The Lost Orb [Volume 2/4]

Chapter 13: A Session's Offense

SASKIA'S POV

THE DAY OF monthly session for the evaluation of our skills has finally arrived. Nasa open area ulit kami kung saan ang designated place ng A-Class scholars. Tuwing hapon ito isinasagawa kada buwan. It's been weeks since the ceremony. Since that day, hindi pa ulit nagpapakita ang members ng S-Class sa 'min.

Hindi ko naman masasabing included si Tristan doon dahil no'ng tinanong siya ng mga taga A-Class, sinabi niyang hindi naman daw nagbago ang rank niya. Although, originally, he should be in S-Class. Pinili niyang manatili sa A-Class. Mukhang wala namang komento ang Head Mistress tungkol dito.

'He's assigned to look after to someone here, after all...'

I pursed my lips.

Perhaps that's the reason.

But that guy before said a collaboration with them isn't impossible in the near future. What would be the mission to be in that kind of situation? Nararamdaman kong sa mga mas mahirap na misyon lang namin sila makakasama, dahil una sa lahat mas malakas sila sa 'min, ikalawa ay hindi sila ipapadala ng Head Mistress kung kakayanin naman namin ito.

May kutob ako na hindi maganda rito.

Sir Zaniel cleared his throat. Naagaw nito ang atensyon namin. "Alright, this one is an easy task. All you have to do is to corner your opponent," he get a wooden dagger inside the box and showed the tip of it on us. "In order to corner them, you have to target their vital points. Let the throat and pulse points be the example,"

I grimaced. Para naman kaming papatay nito.

Not that it's our first time to target a vital point. In fact, we can be labeled as murderers if those fallen souls were humans.

Fortunately, it's not.

"You don't have to actualize it. The winner will be decided by who aims at a critical spot first," he clarified, fixing the bridge of his specs.

Lumapit sa pwesto niya si Nurse Zanrah, naka-bun sa likod ang buhok nito at nakasuot ng pang-infirmary na uniform na purong puti. May hawak itong panibagong box. Anong pakulo na naman ito?

Ang dating trainer namin ay si Ms. Florian. Ngayon ay personal mentor nalang siya ng A-Class para sa ibang session. She stopped being combatant. I don't know why.

Despite being a sense artistry holder - she can identify someone's artistry, she's also good at combat. Nasa 30s na siya ngayon at dati ring taga A-Class noong scholar pa lamang siya. Ang ibang kasamahan niya ay pumunta na sa ibang kalupaan, ang iba ay naging high ranking sentries, at may mga nanatili rin naman sa Zavied. Pero mas marami pa rin talagang umalis dahil sa sitwasyon dito.

Kung iisipin, walang rason upang manatili ang karamihan sa A-Class ngayon dito sa Zavied kung halos lahat naman sa kanila ay malaki ang impluwensiya at pangalan. Unless they has a personal reason.