Upon exiting the large hall, the students were greeted by fifteen massive and dreadful looking Skycruisers. They were horrifyingly frightening as the ghastly air they seem to give off was spine-chilling.
The SkyCruisers were pure black in colour, giving off a metallic sheen. They were in shapes of various powerful Flying Beast. With two beastly claws as the landing gear supporting the whole craft from the air. Thick finely lined up scales neatly covered up the body of the SkyCruisers with the two outstretched wings installed with an Omnidirectional Thrusters underneath them.
The forefront of the SkyCruiser was just like the head of an eagle with a sharp beak that seem to want to pierce through anything like a sharp sword. And the two eyes in front that seem to stare menacingly at every one no matter how much you tried dodging it's gaze.
It was as if they had downed the SkyCruiser with the flesh of an Evolved Beast. Infact, it wasn't really that far off from he truth. They had skinned the corpses of Brown Grade Evolved Beast.
When David saw it, his heart immediately skipped a beat. The aura was intimidating, he was only able to shrug off the effect after a while and as he scrutinised the aircraft, he recognised the Beast one of the craft seemed to portray. The only problem was it should be practically impossible for that beast to grow this large. A falcon.
Although he wasn't a hundred percent sure, he could still say with certainty that it was a Gyrfalcon.
But the one before him was way too huge. It might as well be an imitation.
"Alright students. Your seat number has been sent to you. The first letter represents the Skycruiser you would enter while the number(s) represents your seat number. You have only two minutes to settle down. Goodluck!"The old man said his final piece.
Tapping on his imprint. 'Hazel, What's my plane and seat number?' David mentally asked.
It had been a while since he had spoken with Hazel using his brainwave and that was because of the side effects it would bring if he abused using it. His brain activities would start to deteriorate and his thinking faculties would inevitably decline, that was the reason why he rarely used it.
But in this competition that was about to take place, he would have to utilise the AI with the best of its capabilities.
The AI responded immediately 'A-12.' with its sweet but robotic voice.
He then turned toward Nihyuh "Mine is A-12, what's yours?"
Nihyuh responded almost immediately "G-14." be turned his indifferent eyes towards David as he said.
"We will meet over there." it sounded like a statement but almost like a question.
David's lips curled up "Sure." And after saying that, Nihyuh turned around and left with an arrogant vibe.
* * *
"It's been almost a month now and you have found out absolutely nothing!" The elder scolded as his face was scrunched up in anger.
Phyllida lowered her head but her face was beautiful and sharp.
She wasn't intimidated at all as she stood elegantly before the elderly man and she still replied "He had been wary of me ever since the first time we met. I just gave him enough time for that feelings to fade before making my move." raising her head slightly, she pressed on.
"If I still continued, it might have an adverse effect and may possibly backfire. Do not worry elder, I know how important this is to you and I will make sure to find out every single details from him in this competition ." Phyllida said resolutely and her golden eyes glinted with Coldness.
Upon hearing this, the elder instantly calmed down. "Good. And that is that. Now the most important matter, You must absolutely place first in the competition at all cost, do you understand? This is also about the well being of the clan and the orders from the clan master." The elder said in a solemn tone.
She was instantly taken aback "Clan head came back already?"
"Hm, He came back a week ago. I've informed him about this matter and he was quite serious about it." The elder nodded and said deeply.
Phyllida could tell he was very serious and also nodded her head quite seriously.
The elder was about to leave but then he hesitated. "Use that thing if you have to."
Her mouth popped open in suprise. She was stunned and didn't even know when the elder had left. She was only meant to use it when in grave danger but now that the elder said the could use it, doesn't that mean she could possibly die there?
* * *
In a different place, at a secluded corner of the hall, several youths could be seen standing at a distance from the Sky cruisers and one was a red haired beautiful young lady with cherry like lips and soft skin. It was silent as the breeze blew by.
One of the youth suddenly broke the silence. "I still don't understand why you hid your face from the public." be said, speaking to the blue haired youth before him genuinely confused.
By the rankings, the blue haired youth was already the number one on the Rankings list. That means that he was the strongest amongst this batch of new students.
