《Manaless Mage》
Chapter 1 Mana Beast’s Attack[1]
Year 2215
A scrawny brown haired youth walked hurriedly down the hallway. He kept his head down and eyes on the ground. He would look back once in a while in order to find out if he had lost his pursuers.
"Hey Harry, where do you think you''re going!?" He heard a deep voice tauntingly say.
Harry flinched when he heard that voice. He didn''t want to turn around, he increased his pace once more, without even bothering to look back.
He slightly raised his head; he looked at the door ahead of him. All needed to do was to get there and he might be able to escape his predicament.
As he was focusing his attention on the door, he saw a ck-haired youth step out from behind the wall ahead of him. Just a few meters away from the doorhis only escape.
The figure had an had an evil smirk stered on his face as he looked at the ashen face of Harry. Despite the fact that the youth''s physique couldn''t exactly be described as muscr, his arm still had some muscle.
Harry tried to turn around out of pure instinct, hoping to at least find another way to escape his situation. Unfortunately, all he could see were two walls on either side of him, and there was no other way out save for the door, which was blocked by the ck haired youth.
Harry''s dilemma only multiplied when he heard another taunting voice behind him.
"We just wanted to train Harry, why would you be running from a friend?"
Then it dawned on him that he had been caught in a trap. Even though he was aware that there was no chance of him escaping, he kept ncing around in the vain hope of finding some sort of miracle, but sadly, everyone else appeared to be going about their daily lives as usual. With no consideration for helping him.
''How didn''t I figure this out? I should have known something was wrong when I didn''t see the fourth person.'' Harry panicked.
Harry''s already pale face only became paler when he saw the figure sh a smirk at him while sping his hand together.
The ck-haired figure then started muttering some strange words. Slowly, the previously intertwined palms began to separate, and a small blue ball began to develop in the center.
As Harry watched the blue ball get bigger, he didn''t know what came over him but the next words he founding out of his mouth were simply, "Nell please don''t."
Harry kept moving back, hoping nothing more than for the earth to open up and swallow him whole.
The other figure shed a huge grin towards Harry as heunched the conjured water ball with immense force towards Harry''s abdomen.
All Harry saw was a blue sh, which was followed by a stinging ache in his midsection. The pain surged up from his abdomen to the rest of his body, as though he had been struck by a massive hammer.
The force behind the water ball lifted Harry''s figure by a few meters and finally sent his sliding across the floors of the academy.
"Argh!!" As he dropped to the ground, he shouted out in agony and tightened his grip on his stomach in an attempt to numb the pain.
To make things worse, his body stopped right in front of the feet of those he was trying to escape.
"Nice work Nell." He heard a voice say.
Nell just nodded his head as he looked disdainfully at Harry who was still on the ground writhing in pain while clutching his stomach.
Harry made every effort to suppress the excruciating anguish that was raging through his body as he stared at the four figures towering over him.
"Humph! So you''re not even strong enough to withstand a tier one spell. Yet you decided to stay in the academy trash, humph." One of them said while scoffing in disdain.
"Well we did learn some new spells and we are eager to try them out. So you''ll be our training buddy. isn''t that right Harry? A blue haired student said. The other three students had looks of respect and admiration as they stared at the blue haired boy. From their actions towards him, it was quite obvious that he was their leader.
Compared to the rest of the students, this particr student stood out. This was mainly because of his uniform, his uniform had a gold and ck colour which was different whenpared to the silver and blue uniform of the other students in the hallincluding Harry. The gold was the dominant colour, with the only ck colored parts being the cor, pockets and two thick lines running down from the shoulders.
From the design alone, it was obvious that his uniform was made using better quality materials.
The suddenly, the blue haired student started muttering some strange words, a thick brown colour slowly coated his fists. His fists went through a visible transformation; they literally turned into stone.
He then shed a mocking smirk towards Harry and decided it was time to continue their ''training''.
He threw a punch towards Harry using his ''brown fists''.
Harry instinctively tried to dodge the punch but unfortunately, it was too fast for him to react to. He received the full brunt of the punch on his left cheek.
Harry felt as if his face was hit by a rock. His head was forced to turn to the right, his mouth opened slightly and a few drops of blood and broken teeth flew out of it.
His body dropped back to the ground with force making a slight thud sound.
He then looked at the four figures looking down on him with smug expressions stered on their faces.
Then suddenly a huge wave of anger washed over him. Everything around him seemed non-existent except for the faces of the four students surrounding him. Time seemed to be running slowly as he stared at their mocking smiles, different thoughts raced through his mind: anger, hate, disgustmost especially anger.
He didn''t know where he found the courage but as he looked at the boy on gold and ck uniform, his eyes turned cold. With a voice filled with hate, he said, "I''ll make you pay for this."
The blue haired boy whose name was Han was stunned for a moment when he noticed the cold look in Harry eyes, he didn''t know why but a slight tinge of fear ran down his spine when he heard those words.
However this didn''tst long, rather a slight giggle that still had a trace of insult left his lips. "Hehe."
"Seriously?" He raised his brows slightly as he asked. To him, Harry was simply spouting nonsense, after all there was he could do to him. A smug smile appeared on his face as he looked down at the figure of Harry lying on the ground. "And how are you going to do that? Cry out for help? Hahaha."
"Humph!" He snorted. "Seems you don''t get it leave the academy, it''s not like you''re needed here anyways, trash. Seems like you''re still not ''convinced'' enough, maybe a little ''motivation would do the job."
