Chapter 9 : One of the Strongest Student Candidates

After waiting in line for a long time, Hyuma's queue finally almost reached the Portal Academy guard's place. Hyuma observed the Academy Portal which had teleported many registrants. The portal is an altar in the form of a circular carved stone that is large enough to be the size of Hyuma's room, and below it there are ornamental carvings in the form of pentagrams with various patterns around it.

'This is similar to the circle that Mr. Silva made when sealing my Godsphere'<Hyuma > he muttered to himself while staring at the portal.

Previously, Stella had also entered the portal and said something from a distance before entering the Academy Portal, but Hyuma didn't know what she said because Hyuma starting to get a little sleepy plus the atmosphere is still busy at that time.

Not long after that.

"Next...!!" shouted the Portal officer.

Hyuma immediately advanced towards the Portal officer.

"Show your level and stats" said the Portal officer.

Hyuma held out his left hand while opening his sleeve slightly, then his left arm released a faint light containing Hyuma's level and stats.

The officer confused and frowned at Hyuma's left arm "what is this... Level Beginner?? And what kind of stats are these?? Are you still 5 years old?? Huh??" asked the portal officer while slightly angry.

"I'm 15 years old... and I want to enroll in the Academy"<Hyuma >

"But your Level and Stats are still too low to enroll in the Academy" stressed the Portal Officer.

Hyuma doesn't want to back down "As far as I know there are no standard requirements in terms of Level and Stats"<Hyuma > said Hyuma even more firmly.

The officer take a deep breath with an annoyed expression, but what Hyuma said is true, Portal Academy's registration requirements were only a minimum age of 15 years, not a person's Standard Level or Stats.

Without prolonging the commotion which annoyed him, the Portal officers finally gave Hyuma the opportunity to take the Portal Academy Test.

"Okay... okay... put your hand on the measuring ball..." said the Portal officer a bit annoyed.

Hyuma smiled enthusiastically when he heard the officer allow it, then Hyuma placed both palms on the Mana measuring crystal ball that had been prepared.

"Then... what should I do with this crystal ball??"<Hyuma >

"Inject your Mana through your hand into the Crystal Ball... quick... don't waste my time.." said the officer that still annoyed.

"But.. I can't release Mana.."<Hyuma >

"What do you mean you can't release Mana?? Kid.. this is not the time for jokes.." shouted the officer that starting to get mad at Hyuma.

Hearing the officer's increasingly angry tone, Hyuma immediately focused his Kin energy on his hands, channeling it into the measuring Crystal Ball, however...

*Craackk*

The Crystal Ball cracked and the officer who saw that shouted and approached the location of the measuring crystal ball.

"Heyy..!!! What have you done to this Crystal Ball... how did it crack like this??!" The Portal Officer's tone began to rise and become super angry.

And at the same time, the people queuing behind Hyuma also started to get impatient and shouted.

"Heyy..!!! What took you so long..??!!"

"Yeah..!! Why did it take you so long??!!"

Hearing their shout, the Portal officer's anger immediately turned into half-dead panic, and on the other hand, his Mana measuring crystal ball also damaged.

"Ahh... sorry... wait a moment... I'm really sorry... there is a slight technical error... please be patient..."

The officer tried to calm the chaos in the line while apologizing, but he can heard all murmurs from other registrants and they look a bit dissatisfied, but the officer ignore that. then the officer turned to Hyuma and approached him.

"Kid.. you have to take responsibility for what you have done.. you know... the price of this crystal ball is more expensive than the pocket money your parents gave you..." said the officer angrily.

"but.."<Hyuma >

"Now... you have to come with me"

Hyuma, who wanna speak, the officer ignored him and grabbed his hand to take responsibility for the damage to the measuring crystal.

"Why is there so much noise here?"

There is a weak voice of a boy but it heard amidst the commotion, but the weak voice could be heard by everyone around.

"Where are you taking the child?"

A boy appeared from the source of the sound. A skinny white boy and has the same height as Hyuma. His eyes are red, his hair is black and there is a slight white line in the middle of his black hair, and the strangest thing is, he wears an eye patch on his left eye. Based on the body description, Hyuma briefly thought of the race book he was reading while still in his room.

'Vampire??!!'<Hyuma > Hyuma was shocked inside.

The portal officer instantly turned nervous and spontaneously bowed respectfully and answered.

"Young master... since when did you come here?? I thought you not interested in..."

The Vampire Boy immediately interrupted "Answer my question you stupid Officer... I'm sick of small talk..."

At the same time, a person with a large stature wearing a white hood and not showing his face because it is covered by a mask, appeared from behind that white boy.

