Anand walked into his room and flopped down onto his bed. "Phew, I'm so wiped out," he sighed, reflecting on the day's events. Thoughts of Eco's crossed his mind—"Could they possibly be twins?" he wondered. No, that couldn't be right. As he continued to ponder, the night quickly overtook him.
The next morning, he awoke feeling much lighter, as if the heavy burden he had carried the day before had finally lifted.
Ding, Ding,...
System alert starts
[ Due to recent excessive exercise/ running,]
[ Your body muscle has been reconstructed]
Ding...
[Due to losing control over your body to your Guardian trait ]
[ Guardian trait has been strengthen ]
[ Strengthen Guardian trait don't acknowledge you ]
[ Due to your incompetence, the Guardian trait is taking back some of its authority ]
[ Skill - Eye of ??? has been weakened]
[ New Guardian trait skill is granted ] ( As compensation for Eye of ??? )
[ Skill Guardian eye acquired ] (a weak version of Eye of ??? )
[ Skill -- Guardian eye ]
[ level -- 1, proficiency -- 42 % ]
[ Effect -- can see through object/ living information ]
[ Effect -- RESISTANCE TO PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ABNORMALITIES ] ( UPTO MEDIUM LVL STATS EFFECT )
[ Effect -- SEALED ]
Note ***
( To Recognize by Strengthen Guardian trait pls go to the real dungeon and fulfill your duties )
Ding, Ding...
[ A Quest is generated ]
He ignored the quest window and started wondering,
A trait that can grant power and even take it back. I have never heard of something like this. But I have to do something about it so that I don't lose control of my body again or who knows, it will take back everything.
After checking his new skill stat, " It is not much different from the original skill"
A new quest has appeared, but details are not provided. After reading the special note, he realises that his unique trait requires him to fulfil certain conditions in the dungeon or something like that. Maybe it's a quest about entering the dungeon, which he must do after his graduation exam.
Mauryan academy
Every student was ready for their next test, "Agility & perception test".
Ms. Salini gave a brief explanation about the test, Considering those student who had difficulties due to lack of explanation in previous test.
Akhil and the other student felt embarrassed about yesterday's situation.
Every student entered the dungeon and found themself alone in front of a long tunnel.
Eco -31 hologram appeared above them with a countdown of 10 seconds.
A few minutes ago.
In the Agility & perception test you all have to cross a tunnel with lots of traps if any of you get hit by a trap and your protective coat is destroyed you will be disqualified from this test and will be scored based on your performance.
Anand in front of the tunnel while waiting for the countdown to end used his Skill Guardian Eye,
[ Skill -- Guardian Eye ]
[ Various traps have been found ]
[ ALL TRAP POSITIONS NOW HAS BEEN A RED MARKED ]
( Pls be cautious )
Anand was shocked after finding his new skill use he was overjoyed. ( well he had even better skill but he lost it and now he is happy; but what can we say; Idiot)
[ 3,2,1,0 ] Countdown ended
Every student started to head inside the tunnel. Anand while avoiding traps reached in the middle of the tunnel. The number of traps increased so now Anand had to avoid all the traps and run forward but the intensity of the trap increased even more.
All of a sudden all of the traps start to be triggered without even touching them as if they are reacting to even the slightest shock from his movement.
Now, traps start to hit him rapidly. He tries to avoid them, but he still gets hit several times, and his protective shield gets badly damaged. Anand struggles even though he knows where the traps are.
He still marches ahead and gets near the exit, But when he thinks that he crossed the tunnel he gets blown by a huge pendulum axe, and his protective shield is barely hanging. He is now in a grave crisis.
He somehow stands and starts to run again while focusing on the axe and all other trap marks, He enters into a very focused state where he only sees traps, and dodges all the traps very smoothly, He stops all of a sudden.
Oh crap " I was so near to losing control over my body. While he was thinking about his condition he didn't know he was about to be hit by all the triggered traps.
He tries to dodge the traps, but he still gets damaged by some of them. He manages to finish the test somehow, but when he exits the tunnel, he is shocked to see many students lying on the ground in exhaustion.
Eco-31 says, Hello Anand you are the last one pls show me your shield point,
Oh, you are barely hanging anyway that is something refreshing to see.
Okay everyone now you all will be teleported outside the dungeon, Eco-31 said.
