Chapter 17:"God's son?!"

(???'s POV)

An annoying beeping sound woke me up, this was none other than the damn alarm clock.... Ugh, morning's always too soon.... Couldn't I have dreamed a little longer...? I was just going to see what was the lost treasure of the Great Necrophage King Brogdor...

Smiling heavily I shook my head, I was still quite sleepy.... Despite all the training I'm still having trouble sleeping, huh? Well... Never mind...

I pressed a button on the alarm clock causing the annoying beeping to stop and let out a long sigh....

Still hard to believe it's been almost half a graxef.... (Approximately a year and a half) All because of those sons of bitches of Cooler's army....

My hand clenched unconsciously, but I relaxed with another long sigh....

Luckily we've managed to establish civilization in this system.... Heh... I am absolutely certain that this civilization has never had a better governor than Diper and his group, he has proven time and time again that he cares about his people.... I still remember when he gave up the idea of protecting the most important commercial planet we had just to concentrate the military, so he could save the people of a star system....

He even got the help of that Baël guy, at first we all felt uncomfortable.... After all he was an alien, but he helped us to escape alive and even stabilize here.... Even now civilization has reached a higher quality of life than it was decades ago, even.... Perhaps... Perhaps we can surpass our former heyday!

The idea definitely delighted me I even got quickly excited... Anyways, I have to stop wasting any more time doing nothing in my bed, after all.... I'm attending Rapagar military school! I still don't know how I managed to get into the most prestigious military school.... But I'm sure I'll always try my best! Maybe then I'll manage to have a good life just like the one my parents want me to.... And the most important thing... I can treat my father...

He is a brave army leader, or at least he was.... In a battle against several Cooler forces... He lost his left arm and part of the mobility of his left leg.... He was left with several wounds that could have been fatal in most of his left body because of a bomb dropped from a spaceship...

If I could get enough money... I could pay to have his arm and leg recovered! Because... From that day on... He was never the same... He was trying to smile at me, but I could tell how dull he'd become after that....

Hot liquid ran down my cheek, I quickly wiped it off with my hand and began to deny all of my pessimistic thoughts.

I got out of bed, walked out of my room and washed my face in the bathroom, then I changed my clothes and went to eat some breakfast in order to have enough energy for today's training.

I turned on the TV while chewing my breakfast, some news about how the police forces were catching some petty criminal, although the crime rate had dropped abysmally, after all there were more than enough police officers and people didn't have too many reasons to commit crimes.

Some propaganda for the schools appeared, all of them always with a nice story and the figure of Baël, in fact, he's never been fully presented, he's only ever shown with a suit of armor on.... He's the creator of the new government system and the martial arts that many of us practice....

I always wondered what he would look like without the armor.... He sure is someone mature, he looks slim, agile.... I'm sure he's someone you'd refrain from coughing around.

I finished eating leaving the plate and glass in the automatic cleaner, then I went to the Rapagar school using a floating vehicle, you could say it was a miniature version of the spaceships, only it would not allow you to leave the planet.

Our new star was still barely rising over the horizon, it may be too early, but this is what it takes to be part of such a prestigious school.

Several holographic screens showed advertisements of products, video games, web pages, and needless to say the amount of school advertisements with Baël's figure, it had practically become a mandatory sales method, after all, who wouldn't buy so mething from a person they admire? I would... I include myself...

Finally, a large building greeted me, it had a great futuristic style using black and white tones, a large holographic sign ornamented with the words "Great Rapagar School" changing every so often from Calartian to universal language.

I left my vehicle in the school's parking lot and entered while passing several scanners that identified me thoroughly, finally I arrived at a large white room, inside there was a middle-aged man, he looked strong and full of vigor, he was our practical teacher, we were warned that today we had to put in even more effort than usual, as there would be special qualifications, we were told that the winners would receive special training, they didn't tell us anything else though.

They didn't explain the subject well, and we all had doubts, but still we knew that we were going to strive even more than our bodies should be able to.

