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[HEADING=1]Story[/HEADING]
Three thousand years ago, mages used Dark God Magic to make all the continents but one no longer habitable. Everyone ran to this continent for their lives, and then the City was formed. From the North to the South, The City covers it. Factions now fight from the City?s various Sections, the North, The Middle, and The South, all composed of various districts that are locally controlled. Wars have broken out and Upper District which is controlled by the Nobles has a grasp over the Middle District and is on the brink of causing the next great City war.
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[HEADING=1]Prologue Arc![/HEADING]
Lorel without disturb, slept for hours unknowingly lots all of his classes . The night before Lorel had decided to finally catch up on his assignments, which took him until dawn and up to the start of lesson. Not that he cared; compared to most students he already had training for years. Amelia Foel, a childhood friend who was now head of Upper District, had trained with him for years. While she was far superior, over the time he learned many tricks and spells that even some High Ranked Mage Officials in Upper would die to know. It was a benefit of being the friend of one of the top Nobles, Lorel also had the same benefit being part of the Ion family who had been in the Nobles for years.
The Nobles rule over Upper District, but it is the family who gets the title: Noble I, who holds all the real power in the District. Rests of the Nobles are almost there to just clean up messes, and attend political parties and drink themselves to blackness. Though Lorel would argue the Ion family has the second to best seat of power in Upper District despite being Noble VI and not Noble II. Both families, the Foel and Ion had been close friends for as long as Lorel knew, so they showed some favoritism.
?I found you, Lorel? You need to get up.? The voice was mumbled but he could tell it was a girl, and it was familiar.
Classmate possibly? He didn?t want to get up, his eyes could barely open, not helped by the fact that his body ached all over from all of the magic assignments that required heavy use of it. Slam. Suddenly Lorel found himself falling over in his chair and then crashing to the ground. Now he was awake. Pain fell over his head. Angrily he stood up. ?Hey what?s
the big deal-? he was about to continue when he noticed it was Nana, a fellow classmate.
Nana had short brown hair, and pale skin, her eyes orange, and was quite skinny, a bit too skinny. Compared to the rest of the students she wore a special robe that a hood went over her head that made it harder to see which direction she was looking or if she even awake. He too had this special outfit, but a bit different. Nana placed the book she hit Lorel with on the table. ?Lorel, you hadn?t attended any classes today, have you been sleeping this whole time??
?No, I was just? Resting my eyes.?
She glared at him with her narrow eyes. ?Lorel, you haven?t even been coming to many classes lately, you have one last class today. Would you kindly grace us with your presence, just this once??
Lorel knew she probably didn?t want to admit it, but she admired him, but also the fact that he was her partner in the class which was centered on using two people to create spells. He thought about it for a moment whether or not he wanted to attend, he guessed he could, just this once. ?Fine, I will come to class.?
Her eyes glimmered, and together they went to class, down halls of cobble and magic. The Magic Academy of Upper District, it was unique, its sister Academy of the North was a bit more, advanced, but with Upper?s propaganda, they wouldn?t let them know that. So most Mages in seek of need go to Upper District, despite the North?s attempt to get many new young bright minds to join. It was a little sad really, Lorel almost wished he could go to North, since he felt undermined in Upper.
When they arrived, the teacher, an Elder Mage, an Advanced Tier 10 on the Mage Tier chart of Magic. Beginner is for new mages the basics of magic and it goes up to Tier 5. Then they move onto Intermediate Spells which they learn their first main element, and various non-elementals up to Tier 7, lastly Advanced Spells which they learn their second main element and various ?ultimate? spells, it goes up to Tier 10. While a Mage can learn more than two elements, specializing in two really utilizes mages ability when using Magic. Lorel was Fire and Ice, polar opposites that together can work wonders. He was already on Advanced Spells Tier 3, while most Mages in the academy were either Beginner Tier 5 or Intermediate Tier 6 or in-between the two.
The Elder Mage, Lord Urodin, pulled down a large paper that was suspended above by string, imbedded with Magic to show animated sequences. Though it was fairly limited but it did the job. Once he saw Nana and Lorel enter, he paused for a moment and stared at them; the rest of the students turned and saw them. Some with smiles other with disgust, Lorel wasn?t the most popular of students, especially considering the fact that Royal Students, a term for students who take more advanced classes, weren?t as powerful despite Lorel being a Regular. It was simple, he didn?t want to bother with long assignments he couldn?t finish in a single day which is short by advanced class standards.
