Chapter- 6
The Training Hall. A big hall with thick iron walls equipped with all kinds of training facilities, shooting practice area, sparring area, and contain all kinds of equipment, guns, swords, etc. Atlas covers his tagged hand with a bandage sitting right in the corner carefully watching the other’s training.
“What’s he doing here?” someone whispers, to the group around.
“Is he here for the train or something?”
“It’s been an hour, he's just sitting there, look at those red eyes.”
“Hay doesn’t look at him”.
“He’s scary”.
“Just ignore him”.
“Hey Atlas what are you doing here ?” Deno said and sat next to Atlas.
“Watching...,” Atlas said.
“Isn’t that obvious” Deno thought, “Well watching and what...?” he asked.
“Learning,” Atlas said.
“Learning?” Deno said
“Yes, I can sense the energy in their movement, So I am trying to learn the pattern of that energy,” Atlas said.
“You can do that, but do you know what that energy is,” Deno said.
“No, what is it...,” Atlas said.
“Well then, let’s Big Brother teach you about it. The energy you sense is called urja. It is a manifestation of one life force. Every Living thing in the universe has urja, it the source of this entire cosmos, from the blazing sun to the twinkling of stars, from the explanation of the universe to the fangs of the black hole, from the creation of Life to the end of all, Urja is a source of all, everything, just think of this universe as a one big humongous tree with countless galaxies as its leaves and Urja as its water source” Deno said while getting overexcited, standing tall raising his hands.
“Ok...but why are you standing?” Atlas said.
“Ahem...well, that just happens something,” Deno said and sat down again.
“Well do you get it now, that energy is known as urja, and those who can manipulate that urja are known as Altars, Do you get it, anything else you wanna know,” Deno said.
“Yes, one more thing,” Atlas said.
“Hmm...Ask right away,” Deno said.
“Have you ever heard the word Untagged?” Atlas asks.
“Untagged…That was out of the blue, Where you hear that word,” Deno said, with a surprised face.
“I don’t know, I just hear it randomly from someone, Is there something bad about it?” Atlas said.
“No, it's just that it’s uncommon to hear that word, Untagged hah, to know about the Untagged you first need to know about the tags, how they came, and the man who created them, it is a long story,” Deno said.
“We have plenty of time,” Atlas said.
“Well I guess….long time Ago more than 10 millennia, there was a Boy from the small nation, how chosen by the Gods as their Champion, to lead humanity into prosperity, upon learning all the secrets of the Universe, the name of that boy was Evaan T. Aion,” Deno said.
“After that boy declared himself as Emperor of the Universe, he showed his strength by creating the law of the universe and making everyone bond in chains known as tags. That's how the tag came to be at least that’s how the story says, true or not nobody knows,” Deno said.
“Tags are divided into 4 categories which represents the amount of urja one hold, everyone born with the fixed amount of Urja capacity, with remain almost the same throw out the entire life, tags are symbols shows ones latent potential, upgrading the tag is almost as hard as pickling salt with your eyelashes,” Deno said.
“But don’t worry, you are different everyone in a long while someone with great potential is always born among the C tag, I bet you can go straight to A tag or might even higher,” Deno said.
“Yeah….thank” Atlas said, sweating down to his face.
“This gives absolute power to those with higher tags over lower tags. The Empire created the absolute system of authority to rule over the universe, but… The Untagged is different” Deno said.
“The Untagges is the individual who possessed the strength rival that of the Emperor, defying the law created by Empire, The Untagged is an Error in Emperor’s absolute system, The Untagges considered as a danger to the universe, because they bring nothing but destruction and calamity their way, free from the chains of the tags, the untagged is an absolute terror in this universe,” Deno said.
“Hmm…..Are there any Untagged in the Current Era?” Atlas said.
“Don’t know about the Empire but there are some in the Holy Kingdom of Azra and The Union of free men. I say they are the only reason they still existed otherwise The Empire already took over them, but if you ask someone in particular then there is only one individual That I know is Karan Kishmann, he is the head of Alter hunters Association how stands as a neutral party among all three Nations” Deno said.
