Extra's Path To Demon King-Chapter 35: Aspect Awakening Trial [1]

Axel went straight to sleep after coming back from his shower. While Heinz tried to ask him a lot of things many times, he answered them all honestly in a flat tone. The next day, early morning, everyone was out of bed. Ready for the 'Aspect Awakening trial'.

Axel himself was tense, as he knew what was coming next. All the 1200 students had been gathered in a large auditorium. The explanation of what the process would be, a basic explanation would be given. The vice principal came out from behind the curtains,

" Alright, everyone, I will not be explaining this twice. So make sure to pay attention to the full explanation I give you of the basic process you will be going through." He announced without any flowery words.

"Every Seeker awakens 2 aspects based on the trial, a Primary Aspect and a Secondary Aspect. Each of the two Aspects is like a path set for you in stone, which you can only walk forward. It would not be wrong to say that Aspect awakening is the very foundation of everything that you would become as a Seeker and the potential you hold."

"It is probably the single most important trial in your life, something that you will regret for your entire life, if you don't do well in it," stated the vice-principal in a serious tone.

"As for the two aspects you awaken, they are not random. As far as we know, a total of 21 aspects exist. Among them, 7 belong to the 7 ruling species of the continent, humans obviously not being one of them."

"So, that only leaves 14 aspects; all of you will awaken a primary aspect and a secondary aspect, all within those 14."

The vice principle paused for the information to sink into everyone's mind, While the students gasped hearing those information, they started to murmur in a low voice, Heinz was sitting right beside Axel, his temporary roommate had a thoughtful expression on his face, while Axel himself remained expressionless while everyone continued to discuss with those sitting alongside them.

Heinz looked at Axel for a moment, then asked, "Hey, Axel. Don't you think that with only 14 available aspects, and each one of us having 2 aspects? Then, wouldn't some of us end up having the same aspects? What kind of situation would that be? If many of us simply awakened the same primary and secondary aspects?"

Axel looked at Heinz, then said calmly, "First of all, I don't think he revealed enough information for us to worry about that. Then there's also another analogy."

"Let's say, you have primary aspect 'A' and secondary 'B', but I have it in reverse, which is Primary 'B' and Secondary 'A'. This instantly doubles the variation numbers to 28 instead of just 14."

'Then from a mathematical point of view, the total number of unique combinations should be 182,' thought Axel internally, but did not say it out loud. While Heinz looked at him with slight surprise. Some other students around them also looked at Axel tentatively, seeing his logical explanation.

It was then that the vice principal started speaking again, "Dear students, I understand that most of your questions are related to the fact that you think many of you may end up with the same aspects, but fear not. Even if you do, the two existences will have similarities yet will remain different in their approach."

"Aspects are but the personification of your true self that hides deep within, not a power given by something external."

"All the 21 aspects that are known are classified from 1 star to 4 stars, the latter being the highest potential. The potential of your two aspects also determines how far you can walk on the Seeker's path."

"As for what the 14 aspects are and what each of their potential star is, that you will only know after becoming a Seeker," announced the vice principal, indicating that all their hope and dreams could either be achieved in just one trial or crushed unknowingly.

The vice principal then began to explain how exactly the aspect awakening trial would work, "There are certain black stones that are gathered from a special place. The stones are called The Nexus stones. The stones are heated to the point that they are close to melting, then they are placed on your skin, which gets permanently attached and then absorbed into that part of your body completely."

"On that place of your body, the rune symbol of the Nexus stone appears. It will be extremely painful, as it is a process necessary for the Prime Nexus to establish a connection with an individual. You will immediately lose consciousness after that, all of you shall be placed in a unique realm according to your past and personality within an illusory realm created by the Prime Nexus."

"It is imperative that you show or find out about your true personality and stay strong, fight against whatever the trial puts you through. Based on your achievement and personality, you will be allocated your primary and secondary aspects," revealed the second-highest authority within the grounds of the academy.

Another round of surprised gasps could be heard from what she revealed, the murmurs became slightly louder this time. Even the privileged heirs of the highest echelons, even the prince or princesses, only knew that there is a limited number of aspects in total, and that every Seeker awakens 2 aspects each.

Heinz could not help but say, "This is getting more complicated than what I initially thought."

Axel grimaced, "That makes the two of us."

And there was good reason for it as well, from the long history of the Seekers, it was proven that those who were about to partake in the trial, it was better for them to know as little as possible. They perform better that way, without knowing the nitty gritty details and the specifics of all the aspects.

On that note, the explanations of the vice principal had ended right there. Then everyone was led to the underground hall right beneath the large auditorium. There seem to be countless sleeping pods there, neatly lined up one after another. It truly looked majestic in a way, if you think about how much work has been put into each of the structures and operations of the academy.

Everyone was asked to enter their designated pods by their token numbers. After a few minutes of back and forth, Heinz and Axel found their pods to be side by side. The staff around them asked them to enter the 'Magic Pods' and lie down on them. Yeah, they called those things Magic Pods. Heinz said to him before lying down, "Well, good luck, dude."

Axel smiled and gave a thumbs up, "Same to you, Heinz."

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But right before he was about to step into his pod, he saw a familiar face a few rows ahead of him, It was Ken Dusker.

He wasn't looking at Axel, as the bastard was preparing to step into his pod. Axel unknowingly clenched his fists as the memories of that event threatened to surface in his mind. Killing intent almost burst out of him, as he stared at the son of a bitch with a piercing hawk like eyes.

But this wasn't the time, nor the place. The staff asked him, "Sir, please enter your Magic Pod."

Axel closed his eyes and calmed his raging heart. He nodded towards the staff member and lay down in his pod in a comfortable position. Meanwhile, Ken suddenly felt someone was watching him from behind, but he did not mind the feeling at first.

But the gaze became heavier as moments passed, just as he was about to glance backwards, the piercing gaze with malicious intentions vanished, but he still looked back nonetheless. Yet, he was unable to find the person behind his bad feeling.

Ken only cursed in his mind, 'Don't let me find you, whoever you are, bastard. Otherwise, you're fucked.'