Greatsburg Empire - Harmony Public High # 5 - Awakening Square - June 2, xxxxx26 - Class 8 Awakening - Great Empire Calendar 2026
"Where am I?"
"Who am I?"
Jack look around the dense square around him filled with various students and a grand square floating crystal in front of him where he is inlined with together witth what seems to be his classmates.
"Class 8 Student #1 ... Talent Awakening …. : E-Ranked - Pistol Mastery…. Next" "Wuwuwuwuw I awakenened!!!!!"
Suddenly dense memories flooded his mind. The world he is in right now is a mixture of various civilizations - The Greatsburg Empire - One of the Overlord in this world together with 2 others - The Freedom Alliance in the Western Continent and the Great Asian Federation on the East. He was an orphan living alone supported by the Empire till today, After 18 years of support now was the awakening ceremony that would determine the future state of every empire citizens - their talent would determine whether they would still received empire support and their future prospects - Whether that would be a dragon ascending to the peak of either Combat or Life professions or be a pebble around the road, an ordinary citizen whose only job was to be part of a population report on one of the empire book, merely making ripples among the countless citizens of the empire clogs of machinery that would be forever under the awakeners wills.
"Class 8 Student #2 ... Talent Awakening failure…. Next" "Wuwuwuwuw!!!!" Student #2 came down from the Awakening "Class 8 Student #3 ...Talent Awakening failure…. Next"
This world was a technological world until tens of thousand year ago when a certain spatial passage rips all around the world in which various civilizations races emerge that bring various changes to this world, Technology advances, Magic Emerges, Qi and immortals ascend from various places, the few people that first came out of the passage are friendly individuals that wanted to influence this world, they first emerge on the east continent where they help the main powers during that era to develop. To the East various Cultivation practices emerge , to the west are Magic studies that propel their technological advantages, then due to various conflict regarding resource and territory expansion due to this changes results to a thousand year war between the east and west, they develop various experiments with the civilizations races that back them during that time, thus this thousand years war results to a creations of various dungeons and the awakening stone that help individuals awaken their talents and the Class Advancement to be undertaken during their University studies, The war is still ongoing on other dimension spaces it results to the the three Great Overlords of this Era, Right now I live In the Greatsburg Empire - A mixture of East and West in the Central continent.
"What a magical and magnificent world" Jack eyes flickered with excitement and nervousness.
His body was average and he seems to be wearing glasses right now, he look like your average bookworm, which his previous body was originally. He somehow inhibit this body during the end of the awakening ceremony during their class call.
"Hey buddy you okay? It will be our turn in the couple of minutes, just hold on buddy" Rick asked Jack, after looking at his ashen appearance then gave him a mineral bottle which he asked from the officers maintaining the order around the square.
"Thanks Rick, Wish us luck hoping we would not be ordinary citizens" Jack accepted the bottle of water and drinks it and throws it to the trashcan.
Rick was Jack's Seatmate buddy from the start of highscool, he is a muscle head and honest looking kid from a common family. Which is unlike jack's orphan status.
"Jack look it's the class monitors turn" Rick looking to the blue hair glasses heading to the stage at the moment. " Hmm.."
Emily nods to the formation master and places her hand to the awakening crystal.
"Class 8 Student #7 Emily Watson ...Talent Awakening : A-Ranked - Ice Mastery …. Next"
Emily cold aura envelop the surroundings and the principals and other important members of various conglomerates of the empire takes notes of this girl.
"Another A-Class and its Ice Mastery perfect for Combat Mage class" the formation master says
"Thanks" Emily nods and walk down and stand in line with the successful students who awakens their talent.
"Congrats Class Monitor!!! Let's team up during the dungeon exam" Various classmates congratulate Emily
"Will see, Thanks" Emily perfunctory smiles and said to his classmates
"Hmph , Just A-Rank the class monitor was so-so " Katie says as she looks to her class monitor then she looks to the last guy who wears the glasses.
" What would Jack awakens, If its lower than mine then I would break up with him secretly if he is stronger then I would try to get more resources from him, he is a simp afterall and easily manipulated" Katie schemes internally and smiles as she looks to Jack at the back.
"Hey, Jack look katie is looking and smiling at us, what would your girlfriend talent be if she successfully awakens?" Rick tells jack as she gaves a thumbs up at the smiling katie and faces Jack.
