How I got fuc*ed up

Kalon was just walking, but to Julius it seemed he was running 

“Damn, how can you walk so fast? Is it due to Qi?”

“Yes… Your fitness level test is already started, so you better keep up”

While walking, the priest showed the young man the branch of the temple they were in. 

Ma whom Julius, listening with one hear, was checking his status page, that was updated 

[Status] 

Name: Julius 

Species: human

Alignment: none

Age: 21

Biological Age: 19

Qi level: none (unawakened) 

Mana conversion rate: none (unawakened)

Mana level: none(unawakened)

Soul level: locked

Techniques: none (unawakened)

Soul techniques: locked

Stats: click to check 

Elemental affinity: 

Fire: 20%

Water: 40%

Air: 30%

Earth: 50%

Light: 60%

Darkness: 60%

Metal: 35%

Lightning: 23%

Other features: locked

[System note: the stats displayed before awakening are just the innate ones, with the awakening there is a 80% chance they will increase and, thanks to the system assistance, they are bound to grow] 

“Well, it seems like I will be a good healer and a decent swimmer… Am I going to socialize with fishes?” thought Julius 

“Check stats”

[Status: stats] 

Strength: 8

Agility: 10

Stamina: 10

Intelligence: 10

Vitality: 9

Perception: 5

[System note: the max value a Stat can reach in an unawakened state is 10 and represents the limit of your own body and mind, once you awaken your stats will be corrected according to the Universes Will. Please note that not reaching you full unawakened potential before awakening will not hinder your future growth] 

“Julius, where are you going? The courtyard is this way”

“Yes, coming”

“You didn't listen for a second, did you?”

“I listen… I just started analyzing my physical abilities and my possible future”

“Mh, makes sense… Were there fishes in these possible futures?”

“Kinda”

“Ahahahah”

Just as they finished speaking, they arrived in an inside courtyard as big as a football stadium with a running tracks, mannequins and weights

“Damn, how big is this temple to have such a thing?”

“Pretty big… It's we're usually priest train but, today, it's all for the two of us”

“Wow, how lucky I am”

“Yes, you are… Now, you see that barbell?”

“Yes”

“There is a Spell on that that allows it to set his weight to the user bodyweight”

“How is it possible?”

“Air and metal magic with a mana crystal as a conduit”

“Sounds complex”

“Not very much… Now, deadlift it a thousand time”

“Are you crazy? I will die”

“You won't and that's basic training… Ah, you have 1 hour of time so you better move”

“You will be considered an unworthy being and you will be enslaved”

Without further question Julius ran to the barbell and started lifting it as his life depended on it… As It actually did.

As Kalon was setting down to look to Julius, a whisper brought by wind reached his ears

“What are you doing Priest?”

“Just executing my orders” replied Kalon as nothing happened 

“The boy was supposed to attend his trial per His Majesty orders”

“You know that I obey a higher being than our King”

“You know that's treason, don't you?”

“It isn't, I'm a Priest of the Divine Stellar and I obey him”

“So, you are saying you obey only to that old fart Jorlof”

“I didn't say that… We both answers to our god”

“And why should it not be considered treason when it interferes with His Majesty Will? Because I see no god here, just a man, weaker than me, opposing orders”

“The boy was sent by Stellar himself”

“...” nothing reached Kalon’s ears as Tiron was too shocked “Are you sure?”

“The Supreme Priest is sure, I am 90% sure... But I was ordered to not disclose this information to anyone but you anchr the King... Not even the boy knows that we are aware of that”

“You know that if the boy is an arald of another god he will be executed and you and your friend will be accused of treason? Are you prepared to face the consequences of your actions?”

“And if he is sent by Stellar, are you ready to face the consequences of YOUR actions?”

“I suppose not… That old fart always spoils my fun”

“You are still the same after all this years”

“Isn't that great?... Now, you will explain to me why you think he is sent by Stellar while the boy does… The hell is he doing?”

“Well, I said he had to deadlift his bodyweight for a thousand time in a hour if he didn't want to be enslaved”

“But… We don't have slavery in the Kingdom of Stellaris and… A thousand times? In a hour? It's almost impossible for an unawakened”

“Well, I just wanted to test his limits”

“He will die even if he was sent by Stellar… Well, I think you will heal him in time with a crystal mana and he will awaken, so that's not too bad”

“I already gave him some low level Mana crystals”

“He doesn't look awakened to me”

“He isn't”

“How is it possible? Did you just use the amount necessary to heal him?”

“No… I used 3 crystals to heal him… And a dozen trying to heal him”

“A dozen? With that amount you can awaken almost 30 low level awakeneds… Even someone with a Supreme Talent would at least show some reaction”

“He didn't… It's like a drop in a dry ocean…”

“But… That's impossible”

“If we want to awaken him, I think we will need at least a Supreme level Mana crystal”

“His body can't tolerate that amount of power”

“Not now, but maybe in the future he will be able to”

“Things just got more complicated… Do you know how rare a Mana crystal of that level is?... I think there are about 100 of them in all the Kingdom and that's it”

“I know… But what will we do when the other kingdoms will try to snatch him from us?”

“Why should they? They got their fair share of geniuses”

“While he was sleeping I checked his mind and body… What I found is not something ordinary”

“What did you find?”

“Endless adaptability”

“What do you mean?”

“It’s like he was created to survive… If he is given enough time, he can adapt to everything… While I was inspecting him, his body adapted to my mana and started opposing me”

“Are you sure?”

“Do you think I am a trainee? I am High Priest Kalon, specialized in medicine and healing… Plus, look at him now”

“... Gosh, he didn't stop… He keeps going… Damn, you really gave him the right motivations” said Tiron astonished as he checked on Julius who was deadlifting like there was nothing else in the world, despite feeling his body burning like hell 

“And I didn't tell you the craziest part… As you know, all the members of the Royal Guardians can access the Sanctum’s Cripta and get one piece of equipment that recognizes them as worthy”

“Yes… Than we form a lifelong bound”

“Yes… The point is that all the unbound equipment in the Cripta reacted to him like crazy… The Guardian Priest never saw something like that”

"Oh" 

"And the boy himself says the he was sent him by a Divine Being that stated that he would send him to his temple... And when he arrived, he actually had a scent of divinity" 

"Are we screwed or blessed?" 

"We will see"