9 THRONES

CHAPTER 17: THE WOOD SWORD ACADEMY

Vann woke up early the next morning, he immediately jumped out of his bed excitedly.

Without wasting any time, Vann rushed to take a shower and put on his best clothes before carrying the bag he had prepared since last night.

Vann did not have much stuff to carry, at most he only needed to carry a few clothes.

As for money, then it was not necessary as cultivators did not use money. If a cultivator was looking for resources then they could only use energy crystals which were the currency of cultivators. For food and resources, the academy that provided such things for his students, this was the knowledge Vann had gained as he studied the history of cultivators during these few months.

When he came to the dining room, Vann found his father eating bread.

Vann took a loaf of bread on the table and said, "Morning, father!".

Vann's father smiled bitterly "It seems that you are very excited today, does being a cultivator make you so happy?".

Vann who had just eaten bread immediately spoke again "What did you say? Finally I got closer to my dream, how could I not feel happy? Thanks dad, I'm sure you're the one who helped me join the Wood Sword Academy aren't you?".

"Dad didn't do anything" said Vann's father who looked unconcerned.

Suddenly a knocking sound on the door rang out, after which a man's voice sounded "Is this the house of Vann's disciple, I am the representative of the Wood Sword Academy who will take you to the academy today".

Hearing that the person coming from the academy had arrived, Vann took his bag as quickly as possible before saying "Dad, I'm leaving first!".

"Vann, wait a minute!", cried his father who gave a crystal necklace to Vann's hand "I'm letting you go to the academy and become a cultivator, who is, but you must always remember that no matter what happens, never let go of the necklace I give you now! Do you understand?".

Vann does not understand why his father gave him a necklace and he should always wear it, but what Vann knows is that his father certainly will not plan anything bad on him.

Hence Vann wearing that crystal necklace around his neck "I understand father, I definitely will not take off the necklace you gave me. Then I'll go first".

After that Vann ran excitedly towards the door, Vann's father just stared at Vann's departure then shook his head "Can you still be this kind of feisty when you feel the cruelty of the academy towards people who have no talent or background? I hope you won't give up when that time comes".

Vann opened the door to find a man about 40 years old.

This man had short yellow hair as well as a cold face with a trace of arrogance, from his clothes then Vann knew the man in front of him was the figure of a teacher from the Wood Sword Academy.

"Are you Vann? Let's go, why should I waste time on a student without talent who is lucky to be able to join the academy because it once helped the headmaster's son? I, the talented Hasel, have absolutely no time for the children not to say this" said the man named Hasel who turned away.

Seeing Hasel's attitude, Vann knew this teacher must have disagreed with Vann joining the academy. So Vann didn't talk much either, he just went with Hasel to the Wood Sword Academy.

the 2 people walked towards the teleportation circle that Vann had used on the previous test, along the way they had not talked about anything.

Not to mention every academy had a teleportation circle, therefore they did not have to worry about going against the monster attacks that existed on other continents.

Hasel activated the teleportation circle, the circle on the ground shone and Vann's figure with Hasel disappeared.

Again Vann felt his whole head swirling, every time teleporting then this must have happened.

But different from before, Vann this time only felt a headache without vomiting in the slightest.

When Vann opened his eyes again, he found himself in a very crowded city.

Different from the city where Vann was before, here there were no cars or other vehicles, everyone walked on the streets and there were many shops around.

Most of the buildings in the city are made of wood, there are no tall towers as seen in the cities. Even Vann found the tallest building in the city only has a height of 3 floors, Vann felt himself back to ancient times where the technology of multi-storey buildings still does not exist.

Looking at Vann who was standing still on the spot while staring around full of interest, Hasel grew displeased with "Stupid kid, quickly follow me! Don't waste any more of my precious time, in the end a person without talent like yourself won't stay here long! Go back to the city where you are!".

After that Hasel walked away to the mountain near this city, Vann who was still confused about the surrounding state regained consciousness.

Without hesitation Vann followed Hasel, not angry about Hasel's bad attitude.

However, there are many people like this where he used to live, some people really appreciate smart and talented children while those who are normal or a little worse, people will blame and blame them.

As he got closer to the mountain, Vann found a ladder that went straight to the top of the mountain.

In front of the staircase, there is a large stone monument that has inscriptions such as those carved by the sword "Wood Sword Academy".

Although it was only an inscription on a stone monument, Vann could feel a trace of the eerie aura on the inscription.

Vann wondered a little, if the writing he made already had an aura this strong, then how strong was the person who made this writing.

Hasel continued to take Vann up the stone stairs, fortunately Vann had been practicing for several months which made him not tired in the slightest.

When he arrived at the mid-mountain, Vann discovered that there was another small town in this place.

But unlike the city under the bustling mountain, the city in the middle of the mountain did not have too many people.

But what caught Vann's attention was that everyone passing by carried a wooden sword on them, Vann realized that he had actually arrived at the Wood Sword Academy.