Lorel was a rarity in classes, almost a living legend, part due to his Magic; mainly because he was a Noble Son?s and doesn?t act like it. Compared to other Nobles, the Ion family was very lax, and takes things smoother than everyone else. So with his parent?s personality, he grew up to act like a simpleton rather than a Noble brat like some. He vaguely remember a Noble?s Daughter, he believed it was the daughter of Raven Jalik, her name alluded him but he remembered how she acted when she got to an annual Noble get together. She tried to dance with not only the ?hottest of men? as she described, but went beserk when she didn?t get what she wanted. The men actually were scared of her and he didn?t blame them. Lorel wasn?t the most handsome man, but when she eyed him, he made sure to get away.
?Well, it?s good to see you Student Lorel, odd to see you here though. To what do I owe the honor?? Lord Urodin spoke in his standard uninterested voice.
?Nana said she needed a partner for this, so I thought I would come. Simple as that.? Lorel spoke as he sat down in a back open seat.
His eyes showed a bit of emotion, almost a surprised look. ?Ah.?
?Now that, that is done, let?s get started with the lesson,? In the center of the paper, a blue line went down the middle and then outwards, where the line went over, an image started to appear. It showed two stick-figure-like figures casting magic. The spell was a simple one, they simply casted a spell that created a transparent flat circle of light that allowed the user if they keep concentration, to be able to move it around in the air. Though Lorel noted that while it didn?t state it, the spell no matter the skill level of the user, it can only stay afloat for about 5 minutes and even that is pushing it.
?I want you to mimic this spell. That should be simple enough for all of you.? Urodin brought the paper back up and the image vanished. Altogether the students got out of their seats and walked to open area in the back of the classroom. It was like its own arena, the ground dipped a bit down and then on the sides, railings. Topped off by sand on the ground for safe cushion. Nana stood next to Lorel and they went down below. ?Nana, prepare to get a one-hundred percent. This spell is easy.?
Nana laughed. ?We aren?t graded like that, you should know that.?
?Meh must have forgotten,? Lorel spoke as he prepared. ?Just do as I do.?
Lorel didn?t do the spell like they had been showed. Instead he drew a bit of magic and then drew a circle in the air and then brought it downwards. ?Now, Nana, pour your magic into the middle, imagine a hard but thin layer of light and project into the circle,? so she did, and as the magic came out of her palms and went into the center and filled the middle of it, ?What I just did was producing the same result, but made it last a bit longer and used less magic. Since this version doesn?t make you need to concentrate as much, you can pour more magic into to get to actually use it for its real purpose.?
The rest of the students just stood and watched, in awe that he was able to do that, Lorel saw the teacher who wasn?t pleased. Lord Urodin didn?t like it when students changed a spell in anyway, thought it was reckless if anything went wrong, but more so angry if it was better than the original intention, that he worked on himself.
?Now, step on the circle. You will need to pour magic into it to keep it alive, while I move it.?
Nana stepped on the circle and began to pour magic into it, while Lorel began to move it up, down, left and right. It worked like a charm.
For the rest of the class, Lorel didn?t do much, only when he was told or Nana needed help. After class, there wasn?t much to do but go home, but instead he decided to go to the Arena/Training area and just relax and watch some students try out new spells and such. Occasionally he would give advice and sometimes take part but not for very long. High in the stands around the arena he sat, just casually watching people below cast spells. But then suddenly some older mages, probably Royal Intermediate Mages stepped into the Arena and began to push around a regular beginner.
In the Arena/Training area, every student was equipped with a magic energy shield that only Mages could use. It was a decent enough protection spell but it couldn?t last long if the mage was using too much energy. In this case, the beginner had to defend himself with everything and thus it was fading away. Lorel didn?t like it when more powerful students picked on younger ones, a moral cliché but it was something he dearly believed in. Going down the stands and jumping down into the arena, his presence was immediately made noticed by the Royal students.
One of the Royal students tapped the shoulder of which he immediately recognized, Indel Jomna, who turned around to face Lorel. A fellow Noble Son, Lorel thought, this will be fun. Indel smirked, similar to Lorel he trained when he was younger but wasn?t near the level, but he had the advantage of numbers. ?Lorel Ion surprised to see you here. Did you finally realize you weren?t superior to the rest of us??
