Elementalists
Chapter 43 - Time for the Hunt

Arya came out of the dormitory while the clock was still showing at 4:30 am, she immediately headed for the training room as they had agreed before. But when he stuck out his neck to look inside the training room. It turns out that place is still empty.

He decided to take a walk to see the atmosphere of the Penilitian Center in the morning blind. His steps came to a halt when he heard a strange sound as he passed through the Canteen, after being seen. It turned out that there was a person who was sitting limp on one of the tables.

"Heh....? What are you doing here? Didn't we promise to meet in the practice room?"

Lexa immediately turned her head but still with her hands holding her stomach. He looked at Arya with teary eyes while groaning softly.

"Aru"

"Well.....? That's why I don't like to train late into the night" Arya sighed.

"Ugh...how is this? It could be the sound of my stomach waking up this whole place"

"Here that? How else, this time the canteen is not yet operational"

Arya walked past Lexa to the door of the room where the Canteen cooks usually cook, and opened the door with a key taken out of her pocket. Lexa's sitting position straight up, she threw a questioning glance at Arya.

"K..ka...you have the kitchen key?"

"That's it, I asked for a duplicate of Supervisor Gustav" Arya replied casually and disappeared into the kitchen.

A noisy sound started to come out from that place, slowly but surely. The aroma of cooking began to fill the air. With drool beginning to drip, Lexa stuck out her neck to peer inside curiously.

Arya who already uses apron and head fastener is cutting some food ingredients very deftly.

"Sit sweet and wait there, I'll make breakfast with the rest of the ingredients" Arya ordered.

"Gee....Aru, I just found out that you can cook" Lexa said in awe.

"Huh....? What are you talking about? Don't we have cooking lessons in this place?"

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A few minutes later Arya had already thrust a plate of food with smoke billowing to Lexa. Lexa's face was straight.

"I..in.it's beautiful....!"

"Have it, don't overdo it. This is just a fried rice" Arya replied casually.

"Alright come on ma—"

Not yet had time to scoop Lexa move, Arya immediately pulled the food again.

"DDID?! Aru...what are you doing? Don't torture me like this dong?!" lexa protests with a face.

"Take the habit of praying before you eat, you!" reply Arya while touching Lexa's forehead.

"Aww..uh.sorry" said Lexa rubbed her forehead while grimacing softly.

After that Arya returns to the kitchen and allows Lexa to fill her stomach, she takes the leftovers she made for herself.

"Eee...seems like this is too much.but yes, that's it" said Arya slowly.

When he finally came out carrying a plate of food for himself, he began to hear a faint sound in the distance.

"Huh..huh..this smell.....do you smell the aroma of cooking too?"

"Right, it looks like it's from the Canteen"

"Who's cooking at this hour?"

"See, I'll check"

At the speed of light, Elizabeth soon arrived in front of the Canteen entrance. After seeing Arya still using the apron carrying the plate to the table where Lexa was, she shouted.

"UAH....?! Arya's sister cheated! Why is Lexa the only thing that food is made of?! I want to too!"

A few minutes later, the other female Elementalists also began to appear in that place.

"Aryans? Lexa?" call Selena astonished.

"Well..it looks good!" chirps Rena excited.

"What are you two doing in this place? At a clock like this?" asked Asuna with her eyebrows raised.

After receiving various protests, Arya was finally forced to give up the leftovers she had made for the female Elementalists who had just arrived. She then went back to the kitchen to cook again.

For the second time he cooked the same amount as before, he thought maybe they would ask for an extra or how. Unfortunately, when he came out to eat. It turned out that at the table was already sitting waiting sweetly for the other male Elementalists.

They looked at Arya expectantly, when they finally all got their food rations. Arya kicked the table hard.

"WHAT THE FUCK?! WHY AM I EVEN YOUR COOK?! I WANT TO EAT HERE TOO!!!"

Then the sound of laughter rang out, Gustav appeared out of nowhere and told Arya to sit down. He then immediately went into the kitchen to prepare breakfast for Arya and the people there, with Arya's sullen face throwing away from the other Elementalists in annoyance.

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The ten of them gathered in a room where the Astral taught, they already knew that today was the announcement of the Third Elementalist Examination. Arya sat in the corner of the room with an annoyed face.

"Ohh come on, Captain, you're still mad about what happened in the cafeteria at the time?" ask Timothy astonished.

"Whisper!" aryan Hardik.

