The Beginning After The End (New Heights Book 2) by TurtleMe

residing in the Kingdom of Sapin.  The
information on his birth is classified but if I had to guess, he was probably a
product of an elf slave.  The Wykes family has always had a bad
reputation for dabbling in nefarious ways to create better mages for their
house.  He’s an unusual case though, being able to be so adept in
flame affinity, despite his elf lineage. He awakened at the age of 8, which is
fast even amongst elf standards and was sent here for a sort of trial
run.  The Wykes no doubt expended a lot of money into buying beast
cores and other supplements to quicken his growth.”  I flip to the
next page.

 
    “Elijah
Knight.  He’s quite the mystery.  According to the file,
his origin is unknown.  He was, however, raised amongst dwarves since
a young age.  He was sent as one of the first representatives from
the Kingdom of Darv to assimilate into the human kingdom.

 
    “How come he
wasn’t tested Sir?  The clerk only told me to just put him into B
class.”  Emily leaned forward from her seat.

 
    “Elijah
awakened a couple of months of ago, so he’s only now barely reached the Dark
Red stage.  As for why he was allowed to be a B class Adventurer
probably has to do with the person backing him up.  I don’t have any
say in his case so we can only let him be.  I’m curious as to what
his abilities are.”  I shake my head.

 
    “As for that
masked Augmenter from today, to be honest, I have no idea who he
is.  He wasn’t recorded as one of the representatives on the
list.  I was simply curious as to what kind of person Miss Flameheart
would be willing to sponsor.

 
    “Flameheart…as
in THAT Flameheart house right?  The famous house that is known for
birthing the strongest fire attribute mages?”

 
    I put away
the file and look at them seriously, adjusting my glasses.  “I told
you all of this because you will find out soon anyway.  However, I
trust that you guys will refrain from telling others until the announcement is
made across the country.”

 
    I dismiss
them as soon as I receive confirmation that they’ll comply.

 
    I ponder
over today’s events.  That masked Augmenter.  His
techniques were not the standard skills that most fire attribute mages
use.  Even his style with the sword, it was something that made me
shiver.  But somehow, I get the feeling that he wasn’t at his optimal
state.  That somehow, he was being restrained.  I couldn’t
quite place my finger on it but his movements were awkward at times, as if he
wasn’t used to his own body.

 
    I dismiss my
thoughts and start going over the pile of documents.

 
    I can’t help
but grin to myself.  This continent is changing.  There
will be a lot interesting events happening from now on.

 
    ARTHUR
LEYWIN’S POV:

 
 
    The same
clerk that led us to the examination site hands me my bronze-colored
Adventurer’s card at the front desk.

 
    From E class
to B class, the card is a copper color, where starting from A class, it’ll
change to silver, then gold for AA class, then white for S class.

 
    “Do you have
a close relationship with Kaspian, Jasmine?”  I ask after putting
away my card, Sylvie asleep on my head.

 
    “He’s an
acquaintance of my father.”  She says simply under a cold expression.

 
    I don’t dig
for any further answers.  She obviously doesn’t have any sort of
positive feelings about all of this.

 
    Changing the
subject, I ask Jasmine, “So what should we do next?”

 
    She ponders
for a bit.  There were several options.  We could do
missions that were at or below our rank.  These missions included a
variety of tasks, from guarding, to acquiring specific items.  We
could also transport ourselves to the Beast Glades and explore while hunting
down mana beasts.

 
    “Dungeon exploring.”   She answers, a soft smile on her
face.

 
 

Chapter 29:   Sword and Body

 
 
    Sylvie
lets out a