?Give me a break Indel; you know I could outmatch all of you with Magic. I just came down here to get you to stop the beginner and nothing else.? Lorel wasn?t fond of Indel, he was really smart, but he rarely put good use out of it, he was the bully of the school. Which because of his Noble status, they didn?t want to have to deal with Noble Browal Jomna himself.
?I will give you one chance for you and your lackeys to back off.?
?What if we don?t??
?I will force you.?
?Then we won?t.?
Lorel without warning immediate brought out a foray of fire on them, but they easily stopped it with just two of the six Royal?s. But when the fire faded, Lorel was out of sight. Another attack from above, but much larger and of Ice. None of them could defend it; it came down too quickly and hit them with enough force to just to knock them out, except for Jomna. He had successfully dodged away, a face of disdain as he saw his lackeys knocked out and partially frozen.
?Wow, I just took out five of you guys with one attack. You said you were as powerful? If you were, then you alone could have blocked it. Instead you dodged out of the way leaving your allies like a coward.? Lorel laughed as he looked at the knocked out lackeys.
Indel ran at Lorel and jumped forward as he brought out a wave lighting which flew at Lorel faster than he could get out of the way. The lighting zapped Lorel and he let out a shriek of pain, while Indel laughed back at him in the background. ?Pathetic, you should have been able to dodge that. I rather dodge and labeled a coward then get a direct hit.?
Lorel couldn?t help but laugh even more, the lighting pain stopped and he then moved too fast for Jomna to keep up and slammed him with a flame fist that appeared just before impact. Jomna went flying into the Arena Walls around them, knocking him out cold. ?Well then you?re more of a coward then I had thought before.?
While he would indeed dodge an attack, leaving your friends to get the full hit, is cowardly. The beginner who had escaped during the initial attack went up to him. ?Lorel, thanks for helping me.?
He immediately recognized the voice; it was Nana?s younger sister, Joala. When the lackeys had surrounded her, he couldn?t see who it was just that from the opposition she gave that it was some beginner. Lorel turned and faced her and then looked down, Joala wasn?t the tallest of people. ?I am glad to have helped. I probably will get in some trouble for my actions but as long as you?re safe. That is all good. If you want to go see Nana, I believe she is in the library in the History section. I will go tell the nearest teacher what happened, which I will say I am surprised none is here.?
?Alright. She best knows now, the Magic Shield ran out mid-attack, so I got some bruises she can heal. Even if her healing spells aren?t the best, I would go to the nurse, but if she is in the library she is closer.?
?That?s true, she has always been good in spells that make things explode.? Lorel laughed.
Joala left the Arena, and Lorel went the opposite way where his faction teacher was located, Maro, a personal friend of his who sees his potential in Magic. The door to his room was opened so Lorel waltzed right in and saw Maro looking down at papers in the corner. Maro was an older teacher with an erratic hair of fiery red and white streaks, but also had bright blue eyes that with his tan skin, made them stand out.
Lorel walked in front of his desk, but Maro hadn?t taken notice. ?Maro, I thought you hated paper work??
?I do, but I plan to go to the North later this year with Students. I would be happy to have you come, since you?re one of my top students.? The man spoke with his gravelly voice.
?I would love to, but you know my family, they don?t want me to go to the North for some reason. I could trick them, but I doubt they would like that. Probably lock me up forever,? Lorel chuckled at that last part. ?But that?s not why I am here.?
?Oh??
?Yes, Nana Gavech?s younger sister, Joala, was being attacked by some Royal Students, specifically Indel Jomna. I stopped the attack, took out all of them. Not too much damage done and Joala went to get healed.?
Maro shook his head in disgust. ?Good job, that boy needed to be hit. He is too much like his father, too power-hungry. I will tell the other teachers and have them deal with it.?
Lorel nodded his head. ?If this is settled I am going to go home now.?
?Good Bye then.? The man spoke looking back down at his papers, before getting up. Lorel left the Academy and went down the cobble streets of Upper District. Today the streets were crowded, people buying and selling goods in shops and outdoor booths, above him the sun was starting to set, he should have been home hours ago but decided to wonder a bit around the District. Upper District being the head of Middle Section made it so there was always something to do.
