A few days later, in the bustling city of the Northern Omni Kingdom. Matthew, Rose and Yuki stood before a massive structure that was…
“The Omni Hunter Academy.”
Matthew read aloud the name of the place that was in front of them.
The academy ground was huge. There was a vast field to the left and another one to the right. There were also quite a few buildings with signs of different facilities. People of all races can be seen present walking, chatting, playing and training.
Both Matthew and Rose were astonished by this scene and almost stopped breathing.
“Hello there.” A soft female voice came from behind them.
They all turned around to meet who the voice belonged to.
“Are you perhaps new here? I’ve never seen you before.” The woman glanced between Matthew and Rose.
“Eh ah no, we’re not new, nor are we old. We just came to register here.” Matthew was being straightforward.
“Ah~ new students, you made the right choice to be here. My name is Riea by the way. I am a teacher in this academy. I specialise in Divine and Arcane Magic. ” The woman bowed slightly whilst introducing herself.
“I am Matthew, and this Rose.”
“Nice to meet you.”
Matthew and Rose briefly introduced themselves.
“I see. So, with whom did you come here?” Riea asked.
“Ah with her.” Matthew gestured towards Yuki.
Riea’s eyes widened in surprise. “Y-Y-Yuki Nakamura?!”
“Shh! Keep it down please.” Yuki put a finger on her lips.
“Oh! Sorry.” Riea covered her mouth with her hand. “It’s quite a surprise to see you here again.”
“Yes, it has been a while. How have you been teach?”
“I’m fine as you can see. So are you really looking over these two?”
“Sort of. Well, they both want to become Hunters. They already have their pre-license cards. And we already had a certain elf friend to take care of everything else.”
“I see, so all that’s left is to register properly. Well, you can leave that to me if that’s okay with you.”
“Yeah, I’ve got some errands to run. You two take care, okay?” Yuki said to them.
“Eh, you’re leaving already?” Rose said.
“I’ve already passed my school years. You two go ahead.” Yuki turned around and was already about to leave.
“Yuki!” Matthew’s shout stopped her.
Yuki turned around again to look at him.
“After we passed the exam and became Hunters. I want you to join us!”
Yuki was left without words. She only stared at Matthew for a few seconds before answering, “looking forward to it!”
And then, Yuki left without any more words.
“Well then, shall head in?” Riea asked.
…..
The interior of the building was impressive as well. The hallway was wide enough to drive two cars side by side through while the ceiling led all the way to the roof with several floors showing off at the side.
The students wore all kinds of clothing, the only thing that indicated they were from the academy was their badges on their left chest.
Matthew was amazed just by the sheer number of students here especially with all the different races.
Riea kept leading them until they reached a certain room that said, ADMINISTRATION OFFICE.
Riea opened the door and they all entered the office. The office was just like how any office looked like. There were two receptionists behind the counter that greeted their entry.
"Oh, Riea!" Said one of them, a male voiced lizard beastman with a pair of glasses.
"Hello Gom, Frisk." Riea greeted them back.
"What brings you here?" Frisk, the female dog beastman, asked.
"These two are here for registration. Could you help?" Riea gestured at Matthew and Rose.
"Ah, I see. So these are ones that we were told of." Gom lowered his glasses and said. "Leave it to us." Then his sight was placed on Matthew and Rose. "You two, step forth. Riea, you may wait outside, this may take a while. Frisk, bring forth the documents."
"Right away." Frisk stood up and went about her order.
Matthew and Rose stepped closer to the counter while Riea exited the office.
"So, can both of you read?" The lizardman asked.
Both of them stayed quiet and looked at each other.
"Do you even know what I am saying?"
Both of them nodded.
"I see… So you only can't read. No worries, we will fill the papers for you. Show me your pre-license cards." The lizardman extended a hand out.
Matthew and Rose handed him their cards. Gom took them and placed one of them under a similar orb from before.
Frisk returned with two files in her arm. "Here you go Gom."
Gom retrieved the files. "Thank you, now… Matthew Dragunov, is it?"
"That's me." Matthew replied with a hand raised.
“Okay, after you answer a few questions, the registration process is settled. Now, first is…”
…..
