Depth Of The Unraveled Swords

Everythings black and dark, a few blue lights can be seen. The light is going somewhere, becoming brighter and passing from one room to another room and appearing before Erik.

Its 6 AM and Erik wakes up with a bored face and talking to himself.

”Same dream again? Huh, I think this week was a world record. I am seeing this dream about 10 times this week. ”

This is a world where everyone has a unique power. This powers are called Mana. It is a type of invisible force that flows everywhere. By absorbing and manifesting it anyone can do any type of magic. Everyone releases these powers by different elements. The element that the body feels comfortable with becomes the main elemental and mana source of the body. The world also progresses with technologies and science. Peoples didn fully rely on magics.

There are schools and academies. After elementary school a student need to be admitted to a mage academy. This academy teach all the general subjects like religion, science, language, mathematics. But the main focus of these academies are teaching magics and mana control. This is fundamental here.

Erik lives in one of the 6 great countries, The Arch Land and in its capital. In the royal capital, ”City Of Theosis ” there is the best mage academy in the nation. This academy is the no.1 in the entire nation. All the best mages are from this academy. Even the present king of Arch Land also studied here. By the name of the capital, the name of the academy is ”The academy of Theos ”. Now Erik is going for the admission Exam of that academy.

-Eriks pov

I should leave by now. I need to pick up the bus as well. The buses and trains might be filled with students. Students from the entire country participate in this exam. This is one of the most important exams in our country. Even the students from other countries participate as well.

But before leaving I have some strange feelings. About that, the thing my mother always told me to protect. I don know that much of it but by hearing everything I am sure that it will be a weapon. She told me my father always protected it. Mother said to me that father told her when the right time comes, the sword will automatically choose me as its wielder. I don even know how Ill wield it. I should use it when the right time comes.

I didn even try to open that locker in the basement. But if its a weapon and that much of a powerful thing shouldn this is the right time for me to use that? Yeah, I should take it now with me to the exam.

I am going downstairs to the basement and finding the Locker. The locker is a small and tall box. It is hard to find something in the storeroom. Last time I visited here was months ago. Spider webs are covering my eyes. I think I might find it soon.

”Gotcha. ”

I found that locker in this dark room. I didn even take that much time. The locker doesn seem to have any type of hole or key system. I can just see a box with no locks. It is very weird to see such an important thing without a lock at least.

I lay my hands on the box and try to open it from random.

”*clinch* ”

It unlocked. Really that easy? I was surprised that if this thing is that much of an important thing to my family then shouldn they even put a lock into it? Whatever I need the weapon. After removing all the tapes and clothes I got it.

”What? It is a sword. ”

Yeah, it is just an ordinary sword, and even it doesn seem to have any cool designs. There is no difference between an ordinary sword and this.

Okay so now I should just take it with me. Maybe it has something special. I gripped the handle of the sword.

Suddenly It feels like I didn touch anything at all and everything got black out. My surroundings get darker and darker. In this dark void I am floating in nothing. Suddenly a bit of blue lights came towards me. Yeah this is it. Really this is like I am exactly in that dream. Blue lights it is like a blue flame. Those flames came closer to me. Those things entered inside my body.

Suddenly a deep silence touched my surroundings. What is it? What is this things. Everything is looking like colorful wires. I can see so many floating mana holes and paths.

Wait, I can see every mana paths of my body. The blue lights are floating through my mana chambers and paths.

That feeling suddenly disappears.

”What…was I dreaming or what. ”

I looked up into my watch and I checked the time. The time seems normal.

”So that means I wasn dreaming this time. ”

The sword is in my hand and everything seems well. But what happened so suddenly? Daydreaming? But my body feels different. Ahh…maybe my brain got screwed up by the excitement of the exam.

I came outside and bind that sword with me. But why did I have to feel the same feeling when I touched the sword? That was like the dream was happening in reality. I don think Ill be able to use this sword in my exam but whatever Ill take it with me. Its kind of foolish to take this sword. Who will take a weapon that they never used? I didn even swing it once. Its so lightweight. If it was heavy then Id never bring it with me. I am sure I can at least use it for defense.

I took a bus to the academy. I think its for the exam participants only. The bus is full of students. Finally arriving at the front gate of the academy. Now Im ready for the exam.

”*Announcement* ”

”Attention to all the participants. I announce the exam will start in 10 mins so prepare yourself and those who didn fill up the registration paper you have 5 minutes for registration. ”