A few minutester,
A badly injured figure could be seen lying weakly on the ground. His chest kept rising rapidly as heavy pants left his lips. He head was turned towards a particr direction as he looked at the four students leaving while mocking his condition.
His fists were clenched tightly to the extent that his knuckles had turned white.
The figure which was obviously Harry tired getting up. Unfortunately, it seemed like his legs suddenly weighed a ton as he fell back down almost immediately.
"Come on" He said as he hit the ground once more. No matter how much he tried, his legs just wouldn''t budge. It was as if they were stuffed with the heaviest metal.
''At least I don''t have any broken bones.'' He thought. He didn''t even try to get up anymore as he simplyid t on the groundhe already knew trying to stand on his feet were futile after falling back down thrice.
urrences like today''s weren''t new to him, In fact he faced it regrly but that didn''t mean it didn''t make him feel sad anytime it happened.
''And is all because of this stupid inability to draw mana.'' He sighed. ''I don''t know why I was born without a foundation or Han''s right, I''m truly useless.''
Although some students noticed Harry sprawled on the ground, they didn''t do anything to help. They weren''t even surprised as cases like this weren''t new to them anymoreIt wasn''t like any of them cared.
After staying in the same position for about twenty minutes, Harry noticed that the painsing from his legs seemed to have reduced. Although his legs still felt heavy, he could at least walk on his feet.
He slowly got up and then started making his way home with staggering steps.
***
As he walked home, Harry started drifting into his thoughts once more. ''I wish things were different and I could pursue my dreams like every body else.''
Harry was born in an age where mana was everything. Different feats that could only be considered superhuman or ''magical'' could be performed using mana.
This mana could be found in the surroundings, people stored this mana by creating and developing something called a mana core. The mana core would be used to draw the mana which would then be used to perform magic or to strengthen the body.
Those who use mana to perform magic are called elementalists or elemental mages(for full-fledged mages).
One could perform different types of magic depending on their affinities to the respective elements. People awakened their affinities between the age of ten to twelve, there were six known elements.
[Authors Note: check the auxiliary chapter for the information about the different affinities, affinity grades and mana core stages.]
However, unlike every other person, Harry was unable to awaken his affinity even after taking the test thrice. To make matters worse, he was born with a shattered mana core foundation which meant he would never be able to draw mana talk-less of forming a mana core.
His parents were also elementalists, although their affinities were only medium-grades, they were still quite powerful.
When they discovered that Harry was unable to awaken an affinity, they felt disappointed. They had high expectations that he would at least awaken a medium grade affinity just like them. Although they were disappointed, they still didn''t hate himat least not totally.
However, when they found out Harry couldn''t even draw the slightest strand of mana, their attitude towards him took a turn around. All the love and care they disyed since his birth vanished.
Harry, who was only thirteen at that time, noticed his parents attitude towards him change for the worse. At times a whole day would pass without them feeding him and whenever heined about hunger, they would only shout at him, insulting him and calling him useless.
Harry was able to understand their actionsat least to an extent. He knew that his parents were disappointed in him. He even med himself for his inability to draw mana.
Harry had a brother who was younger than him with about two years. Unlike him, his junior brother was able to awaken his affinity on his first testat the age of tenand it wasn''t just any affinity, it was a dual affinity: High grade water affinity and medium grade wind affinity.
Dual affinity awakeners were very rare and were also considered talented. He also awakened a high grade affinity which meant he had the potential to be a grand mage, a feat that those with medium grade or low grade affinities would never be able to achieve.
Harry''s parents were filled with joy after the test, they ignored Harry and focused all their attention on his junior brother.
Harry and his brother used to be very close, but some months after the affinity test, his brother''s attitude changed towards him.
His junior brother started addressing the same way he was addressed by other people; as trash. His parents were the main reason for this, it was due to their influence and also the attention and looks of admiration given to him in the city due to his talent, it all got into his head.
Harry never hated his brother, the fact that his brother was a lot more talented than him never bothered so he still showed him love even after the test but unfortunately, it wasn''t the other way around.
As he grew up, he watched everyone distance themselves from him. From his ssmates to his teachers, even those who he used to call his friends.
Everyone was born with a mana core foundation, it was basically the foundation to creating a mana core. The type of affinity or affinity grade wouldn''t change that.
One could be without an affinity but there had never been a case where a person had a broken foundation. Harry was the only exception and it was also why the news about the boy without a mana core foundation spread around the city like wild fire.
In a world where mana and mana core stage determined ones standing in the society, he was simply useless.
''If only things were different if only.'' This wasn''t the first time thoughts like this popped up in his mind. His hatred for his life kept growing each day. He wished for nothing more than to wake up, realizing that all his life had been a dream. Or even better that he had never been born because why was he even born when he would be so usel
"Ahhhh!!!" A loud scream suddenly rang out, breaking Harry out of his thoughts.
His eyes widened as his head instinctively turned to the left, where the scream came from.
A lot of people were running from a particr direction. They all had expressions of fear on their faces. Some of them even boosted their speeds by casting low-tier spells, making their speed rise to inhuman levels.
The woman who screamed earlier was also among those running. She kept running without even paying attention to the surroundings.
''Why would every one be in panic?'' Harry thought. He felt something dangerous must be happening as people couldn''t just be running aimlessly.