“That is all. Here, you may have your cards back. Welcome to the Omni Hunter Academy.” The lizardman handed their cards back.
“Thank you sir.” Both of them said and bowed a bit before heading out.
“Fuhh… Now that’s settled.” Gom laid back in his chair.
“You seem tired Gom.”
“Well, that was probably the 200th registration this week alone. I can’t believe the number of people wanting to become Hunters suddenly increased drastically.”
“Indeed. Summing up all Hunter academies around the world, there are over 80 000 applicants in the span of this month alone.”
“It’s a good thing that there are more people willing to ward off vile creatures but this amount is crazy. I feel like… Something’s amiss.” Gom looked at the office’s ceiling.
Frisk patted his shoulder as if to comfort him. “ You should get some rest Gom.”
“Yeah, by the way, will the Association inform the governments about this event?” Gom asked.
“I don’t know. However, I think it’s possible that they won’t or they will but they would be discrete until they have something figured out.”
“Is that so. I hope they can find it quickly.”
…..
Matthew and Rose exited the office and met with Riea who was waiting patiently outside. Riea immediately jogged towards them.
“How did it go?” Riea asked.
“We’re in.” Matthew said with a smile.
“Congrats! So, what courses did you pick?”
“Matt chose astra, I chose magic.” Rose replied.
“Oh? I thought you two would pick the same course.”
“Matt thought learning magic would need a lot of brain power so he went with astra.” Rose stared at Matthew from the corners of her eyes.
“What? It’s a personal opinion!” Matthew said.
“Oh, why did you choose magic, Rose?”
“It doesn’t require a lot of movements, so it’s optimal for me.”
“See, you have the same mindset as well Rose!” Matthew retorted at Rose.
“Fine, we’ll see who’ll pass the exam first!”
“You’re on!”
Riea, who only watched the two’s quarrel, smiled in satisfaction of their behaviour. ‘One who specialises in astra and one who specialises in magic. They would make a great combo.’ She thought.
…..
Meanwhile, somewhere else in the world of Magiheim.
A castle was built atop a mountain. The area surrounding it was shrouded in a giant fog. Creatures of many appearances loitered around, some in the sky and some were on the ground. Some of them had quarrels over small things and some were just minding their business. Goblins playing around with rocks. Skeletons and zombies standing idly. Lizard-like creatures fighting over food. The scene was the definition of an evil castle.
Within the huge castle, in the oversized throne room, were 8 figures standing in a semicircle around one.
“Is the process done, Xero?” The figure in the middle asked.
“Yes. With their amount, we only have to play the waiting game.” Said the cyborg.
“Good. While we wait, we shall strengthen our forces. We may have lost before, however, this time will be different.” The figure smirked.
Something big was about to happen that would flip the entire world. Matthew and Rose had just started their basic training to becoming a Hunter, along with several thousand others that was an abnormal amount. What is about to happen in the future?
Ten months later…The Omni Hunter Academy secondary field. Almost all students were gathered here for a very specific event today.“Attention! Attention students!” The principal, Grandmaster Algernon, spoke on the megaphone to get their attention.The students slowly died down into a silence. The principal cleared his throat before continuing.“Now, I believe all of you have been informed of what you are gathered here today.”“YEEAAHHH!!!” The students yelled in unison.“Today is a special event that we conduct every year, the Annual Quest Completion. About half a year before the annual Hunter exam. It may not be a requirement,however, we will evaluate your skills and abilities and decide whether you are eligible for the exam. This is, of course, for your safety.” The principal said.
