The ss was quiet as Professor Wenry announced what she would be teaching. Leo had never heard of these ''crystals'', so he was interested.


    "I''m sure all of you already know the basics of what crystals are and their uses"


    ''Not even a little.'' Leo thought


    "but we have to go over it again anyways, so bare with me."


    ''Thank the gods'' Leo let out a small sigh of relief.


    "First, let''s start with their uses" Professor Wenry stated. "We have many different ways that crystals are used. From everyday appliances, like a bathtub..."


    Leo''s attention regarding the subject of crystals sharpened, ''I must know how it works.'' His face hardened with concentration.


    "to weapons and armour used inbat. They provide any range of functions, such as heating water, or increasing your strength. It all depends on the crystal and the item it''s used on."


    "The process of using a crystal on an item is called energizing. The energy within the crystal Is transfered over to the item and creates the skill. We refer items that have skills as ''Energised'' ."


    "For example" She continued "If you energized a weapon it created a skill that''s able to light the weapon on fire at will, the crystal used here would be a fire crystal. Using the exact same crystal for a bathtub will not make the bathtub catch on fire, but provide a different effect, since the item type is different." Professor Wenry exined.


    She paused there and waited to see if there were any questions. Leo was the only one who had his hand raised. She gestured for Leo to speak.


    "Is the effect always the same or are there differences at times?" Leo asked.


    "It depends, usually the effect will be the same, with slight differences. If the difference isrge then it means the crystal Smith is either very skilled orpletely useless." Professor Wenry replied.


    Professor Wenry cleared her throat and continued. "If you use a fire crystal for a weapon, you get an offensive skill, but if you use the same crystal for a shield then you would get a defensive skill, such as fire resistance. Armour is much harder to predict, since it can be offensive or defensive, you''re more likely to get defense from a chest piece, but offensive skills aren''t out of the question. The opposite is true for helmets. Boots will most likely provide a movement skill, but could provide something else. Gauntlets are the most unpredictable, you never know what you will get." Professor Wenry exined at length.


    Leo and a different trainee raised their hand at the same time. Since Leo had already asked a question, professor Wenry allowed the other trainee to go first.


    The trainee was a 1.78 meter tall dark skinned girl with ck hair styled in a Bob cut. "What about essories, like rings and nes? Can those have skills applied to them as well?" She asked.


    Leo dropped his hand, since this was the same question he had as well.


    "Yes it''s possible, but it requires a master crystal Smith to do such a thing, this means that energised essories are very expensive and rare." Professor Wenry answered.


    ''So my ring is rare it seems. Good thing I didn''t tell anyone about it.'' Leo thought.


    "Our next topic will be the different types of crystals. There are plenty of different types of crystals, the basic one like fire and ice, the more rare ones like lightning, and finally the most rare, shadow, light and spacial." Professor Wenry exined.


    Everyone in the ss was thoroughly intrigued by the rarer crystals. A hand was raised.


    p "Is there an official tier system for crystals based on their type?" He asked.</anda>


    "Yes." Professor Wenry wrote down the tier system on the board.


    Common - wind, earth, water


    Umon - fire, ice


    Rare - lightning, acid


    Legendary - Spacial, storage


    Mythical - Shadow, light


    ''My ring probably has a storage crystal, so that would make it legendary? I''m thanking the me from the past more and more for not telling anyone about the ring.'' Leo felt like he had really dodged an arrow.


    "These are the different tiers and some examples for each, there are more types of crystals for each rarity, this is just to name a few."


    "Certain types of crystals will affect your energized items skills. Such as using a storage crystal on your armour, you won''t be able to get anything other than something that stores away other things, not very useful for defense or offense." Professor Wenry exined.


    Leo raised his hand, "Is every type of crystal equal to each other, or would i be able to find two different fire crystals?" He asked.


    "The only difference between crystals of the same type, will be their size. The size of a crystal determines how much energy is inside it, the more energy, the stronger the skills." Professor Wenry replied.


    "All crystals are white when you find them, only when bringing the crystal to a crystal smith, will they be able to determine the crystal''s type. Once the smith has done so, the crystals colour will change to represent its type."


    ''The crystal in my storage is about the size of my hand, I''m only just unable to close my hand around it, but I don''t know if that''s consideredrge or small for a crystal.'' Leo thought while he raised his hand.


    "What are the different crystal sizes, what''s considered to berge and small?" Leo asked. Many students nodded, they too wanted to know this.


    "There are many different sizes and they are hard to ssify since their size could be between ssifications. For the most part, anything you can''t wrap your hand around, would be considered on therger side." Professor Wenry wanted to give a more detailed exnation, but she believed that seeing crystals and being shown their size ssification in the moment was the best way to learn about them.


    "Those of you who wish to continue with this ss will be able to learn about all of this in more detail." Professor Wenry said.


    The sses for today are all just introductions into the ss topics. Each trainee must pick 1 ss that they would like to participate in. Combat sses arepulsory.


    "Professor, where do you find crystals?" Leo asked. The whole ss was quiet and everyone looked at Leo in a strange way.


    "You don''t know?" She asked. Leo shook his head.


    "Crystal''s are found underground and inside ces like mountains, they can be found in monsters as well but only 1 in every 3 monsters will have one. The stronger the monster, the more likely they will have a crystal inside them." Professor Wenry exined.


    After about 20 seconds where no more questions were asked, Professor Wenry spoke again. "It''s been great giving this ss, if you do choose to continue the study of crystals and you wish to be a crystal Smith, then I urge you to choose my ss and return here tomorrow. Until then, goodbye." She said with a cheery voice andrge smile on her face.


    All the trainees got up and left the room, heading off to their next ss.