Chapter 114 - A show of ability

After a few more minutes of pleasantries and learning that Albie came from a kaiju named "Shearcliff" (which turned out to be a brother kaiju of Terraboar and I have no idea what that meant exactly but Bori was happy to learn about this fact), an aether-infused voice echoed throughout the courtyard.

"Attention soon-to-be-students! The welcoming ceremony will commence in five minutes. Please make your way to the main hall and you will be assigned your seats. That is all".

After the announcement was made streaks of purple light began to manifest over the crowd and form a trail pointing towards a building, presumably the main hall. Evidently, my Dragon's Eye flared up in the presence of these lights and they turned out to be very odd majimonsters.

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Species Name: Aethersurge

Grade: Bronze

Affinities: Basic/Mystic

Trait: Elusive

Description: Looking more like motes of purple light as opposed to... resembling anything alive, these strange little creatures exude electrical purple energy. Initially believed to be pure manifestations of aether, scholars recently confirmed them to be distinct monsters. They also tend to gather in places where the aether is particularly wild.

Voxea's Notes: These were not designed by any maji's hands. I have seen these things sorta...form whenever a maji creates a monster but they tend to fade away after a few minutes....except maybe....

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"Using monsters as guideposts? How luxurious", Albina commented as we walked along.

"I guess that's one way to show off one's power I suppose...", I replied.

[This is low tier. Back in my day we had more much powerful and beautiful looking monsters doting the skies. Ones made of rainbows, snowflakes, auroras and burning skulls!], Voxea added on.

[What was that last one]?

[Don't worry about it].

"Do y'all think they'll have a majimonster attendant next?", Bori asked aloud.

"I really doubt th-".

"PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS IN ROW A 10-14. THANK YOU, NEXT", an airy, almost aetheral, voice called out.

"I stand corrected". At this point, I was ninety percent sure the Academy was just showing off to impress the newcomers.

[Huh. I haven't seen one of those things since before the fall! Good to know they survived up until now].

To be completely fair, it was technically a monster-binder combination, but not in anyway I've seen before. The monster in question looked less like a living thing and more like a bejewled golden ball with various other smaller orbs floating around it, while the binder controlling it was sitting atop of the giant ball. Making the matter weirder, it appeared there was some kind of attachment connecting him to the monster. Surrounding them were even more crystal balls with chunks of earth surrounding them. The Dragon's Eye revealed that the crystal balls with earth surrounding them were distinctive monsters from the golden orb

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Species name: Landscryed

Grade: Silver

Affinities: Earth/Mystic

Traits: Thick Skinned, Clarity

Description: A crystalline sphere surrounded by chunks of earth, these monsters from the Broken Vale are rather...odd. Staring into the sphere long enough will cause one to see images of far off people and places. Nobody knew for sure if these images are what the monster sees, if its what the viewer wants to see or if this is a strange form of communication. Turns out, it was all three! Trained Landscryed can do all of the above but it takes time, effort and a strong Landscryed.

Voxea's Notes: Landscryed...I have no idea about these guys but it does look similar to another monster I knew called the Astroracle....

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Species name: Astroracle

Grade: Gold

Affinity: Mystic

Traits: Metal Skin, Clarity, Swarm

Description: This strange majimonster resembles a gold sphere with a multitude of gems, glass orbs and lenses embedded in its surface. In the wild, one could stare into one of these surfaces and see a wide of variety of sights much like a Landscryed, but in much greater detail. When Astroacles grow in strength, they develop little offshoots that act as its eyes, ears and weapons. Binders who bonded with Astroracle claim that they have been given clairvoyance, but others are doubtful...

Voxea's Notes: A product of a group of sisters called the Norns,in order to compete with the Moirai sisters' Prophethreader, Astroracle is able to provide foresight...sorta. Technically speaking, Astroracle just provides information of what it is currently viewing or what the binder sees and makes calculated guesses on what's going to happen next. Mathematics however cannot account for wild nature and human stupidity.

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[They're just trying to show off the strength of their binders in order to deter the rowdier students at this point, huh?], I asked Voxea.

[Yes. If this was the old days, I'd have summon an ice golem].