Shackles Of Reality

**3rd person POV**

Adam stood in silence after the words of his combat instructor before finally asking " and what is that instinct". "It's called innate battle instinct and those with it are extremely rare. The only other people that have it in this year apart from you in this first year are that rank one girl and the rank 7 boy".

Oh lady divider and that Owen Hargreaves guy. Now that I think about it they seemed to have performed better than anyone else.

"Then why didn't you choose one of them instead of me"? asked Adam.

"The both of them are many ranks above me he added".

"That's because both of them are from the seven great families and that girl already has a master and he's leagues above me of me. Her master is the principal of this academy. Besides I think in a year or two she'll catch up to my strength". He added.

"So rank 38 he asked what do you say" he asked.

Really this bastard is going with rank 38? Adam thought before speaking.

" Adam, my name is Adam walker. You know the least you could do while trying to convince me to be your student is to know my name instead of calling me with a number. And what do I gain by being your student"

"Names doesn't matter, all that matters is your drive and determination. And like I said am in diamond rank and a master of diverse number of martial arts and weapons.

But why the hell are you speaking in this dry and emotionless tone as if you've got none of the vigor I just talked about"? Instructor Blake shouted.

And he's gone back to his shouting Adam thought before saying " Fine I agree to be your student and that's how my voice is and if you're taking me as your student you gotta live with it".

"Fine be here at five am tomorrow".

After saying that he simply disappeared leaving Adam alone in the combat grounds

It's about time for lunch I should head to the cafeteria he thought while picking up his newly acquired katana.

Following the holographic map he arrived at the cafeteria. It was just like the dorms a blend of luxury and technology. Large tables each with four or six chairs. He went to the serving robot and got some seafood before heading to an empty table near the exit.

Food at the cafeteria was free but ordering it to your room is not. He was midway through eating his food when a voice said "can I sit here".

Great the devil is here to disturb my peaceful my peaceful meal Adam thought before rasing his head to look at the said devil. To his surprise it was the rank 7 guy instructor Blake talked about not too long ago. Also the idiot with a grin.

"The cafeteria is for everyone you can choose to sit wherever you want" Adam answered.

"Thanks then I'll sit here" the guy said with a sunny smile before sitting opposite Adam.

" Nice to meet you. My name is Owen Hargreaves. Am rank 7".

"Adam Walker rank 38".

"Yeah I know. In fact everyone terms you as a delinquent ever since you know your fiasco with ms. Evelyn back in the morning.

'What why did I not know about this. Delinquent really? Just for sleeping in class? It was just an honest mistake Adam cried in his heart'.

"I see that explains why I felt as if almost everyone was sneaking a glance at me" he said.

"Yeah" Owen answered.

"You know our smartwatches have a dimensional storage right? He asked not expecting an answer before continuing you can keep your weapon inside it".

" Thanks I didn't know that anyway it was nice to meet you too but I have to go" he said.

"See you in class tomorrow but you've really got to work on your voice and expression dude if you at least want to get married one day" Owen said with a grin as Adam walked out of the cafeteria.

'You think I want my face to be emotionless?' Adam thought after hearing what Owen said.

Adam headed straight to the portal station to get back to his dorm.Today was only the first day so classes ended just before lunch.

"Ah dorm sweet dorm" Adam said while slumping down on his couch. That bastard instructor Blake or is it master now he really did a number on me. Almost every part of my body is aching.

**Adam Walker's POV**

This is what am talking about enjoying a nice relaxing hot bath is the best way to relieve stress I mused.

After nearly one hour soaking I came out of the bathroom. It was still afternoon so I relaxed for two hours and during that time I browsed my smartwatch to check the dimensional storage before hitting my personal gym. I worked out for four hours but not anything extreme like what my newly recognized master made us do today.

By the time I was done it was eight in the evening and I decided to go to sleep since I had to wake up before 5 am tomorrow.

I set an alarm for 4:30 am which did it's job by disturbing my sweet slumber. I freshened up and headed to the portal station and teleported to the academic building.

Now come to think of it yesterday i didn't encounter more than two hundred students which is to say where the elite and normal classes academic buildings are completely different.

I entered the combat grounds only to see instructor Blake meditating. I decided not to disturb him and wait for him to finish but the moment my but touched the floor he said "give me a hundred pushups, sit-ups and squats as a warm up before we start".

It took me one fourth of an hour to finish and I was starting to regret agreeing to become his student.

After I was done he opened his eyes, stood up and came to my front before he started the talking. "The essence of combat is survival". He began.

"That is seeking everything to survive including destroying your opponent before they destroy you. That's the first thing you should get into your head". He said with a serious face.

"When you fight you fight to destroy the enemy before they destroy you". he continued.

"We'll start with martial arts then move to weapons. I have a specific katana art in mind for you".