Elementalists
Chapter 09 - Endorsement and Preparation

"This is what I've been thinking about all along"

Timothy handed him a piece of paper filled with scribbles everywhere, Arya frowned after a glimpse of the writing on the paper.

"Who wrote this? Looks like a kind of kind of kid's TK"

"Hey, don't insult my writing!"

"But really this writing is a bit..yes....do you aspire to become a doctor?"

"Ahh don't talk about the writing, read the contents. I.SI.NYA"

Then Arya began to read the paper full of graffiti proffered at him, Arya had to try harder to read the chicken claw writing, at a glance he could read the title that looks like "Profession of the Supervisors". He continued reading :

Profession of the Supervisor

Giovani van Astral ---------------> Master

Konohakura Rea ----------------> Botanists

Ursa Berlin --------------> Blacksmith

Benjamin Liquite ------------ Craftsman----> Manufacturer

Zafrone Allucia -----------------> Doctor

Raymon Gustav ------------------> Chef

Eyecracker Romero ----------------> Musician

Julius Varuq ----------------> Spy (a pervert)

Sinistral La Bianchi ----------------> Sports Instructor

Magna Po ----------------> Dinner

Timothy Iron's

"What's this?"

"It's the Supervisor's profession of what I've seen all along"

"That's not what I'm asking, why are you preparing the signature? This isn't a registration form or something, is it?"

"I.i.i.that's.just.as a marker I made it"

"That's not important" Arya said, then crossed out the signature.

"Akhhh why did you cross it?!! You're so mean" Timothy yelled as if he couldn't believe what he saw

Arya ignored Timothy's protest and continued to look for errors in the paper.

"And why are you writing the work of Supervisor Po the diner?"

"What is his job then? All I see is that he eats continuously"

"I don't really understand what he's doing, either, but if from what we've heard from other supervisors he's got to have an important job"

"Yes but what exactly is the duty of that person?"

"Somehow, maybe we'll find out soon" Arya said as she handed the paper back.

"Eh? Do you agree with me on any other profession?"

"Mmm it looks like"

"Even about the Varuq-supervisor"

"Yes, I agree with you" Arya cut down quickly.

Arya continued her delayed hope for taking care of the writing of Kindergarten's son Timothy, they should not have to discuss it. Because they'll know what Magna Po's job is as soon as possible, even faster than they thought.

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The last training on the day was Uknown, they entered the class as usual. But there was something different in the room this time, Supervisor Po was not eating something but he was waiting for them to come.

"It seems that you will soon be facing the first stage exam, there is one condition that you can take the exam. You guys should be able to go through the tests I gave you"

They all stared at each other in confusion, what did this person mean? He who only ate from their first meeting would give them a test? No kidding.

"In other words, you can only take the exam if I have certified you to be able to follow it"

"But the supervisor, what kind of tests should we go through? You never taught us anything" Asuna asked as she raised her hand.

"Truely, we don't even have an idea how the tests you're going to give" Arya agreed.

The two of them stared at each other, and they could both agree on the same thing. Things that never happened and they never expected to happen.

"Mr Frost and Miss Blaze, you'll find out about it as soon as the test starts"

"So you mean we can't prepare for the test?" this time Zayn asked.

"That's right"

"That doesn't make sense, how can we graduate then?" timpal Kevin's.

"You can repeat the test any number of times, as you please. Other training will be eliminated from now on, why are you given the opportunity to repeat at will? That's because you're sure you won't be able to pass this test the first time you try it"

Arya was a little annoyed at the words, she also realized that the others felt the same way with her.

"Well we'll start the test soon, please get out of the room. Then the one called by his name re-enters this room"

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After several people took her test Arya realized something, none of them who had taken the test successfully passed. They all came out of the test room with upset faces, especially Kevin, Zayn, Asuna, and Elizabeth.

"The four of them look like they want to kill people huh?" timothy whispered to Arya.

Arya agreed with him, even Arya dared to swear to see Asuna's hair blazing a little in annoyance. Then Arya's turn came, Arya entered the room carefully. The room had been slightly changed, the chairs and tables they used to wear had been moved and only left one seat in the middle of the room occupied by Supervisor Po.

"Sir Mr. Frost, I will explain the rules of the test. You see this pin I'm holding?" ask Supervisor Po while showing the pin he has in his hand.

Arya nodded slowly without making a sound.

"You just have to take it from me in 15 minutes, you can take it any way. You can attack me at full strength even using Agnet and Element power, but remember your Element power is not stable so do not force yourself otherwise you can end up like the previous participants"

So it must have been before the other participants had used Agnet and the power of the Elements to attack him, how could this fellow still survive. Arya thought hard how she could get the pin.

