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ORIGINAL: Crimzon

Sounds like an RPG tutorial

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A lord who is now dead, a Jaigan, and a prepromoted. Also an object most FE players would value a LOT in the last chapters.

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I have decided to finally submit the Qingslayer to CW, and the fact that it hasn't gotten locked and/or deleted while in CW over the past few weeks means that it hasn't broken any rules as of now.

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The FE part is about Lord Elbert, Harken and Marcus, as well as an Earth Seal that is going to be a plot device.

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Not only did that fact deny him of any chance for female companionship, like his comrades, but it also ruined a great deal of anyone’s first impression of him, as everyone would be convinced that walking next to a young knight with hair almost as white as a retiree would more likely than not guarantee no implications of safety.

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Regardless, Thomas never had the intention to dye his hair black, for reasons he would rather keep to himself.

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Normally, Thomas would not care about what he looked like- a student who could attend class with an uncombed hair and unwashed face could very well go on for a good time without much grooming needed.

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Nervousness and eagerness had seized control of the cadet’s legs, and as a result, he unconsciously covered roughly half a mile from his dorm room to the examination venue on campus in less than five minutes, past the beautiful and well-cared-for garden of the Institute without even a glance back.

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And every so often someone would end up losing his life, their graves still lining up along the southern entrance of the building.

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“Room 2031, KSJ Colosseum,” Thomas read out aloud, “This must be it.”

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Gone was the mossy, dark and damp hallway, in this spacious room what hit Thomas first and foremost was a tough, heavy-duty mainframe with all sorts of machinery connected to it, bleeping and flaring on a secondly basis, apparently made for specialist purpose. It was rumored by the school’s students that the sort of machines in the testing center was able to even measure a living human’s heartbeat and brainwave wirelessly.

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I am Professor Bushodo Hikaru, your examiner,” the school official stated. “If I got myself correctly, you are the only cadet from the School of Applied Combat of ours to have passed the Single Combat Tactic exam with maximum score this year.

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“But then, still, you are the pride of our faculty this year, and none of the staff would like to see you fail,” said the helpful examiner. “So, I would like to give you a little revision on what you have learnt in the past years before we start.

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Make sure you are fine with your stats and weapon before you go on.”

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“Never, sir! A high Strength would allow me to gain Stat armor, which means making it harder for enemies to do me serious damage, and the formula is SA = Strength/10!”

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You know what that means, I insist?”

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The slimes that I released before you each has 3 Strength and 0 Intellect, giving them 3 attack damage, 30 HP and zero armor,” Professor Hikaru said. “As well-prepared as you are, you should have little problem confronting them, don’t you think?

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“Yes, sir!” Thomas replied, and in a flash, the knight in training had already set upon what he thought fit.

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“Tell me, Mr. Oldacre,” Professor Hikaru questioned, “what is the Theory of Charged Assault like?”

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After all, it was an important exam, and somehow Thomas got the feeling that what the professor was giving him was not completely legal.

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If you truly deserved the record-high score that you have attained, you should be able to know what that means, don’t you?”

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He had come all his way to Vladivoskovy to learn what he needed to achieve his dreams, had spent three tough and hard years to learn, and had worked hard and diligently enough in the past time to not back up now.

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Quickly dismissing Thomas’ actions as giving up, the Cyber Paladin once again opened his charge, and his next, fourth blow managed to reduce Thomas’ HP to merely 44.

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But unlike the last times, this time, Thomas’ blade sank right through the armor, delivering what appeared to be a critical blow, virtually knocking the Cyber Paladin back writhing in pain with a good hole in all his defensive equipment.

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The verdict was then simple, as the table is now completely turned: In another two turns, the Cyber Paladin would be defeated for sure, when the Cadet spent another turn charging up his blade and delivering another critical, to which the Cyber Paladin’s defense wouldn’t work.

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For a couple of hours, the cadet failed to control his movement, and in the end, found himself doing a ten-round sprint around the entire campus in a skyhigh mood, laughing and shouting hysterically as his steps pounded rapidly on the cobbled road, disregarding the oblivious bystanders staring at him cluelessly.

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Six perfectly aimed shots went home as they systematically tore through the unfortunate six recipients’ arms, doing forty points of damage each, and their persistence in trying to get a piece of the Vladivoskovy graduate ended up with their being completely victimized by Megina’s double-ended cleaver as soon as they got close, resulting in a gruesome 20 points of overkill in each case.

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Before the much awed assassins, the control unit on Iteru’s arm began to flare up, and in a matter of seconds, in the space between the Cybernetic graduate and the bloodthirsty attackers, the air turned into a thick halogen-like state, with ethereal curls of fully charged air twirling around a particular position. In due time, as smoke, charged air and dust were thrown up into the surrounding area, at the set location materialized a mechanical soldier, in a distinctive dark blue lightweight armor and a light blue visorless helmet to go with it.As the ethereal air around the cyber warrior died down with the completion of his real-life manifestation, the Cyben opened his eyes, revealing a visage that, surprisingly, was more than ninety percent similar to that of his operator. As he finally gained mobility and majestically walked out of the fading cloud of smoke, and electrically charged materials, his two weapons- a curved, double-ended, razor-sharp yet heavy cleaver that he held one-handed with ease, and a bulging arm cannon built into his other hand- showed themselves up before both foes and allies, displaying the obvious sign of a powerful comrade and a formidable enemy.

