Challenge

A not so long hallway was needed to pass by first before Lu Ciel was able to arrive to the venue where three old man can be seen in their identical loose robes, sitting in a lotus position as they were sipping teas chatting with a young man with long yet not so pointed ears. Lu Ciel felt that the scenery in this venue was like the traditional japanese house that he sees in movies.

After observing for a moment, the old man with white beard that covers all his chin suddenly spoke in amusement, "Ho, we have 2 challengers. I never expect that."

Hearing this, Lu Ciel turned around to see that the curtain door that he passed was being slid to the side. As the silhouette slowly entered, there a saw a young girl that was about the height of Bogart. She has a golden hair that was chest level, if not due to its end being curly to the point that they look likes drills or bee stingers, the hair would fall all the way down to almost butt level. The young girl has a full thick bangs that made her adorable together with her big round saphire eyes.

As she got closer and stand side by side with Lu Ciel, small fluffy wings can be seen on her back.

"What an adorable child!" An old man which was the youngest of the three old ones exclaimed as his eyes sparkled in tender. This old man has a mustache that looks like dragon whiskers. "A half-winged half-dwarf, the blending of the two races in you was perfect. Your parents must have truly loved each other when they've brought you in this world."

"Hmph!" The old man in the middle of the two snorted as he was sipping his cup of tea. This old man has two horns that acts like a pin to his long fading golden hair that fell like a waterfall all the way to the floor. Other than this, a huge wing was protruding on it backs that almost cover the other two old man. This old man is a true blood Winged Race. "We are already behind the schedule. Lets start the test already."

With the grumpy attitude, the other two old man can only nod their heads. The old man with dragon whiskers spoke as he pointed to the magic circle that was engraved on the floor, in front of these four, "Young girl, please in the center of the eight-pointed Stargram."

The young girl nodded her head as she silently obliged and stand in the middle of the so-called eight-pointed stargram. Each triangle of each point of this star has runes that symbolizes each of the eight elements; Earth, Water, Wind, Fire, Ice, Metal, Light and Dark.

After the young girl settled properly, the Winged old man made a hand gesture which suddenly lit up the magic circle. The glow on the magic circle eventually died down, and a hexagonal panel appeared at the top of the young girl showing the results of what has the magic circle collected.

As the information appeared on the hexagonal panel, the three old man were shocked silly of the result.

MAGIC: Grandmaster

ELEMENTS:

• FIRE: Grandmaster

• LIGHT: Grandmaster

There are five ranks that defines the affinity of the individual when it comes to Magic and Elements; Basic, Advanced, Master, Grandmaster and Innate.

With that, even the young elf beside with the three old men was also surprised to see that there was someone who has the same magic affinity with him, and to think that he was somewhat bested against in the elemental affinity. He can feel that his position is being threatened when he saw the look of the dragon whiskered elder.

"Amazing!" The dragon whiskered elder exclaimed in delight. "My name is Long Ming. I am a half-dwarf also. Child, may I know what is your name? I believe that our affinity with each other is strong. I cultivate the magic of thunder due to my other elemental affinity as a half-human."

Hearing this, the winged race elder just snorted. He has an innate repulsion towards halflings and human race as the winged race themselves considered them as the weakest race.

A soft shy voice just like a cotton came out from the mouth of the lolita, replying to the inquiry of the elder. "My name is Mi Yangela, elder.."

"Yangela, the holy clouds. The name's perfectly suited to you, child." The elder Long Ming face were twitching in annoyance as he noticed the reaction of the winged race elder. However, hearing the voice of the young girl, Yangela, made him feel refreshed.

"With your grandmaster affinity towards Fire and Light, I bet that Lightning Magic Arts would be best for you to cultivate." Everyone was awed with what elder Long Ming proclaimed because Lightning is a mutated element that can only be formed from elemental combination, and it would be very hard to accomplish this as mutated elements are double-edged swords that can either greatly damage the opponent or the user.

'This old man is sinister..' The young elf eyed the gentle smiling old man, Long Ming.

"Child, will you accept me as your master?" Elder Long Ming question astounded both Lu Ciel and the young elf. For the other two elders, this was as expected when they saw the sparkling eyes of elder Long Ming.

