The Land: Anarchy

Chapter 17: The Academy

Zuno made himself comfortable in his room before he went out to explore the rest of the academy. He still couldn't believe that Wize was there. For what he knows, he doesn't have any magical abilities. He tried to disregard the issue and continued exploring. He walked outside of the dormitory and headed to the training grounds. It is very bright despite no sunlight shune through, lava was also another source of light. The academy floated above it. The buildings were divided into island-like lands with bridges connecting them. (As shown in the picture of this chapter)

Zuno went to the darkness training room, it was located deeper inside the mountains but there was no light. He peeked through the door, there was no one there. He decided to continue exploring. He went for the academy's main building where the classes took place. A giant clock tower was the entrance to the building, it was the only way to keep track of time. He was amazed by how the main lobby looked. Chandeliers were dangling from the ceilings and glass painting covered the giant mirrors, although he thought there was no reason for a mirror. The cadets, the people studying there already knew each other and Zuno was the only new one. People stared at him as he walked by, but he didn't mind them. After a few hours of exploring, he went back to his room. There, his roommate was waiting.

"Hi there, I'm Sam, a normal mage. You must be Zuno." Sam greeted.

"Uhm. Hi, yep that's me, Zuno. A shadow summoner." Zuno replied. "Wait, you're a normal mage? As in no elemental powers?"

"Yep, a normal mage, only capable of reading the spells and performing every type of it." Sam replied.

"Only? That's amazing! That means you can use every spell there is regardless of elements." Zuno was amazed.

"Ehehe, well yes I guess, but I cannot control elements, I have to rely on my spell-casting ability fully." Sam laughed a bit while answering.

"Nonetheless, it's cool, nice to meet you." Zuno answered.

The two went on talking about their lives for the rest of the night.

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The next day

"Zuno wake up, it's almost briefing time." Sam whispered.

With sleepy eyes Zuno answered, "what? Why is there a briefing early in the morning?"

"It's a routine here, every morning we have a briefing about what the schedules for today are, it is always different. Come on, get dressed." Sam explained.

Zuno was now awake, he saw Sam already dressed in the uniform, a white long sleeves shirt with a grey vest bearing the Andeena emblem on the back (the vest color differ from each elements: darkness have black ones, light have cream ones, water have blue ones, fire have red ones, earth have brown ones and the normal ones have grey colored ones), black pants and shoes also with a black cape with the Andeena symbol too. "Well, you are ready."

"Haha, yeah. It is a habit of mine to wake up early in the morning. Like my mom used to say 'The early boy gets the blessing.' " Sam said

"Alright, alright. Give me a minute." Zuno mumbled.

Ten minutes later, they were on their way to the main lobby. Hundreds of student have gathered waiting for the briefing from the headmaster.