When he arrived at home, he went through the large overly designed gates and went through the path to the house. It wasn?t a long walk, but there was much to see, his parents had been working on various gardens with exotic plants and they surrounded the path to the house. It was strange though, it seemed quiet, like no one was home. When he opened the door to the house and entered the front foyer, he went up the nearby stairs and to his room. He noticed all the lights were off, so he used a bit of magic and lit any he saw.
Once in his room, he took off his uniform and put on a simple brown jacket, black soft gloves, and grey jean-like pants. It was starting to get cold out, nearing the end of the year. The lake next to Upper District would make it even colder, but it wasn?t nothing like the end of the year for the North where it can become extremely deadly. Lorel liked the winter, the snow falling claimed him, and it also gave him the excuse to use his fire magic to warm himself.
Content with what he looked like; he left his room and went down to the main room of the house, the library. Both of his parents loved to read, so it became the most widely used room in the house. He began to wonder where his parents where, being Noble?s they could have easily been called to the House of Nobles, where all of the Nobles met, or just out about the District. Just as he got to the door to the library a sudden feeling of fear came over him.
Lorel couldn?t explain what it was, but he could tell something was wrong, he reached out to touch the handles but then stopped and retracted his hand. What was this feeling? He noticed that the lights were on in the room, as they came out from the bottom the door. Disregarding his fear he grabbed onto the handle and then opened the doors wide open. Immediately he regretted his decision.
Blood, it was what he immediately saw. Bodies lay ripped to shreds, body parts decapitated, guts scattered around the room, and then he saw them, across the room. Both of them were hanged, and bodies too mutilated, he could only tell who they were by the little bit of clothes that were still on their flesh. Lorel fell to the ground, not able to believe that all of their servants, who had been like family and his parents, were all dead.
He puked on the ground; tears began to go down his cheeks. Why had this happened? Who did this? Suddenly a shadow came over him; he turned around hoping it was someone who had survived. Instead it was a man he did not know wearing all black, a leather mask, and magic seeped from the man as if he couldn?t control it. ?Was it you?? Lorel yelled but then found him falling to the ground, eyes closing. His vision began to go black, his body no longer responding; the last thing he saw was the man, and then nothing.
Here we go!
[HEADING=1]Story[/HEADING]
Three thousand years ago, mages used Dark God Magic to make all the continents but one no longer habitable. Everyone ran to this continent for their lives, and then the City was formed. From the North to the South, The City covers it. Factions now fight from the City?s various Sections, the North, The Middle, and The South, all composed of various districts that are locally controlled. Wars have broken out and Upper District which is controlled by the Nobles has a grasp over the Middle District and is on the brink of causing the next great City war.
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[HEADING=1]Prologue Arc![/HEADING]
Lorel without disturb, slept for hours unknowingly lots all of his classes . The night before Lorel had decided to finally catch up on his assignments, which took him until dawn and up to the start of lesson. Not that he cared; compared to most students he already had training for years. Amelia Foel, a childhood friend who was now head of Upper District, had trained with him for years. While she was far superior, over the time he learned many tricks and spells that even some High Ranked Mage Officials in Upper would die to know. It was a benefit of being the friend of one of the top Nobles, Lorel also had the same benefit being part of the Ion family who had been in the Nobles for years.
The Nobles rule over Upper District, but it is the family who gets the title: Noble I, who holds all the real power in the District. Rests of the Nobles are almost there to just clean up messes, and attend political parties and drink themselves to blackness. Though Lorel would argue the Ion family has the second to best seat of power in Upper District despite being Noble VI and not Noble II. Both families, the Foel and Ion had been close friends for as long as Lorel knew, so they showed some favoritism.
?I found you, Lorel? You need to get up.? The voice was mumbled but he could tell it was a girl, and it was familiar.
Classmate possibly? He didn?t want to get up, his eyes could barely open, not helped by the fact that his body ached all over from all of the magic assignments that required heavy use of it. Slam. Suddenly Lorel found himself falling over in his chair and then crashing to the ground. Now he was awake. Pain fell over his head. Angrily he stood up. ?Hey what?s
the big deal-? he was about to continue when he noticed it was Nana, a fellow classmate.
