiece was something to respect.
Then the man continued his speech.
"After much struggle of the founder and those around him, the academy grew rapidly and has now grown into what it is today. After much sacrifice and after 95 years of fighting endlessly as their era was the post-apocalyptic era, after so much paid by humanity we came out on top in the end" the man paused and then he continued.
"But even after that bitter sweet victory, this gates and portals keep appearing till now, out there beyond the walls lies the tale and testament of what humanity went through, and now here you are an abilitan and you all choose Bright Gold academy as your path, well today we officially welcome you all to Bright Gold academy, as you all officially become students of Bright Gold academy!!!" the man said with a grin as his voice boomed loudly than before and the entire place erupted into cheers and claps.
"That's more like it" Said Zack with a grin as this was the path he had chosen.
"Alright everyone, the assessment is about to start, the purpose of this is to reassess your abilities and create a database for you. So, everyone the assessment begins now, once your name is called, step up to the podium quickly" the man said with smile then in an instant he disappeared in the blink of an eye from the spot he stood and reappeared at the stage like platform and took his seat among the other instructors of bright gold academy and they were gasps in the crowd of students as they were surprised to see a teleportation ability, one that was super rare.
"Talk more of putting on a show" speaking was a middle age man who seemed to be in his fifties and he wore a black suit which fitted him in every way perfectly, his black hair draped over his shoulders and his dark green eyes staring at the crowd of new students and he wore a pair of glasses.
The chair he was seated was the largest of all the seats there and his having designs carved on it with in depth details as the chair was white and gold in color.
His body pulsed with energy, unseen to the ordinary eyes except abilitans who have a keen sense would notice.
"Markus is good at his expertise when it comes to giving a speech to the new students and putting up something good for them to witness, thereby igniting their Zeal" speaking from his side was a young woman, she had a red curly hair which flowed down all the way to her waist and the front hair covering her forehead which looked like bangs.
She had light blue eyes with an alluring charm in them and plump red lips which gave her seductive look and a small pointed nose complementing her round face and her skin was fair and white.
She wore a white top which was a collar neck which was a short sleeve and she wore a silver necklace around her neck and her melons were, well…bigger than the average size and the white top doing its job of holding them in place, a feast for the eyes.
She wore a leather trouser fitting her perfectly as her curves were more visible to the eye and her curves was a dangerous one to look at and she wore a pair of black heels and a pair of gold round earrings and a wolf like creature rested in peace on her laps as she stroked it's fur gently, the wolf like creature which looked like a tiger had a white fur with black stripes.
"That's why if there is anybody who is capable of giving the new students a speech and a tip at the end, it would be Markus because his really good at hitting the students on the right spot with his speech" the man said to the woman with red curly hair.
"I guess so it is, I just hope I get to see some real talents today" she spoke as she stole glances at a young man who was asleep seated behind her but when her eyes catches sight of the woman sitting beside him, an expression of frustration came upon her face.
"Well let's sit and watch real talents show up since you all are here take a disciple" the middle-aged man wearing glasses spoke with a smile on his face as expectation was written boldly on his face.
From the center of the podium arose a mechanical device and its side were curved in an arc and from the top and bottom of mechanical device, arose pedestal like structures and from within the mechanical structure hovered a glowing blue orb which levitated to the center of the structure, hovering in one place at the center.
Standing on the podium were two personals one a woman and the other a man, the woman held a tablet.
"Noah Zander, come up" the woman called the first person as her conduct was sharp and the look in her eyes were sharp and serious.
Climbing up the podium was a boy and walking towards the mechanical device and standing before the mechanical device as the blue orb hovered at the center gently and pulsing with energy.
"Place your and on the orb" the male personal instructed the boy and he obeyed and placed his hand on the floating orb and the boy felt a strange energy entering into his body and the floating orb began to glow and then the orb began to glow a red light and the temperature around the boy began to increase and bubbles of lava appeared around him out of thin air.
But the surprising thing was that the male personal standing a 2 meter's apart from him wasn't bordered by the increase in temperature around him.
The Mechanical device projected a huge holographic screen above it in the air with the boy's information.
