Chapter 98: Basics of Void [3]
Chapter 98: Basics of Void [3]
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Amon headed out of his apartment at 9 AM, wearing a casual sporty dress.
He looked up at the sky to gauge the cloudy weather.
'It might rain today again...' He concluded.
Fortunately, he already had an umbrella stored.
It was mid-August right now so monsoon season was at its peak.
Occasional rains were to be expected.
It was Sunday today so Amon didn't have any classes to attend.
Katherine had left the apartment a little earlier with Lily to visit the amusement park today.
He was invited as well but he had to decline with a bit of reluctance.
This was because today he would finally learn [Void].
He wasn't going to let this chance pass.
Taking a carriage, he quickly headed towards the Cadet Training Grounds.
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Arriving there, Amon quickly headed inside the behemothic black stadium-shaped building.
He was quickly greeted by a manager on the counter.
"Welcome to the Cadet Training Grounds. How many I help you?"
Amon nodded.
Except for the Clovist and Armentist Grounds, this was where the majority of the cadets came to train.
This was because the former two were only allowed for training if you were under a teacher's supervision or a high-ranked student.
The large densities of mana inside those grounds weren't cheap and they couldn't make it available for every normal student.
The Cadet Training Grounds were available for everyone to train for a small fee.
It was easily affordable by even the lowest-ranked cadet in the academy.
The academy provided a monthly allowance to every student, and Amon being the lowest- ranked student received only 5k Exlor.
For an hourly session on the grounds, it only costed around 20 Exlor.
"I would like to enter the Special Training Grounds." He answered.
The manager nodded.
Aside from the normal training grounds, there was another privilege here.
They were the Special Training Grounds.
These were only available to the top-ranked cadets of second year and third year.
They were specially tailored training rooms with adjustable mana densities and difficulties for the training dummies etc.
Of course, this wasn't the only reason why Amon was here.
The main reason was that the rooms allowed him to anonymously train without anything recording his data or such.
This type of service wasn't available anywhere.
"May I ask for your training room card?" He asked.
Nodding, Amon quickly retrieved Katherine's card and handed it to him.
The man looked at the card and then at him, trying to make some sort of connection first.
"May I ask your name sir?" He asked.
"Amon Ashford," Amon replied and the man's head clicked.
He quickly pulled up his information in the files.
"Miss Katherine is your elder sister, I see." He noted before looking back,
"I'm sorry sir but even with this, we will need to first confirm your identity and get permission from her first."
"No problem, you can ask her."
Amon was expecting this to happen.
After all, even though he was her brother, there was a possibility that he could just steal the card.
The room's services weren't cheap at all.
They quickly asked her through her watchband and the reply was quick to come.
He had already discussed this with her before coming here.
The manager looked at the reply before smiling at him.
He handed him a small black and white striped card.
"Thank you for cooperating with us. You can get your name card after coming out. Your room is 301, please head this way..." He explained the directions.
Nodding, Amon took the right corridor from the counter.
The left one probably headed to the public grounds.
He looked at the card which had a faded '301' imprinted on it.
3 probably meant the third year and 01 meant her rank, as in the strongest in her year.
Following the manager's direction, Amon arrived in a large corridor with large doors, heading up to the ceiling.
The doors lined the end of the corridor with faded numbers imprinted all over them.
Amon looked at the one nearest to him which had a large '10' inscribed upon it.
The next one had '9' and the numbers continued till the end.
'Each of this room is assigned for one rank.' He noticed.
With each rank-up, the services in the room increased.
This was what was written in the novel.
In any case, this was the corridor of the second year so Amon quickly headed to the end of the
corridor and headed up the stairs.
There, he entered a same-looking corridor.
Following the doors, he arrived in front of the door with a large '01' inscribed on it.
There was a black terminal with a blue crystalline screen made of mana crystals.
Without hesitation, he pressed the card against the crystal.
The latter glowed in a blue light for a few seconds before it abated.
A large click resounded in the area before the door opened, releasing a large heap of cold
steam that hit his body.
Just as he was about to step into the room, he suddenly heard another click one room away
from him.
His gaze moved to the room which had a '03' inscribed upon it.
He knew they were important in the story but couldn't remember who they were.
The large doors opened, separating both of the doors.
Just like how it had happened with him, a large heap of steam released from the room.
But rather than cold, it was hot. Hot enough to make Amon's skin prickle with irritation in just
a second.
However, he didn't move his gaze and in the next moment, the person inside the room came
out.
With red winish magenta hair that clung to her face because of the sweat or steam and golden amber eyes that were detailed with circles in them, she was a female.
She was wearing a tight wet bodysuit dripping with sweat or steam. One that accentuated the bewitching curves of her body.
Amon's stoic gaze had a flicker of recognition pass through them.
His mouth contorted into an 'o' shape as her amber gaze locked with his inky black one.
He instantly recognized her now.
"Oh, I know you..." He blurted out his thoughts by accident only realizing a moment later.
Before she could say anything or display any reaction, he headed inside the room, not having
anything to do with her now that he saw her face.
He'd rather not face that person right now and focus on his training.
Thanks for reading!
This was a chapter from tomorrow that wasn't uploaded for some reason. I guess the auto-
upload failed.
Here it is. I published it as soon as I woke up.
Hope you forgive me.