Every student came out of the dungeon, A medical team started to check all the students.
Ok now all the students pls report to the medical team if you feel unwell & please gather in the auditorium after one hour we have an announcement to make, Salini announces to all the students. Every student scattered to their businesses while as always some whose work is like in every story find hiccups in other progress and started gossiping about Anand and how he finished his agility test without any problem, many were jealous and some scorned him. He must have cheated somehow, and many other accusations were made about him without him knowing. After hearing all the mocking about his competitor Akhil started shouting at them,
Do you think he cheated in the presence of many The Pentagon executives and our academy instructor then why aren't you all going and complaining to the authorities about this, do you think the Pentagon is some joke or something?
After hearing Akhil shouting no one dared to talk back they all only listened to his scolding. Akhil is a diligent individual who, despite his bossy nature, commands respect in the academy, and as a result, no one is willing to confront him. He likes the work of the Pentagon and wants to work for the Pentagon in the future so he never misses the chance to defend the Pentagon's reputation.
[ whatever you say Akhil won't defend anyone like he did the Pentagon, but I think after hearing other students were mocking Anand, he defended Anand indirectly. Ahh God nothing can be imperfect that is related to him, Whether it's a friend or competitor]
After one hour
Every student in the auditorium is gathered they are chattering as usual, Pentagon executives and academy instructors enter from a side door and lastly a very special individual whose beauty is mesmerizing enters with a wheelchair while Salini follows her behind. She is even more beautiful than Salini and seems like she is her boss too. She came forward; Hello student: I am Eco a researcher at the Pentagon and I am in front of you because some students were showing their opposition to this new pattern Awakener test and some of your instructors also showed concern about how in every test students come out with injuries, so I am here today to answer you concern about this new awakener test.
Students again start to discuss between themselves, In between those discussions Anand is wondering if she is the same lady who contacted him after the stamina test or not. He couldn't see her properly in the hologram call but after seeing her in front of her he could see her face properly.
Her presence was impossible to ignore, With long, midnight-black hair that framed her face like a shadow. Her dark eyes seem to hold some secrets, when she speaks her voice is calm but carries the weight of experience. That elegance of her, something otherworldly, as if she'd seen more than most and carried it with dignity. Her features were striking, yet not in a way that screamed for attention—her beauty is subtle but mysterious. She is like someone who doesn't need to be in the centre of the action, yet her influence is felt all around her, Behind her perfect figure Anand feels a beautiful presence he was familiar with in the past as well as a fear of terror something that he can't seems to remember between the admiration of beauty and confusing familiarity Parveen interrupts him.
Anand do you know something? Anand asks what?
Parveen: you know about those AI holograms that give us information in the artificial dungeon don't you think that Ai looks the same as this Eco person and their first name also starts with Eco... do you know why?
Veer: Oh, I know because she was the one who first introduced the artificial dungeon to the whole world, where the administrator can control monsters' or beasts' activity according to their interests.
Parveen: Ehh Why are you butting? I wanted to know if this bookworm knows about the world outside the academy or not. Hey Veer, even though you are a bookworm, how do you know about her? Well, even if you know that, I bet you don't know that she comes from a very high-class family. Veer said with concern, "Idiot, why are you discussing those things in the Academy? You know that talking about class status in academies is prohibited by the Pentagon."
Yeah, yeah I know that stupid law but I don't care who's going to care about that in here. Parveen is an aristocrat and like many other aristocrats, he opposes the Pentagon special law which prevents disclosing family in academies and other many places where these names don't matter. {But about this topic, we will talk later}.
Between their discussion, some students started to ask questions about the New Awakener Test. After discussing their problem with the Pentagon executives students were dismissed.
After that Principal Sah asked what is the progress of the last test.
Even though they were protected by protective shields but intensity of those traps was very high so mental exhaustion may happen, Ms. Salini said to the principal. I even doubt anyone can complete the next test.
Well, we will know about that after the Mana aptitude test.
After a while
Notice Board
Mana aptitude test will be conducted in two hours pls arrive on time
thankyou
Hello, readers some of you may ask if disclosing family names is prohibited by law why does the principal disclose it, Well he didn't disclose his family name he has been working at Mauryan Academy for many years and his family is very famous in Maurya territory so it happened over the year and revelling your stats is prohibited not the family name, well titles are mostly given as a family name so I understand the confusion.