The Golden Throne

The old man sighed and introduced himself to the rest of the class.

"Good afternoon everyone. I am your magical practicals professor, Li Zhang. I am sure that everyone is a bit tired with all your classes, and this is definitely not the best way to start the class, but remember, what Jean said had a meaning. You boy, what did you do when she held you with her hands. Her gut was wide open, you could have punched her there."

"But professor, she is a girl. If I hit her, where can I show my face?"

The old man nodded and said, "Yes. So if there is a woman on the battlefield, will you turn the other way and run? Don't forget. The commander of the Elvan kingdom is a woman, and a fourth of their army is composed of women. What are you going to do when you have to battle them? Keep saying I won't hit women and they will keep hitting you."

The boy kept his head down. Then he looked at Liu Feng.

"You. Do you know what would have happened if it hit even a few centimetres lower? The world would not be able to save you. You should have just waited for someone else to come stop her. This is a world where power means everything. If I didn't stop her, she would have killed you."

All the students looked at Liu Feng with confusion, because they didn't understand what they were talking about.

"Yes Professor", Liu Feng said dully. He wanted to get this over with as fast as possible, but it looked like he was not going to leave it.

"Okay, now that we are clear with the fact that you are all idiots, let us begin the class. I will show you how to hit the targets and the dummies you see over there. Now imagine that the spirits are next to you, and ask them for assistance in your spells. Then use this incantation and then a fireball will launch. The elves can just do whatever they want, the rest of you, do this."

"Sir, why can't the elves do it?", a student asked.

"Oh, if they are in a contract with a spirit, then they cannot use any other element other than the spirit's element."

Li Zhang taught everyone the incantation, and told everyone, while he stood back to watch how everyone performed.

Liu Feng tried to speak to Pyrus. "Is it possible for you to control your power, so that I will be the most average among the people here? I don't want to stand out."

"Okay Liu Feng, but at the end, it is upto you how much mana is used. You can control how much is used at a time. But what these kids are doing is a bit interesting. They are directly using the mana in the air for building their mana circles and for using mana. But, the mana they use is very polluted, and cannot be used for element specific spells properly. But, the concept is interesting. I need to tell this to the other spirits, and the lord. Do what you can. If you don't want to stand out, many people fail. Be like them.". And then, Pyrus' voice disappeared.

Liu Feng smiled bitterly. He went in front of a target, and then said his incantation. He tried his best suppressing the mana in his body, but for some reason, the mana didn't move at all. Instead, the mana in the air gathered around him and fired. It was a good fire, but it was just like everyone else's and no one looked at him again, except for Li Zhang. He saw that Liu Feng did this in his first try and was shocked.

"This kid is different. He could hit Jean without anyone noticing, and now he formed a fireball on his first try. I should look into him."

Liu Feng suddenly sneezed. "Geez, someone is talking behind my back..", he thought to himself.