"What watchdogs will you use Agnet?"

"Yes of course, otherwise I would not be able to match you guys. But instead I can't use my 100% Agnet and can only sit here and use only one hand while defending, isn't that fair enough? All right, let's start the test"

Arya was silent for a moment in that place, she analyzed every corner of the room carefully. He observed and imagined what he could do and how Supervisor Po could avoid the two Elementalists with the fastest elements of Light and Lightning. He could also survive the Elementalist with the most destructive power of Fire and could defeat the Elementalist with the best techniques at the moment.

"Aren't you going to attack Mr. Frost? Time goes on" Supervisor Po said after the first 5 minutes passed while taking out a snack from his pocket.

Arya walked slowly around Supervisor Po who was sitting in the middle of the room, she stopped right behind Supervisor Po. So that his position is behind the Supervisor.

"Attacking from the blind spot? You're pretty smart, but don't think you're the first to do that"

Arya stretched her body parts.

"Supervisors you'd better satisfy yourself to talk now, because once I start I'll make you never have time to talk"

Arya took the starting position like a professional runner, he used Agnet on his legs. He had to be careful if it was too excessive he could dart too far. Arya darted quickly towards Supervisor Po with a single push of his foot, just before he hit Po he slid through under the chair used by Po. So it gives the effect as if Arya disappeared suddenly and appeared right in front of the Supervisor.

Arya could not fool Po's eyes, she quickly found Arya crouching in front of him. Arya had guessed that speed could not trick her, if it could be certain that Elizabeth and Kevin had already managed to snatch the pin.

Without missing a second Arya flashed his first attack, he took the top kick using his left foot from a crouching position, the kick could be held easily by Po. Then Arya used both hands as a pedestal on the floor and swung her right leg towards Po's face, only with a small movement did Po manage to avoid the second kick from Arya.

Then Arya pushed her body using both hands so that she lifted into the air, then launched a hard kick using her left which Po avoided by ducking quickly. Not yet his attack that had previously finished Arya had his right foot high above the head of the Supervisor. Then do the tentgan down vertically using the backs of his feet.

But the attack was successfully held with one hand by Po, the opportunity was not wasted by Arya. Arya used the entire Agnet she kept in her right hand and pointed it quickly towards Po's pocket where the pin was, just as Arya's hand was only 1 cm away from it. Po blasts Agnet from all over her body so Arya bounces away and returns to position before the test begins.

Arya's breathing gasped for too much use of Agnet in a row, it seemed like she had to take a break to replenish her Agnet again. Supervisor Po's eyes changed, this time the eyes filled with concentration. It seems to be getting serious.

For some time they did not move from their respective positions, Arya who was trying to gather her Agnet back and Supervisor Po who was preparing in a standby position. Then exactly 5 minutes before the test ended Arya realized something then smiled while raising her hand.

"I'm giving up Supervisor"

"Eh?!! Wh why? You still have the last 5 minutes" Supervisor Po said in surprise at Arya's decision.

"Mmm I don't think those 5 minutes were enough to snatch that pin from you, and also I'm still tired of using Agnet too much" Arya said as she yawned.

"But---"

"What's wrong, can't I repeat again as I please" Arya cut off walking towards the exit while scratching her head.

Just before he opened the exit Arya turned to look at Supervisor Po.

"But remember the Supervisor, this time I was satisfied enough to make you unable to speak while fighting earlier. Get ready for the next test because I can definitely snatch the pin from you" Arya said with a smile and waved her hand as she walked out the door.

"Huhh....isn't he that kind of terrible Gio?" said Supervisor Po while sighing.

The Astral Supervisor who had been watching the test while hiding his presence approached Supervisor Po.

"It looks like you're overwhelmed by it"

"That's right, and even just now he was just using Agnet. What if he also used the power of the Element? But I was confused as to why he gave up when he still had the last 5 minutes"

"It looks like he realized something, but I don't know what it is so be careful about getting tested next. Don't be careless when facing it"

"Yes-yes, I can't wait for how he will develop in the future" Supervisor Po said with a smile"

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Next time Arya brings a bottle of mineral water to the test room, Po watches carefully, what will this child do this time? Arya walked leisurely while smiling at Po.

"Are you ready to hand the pin to my Supervisor?"