Nana had short brown hair, and pale skin, her eyes orange, and was quite skinny, a bit too skinny. Compared to the rest of the students she wore a special robe that a hood went over her head that made it harder to see which direction she was looking or if she even awake. He too had this special outfit, but a bit different. Nana placed the book she hit Lorel with on the table. ?Lorel, you hadn?t attended any classes today, have you been sleeping this whole time??
?No, I was just? Resting my eyes.?
She glared at him with her narrow eyes. ?Lorel, you haven?t even been coming to many classes lately, you have one last class today. Would you kindly grace us with your presence, just this once??
Lorel knew she probably didn?t want to admit it, but she admired him, but also the fact that he was her partner in the class which was centered on using two people to create spells. He thought about it for a moment whether or not he wanted to attend, he guessed he could, just this once. ?Fine, I will come to class.?
Her eyes glimmered, and together they went to class, down halls of cobble and magic. The Magic Academy of Upper District, it was unique, its sister Academy of the North was a bit more, advanced, but with Upper?s propaganda, they wouldn?t let them know that. So most Mages in seek of need go to Upper District, despite the North?s attempt to get many new young bright minds to join. It was a little sad really, Lorel almost wished he could go to North, since he felt undermined in Upper.
When they arrived, the teacher, an Elder Mage, an Advanced Tier 10 on the Mage Tier chart of Magic. Beginner is for new mages the basics of magic and it goes up to Tier 5. Then they move onto Intermediate Spells which they learn their first main element, and various non-elementals up to Tier 7, lastly Advanced Spells which they learn their second main element and various ?ultimate? spells, it goes up to Tier 10. While a Mage can learn more than two elements, specializing in two really utilizes mages ability when using Magic. Lorel was Fire and Ice, polar opposites that together can work wonders. He was already on Advanced Spells Tier 3, while most Mages in the academy were either Beginner Tier 5 or Intermediate Tier 6 or in-between the two.
The Elder Mage, Lord Urodin, pulled down a large paper that was suspended above by string, imbedded with Magic to show animated sequences. Though it was fairly limited but it did the job. Once he saw Nana and Lorel enter, he paused for a moment and stared at them; the rest of the students turned and saw them. Some with smiles other with disgust, Lorel wasn?t the most popular of students, especially considering the fact that Royal Students, a term for students who take more advanced classes, weren?t as powerful despite Lorel being a Regular. It was simple, he didn?t want to bother with long assignments he couldn?t finish in a single day which is short by advanced class standards.
Lorel was a rarity in classes, almost a living legend, part due to his Magic; mainly because he was a Noble Son?s and doesn?t act like it. Compared to other Nobles, the Ion family was very lax, and takes things smoother than everyone else. So with his parent?s personality, he grew up to act like a simpleton rather than a Noble brat like some. He vaguely remember a Noble?s Daughter, he believed it was the daughter of Raven Jalik, her name alluded him but he remembered how she acted when she got to an annual Noble get together. She tried to dance with not only the ?hottest of men? as she described, but went beserk when she didn?t get what she wanted. The men actually were scared of her and he didn?t blame them. Lorel wasn?t the most handsome man, but when she eyed him, he made sure to get away.
?Well, it?s good to see you Student Lorel, odd to see you here though. To what do I owe the honor?? Lord Urodin spoke in his standard uninterested voice.
?Nana said she needed a partner for this, so I thought I would come. Simple as that.? Lorel spoke as he sat down in a back open seat.
His eyes showed a bit of emotion, almost a surprised look. ?Ah.?
?Now that, that is done, let?s get started with the lesson,? In the center of the paper, a blue line went down the middle and then outwards, where the line went over, an image started to appear. It showed two stick-figure-like figures casting magic. The spell was a simple one, they simply casted a spell that created a transparent flat circle of light that allowed the user if they keep concentration, to be able to move it around in the air. Though Lorel noted that while it didn?t state it, the spell no matter the skill level of the user, it can only stay afloat for about 5 minutes and even that is pushing it.
?I want you to mimic this spell. That should be simple enough for all of you.? Urodin brought the paper back up and the image vanished. Altogether the students got out of their seats and walked to open area in the back of the classroom. It was like its own arena, the ground dipped a bit down and then on the sides, railings. Topped off by sand on the ground for safe cushion. Nana stood next to Lorel and they went down below. ?Nana, prepare to get a one-hundred percent. This spell is easy.?
Nana laughed. ?We aren?t graded like that, you should know that.?
