It was a bright sunny day. The grand city of wofia was as busy as usual. Denizens were going hither and thither to do their jobs. The police were trying to safeguard the peace of the city as much as possible. Mothers were seen gripping the hands of their small kids, leading them to their schools while smiling merrily engrossed in motherly love for their kids.

  It was a city that was under the coordination of the world council. The world council was a council made up of representatives from the countries all over the world to jointly rule over the shared realm that was on the continent of Imera. It was like a parliament where the head of council was elected by popur vote by the people of the shared realm of Elin. Of course the origin country of the head of council would greatly benefit from that ordeal and generally that was why all the country chose to send out their best learnt reprentatives so they could win the hearts of people.

  Imera was more of the nd of free when the rest of the world were either under autocracy or monarchies. Government made by the people and for the people were more common and generally due to that it was the most wealthiest continent on Ilknoia. But it was not the only reason.

  It was the pce with the most farmnds and pins where lot of people could dwell. It was also filled to the brim with natural resources. Always a pce for structures called dungeons and portals to appear , it was also the ideal pce for adventurers and guild to thrive in.

  Many countries and individuals in the vast past of this world had tried to bring the huge swathes of nd under their control but all failed miserably without exception. Its wealth was too much to be owned by one entity.

  So many countries set their differences aside and set up a shared realm in the middle of the continent that stretched from the coast of kazia to the heartnds of Imera

  The power wielded by individuals who controlled this realm didnt depend on their status of their origin country but rather by their skills. Even a small country with the right person employed could reap enormous boons if it pyed its cards right. It wasn't wrong to say that Elin was the centre of the world.

  Of course the capital of such a pce had to be something that was the best. All the greatest minds and icons at that time used countless resources to build this grand city.

  Sprawling almost a 100k square kilometre , each part of the city would feel like a whole different pce and even the denizens who had been born there and lived their for all their life wouldn't know all the pces in the city.

  All kinds of races and factions dwelled in the city. It was a harmonious pce where differences were set aside for peace and growth.

  As such this pce would also serve as the seat for the greatest academy of Ilknoia , The academy of Fortuna Estoria. It was the dream academy for schors and practitioners alike all across the world.

  The requirements for getting in was pretty harsh. All candidates regardless of status had to take an entrance exam that both evaluated them based on their academic knowledge as well their ability to fight.

  Millions across the world applied for the exam each year and a mere 400 got the seats. These were the elites of the elites and most certainly would go on to become individuals that would leave their marks across the world.

  *Trng* *Trng*

  An arm clock buzzed and its sound resounded across the room.

  Turning off the arm clock , a boy of eighteen years of age woke up and stretched his arms.

  His gaze wandered across the room which was quite luxurious even compared to the standards of the grand city.

  "Even the top hotels back in Zhemore don't have this luxury , just how much cash does this academy really have?" The boy remarked.

  Even though the room wasn't rge , it was a room made of the state of art amenities.

  All the furnitures were made from rare and costly materials and the rooms were equipped with a personal training room so the students could train there instead of the common training grounds.

  'Well I guess it's because Im in the top ranks. They did say only the top twenty get to be in this grand complex. But given the scale of the academy I wouldn't be surprised even the complex for the lowest of ranks would be quite luxurious.' the boy thought to himself.

  Thinking along those lines , he absentmindedly stood up and went to a full size mirror to observe himself.

  Compared to other youths of his age who were built lean , he was more on the bulkier side with broad shoulders and a strong chest. This was obvious as he was a knight who focused on weapons compared to mages who focused on spells. He wasn't overly tall and was around the average height. His bck hair and bck eyes were very rare in the world where colourful eyes and hairs were more common. Especially his eyes which were not seen by many people in their life time. One could spend all their life not seeing one person with a bck eye let alone someone with also bck hair.

  But all of these were not the main attention. Two long straight scars ran along from the top of this eyes to the bottom of his nose which were very intimidating. It was even hiding his facial handsomeness which could only be seen if one put aside their fear seeing his scars.

  Standing across the mirror for sometime the youth soon took a towel from his closet and went to the shower to get ready. He couldn't sck anymore pying his favourite games online or just messing around. Today was the first day of his schooling in the grand academy of Fortuna Estori. This was a chapter in his life that could potentially change him immensely and whatever that was to come , he would have to embrace it.