With that training... I could reach a higher rank in the army without any problems when I leave school! I have to prove myself and give my all here!

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(Baël's POV)

I was in a nice room of the Rapagar military school, in front of me the director of the school was explaining me some things.

This director was a great military man with great achievements, he had a very high rank and his commanding ability was completely unquestionable, in a way I had some respect for him.

He explained to me how they had prepared all the tests as I said, and indeed, they had even exceeded my expectations.

While we were waiting for the tests to begin a Calartian woman, supposedly beautiful by Calar standards, brought a plate of exotic fruits, this was supposed to be luxury food, and.... Honestly it was delicious, I'd never be foolish enough to not accept this kind of food.

Even though I didn't usually eat, I occasionally indulged in such a luxury, at this moment I didn't see the problem.... Least of all with a meal like this... So I ate little by little trying not to lose elegance or look like a savage.... I'll leave that to the other saiyans.

The director had looked at me with a great deal of respect, we got along quite well, enough for us to have confidence, but he still treated me as if I was his superior, I kind of liked that about him...

Approximately twenty minutes later a 3D holographic screen ascended in the middle of the room, it would reveal the performance of any student in the tests, during these 20 minutes besides enjoying a rare break and food, the director told me about the most promising students.

There were several tests that would last the whole day.... Although a day here didn't last 24 hours, it was 35, and even if Zak has stored in my mind palace the Calar units of measurement I don't plan to use them unless I have to speak out loud....

Members of his race lived about 130 years on average, it was not uncommon to see people over 150 even, although after the war it became quite rare.... The students of a specialized school would be between 16 and 24 years old, although they entered after passing basic school or were adults enlisting.

Without further ado, the teachers took them to a theoretical testing room which had several booths, they were virtual reality booths, they'd put the "player" in a state similar to sleep, in fact you will wake up rested even after days of playing, all while the nutritional solution of the capsule is full.

The capsules put the students in different situations, it was extremely real, they could even feel the pain and exert force in the same way their body would in the real world.

There were multiple simulations, many of them were in spaceships, while others were on several different planets, some would even have extreme characteristics, since each one had a different resistance to it, the weather would adapt to them, each time becoming stronger until they give up completely.

These cabins would increase the perception of time for the person inside, i.e. for us only 12 hours had passed, while for them, it was like 5 Earth days.

In spite of this incredible feature, I didn't use those cabins, the difference between real time and my mental space was bigger than the one granted by those cabins, at the most they achieved the time in them would pass 10 times faster, while the speed in my mental space would increase the more intelligence I had, besides, this space was even more real than that virtual reality.

During the tests I saw many students performing well, specialized schools would only accept elites after all... Although in this school in particular they would accept people of an even higher level, I call them experts.

The students that the director mentioned to me tended to perform better, they would probably outperform generals and major generals.... Some of them managed to get my personal attention, I immediately wrote down their names.

After the theoretical tests, the practical tests began, a tournament among the students, demonstrations of all the styles of my martial arts, and another tournament, this last one however would have a restriction, it was only about technique — Everyone had to use a similar level of power, after all the first thing they were taught was to control their own power, if they couldn't do that... What are they even worth in an army?

The tests continued without any problem, time passed slowly and after 4 days all the tests were over, finally I was sure about the ranking... Except for one person.

This guy had performed surprisingly well in the theoretical tests, in the practical ones however.... You could say he was somewhat mediocre, his physical abilities were not good, although his technique was better than the vast majority.... Definitely one of the best, but because of his low battle power he lost quickly in one of the tournaments, while in the other he also "lost" quite quickly, this was because the opponent cheated, he raised his battle power higher than he should have in a big attack thus defeating the boy, that may have gone unnoticed by others.... But I could detect the power of anyone in several star systems around, this was not a problem.

... I'll give him a chance, after all it's not like he has anything else to do.... His name is... Creva.

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(Creva's POV)

Looks like I was a fool... I don't know what I expected of myself.... I failed the physical tests outright, and the theoretical ones are sure to be only average or somewhat satisfactory in the best case scenario....

