[Child of Prophecy, rise and realize your potential to become the Saint, embody the power of the stars and 24 Zodiacs, will you accept your destiny as the illuminator of the dark skies and Saint of The Forgotten Stars?]
Accept Reject
Thoughts and emotions run rampant through Simon's mind, his emotions and thoughts tainting Simon's mind with despair and struggle, yet with his despair came a blessed hope.
"I accept... "
His voice came out hoarse, hollow, and pained. Simon, left bruised and broken,, heard a collection of voices all saying the same thing simultaneously.
"Child, struggle with determination, and a day will come when you will ascend and awaken; you are the Saint of the stars. So struggle and fight, never fall back."
That blessed hope materialized itself in front of Simon, he felt power enveloping him, a power he did not know.
"This power is different from the Veil and Mana... So just what is it?"
Simon's thoughts are interrupted by the screeching of the goblins. He snaps back to reality and raises his staff.
"First time using magic in battle, round 2. This time, I'm not backing down."
He infused his staff with the energy; the energy solidified into a sphere and then a disc; multiple copies of the disc flew into the horse, and with one flight path, a significant portion of the army was split into 2 parts.
"Holy shit... This is what power is?..."
The goblin knights finally responded with force, and they raised their swords against Simon whilst the Shamans made a shield to protect the King.
Simon responded to the threat by making hundreds of small needles, and with one strike to the brain, all the fodder goblins fell to Simon.
The Goblin Knights took formation, and one of them aimed for Simon's head, another aimed for his knees, and the other three aimed for his back.
Simon made a block of energy on his neck, knees, and back. He slipped away with no damage; then he sent a small ball of energy flying toward the enemy's heart, making it simultaneously combust.
The other 4 goblins are on guard, and they start playing it safe.
"Mr, brah, shh"
Simon heard the goblins speaking, but he disregarded it; he then again made a small sphere flying toward another Goblin, but the others blocked it with their swords.
Simon backed off, but as he looked back, a 5th circle spell [Pheonix's spirit] flew towards him; it was a fire materialized by the shape of a phoenix at high speeds.
Simon, filled with new despair, pondered on how to overcome the situation; he analyzed it again and again.
Until he realized the true shape of the energy.
Though it is a faint guess, it was made of Fire, Ice, Light, Darkness, Gravity, and something else.
[System Management 50% done]
He used the Gravity of his spell to move him out of the way. And he succeeded in doing so he looked around and saw the Shamans casting something.
"Now, how can I- that's it, dark magic. "
Simon used a spell to blind the knights and then used a curse, making the knights bleed out.
The Goblin shamans countered with 5 different spells [Thunder Strike] a 3rd circle spell making him step back.
Simon noticed something wrong as there were more mana readings; he looked down and saw [Ice spears] 1st circle spell, and he jumped up, thinking about his next move. But he felt hot. He then looked up, seeing a 9th circle spell [Fireball].
Simon quickly used all his energy making an ice shield around him, making the Fireball fade.
Just before he thought it was over, he saw the system screen display something.
[System Management Unlocked.]
[Zodiac of The Rat unlocked, 1st trait unlocked {Adaptation}]
He felt another surge of energy; he felt that he should use Dark magic, and he sent a spell towards the shamans, and they exploded.
Simon then uses his Gravity magic, sending him to the back of the King, and he fries the King's brain.
With that intense battle, he falls unconscious.
And he tells on top of the mountain of bodies sitting unconscious, a sight to behold.
Within a few moments later, Theron Blackthorn, an S-class and a professor of the academy, rushed into the boss room expecting the dead bodies of students.
"Too la-"
He froze from the shock at the sight of Simon sitting on a mountain of corpses; others soon followed to behold the sight that is Simon Velthorne.
Theron is pulled down back to earth as he sees the quickly dying students; he commands with a loud and authoritative voice.
"There is no time to be standing around, Healers he also the dying students, and others gather up the corpses of the monsters, I'll be taking Simon back to the Infirmary, "
Theron reached out for Simon, but he was thrown back with a force he had never felt before.
"What is this kind of force? Are we witnessing the revival of a genius?"
A few days pass after the exam and Simon wakes up from his slumber, and he wakes up to a system greeting him.
[I greet you Simon Velthorne, I am the master of the first circle the Zodiac of the Rat]
Before Simon can process what the System window is saying he is interrupted by
By Theron going through the door.
"Simon, Good afternoon, I wanted to ask you something, or rather confirm something."
Simon was worried that he might be in trouble, nevertheless, he responded with a straightforward line
"Sure, what is it,, professor?"
"We're you the one who defeated all those monsters? As we interviewed the others they, and all they said was that they were knocked out."
Theron followed up with, the question
"And if you were, how did you do so?"
Simon thought to himself about how to explain how he did it, but he suddenly had an idea.
And the System gave him an alert...