CHAPTER 110
SAGES AND RUNES
Dawn was moments away.
Roman, Anya, Sylver and Lunar made their way to the court yard for the morning drills.
By now most of the first years were used to the drill. Some still reluctant.
The court yard was already filled with the first years.
Roman and his crew where the last to arrive.
Their arrival earned them multiple gaze.
They were the Team A of the first years, and with Sylver and Lunar now Beast Knights, their admiration increased.
Fury stood on Anya's head with arms folded and chest raised. He enjoyed what ever crazy thought running around in his head.
"Why are they dressed like assassins?"
Carl asked with a brow raised.
Billy, Lan and Bryon looked at them, but Billy's eyes were still on Roman.
"He's still a Noble. That's good"
He thought.
Lan eyes gazed at Sylver. The fact that she was now a Beast Knight was shocking. They had trained together for five years, yet she still surpassed them.
"I'm not giving up. When I get stronger I'll really tell her how I feel about her"
Lan smiled.
"Still hanging on your day dream of Sylver?"
Bryon chuckled.
"Dreams do come true, just watch"
Lan humped
"Give it rest would ya"
Sarah rolled her eyes as she made her way towards them.
"Sylver.."
She whined.
Sylver smiled as Sarah grabbed both hers and Anya's arms.
"Where'd you guys go without me. You weren't in your dorms throughout the night"
She pouted.
"We had our own private training"
Anya said.
"And it was crazy"
Lunar smiled.
"Not fair, you guys didn't invite me"
Sarah humped.
"You said you were going to take a long cat nap, remember?"
Sylver said.
"Oh..I did, didn't I?"
Sarah sighed.
"Is that why you guys are dressed like assassins"
She raised a brow.
"Well...it was in the moment"
Roman shrugged.
A white blinding light suddenly shone, covering the whole courtyard.
"Time to put my new strength to work. I'm getting first place"
Lunar cracked his knuckles.
"You wish"
Roman smirked.
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The genesis of spirit energy had birthed Beast Masters, people who are able to absorb and cultivate spirit energy.
It transformed the human body entirely, evolving mankind completely.
But of course not everybody were capable of becoming Beast Masters.
Spirit energy had more than one use, and a group of people, after many years of experiments, exploded with a breakthrough.
Sages were born.
A Sage is a person capable of dispelling spirit energy with the use of a wand like catalyst.
Unlike Beast Masters who are able to absorb spirit energy into their lower dantian (stomach), to form their stars and ringed cores, Sages are able to absorb and store spirit energy into their middle dantian, the heart.
They are able to form a Star core.
The Spirit energy stored in their middle dantian gives a Sage enhance and increase strength, but they don't evolve like Beast masters.
Sages have a wand system, catalyst for releasing spirit energy.
The wands are made using danger beast crystals. The higher the crystal, the more power they could dispel.
A Sage is useless without a wand. It was a weakness, and because of it, Runes were invented.
Runes are like ancient writing, spell work and texts that a Sage uses to channel and manipulate spirit energy.
Each rune represents a specific power and elements, such as fire, protection, healing or destruction.
By carving, drawing, or combining these symbols with focus and intension , a Sage can cast spells, summon forces and the world around them.
A Sage physical strength is inferior to a Beast Master.
Beast Masters focuses on martial arts and weaponry.
A Sage excel in long range base attacks and techniques.
Overall, a Sage battle power can match a Beast Master.
There are six known stages of a Sage.
[ ] One Star Sage
[ ] Two Star Sage
[ ] Three Star Sage
[ ] Four Star Sage
[ ] Five Star Sage
[ ] Six Star Sage
A Five Star Sage can rival a Demigod Beast Master in power.
A Six Star Sage is unknown.
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"And that's a wrap"
Sir Wifred closed a text book as his lecture came to an end
"You can go to the Library if you want to know more about Sages. I ain't no Sage, so I can't teach you what it means to be a Sage."
Wilfred dropped the book on his desk.
"Any questions?'
He smiled.
One student raised a hand.
"Can a Beast Master become a Sage?"
The question stared an interest.
"It's a no. Unless you wanna destroy your cores and start again. But then again , if you destroy your cores, you die. End of story"
He smiled.
The class went silent.
"But of course, a Beast Master can practice Runes. As long as one is able to use spirit energy, then of course.
But it's difficult for a Beast Master to practice Runes. The time and effort a Sage uses to learn rune inscription is similar to the time a Beast Master use in training"
Wilfred smiled.
"But.. it's possible"
Wilfred walked towards the wall.
"As you all know, I'm a wind element."
He raised a finger. The finger glowed with spirit energy and he pressed it against the wall.
Wilfred made an indent in the wall. He was drawing a symbol.
After that, he removed his finger.
Wifred hand glowed with spirit energy and he covered the symbol he drew with his palm.
He removed his palm and then.
VWOOM
Flames erupted from the symbol.
"Whoa!!!"
The class was amazed.
Some stood up and rushed to look at the wall.
"It took me a long time to master the fire rune. But I'm not teaching you that. Go study in the library. Have a nice day"
With that Wilfred left the classroom.
Roman remained on his seat with a smile.
"Dad was a Runemaster"
He thought.
"I know that smile"
Lunar voiced behind him.
"What?. Unlike you, I study"
Roman smiled as he stood.
TBC