" Lets just let fate decide but I hope she awakens a talent as she was also an orphan just like me, hope that her future is okay" Jack tells Rick. Then looks ahead at the square.
"Class 8 Student #12 Alfred Arnez... Talent Awakening …. : B-Ranked - Steel Defense…. Next" A Man whose skin was made of steel looks smugly at the back to jack.
"tch, what is this idiot looking to us all smugly" Rick says to Jack.
"Just let him be, its just youthful arrogant" Jack says, Alfred was one of Jack's bullys, due to his appearance he was often harrass by this muscle idiot and his lackeys, the good thing was Rick was always their to help him due to Rick's massive build.
"Another B-Class and Defense talent"
"why can they awaken " some of those who fail grumble but just stand together with those unawaken
" Finally it's my turn" Katie looks ahead and head straight to the platform.
"Class 8 Student #15 Katie Marqeues ... Talent Awakening …. : S-Ranked - Phoenix Transformation…. Next"
The area suddenly gets warmer and katies original black hair and eyes suddenly changes to fiery red and a flame aura emerge around her and a phoenix manifestations surge around the sky .
That fiery bird scares the ordinary students witless and the principals and reps breaths stops and feels hot due to the phenomena.
"Congrats Principal another S- Class Talent emerges in your Highscool" Reps of Polles BioTech Conglomerate says to the principal.
"It's the students fate, not mine, haaahaaha" The principals mouth says but the inner voice of his was his added resources due to successful awakening of this batch of students.
"Let's look ahead, There are still a couple of students left." The principal said
Katie walks down and her eyes look to Jack who smiles at her then heads to the other line. Then looks ahead amidst the congratulatory and perfunctuary of remarks of her classmates and her warm response to them as she knew their status would be different now from now on. She would be on the top of the social strata thus their interaction right now might be the last farewell they would have to be under the same starting point.
"Class 8 Student #23 ...Talent Awakening failure…. Next" "Wuwuwuwuw!!!!!"
"Class 8 Student #24 ... Talent Awakening …. : C-Ranked - Werewolf Transformation…. Next"
"I awakenened!!!!! hahaa" A laughing werewolf transform youth walks down and exits transformation then head to the successful line. "Boss Alfred let's team up for the dungeon exam" "Sure, thing" Alfred said to Student #24 (One of his lackeys)
"Class 8 Student #25 ... Talent Awakening …. : C-Ranked - Eagle Eyes…. Next" "Boss I awaken as well" "Great, we finally have a sniper on our team, welcome aboard"
"Class 8 Student #43 ...Talent Awakening failure…. Next" "Wuwuwuwuw!!!!"
"Rick, Goodluck, you can do this" Jack pats his friend and wish him goodluck as he head to the platform.
"Got it, thank bud" Rick's Grin foolishly and gave a thumbs up and head to the platform
"Class 8 Student #49 Rick Samson... Talent Awakening …. : B-Ranked - Golem Summoning…. Next"
"Wuwuwuwuw I awakenened!!!!! Jack we have a new buddy now" He tried to summon the golem on the stage, and it appears to be around 2.5 meters made of stalactite materials light yellow in color with two round eyes and a hollow mouth, the summon was towering on te stage whille Rick laugh loudly and receive a smack from the formation master, although not hard, "Goodluck kid, a summoning talent, keep it up and dismissed it there is still the last student left." "Thanks" Rick smile sheepishly then retract the earth golem and head to the successful line. "Class monitor I awaken, haaahaaah" "Yeah, yeah, make sure to properly train your summon, study well" Emily says
"Finally its my time, Hope that the transmigration template not be fake"
"System, oh mighty system bless this lonely transmigrator" Jack tell himself as he readies himself to head as he was the last person for this awakening ceremony
"Class 8 Student #50 - Jack Milstrom …Jack puts his hand to the awakening stone… the stone shines brightly, so bright that everyone around the square stops their breath and kinda looks away. The formation master was astonished "What a bright light" then a couple of seconds left the stone dim as fast as it shone brightly then a scene so expectacular happen the awakening stone emit black smoke … Talent Awakening - Talent Awakening - this was the only thing showing repeatedly on the large screen up the back stage. Then a shockwave of energy erupt followed by a strong gust of wind and white smoke .