'Hmm??!! Who's that??!! Since when was he behind that kid??! And that aura..'<Hyuma >

Hyuma is shocked and felt goosebumps seeing the large figure emitting a thin Mana Aura all over his body. Not only Hyuma, the Portal Officer also gasped in fear at the figure that appeared behind the white boy. Hyuma immediately understood just by looking at the large figure and came to a conclusion.

'That person might be his father..'<Hyuma >

the portal officer answered with a stutter and his nervous face covered in sweat "E-eh??!! I-I'm sorry young master.. t-this punk has wrecked the Mana measuring crystal ball.. he has to be-responsible for t-his mistake t-that.."

Hearing the Officer's statement, Hyuma immediately spoke in defense "I didn't do anything... I just did what the officer told me... but the crystal ball suddenly cracked when I injected Mana..."<Hyuma >

In fact, what he put into the Crystal Ball isn't Mana Energy, but Kin Energy, but Hyuma covered up his lie with the word Mana Energy.

The corners of the white boy's mouth curved upwards, "hmhm... is that so? If that's the case... this boy didn't do anything wrong... this is just a technical error" said the white boy casually.

"B-but young master.."<Portal Officer>

White Boy interrupted the officer by emitting his red mana aura and his red eyes pointed sharply at the Portal Officer, but there is a frightening intention in the White Boy's gaze.

"Ughh…" The Portal Officer fell down where he stood while shaking with fear.

'The Mana Aura is red!! And what the hell is this..?! Killing intent.. from this boy??!!'<Hyuma > asked Hyuma in his heart who got astonished to see the Mana Aura that different from his own, and also the killing intent that he clearly felt in the white boy.

Seeing the officer who scared half to death and fell, the white boy released his Mana Aura and said "let me replace the Measuring Crystal Ball... I'll replace it with a new one and better measuring crystal ball... so let this boy enter the Test.. and no one is allowed to protest.."

White Boy continued to speak "Gorio.. contact the family.. to buy a new measuring crystal ball instead of me breaking it..."

Gorio is a man of large stature wearing a white hood with a mask while emitting an intimidating, thin white Mana Aura.

"Yes Young Master"<Gorio > he answered obediently in a big, deep voice.

Hyuma immediately drew the conclusion that he thought the large figure was his father.

"Hey, you backpack kid..." White Boy pointed at Hyuma who standing while looking at Gorio who was talking to people via Pick Voice or usually abbreviated as PV.

(NB: PV is a communication medium like cellphones on Earth, and has various forms like cellphones)

He call Hyuma the backpack boy because only Hyuma uses a backpack. The white boy continued to speak in a low voice.

"I know you're hiding something.. even though I don't feel any Mana in your body at all.. whether you're hiding it perfectly or something else.. if we meet again.. I won't hesitate to kill you..."<White Boy>

Hyuma stunned by what White Boy said just now. He isn't afraid of the threat, but also doesn't want to reply to the White Boy's words because the White Boy had helped him from the commotion he had created, in the end Hyuma just chose to remain silent.

"Gorio.."<White Boy>

"Yes Young Master"<Gorio >

The two of them walked towards the Altar Portal and disappeared after light appeared from the portal.

The atmosphere in the area immediately become quiet and calm after the two people entered the Altar Portal.

The portal officer let out a sigh of relief and talk to Hyuma who still staring at the Portal Altar in silence, "You can go straight in, kid" <Portal Officer>

Hyuma just nodded and walked. But when Hyuma walked towards the Altar Portal, he heard the conversations of the people behind him, because Hyuma's hearing is very sharp after training his Energy Kin.

"I don't expect the prince of the Desdarium Kingdom take the Portal Academy test"

"That's right... he should've entered last year... why he starting to enter Academy this year??!"

"This is really surprising... Prince Achlys... The third child of King Desdarium took the Portal Academy test this year."

"Hahhh... this year's Portal Academy test will be very hard"

"rumors say he is 'Half-Vampire' race right.."

They complaining about the presence of Prince Achlys, who was the white boy taking part in the Portal Academy Test, but their conversation had a big impact on Hyuma.

'So his name is Achlys... Half-Vampire race'<Hyuma >

The atmosphere in the area immediately became quiet and calm after the two people entered the Altar Portal.

The portal officer let out a sigh of relief and spoke to Hyuma who was still staring at the Portal Altar in silence, "You can go straight in, kid..." <Portal Officer>

Hyuma just nodded and walked. But when Hyuma walked towards the Altar Portal, he heard the conversations of the people behind him, because Hyuma's hearing was very sharp after training his Energy Kin.

"I didn't expect the prince of the Desdarium Kingdom to take the Portal Academy test"

"That's right... he should have entered last year... why is he starting to enter Atreya's World this year??!"

"This is really surprising... Prince Achlys... The third child of King Desdarium took the Portal Academy test this year."

"Hahhh... this year's Portal Academy test looks like it will be very difficult"

"rumors say he is of the 'Half-Vampire' race right.."