A few minutes later the Astral entered the room and caused the atmosphere to become silent. The Elementalits instantly entered serious mode at a time like this.

"Well, you know what you're here for, right?" start Astral.

They all immediately agreed, in fact they were impatient to immediately continue the Exam because they wanted to see the results of the exercises they had been doing so far.

"Does anyone know what the third Elementalist Exam will be like? What do you think, Mr Arya?" astral asked as he looked at Arya deeply.

Arya paused for a moment to remember a book she had read, she then cleared her throat while saying.

"If it's not wrong anyway.from the book I read, it should be the next attribute gathered is the Elemental Beast"

Astral smiled at his reply while nodding softly, "Right, the time for the Elemental Beast Hunt has already arrived"

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Elemental Beasts were the next attribute to be gathered, basically Elemental Beasts formed from souls or spirits that roamed this world. Or you could say failed to cross, usually this is due to unnatural death.

Such as being killed, accidents, suicide, and others. This makes them unable to cross into the afterlife. But also not accepted in the world, to be able to cross they have to pay a ransom.

The ransom was in the form of cooperation with the existing Elementalists to maintain world peace, these spirits would turn into beast forms and would possess elemental powers after making contracts with Elementalists.

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"All right, do you understand?" ask Astral again.

"understand!" sahut they are in unison.

"But a little advice from me, you better move quickly on this task"

"I mean Supervisor?" elizabeth is confused.

"Because this is arguably a test that has no certainty" explained Astral.

"Huh?! Aren't we just looking for where the Elemental Beast is?" timothy timpal.

"It's not that simple, it's going to be much harder than the previous two Trials" Arya cut.

"But...how can it be?" Timothy is getting confused.

"Because this time it is not like the first Test that the place and the object we are looking for has been determined its location, unlike the second Test also that we know where we should look for the materials we need. The Third Elementalist Trials are random, we do not know and do not have a clue where the Beasts are" Arya said.

"HUH?! Then how do we find him?!" ask the others simultaneously while staring at Astral.

"By believing in your own instincts" Astral replied with a faint smile.

"That's why it's called the Exam without certainty" Arya said as she cleared her throat.

"Well it's time for the division of the team, you certainly already know this will be done again, right? First team, Lexa Brown and Arya Fro—"

Astral had not yet finished his sentence, there was a loud clashing sound from the back of the room. It was a sound when Asuna's head hit the table, she immediately sat limp in her seat.

"What's wrong with you?" ask Arya wonder.

"No, I didn't expect my bad feeling to actually happen. If you're with Lexa means I'm with—"

"The second team, Asuna Blaze and Timothy Iron" continued Astral followed by a cheerful laugh from Arya.

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"Supervisor.....!? Why don't I group with Arya's sister!!!" elizabeth protested while standing from her seat.

"Sorry Miss Elizabeth, but the arrangement is already like this" Astral replied calmly.

"But kan—"

Cut Kevin fast, then swiftly catch Elizabeth's dress collar and lift it. It was quite funny according to Arya because Kevin was lifting a cat that was angry.

"Hey Kevin?! What the hell are you doing?! You little whiny boy! Lower me!"

"ARU....?! We're finally on the same team!" lexa shouted happily while embracing Arya from behind.

"Haha.it...Lexa....? Can you let me go?" arya asked weakly.

"Eh....?! Wh why? I like it like this" Lexa replied casually.

"Can't you feel the bloodthirsty stares around us?" arya muttered while gulping down due to the piercing gazes from the surroundings.

"I don't feel anything, but is this just my feeling or is this room a little hot" Lexa replied innocently.

Asuna got up from her seat while rubbing her hands on the table, she immediately stepped up to leave the room.

"Hey Asuna you want to go to—"

"WHISPER! DON'T FOLLOW ME!" snapped Asuna was annoyed.

"Huh?! How could I not follow you if we were a team?" timothy asked quickly while following Asuna out of the room.

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After making preparations for approximately a week, the ten of them were ready to leave at that very moment. Everyone was gathered in the Training Room for the final preparations before leaving.

Arya was prepared with a backpack and a small waist bag that she had been wearing, not to forget Mandalika was installed in such a way behind her waist. Lexa also carries a backpack to carry her own gear.

The difference is that he has used Gnome in his hands, Arya began to pay attention to other friends. Elizabeth was playing her Morning Star at an unreasonable speed.

"Glow, Theia!"

The Morning Star spiked ball gave off a dazzling glow as Elizabeth began to weave it.