?Meh must have forgotten,? Lorel spoke as he prepared. ?Just do as I do.?
Lorel didn?t do the spell like they had been showed. Instead he drew a bit of magic and then drew a circle in the air and then brought it downwards. ?Now, Nana, pour your magic into the middle, imagine a hard but thin layer of light and project into the circle,? so she did, and as the magic came out of her palms and went into the center and filled the middle of it, ?What I just did was producing the same result, but made it last a bit longer and used less magic. Since this version doesn?t make you need to concentrate as much, you can pour more magic into to get to actually use it for its real purpose.?
The rest of the students just stood and watched, in awe that he was able to do that, Lorel saw the teacher who wasn?t pleased. Lord Urodin didn?t like it when students changed a spell in anyway, thought it was reckless if anything went wrong, but more so angry if it was better than the original intention, that he worked on himself.
?Now, step on the circle. You will need to pour magic into it to keep it alive, while I move it.?
Nana stepped on the circle and began to pour magic into it, while Lorel began to move it up, down, left and right. It worked like a charm.
For the rest of the class, Lorel didn?t do much, only when he was told or Nana needed help. After class, there wasn?t much to do but go home, but instead he decided to go to the Arena/Training area and just relax and watch some students try out new spells and such. Occasionally he would give advice and sometimes take part but not for very long. High in the stands around the arena he sat, just casually watching people below cast spells. But then suddenly some older mages, probably Royal Intermediate Mages stepped into the Arena and began to push around a regular beginner.
In the Arena/Training area, every student was equipped with a magic energy shield that only Mages could use. It was a decent enough protection spell but it couldn?t last long if the mage was using too much energy. In this case, the beginner had to defend himself with everything and thus it was fading away. Lorel didn?t like it when more powerful students picked on younger ones, a moral cliché but it was something he dearly believed in. Going down the stands and jumping down into the arena, his presence was immediately made noticed by the Royal students.
One of the Royal students tapped the shoulder of which he immediately recognized, Indel Jomna, who turned around to face Lorel. A fellow Noble Son, Lorel thought, this will be fun. Indel smirked, similar to Lorel he trained when he was younger but wasn?t near the level, but he had the advantage of numbers. ?Lorel Ion surprised to see you here. Did you finally realize you weren?t superior to the rest of us??
?Give me a break Indel; you know I could outmatch all of you with Magic. I just came down here to get you to stop the beginner and nothing else.? Lorel wasn?t fond of Indel, he was really smart, but he rarely put good use out of it, he was the bully of the school. Which because of his Noble status, they didn?t want to have to deal with Noble Browal Jomna himself.
?I will give you one chance for you and your lackeys to back off.?
?What if we don?t??
?I will force you.?
?Then we won?t.?
Lorel without warning immediate brought out a foray of fire on them, but they easily stopped it with just two of the six Royal?s. But when the fire faded, Lorel was out of sight. Another attack from above, but much larger and of Ice. None of them could defend it; it came down too quickly and hit them with enough force to just to knock them out, except for Jomna. He had successfully dodged away, a face of disdain as he saw his lackeys knocked out and partially frozen.
?Wow, I just took out five of you guys with one attack. You said you were as powerful? If you were, then you alone could have blocked it. Instead you dodged out of the way leaving your allies like a coward.? Lorel laughed as he looked at the knocked out lackeys.
Indel ran at Lorel and jumped forward as he brought out a wave lighting which flew at Lorel faster than he could get out of the way. The lighting zapped Lorel and he let out a shriek of pain, while Indel laughed back at him in the background. ?Pathetic, you should have been able to dodge that. I rather dodge and labeled a coward then get a direct hit.?
Lorel couldn?t help but laugh even more, the lighting pain stopped and he then moved too fast for Jomna to keep up and slammed him with a flame fist that appeared just before impact. Jomna went flying into the Arena Walls around them, knocking him out cold. ?Well then you?re more of a coward then I had thought before.?
While he would indeed dodge an attack, leaving your friends to get the full hit, is cowardly. The beginner who had escaped during the initial attack went up to him. ?Lorel, thanks for helping me.?