The young girl slightly hesitated as she can sense that something's wrong with this old man, however, "Will I still get the special hunter license if I'll accept you as my master?"

Hearing this question made everyone quiet for a second. Looking at the coy expression of the young girl as her hand was unconsciously twirling her hair while the other was clenching the side her skirt made the Long Ming elder burst out laughing. He can't help but find this young girl adorable. "Of course! From now on, you can call me Grandpa Long."

The young girl, Mi Yangela reservedly nodded and bowed in respect. "Greetings, Grandpa Long."

"Haha! Sit down here for now, my dear disciple." Elder Long Ming gestured on the mat beside him to sit down.

The young girl looked at Lu Ciel meaningfully and which grabbed his attention. As the eyes of the two contacted, Lu Ciel smiled and nodded, greeting the lolita. "Congrats!"

As an introvert young girl, after being congratulated by Lu Ciel, the lolita scurried to where her newfound master was seated.

'It's good that I have one less competition now.' The young elf thought as he eyed the lolita that was now sitting beside elder Long Ming. Then, his sight turned towards the young human who was quiet and somewhat laidback. Seeing this, his moral boosted as he find the young human ordinary. 'With this lad, I won't have to worry that someone will be able to take away this special hunter license.

'Wait a minute?' When the young elf was about to look away, he suddenly remembered what happened last night. A certain human with a half-dwarf companion got him dead drunk to the point that he was not able to make it in time for this event. Confirming this, he scrutinized the identity of this young human in front of him.

"It's you!" The young elf suddenly exclaimed with an indignant look on his face as he was pointing to the young human. This suddenly captured the attention of the three elders and the young girl.

"Hmm?" Lu Ciel's slightly cocked sideways as he displayed an inquiring look, expressing how he knew him.

"What's wrong, young prince?" The winged elder inquired. "Do you know this human?"

"Err.." Noticing that he was making a scene already, the young elf composed himself as he explained the reason why he was almost not able to make it to this event today.

After hearing the story, Lu Ciel remembered who was this young elf now. "Oh! So, it's little brother Vonvon. I never thought that you are the crowned prince of the elf kingdom."

"Little brother?" The elder with a full beard eyed the young elf in amusement.

"Who's your little brother?" The young elf snarled.

"Eh?" Lu Ciel was acting as if he was confused from the denial that this young elf was expressing. "Don't tell me you have forgotten about the bet that we've made already?"

Seeing the young human acting innocent, the young elf can only grit his teeth in annoyance.

"Let this big brother help you remember what happened last night." Lu Ciel's head began shaking in worry and disappointed as he retold the complete event that the young elf left out.

Hearing the story of the young human, the old man with a full beard burst out laughing. "Bwahaha! An elf that has an innate poison resistance was defeated by a human in a drinking contest. That's a first!"

Even elder Long Ming can't help but smile, shaking his head in silent.

"That's enough, elder Bai." The winged elder shot a look toward the full beared elder.

"Hmph!" The full beared elder Bai only snorted and shot a look back to the winged elder.

After a moment of staring contest between the two elder, Lu Ciel broke the silence as he said, "I didn't know that you were this talented, little brother. To be able to obtain the special hunter license." to the young elf.

"Who's your little brother?" The young elf snorted. "I clearly saw you passing out first."

"Clearly, you are the one." Lu Ciel spread his arms as if stating the obvious fact. "I'm older than you by two years. Be good now and give way to this big brother of yours. It's clear that I need this special license than you."

"Hmph! Prove it with your talent first." The young elf retorted back. "Lets see if your words can be backed up by your talents."

"Aye.." Lu Ciel shaking his head in disappointment as he slowly walked towards the middle of the center of the eight pointed stargram. "Why do you have to make it hard for this big brother of yours?"

Looking at the behavior of this human, the winged elder which is a race that has innate superiority complex began to unconsciously be repulsive towards Lu Ciel, feeling despised.

"Elders, I'm ready." After making his way towards the center of the magic circle, Lu Ciel made a fist gesture and bowed to show respect.

"Who.." Before the winged elder can rebuked Lu Ciel, the full beared elder made a hand signal that activated the eight pointed stargram.