Chapter 11: Mystery of Elements

At exactly 8 am, Rowick appeared in front of them. The chattering of students slowly died as they noticed that their instructor appeared.

Josh and the girl stopped playing when the chatters died down.

The girl even has an incredulous expression when she realized what she had just did, but she hid it right after, trying not to look bad.

Josh faced the front and waited for their instructions.

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"Good Morning! Good to see that you are all here!"

"We don't have much time. Your instructor is already in your study hall. We should go."

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In front of them stood five buildings with white monotone color. In the front of each building, a sign that has its name is written in pure black color. The buildings are named as 'study hall', 'library', 'training grounds', 'combat stadium', and 'research facility.'

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Rowick guided them toward the study hall building. When they entered, they are greeted with a spacious ground floor. On the very front upon entering, a 3D map of the building can be seen.

"Whenever you might need to go to a specific room, you can find it in this map. The lectures held for starters are on the second floor, while those at the experienced level will have their lectures on the fourth floor, and lastly, the graduating will have it on the sixth floor."

"In between these floors, namely third, fifth, and seventh, are the instructors' offices. The eighth floor is where the Dean is and where we, instructors, mostly have meetings."

"With that, you may go now to the second floor."

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The new batch of students is then left on their own. Josh followed the crowd as they go up to the second floor.

After ascending the stairs, they saw a huge door with semblance to those used in movies.

Upon entering, they noticed that the lecture room is really like those cinemas, the only difference is that it is brightly lit. The chairs are arranged in a way that the back is elevated compared to their front.

In the very front of the room stood a huge screen.

Josh looked around and noticed that there are already students scattered among the seats.

"Good morning new students!" Someone greeted them from the front. He wears a white casual formal attire.

"You may sit wherever you like. The sound system here is good and even if you are at the very back, you will be able to see my lectures clearly through the screen."

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With what the instructor said, the new students find their own seat.

"Let's sit together." The green-haired girl said to Josh.

"O-oh… okay. Where?"

"In the middle should be fine"

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Upon sitting, Josh immediately put out his notebook and placed it on the table in front of them.

'My first class!' Josh thought with a smile reaching from ear to ear.

"Okay! Now that you're all seated, I will start the discussion."

"Some of you might be wondering why there are students here already. The truth is, they are what you might call repeaters, but not so much. They just haven't gone to the next stage of their elements."

"They are not even required to attend the starters classes anymore. Some of them just did so in the form of review."

After introducing the students before them, the instructor continued.

"Ah! I forgot. I'm Luigi. A one-star gravity element user. My first element is earth, second is fire, then I graduated when I've combined them fused them into the magma element. With some luck in the 'wild', my magma element reached past to gravity element."

"Oh! Right… Some of you have not yet studied deeper introduction in elements…"

"Okay, then let's start with that"

Luigi then began discussing elements.

"Firstly, all humans are capable of having an element. It is just that not all of us are capable of awakening. What dictates our capability in awakening? Magic Presence!"

"This presence is like a shadow which all of us have. Some presences are very big, some are average, while others are so small."