He immediately recognized the voice; it was Nana?s younger sister, Joala. When the lackeys had surrounded her, he couldn?t see who it was just that from the opposition she gave that it was some beginner. Lorel turned and faced her and then looked down, Joala wasn?t the tallest of people. ?I am glad to have helped. I probably will get in some trouble for my actions but as long as you?re safe. That is all good. If you want to go see Nana, I believe she is in the library in the History section. I will go tell the nearest teacher what happened, which I will say I am surprised none is here.?
?Alright. She best knows now, the Magic Shield ran out mid-attack, so I got some bruises she can heal. Even if her healing spells aren?t the best, I would go to the nurse, but if she is in the library she is closer.?
?That?s true, she has always been good in spells that make things explode.? Lorel laughed.
Joala left the Arena, and Lorel went the opposite way where his faction teacher was located, Maro, a personal friend of his who sees his potential in Magic. The door to his room was opened so Lorel waltzed right in and saw Maro looking down at papers in the corner. Maro was an older teacher with an erratic hair of fiery red and white streaks, but also had bright blue eyes that with his tan skin, made them stand out.
Lorel walked in front of his desk, but Maro hadn?t taken notice. ?Maro, I thought you hated paper work??
?I do, but I plan to go to the North later this year with Students. I would be happy to have you come, since you?re one of my top students.? The man spoke with his gravelly voice.
?I would love to, but you know my family, they don?t want me to go to the North for some reason. I could trick them, but I doubt they would like that. Probably lock me up forever,? Lorel chuckled at that last part. ?But that?s not why I am here.?
?Oh??
?Yes, Nana Gavech?s younger sister, Joala, was being attacked by some Royal Students, specifically Indel Jomna. I stopped the attack, took out all of them. Not too much damage done and Joala went to get healed.?
Maro shook his head in disgust. ?Good job, that boy needed to be hit. He is too much like his father, too power-hungry. I will tell the other teachers and have them deal with it.?
Lorel nodded his head. ?If this is settled I am going to go home now.?
?Good Bye then.? The man spoke looking back down at his papers, before getting up. Lorel left the Academy and went down the cobble streets of Upper District. Today the streets were crowded, people buying and selling goods in shops and outdoor booths, above him the sun was starting to set, he should have been home hours ago but decided to wonder a bit around the District. Upper District being the head of Middle Section made it so there was always something to do.
When he arrived at home, he went through the large overly designed gates and went through the path to the house. It wasn?t a long walk, but there was much to see, his parents had been working on various gardens with exotic plants and they surrounded the path to the house. It was strange though, it seemed quiet, like no one was home. When he opened the door to the house and entered the front foyer, he went up the nearby stairs and to his room. He noticed all the lights were off, so he used a bit of magic and lit any he saw.
Once in his room, he took off his uniform and put on a simple brown jacket, black soft gloves, and grey jean-like pants. It was starting to get cold out, nearing the end of the year. The lake next to Upper District would make it even colder, but it wasn?t nothing like the end of the year for the North where it can become extremely deadly. Lorel liked the winter, the snow falling claimed him, and it also gave him the excuse to use his fire magic to warm himself.
Content with what he looked like; he left his room and went down to the main room of the house, the library. Both of his parents loved to read, so it became the most widely used room in the house. He began to wonder where his parents where, being Noble?s they could have easily been called to the House of Nobles, where all of the Nobles met, or just out about the District. Just as he got to the door to the library a sudden feeling of fear came over him.
Lorel couldn?t explain what it was, but he could tell something was wrong, he reached out to touch the handles but then stopped and retracted his hand. What was this feeling? He noticed that the lights were on in the room, as they came out from the bottom the door. Disregarding his fear he grabbed onto the handle and then opened the doors wide open. Immediately he regretted his decision.
Blood, it was what he immediately saw. Bodies lay ripped to shreds, body parts decapitated, guts scattered around the room, and then he saw them, across the room. Both of them were hanged, and bodies too mutilated, he could only tell who they were by the little bit of clothes that were still on their flesh. Lorel fell to the ground, not able to believe that all of their servants, who had been like family and his parents, were all dead.
He puked on the ground; tears began to go down his cheeks. Why had this happened? Who did this? Suddenly a shadow came over him; he turned around hoping it was someone who had survived. Instead it was a man he did not know wearing all black, a leather mask, and magic seeped from the man as if he couldn?t control it. ?Was it you?? Lorel yelled but then found him falling to the ground, eyes closing. His vision began to go black, his body no longer responding; the last thing he saw was the man, and then nothing.