It didn''t take long before his question was answered as a loud, beastly roar rang out, breaking the solemn atmosphere of the evening.
ROAR!!!
Harry''s face paled in fear, he definitely knew what that ''roar'' meant.
There was no way a human could make such sound and the only thing that came to his mind was a mana beast attack!
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Chapter 2 Mana Beasts Attack[2]
From the sheer power contained in its roar alone, it seemed to be a C-danger level mana beast attack or even worse a B-danger level one.
He didn''t know where the roar came from but he knew a mana beast attack must be taking ce.
''Why does this have to happen now? I need to run'' Harry thought. He mustered all the remaining strength he had left and started running for his life.
As if the day couldn''t get any worse, a huge amount of pain suddenly shot up from his legs.
His body still ached badly from Han''s earlier ''training'', since he hadn''t put his body through any strenuous exercise, the pains from his legs reduced to a manageable level. However, the moment he made the decision to run, the pain shot up from his knees down to his feet, making his movements slow and sluggish.
Every other person had gotten ahead of him as he was the only one behind. Luckily for them, there was only one mana beast, although it seemed to be quite powerful, it didn''t chase after anyone. It only stayed in one spot, taking slow strides as if to observe its new surroundings.
Harry wasn''t able to cover up to three meters before he fell down face-t on the ground.
"Sh*t, not nowe on, just move," Harry started muttering to himself. No matter what he tried to do, his legs just wouldn''t move, or rather he couldn''t get them to move due to the huge amount of pain he felt from them.
His nose was already broken due to the force at which he hit the ground, a drop of blood trailed from his nose down to his upper lip. Even his lips appeared swollen as there was a slight bruise just below them. ''Please just''
Whoosh!
A loud gust of wind broke him off his thoughts. His uniform bloated slightly due to the amount of wind that temporarily umted in them.
Unfortunately for Harry, the mana beast which had been stagnant suddenly made a move. And it didn''t just move to a random location, it appeared right in front of him
Harry felt a huge shadow, which was simply the huge figure of the mana beast, loom over him. All the blood in his face dried up, he felt like he stood, or ratherid as a sacrifice in front of the grim reaper himself.
Growl!
Harry heard the beast growl, he slowly lifted his head. His entire existence shuddered as he saw what could only be described as his worst nightmare.
The creature had tough brown skin along with tworge tusks on each side of its head. Each tusk had a length of about one meter, the beast itself stood at a frightening height of five meters. It stood on both its forelimbs and hind limbs, its hind limbs were slightly bent backwards, making it look like it wanted to make a jump.
But Harry couldn''t care less about the appearance of the mana beast. He only stared nkly at the huge creature because at that moment, he was about to be food for it.
''Why do I have to be so unfortunate? Is this how I''m going to die?'' he kept thinking to himself. He knew there was no way he could escape the mana beast.
His still felt pains from all part of his legs, the mild pains assaulting him from his midsection only served to worsen the situation.
Even if his body was at its peak condition, there was no way he could outrun a mana beast that seemed to be at the fourth stage or if possible at the fifth stage
It all started two hundred years ago, when mana came into the. Different animals transformed into huge and ferocious monsters. They attacked everyone on sight, plunging the earth into chaos and forcing humanity to the brink of extinction.
These monsters wereter called mana beasts. They weren''t able to handle the mana that directly invaded their system. Animals weren''t like humans who could actively draw mana, the mana directly entered their bodies. Due to this, their cells and all part of their bodies mutated, turning them into beasts. They became far stronger, faster and also extremely aggressive.
After sometime, human beings finally learnt how to utilize mana to its full capacity. They were able to fight back against the mana beasts that littered the. It was no longer a one-sided ughter. They killed most of the mana beasts in the.
However, after a few years of peace, another strange situation happened, different portals suddenly opened around the. Through those portals, more mana beasts would directly enter the, attacking random people and also causing destruction.
These portals wereter called ''rifts'' and the phenomenon where the mana beasts came through those portals was called ''mana beast attack''.
Harry looked at the mana beast in front of him with an ashen expression. ''I guess this is the end,'' he thought as he finally gave up, believing that there was nothing he could do in this type of situation and was only hoping the adventurer mages organization would get to his location quick and save his life.
The adventurer mages organization which waster abbreviated to AMO was in charge of dealing with mana beast attacks. They ventured into rifts in order to eliminate any mana beast in it to prevent future mana beast attacks. Those who venture into rifts were called adventurers.
Harry also dreamt of bing an adventurer, however that dream was shattered by the harsh reality of him not having the ability to draw mana.
The beast took slow strides around Harry as if to inspect him. It seemed to be enjoying his despair.
Harry didn''t know if it was just his imagination but for a moment he felt like he saw a smug expression on the mana beast''s ugly face.
''I knew it it might not even be a stage four mana beast but rather a stage five!'' Harry inwardly eximed as he realized that the beast seemed to have some kind of intelligence.
There were ten mana beast stages, however the stage at which they be truly terrifying is the fifth stage.
This was because at that stage, they wouldn''t just be mana beasts that attack based on wild instincts alone, They would unlock their Intelligence at that stage. Their insane strength, coupled with the ability to think was what made them truly terrifying.
The mana beast, not knowing what Harry was thinking suddenly ced his foreleg under Harry''s right rib.
Harry instantly panicked when he felt the cold and hard brown leg of the beast on his body. His already pale face even became paler, he couldn''t even summon the courage to look at the mana beasts and only remained frozen on the ground.