[Name: Noah Zander]
[Age: 17 years old]
[Gender: Male]
[Talent: Silver]
[Ability: Heat wave (A-rank)]
[Ability class: (Universal)]
[Power rank: Energy absorption phase, rank 1]
[Bane energy absorption speed: 18.34%]
[Genetic Trait: mid core gene]
"That's eyes opening, the first assessment and we have an A-rank ability" the middle-aged man on glasses spoke.
"The first person called for assessment and he has an A-rank ability" Alex told Levi who was by his side.
"Well this gives him an edge over his peers as he will surely have a personal Teacher or Master as they say by becoming his personal student or disciple" Said Levi.
"First ability to see for the first assessment and its Heat wave, an ability which grants the user the power to control and manipulate the temperature around them and melt stuff also giving him a unique control over lava, as the temperature is increased so then will the user be able to create molten lava from the surroundings" Daniel spoke as he adjusted his glasses
"Man, you really took time to study abilities" Zack said he was surprised by Daniels brief explanation of the ability.
"Well it's a good thing to know this kind of information especially when you are dealing with an opponent" Daniel said to Zack.
Then names after names were called as the scene was lively one as lights busted forth towards the sky as abilities were re-assessed and certain bright Gold Instructors claiming a student with good talent.
"Von Levi Aster!!" then Levi's name was called as the woman's voice was louder than before and when the students heard his name, the expression of surprise was written all over their faces as they recognized his family name as his family, Aster was a family of military might and strength.
"It's my turn, based on what we all agreed last night, that during the assessment then will get to know each other's abilities and now am the first" Levi smiled as he spoke and walked away as he made his way to the podium.
As of last night, as they were getting to know of each other, they had already agreed with each that they will not disclose their abilities and it would be during the assessment that they would know each other's abilities.
Levi made his way to the podium as he walked with his hands in his pocket and with a smiling smile face on and his walking stylish, not too fast or slow just paced and his scene of his made some many girls heart melt as they looked at him with admiration in their eyes as his handsomeness was sight they wanted to keep watch on forever.
"Look he belongs from the Aster family"
"I heard from my brother who is a second-year student here at bright gold academy and he told me that his brother is a beast among men" a boy told his friend beside him.
"I also heard that the Aster family are a family of military might and produces talented abilitans" a girl chimed in.
"Omg he is so handsome" a girl said as she and others looked at Levi with admiration.
Levi ascended the podium with a wide grin on his face and coming before the mechanical device with the floating orb and he placed his hand on the orb without the man telling him to place his hand on the orb.
"This should be the second son after the eldest of the Aster family" A young man with light red eyes and a black hair as he is haircut was a low fade cut and the Back of his hair braided, he had a brown skin and wearing a short sleeve black turtle neck which had red linens along it and his black eyebrows perfectly groomed with care, on his wrist was a black leather watch of high quality and around his neck he wore a necklace which had a red pendent at the center.
His jawline was well chiseled and his black beard surrounding his jawline and he had a mustache which wasn't over grown but rather groomed and having a small nose which complemented his face and an average muscular build
He wore a plain black trouser and shoes made of pure black leather as he was seated beside the right side of the middle aged on glasses while the woman with red curly hair sat by his left side.
"I heard his elder brother is a second-year student going to third year and a very talented one at that" the woman with red curly hair spoke.
"Not just that but his elder brother is a warrior and a fighter and I heard he single handedly brought down an Evo beast at the Energy fusion phase, rank 2 and having a gold talent with an SS-rank ability" the brown skinned man with red eyes said.
"Then I guess his younger brother wouldn't be an exception" the person who spoke this time was the middle-aged man on glasses.
Levi looked at the floating orb as he placed his hand on it as the unknown energy entered his body and circulating through his body.
"Show me what you can do" Levi said with a wide grin on his face.
The area around Levi changed as metals of all kinds grew from the ground like spikes and shards of metal floating around him as gold, iron, and copper could be seen, then in the blink of an eye some of the floating shards suddenly turned into bullets and arrows as a brownish gold energy covered the metals in the shape of bullets and arrow.
This even prompted the male personal to stay away from Levi as the projectiles flew around the area Levi stood.
And then with an insane speed the metals in form of bullets and arrows were moving in directions impossible to the eyes as they went in a round, spiral and zigzag manner around him and the floating orb begin to glow with a sliver light and brownish golden light and the lights shot upwards towards the sky as the mechanical device projected a holographic screen above as many had their jaws dropping when they saw his information on the holographic screen.
