The three boys were walking down the street of the business district.
Two of them were chatting while the other was quiet using his hoodie to block out as much of the sun as possible.
"Do you plan to join the royal academy?" Nasir asked Angel
"What is this royal academy?" Asked Angel having no clue
"Its a place for young awaken to cultivate their animus, me,Rhys and Leena are joining 2 years from now since they only accept people every 3 years."
Nasir got excited about the thought of attending such a prestigious place.
"Do they accept just anybody?" Angel asked skeptically.
"Of course not, there are requirements to join."
1.You have must be under 14 years old
2.You must be at least Adept stage
3.You must pass the entrance test
"I'll think about it but I'm not sure if I'm going to stay in Silvaria that long."
He was still not sure about his future in this strange world.
"At least think about taking the test since the academy is one of the only ways to acquire a Soul Conversion Technique which you'll need after reaching the ascendant stage."
"Sure I'll consider it."
An hour later they finally reached the Adventurers Guild building.
There was people heading in and out of the building fully outfitted in armor and equipment.
They went into the building and headed to a counter attended by a lizard-man in glasses. His skin was covered in green scales and he had a stout figure.
"Rhys and Nasir are you back to get another quest?" The old man asked
"Yes but first our friend here would like to join the guild." Nasir pointed at Angel
Pushing up his glasses Visz looked up and down at the newcomer.
"Are you at the Initiate Stage?" Visz asked
"Yes." He answered
"Good good, sadly we have no spirit beast currently to do your combat test." Visz said helplessly.
" How about me or Nasir spar with him." Rhys commented out of nowhere.
They were all shocked not because of his idea but at the fact he was the one speaking.
"Well what do you know Rhys is getting out of his shell a little." Nasir laughed at his twin brother's unusual behavior.
'I'm pretty sure that's the first time I've heard the boy speak.' Visz thought to himself
Visz agreed to the spar "That's a good idea as long as he at least ties with one of you he will pass."
"So Angel who do you wanna fight me or Rhys?" Nasir asked
'Hmm I should choose Nasir since his abilities should be more focus on healing than fighting.' He thought
" I'll choose you Nasir." Angel decided
"Hehehe okay if you say so." Nasir started to get excited.
Visz still behind the counter shook his head. 'This is going to be interesting.'
"Alright follow me to the Training grounds." Visz said.
Reaching the training ground Angel saw many people.
Some were practicing on metal dummy's while others were sparring.
In the middle of the training ground was an arena about the size of a football field.
"Clear up the arena we have a newcomer taking an entrance test." Visz announced.
Everyone in the training grounds looked over intrigued.
"Whose taking the test Mister Visz." A man standing at 5.5 meters with bronze skin walked up and asked.
'Thats an Aeramian they are larger than I thought.'
Angel had asked Nasir about the other races on the way to the guild he so he knew that Visz was a Savra who are a race of lizard men and this man was an Aeramian.
"Angel over there is going to fight with Nasir for his combat test." Visz pointed towards Angel making everyone look at him.
"He looks weak, his body is so frail." Said the Aeramian
"You can't judge someone's strength on their physique Droxar, Nasir and Angel go grab a weapon and step up to the Arena." Visz said
Angel grabbed a sword while Nasir picked a spear.
"I'll count from three then when I reach 0 the fight will commence."
They both nodded.
"Aye anyone want to bet on whose going to win." Someone from the sidelines suggested
"It's obviously going to be Nasir you've seen how battle crazed he is."
"I wouldn't underestimate that boy he looks like he got some fight in him."
"I'll put up 20 spirit coins on Nasir."
"I'm feeling lucky put me for 12 spirit coins on the newcomer."
"I bet 27 on a tie."
As the match was about to start , it got crowded around the arena as people came to watch and bet on the spar.
Visz started to count down.
"3"
"2"
"1"
At 1 they both activated their animus Angel's metal mimicry covered him while he focused his spatial perception around him.
He could also see that Nasir had covered his spear and body in his Vitalis animus.
"0"
Bam…
They both stomped forward propelling themselves at each other.
Nasir waved his spear aiming to slash at Angel's side.
Angel kept on rushing forward and right when the spear was about to reach him he blocked with his sword.
Parrying the attack he pushed back the spear then aimed thrust his sword towards Nasir's left shoulder.
Nasir lean to the right trying to dodge the strike but it still grazed him leaving a wound on his left arm.
He jumped back to get some distance from Angel.
"Nice moves you got there." Nasir said
Suddenly the wound on his arm healed instantly like it was never there.
"But your going to have to try harder if you want to beat me."
'So this is the power of a Vitalis said to be unkillable as long as they have animus.' Angel was analyzing.
'I'm going to have to make him run out of animus if I want to beat him.'
Angel then charged again raising his sword to swinging it down on Nasir.
Nasir blocks the sword with his spear then kicks Angel pushing him back.
With Angel getting pushed back, Nasir took that chance to thrust his spear at his chest.
Clang… the spear made contact with Angel but it didn't penetrate his metallic skin.
Angel stabilized himself and blocked Nasir's next swing.
They kept on fighting this way for minutes both parrying, dodging and even taking hits.
Angel's metal mimicry blocked Nasir's thrust while Nasir kept healing from Angel's slashes.
But then Angel started to feel dizzy.
"I see it's finally taking affect." Said Nasir smiling
"What did you do?" Angel was trying stay focused but the dizziness was overtaking him.
"This is one of my innate abilities that I awakened it's called vitality drain." Nasir said
"I feel woozy." Angel kept trying to kept his himself from falling over
"Well considering that every time I've hit you I've been draining you of your vitality it makes sense."
"Do you wish to forfeit." Visz said from the side
"No i can still fight." Angel shook the dizziness away and lifted his sword again.
'Innate abilities huh.' He thought about the ability he got when he broke through.