However he didn''t have to wait long as the beast slowly lifted his figure off the ground before sending a kick towards his chest.
Due to the position the mana beast put him in, his chest was wide open and the mana beast''s leg was huge enough to cover up his whole torso.
The mana beast didn''t use its full strength when it kicked Harry as it simply wanted to ''toy'' with his new prey, but still, that ''little kick'' was still an attack from a possible stage five mana beast and it was something that even a person with a stage one mana core would struggle to endure talk less of Harry who didn''t even have a mana corehe was just a weak human being.
Harry felt like he was hit by a huge truck. His chest caved in, he could even feel some of his ribs shattering, the pieces grazing his lungs. The force behind the kick slightly lifted him off the ground before sending his figure sliding, an action which gave him another bruise on his left hand.
However it was nothingpared to the pain he felt from his torso.
"Arrrg!" Harry eximed in pain as the pain he felt from that ''little kick'' of the mana beast was too unbearable for him.
If he thought the pain from Nell''s water ball was unbearable, this one could only be described as agonizing.
He really wished the mana beast would finish him, he looked at the mana beast, waiting for it to show its disgusting teeth and bite his head off, giving him a much quicker death. But s, the mana beast kept circling him, as if he was some kind of toy.
He didn''t even know how he was still breathing, his lungs surprisingly didn''t suffer much damage. He wished for nothing more than a quick death, he didn''t need anyone to tell him that the mana beast was toying with him.
He was simply that insignificant even to a beast.
''Even a mana beast finds me useless,'' he thought. A wry smile appeared on his face as he shook his head in self-pity.
Harry felt his consciousness slowly leaving him, the immense pain coursing through his entire body made him feel like he was knocking on death''s door. He looked at the mana beast that was busy taking slow strides towards him; he had already epted that his life was going to end today.
Even if he died, who would miss him? Who would miss the Harry without a mana core? He was sure his parents would be happy about his death all they would think is ''one trash gone'', same with the academy. Why does he have to struggle, only to get back into the same life. Into the same life of being insignificant and useless?
It was better the mana beast ended his life that moment.
''You foolish beast, at least hurry up with whatever you want to do!!!'' Harry wanted to scream those words at the mana beast that was obviously ''toying'' with him but he wisely refrained from doing so. What if the mana beast gets angry and decided to end his life in a very painful way?
Harry slowly turned his gaze away from the mana beast and then looked at the sky, he noticed something strange.
There was a strange white line moving slowly in the sky. It looked sharp and pronounced as it danced around in the sky. It looked like some kind of streak. It had a length of about five meters and moved in a slightly curved motion.
That wasn''t what Harry found strange though, the strange thing was that the ''white streak'' suddenly took a sharp turn and started moving downwards towards him and the speed at which it moved was nothing to scoff at.
Harry looked towards the mana beast, he noticed that the mana beast didn''t seem to see or even sense the strange white streak.
Though the mana beast was backing the white streak so it naturally wouldn''t be able to see it, Harry still felt like it was strange for it to be unable to sense something moving that fast. Mana beasts had enhanced senses so even a stage one mana beast should be able to sense it.
Harry looked at the white streak once more, he didn''t know if it was just his imagination but the white steak seemed to be increasing its speed every passing second.
''Perhaps it''s just my imagination,'' he thought. A wry smile appeared on his face as he finally closed his eyes and epted his fate.
He once heard about how people hallucinate when ced in near death situationslike the one he was in currentlyso he simply associated that to be one of his hallucinations.
However, just as Harry closed his eyes, the white streak also closed the distance between them. It passed through the head of the mana beast standing in front of Harry. A wide fist-sized hole instantly appeared on the head of the beast, the beast dropped limply to the side making a loud thud sound. The mana beast didn''t even know how it died.
The white streak didn''t even pause after passing through the head of the beast, it rapidly entered the body of the unconscious Harry.
A strange white and blue hue shone around Harry for a few seconds before gradually seeping into his skin. Harry didn''t know it yet but the strange white streak had just saved his life.
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Chapter 3 Strange Death(1)
A strange white and blue hue shone around Harry for a few seconds before gradually seeping into his skin. Harry didn''t know it yet but the strange white streak had just saved his life.
***
Harry slowly opened his eyes, the first thing that appeared in his line of sight was a white ceiling.
"What.. happened?" His memories from the previous day seemed foggy, almost as if he had just woken up from a dream.
''A dream? Was it a. dream?'' His thoughts were still foggy.
''There was a beast Mana Beast!!!!'' He eximed inwardly as all that happened the previous day started flooding back into his head.
He looked to his right side, he saw a white window with blue curtains, the curtains were opened, giving way for the gentle rays of the morning sun to seep into the room.
Harry then looked at his body. He saw try that he was lying down on a bed.
''Huh? Since when did I have a bed. Or'' The thought of all his life being a bad dream that he just woke up from popped up in his mind, but he immediately discarded it. He knew it wasn''t a dreamno matter how he wished it was.
He noticed he was still in the academy''s uniform, he looked at the white bed once more. He knew he didn''t have a bed in his room so he concluded that he was in a hospital.
He had no idea how he got to the hospital, all he knew was that he passed out from the stupid mana beast''s kick.
His hand subconsciously drifted to his chest, where he was hit by the mana beast. He wasn''t able to find any injury, not even a sign that his ribs were formerly brokenthey had all healed. This only made him sure that he was truly in a hospital.