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Before the much awed assassins, the control unit on Iteru’s arm began to flare up, and in a matter of seconds, in the space between the Cybernetic graduate and the bloodthirsty attackers, the air turned into a thick halogen-like state, with ethereal curls of fully charged air twirling around a particular position. In due time, as smoke and dust were thrown up into the surrounding area, at the set location materialized a mechanical soldier, in a distinctive dark blue lightweight armor and a light blue visorless helmet to go with it. With the completion of his real-life manifestation, the Cyben opened his eyes, revealing a visage that, surprisingly, was more than ninety percent similar to that of his operator. As he finally gained mobility and majestically walked out of the fading cloud of smoke, his two weapons- a curved, double-ended, razor-sharp yet heavy cleaver that he held one-handed with ease, and a bulging arm cannon built into his other hand- showed themselves up before both foes and allies, displaying the obvious sign of a powerful comrade and a formidable enemy.

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The Vladivoskovy Institute itself was an architectural wonder. Covering an area of almost a hundred square miles, the school campus was in some way even more self-contained than a full-fledged city, with an assortment of different services and departments extremely well planned and laid out. However, the downside to this wonder was that the campus was more or less maze-like for those unfamiliar with the locale, and sometimes even those native to the academy would find themselves lost. Fortunately, this time, Thomas Oldacre and his friends were treading on familiar ground, and in a matter of minutes, the trio had been able to cover well over a hundred yards of the various corridors, pathways and walks towards the crime scene.

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The assassin clearly thought so, until the distinctive sound of metal entering flesh at close range entered his ear. It was not the sound made my his kill, and to his astonishment and horror, the murderer realized that the sharp, pointed edge of a silver rapier had shredded through his back, pierced all the way through his torso, and exited his body through the spot where his heart was supposed to be.

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“Good day, Cadet. I am Professor Bushodo Hikaru, your examiner,” the school official stated, “If I got myself correctly, you are the only cadet from the School of Applied Combat of ours to have passed the Single Combat Tactic exam with maximum score this year. I congratulate you on that result.”

“But that doesn’t guarantee that you would pass this exam safe and sound,” Professor Hikaru said, after a pause, “You know what happened to Jonas McDonald last year, don’t you?”

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Every passers- including those who incurred a Pyhrric Victory in the exam- looked forward to the end-of-year ball.

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It was the time for future prominent “employers”, kings and queens, lords and marquesses, or generals and marshals from all over the worlds to pay a visit to the so-called “omniversal barracks” to recruit their champions-to-be.

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friends started to plot behind one anothers’ backs, in order to win a ticket to a position in any employer’s contingency of men in the event.

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as they gathered around the front yard of the KSJ Colosseum with their friends

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tones and volumes seemd to be large and distracting

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Usually, anyone who was wide awake and conscious at that odd hour of day would either be insomniac, have shady business to tend to, or be otherwise mentally disturbed.
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Usually, with the blade of vengeance suspending in his conscience, swinging around the hollow chamber of his thoughts like an ever-moving pendulum, it was as hard to get a good night’s shuteye as attempting to sleep next door to a noisy construction yard.

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The Qing military might was at around 20 millions when his father was still alive, in office, and commanding, and since that day, it had only risen. By the time Thomas was but a toddler, the then-emperor Yongzheng had more than 35 million.

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“Huh?” Thomas uttered, quickly, with trembling hands out of nervousness and anxiety, reached for the doorknob.

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“Yes? Is anything wrong?” Thomas said as he looked at the messenger, trying to appear helpful while hiding his more than obvious anxiety to no avail.
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“What had… happened?” Thomas said, no longer being able to conceal his nervousness, “Do you know something?”

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After all, Thomas wouldn’t usually give the least bit of attention to the disciplinary protocols of the institute- not that he had ever been in trouble, after all those years.

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Even Thomas had no intention of busting those myths with what little connection he had with the man who led the school- except for that apparently the Principal of Vladivoskovy Institute saved his life prior, which he was extremely grateful to, Thomas had no other connection with the headmaster.

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The only thing that differentiated the Principal’s Office from the other rooms and departments of Vladivoskovy is that it was almost twice as large as an ordinary office room, with the extra space being fully occupied by a huge bookshelf that looked like a mini library all in itself.

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A large picture, probably collected out of personal interest, was hanging on the back wall of the room, depicting the scene of a peaceful town at dusk, free from all violence and conflict- a strange notion, taking into consideration that Vladivoskovy was a war academy.

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That is a spoiled aristocratic lady’s behavior, not that of a great lord.

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Forgive Frank for what he had misunderstood, I ask of you.All what he knew was that Lord Elbert summoned me at this time of day,

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The Vladivoskovy School Policy on Information Disclosure stated that no private information should be disclosed to a third party without the consent of the individual in question, with one exception,”

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Furthermore, I would trust Lord Elbert with my life that he would not tell anyone of what he knew about you

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At the current year, the Qing military might has topped the 150 million milestone. The 1:150 million odd is for madmen and planet killers.

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Firstly, you and your staffs have always taught that a knight, or at least, a true knight, must always stand up to the challenge without faltering.

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In the melting pot of a host of different, conflicting emotions during the week, whereas the whole school was boiling from the hyped expectations and long-term anxiety, Thomas Oldacre stood from the crowd even more than he had usually.

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As the week slowly passed, trying the patience and mental stability of his friends and mates, the white-haired warrior was still there, calm and collected, as silent as a statue sculptured by the very storm of sorrow and anxiety unlike any other beneath his skin.

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Political opponents among the lot were, even before the “auction” could begin, planning in the dire shadow of their own convoy on how to outsmart, outmaneuver and outpay their enemies.

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To some of the participants, however, the event was only one of the two.

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Undoubtedly, the politicians lining up outside the place, weighing their coins and pondering which knight they would choose for their contingency, cared next to nothing about the festivity sense of the prom.