Harry saw gracie, Liam and blake training.
As he went in close proximity he felt pressure on his body. His legs almost bent because of pressure.
Then it vanished and Gracie and Liam dropped to the ground heavily breathing. Soaked in sweat.
The only person left standing was blake. Who saw towards Harry.
"Sorry, you Just entered without any prior information". Blake apologised.
Harry was feeling his ego hurt. Because the three were dealing with the pressure very well.
"It's your element?" Harry asked.
"I can make you as heavy as a sumo wrestler, more precisely gravity, i can manipulate gravity". Blake spat out.
It was very strange, how much pressure Blake could put with his element. An elemental master anywhere is superhuman who can lift hundreds of kgs.
If still blake made Harry feel pressured then it was something extraordinary.
But then what would be the meaning of having an element if it can't even give advantage against similar level opponents.
"I hope you didn't get injured" Blake asked.
"Well, i am okay".
"Join us, this will help you" Gracie invited.
Then blake started using his element again, the difference was Harry felt a little less pressure now.
"I will gradually improve pressure, you two can treat it as rest" Blake said and slowly increased intensity.
Both gracie and Liam were already used to increased pressure.
Harry was struggling the most because blake wasn't giving much time for Harry to adjust.
When the pressure reaches a certain level. They started sparring purely based on skills.
Just being idle and actually fighting were very different.
Harry felt his movement was lacking. He was losing against gracie. The reason was Gracie already has experience, she was training in this way for the last three days.
As Harry punched. Gracie shifted sideways and punched Harry under his biceps.
Harry groaned in pain and backed away. She was already stronger than her. Then there was her special technique that allowed her to take advantage of his flaws.
Harry side stepped seeing her punch but it was followed with a kick on his shin.
Harry's mind was calm, noticing her movements Harry got an idea.
This time as gracie attacked Harry moved out, but the kick followed which Harry ducked then the Kick changed its direction and hit Harry at his shoulder.
Harry failed, he was trying to make false flaws in his movement but it was hard. His mind was running at double speed.
As he was about to try one more time. The gravity increased. Harry saw sideways where blake was giving thumbs up to Harry.
"You crazy lunatic" Harry cursed and tried to dodge sideways but he tripped and fell on his face.
Their training continued the whole day, Harry tried many things but he wasn't able to find any sure ways to defend against gracie.
As they sat down huffing and patting. They were all out of breath. Even blake was out of energy since he was using his element for so long.
"I noticed you were trying something there" Gracie asked.
"Nothing, just trying to find a way to counter your technique".
"You think you can, i can sense jealousy in you" gracie smirked.
"No i am not jealous" Harry said.
"You sure?" gracie said with an eyebrow up.
"You witch" Harry blurted out when he realised she could sense his emotions with her element.
"Okay i am, so what". Harry agreed.
"Nothing, i just noticed that you were trying to make fake flaws in your style to lure me, next time try with less obvious ones" Gracie advised.
They continued their training in the same way. Harry bought some weapons and items with the help of money.
And at some point Tyler also joined them. He was on a different level. His style was competing with gracie. No it Even surpassed her's.
Harry also practiced Archery with his new bow and arrows that he bought.
The improvement in their weapon mastery improved by leaps and bounds after Tyler's interventions.
The atmosphere in the academy was also turning cold. Many rumours spread in the academy after the sudden withdrawal of some young masters. Which led to withdrawal by normal students also.
While the academy seemed to not care about it. They hadn't even gave a single statement about it.
There was no preparation before the exam. No announcement before the exam. As if it doesn't exist, the only thing that kept students reminding that there will be exams was these rumours.
Then one day their badges flickered.
A screen appeared in front of everyone. A man spoke through it.
It was not Aiden.
He put his finger at the bridge of spectacles to adjust it.
"Tomorrow, in the morning be ready for the test. Your teachers will help you out with your travels." With that the screen disappeared.
Harry was confused, why bother. He didn't announce anything that the teacher couldn't have said.
Far on a planet, Hardened soil, The ground was cracked everywhere.
A girl stood wearing clothes similar to a swimsuit.
Her height was around 5 feet. It wasn't the strange thing, the strange part was that she was the tallest among all the people around her.
Her badge flickered and a person with glasses appeared.
On another white planet. Where every part of the ground was covered in ice.
A male stood near a frozen pond close to a black sturdy wall.
He melted the ice with fire and boiled an elemental master level 6 beast inside.
His badge flickered and a person with glasses appeared.
On another planet. A boy stood on top of the tallest building. There was no sun in the sky, there was no moon. It was dark. The only thing that was helping them to see was artificial lights. Lights everywhere, In every corner.
But when he saw beyond Walls there was nothing, no lights. Even it was hard to tell if anything even lies beyond them or it's all void.
His badge flickered and a person with glasses appeared.
Similar scenes were occurring on all planets, in all outer branches of the philosopher academy.
The numbers were in lakhs, lakhs of students were participating in the exam. All of different levels and owning different elements.
It was the first time in the history of the philosopher academy when every student was participating.
This time rules were changed, and participating in exam was mandatory.
But on another planet far from any of them.
Aiden was cursing.
'Those old farts, they are too shrewd.'
'They knew i won't let them play their cards, and here i am. Meeting these crazy dakis. Who doesn't know anything but eat.' Aiden murmured seeing a dakis in front of him.
It's teeth are not lacking in comparison to sharks. It's height towering Above nine feet.
"You have to hold your mercenaries, don't you think recently the number of deserters in your race are increasing and not only that, why they always end up in human territory." Aiden questioned.
"Who knows? Maybe they just lost one of their family members in the last fight, so they wanted to take revenge" the dalki said sarcastically.
Aiden gritted his teeth. He knew this dalki was just mocking him. There was no concept of camaraderie in dakis. No families, no bonds.
They don't even care about these things. The only thing that kept them in line was food, not only food but rich food that can help them power up.