Tales Of The Supremes 58 Lakan Family's Selection 1

"First round is each one of you will choose which among the eight categories you want to partake. These eight categories represent the eight major Halls. The Beast Hall, Stone Hall, Apothecary Hall, Physician Hall, Education Hall, Artisan Hall, Fighter Hall, and Poison Hall.

"After you choose your desired categories, go to the Hall and ensure that your name is listed. Each Hall will have its own qualifications, so be sure that what you choose is what you excel most. The top 10 will the only students who can proceed to the next round.

"The next round will be announced after the first round ended."

The old man paused a second and said, "The compet.i.tion will now begin."

Ending his words, the crowd slowly dispersed.

Each elder also bid their farewell to the Datu to overlook the selection on the Halls they are running.

For there were only three of the students of the Kingdom, Kalipsi, Uno, and Tala decided to a.s.sign themselves a specific Halls to overlook simultaneously.

Uno was a.s.signed at Beast Hall and Education Hall.

At the education Hall, each partic.i.p.ant was tasked to answer questions related to the knowledge of the different Halls.

A thick bond of paper was placed on each partic.i.p.ant's table in one go. Those thick questioners made them gulped a mouthful of saliva.

It was noon already, but most of the partic.i.p.ant was in the middle of the questioner.

Uno left the Education Hall and went to the Beast Hall.

Elder Katin-aw supervised the said selection on his Hall.

The selection began.

The partic.i.p.ants were dispatched to a mountain where roaming low-level beasts were.

The role of the Beast Hall was simple. Each partic.i.p.ant will just need to tame a beast. The higher the level and the ferocious the beast is, the higher the rank of the partic.i.p.ant.

They only have all day to do the task.

Uno, who was sitting next to Elder Katin-aw, leisurely spectated to the side, waiting for the end of it.

Uno decided to personally watch the performance of each partic.i.p.ant.

He discreetly sneaked in a mountain where the students were.

On his way, he saw the partic.i.p.ant doing their best to tame a beast on the time allotted.

Taming a beast is actually a hardrous job and took a lot of time, but because they have only a day to do that, sweats already dropping on their forehead.

The sun starting to show off its glorious sun rays, Uno continuously spectating the students.

On the edge of a cliff, he saw a familiar figure, the man who delivered his breakfast, Yan.

The man was patiently squatting while his all ears.

This picked the interest of Uno. He stood on a trunk of a tree and watched Yan.

Yan has been searching for any traces of a certain beast, and now that he found it, he was so eager to tame it.

Though he lost most of his time to found it, he felt relieved that he finally able to capture and tame it.

He materialized seeds. It was yellow and as the size of a baby's fist.

'Such extravagant.' Uno couldn't help but comment in his heart.

That seeds were known as the yellow corn. Foods for most of the flying beasts.

It can rarely obtain because of scarcity, that's why it's price on the market was really high. Whenever there was some yellow corn, the flying beasts fight for it.

It was not only delicious but also full of energy that helps them achieve power.

Yan put each seed on the ground with a fixed distance till he reaches a small cave.

inside, he put three seeds.

Doing all his preparation, he hid under the bushes near the cave and held a rope that connected to the vine gate hidden above the cave.

'Ah, he wanted to imprison the beast first.' Uno summed up. He was going to leave when suddenly, the corner of his eyes saw a beast.

The plumage is all white with red undertail coverts tipped white, yellowish undertail and pale yellow underwings. Its wide back can accommodate two people.

The beast was near its second breakthrough. It's becoming a D beast!

'Red-vented c.o.c.katoo!' Uno recognized the beast.

It was a prideful beast that unable to stand the presence of a human.

But it was easy to entice as long as one has enough good food to feed it.

It was slowly approaching a cliff seemingly smelling something.

Uno decided to leave but before he can hop out, another figure caught his eyes.

A young lady approaching the cliff in the opposite direction.

The young lady was strolling forward until her figure was seen by Yan.

'd.a.m.n it!' Yan frustratingly thought.

'This will be a good show!' Uno leaned on the tree and continued to watch. 'The lady or the beast!' He teasingly remarked on his heart.

The red-vented c.o.c.katoo ate the first seed and followed the second seed.

The lady was closing her distance to the beast.

Yan was becoming restless. If he leaves his post, he wouldn't be able to catch the beast, but if he didn't interfere the lady, the beast will surely attack the lady.

The beast was already in front of the cave. Only a seed to eat, and the beast will reach the cave, but this time, the lady's figure approached the cliff already. Just a meter away to the radar of the beast.

This time, Yan didn't hesitate. He tied the rope next to a trunk of a tree and discreetly approached the lady.

"Uhm, young miss, what makes you come here?" Yan asked with a smile.

"Se...senior Yan! Ah, sorry, I was just strolling trying to find a beast," the lady explained.

"If you walk back and continue east, you will find a lot of E beast there," Yan suggested.

"This... Thank you senior!" The lady bowed respectfully before she left.

When he didn't saw the silhouette of the lady, Yan discreetly approached the cave only to found out that the red-vented c.o.c.katoo was already left the place with his yellow corn vanished.

Yan deeply sighs as he looked at the darkening horizon. "There no much time anymore."

Yan hurriedly went down the mountain and looked for any beast.

A boar pa.s.sed by his sight. Yan was going to follow and tamed it when the corner of his sight saw a familiar figure hiding in the bushes waiting to strike. It was his junior.

Yan could go there and directly steal the boar from his junior. As a senior, his junior surely will not refute, but he wasn't that kind of person.

Yan hurriedly dashed to the opposite direction to search for any kind of beast, but because the sun was setting already, Yan could only go back and head to the direction he suggested to the lady.

There were five beasts left and all of it was the lower level beast.

Yan didn't hesitate to tame one. Though he knows that he will not win through its grade, he couldn't disgrace his master by bringing none tamed beast. Just he was finished to tamed one, a bell rung from outside the mountain. It was the sound of the end of the selection.

Seeing the beast on his side, Yan could only clench his fists and bit his lower lip as tears were threatening to fall, but he was able to suppress it.

"Sorry master, this disciple of yours let you down."

Uno noticed and heard all of it. "Such a good one," he commented on his heart.

...

At the platform in front of the Beast Hall, each partic.i.p.ant lined up to an open area to appraised their tamed beast.

"Woah, your beast was good!"

"Just my luck."

"Who do you think will be the first place?"

"It should be Yan without a doubt."

"His the disciple of the best beast tamer after all."

These were the conversation going around.

After the bell rung, they saw the silhouette of Yan strolling down the mountain with a lower level beast?

"What is happening?"

The partic.i.p.ants gathered around Yan eagerly waiting for him to explain. Alas! They didn't hear a word.

Yan looked at his master who was sitting at a seat in the midst of the platform, only to found out that his master was also looking at him.

His master gave him a smile as if telling, 'it's okay.'

After the registration thingy, Elder Kantin-aw gestured a middle-aged man next to him to say what he needed to say.

The middle-aged stood up and said, "Everyone, we will let those who pa.s.s this round know that they pa.s.s through a letter tomorrow. If you didn't receive one, I think you know what it means." Saying so, the partic.i.p.ants full of antic.i.p.ation for tomorrow.