He was even panicking, he had no money to pay for the bills, how was he treated then? He wasn''t feeling any pain, it was as if the mana beast attack was merely a dream.
Even his cheeks that were swollen from Han''s spell had now healed.
"Who brought me to this hospital? I really thought I was dead." he kept on muttering to himself.
''Or was I kidnap'' He brushed that thought off immediately, why would someone kidnap him? He was
The slight creaking sound of the door broke him off his thoughts.
He immediately turned his head and looked towards the door.
A man who looked like he was in his early thirties walked into the room. A sigh escaped his lips as he looked at Harry.
"Are you okay? How are you feeling now?" The man said.
Harry wasn''t really focused on the man''s words as he started observing him. The man had ck hair, along with ck eyes. He was quite tall with a height of 1.7m, his posture seemed to be giving off some kind of authority.
When the man noticed the scrutinizing gaze Harry was giving him he raised his brow a little in surprise. "Ohhh I''m Terry by the way. I''m a representative of the AMO." he said as he realized that he still hadn''t introduced himself. He dipped his hand into his pockets and brought out a rectangr badge. He slowly raised the badge up to prove the validity of his words.
''A representative from the Adventurer mages organization?'' Harry thought as he observed the badge on the man''s hand. After noticing the AMO logo on the badge, a slight feeling of dread washed over him, he felt he had disrespected the man with his earlier actions.
''Guess it all makes sense now, the AMO arrivedte and killed the mana beast They also brought me to the hospital,'' Harry thought. He still didn''t know that the strange white streak was what caused the mana beast''s deathHe still thought it was only his imagination. He believed the AMO killed the mana beast.
''An adventurer? What sort of trouble have I gotten myself into?'' He then tried to apologize.
Terry, realizing what Harry was about to do waved his hand in a nonchnt manner.
"You don''t need to apologize, the AMO should be the ones apologizing to you for arrivingte and also endangering your life and also other innocent people''s lives." He said. Without even waiting for Harry''s reply, he turned around and started walking towards the door.
"Someone wants to speak with you Harry." Those where the words that drifted into Harry''s ears as Terry finally left the room.
Harry''s brows raised slightly when he heard Terry words, he was surprised that Terry knew his name.
A few secondster, the door opened again and this time another man came into the ward. There was a gentle smile on his face as he stared at Harry''s figure lying on the hospital bed. His face radiated with a strange glow that seemed to have the ability to induce calmness into anybody.
He slowly walked towards Harry and then sat down on the ck chair positioned right beside the hospital bed. "So how are you feeling now?" he said in a calm voice.
His appearance could be described as handsome with straight white hair and a short white beard.
He looked to be in in earlier forties but that might not be the case as mana helped humanity ovee one of their biggest problemsbody aging and short lifespan.
Mana replenished the human body, making it look far younger. Their lifespan also increased greatly as even someone with a stage one mana core had a lifespan of at least 120 years.
"I feel fine." Harry replied. He was surprised as to how his injuries healed only in a day but he brushed it off feeling that they probably used a high-grade healing potion or pill on him. After all, with the immense rise and development in technology, injuries that would normally take weeks or even months could be healed in a few seconds all with a single healing pill or potion.
The white-haired man nodded his head. As if he was able to read Harry''s mind he said, "That''s good. I healed your earlier injuries with my light element so don''t be too surprised about that."
Harry nodded his head in understanding. ''So he''s a light mage.'' Harry thought to himself.
The light element was known mainly for it''s healing properties so it wasn''t too surprising that Harry''s injuries managed to heal within a short time.
However, he couldn''t brush the strange feeling rising up within him. Although the white haired man looked ordinary, Harry knew he was anything but ordinary. After all, Terry, the representative sent from the AMO seemed to have some sort of respect for the man beside him. That was also why he came to the conclusion that the white haired man must be a powerful mage.
''Why do I feel like this man isn''t just here to check on how I''m doing?'' He thought. He kept trying to brush that feeling off but failed miserably.
Meanwhile, the white haired man slowly rxed his back on the ck chair. He slightly squinted his eyes as he stared at Harry. His thoughts were in a mess as he couldn''t wrap his head around what really happened the previous day.
''How did that mana beasts die? I can''t sense any mana from this boy, he doesn''t even have a mana core, his mana core foundation is shattered It was a peak stage four mana beast that was on the verge of breaking through to stage five, and yet it looked like it died in one simple attack,'' He thought.
He came to this city a few days ago for an ''official business'', he was supposed to leave today but that was when something shocking happenedA mana beast attack.
ording to the information he received, the mana beast was said to be at the fourth stage, it wasn''t just a stage four mana beast though; it was one about to break through to the fifth stage.
And yet when the AMO got to the location of the mana beast, it was dead. That wasn''t the shocking part though, the strangest thing about the mana beast''s death was how it diedthrough a clean shot to the head. There was no sign of struggle or even resistance from the said beast.
He had used his mana sense to check Harry''s body while he was unconscious. His first thought was that Harry was a powerful mage who decided to live a low profileAlthough the theory didn''t really seem usible.
But after throughly observing Harry using his mana sense, the white-haired man discovered another thing: Harry didn''t even have a mana core foundation talk-less of a stage six mana core. Though, he found this situation strange, he didn''t dwell too much on it.
