The Final ten

Leon left the Phoenix egg and went back up. Pace and Anastasia had decided to go back to the Clan for the final week.

They flew back to the Clan. They entered the tower protected town in the middle of that desert.

Leon went to see his parents. He also remembered that he had forgotten to see his grandparents before he left.

"Leon your back, come sit down and rest. I'll cook something for you to eat."

Leon's father was out as he came back to the house. "Leon you returned! I've heard how amazing you and your friends performed!" He then ran and gave Leon a hug.

"You have to tell me everything." The husband then shouted, "Honey are son's a top genius in the whole continent!"

Leon's mother was surprised, She had heard about Leon and the others doing well but she didn't know how well. The Clan head had kept things hidden from most of the Clan until everyone had returned.

In a few minutes a transmission was sent to all the elders that they would be celebrating at the Holy Tower's hall. The whole clan was invited.

Leon asked, "Are Grandfather and grandmother still here?"

"No they left the same day as you for the Nature continent. They were sad they couldn't see you." Leon's father said.

Leon didn't really know much about his grandparents. He just knew that he had seen them at the inauguration ceremony. But after just meeting them they had died. Leon had never been able to form a bond with them, he barely knew what they did and his parent's never told him.

The family left for the Holy Tower. The hall was filled as the whole clan had showed up. Tables had been lined with all types of mouth watering food. Celebratory decorations had been placed in the room as well.

The Clan head got on stage. "This celebration is for the success of the Flamesmith Clan members in the Competition. Not only that but also for the finding of a Fire ore Vien. And Finally for a prosperous Future For the Clan!"

The Clan head kept on blabbering and called up Leon, Pace and Anastasia. He even called up Cesar. The part eventually began.

"The whole town shall have three days of celebration!" The Clan head declared at the end of the talk. He then sent a transmission to people that ran the town under him. Soon the town was put into a celebrating atmosphere as well.

The party eventually ended and Leon, Pace and Anastasia were all outside walking to their houses. There parents were still celebrating.

Pace was carrying Cesar on his back as he walked.

"He passed out in the middle of the party, I'm disappointed to have him as a brother." Anastasia said.

Pace and Leon were already used to Anastasia so they just wondered how much of what Anastasia said was the truth.

"The party was fun. Eos, Dwight and Clyde will be returning tomorrow. Clyde and Dwight will be so disappointed when they find out they missed out on ten soul dews." Pace said with a laugh.

They walked home talking.

The week passed quickly. The other had returned and the celebrating had continued for another two days. After that it was back to normal. The seven were respected by the whole Clan. Leon was seen completely different from the boy who got a late start. People had completely forgotten about that.

The other days were spent cultivating in the Clan. Leon and Pace met up everyday. Eos had left after the tow days and went back, so had Dwight and Clyde when they found out about their lost they both cried and buried themselves in cultivation.

Leon hadn't really seen Anastasia that much in the next three days.

Finally a week had passed and it was time to return. Anastasia wasn't in the mood of going but Leon and Pace dragged her with them to the island. They landed on the island to see that barely any one had showed up.

Front the fifty six only twenty one had showed up including them. Even Eos hadn't showed up, at the party she had said that she would go with her Master on a trip to cultivate in a month and had given up on the competition.

The Lady appeared in the sky. She flew down and landed on the ground.

"Only these many showed up?" She said. Then she looked at the twenty one and said, "Good among you all is the Final ten."

"Let's start then, The people passing to the next round will be..."

"All of you!" She said with a smile.

Half of the people on the final twenty weren't surprised. The other half were people like Pace and Anastasia who just realised what the test was.

"The sixth round test was to see how many of you would have the determination to continue to come even though it would be hopeless or figure out that the mechanics of the test. You all have passed. Although there are a little less of you then expected its fine. Now all of you have passed to the final round."

"You have to remember the Council of Fire couldn't care less about your beast's potential or cultivation. With the amount of resources we have we could easily picked the ones with the highest affinity or highest voidstars primal beast. Chosen ten and raised them all to summoning experts and their beasts to Greenstar ranks."

"So now all twenty one of you will be raised by the Council of Fire. In half a year the seventh round will begin. After this intense training session the top ten will fight a substitute team. The top ten between them will be the national team."

"All of you follow me to the actual training Spot." The Lady flew up.

Everyone followed behind her. Pace and Anastasia did as well. Leon, however, ran into the cave and unsummoned the Phoenix egg. He then followed behind.

Everyone had a flying beast now. The Lady brought them to the Council of Fire. It was a series of ten tall pillar like building. The buildings were cylinders and pierced the sky.

There was space between each building. The Lady brought them through the space to the area between all the buildings.

In the area, all the buildings had a bright coming out of them and a enormous door was at the Center. The door was on a circular platform to where all bridges connected.

They were all brought in front of the door. The door led to no where. It was ten meters tall and was magnificently built but had no purpose as it stood in the center.

"I am Irene Soulflame, I will be your instructor for the next half month. With me will be Oren Flameguard." The Lady said as she stood not front of the door.

As she said the man's name he appeared next to her.

"Hello everyone I'm Oren Flameguard, Congratulations on coming this far! But you still need to work hard, don't get complacent." The man appeared to be friendly. He had dark red hair and was around thirty years old.

The Lady also appeared to have become nicer, She had black hair and looked a similar age.

"Now all of you foollow us through this gate. It was made by the Ancestors that created the Fire Continent."

The two pulled the gate open. It opened to show a while new world inside. They were led in and the gate behind them was closed.

"Welcome to the Fire Plane!" Oren said, "This is where you will training for the next six months."