Chapter 209: The first day

There are a total of 30 heroes summoned by the Blessed Church.

After arriving in this world, most of them were both puzzled and surprised. They appeared inside a spacious room. Beneath them were unusual marks and they were surrounded by four golden pillars with glowing imprints of golden color.

Upon seeing it, most of them thought that it looks familiar to a sci-fi fantasy movie.

When they glanced around, they noticed some people were wearing unusual dresses. An all-white gown and a veil on their heads hid their faces.

About 16 people were surrounding them at that time. They screamed out upon seeing them, "Welcome, dear Heroes!" seemingly excited and celebrating for something. 

The puzzle group of students was flocking in the middle of the room. They were warily glaring at the people around them.

Amid the confusion, two students were able to remain calm and were able to ask a question to the person who stood up among the rest.

He was wearing a gold and white gown and wearing an unusual cap. He had long white beards that covered the entire bottom of his aged face. 

"Who are you?" A pretty student with light blue hair stepped in front and asked a question.

"What place is this?" Added a male student with blonde hair.

The old man greeted them and announced something that stunned all of them.

"My name is Archbishop Anon Nymoz III. Welcome to the Blessed Church of the Whitestone Empire, young heroes!"

Said the old man while raising his hands to both sides, seemingly welcoming them warmly.

"H-Heroes…?"

One of the students wearing eyeglasses muttered, but in his eyes, there was a surprise and excited expression.

The students asked them more questions. Most of them could not believe what the Archbishop said.

How did something that only happened in a fantasy movie happen to them? No way! This person must be fooling them, thought the others who could not believe the Archbishop's words.

Perhaps it was only a dream or maybe they were abducted by a criminal organization. Crime is especially high in the city right now. There were even some rumors about the disappearance of some students.

However, looking at their attire, they didn't seem like members of the bad organization. Their attire was truly for the people of the church.

The Archbishop then answered their curious question for almost the entire day.

"What? It wasn't the earth?"

"What are you talking about?!" Bellowed an angry student with a pair of earrings on one ear. This student was Arthur, the infamous delinquent in the university.

Even with the threatening gaze coming to the delinquent Arthur, the Archbishop remained unperturbed. The benign smile on his eyes had never changed.

"In that case, I beg you to please watch this. I hope this will ease all your uneasiness and puzzlement."

After saying it, the Archbishop tapped the tip of the cane, he was holding, against the tiled floor.

Everyone heard the noise. On top of that, it seemed as if the floor vibrated. A moment later, their ears heard stepping noises from one of the doors around them.

Then a person walked in from the door ahead of them. Though, everyone was watching the person full of curiosity. The person's gown was different from the others. It was gold in color and much longer. They could not see the person's face because of the gold-colored veil the person was wearing.

After stopping beside the Archbishop, the person lifted both of her/his hands in front. The next second, all the university students were stupefied when something materialized in mid-air. It was floating above the person's hands.

"A golden book?!"

"A G-Grimoire!" The student with eyeglasses exclaimed upon seeing it.

"It is the Book of Ritual for summoning heroes like you. It was bestowed by the Heaven Overseer who was overseeing the empire since the start of this world's creation."

"What!!?"

The students could not quite understand his words. But their attention was at the floating golden book that was exuding a bright aura.

When the university students finally calmed down, they were given the full privilege of whether to rest or have a good dinner. Most of them chose to rest as they had yet fully absorbed the surprising news. Some went for dinner. Though skeptical, they were so hungry that they didn't care anymore if there was poison on their meal.

All of them widened their eyes at the luxurious cuisines in front of them. After taking the first bite, as though they were possessed by hungry wolf spirits. It was followed by another bit, then another.

They were given good accommodation and were well-treated.

The blonde young man and the pretty girl with light blue hair are one of those who chose to rest. They lost their appetite after listening to the archbishop's words. The next morning, they heard about the luxurious meal the others had last night.

As their stomach was growling, they decided to eat this time. Some people wearing white dresses and a veil on their heads took them inside a spacious chamber with two long rectangular tables placed side by side.

They took their seats.

All around the room was shiny and they could even see their reflection on the tiled floors and the wooden tables.

A moment later, some people with long caps on their heads and wearing white gowns, entered the chamber. On their hands were utensils and steel trays. 

The students' eyes shined brightly upon seeing the items on their hands.

The tempting aroma went inside their noses. It was followed by gulping sounds.

"Hehe, try it, Kyle!" Said one of the students with short blue hair to the person beside him.

Kyle, the guy with brush-up blonde hair, stared at the piece of meat in front of him.

After poking the tender meat with pork, the juice came out and gave an unimaginable aroma. Kyle gulped the saliva in his throat.

On the other table, the pretty student with light blue hair was surrounded by female students that were relentlessly urging her to try it, to take a bite.

Though skeptical, she sliced a piece and took it inside her mouth.

"Yum!" She exclaimed in a childish voice with her mouth full.

Kyle also praises the food. "Holy, this is more delicious than the main dish I ate in a luxurious hotel in a family villa!"

"Right?! I told you! Haha!"

When everyone was full, the archbishop together with the mysterious people in white gowns came inside the dining chamber.

Every head turned to the archbishops when they heard him say, "Fufu. How's the food everyone?"

"Yeah! It was good gramps!"

It was the delinquent Arthur who exclaimed.

A nod and a grin appeared on the Archbishop's face.

After that day, the university students from earth were dumbfounded once again, when the archbishops announced that they could use magical stuff and could summon magical energy and fire elemental power.

At first, they were doubting his words. But, one of the students stood up and shouted. "Really?!" It was the student wearing eyeglasses.

His voice wasn't that of a scared person, more like he sounded excited.

"Yes, of course…" nodded the archbishop.

The archbishop called out one of the gowned people and asked the person to demonstrate the magical power he mentioned.

They saw when the person created a glowing ball.

At first, they thought it was a magic trick. But after the ball of light took the form of a bird, a glowing yellow bird, everyone stared at it in amazement.

However, it wasn't enough to convince them. After all, back to the earth, magic tricks were common. So even if they thought it was different from the magic tricks on earth, they still could not fully convince themselves to believe that it was made of energy known as magical energy.

Looking at their skeptical faces, the archbishop called out the student with eyeglasses.

The student went to the front and stood in front of the archbishop.

Everyone was wondering.

Then the archbishop instructed the student what to do. The student nodded his head several times, seemingly understanding the archbishop's instruction.

Then, after listening to the archbishop's instruction, the student turned around and faced the other students. After turning around, he grinned before closing his eyes, seemingly concentrating.

Everyone was staring at him with curious gazes. Suddenly, their mouths gradually took the form of 'o' when they noticed a glowing aura crawling out from his body.

Random whispers and murmurs took over the dining chamber.

Then each of them was instructed to try as well. One by one, they also tried summoning their magical aura.

All of them successfully summoned it. Each of them felt like it was a dream.

After all of them succeeded in summoning their magical energy, they were handed a ring and an object known as the Divine Tablet.

The ring was a dimensional space in which they could store limited equipment. The Divine Tablet on the other hand was a magical device that could monitor their growth.

The archbishop beckoned on one of the gowned people beside him. He left the dining chamber after a smile and a nod.

Each of the heroes received unique abilities and they also advanced faster compared to the people in this world.