"What is happening" A couple of students view was blocked and some of the important figures as well have their vision slighty obscure but was still able to discern that the stage was still fine.
<1% … 2%…. 35%…. 60% … 90% .. 99%.. 100%>
< A Package have been generated awaiting confirmation>
Jack looks at the blue panel showing to his face and a thunderous laugh came to his mouth…
"Hahahaaaaa" "Haahaa"
Then finally the screen stops the inspection loop.
"Talent Awaken Success…. : F-Ranked - Crafting Affinity….." after the smoke clears up the sound on everyone ears hears this repeatedly in their ears, The event shocked the formation master, he thought it was an auspicious phenomena and a new dragon would emerge, but the results tells a different feeling inside of him. after everythings clears up and the screen shows the mighty F-Ranked talent name to everyone.
Meanwhile Jack was laughing loudly like a hysterical patient and whose expression from the outside view shows a man faced with what looks like the end of the world. This was their overall evaluation of him as of this moment, yet in his own eyes he was having the best experience of his life. His Internal happiness was then suppress by his calming emotions and he stop his laugh.
"The Transmigration Ancestor did not lie hahaaa, wait till I get home and study the system" Jack inner voice after stopping his laugh. Then walk down and head to those successful individuals.
"F-Rank" What difference does this make to those other ordinary people.
"Crafting Affinity" A money hungry talent, and jack was an orphan how would he get by. Truly a pity." Some classmates said quietly which did not escape Jack ears, but he ignores them.
"Hey four-eyes F-Rank ahaaaa. Crafting affinity what would you pauper make haaha a bent-down cart selling stand would be appropriate, that way you could still sell junk food outside the school to support yourself" Alfred mockingly said to jack as he walk past him, together with his lackeys..
"Just ignore it" Jack said interally.
"Jack can we talk privately late?" Katie said to him after passing her.
"Okay, and congratulations to you, Katie, hope your soar upward" Jack said although he know what would happen next be, yet, he did not expose her and would await what she would tell him later.
"It's okay Jack and congratulations for successfully awakening, I know you can do this" Emily said to Jack as if comforting him.
"Thanks Class Monitor, You as well congratulation, let's prepare well for the dungeon exam on the next 3 months" Jack said to Emily and looks at Rick.
"It's okay buddy at least you awaken, we can do this" Rick fist bump Jack. "Yeah" Jack smiles then awaits the end of the ceremony.
"The awakening ceremony End, Everyone no matter whether you awaken or not, don't lose hope this is only one part and prepare for the dungeon exam 3 months from now." Student Katie Marqeues come to the Elite class tomorrow - Everyone Dismissed" The Principal said and walk away leaving everyone free to roam on their own.
"Let's go to a feast, It's my treat" Rick said to Jack. But Jack decline. "Maybe next time, I feel kinda exhausted" "Got it, take care of yourself" then he asked the class monitor then left jack on his own and head to the exit. Jack looks for Katie who was still there. "Let's talk at the cafe outside" "Okay, let's go" Katie said.
Jack walk forward outside and head to an empty cafe outside . "Let's sit here, do you wanted a coffee?" he perfunctory said. "No, let's be quick. I wanted to break up. Let's not associate with each other from now own, you know I am S-Rank and you're F-Rank, we were a world apart and our intersection would be totally different from now own, I hope you have a normal life , Goodbye Jack" Katie said to Jack. "I understand, I hope you stay safe as well, Goodbye" Jack smiles and wipes the glass he is wearing "One coffee please, Cappucino with milk and sugar thanks" He said after watching katie left, he is alone in the coffee shop together with the cashier/barista at the counter. "Well, things always came down to this, but we must look forward" "let's see the system rewards first" Jack sits down to the open window area of the cafe, awaiting for his coffee to be prepare.
"Here is your coffee esteemed guest." Alice said as she send the coffee to the lonely glass wearing man ahead and smiles and left. "Thanks" Jack said and stirred the coffee after adding sugar and milk.
"System Open package reward!!" Jack smiles as he sips the coffee, the sweet milky taste of coffee arrived at his tongue which wash away the bitterness that just recently happen and put on the glass, while looking outside the window as cool breeze past him.