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Back at the Academy, things were a lot more livelier. Why wouldn't it be? When the long-awaited Academy Events were beginning for the day.

The skies seemed to cascade a brilliant colour of red and yellow across the clouds, exuding a touch of tranquillity and excitement upon the people in the Academy.

The cheers brought life to the Academy's buildings while the Visitors rushed to get a good seat at the start of the event.

While this occurred, the notice board stood in front of the Hall Of Remembrance in all its glory, revealing the events of the day.

On top was a well-designed written "Event", and below that were the two main events for the day.

Treasure Hunting featuring Class Three, Two and One.

Class One had their event in the morning, Two in the mid-morning and afternoon, and Three had theirs in the afternoon.

After that was the Mages Ball featuring Class Five and Four.

Both occurred in the afternoon with Class Four occurring first before Class Five towards closing period.

Class One Treasure Hunting was naturally coordinated on their field where the visitors and some of the staff members came together for the speculation.

Of course, some students came as well, after all, it was the first Festival Academy Event for the day.

It wasn't the only event occurring, as Class Events were still ongoing, and some visitors and students were walking about and checking them out.

But the majority had gathered here for this exciting lineup.

The visitors, staff members and students gathered on the fields in a circular form, revealing a satisfactory space in the middle.

In the middle were the contestants for the Treasure Hunting in Class One.

Tension and excitement were palpable in the air as the long-awaited events were getting into the preparatory phase.

The Spectators present were divided so that the visitors and students stood apart from each other while the staff members were intertwined in the middle.

Other than the Festival event occurring, there were other matters of concern and so, security had been uptight since the start of the day.

Standing amongst the students were the members of Class One Gold, Silver and Bronze, their attention fixed on their representatives who were currently in the centre of the group of people.

Raph was amongst these people, his arms folded and his gaze narrowed.

He had been lost in thoughts for a while until a thug snapped him from his thoughts.

"Hey Hubby".

The familiar voice of Elsie reached his brain like a sugar rush as he turned around to get a glimpse of her beside him.

"Aren't you supposed to be….securing?" he asked as he perked her on her cheek.

She shook her head. "We aren't on duty right now so I decided to stop by….we haven't really gotten the chance to talk today".

Just then, a Lecturer walked up the field to the centre of the group. Where the three teams of Class One students were gathered, their bodies boiling in anticipation.

"Well, it couldn't be helped. Festival is one of the busiest times when you have a responsibility". Raph replied with a sigh.

"True…" she muttered as she glanced at the participants of the Event. Her classmates especially.

"I heard you started a fight with Jane and Ciara".

"Started?" Raph repeated as he scoffed. "We reached a conflict and they wouldn't listen…." He replied.

"So, you decided to resort to force?"

"Force or power tends to get the job done when camaraderie doesn't. It couldn't be helped when they were being stubborn".

A brief silence ensued between them as the air in the middle of the group gathered suddenly rippled. A reflux of energy waves occurred and a thin line cut through space, widening into a Portal.

"Good Day, Visitors and Students of the Great Homeric Academy!" The Lecturer, Lecturer Shay, a member of the Faculty of Battle Arts and Imagery, was a sophisticated man of loud talents.

If there was one word to describe him, it would be boisterous. A lively man with complexities left unchecked.

He had pink and purple dyed Rockstar hair, black shades, and three different piercings on both of his ears.

The people gathered turned in his direction in unison as he grabbed their attention.

"It's time for the Class One Treasure Hunt! I hope we're excited about the show"

The people gathered chuckled at his statement, the excitement reaching a new high.

"In that case, participants…..".

There wasn't any specific procedure or ritual the academy carried out before the start of the Academy Events but they did know how to keep the tension growing for long.

The participants were grouped into three according to the arm of their Class.

The Gold team, the Silver team and the Bronze team. Each consists of seven members.

At the moment, they were all in their uniforms but once they stepped through that Portal, all of that would be changed in an instant.

Elsie sighed as she glanced at the leaflet she had been holding before looking back up at Raph. "I heard about the assassination attempt as well…are you sure you're okay?"
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Raph glanced at her, the intensity in his eyes flickering for just a moment.

"I'm okay Elsie, it was just an attempt in which they failed".

"It's a shame the academy couldn't get a lead on the perpetrators".

"Oh, that's alright. I'll find them myself if I have to". He whispered into her ears, a smirk forming from his lips.

"....just don't get into trouble…" Elsie said with a sigh. "....or get hurt".

Just then, the cheers of the audience began to increase in intensity and volume as the participants walked into the Portal in unison.

The rules of events like Treasure Hunting were made known to them thanks to a red leaflet most of them held.

The event was going to take place in a subspace, a smaller version of a territorial Space crafted by magic engineering and Psychic mages or artefacts.

Its theme depended on the Academy and the environment could be set at different temperatures, humidity, climate and habitat. This was done to keep the excitement and thrill of the event prolonged, as the habitat of the events sometimes contributed to the end result.

The conditions of the Subspace were usually controlled in the Control Room in charge of the Territorial Space as well.

Lecturer Shay raised his arms as the last members of the participants walked into the Portal before it disappeared and Four screens projected in the air in its place.

The large screens showcased the three groups of people at different parts of the habitat they had just been teleported into.

"Ohh…"

The sudden chattering of the people gathered suddenly took a turn on recognizing the subspace they had been teleported into.

"The Giant RainForest".

Raph whispered as a soft chuckle escaped his lips.

"Oh? You know it?" Elsie asked as her gaze flickered between the screen and him.

"it looks like an interesting subspace….would have been nice if they had given us for Monster Hunting instead".

Raph laughed out loud, catching the people gathered around him by surprise.

Elsie raised a brow in confusion as she poked at him. "Why are you laughing?"

"Ha…well, Elsie. The themed subspace doesn't just apply to the environment….it dies so to the creatures you find in it….treasures as well".

Elsie arched her brow in confusion, but it didn't take long for her to understand what he meant.

"Oh, so we would have faced Giant creatures if we were given the Giant RainForest as a subspace in Monster Hunting?"

"Yes.." Raph replied, their attention drawn to the screen as a timer began to count down on it.

"It's about to start….good luck….Team Gold".

He whispered to himself, a soft smile escaping his lips as they waited for the inevitable to begin.

And so…the Spectators joined in with the countdown, and the once palpable tension had now descended.

"5…."

"4…."

"3…."

"2…."

"1…."

"HUNT!"

*****

AT THE SAME TIME.

In the Giant RainForest Subspace, seven members of Group Gold stood under the shade of the tall trees.

The site ahead of them and around them was green, and suffused in the air was the smell of nature. Thick in all its glory.

Jane, Alicia, Rana, Jonny, Sonia, Zara and Ban were currently under the shade of a tall, green leaf, water dripping down on the mushy forest floor.

The loud sounds of birds chirping and flies humming an uncomfortable buzz were evident in the air as they inspected their environment.

Jane, standing in front of the whole group, was adorned in a cleric costume, white and golden with a symbol on its back revealing the crest of the Lucia household.

A yellow sun with seven rays and a harp in the middle.

His gaze was fixed on the sky, a damp weather hanging across the vast forest. But his attention wasn't on the weather but the timer instead.

After the countdown had disappeared, the timer was set there, revealing the set of time they had to find the list of items on their Treasure map.

"Who has the map?" Jane asked as he turned around to face his teammates.

Time was ticking and so was their path to victory.

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