Following her instructions, the class broke into 2 groups, with the left side being the Arcane warriors, consisting of Zen, Arvell, Titus, The black-ringed boy, Lillianna, and five other students.
On the right-hand side, the Arcane mages comprised Reyna, Kaera, the purple-haired boy, and 7 others.
Overall the groups were evenly separated, with the class of twenty breaking off into two groups of ten.
After everyone finished breaking off into their respective group, Professor Orfina motioned to the doorway.
"Alright, you two, come in."
The doors swang open, revealing a young man and woman with near-identical appearances.
Both of them had pale white hair with murky green coloured eyes, but while the woman's hair was up to her waist, the man's didn't even reach his neck.
They were also somewhat similar in their build since both were quite slim and athletic.
Looking to be no older than someone in their mid-twenties, the two were also quite visibly appealing and could be considered quite pretty and handsome.
'Are those two twins? They resemble Tristan and Alecia in a way.' Arvell assumed.
Walking up to professor Orfina, they bowed politely.
"Hello, professor."
"Hello, professor."
The two of them even spoke at the same time, with perfect harmony.
Professor Orfina gave them a nod, before turning back to the students.
"These two are Professors Lemin and Lorine Sadler, and they will be in charge of teaching you the ropes for becoming an Arcane Warrior or Arcane mage. So without further ado, I'll hand the class to these two and see you another hour and a half later."
Without giving the class a moment to process her words, she pushed the doors opened and disappeared into the hallways.
After seeing their homeroom teacher leave the room, the class turned their attention to the twins standing before them.
"Hello everyone, as Professor Orfina mentioned earlier, my name is Professor Lorine Sadler, and…." The female twin began.
"My name is Professor Lemin Sadler." The male twin continued, "the two of us will be in charge of your training to hone your fighting style as an arcane warrior or mage."
"You guys can call the two of us Professor Lorine and Professor Lemin. Since we share the same last name, it'll be quite confusing when you call either of us Professor Sadler." Professor Lorine smiled, "Anyways, without further ado, can those aiming to be arcane warriors follow me?"
"As for those training to become Arcane mages, you all can follow me." Professor Lemin pointed to himself with his index finger.
"Oh, by the way, you can all leave your papers and writing utensils behind. You won't need them for now.'
The two turned and left the classroom before going in opposite directions.
Professor Lemin went to the right, while Professor Lorine broke off to the left.
They seemed to be going to their own planned location to conduct their class.
Arvell motioned to Professor Lorine with his neck to Zen, standing next to him.
"Let's follow them."
Zen nodded his head.
The two started after their professor, which snapped the others nearby out of their momentary reverie.
Following Professor Lorine, the arcane warrior group walked through the hallways and exited their building.
Passing by a few groups of older students who seemed to be scrambling to get to class as fast as they could, the students reached what appeared to be an open field.
Pausing her gait, Professor Lorine turned to her new students.
"Ok, everyone, we're finally here."
Everyone in the class looked around with puzzled looks.
They were in the middle of a field. There was nothing nearby to teach them!
Seeing the visible bewilderment among the students, Professor Lorine decided to throw them a bone.
"The best way to learn how to fight is to experience fighting on your own first. Learning the theory on fighting and how to actually fight are two wholly different things."
The class nodded in understanding.
After all, no matter how many books you read about how to swing a sword, if you don't have any actual practice using one, what good will it do?
"But… Before I start showing you how to fight like an Arcane Warrior, I want to first see just how you would normally approach fights. So all of you break up into groups of two."
The students looked amongst themselves, trying to find who seemed to be suitable partners for them.
'Hmm, should I partner up with Zen or Lilly? I mean, Kaera isn't here… So I can actually talk to her one on one.'
Making his decision, Arvell walked towards Lillianna, hoping to partner up with her.
However, before he could reach her, someone walked up and blocked his pathway, refusing to budge even an inch.
Seeing who it was, Arvell narrowed his eyes.
It was the boy with the tattoo-like black rings that decorated his arms and neck!
"Can I help you?" Arvell asked with a trace of annoyance on his face.
"You were glaring at me in class." The black-ringed youth stated while giving Arvell a piercing gaze
"When did I ever glare at you? I just looked at you when you entered the classroom," Arvell protested.
"Huh? You wanna fight?!?" The black-haired youth cracked his knuckles menacingly.
Arvell looked past the youth to try and find Lillianna, but much to his surprise, she was nowhere to be seen.
Only after turning around did he finally spot her, but she wasn't alone.
She was with Zen.
While this person blocked his path, it seemed that Lillianna walked up and partnered with Zen.
Since the two knew each other before, it wasn't too hard for them to team up for the sparring practice.
In fact, the remaining 6 people in their class had already found their partners and formed 3 pairs.
Arvell and the youth standing before him were the only ones left.
Knowing that he didn't have any other choice but to spar with the boy standing before him, Arvell sighed.
"Alright, let's do this."
Arvell turned to Professor Lorine and waved, signalling they were also a pair.
After getting Arvell's confirmation, professor Lorine clapped her hands, getting everyone's attention.
"All of you find a spacious area and go all out. Don't worry. I'm here to stop any fight that gets out of hand. Just fight to your heart's content."
The black-ringed boy's irritated look slowly warped into a maniacal smile.
One that was eerily reminiscent of Arvell's own.
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