Harry''s heart started beating faster, even though he tried not to show it, he was inwardly sweating buckets. The white haired man had been silent for a few minutes, the only thing he did was stare at Harry. This one served to increase the foreboding feeling in Harry''s heart. ''I hope I''m not in trou''
"The mana beast from yesterday, I mean the one that attacked you. It was dead when the AMO got there, did you kill it yourself or did someone else arrive before the adventurers?" The white-haired man suddenly asked.
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Chapter 4 Strange Death[2]
Harry was surprised as to why he would ask him that kind of question. ''How the Hell do you expect me to kill a peak stage four mana beast? Can''t you sense that I don''t even have a stage one mana core?'' he felt like screaming those words to the man but he held himself back and only said it inwardly.
"No I didn''t Kill the mana beast. All I know is that it hit me on my chest and I passed out then when I woke up I met myself here." Harry said. He didn''t find any reason to lie to the white-haired man, after all he truly didn''t know what happened to the mana beast.
The man just looked at him strangely for some time before he nodded his head. ''He can''t be the one that killed that mana beast maybe someone else was there the question is now who?'' He thought.
His squinted his eyes as he stared at Harry, he wasn''t just staring though, he was also using his mana sense to scan Harry. Even though he concentrated very hard using his mana sense, he still didn''t sense anything, apart from the shattered mana core foundation he noticed earlier. ''It wouldn''t hurt to ask one more time except this time it''ll be with a little persuasion.''
"Are you sure you didn''t see anyone else during the mana beast attack?" He asked. This time he didn''t just ask, he released some of his mana pressure on Harry.
Harry felt a chill run down his spine when he saw how this strange man was looking at him, he felt like he was walking on a thin rope and any wrong move could end his life. The former calm and gentle aura around the man suddenly changed to a fiery one that seemed capable of melting his skin.
Harry gulped while trying his best to recollect if anything strange truly happened the previous day, resulting in the death of the mana beast.
pA n,dan(-)0ve1.c0m ''I don''t remember anyone else being there with me, this man seem to be a really powerful mage, I can''t afford to offend him and besides who would stop to help someone like me? Everyone was concerned about running for their own dear lives,'' he thought.
"No, I didn''t s-see anybody else during the mana beast attack. S-someone might have truly killed the beast but I don''t know who that p-person is I passed out when the beast kicked me" He said, after finally convincing himself that the mana beast''s death had nothing to do with him. Although he tried not to stutter, he ended up stuttering due to the pressure ced on him
''The weird white li-streak I saw in the sky. It wasing towards my direction, could it be that it was real and I wasn''t hallucinating? Could it be what killed the mana beast?'' The thought suddenly popped in his mind but he brushed it off. He felt the white streak was merely an hallucinationhe didn''t even know what made him think of that in the first ce.
"Fine." the white-haired man said as he finally retracted his pressure. He knew Harry was telling the truth, after all, he couldn''t lieeven if he wanted todue to the pressure.
He then dipped his hand into his pocket and brought out a small shiny brownstone, he looked at the ''stone'' for a few seconds before finally passing it to Harry.
Harry looked at the ''stone'' for a few seconds in shock. This was the first time he was seeing a beast core.
Although Harry wasn''t allowed to take part in the practical sses about mana, he was still allowed to attend normal sses where they were taught about mana and its history, mana beasts, rifts and also beast cores.
Beast cores were found in mana beasts, it was simr to the mana core used by humans to draw and store mana and it differs across stages.
Beast cores could be used for a lot of things, ranging from creating weapons, powering artifacts to directly absorbing the mana in it in order to increase the mana core stage. It was also very expensive.
The other man chuckled lightly when he saw Harry''s expression. "Just take it, the AMO doesn''t have any use for it and they decided to give it to you as a form ofpensation." he said.
Although he said this, it wasn''t totally trueA beast core could never be useless, not even to the AMO. The reason he gave Harry the beast core was because he didn''t think the AMO deserved to keep itAfter all, they weren''t the one who killed the mana beast. To him it just didn''t feel right, although some of the adventurers weren''t happy with his decision, they didn''t darein.
When Harry finally recovered from his earlier shock, he closed his mouth. A slight wave of embarrassment washed over him as the slight pain in his jaws reminded him of how long his mouth had been opened. "Are you sure you want to give this to me?" he asked as he still wasn''t sure if the man just pulling his legs or was really serious about giving him the stage four beast core.
"Yes since you can''t draw mana, you could just sell it and use the money to do anything you like." the man said with a gentle smile on his face.
Harry just nodded his head slightly, his eyes sparkled as he stared at the beast core. He slowly stretched his hand forward to collect it.
The white haired man smiled wryly as he ced the beast core on Harry''s hand. He slowly stood up from the chair and then left the ward, leaving Harry to his thoughts.
''If I sell this beast core I could get a lot of money from it because of its stage,'' he thought, still in awe about the beast core. "I didn''t even ask for his name." he muttered in realization.
He just simply brushed that thought off, the white haired man''s name wasn''t really important to him. He slowly got down from the bed, a strange expression shed in his eye as he stared at the hospital bed. A sigh left his lips as he slid the beast core into the pocket of his academy uniform. It was time for him to head back home.
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Luckily for Harry, the hospital happened to be close to his houseit was on the third streetso finding his way back home wasn''t too hard for him. They even offered to escort him home but he refused saying he could find his way home.
