61 LAKAN FAMILYs SELECTION 4 (1/2)

”Laz, wanna join our group?” Yan, with four students from different Halls beside him, approached Laz.

Laz looked at the four participants that at the sides of Yan. There was Cite from the Artisan Hall and Sul from the Poison Hall, both of which were familiar to him. The other two were foreign to him.

Understanding Laz's gaze, the two introduced themselves. ”I'm Sada from the Fighter Hall. I came from the Blue Cloud tribe. I was just admitted to the Fighter Hall half a year ago.”

He wanted to point out that he was a new student. Traveling from their tribe to the Lakan Family took half a year at most. If Kalipsi was there, he would recognize the place, but not the young man. Their place was far from the capital of the tribe, after all.

”I'm Atu from the Apothecary Hall. My story is just like Sada's. I came from the Red cloud tribe” His words were slow and showed a tinge of nervousness.

'A timid one,' Laz commented in his heart.

”There's no issue for me,” said Laz.

”Good. Now we're only short of two.”

Yan surveyed his surrounding and found two students wandering around. They looked like new students too! He decided to ask them in the group.

As expected, they were really new students. They were Dawag from Physician Hall and Ali from Education Hall. Yan asked the two because he knew how hard it was to fit in a new environment.

Yan's action was as clear as day to Laz. New students were hardly noticed by the other students. They usually end up alone until they achieve a certain degree of fame. In short, they are invisible. Yan decided to ask them to join their group out of pure concern.

Cite also thought about it, but she didn't voice it out.

'Though they are new students, passing the first round means that they aren't simple.' Cite thought.

If they knew that except for Laz, the rest of them were recommended, they would surely think they were destined to meet.

Just as they finished forming groups, the students of Butuan Kingdom arrived. Laz immediately hid behind Yan, who was taller than him a little. This made Yan suspicious his action.

Kalipsi started his speech to give them courage. As his speech went on, Uno was busy with surveying the participants. He saw familiar figures as well as new faces.

After his speech, the middle-aged man led the participants to Grey forest. The elders didn't show up for they were preparing inside the Grey forest. They were planting radars everywhere so that they can monitor the movement of each group. If an accident occurs, they would be able to rescue them.

The middle-aged man materialized a wooden bowl and said, ”Representatives of each group gather here and pick your representative number.”

Cite volunteered. She picked number seven.

To make sure that each group will not have an early clash, the middle-aged man, with the help of the students of the Butuan Kingdom, divided the participants into four and sent them in different paths, the North, East, South, and West with a time interval.

Before Tala could do her job to overlook the competition, she heard a muttering sounds of a man in a spasmodic manner. It was like a child that was just starting to read word after word.

Even though she listened carefully, she could only vaguely hear the words being whispered into her ears.

'The White Incantation,' she perceived.

…

In a distance place, inside a vestige, three young scholars were deciphering ancient text that was written under an old gigantic rock statue of a man with his two pairs of wide-open wings.

It's 10 meters in height!

”Senior Habagat, are you sure it isn't a cursed incantation?” A lady in her early twenties asked.

Her stature was slim, curly yellow hair and dark yellow eyes.

”Lady Add, Habagat is busy. Stop asking him.” A blond-haired man commented.

”I'm not asking you, senior Az. I'm asking Senior Habagat. Right senior?” Add crossed her arms whilst twinkling her eyes.

”Lady Add, I wouldn't be able to concentrate if you will keep bothering me.” Habagat said with a tinge of displeasure.

Add shut her mouth hearing his displeased tone. Seeing Add finally behave, he continued to decipher the ancient writings. Habagat murmured the words he read, slow and stuttering. Add and Az, couldn't hear him, so they decided to close their distance and listen carefully.

”White Incantation.” Habagat planted these two words to his mind.