“Hmm…” Atlas said.
“Why the sudden interest in Untaggeds, Are you one?” Deno said.
“What If I am?” Atlas said.
As he said that both of them look at each other.
“…….. Hahaha Nice joke, how can you, you get a tag right there hahaha” Deno Said.
“And I thought I got you,” Atlas said, “He is an Idiot” Atlas thought.
“But why did you cover it? Did you get hurt or something?” Deno said.
“No, I thought a C tag and a name must not fit for some people, so I decided to cover it,” Atlas said.
“Ohh...That's a clever way of thinking, but you don’t worry, even if someone has a problem with that I will deal with that,” Deno said.
“Thanks, but I prefer this way,” Atlas said, “He's totally an Idiot,” Atlas thought.
“As long as it’s ok with you, oh I almost forgot why I am here for, Atlas you are going to take a part in the Alice Altar Academy entrance exam on planet Auvis 3 months from now on,” Deno said.
“Alice…..?” Atlas said.
“Yeh, it’s well known Alter school, considered as one of the best in the universe, it is the only good institute that takes C tags, you are in luck Alice Academy only takes a new batch once in five years,” Deno said.
“Ok,” Atlas said.
“But…. As you are right now you have Zero chances to pass the exam, so starting now I am going to train you three months is not enough to learn everything but you should at least grasp the basics or so...” Deno said.
So Atlas's three-month training for the Alice Altar Academy entrance exam begins.
Day 1- “ First all you need to learn what Urja and Alter is, I already explain to you do you remember it.
“Yes, you said that urja is once a life force, and those who can manipulate it are known Alters” Atlas said.
“Yes, corrected, but there are two types of Urja as well as the Alters…” Deno said.
“Let's First discuss urja, As you already said urja is once life force, First is Quotidian Urja, which we commonly used in everyday life when to fight someone, etc, it's like water in a tank once it’s empty you and filled it up again and second is Vital Urja which is also known as V-urja, it’s more powerful and more important than quotidian urja, 1 drop of vital urja is 10 times stronger than quotidian urja but never used vital urja,” Deno said.
“Umm...why so, isn’t it logical to use the more powerful one?” Atlas said.
“No, because it’s your life, it’s not a tank that gets filled in again once it gets empty, it's a balloon filled with your life, once it explodes it never gets mends, you will die, remember never ever used vital urja, understand….” Deno said,
“Ok, I never used it,” Atlas said,
“That's good, now let's move on to an Alters now,” Deno said, he picked up the big white flower bud on a nearby table, “There are two types of Alters, Kai Alters, and Zeb Alters,” Deno said.
“Only Different between them is that Zeb Alter’s urja have some special properties, which give them some special ability, shero, for example, he has an ability to harden or de-harden solid, Zeb alter are rear out of all the Alters only 30% is Ray Alter remaining 70% is Kai Alter, which make Zeb Alter more valuable than Kai Alter” Deno said.
“Hmm, so how do we know if some are Kai or Zeb Alter for the first time?” Atlas said.
“I was getting to that, by using this flower bud,” Deno said.
“Flower bud..?” Atlas asks
“Yep, it is a flower that grows any tree that contains urja known as Urja lily, hear take it,” Deno said, he gave the flower bud to Atlas.
“When urja lily supplies it with urja it bloom depending on what kind of urja is being supplied it changes color and if it doesn't change any color then it’s mean you are kai alter and if it does then you are Zab alter,” Deno said.
“Hmph...ok, then I have to supply my urja in it,” Atlas said.
“Yes, try sensing urja flowing through your body to arm your palm” Deno said.
Atlas try flowing his urja in his hand to his palm to the flower bud, the flower bud starts blooming little by little.
“Yes, that keeps focusing...” Deno said.
The flowers get full bloomed and turning deep black.
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