As he walked home, he couldn''t help but sigh once more as the thought of how he was unable to draw mana kicked in again.
''If only I had a mana core I could absorb the mana in this beast core and use it to boost my mana core stage if only'' He thought. ''Whatever, no matter how many times I wish for that to change it can never change I''ll be lik''
DING!!!!
A weird ''ding'' sound suddenly rang out in his head, he looked around in shock and surprised. ''What wa''
While he was still recovering from the shock, a strange set of characters appeared in his line of sight.
[Wee Host to the Manaless Mage System]
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Chapter 5 [Bonus ] Manaless Mage System[1]
"What the Hell!??" he shouted, earning a couple of weird gazes from the people around him.
Harry looked around to see if there was anyone ying pranks on him, however everyone seemed to be minding their business.
As if it was simply a illusion, the strange characters suddenly vanished.
''Am I hallucinating again maybe I still haven''t recovered from the mana beast attack.'' Harry thought. He slowly rubbed his head as a confused expression appeared on his face.
However, he didn''t dwell on it too much as the characters had already vanished. He simply sighed and then continued his journey home.
His hand subconsciously drifted to his right pocket, where he ced the beast core. A low sign escaped his lips as he felt the smooth texture of the beast core.
Since his house wasn''t too far from the hospital, it didn''t take long before he arrived home.
He slowly looked forward and saw the same housethe same house he hated so much. He wasn''t even bothered about the fact that he had just spent another night away from home, it wasn''t like anyone would noticealthough a part of him wished they would, even if it''s just a little
He sighed as he slowly walked forward, he paused at the apartment door, he slowly crouched down and raised the red mat ced in front of the door. Under the mat, was a bunch of keys. He searched for the right key for a few seconds before finally using it to unlock the door.
He opened the door slowly, and then stepped into the well-furnished living room.
He noticed the lights were all turned off and the windows were shut, which meant no one was at home.
''Well that''s expected.'' He thought. Unlike him, his brother stayed in the academy dorms so he probably wouldn''te home until weekends or holidays.
His father worked in an artifact manufacturingpany located in a faraway city so he wasn''t around most of the time while His mother owned a small restaurant.
The living room didn''t look too fancy at the same time, it didn''t look too poor either. It had a two-seater sofa located at the left side of the room along with a three-seater sofa located at the right side of the living room.
Harry walked towards the door at the right side of the room, opposite to the dining. He didn''t n on staying too long in the living room.
He opened the door and then walked through the passage before finally stopping in front of a brown door which led to his room. After opening the brown door, he walked into his room.
He shook his head slightly as he looked around his room.
Since he was unable to draw mana, his parentsmost especially his fatherpletely gave up on him.
His room was simply a small and empty ce. The only thing that could be seen in the room was the small closet ced at the edge of the room. This was where he kept a few clothes along with other necessary things.
Without wasting too much time, Harry immediately sat down on the cold hard floor or the room. He signed as what happened the previous day yed in his mind.
Only he knew how lucky he was to have survived that mana beast attack, even till now he still felt chills run down his spine as he remembered the huge brown creature.
''Yesterday was such a long day all these wouldn''t happen if only I have a mana'' He suddenly paused his thoughts as the image of the strange characters popped up in his mind.
''What was that? Manaless it said wee to the Manaless mage system.'' Harry said inwardly.
Immediately that thought appeared in his mind, the strange characters suddenly appeared again.
[Yes Host, this is the Manaless mage system. It is meant to grant you powers greater than you could ever imagine and assist you in your journey as a Manaless mage.]
"Is this real am I still hallucinating?"
He muttered. He slowly stretched his hand as if to touch the strange characters but his hands only phased through it.
[Yes Host. This system is real.]
He heard the strange system''s voice in his head once more. Although he couldn''t help but feel a little d that there was no ''ding'' sound like earlier, he was still amazed at the system.
''What is''
[Now that the Host''s mind is clear from negative thoughts, the system would start the synchronization.]
[Does the Host ept this power?]
[Yes/No]
''Power? What po'' His thoughts were however interrupted by the system''s next words.
[Host has spent too much time in taking a decision. The host has ten seconds to make a choice]
"Wait what?!" Harry eximed.
[Timer starts now]
[10]
[9]
[8]
''Doesn''t this mean this so-called system is literally forcing me to ept it?'' He thought. His first thought was to ignore the weird timer counting in his head, however he couldn''t clear the weird sense of danger that slowly rose up within him.
"What will happen if I say no?" He asked in a low voice. However, there was no reply from the system as it simply kept counting.
[3]
[2]
BaDump!! BaDump!! BaDump!! BaDump!!
His heart beat faster as the timer almost got to zero. ''W-what''s this?'' Harry thought.
"Yes!!!" He eximed. He couldn''t wait for it to get to zero, he felt that something terrible would befall him if he did that.
[Thank you Host, for fully epting this system.]
[Synchronization would begin now.]
Harry''s brows twitched when he heard the system''s ''voice of appreciation.''
''Thanks seriously? Thanks? I was literally forced to ept this.. Ugh whatever.'' He thought as he focused on the system''s synchronization.
[84%]
[80%]
[60%]
[...]
[10%]
[Synchronization Complete]
''It all feels like a game'' Harry said inwardly. The synchronization of the system reminded him of the booting done by some games.
[The system has finally synchronized with the host. The host should call ''interface'' for more information.]
