Ryn

Chapter 57

He didn’t know why he couldn’t seem to reabsorb his kinetic energy or his aura, it was almost like once they merged in his body, it became a chaotic mix. It was like a bunch of Skittles and gumballs had gotten mixed together in the same jar and he couldn’t separate them apart. 

He tried to do both at the same time, but they had different sources, so that didn’t work. It just made the energy in his body that was tearing him apart even more frantic. He had an idea though. In ...

Chapter 56

When Julius got back to his room, the first thing he did was feed little Drasil some life mana. Like usual Drasil inhaled the mana, like a fat kid eating Oreos. Julius had to admit it was somewhat impressive to see. It wasn’t just a little bit of mana either. It was much more than he used for each usage of [Pseudo-Phoenix Renewal].

It was getting late, but Julius still wanted to check out the training areas. He locked his door and headed for the first-year training area. It wasn’t a...

Chapter 55

The list was quite extensive, offering classes ranging from practical combat to sculpting. There were four mandatory classes that he had to do, he just needed to pick out what times he would like to take them. He also got a choice of at least two electives. 

The mandatory classes, for combat-focused students, were: Physical Training, Applied Combat, Intro to Mana Control, and Tier Advancement. Everything except for Applied Combat was one hour long. Applied Combat was two hours a da...

Chapter 54

Julius finally found the library. It was an entire massive building and reminded him of Notre Dame Cathedral in many ways. Large, complex architecture and arches made up the structure, and gorgeous artwork was placed tastefully around the library, giving it just the right amount of elegance, sophistry, and coziness. There were multiple levels of bookshelves upon bookshelves. It was truly a library that deserved its renown.

When Julius walked in, he had to show the badge he had gotten wh...

Chapter 53

Instead of aura training, Julius decided to do work on his mana for now. He knew that he still hadn’t chosen an evolved path for it, but he hadn’t had the skill for years and wasn’t worried about not being able to receive levels on it. 

He went back to his roots. He remembered some of the fun little exercises he came up with in the past and tried to replicate them. He carefully created a dozen little orbs of fire mana and gently shaped them into human-like figurines. He recal...

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Chapter 52

Julius watched as Gabriel stayed where he was and looked at him with jubilant eyes. He seemed more excited that Julius had managed to land a clean hit than Julius himself. Gabriel pressed something on his bracelet, and Julius felt the device no longer restrict his shoulder. It was an amazing piece of equipment. 

Gabriel walked up to Julius and placed an enormous hand on his shoulder giving him another large smile. “Good fight, Julius. I genuinely enjoyed it, you really got me the...

Chapter 51

Julius was a little suspicious, Declan had told Julius that most test proctors would be Tier 3, but he was almost certain that this man was not Tier 3. Gabriel felt similar to how Declan felt. It doesn’t matter, Tier 4 or not, it doesn’t change a thing.

The two of them walked into the sectioned-off area and Gabriel handed Julius a pair of bracelets to him. They were intricate pieces of work, runes were inscribed all over their surface. He could feel the vast amount of mana ...

Chapter 50

All was going smoothly and everything was within Julius’s expectations. It wasn’t until toward the end that the woman asked Julius a question that definitely wasn’t a part of their script. “I’m assuming you know that most of the student population is made up of those with excellent or perfect affinities correct?”

Julius nodded his head in confirmation. 

“So why would a slightly above average commoner with a mere pair of high affinities try to get into one the mo...

Chapter 49

There were still many people out in about, shopping at stores, Julius saw many other kids his age walking with their parents. He assumed that they were also applying to Goldencrest today. 

While they walked, Julius asked Declan about the options he got last night for [Mana Manipulation]. Declan was a little surprised that he had already got it to level 10.

“That was fast. I thought you were training your aura lately, I thought that maybe it would take you a couple of weeks ...

Chapter 48

The first thing Julius attempted was the mana layering Orus had talked about. It was a more mage-focused technique so Declan nor Orus was able to explain that much to him. But Julius got an idea from the name alone. 

The main issue for him was how to connect multiple layers in a construct. He had tried it before, but every time the construct would fall apart or turn into two instead of one. He needed to find a way to merge multiple layers into a single construct. He might not find ...

Chapter 47

After discussing it with Orus, Julius decided that there wasn’t much reason not to take it. Even if he wanted to wait and see if there was another version of the skill he could gain, it would most likely be even more specialized to sword fighting. He would rather have something that could synergize or maybe evolve into a broader skill. Furthermore, he could remove it if the advancement options weren’t what he was looking for. So he waited at least until the first evolution before making a...

Chapter 46

Julius tried to check the tag but it didn’t say anything that would indicate a price. Curious, he brought it to the half-elf at the counter. The shopkeeper looked up from the book he was reading as Julius approached. 

“How much for this? I didn’t see a price on it,” Julius asked the man.

“Oh? The price for it is two gold and three silver,” the shopkeeper answered. 

That much? For a tree branch?

“I’m sorry, but why is it so much? Is th...

Chapter 45

Julius spent another couple of hours playing around with his new skill and checked his notifications before he went back inside.

[Arcane Construct lvl 10 -> lvl 11]

[Pure Compression lvl 11 -> lvl 12]

[Fighter’s Will lvl 11 -> lvl 13]

[Mana Manipulation lvl 1 -> lvl 6]

[Arcane Construct] and [Pure Compression] had leveled up surprisingly, but so had [Fighter’s Will]. It was almost...

Chapter 44

Julius awkwardly scratched his head. If he was being honest, he had a feeling that there were some pretty cool evolved skills for [Mana Manipulation]. For a while, he had stubbornly maintained his stance that [Mana Manipulation] was a crutch skill. However, as time went by and he was exposed to more skills he started to realize the fault in his thinking. 

If that was the case then he could argue every skill was a crutch. They might not be as integral to magic as [Mana Manipulation]...

Chapter 43

Julius found Declan and Orus exactly where he left them. They were both sitting down on a bench watching Julius approach. Orus was looking at Julius with a large grin spread across his face while Declan was more reserved, a neutral expression on his face.

“Okay, I am all cleaned up now. What now?” Julius asked once he got within earshot of the other two.

Julius observed as Declan glanced at Orus before talking, “I want to talk about some personal things. But if you are not c...

Chapter 42

Julius watched Declan turn on some mana-powered lights that illuminated a section tucked away in the back of the courtyard. Declan waved over Julius to come toward the center of the sparring ring. 

“Okay, we can start slow and then slowly increase the pace. Does that sound good to you?” Declan asked Julius.

“Sounds good to me.” Julius was a little excited, it felt like forever since he had the opportunity to fight another human. He was curious where he stood now that ...

Chapter 41

He was surprised that he had some notifications waiting for him to see. It seemed that practicing aura like that with Declan improved his aura skill. 

[Fighter’s Will lvl 9 -> lvl 11]

Julius was tearing through the levels for [Fighter’s Will]. It wouldn’t be long until he was able to evolve it.

Sadly, Declan had to get back to his duties, leaving Julius alone in the guardhouse. He told him he was free to explore and let him know where the marke...