Friends for Life

Th next day in the network group of his friends, he asked them to come to his house, if they were free. They all agreed to come . They were concerned for their friend. He went out and got somethings for his friends. Soon, they came. They were welcomed by the family. All of them knew about this friendship group. They had come to his several times in the past. Soon, with some snacks and drinks, Ben and his group went upstairs to his room. As the culprit Ben started the discussion:

Ben: So, guys, my martial seed implantation is done. I am currently an entry level Martial Knight.

All four of his friends were stunned and looked at him. This staring continued for a while and then all hell broke loose.

Saarsh: How?

Rais: When?

Roshin: Why ?

Jim: What?

Ben: How is any of these questions connected with the implantation?

Saarsh: Dude, we don't know how to respond. You are the first martial amongst us.

 Rais: Man, we are happy for you.

Jim: How did you do it? Is it possible to do the implantation at 17.

Roshin: Yes, we also have that doubt.

Ben: It is not a big deal, although our teachers say it is. There are people who are able to do this at 14 and 15.

Roshin: They must be true geniuses right.

Rais: They will have a target behind their back right.

Ben: Yes, you are right. That is the reason why my implantation was kept secret.

Jim: That is too much problematic bro.

Saarsh: Now what? What will happen at school?

Ben: Mine is not such an extreme case and hence everyone in school will be informed.

Roshin: Why is that the case.

Ben: First of all, implantation at the age of 17 is not that much of a big deal. Secondly, now it is not that easy to kill me. I will react and there will be spike in energy. The only people who can kill me silently without alerting anyone are martial artists starting from Lord rank. Their movements will surely alert the authorities.

Rais: Well that sounds complicated. Everything is fine so long as nothing happens.

Jim: Nah, nothing will happen. Who will even bother to kill a beast master who can't tame a beast.

Saarsh: That sucks dude. You can't get a beast even after an affinity for beast master.

Ben: Well, I can make a beast of my own. So the joke is on you.

Rais: Yeah, you did say something about some shamanic or some energy, what is that? When can we see your inner beast.

Roshin: Yeah, is it some kind of rodent or something.

Ben: You guys!! are you really my friends or are you here to demotivate me. The day I get my shamanic beast, I will unleash it upon you.

The friends continued to banter. Ben's friends also told him about the various things that happened at school. Apparently, Ben's friends were kind of stars in the school. After Ben left, in the martial class, Mahaansh was always picking upon these 4. Tired of that, these 4 strategized and made a bet with their teacher. They fought him in a spar and forced him to make use of his martial power and he had to buy them dinner at one of the most expensive hotels in the city. That too not normal food, but food that were fit to elevate their talent. That was the bet. Apparently, the teacher lost about 50,000 Mudras. This had helped them in their development. It is said that those food has the ability to elevate one's physical body to another level. They were given the food based on their affinity. Hence, during the procedure their affinities will be enhanced to match the meridian seed. This was one of the hot topics in the school. With this, no one even came near them, let alone mess with them. Their academic performance also was not so bad.

He did not say much about how to proceed with the knighthood. He told them that it was confidential and that they would be informed of it. After the serious topics they had a short conversation and then went outside. All of them wanted to know about the cultivation part, but Ben was adamant about not disclosing it. Soon they reached the place where Ben used to practice. They then moved further away from it. Ben demonstrated some amount of strength he go from the implantation. He could just release a bit of power. He pretended to be tired after releasing it. His friends did not push him much. Ben did feel a tinge of guilt for not telling his friends everything. These 4 were his friends for a long time now. They had gone through a lot. They had considerable loyalty towards each other. In the school where scheming was an everyday occurrence, where the children from high classes behaved in the most vile way, this friendship was what protected and cherished their school lives. He knew of their loyalty and that is also why he helped them with mastering the first 2 chapters of ' Saptarishi Samhita'. Although he wanted to give them the 3rd chapter, he himself did not know how it worked and hence he had no way.

After the demonstration by Ben they went back to the house, bantered again. Soon all of them went back to their homes. While they were enjoying themselves, a shadow was following them. After all of them dispersed that shadow also left. The shadow then took the form of a person. He took a device and made a call. When the call was answered he said "Good. It seems that the other party has not put any surveillance on the boy. It seems our actions have put them in a very difficult predicament. He is also someone who values his word. He did not say a word to his friends. If we are able to put some pressure on them, thy will completely forget about this boy." He waited for instructions from the other side. He got the instruction to follow Ben for some more days and to ensure that he is safe and he is under no surveillance from other party.