But since then, the blue haired had been silent ever since then. He refused to show his face to the public after he had fought the previous student that was in the position before him. The blur haired youth was Lu Feng.
Lu Feng remained silent for a few seconds before he responded. "Do you know how many students entered was admitted into the institute?" Lu Feng asked.
Jeanean and the others looked at each other before replying. "By my calculations, it's should be 892 students."
Lu Feng instantly laughed mockingly at those words. "Naive words."
The others frowned and someone else swiftly asked "You mean to say there are even more people than the number count."
Lu Feng nodded in acknowledgement.
The others were instantly stunned. They didn't know this sort of information.
Lu Feng took in a deep breath and he continued "These people do not care about rankings or what not. All they do is practice, and the resources needed had already been accounted for. A meager 10,000 Gyno points for the first place is not nearly enough for them to make a move."
The youths eyes opened wide in surprise. This was definitely bad news.
When Lu Feng had heard that piece of information from the underground world, he had been dispirited and had almost gave up all hope. But he wasn't that weak minded, so he had recovered quickly.
He was arrogant by nature, he wouldn't let anything stop him and from his deductions.
He would have a chance at fighting evenly or even beat them if he saw one of them as they wouldn't have enough combat experiences to fight
"But that's impossible, who would provide the resource for them? How would they get the Gyno points they would need to survive?" Someome immediately questioned.
Lu Feng arrogantly gave the person a sidelong glance. " I'd you have the authority, you can go ahead and question the institute."
The youth instantly shrank back. Lu Feng had almost gotten himself into problems for eavesdropping such sensitive information in the underground world.
"While we are here fighting with our lives on the line to be on the Rankings, there are there laughing at us for our ignorance." Lu Feng said as he clenched his fists tightly at the humiliation.
The others clenched their teeth In anger. While Janeane scrunched up her beautiful face. "I don't believe that they could take on the full power of my shockwave palm attack."
Lu Feng glanced at her but didn't say anything. "Just be careful when you fight."
The others nodded their head.
"Let's move."
"Yes."
* * *
In several secluded corners in the surroundings of the old hall. Several figures could be seen secretly giving some items to the students who would soon be set to leave to the Event ground.
"We should be stopping things like these from happening but it's the same things every year. " The old professor, prof Jeremy complained with a frown on his face as they gazed at the students from the hall.
The other elders who were beside him gave him reproaching look. Some of them had sent their people to hurriedly give their youths a few items to survive with as it wasn't against the Institute's rules . They quickly turned glanced at the Senior professor.
And although some of them were at least a few years older than him, they still ha e him the respect of a senior professor
The white haired man then shook his head and said.
"Let them be. Those who would survive would survive and does who wouldn't, won't come back. " he said indifferently.
The elders quickly heaved a sigh of relief. If the white haired man had forbidden the students from accepting the items, they would have no other choice but to follow orders and confiscate items. Things would definitely be bad by then.
* * *
David stared at the entrance of the Skycruiser with remenance on his face and after a while, he turned decisive as he entered without hesitation in his movements along with several other students. There was nothing in him except the clothes he was wearing.
"12, 12, 12…" Wriggling through the crowds of students, David began to search for his seat number and very soon, he found his seat.
'Found it!' settling in his seat, he sat comfortably, it was almost as comfortable as his bed back at his dorm. Dav smiled at the thought.
The sky cruisers werr huge, so it contained about two to three hundred students. The arrangements of the seat was almost similar to the that of an airplane. The only difference was that the line of the seats wasn't exactly horizontal.
As David rested comfortably into his seat with his eyes shut, he suddenly heard a sound from the seat beside him, it was different from the ruckus caused by the other students. He could guess the owners if the seat beside him had occupied it.
All of a sudden, a burst of fresh fragrance entered into his nose. He inhaled deeply and it seem to remind him of the smell of wild strawberry, a hint of violet, some jasmine and something else in the mix.
It made him want to relax his mind and body.
Suddenly, David opened his eyes as he looked at the person who had occupied the seat beside him and he was immediately taken aback.
"Hello David, we meet again.." Phyllida smiled sweetly.