As the teacher escorted them outside and they walked a couple of meters to some arena our school rented out called Challengers Arena .The students lined up as Mr.Bolt explained the rules.
"We are doing three tests, the same ones you guys did in the second grade".
That's when Josh remembers what he was talking about, they did tests in the second year and were doing it when they were only 7 years old , and it's now been 6 years since then. They were doing long distance running (Zeth always won), climbing and javelin. They started with javelin and the first one up was Amberlyn. Amberlyn was one of those girls that cared deeply about popularity. She was always with her girlfriends gossiping about whatever.
"I really don't wanna do this, is it really necessary?"
she whined like a little girl but that's just what she does all the time. She threw it 20 meters but anyone could see she wasn't trying. She didn't care about the results.
Next up was Carie , she was an oni. Oni are a type of race with red and very hard skin and a red long tail.
They usually had a type of horn anywhere on the body but Carie specifically had two horns sticking out of her forehead. She threw it really hard and got 70 meters because of how strong she is even though she is slim.
The rest of the class did pretty well , the highlights being Takahiro, the most popular boy in school getting a crazy 150 meters as he imbued his javelin in dragon coated lumin. His stick broke at the end which goes to show his strength.
"Ah , I see , I must have at least cracked the top 3 with that."
he said calmly, staring off into the distance. The other two noteworthy javelin throwers were Catherine Lancross and Rintarou Anzai. Rintarou threw the stick with all of his might, getting a whopping 117 meters which was not a surprise since he was very strong physically and knew how to throw.
"Hah! Who the hell is beating that huh". He said in a cocky manner. They were confused since Takahiro literally beat him, but he is a bit of a narcissistic brat so nothing we thought couldn't happen.
Catherine Lancross was up next and she was this overly-flamboyant girl. She took a stance and channted something weird like,
"By the hands of the gods lend me your strength and everlasting courage!"
In short she was delusional and also Malrik's biggest enemy. After she said that a strong surge of Lumin appeared in her hand. She picked the javelin on the side and when it was in the air it flew away at lightning speed. The javelin went outside the 160 meter pitch.
"My apologies Mr.Bolt, i didn't mean to throw it that far, so can I redo it please?"
"No that won't be necessary at all".
Mr. Bolt was still astonished after she threw it like that. Everyone else was pretty good or just okay. But when Zeth threw his javelin everyone knew how it would go. His throw was arguably better than Catherine but it was expected because of his luck being born as a speedster.
In the stands during all of this it's been pretty wild.
"Hey! I did so much better than you!"
"Bullshit! I literally beat you!"
"Shut up, my hand slipped Rinshitou!"
Rintarou and Reiji were at each other's throats after Rintarou had been so arrogant to everyone and Reiji apparently took great offence. They are always like this so it's not a huge deal , in fact they are actually best friends.
"But we all can agree that i was the be-"
"Shut up you cheating piece of scum!!"
They both shouted simultaneously.
Connor Mcgray appeared out of nowhere, no one liked him because he was the most cocky of all.
"Oh, are you angry I beat you? You lot are so unprofessional."
"Says the guy that has a literal god complex." Reiji answered in a more quiet tone.
"Rin, just let him be, he gives me the creeps"
Connor then just kept staring at them
smugingliy.
Josh look to his left and he saw Rami struggling to stay awake, he always has this tired smile on him like he's struggling with that too. He was about to start a conversation when Malrik pulled my shirt.
"Are you sure you're gonna be fine? You know with you being powerless and stuff."
Josh looks at him and crack up a big smile.
"You know I've worked out and that's nothin for me."
Then he awkwardly flex his muscles which turns out to be a bad idea so he puts my arm down.
Malrik looks at him in a questioning manner and then he chuckles.
"Of course how could I ever doubt you. Even though you can't use any lumin you are always so optimistic and bright, wanting to become a hero. Typical you."
"Yup that's me!"
Then he looks at the sun with hope in his eyes.
"Just you wait, I may not have a goal right now outside of becoming a hero. It may be unreal, impossible even but I will find my life's purpose."
He gave him a cheeky smile, one signifying that my words were not a lie.