Core Formed

SLAM

Lisa shuts the door and her appearance gradually turns more and more red. She had been trying very hard to control her emotions in front of Andrey but now that he was gone her thoughts were once again filled with what happened between Andrey and her in the future clip she witnessed.

"Did I really…" She murmured to herself as a fresh stream of embarrassment entered her mind and she could only shake her head furiously to the sides to relieve herself it.

The next few days were without any event as Andrey immersed himself in his training. He followed the same routine and slowly and gradually increased his duration according to his body.

During this period, he used to talk daily with Jacob and Jenny in their private group. The two of them were seriously preparing for the interview and psychology test just like the rest of the students. A date for the Interview was out so Jacob, Jenny and Lisa were busy preparing for it wholeheartedly.

Keeping this in mind, Andrey deliberately didn't take much of their time during their regular chats. Since all his friends giving their best, he too was motivated to perform his absolute during his training sessions.

He gave it utmost and each exercise he performed in the morning and it was the same with his core formation training.

A week soon passed and by now Andrey had improved tremendously both physically and in terms of his core formation. He had attributed his rather fast increase in physical attributes to his absorption training.

The more his core developed, the more the red energy he was able to store within himself in condensed form. Andrey realized that this increase in his storage capacity was also affecting his physical abilities in a positive way.

Later on, when he asked Instructor Zack about it he got to that it was a normal response to red energy. With time his body will only strengthen. He also told him that this was not the only function of red energy and that there were many uses of red energy which he would be going to learn in the academy.

Hearing these words increased Andrey's anticipation for what's to come for him in the Academy as he continued on with his daily routine with the same drive.

A couple days later Rebecca, Lisa, Jenny and Jacob came to give Andrey a visit. Andrey was quite delighted by this gesture from them and personally prepared a hearty meal for all of them…at least tried to but the three girls couldn't allow Andrey to do all the work by himself and ended up giving him a more than just a hand.

While eating they all discussed with Andrey about how their Interviews went as Andrey listened to all of them with great attentiveness.

"It sounds like all of your interviews went great," Andrey said with a smile as he asked "How about Alex? How did his interview go?"

"We have no idea…all of a sudden Alex has become reclusive. He always has a serious appearance and barely talks to anyone for more than a minute," Jacob says and continues, "That's also the reason I wasn't able to invite him today. He just said that he had something important to do after school and left without any other word,"

"I see," Andrey said as he gave it a thought. He somehow felt that the change in Alex's behaviour was most likely because of him.

Andrey could only give a mental sigh and continued, "Since he's Alex, I believe his interview would have gone excellent without a doubt,"

"I also believe the same," Jacob added as the rest also nodded their heads.

All of them chatted about the next stage which was the psychological test which was planned the day after Andrey's departure. So, in a way, it could be said that today's meetup was similar to a farewell party for Andrey.

And just like in all parties' tasty snacks were soon ordered and one after other all the popular songs started playing on his television. They played Karaoke one after the other and let their inner turmoil out before finally sitting down on the sofa all exhausted.

The final hour of their meetup was spent by playing cards which helped in further developing their bonds. This was especially so for the case of Rebecca and Lisa.

Andrey was happy to see all of them bonding well with each other. He too bonded well with Rebecca thanks to today's meetup. Her previous image of a haughty individual which Andrey previously had was completely shattered in today's meetup. She was in fact quite a humorous person and a very…bad singer.

It was finally time for them to bid goodbye.

"Don't forget me you bastard," Jacob said as he elbowed Andrey.

"Never, I'll never forget a bastard like you," Andrey chuckled as he rubbed his sides with his hand.

The rest of them chuckled as they found the duo both entertaining and pleasing to their eyes. With the final goodbyes finally completed everyone left Andrey's home leaving behind a smile on Andrey's face.

Today's event left an indelible mark in Andrey's heart and he was sure to look back at them in the future during those nostalgic moments.

A couple hours were left for Andrey's rest time so he spent them judiciously by working on his core formation before calling it a day.

…

Andrey was currently sitting in a lotus position while absorbing the red energy from the stones. Andrey's rate of absorption had shown a drastic increase thanks to his almost-formed core.

Currently, Andrey was in the midst of completely forming his core. The red energy was flowing rapidly through his pathways before circling back into the core. With each circle the radiance of his core brightened as a red crystal-like core was finally taking form.

ZOOM

The moment the core was completed a wave of red aura emanated from the core and spread to a radius of about ten meters from Andrey. It was a light shockwave produced because of the core formation strong enough to wave strands of Andrey's hair and flap his clothes a bit.

"I'm finally done," Andrey said as he opened his eyes. Tomorrow was the day when he was going to the Academy so he was glad that he was able to complete the core formation before that.