[Name: Von Levi Aster]
[Age: 17 years old]
[Gender: Male]
[Talent: Gold]
[Ability: Accuracy Manipulation (SS-rank), Metal manipulation (S-rank)]
[Ability class: Accuracy manipulation (Universal), Metal manipulation (Elemental)]
[Power rank: Energy absorption phase, rank 2]
[Bane energy absorption speed: 20.99%]
[Genetic Trait: High core gene]
A wide smile curved on Levi's lips as he looked at the holographic projection and many students had a look of shock on their faces.
"He has a freaking Gold talent!!!" Alex said with shock written all over his face.
"Levi really got it in him" Zack said with an expression of acknowledgement.
"I never thought I would get to see an accuracy ability an ability which gives one the power to manipulation the direction, strike range, speed and movement of any weapon, an ability which can turn the tides of war if it were to be the old era five hundreds ago" Daniel spoke as his eyes sparkled with profound knowledge.
"Man, how long did you go on studying about abilities?" Alex asked Daniel with surprise.
"Well about a year" Daniel answered.
"____"
Alex couldn't speak again as hell no he won't even give a damn ten minutes on his studying talk more of a whole year.
"I knew the younger brother would be no exception" the middle-aged man on glasses spoke with a light smile.
"His mine" the man with red eyes spoke sharply as on his lips was a grin as he looked at Levi who stood staring at his information and the man stood up and walked towards Levi at a fast pace and came before him.
"Hey kid what do say about becoming my disciple, huh" The man asked Levi who turned to look at him and when Levi saw him there was moment of shock in Levi's eyes.
*Those eyes, I can't be mistaken he is known as the flaming iron beast a prodigy among his generation and he alone wiped an entire swarm of Stone emperor Red Ants and a talented genius of the Ambrite family and here he is asking me to be his disciple, of course hell yeah* this were Levi's thoughts as he looked at the man with red eyes something others feel intimidated by and uncomfortable but here was Levi who didn't give a hell about it.
"Yes of Course esteemed sir I would take on the opportunity of been your disciple" Levi accepted it with a grin and this greatly surprised the man and then a smirk curved on his lips.
"I like your way kid, I have already taken a liking to you, I guess you are not like the rest" the man said as if it were to be other people they would have been pondering over his offer by now just by looking at his red eyes but here was this kid who didn't even give a damn about that and just accepted to be his disciple.
Putting his hand into his pocket the man brought a token which he threw to Levi who caught it in a flash and looking at the token which had the symbol of flaming star surrounded by five smaller stars and the token was black and gold in color.
"that's my token whenever you need me just follow the address on the token and also when you need something that's above your reach just use it to override the rule" the man said with a blink.
Levi was dumbstruck as he had been given a token straight out of the blue when he had not fulfilled the requirements or expectation of his master in order to earn the token.
"Well meet me later in the day today" the man told Levi as he walked back to his seat
Even the students in crowd had disbelief on their faces as they saw him been given a token just like that.
"My eyes aren't deceiving me right he was given a token, right?" a guy had to ask his friend to make sure he wasn't seeing things.
"Hell, yeah he was" his friend replied back to him.
"Wow Levi was taken as a disciple by him" Daniel was shocked as he felt like the kind not to be amused by anything.
"Who is he?" Alex asked as a huge question mark was written on his face
"Knowing you aren't from around here, for your information that man hails from the Ambrite family, an influential family in the city and known by their red eyes and brown skin, he is also known as the Flaming iron beast who took down an entire swarm of Stone emperor red ants alone" Daniel explained to Alex.
"Wait you mean those giant ants whose power rank are always at the Core crystallization phase?" Zack asked with surprise on his face.
"Yes" Daniel affirmed and Zack widened his eyes in surprise as he looked at the man exiting the podium.
Then Levi left the podium as he kept staring at the token in his hand as he walked back towards his friends as students whispered among themselves.
"Levi, damn you are really lucky man" Zack told Levi as he approached them as Levi could not still be believe what had happened a minute ago.
"I guess luck is on your side Levi, to be given a token by your yet to be master" Daniel said to Levi as he patted him on the shoulder.
"Next, Daniel Ken Adrian"
Daniel was called next.
"I Guess am next" Daniel spoke as he took a step forward as he adjusted his glasses and his eyes set on the mechanical device with the floating orb.