Losing in the second round of a tournament.... How can I be like that...? I was embarrassed... It seems that I will only be able to settle for being a simple soldier in the army.... That's why I doubted what I was doing in this school....

Even though I truly tried my best....

A great pain entered my whole body, as if I had hit a wall, after that I fell to the ground.

Creva: "AGH! SHIT! WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?!"

I grabbed my head tightly trying to relieve the hard blow....

A few seconds later the pain more or less passed, I raised my head to see what I had bumped into.

A strange alien with calaroid shape, with very pale colored skin, two red eyes and white hair, no claws and not really tall.... Who- What is he?! I've never seen an alien here!

(Baël's POV)

A damage of [-900] appeared above him, a screen with his stats appeared next to me, due to my relationship with this civilization and my power many times higher than his I could see most of it, however I left the screen aside for the moment.

Baël: "Sorry kid, but you should be more careful, if you meet the wrong person you can end up in a bad way, go to the infirmary.... They should relieve your pain there"

Without leaving him any time to answer, I kept walking while he could only watch.

Upon entering a room I checked his stats.

[Name: Creva

Race: Calarian

Fighting Style: Baël martial arts

Alignment: Neutral

Battle Power: 450

Hp: 14,781

Sp: 312,183

Ki: 18.715

Vit: 400 Str: 430

Dex: 520 Cha: 25

Luc: 100 Int: 95

Wis: 120]

Wow... Those were pretty good stats, his luck's very high, normally it's around 10 and someone lucky would have about 30.... His intelligence was also quite high, and his wisdom even more so.... His high wisdom would explain why he did so well making choices while leading in the theoretical tests, his charisma was also above the average 10, after all leading was a mix between, mainly, wisdom and charisma.

He was definitely someone more than acceptable, for that alone he would enter the ranking I'm creating.... Let's see more, now his talents... Or traits, both names will do.

[Name: Creva

Traits:

High Class Calarian

Naturally Intelligent

Naturally wise

Basic Fortune

Basic Fortified Life

Extraordinary Physique

Born Leader

Swift Apprentice]

[High Class Calarian

Training will be more effective on him, Hp, Sp and Ki conversion increase by one level]

[Naturally Intelligent

His intelligence is well above average, he will make decisions and understand complex things easily]

[Naturally Wise

His wisdom is many times above average, he will tend to make better decisions with ease, he will understand philosophical matters better along with ones about the mind]

[Basic Fortune

Your great fortune will tend to put you in good spots, the world will try to make you a winner]

[Basic Empowered Life

The conversion of Vit to Hp increases by one level]

[Extraordinary Physique

Hp conversion increases by one level, Sp and Ki conversion increase slightly, his Hp, Sp and Ki regeneration increase greatly, minor increase in defense and environmental resistance]

[Innate Leader

Your charisma increases, your leadership ability will be higher than average and your potential increases greatly, people will tend to follow your orders]

[Quick Apprentice

Learns skills much faster than average, this includes fighting styles, passive and active skills, traits and things outside the system.

Ex. The skill medical knowledge (Medicine) will be learned faster, a book will be memorized faster, etc.]

... What?! Who the hell is this kid?! Who the fuck are his parents?! Zeno-Sama?! God himself?! Are you the fucking protagonist of the world or what the actual ever-loving fuck?! I WISH I HAD THAT MUCH ADVANTAGE AT BIRTH! THE SYSTEM WILL ONLY MAKE ME POWERFUL IF I DO WELL! YOU, JUST LYING ON YOUR BED DOING NOTHING WILL TURN YOU INTO A POWERHOUSE OF A MAN, YOU BRAINLET!

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I need him. He's going to be one of the greatest talents I have... And he's going to be by my side. If at some point in the future I have to go away for months... He'll be able to handle it, I have to nurture him perfectly.... I can't waste him.

Whatever it is, he's going to enter the chosen few to be trained by me.... And he's going to receive even greater training.

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