"Hee looks like you're getting a little cocky just because yesterday managed to urge me, this time I'll be serious from the start of the test"

Arya knew and could sense that, she was sure Supervisor Po would be serious from the start because what he had done was tested before. So he just prayed that everything would go smoothly this time, he opened the lid of his mineral water bottle and drank some of the water.

Without further ado, Supervisor Po uprooted the water until it ran out.

"Hehhh I didn't think you'd drink it, I thought you'd think I put something in that water"

"There's no way you put anything in the water that you drank yourself didn't"

"This guy is clever too, may all this go as I think" Arya said.

Arya began to stretch her body like the previous test, she took a position ready to attack.

"Supervisor be prepared, I'll snatch that pin in just 5 minutes"

"Are you trying to bluff? I'm sorry, but it won't work. Alright grab this pin with all your abilities, the test begins!!!"

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Five minutes later the pin was already in Arya's hand, he threw the pin like he was throwing a coin into the air.

"Well, I didn't expect you to do such a sneaky thing" Supervisor Po smiled wryly.

"I didn't do anything sneaky" Arya replied with a triumphant smile.

"I didn't think you used water for something like that"

"Don't be too surprised like that, I'm just lucky because my prediction is right. I'm just predicting you're going to drink bottled water and spill a few drops of water into your clothes pocket"

"And you used the ice control on the water to push the pin out?"

"Absolutely, didn't you realize something was tested before? I didn't use my Element ability at all"

"Then if I drink that water without spilling a drop of water what would you do?"

"I'll still grab this pin even if it's just Agnet, I'm sure I can do it"

"How did you realize it?"

"Hmm? About what?"

"It's my habit to eat a snack every five minutes"

"That's also actually just a lucky guess, I realized it on the previous test"

"But didn't you just fight me in the first 10 minutes"

"Right, that's why I said it was just a lucky guess. I just noticed that you eat that snack every five minutes, in other words I only saw you twice pop it out in the previous test"

"And you tried your luck in the first 5 minutes of this exam?"

"That's right" Arya replied calmly.

Supervisor Po looks amazed about the analytical skills Arya has, he thinks that this child will develop into a child with terrible abilities in the future. Then Supervisor Po also handed over the confirmation form that was received with pleasure by Arya, he also came out of the test room with a face sumringah. And showed the pin he had snatched earlier along with the confirmation form of the other Elementalists.

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"When do you want to take that test?" arya muttered

That morning they were all having breakfast in the cafeteria as usual, Arya was already feeling very bored because she had not done anything in a week. Since he had gotten his confirmation form to take the exam he had no other activities to do.

"Be quiet, I'm still wondering how you can pass this test and be the first to pass" Timothy said a little annoyed.

"I'm also wondering how you can pass Aru?" timpal Lexa's.

"Air? The lexa? my name is Arya"

"Too long, so I just call Aru?" answer Lexa with a bite.

"Don't change the name of the dong"

Actually Arya realized that the other Elementalists were curious about how she graduated, but of course some of them tried not to show the sense of the challenger. Perhaps because of prestige, people like Asuna, Kevin, Zayn, and Elizabeth looked a little annoyed and envious when Arya showed her verification form.

"The Elementalists were asked to head to the test room" a boy told them.

Before parting, Arya turned her back and muttered quietly, slowly enough that only the ten of them could hear her.

"Please watch the snack"

When hearing Arya's words, the other Elementalists paused for a moment and turned to Arya who had stepped away from the place while waving her hand. After that Arya had no idea what was happening, but the next day all she knew was that the other nine Elementalists had successfully passed the confirmation test at the same time.

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"Does everyone understand the rules of the test?" ask the Astral Supervisor.

They nodded in agreement, finally the day that Arya had been waiting for had arrived the day that the First Elementalist Trial was about to begin, she was already impatient for what kind of test they would pass.

"I will explain once again to be more clear, this First Elementalist Exam will be divided into 2 stages, your first stage takes the exam in groups and your second stage will take the exam individually. The first stage aims to train your cooperation, at this stage you will be divided into 5 groups containing 2 people in each group. Your task is to collect the requested object within 2 weeks and in this first stage you must not at all use your element control abilities"

"Eh why is that the supervisor? Ask Timothy.

"It's not forever that you can only expect your controlling abilities, that's why we'll give you weapons to use. Oh yes I forgot to tell you that the location of the exam is the Neutral Territory"

"T..t..wait a minute, Neutral Territory? Means we'll---"

"Get out of Elemental City" Arya continued with a happy smile.

Neutral territory is a vast plain where the location is not in the territory of the power of any race, Wilyah Neutral is right in the middle and becomes the boundary of the territory of each race and anyone who enters the territory of the other races means to be immediately executed on the spot.