The leaves rustled as the wind blew softly. Only a tiny bit of sunlight was allowed to pass through the canopy of leaves as Matthew and Rose quietly moved under it. Their footsteps moved in the same direction as the footprints left behind by the zombies of last night.“In the end, we followed them the next day…” Matthew muttered.“Sh-shut up! It’s your fault for sleeping last night!” Rose strongly retorted.“Yeah yeah, I wonder just who knocked me out last night hmm?” Matthew glanced at her with an unhappy expression.“I already said I’m sorry!” Rose clenched her hands beside her and shouted.“Well, at least they left footprints behind.” Matthew returned his focus to the quest at hand. “By how they were moving, these guys are definitely under someone’s control.”M
Rose stared at the zombie that had a sword stuck in its head.“I can beat this guy no problem.” Rose extended her hand out and casted a spell. “[Greater Fireball]!”A much larger version of the previous fireballs flew out and exploded in the face of the undead.“!!”To her surprise, the zombie was not even scratched.“That was a mediocre level spell. How?” Rose glanced over at the mysterious figure at the furthest back. “Must be his doing. We need to take him out. How is Matt doing…!!”When Rose glanced over at Matthew, she was surprised to see. Matthew was confronting the big zombie along with the smaller ones at the same time. However, the small ones were definitely faster than before and the big one was also definitely stronger. But Matthew was holding his own against all that. 
Matthew opened his eyes to a world of flames. Around him was just simply an endless sea of fire without anything else in sight. "This dream again…" Matthew did move and only stood there idly. Even though he was surrounded by fire, he did not feel pain at all. One would think that this was definitely just a dream if not a nightmare, but for Matthew who had seen this many times already, it was something different. He could not explain what it was. He just sensed that there was something else about this dream that he had. In the far distance, he saw a gigantic figure of a lizard of some sort. Its eyes were glowing bright yellow in the darkness above the fire. "That thing again… What does it want with me?" Matthew asked himself. RINGGGG!! Matthew's head was suddenly ringing. It caused pain inside his temple that it forced him to
Matthew and Rose walked around the area for a bit since the exam hasn’t started yet. Both of them were ready to go. Though they were both not wearing any heavy armour, it was the setup that best suited them.Matthew wore a normal looking blue shirt with a red short sleeved jacket and standard pants. Though these clothing seem normal, they were made out of specially made mana strings which its durability and strength is partly imbued with the user’s. Other than that, he also wore a pair of gauntlets on his forearm. He carried a sword on his back which had a fiery design to it. He also had a badge with the number 3 on his chest.Meanwhile Rose was wearing a dark blue one piece dress with little decorations of red on the skirt and her abdomen. She also wore a short cape on her shoulders and her usual red rose hair pin. She also had a badge with the number 2 as well.“There sure are a lot of people here.&rd
Matthew, Rose and Cecilia fought through a number of monsters as they made their way towards the hill. Through the fog, a thick forest, a river and finally up the hill, they reached the place in two days, leaving one day before the time ran out.Many people have arrived but it seemed to have significantly decreased from the original numbers."Maybe they still haven't made it." Matthew said."Or they're just lost." Rose added.They were all covered in dirt and dust from their journey. Matthew had a little bit of blood splatter here and there as he was the one that confronted the monsters head on while Rose and Cecilia stayed at the back."Cecilia, how are you holding up?" Matthew asked, but it was not answered.Cecilia looked all around her as if searching for someone.'She's been quiet all this while even though we've been together for tw
Matthew, Rose and Cecilia got back to the site where the first phase of the exam ended just a few hours before the time was up. Matthew was carrying a bag that contained the evidence of their hunt."I'll get the report in, you two can rest up for while waiting.""Okay Matt." Rose replied to Matthew.Cecilia nodded.After he had confirmed their thoughts, Matthew made his way to the field assistant that was in charge. The line was not really long, thankfully.Rose and Cecilia went under a shady tree and sat on one of its protruding roots."Ah~ I'm beat." Rose said as she laid her bottom on the hard root."Me too…" Cecilia said.They both took a breather under the shade as they watched their surroundings."Cecilia, could you tell me something?" Rose asked."Eh umm what is
The final phase of the exam.Participants were given tags at the start of the exam that were labelled with certain numbers. The task for the Hunters to complete was to collect three tags and also still possess their own in order to pass the phase.Those who have lost their tags will be disqualified, while those that were able to collect at least three tags aside their own will be qualified and those who collect more will be given extra points for that will be used to judge their rank.Participants were allowed to use any means. Traps, head on fight, tricks, teaming up and even stealing the tags collected by others was also allowed. However, killing another participant will disqualify the participant and be sent to court to be judged.“If anyone is asking, this final phase is important as you will not only be dealing with monsters but also bandits, treasure hoarders, mercenaries, and also other