Fourteen days later.
Sam came out of the tower; he is very reluctant to come out. But he has to move even if he doesn't want to do so.
When he came back, all of them looked at him with surprise.
Sam is not like his usual self. His eyes that are looking at the surroundings doesn't seem to be looking at them, he seemed to be thinking about something entirely different and he kept on muttering something like a madman.
His confidence was nowhere to be seen; he didn't even have a proper attention on his surroundings as he walked towards the lake with his lost senses.
Only after he jumped into the pool did he calm down a bit. This is Sam in a zone, it has been a long time since he was like this and it is extremely difficult to get out of this state of mind.
But he never hated this madman state, not only this, he never hated any part of him both physically mentally.
He accepted all his flaws and drawbacks along with his plus points and he would never change it for anyone.
Even thought, it might seem ironic that someone is not willing to change his flaws even after he identified them, he didn't want to do so, because from the past life's childhood till death of all those twenty five years more than half of his life was under someone's control.
His food, his health, his exercise, his attire and even his learning was under someone's control. Sam has found something new to learn and every time he did that he would have to show many reasons that it is useful to his 'controller', if he learnt this in one way or other before he got the approval.
So, when the major part of his life was in someone's control, he found out that his character was the only thing that is within his control.
Thus, he just wanted to keep it like that. He would never change it for social norms and conventions. Only if a person is worth it for him to change its character, he would do so.
Many people might think he is arrogant and he is behaving as if the world is revolving around him. But what Sam believed is, if you don't treat yourself special and don't have any confidence in you, then never ever expect someone to treat you that way.
And if anyone does that, there are only two conditions first one is the unconditional love and the second one is that person might have designs on you in one way or other and he might be boosting your ego to destroy you.
Sam swam in the lake for his heart's content and when he saw that no one is near the lake, he called out Mia.
The little hydra was already a level 1 and is growing faster and faster. When she came out, it immediately jumped at Sam and started snuggling.
Sam threw all the care for the world and started playing with Mia. They just played inside the water for hours.
After coming out of the water, Sam wasn't satisfied and took out the formation flags. He placed layers up on layers of concealing formations and even activated the formation discs.
He let out all the beasts, panthers, Yanwu, Sky, ape and Mia.
He doesn't know what is going to happen in the Dukedom capital, so he just wanted to enjoy some peace with his companions.
The two panthers pinned him to ground and started licking him in the face. It has been a long time since the little guys got his attention. Inside the dimension they only have themselves to play with and don't have much to do.
Yanwu or Sky would give food to them and they would run around, roll around, mess up some herbs that are planted, ruffle Yanwu's feathers and run away.
They are just like any other kids.
Sam called over Watt and asked him to bring over a large amount of food from the restaurant.
In an hour, Watt also joined them with a lot of food.
Sam didn't talk much all he did was play with the little beasts, panthers and Mia. He even let the Queen bugs out.
While relaxing Sam saw something interesting. Both the panthers are acting like superiors to Mia and are teaching her manners.
He couldn't help but chuckle. Even though, they became hybrid because of the fire poison, both the panthers don't have much potential as Mia for now, after all she is a mythical beast.
He imagined how Mia becoming a behemoth sized beast and looking down on the now superior Panthers and shook his head with a laugh.
But the problem is that Mia doesn't like to stay on the land for a lot of time and Panthers being the fire type is making it hard for her. Then only, he thought that it would be a good idea to capture a few water type beasts to have her company.
After the long relaxation, Sam and Watt packed up everything and stored away the beasts. Now that both of them are alone, Sam took out the gift he prepared for Watt.
When Watt saw this, he was dumbfounded. Because, it is also a hoverboard. But this is a bit different.
This is a little thinner and it is completely silver in colour.
Sam made this because, he has to walk if wants to go with Watt for some other places. So, if Watt also has same way of transport they can move faster.
But this board is different in a lot of ways. For, Harbinger Sam can directly circulate the wind elemental spiritual energy into the high-pressure air to get the required thrust.
Even though, Watt's manipulation and control over wind element are high, it is not high enough to provide same thrust.
So, Sam used a variety of inscriptions to make this. This thing also operates on the Wind energy cells, but, they are not visible for outside.
Instead they are covered with a plate. On the inner side of the plate there are a lot of complex inscription matrices Sam made.
These inscription matrices are actually made of a simple wind type inscription called air cannon. This is a normal wind elemental spell which produce a thrust of air for an instant and the scale of the effect will depend on the energy used by the mage.
Sam made an inscription matrix of these so that when injected they would provide a continuous thrust.
So, simply this thing runs on the continuous small-scale air cannons pushing the board upwards and even the forward thrust will be given the same way.
As for others finding out and copying it. They can try and see if they can continuously pour the energy from their body since Sam is sole supplier of the energy cells.
But before they could do this, they have to open up and examine, but Sam took measures. He stacked up the concealment formations inscribed with etching operation to conceal it from spiritual sense.
For, now there would be no copying.
Sam then showed the remaining functions of the board. There are some projectile shooting options on the front and even back of the board and there is one more function which he could use in the close combat too.
The rest of the day was gone with Sam teaching on how to balance and use the board effectively.
The next day early in the morning, Sam and the remaining members arrived at the Marquis mansion.
The twenty members were selected and the list was out. Sam's team didn't have any eliminations except for Jasmine.
So, that is nine seats gone. For the remaining eleven, the second team which mostly comprised of noble children got seven while the third team only got four places.
As for the eliminated candidates, they were given enrolment to the special elite class as the top priority students who will be invested in.
Sam looked at Zeke who is also looking him with some sort of fear in his eyes.
Zeke is particularly a bit overwhelmed and anxious as his father called him and his brother yesterday.
"If you want to live peacefully, don't mess with Sam anymore. Even if your grandfather can oppress him for now, you will be regret it in long run. So, if you guys have any plans to deal with him with the help of your grandfather, abandon the idea."
These are the exact words of Marquis yesterday night. Not only did Marquis warn them he didn't even give any further explanation.
"You will be representing the Blue flame territory and will be competing in the Dukedom capital. Now you guys don't have any way back and have to move forward even if you like it or not. So, I hope you guys concentrate on the future and grab the opportunities that are being presented for you."
After that, they were led to what seemed like a forest and when they entered all of them saw gigantic beasts.
These are Fire-winged eagle. These are one of the beast squads of the Marquis territory and they are Fire and Wind dual elemental beasts.
There is one more advantage for them. They are big and fast. So, they are also used for long distance travel.
At this morning, five Fire-winged eagles soared into the air with the candidates and the Marquis riding them toward the Dukedom capital.
