Dream World

After some deliberate studies, they learned that the manifestation of Qi and mana started at the age of 15 and above.

Therefore, the students of public and private high schools underwent thorough checkups to see if some of them had any sign of mana or Qi manifestation.

Those who showed signs of manifestation would be recruited to the Elite Human Institution.

Those students would then undergo rigorous training.

The students seemed to be very excited, especially at the Yang National High School, Dante's school. After hearing that one of their students was the one who defeated the demonic fish shark, everyone in the school felt proud of him.

There were many posters of him on the street, showing his gallant figure in his shiny battle suit.

"Haa~ Kyzer is like the prince in shining armor," said a gal-looking girl.

"What do you mean by like? He's the real prince in shining armor."

"Y-you're right. He has all the qualifications needed. Handsome face, intelligent mind, gallant figure, charismatic, and most of all, he is so kind!"

Three young girls were talking in front of Kyzer's poster when someone approached them.

"Excuse me."

The three girls simultaneously turned to the owner of the voice.

When they saw her, they were instantly wide-eyed by her beauty. In their minds, they asked, 'Who is this celebrity?'

Wait a minute, she looked as young as them. 

The person who appeared was no other than Melody Jo.

"Y-yes? D-Do you need something?" One of the girls asked stutteringly. With spectacles in her eyes, she looked shy and meek. 

"Uhm, I just want to ask you where I can find the Yang Elite High School?"

"You mean the Yang Elite High School that recently transformed into a mixed school of ordinary humans and superhumans?" A sporty-looking short-haired girl asked this time.

To Melody's knowledge, it was called Yang National High School before. But after Kyzer refused to transfer to an Elite Human Institute, the school directors decided to transform the school into the first human and superhuman mix school in history. After that incident near the plaza a month ago, Kyzer had become a key figure in promoting heroism. His popularity since then has become widely known in the country.

He had become an idol figure to the youngsters, who would become future warriors as well to defend the country. 

"Yes, that's what I mean," Melody said, smiling.

"Aha, we are students of that school! Err.. If it's fine with you, you can come with us. We are eventually heading there as well. What do you think?" The gal-looking girl with blonde hair told her.

"That sounds better. Then please take care of me."

"Alright, just follow us. We'll take you there in no time."

Before leaving, Melody glanced at the poster. In her mind she thought, 'Kyzer is quite handsome.'

"Uhm, are you a transfer student?" The short-haired girl asked curiously.

"Yes. I will start attending school on Monday."

"It's only Wednesday today. So uhm, you are going there today for a familiarization purpose, is that right?"

"Uhm yeah, that's right."

"I see."

She can't tell them she's visiting there today because she wants to see Kyzer. After he saved her sister, she wanted to go and thank him in person. It has already been a month since then, but only just a few days ago Melody got a chance to process all the paperwork for transfer.

Her days have been quite hectic since the incident in the plaza. The appearance of demonic fish creatures outside the barrier kept growing. They had to go and exterminate all of them to avoid another incident of those creatures appearing inside the city.

But even with all their efforts, there were still some incidents of demonic creatures appearing in the city. The joint forces of TriCorps organizations were already investigating this matter and they already got some clues.

However, the continued appearance of demonic creatures inside the city was a big problem. Thanks to the SWORD Corps' monster extermination squad, led by Kyzer, the monsters were all dealt with, somehow.

If only her sidekick was someone like Kyzer, it would have been much better. Unfortunately, she couldn't even meet her sidekick yet, because that person was still in a coma. The same as her sister.

By the way, according to the doctors, his body had no serious external injury, but his internal organs had some abnormalities.

Meanwhile, Dante found himself inside a white world. Everything around him was white. But it seemed he wasn't concerned about his surroundings at all. He was sitting calmly in a lotus posture. All eyes closed and his breathing seemed even.

Thanks to the shiny orb who explained everything about what happened that day; he learned that he killed the demonic shark after his body unconsciously discharged a powerful blinding energy.

However, the side effect of that on his body was very serious. He lost consciousness and is now in a state of coma.

Inside this white world, he had no sense of time. According to the shiny orb, it has already been a month in the real world since the demonic shark incident. But in this white world, Dante felt he had been staying in this space much longer than that. It felt like he's been staying there for a year already.

Unfortunately, he can only get out of this space once his real body is fully healed.

Regardless, staying in this white world was not for nothing. Dante underwent all sorts of rigorous training. From physical improvement training to combat enhancement training.

Last time, the shiny orb created imaginary elite opponents and transformed the white world into a medieval-looking arena.

Dante fought against the imaginary warrior and defeated it after a long and close-call bout.

After defeating the Elite Warrior a couple of times, he was granted the title Elite Warrior.

The Elite Warrior title increases his combat mastery by 10 percent and raises his strength to 100 points.

Before that, he also defeated a range-type elite opponent a couple of times and received the title Elite Marksman.

The title boosted his marksmanship to 10 percent and an additional 100 points to his dexterity.

Before his battle against the range-type opponent, he also fought against a difficult opponent who was good at hiding his presence. After defeating it a couple of times, he received the title Elite Assassin.

The Elite Assassin title increases his battle awareness by 10 percent and an additional 100 points to his perception.

By the way, defeating those opponents has never been easy. He also lost a couple of times. But since in this space he wouldn't die, he tried and tried until he finally defeated them.

This white space was the shiny orb's domain, which the shiny orb could control at will. He remembered the shiny orb calling it Dream World. Through Shiny Orb's ability, his consciousness was transferred into this space.

Suddenly, there's a puffing sound. Then a figure appeared right in front of him.

"You're finally back, Shiny. I've been waiting for you. So, what's our training this time?" Dante opened his eyes. There was a confident smile on his face.

"….."