Just as Ray raised his hand to click on [yes]
his communicator started beeping ,checking it Ray saw a notification
'All sleepers are supposed to meet in the training hall ASAP'
'What is it now'
Frowning , Ray dismissed the spell's interface and got ready to go to the said training ground.
After checking himself over in the mirror Ray locked the door and made his way to the training ground.
After walk of five minutes Ray reached the training ground but to his suprise no one was their
'I know it's around midnight but still someone should have come'
Ray decided to wait for a bit there , while messing with his communicator he read the message again and this time his eyes fell on a word and he started running towards the opposite direction in haste.
'Fuck it was training hall not training ground, man I'm gonna be late'
Suprisingly Ray reached infront of the training hall in mere minutes even though it was in opposite direction he had come from.
'Man what am I gonna say , should I skip it.?'
After a bit of contemplation Ray decided to not skip the class afterall if something was taught today that could be potentially life saving so Ray entered the training hall trying his best to keep a straight face.
As he opened the door all the eyes were on him this happened again so soon that Ray did not even feel a fleeting sense of de ja vu.
Seeing him enter Awakened Rock said
"I thought you were gonna skip it Mr celebrity , well you came at right time we were just gonna start the test"
Hearing this Ray instantly asked
"Which test?"
Master rock said similingly
"Naturally the one which matters the most, strength test"
Ray stood at the back of the crowd watching sleepers turn by turn delivering their strongest punches to a wide plate attached to a special measuring machine which would assign a number to the sleepers physical might.
Most of the sleepers were getting score around twelve to fourteen but well there was exceptions to this like some legacies who would get a score of sixteen or the scrawny blonde girl who got a score of ten.
'I would get around thirteen right'
While Ray was analysing his own strength he saw a boy around his age taking off his black coat and handing it to his friend with white dress.
' I've seen him before I think '
Getting comfortable in his black tuxedo the teen arrived in front of the machine and suddenly landed a devastating blow, after analysing the punch the machine displayed a score of fifteen on the screen seeing this the sleeper walked back with a smug face.
'Show off' Ray thought to himself just like this many sleepers showcased their strength and worth , after all of the sleeper would judge each other's on such parameters and would decide if someone is fit to party up with such was the appraisal they were going through.
After more than half of the sleepers were done it was Ray's turn to showcase his physical might.
Without any hesitation Ray walked through the crowd , sleepers unconsciously made way for him as if they wanted to stay away from any trouble he brought.
Standing infront of the machine Ray could feel all the gazes on his back but he could do nothing about it so he just decided to land a punch and get away from the spotlight
'I hope it won't hurt much '
Ray took a large breath and closed his eyes to stabilise his stance , while moving his right hip and shoulder so that his weight would help he punched the white plate producing a loud noise.
'I hope it's fourteen'
Opening his eyes Ray was surprised after looking at the score : Twenty, the audience was a flabbergasted and had started whispering among themselves even Awakened Rock seemed a bit astonished.
While going back through the crowd Ray realised he was still using the essence explaining his score then suddenly Ray heard someone say
"What's his Aspect rank , it must be transcendent right"
Hearing this Ray thought he smiled inwardly
but unknowingly he was displaying a infuriating grin
"Look at him grinning like a madman"
Hearing this Ray remembered about his flaw and realised what happened
"Shut up bastard he heard you look he's angry now"
Hearing this Ray stood at the back of crowd and covered his mouth with his right hand pretending to be seriously ingrossed in others performance while he tried his best to hide his expressions.
"Bastard look, now he's planning to kill us both. Oh God someone save me"
Hearing this Ray was a bit annoyed but reacting in anyway would worsen the situation so he decided to act ignorant.
'What do they think of me anyway '
After a while everyone was done with their strength measurement. Ray thought they were done for the night but to his suprise
Awakened Rock instructed sleepers to fight each other one on one to test their martial prowess.
Awakened Rock had given free choice to sleepers to challenge whomever you want so Ray was not worried as he was not gonna ask anyone to fight in the middle of the night and he was more sure no one was going to ask him to fight them after all his reputation seemed to be of a madman.
Ray had decided to sit down on a corner and watch the show , all the sleepers were whispering among themselves whom they would want to fight or who would fight first.
As Ray watched this drama unflod, he heard footsteps loud enough to be distinguished among the murmurs of sleepers.
In a moment an absolute unit of a man came out of the crowd and started looking around
'Is he gonna go back.?'
After looking around the sleeper started walking towards Ray. His each step causing a loud noise .
'Is he making that noise on purpose '
Having the oaf standing infront of him Ray tried to communicate
"Hey I am Ra "
But he was cut short by the oaf shouting in his hoarse voice.
"I don't care who you are the only thing I want is to duel you"
' Rude'
As Ray looked behind the oaf and everyone in the crowd of sleepers had their eyes on him but still he was going to reject the challenge because he didn't feel like it.
Just as Ray was going to say something
The oaf continued
"Or are you a scared bitch that will run back to their parents, after all you are a degenerate who tried to break in lady changing star's room"
Looking at the oaf with cold eyes he just asked one thing
" Where's the ring "