No laws of any race applied to the Neutral Territory as it was already an interracial agreement. Of course Humans did not partake in this deal, so this place could be utilized to become the location of the Elementalist Examination, as it only had a small percentage of it would meet other races.

Arya was already impatient, she could already overshadow the pleasant journey outside Elemental City, but all of that disappeared instantly when the group split.

"The first group, Arya Frost and Asuna Blaze"

Immediately Arya kicked down the table and stood up from her seat, Asuna who was a few meters away from her did the same. Their eyes met, their eyes both emitting an aura that said that they objected to the division of this group.

"T..t..t...wait a minute Astral Supervisor, why do I have to group with DIA?!" arya said while pointing at Asuna.

"You think I also want a group with you HUH?!" reply Asuna.

"Then get away there, you flame thrower"

"What do you say gray hair?"

"Ehem"

The Astral Watchers cleared their throat to end their showdown, they sat back down while putting on an annoyed face. The other Elementalists could only look at each other while shrugging their shoulders.

"I'm sorry Mr. Arya, Miss Asuna. The division of the group can not be contested because it has been determined since long ago. In fact, we deliberately created a group with Elementalists who have opposing elements, this is intended to make you able to work together even though your colleagues are your natural enemies"

"You two are natural enemies, right? The others, despite their opposites, no one always fights like you" Timothy said.

"Silence of rusty iron!" arya and Asuna snarled together.

"Ap...what?! what did you call me?"

"Be quiet Timothy you're so noisy" Kevin said.

That was how in the end Arya and Asuna ended up in the same group, they did not greet each other even when they got a turn to choose the equipment, they could only carry weapons and protectors, they could only carry weapons and protectors, food and other necessities should they search for themselves later in the Neutral Territory.

Arya walked towards the rack containing swords, where the equipment was very complete. Almost all the weapons are there, Arya took one of the swords there. He tried to draw the sword. Too heavy, it is better to use a katana just think and then take one of the katanas from the shelf.

"What are you going to use?" ask Asuna suddenly

"It's none of your business"

"Of course it's my business, we're going to be one group so I need to know if you can be of any use to me"

"Well! just look later miss, who will be useful to whom"

"Wahh, it's been a long time"

Asuna approached the sword rack and took one of the rapier swords, and she showed her ability to use the sword. Arya (albeit with a very heavy heart) admitted that Asuna's ability to use the sword was very extraordinary, the puncture by prick he launched which would definitely make her laugh overwhelmed. When Asuna ended her sword show, Arya clapped her hands as a sign that she recognized her abilities.

"Did you play fencing?"

"Yes, but I stopped a long time ago"

"Why? If I may know"

"My father won't let me"

"Mmm too bad when your ability is quite great lo"

"Thank you" Asuna said with a sweet smile

If his attitude had always been like this, I would have proposed to him a long time ago, Arya said in her heart.

"Then what are you going to use then?" ask Arya.

"I will use this thing" Asuna replied as she lifted a bow.

"You can shoot too"

Asuna just smiled, then showed her archery skills. And it turns out he's also great at archery. All arrows hit the target precisely, even if the target is moving or he himself (Asuna) is moving while archery.

"You'd rather use that rapier sword, right?" chirped Arya suddenly.

"Eh? Why are you saying that?"

"Because you seemed happier when you used it earlier, I understand your father didn't want to see his beloved daughter get hurt so he asked you to learn archery. But all of this is you going through it so just follow your heart"

Asuna fell silent, she did not expect Arya to know that much just by hearing the minimal information she gave earlier.

"I'm going to use this, I don't have to show it to you, do I?" arya said while showing the katana she took before.

"Eh....?! Wh why? I don't know your ability to use that thing" Asuna protested

Arya did not care about the protests that Asuna threw at her, after which they took the protector, Arya used a protector made of leather so that she could move more freely. While Asuna used a golden arm, after the preparations were completed the Elementalists were gathered in a room containing five circles that were large enough in diameter that a human could pass through.

"This is a portal that will send you to the Neutral Region undetected, and it's a communication tool you can use when you want to come back here" the Astral Watchdog said.

It provides a small communication tool that can be installed in the ear, this object can also be used to communicate with members of each group.

"Well this is a paper that contains what you should be looking for, we will send you to far-flung places so that you have no possibility of meeting other groups. Remember, finding the stuff and coming back as soon as possible is how you can get through this stage"

The portal has been turned on, they are all preparing in front of their respective portals.

"The First Elementalist Examination begins!!!"