"A miracle?..." Endi said, promptly telling Scythe to further explain the meaning of his words.
"Yes." Scythe replied. "Miracle, isn't just some fairy tale.. And that miracle, could happen to anyone, when they're faced with despair, when their desire grew stronger than anyone else in the world, thats when the world itself will give its answer to them."
"That's why, i gave you this set of training, you will feel despair, you will feel like trash, and thats what i want, you fucking slaves.. Grow your hatred, think that your life wouldn't complete unless you become the strongest, get your revenge to those who wronged you, including us."
With that, the final nail in the coffin has been hit and Scythe closed his mouth, burying the rest of the explanation for other times.
***
Back to the present..
Calea stepped forward, she held her scythe tightly in her hands, when Scythe nodded his head, thats when she was allowed to start.
'Remember your fire.. Your wish of revenge– and your scythe' Calea thought. 'I don't care about anything else, i just want to accomplish my goal of killing everyone in here, that's why..'
Just then, before Calea swung her scythe, a burning fire of black and red roared around her, the wind blew fast, dried leaves flying all across the place, following the nature symphony, Calea let go of control over her body and let her instinct do everything for her.
For the first time ever, Calea felt like she was strong. her wooden scythe were like feather, there was no weight at all, she can freely move it however she wants flawlessly, this is the power of an Aura, which can grant those who use it inhuman strength.
Although Calea wouldn't have to worry about the weight of the scythe anymore, she still had to train her movements, her techniques were still lacking, she sometimes hit herself with the scythe blade, if it were a real scythe, she would be injured or maybe cut off in two.
'Tch, i still couldn't perfectly transfer my scythe to my other hand.' Calea thought after accidentally hitting her hand where her radius and ulna bones were located.
After more than 20 seconds had passed, Calea closes it with the scythe slam onto the ground, this was pretty doable since it doesn't require much movements, she just have to imagine that her scythe is a hammer.
BOOM!
Everyone coughed when the dust debris reaches to their nose and mouth, while the smoke is still thick, Calea secretly goes back to her spot beside Deon.
The dusts quickly disappeared, Calea's performance was undoubtedly amazing, and everyone couldn't believe that, all of the students stared at Calea in bewilderment, Vedra scoffed, Carsel frowned, and Deon's face began to sweat.
"Hmm, that was good, Calea." Scythe said. "I knew it, you have awakened your aura, but don't keep breaking the scythe alright.. Or else i'll be forced to punish you."
Calea didn't respond, she only gave Scythe a terrifying glance, her expression grew cold, and her crimson eyes felt like it was glowing from his perspective, it's obvious that her hatred also goes out to him.
'Her malice is way bigger than i thought.. Interesting, so this is what your true self is like, Calea.' Scythe thought, he didn't get scared by Calea's stare, but rather he was proud that he could change someone who was previously a mage into an emotionless beast. 'As long as your hatred went unfulfilled, you will keep growing endlessly..'
'I want to kill him..' Calea thought, she was having a hard time trying to not cause ruckus. 'If only i can break this collar.. This is the only thing that's stopping me from my revenge..'
She carefully traced her fingers across the collar, feeling the cold metal that is taking her hostage.
"Now that everyone is done with their performance, it's time for your morning meal." Scythe said, as soon as he said that, a group of 3 cloaked men began to appear out of the bushes and trees, they carried a cauldron and bowls for everyone. "I know this is unusual, but today i have a good mood, so you get your morning meal early."
"Damn, today might be a lucky day.." Hughen said.
"I think i know why he's in a good mood." Said Endi, his hands placed at the back of his head as he took a short glance at Calea.
"Fuck, this is because my injured arm, my performance was horrible.." Said Vedra, he gritted his teeth in anger.
***
That evening..
"Huff..."
The sky was radiating in gold lights, when the students in the Scythe group had already done with their 3 phase training, they will get an hour break before they move on to the next training, in this second training, everyone can freely do anything that isn't laying around and doing nothing, basically they are free to choose what kind of training they will have to do.
Most people choose to train their scythe techniques, while others may do more physical training beforehand like Vedra, he usually does a one hand push-ups before he do his scythe technique training, Carsel trained his speed first by running and dashing repeatedly before eventually he is also training his scythe technique.
In that training ground, Calea was seen swinging her scythe repeatedly, she wants to be familiar with her weapon first, and after a week of constant swinging and trying various things, she was already at the final stage, she learned about the scythe foundation, how it can be use to attack, and its variation.
'A scythe is a weapon that is tremendously one sided, its blade carried almost the entire weight of it, if someone wants to use a scythe efficiently, they would need to feel the blade weight.' Calea thought while closing her eyes, she remembered about her past training, at first she couldn't figure out how to swing properly, but now she can instinctively do a combo swing multiple times in a row.
'When using a scythe, i noticed a few things, one of them is that, you shouldn't hold it at the lowest point of the pole.. If i do it, then it would feel like the blade's weight was multiplied, which makes it heavier and inefficient, instead– Putting your hand right below the blade will make it lighter and easier to carry– But there's a side effect to this, it might be lighter, but your attack distance will be shortened by a lot, holding the scythe below the blade basically makes your scythe a dagger, while holding it at the lowest point of the pole will make it heavier but long reach distance..'
'If that's the case..' Calea thought, her grip on the scythe tightened and then, with a step forward, she swung her scythe in a diagonal line, from bottom to the top, in the middle of her swing, Calea released her grip and temporarily letting go of her scythe, once the scythe was far enough from her, she grabbed it again at the end of the pole and continuing the swing, because of the law of inertia, the scythe weight didn't increase at all, and at the end of the swing, Calea's scythe reached far and wide.
'I can just do that.' She thought.