"Huh....Looks like it's pretty good, what about your Karkadann condition. Ali?" ask Elizabeth.

Ali holds a Dagger with horn-shaped blades, Arya can see the grains of sand begin to spread in the room when Ali plays his Dagger. Suddenly a yellowish flash of light appeared next to Arya.

"Go ahead, Chac!"

"Hey?! Careful, what do I do?!' Aryan Protest.

"Eh? Sorry Captain, I didn't see you. I'm also not sure you'll be hit by such a simple attack" Kevin replied as he turned to Arya.

"Simple attacks from ma—"

"Right, Leviathan!"

Kevin withstood a snake-shaped water attack with his Mace, he looked a little overwhelmed to withstand the attack from Selena.

"Ugh.sorry Captain, I'm a little busy here" Kevin exclaimed as he quickly moved away.

"Hai Arya" Selena said as she carried her scaly spear to chase after Kevin.

"Hi Selena" Arya replied weakly as she was hit by Selena's water attack earlier.

"Pff! Hahaha sorry about that" he said with a laugh.

"What's wrong, I can take care of it"

Arya then froze all the water that hit her body and released the ice chips from her. After that he found Rena sitting on the floor quietly, Arya immediately sat near him.

"What are you doing Miss?"

"mmm? I was waiting for Zayn to practice" Rena said with a smile.

"Eh...why not just practice?"

"I don't want to bother him"

Zayn was standing still in one corner of the room, he twirled his Dual Shuriken deftly on the palm of his hand. Then slowly he started throwing the gun.

"Fly, Raven!"

The Dual Shuriken revolved while emitting an extremely dense black aura, the weapon hovering around Zayn quickly and precisely. Then it returned to his palm as Zayn pulled the threads of his.

"Oi? Zayn?" call Arya while approaching.

Zayn turned his head and looked back at Arya with a questioning gaze, "What's the Captain?"

"Can you teach me how to use yarn again? there's something I don't understand" Arya exclaimed excitedly.

Zayn then explained some of the movements to Arya briefly but easily understood.

"Ahh..so so, well I'll try soon" said Arya casually while continuing to roll her yarn.

"Why do I have the feeling of a little regret teaching you this technique Captain" Zayn commented while sighing.

"Eh?! Why that?"

"Because with just a little practice you can catch up with me easily"

"Ahh you are too much hahaha" Arya replied as she patted Zayn on the back.

"Hmm what is this?" timothy asked Asuna.

"It's none of your business!" sahut Asuna ketus.

Arya then took a quick glance and looked at the thing that Timothy was referring to, without her noticing a smile on her face.

"It turns out you're still keeping that keychain?" arya's chirps were loud enough that Asuna could hear them.

"Ekh!? Why why?! You don't like it?" he looked at Arya.

"No, I just never thought you'd use it" Arya replied with a faint smile.

"HUH!" Asuna headed straight for the exit.

"Asuna?" call Arya.

Asuna's steps came to a halt, she turned to Arya without saying a word.

"Be careful"

Asuna simply nodded and immediately continued her footsteps, but Arya could faintly hear words that sounded like "You too" from Asuna. The keychain Arya gave him hung gallantly on the handle of Amaterasu.

"Hey?! Timothy!"

Timothy who was about to catch up with Asuna immediately turned his head in dismay.

"What's up, Captain!"

"Revelation! Do not melt" said Arya chuckled softly.

"Oh come on, Captain! We haven't even left and you've scared off 33 times today" Timothy lamented.

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All the Teams are already preparing on their respective Portals, Arya and Lexa are looking at the choice of locations they can go to. Arya was trying to find a clue as to where they should go, carefully looking at the potential location where the Elemental Beasts were.

He continued to shift the screen in front of him while thinking, while Lexa who was impatient continued to move her body.

"Hm...Aru's? How's it?"

"I'm still looking"

"Eh?! Waitaminute! How about coming here" Lexa said, pointing to a location.

"here? Why should it be here?" arya was confused.

"I saw something that looked like a Hamster in that place" Lexa exclaimed.

"Hamsters? Whereabouts? I didn't see anything" Arya replied confusedly.

"That's there! Let's go!"

Without thinking, Lexa immediately chose the coordinates of the location and turned on their portal.

"Eh! T..ta..but thisan—"

"No buts, come on!" Lexa immediately pulls Arya towards the portal.

"At least we should know first that this is a region that—"

Arya's words immediately disappeared as she felt the teleportation sensation she hated the most in her life to date.