Elementalists
Chapter 42 - Ridiculous Calling

"I feel useless"

Those were the words that came out of Shu's mouth while continuing to stare blankly at the corner of the room, Arya was trying to understand how her teacher was feeling. Maybe if his student would do the same to him, he would feel even more frustrated.

Shu sighed then ordered the Astral to take out a wooden human they used to use as a target during training. Shu mounted his horses while staring at the wooden man without blinking.

"Shu School's Flow Sword Technique, Kamaitachi!"

Arya did not know what the others were like, but all she could say for sure was that she was able to see half the initial movement and half the final movement of the technique. Arya watched the other Elementalist's eyes widen as the woodman seemed to disappear from where he should be.

He had a feeling that their vision could not see the slightest movement that Shu had just made.

"Wood people....lost?" timothy said with his mouth open.

"Not..., it's just...." Arya immediately approached where the woodman should be. He put his hand on the floor and blew his palm.

"She slashed out somehow a number of times at one target point. To the extent that the target is crushed into dust, this is the real Kamaitachi technique" Arya continued.

Sure enough, from the palm of Arya they could see the dust flying after being blown. In a moment they all swallowed.

"I will never bother the Captain again, I will never bother the Captain again" Timothy murmured softly as he continued to repeat his words.

"But...wasn't he just using a wooden sword?" asuna was confused.

"Yep, that. Just imagine if he uses a sunngguhan sword the result will be like" Arya replied.

"I can't believe I ever survived that technique" Zayn shook his head.

"Hahaha I've eliminated the technique is not perfect, so the impact of the technique is still widening everywhere" explained Arya while laughing awkwardly.

"Aryan?" call Shu.

Arya immediately stood up and faced while answering "Yes, Master"

"If you really want to master Kamaitachi, I'll teach you"

"Really?"

"Yes, but once you have all three attributes of an Elementalist. So until that time comes, never use such a perfunctory technique"

Arya could only agree to that while saluting him.

"Alright then—"

"Shu....?!"

"A...ad..what else is Bianchi?!" replied Shu stammered.

"Now we all know the mastermind behind all this? A teacher who just wants to look cool in front of his students by showing secret techniques. AND WHY ARE YOU SHOWING THAT TECHNIQUE AGAIN IN THIS PLACE IF YOU WANT TO BAN HIM, HUH?! BASIL—"

"PLEASE....!!! BIANCHI CRAZY! OH?! GIO! JERRY! DON'T JUST STAY THERE!!!" shu shouted as he shot at high speed out of the room.

He was immediately followed by Supervisor Bianchi who was echoing his knuckles. Arya felt the prestige that Shu was trying to show was destroyed right then and there.

"How's your training going?" lee asked him without seeming to care if his old friend's life was being threatened.

"Eee.that's.lately I've been using swords a lot, so I rarely practice" Arya replied carefully.

"Mmm...rarely practice yes?"

Unexpectedly Lee quickly floated a kick that pointed right at Arya's head. Arya used both of her hands to hold back the hard kick, to the point that both of her hands felt numb.

"Your reflexes are still as good as ever even if you rarely practice, you know the consequences if you rarely practice, right?"

None of those in the place saw him, but Arya could confirm moments later that she felt three long-winded kicks landing on her stomach. He bounced far away until he hit the wall of the training room.

Arya has not recovered from the attack, with just one step. Lee caught up and then floated the next kick.

Arya managed to dodge the kick in time, the kick made the affected wall spurt inward and caused the room to tremble quite violently.

"Oi..oi..we have just been reprimanded for being too excessive" Arya exclaimed with a faint smile.

Lee just kept quiet and returned the smile casually.

"I've noticed it a long time ago, even though Master Shu is noisy and annoying. Master Lee is much more sinister" Arya said prepared.

"Thank you for the compliment"

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The next day Arya grimaced softly in her room while trying to put on clothes. His body was covered with bruises from being beaten up by Lee yesterday, fortunately it was slightly treated when Allucia reprimanded Lee for making Arya hurt and would cause her to bother to treat Arya.