They complained about the presence of Prince Achlys, who was the white boy taking part in the Portal Academy Test, but their conversation had a big impact on Hyuma.

'So the boy's name is Achlys.. 'Half-Vampire''<Hyuma >

Mixed races such Half-Elf, Half-Vampire, or perhaps other races that have the additional word 'Half' are races that have become one with the Human Race, because the mixed race itself is also a mixed race of the Human Race and has been side by side for a long time.

'He's a Prince... and that big man is definitely his bodyguard'<Hyuma > he muttered with a smile.

The title of Prince is a great title for a noble figure and is likely to have great power and influence. But Hyuma remained firm in his stance, Hyuma positively think about the future and remembered the warning from the White Boy named Prince Achlys earlier.

'prince Achlys'<Hyuma >

Not long after that, Hyuma arrived at the the portal, then a bright light surrounded Hyuma which reminded him of the accident in his old world, when he separated from his little sister.

then Hyuma disappeared along with the light that enveloped him.

***

at the top of the mountain, a man was seen observing the beautiful view from a fairly high place. He is a man with an Asian-oriental face and short black hair.

"Hooaaaammmhh... why does it always have to be me who is assigned to the Test Portal?? Isn't Cecil's level 7 clone enough to become a Crypt master?? This test is too much for the Students Candidates because it makes me a Crypt Master... even though there is a Probability that limits my strength... it's still too much to use a Ranker as a Boss in the Test," he muttered irritably.

This man is a Ranker from the World Government who was supposed to be tasked with exploring the Tower, now he has received a direct assignment from his Major to take the field at the Test Portal Academy. This man had carried out his duties as Crypt Master for several years and felt very bored with this task, therefore he immediately frowned in annoyance when he received this task because he had to give up his exploration and leave the Tower while carrying out his duties as Crypt Master.

*peep**peep*

Those man take the PV from his right pocket and said "Hmm?? What else?? I'm ready... just waiting for the test to start"

"That's good then... I thought you fell asleep... tehehe..." a cute female voice came from the PV.

The man holding the PV sighed "is that all you want to ask?? If there's nothing important... I'll close this PV..."

"There is a prince that is taking part in the Test Portal Academy in our region... aren't you interested??" asked the woman in the PV.

A grin appeared on the man's face and asked "what is the prince's name??"

"Achlys.. prince Achlys from the Vampire Kingdom of Desdarium.. he is the third son of King Desdarium.. the son of his concubine who is from the Human race"

"Hmm... Hmm... interesting... very interesting... Half-Vampire huh..." said the man while rubbing his chin with his index finger and thumb.

Then the man continue talk "thank you Pey-pey... thank you for telling me about this... I started to get excited since you said a prince would enter the Test Portal Academy in this region... Haha..." he said while stretch your body.

Pey-pey is his nickname from his real name, Peylif. Peylif is a woman who is communicating with this oriental man.

"Hmm... but.. I have one message to warn"<Peylif >

"What's that??"

"Don't let your guard off... because this Crypt has been systemized by Probability with strength restrictions for Hunters whose level is above Elite"<Peylif > scolded Peylif.

The oriental man laughed out loud "Hahahahahaha.... don't worry Pey-pey... even though there are probabilities that limit my strength... I'll still carry out my duties as Crypt Master wisely... you know that right... i am Feng Liu.. a Ranker.. there's no way that a students candidates who had yet to set foot in the Academy could defeat a Ranker"<Feng > said confidently.

*Clack*

Peylif immediately closed his communication channel with Feng Liu.

Feng Liu once again looked at the vast view in front of him, but this time his gaze filled with a grin on his face.

***

*Vwoom*

Hyuma appeared in a dark void and only checkered blue tiles were visible around his footing.

*Ting*

"???"<Hyuma >

The box column in the form of a hologram contains writing such as Name, Age, Origin, and choice of Academy to go to. When Hyuma touches the Name column, a collection of letters from A to Z along with numbers 0 to 9 appears, just like a computer keyboard.

Then he immediately filled in the columns in just a few seconds. Then a hologram box appeared after Hyuma pressed the 'Submit' button.

The hologram box contains [Are you sure about your choice?]

And below the question hologram box there is a [Yes/No] option.

The corner of Hyuma's mouth smiled and said to himself 'of course... I'm sure of my choice'<Hyuma >

Hyuma pressed the [Yes] button.

[Estimated 30 minutes for the start of the test, please wait...]

A 30 minute countdown appeared in the column of the hologram box and waited for the number to reach 0.

However, it didn't feel like 30 minutes had passed and the number reached 0. Then light particles like fireflies appeared around Hyuma.

The light particles slowly enlarged until they enveloped Hyuma, then disappeared like when Hyuma disappeared from the Altar Portal before.