15: Welcome to Hartville!
The bright blue light faded away as a new terrain appeared on vision, the new terrain was the same, a forest.
"Don't worry, Rai, we have a concealment spell on our whole carriage and a spell that makes beasts stay away from us,"
At that moment rustling was heard coming from a bush, Rai quickly activated his aura reading, a red aura appeared in front of him, beasts, looking more carefully this time, Rai determined the color of the inner aura, "The beast is rank 9 to F+,"
"Impressive aura reading, though you can improve, this beast is a rank F-"
"You have aura reading too?"
Leo scoffed, "All dragons do! Well, a long time ago, none had it, but a selfless dragon created and taught the other dragons. That dragon is your great-great something grandpa,"
'So much has changed since the time I was a- I mean, so much time has passed since Lao Tam and the others died,'
[Yes, at least I didn't have to correct you this time]
They continued riding the carriage, no more beasts interrupted them. "Rai,"
"Yes, Leo?"
"Do you know how to release aura?"
"No..."
"Let me teach you,"
The two of them spent the remaining midnight training Rai's aura.
"You sure are a fast learning Rai!" Leo complemented,
"Thank you!" Rai succeeded in releasing aura. His aura was a strong wild storm, but when it came to suppressing it little by little, Rai could only suppress it completely or release it completely.
'He sure has a strong aura, it's probably even bigger than mine,'
"Remember, the point of releasing your aura is to intimidate your opponents, try to hide it most of the time,"
In the sunrise, a city was seen, "Is this the Capital of the hart kingdom?"
Leo smiled, "Indeed, this is the capital; Hartville,"
Rai grinned, "they sure love their name. What do we do with the carriage when we enter?"
"We sell them, leave the selling to me, just enjoy your time, in contact you telepathically if we can't find each other,"
"Alright!"
Soon, the soldiers guarding the gate were nearing them, "Do you remember what to say Rai? just show them your real I.D and they'll let you in immediately."
Rai had two I.D's, one was his real I.D; Rai Yan, while the other was a false I.D, the one he'd be registering within the academy; Wen Deerly.
"Yes, yes, I'm ready, I memorized it a bunch of times already,"
They finally reach the soldiers.
The soldiers were wearing a light brown uniform with a badge.
"Hello, I.D please?"
Rai handed his real I.D to the soldier, the soldier's eyes widened, he quickly ran to his superiors who were a few yards away.
His superior, a soldier in light red was given the I.D, his eyes also widened.
The superior ran inside a building for a few minutes and exited.
He walked over to Rai and bowed, "Apologies for keeping you waiting Rai Yan, I had to make sure that was authentic. Would you mind telling us why you are coming o this fine city?"
"I am here to enter the Yan Academy exam,"
"Would you like an escort?"
"No thank you, I already have one," Rai nodded in Leo's direction,
Leo gave a smile to the guard,
"Well, you may enter, best of wishes in the exam, and welcome to Hartville!"
Upon entering the city for a few minutes, Leo finally announced, "It's time to part ways, I'll sell the carriage and you'll explore for a bit, it is only morning, the exam is in the afternoon. Make sure to send me telepathic messages if you're lost, or in need of help, make sure to send images too,"
"Alright! Good luck!"
*****
Rai was having a pretty good time in the city, whenever he would pass along anything cool-looking or someone strong or with a weapon, he'd inspect.
A light red uniformed soldier passed him, 'inspect!'
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Name: Tim Zwelzky
Rank: E
[Stats]
S: 22
A: 18
ST: 25
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'hmm, C rank light brown soldiers are stronger than I thought they'd be, but they are still weak compared to me,'
"Hey, you! Kid, what's your name?"
A random middle-aged passerby in a normal jacket spoke,
"Hello, I'm Wen Deerly, from the Yan kingdom,"
"What a journey! I hope you've rested well because I want to do a duel!"
'Inspect,'
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Name: William Zenly
Rank: E-
[Stats:]
S: 23
A: 19
ST: 17
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<Quest Received:>
<Defeat William Zenly>
<Reward: 400 experience points>
Rai smiled, 'this will be an easy level up.
"Where?"
The man pointed at a distance, two men were dueling with swords and people were watching, "On that stage,"
"Alright, after those two," Rai put up his cloak, unwilling to reveal his face.
"Get ready then, the winner gets 3 silver!"
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