Berlin also rebuked Lee for making some parts of the training room damaged which caused Berlin to have to repair it. Lee just kept quiet and accepted their reprimand but with an expression of no regret in the slightest.

After getting dressed and carrying some important items, he immediately left the male dormitory. Unexpectedly he met Asuna who was sitting alone on the stairs that became the entrance of the female dormitory.

"Where are you going?" ask Asuna suspiciously.

"Surface" Arya replied as she pointed upwards.

"For what?"

"I have an appointment to meet seeo—"

"Who?!" cut Asuna fast.

"Someone's on the surface with the Astral Supervisor, are you satisfied?!" exclaimed Arya annoyed.

"Ohh...."

Asuna then says nothing more and lets Arya leave the place after the unimportant interrogation she just did.

"What the hell is wrong with her?! Why is he suspicious of that?" inner Aryan.

Finally he met Astral in his room, Astral was a little surprised and asked why Arya had a sour face. Arya only explained that she had just been interrogated before arriving at this place safely.

The two of them finally set off for their destination, on the way the Astral began to tell them where they were going and who they were going to meet.

Arya finally found out that they were heading to the Government Center Building in the Golden District to meet the Mayor of Elemental City. The Mayor of Elemental City was the one in charge of organizing and taking policy decisions in this place.

You could say the Mayor was like the leader of mankind. Currently the Mayor of Elemental City was held by a man named Richard Stickman, he was the seventh person to serve as the Mayor. Arya has seen it several times in newspapers and television.

To be honest Arya did not like the man too much, according to him the man was just a stupid man who was greedy for power. He was just busy campaigning to be re-elected as Mayor rather than taking care of the people.

Were it not for Astral's invitation, he would not have been willing to meet him. And that is true because several times Mr. Hartoso always invited him to meet the Mayor but he always refused.

Finally they arrived at the Central Government Building, both of them reported to the receptionist and were escorted to a room waiting for Stickman's arrival. They stayed there for about two and a half hours, when Arya's patience began to run out. Finally someone entered the room.

A middle-aged man with graying hair smiled at them, Arya turned her face away for a moment from feeling fed up with that person.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, I have a lot of business to do" Stickman said, shaking Astral's hand.

"It's okay sir, we can understand it" Astral replied gently.

"I don't" Arya chirped quietly so only Astral could hear her.

Astral and Stickman then spoke, the crux of their conversation is already up to where the preparations from the Elementalists are currently. But the only thing Arya could catch from Stickman's words was, she wanted the Elementalists to be shown to the world while she was still the Mayor.

As they were cool talking suddenly someone entered the room, a man with waist-length white hair was surprised to see there was a person in the room. He was wearing glasses and a white research suit.

"Ahh sorry, I didn't know you were a guest sir" he said quickly as he prepared to leave.

"What's wrong, come here. Introduce these two these are the people from the Research Center"

The man then approached and shook hands with Astral, introducing himself as a scientist named Sioul van Laag. When it was Arya's turn to shake hands with him, Arya stuck out her hand in a cute manner.

Just as their skin touched, Arya's eyes widened. He felt all his fur standing up. In a hurry he withdrew his hand, Sioul simply smiled and immediately parted from the room.

After their affair was finally finished and they left the place, Astral finally asked Arya the condition. Because ever since shaking hands with Sioul, he had continued to look at his right palm which continued to tremble nonstop.

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"I can't believe you said that!" selena snapped in annoyance as she approached towards Asuna.

"It's none of your business!" hardik Asuna was equally upset.

"Can you at least think about Rena's feelings before you speak?!"

"I told you this is none of your business! I just don't want to lie to Rena, get out of the way!" asuna replied cynically then immediately exited the room.

"It's okay Selena, I understand Asuna's feelings" cried Rena calmed down then immediately followed Asuna out of the room.

"Ukhh I don't understand what's on their minds" Selena complained with her head throbbing.

"I understand how they feel" Elizabeth chuckled and casually stepped out of the room.

"What about you Lexa?" selena asked a glance at the last person who had not left the room.

"Mmm..trust me I don't understand it as well as you, but....."

"But?"

