Blood Oath

Amrit

The Oath
-By demonRAJ
                           

Volume 1: The Lost Legacy
             

  Chapter 1
                             

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  Part 1

A figure with bare chest was running fast in rain, the overwhelming rain cannot stop his movement; a look of frenzy can be seen on figure's face.
Only three hours left before the starting of exam and then selection for the "Heavenly tutelage", an institution with the sole purpose of creating and supporting the 'searchers'.
Searchers are the people who hunger for power, who learn distinctive techniques and arts; they seek for the 'achievement'.

Achievers are the supreme beings; only 1 out of 500 searchers can only become achiever, It was said that it's simpler to please your wife then to gain ‘Achievement'.
The rain stopped and a seventeen year boy's visage become visible, the water drops still sparkle as he walks towards his small house, his house was very ordinary looking, it has two rooms, one for sleeping and living and other is used as washroom.
He opened the door and after stepping in he closed it, he quickly took a bath.
He came from a small village in west direction, his family's financial condition was not good, all of the family members his father, mother and a little brother all do manual labor, he came to city after hearing about the recruitment done by various institutions, his only dream was to get selected and earn some money to send his parents living in village.
He took out a paper from beneath his bed sheet, the names of different institutions were written on the paper, and parallel to each institution name there was a cross mark, this cross mark tells that he was not selected for that individual institute.
Entire paper was loaded with cross imprints, just a solitary establishment was left, if today also he was not chosen then he needs to backpedal to village and do physical work with his family.
Amritanjan needs to give his all in this last exam, yes his name was "Amritanjan" with no surname, his folks call him ‘Amrit' affectionately, Amrit signifies 'Celestial drink'.
              

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         Part 2

Amrit was panting heavily, he somehow managed to clear the stamina round, in stamina round the candidate has to carry a rock of weight 70 kg and run for 3 hours continuously, this round was held for the sole purpose to eliminate useless candidates.
Thanks to Amrit’s background that he was able to pass this round, after this a rest for an hour was announced, Amrit sat on the rock which he was carrying and took out some bananas from his old cotton bag, he carefully peeled the skin and began to gobble it.
The next round will involve team effort, in this round the invigilator will divide candidates into group randomly, the task will be to create a miniature version of castle just by seeing the painting.
This will test the critical thinking and imagination, also the ability to work in team eventually be tested.
The raw materials that were given to candidates consists of Wooden blocks, the blocks are a type of interlocking puzzle pieces, the team who builds The castle first will be eligible for the final and most tough test.
‘Searcher soul’, this test will examine the strength of soul of candidate, candidates scoring 60 and above out of hundred will be selected.

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Amrit's team consist of three people, Amrit, a well built guy called ‘Sena’ and a smart looking girl called ‘Anji'.

After initial introduction, three if they divided their work, Amrit will fetch the wooden blocks, Sena will join the wooden blocks and Anji will tell the correct sequence of joining the blocks.
The invigilator signaled the guy standing near the drum, the guy began to beat the drum, this is the indication for starting the test, and all the teams quickly took their positions and began to put their efforts.
The tempo of drum beat became faster with each passing second; the teams also increased their speed.
Amrit and his company were almost done, after few minutes they completed their castle, their rank was 9th, which was not bad.
The round finished and the invigilator took all the eligible candidates to a dark room, in the middle of room there was a bowl of milk kept on an ancient table.

The task was to drink the milk from the bowl, the amount of milk was leveled from 1 to 100, those who drink the milk to 60 and above level; will be selected.

This milk has some special properties, and it is used to measure the strength of ‘Searcher soul',  the amount of milk consumed by an individual is directly proportional to the strength of that individual’s Searcher soul.
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