"I have a feeling that I will soon understand hehehe" said Lexa who finally stepped up the room.

"Well, I never understood the contents of the girls' heads in this place" whispered Selena tired.

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After traveling with Astral, Arya immediately returned to the male dormitory. He yawned as if he wanted to rest, but his steps stopped when he heard the sound from the training room. He peeked out of the open door.

She saw Lexa standing there alone with a blindfold on, and she began to move her body slowly. Lexa does some fist and kick movements very quickly.

It makes Arya stunned and he finally entered the training room without her knowing, Arya just knew that Lexa learned martial arts like that. As she was watching, Lexa suddenly stomped her feet.

A large enough chunk of rock was lifted off the ground, then he kicked the stone towards Arya. Arya swiftly froze the stone until it was smashed into pieces.

"Who's there?" lexa asked while peeking out from behind her blindfold.

"Sorry, am I...interrupting your training?" arya answered quickly.

"Aah....Aru's? You should have spoken faster so I wouldn't have to attack you" Lexa said with a sweet smile.

"Lexa....? How many times have I said my name is Arya" said Arya tired.

"Mmm.but better called Aru" Lexa replied pouting.

"Huh....have you forgotten, did you learn bare-handed martial arts?"

"That's how, I was itching to practice when I saw you get beat up by your master back then hahaha"

"Ugh..please don't remind me, hear you say that my body already feels sore"

"But good? Have a friend practice sparring" Lexa bowed listlessly.

Arya felt a little pity looking at the expression of the girl.

"Hey, how about we practice sparring?" tawar Aryans.

"really?! I was just about to ask you that" Lexa replied enthusiastically.

The two of them finally put up the horses, Arya moved her body which was still a bit stiff due to being injured yesterday.

"Alright let's get you—"

Arya's not done talking, Lexa's punch is right in front of her nose. With maximum speed Arya immediately kicked Lexa's arm so that the punch was blown towards the top. Arya then made a distance again with a watchful face.

"Aww...aww.your kick is very hard Aru" commented Lexa while shaking her hand that had just been kicked by Arya.

Arya just kept quiet, she sure let her guard down a little. The punch had already landed right on his face, the two of them started to charge forward. They exchanged attacks in the form of punches and kicks, each time their body parts met would cause a loud clashing sound to be heard in the air.

The two then lock each other up.

"Lexa....Jeet Kune Do?!" arya asked with widened eyes while enduring Lexa's punch.

"You are great Aru, you can realize it only by exchanging attacks with me a few times" replied Lexa who was also holding back Arya's kick.

The two of them continued to practice the match until they were both unable to move, both of them finally sprawled on the floor of the training room due to exhaustion.

"Ahahaha you're really great Aru" praised Lexa with a breath of breath.

"Huh.hah I should have said that, with such close combat ability I did not expect you to not win the First Test" Arya replied.

"Hmm.I ended up against Zee anyway in the first game"

"Zee?!"

"Iya Zee, Zee the Dark Elementalist" Lexa said as she chuckled softly.

"Name's Zayn!" sahut Arya is upset.

Now that he understands why Lexa can lose, Zayn's way of fighting is the opposite of Lexa's way of fighting. Though by practicing a match with him just now, Arya can say that Lexa is an Elementalist with the greatest melee fighting ability among them all.

Especially in a bare-handed fight like that, when Arya was busy drifting in her mind Lexa was standing back.

"Hey Aru? How about we go to round two?"

"About? Ugh. You're so excited" said Arya tired.

"Hahaha of course! How about we use the Elemental Weapon next?"

"It doesn't matter, Mandalika!" call Arya.

The sword appeared out of nowhere and was immediately held by Arya, Lexa then put up the horses while closing her eyes.

"Wake up, Gnome!"

A brownish-colored Gauntlet immediately appeared and coated Lexa's hands, the light produced by the weapon made Arya feel a warmth that was foreign to her.

"All right! Let's get started!" exclaim Lexa.

Without Arya ever guessed, since that day the two began to often practice sparring together during certain hours. They decided to move more freely. So engrossed in training, they both forgot that the Third Elementalist Trial was in sight.