"Interface" Harry said in a low voice. Although he still doubted the reality of this strange system, he was willing to explore it. He genuinely wanted to know or rather see the type of information the system was referring to.
It wasn''t like he had anything to lose
[Host Stats] [Quests] [Affinities] [Skills and Abilities]
A new set of characters appeared in his line of sight.
"Host Stats." He called out.
All other characters cleared out once more and only ''stats'' remained.
? [Host Stats]
[Name: Harry Morton]
[Race: Human]
[Level: 1]
[EXP: 0/50]
[H/P: 20/20]
[Energy: 15/15]
[Strength: 5]
[Agility: 4]
[Stamina: 7]
[Perception: 1]
[Endurance: 6]
[Intelligence: 6]
[Charm: NULL]
[Stat Points: 0]
"Level EXP or rather experience. Stat points. My stamina stat seems to be slightly higher than the others. The stamina stat is probably due to the training I used to do but still my stats are pitiful." Harry muttered.
He then existed the ''Host stat'' by simply wishing to do so, and that was when he saw something that caught his eye.
"Is that what I think it is?" He muttered. He didn''t really observe the system''s Interface earlier as he simply called out the first one so he wasn''t able to notice it but now that he finally exited the Host stats, he took the time to observe everything on the panel, and what he saw greatly surprised him.
"Affinities" He slowly muttered.
The characters changed again, except this time it seemed to take hours as Harry was really anxious to see what the would be in the affinities section.
As someone who was insulted his whole life for not having an affinity, the thought of gaining an affinity from the system really excited him. Even if it was a low grade affinity, he would be extremely d.
However, what was shown by the system was something that he would have never expected, not even in his wildest dreams.
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However, what was shown by the system was something that he would have never expected, not even in his wildest dreams.
[Affinities]
[Lightning Affinity]
[Fire Affinity[Locked]]
[Water Affinity[Locked]]
[Wind Affinity[Locked]]
[Earth Affinity[Locked]]
[Light Affinity[Locked]]
[Darkness Affinity[Locked]]
[Space Affinity[Locked]]
[Time Affinity[Locked]]
"Huh? Nine affinities? Isn''t the number of affinities supposed to the six.. where are there three more affinities time, space and darkness affinity?" Harry asked the system in confusion.
[There are nine primary affinities Host, the first six are just the onespatible with humans.]
[Host is the Manaless Mage, and the Host is not bounded by thews surrounding mana. The Host could use all of these affinities along with the secondary affinities too.]
Harry was surprised by what the system meant by secondary affinities, but he brushed that thought off as another thing kept resounding in his mind.
''The host could use all of these affinities,'' That was the only thing Harry kept hearing in his mind. He didn''t know whether he shouldugh or cry after hearing that information.
"Do you mean I could have and use all affinities?" Harry said while trying his best to hold the urge to run around in joy.
[Yes, Host could have and use all affinities.]
If the system could give him what he wanted the most, he would surely agree and work together with it.
"If I could truly use all affinities then I''m going to be the greatest mage in the universe! Ha ha ha ha!!" Harry shouted in joy then he bursted into ughter.
As heughed, tears slowly gathered in his eyes as he suddenly started crying. All the insults he faced just because he didn''t have an affinity or couldn''t draw mana slowly yed in his mind, he cried tears of joy.
[...]
The system was confused.
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*MEANWHILE*
In a brightly lit room, a white haired man gazed at the scenery outside a window. A strange expression flickered in his eye as he remembered the kid he met a few minutes ago.
"Give me all the information you have on him." He said.
Behind him, a man with deep ck hair stood uprightly. His posture made it seem as if he was reciting a national anthem. His body twitched slightly as he heard the white haired man''s voice.
He hesitated a little before finally replying the white-haired man. "His name, as you know is Harry Morton, no affinity and also no mana core. ording to his test records in the academy, his mana core foundation ispletely shattered. He still attends Vane academy even though he had been advised to stop doing so. In my opinion, he simply" He paused a little as he was a little scared that his reply would make the white-haired man angry.
The white haired man slowly turned around, he sighed as he faced the man standing opposite him. "Say what you want to say Terry. I won''t get angry with you." He said calmly.
''I hate when people act like I would kill them over little mistakes.'' He said inwardly while holding back a sigh.
"Okay, sir, in my opinion, he simply can''t form a mana core. No matter what he tries to do, he can never be a stage one elementalist talk-less of a mage," Terry said.
This time, the white haired man didn''t reply.
''What interested him in that kid? Everyone in Vernil knows the story of the boy who had a shattered mana core foundation. He''s just trash Why would he attract the attention of a grand mage?'' Terry inwardlyined bitterly. He noticed the white haired man was silent so he took it as a sign that he was probably angry with him.
"Don''t you find it strange that his mana core foundation is broken?" the white-haired man said calmly to Terry. Since he was burdened with the responsibility of clearing high danger level rifts and dungeons, he never really bothered to know what was going on in the outside world.
Coupled with the fact that he lived far away from Vernil, this was actually the first time he heard about someone without a mana core foundation and to say he wasn''t shocked would be a lie.
"Yes, I do, but I think the kid is just unlucky," Terry replied.
The white haired man''s brows furrowed slightly when he heard Terry''s reply.
"It didn''t seem like he was lying when he said he had no idea about what happened just keep your eye on him for anything suspicious." He said.
He had a few theories regarding the mana beasts death.
The first was that Harry was a powerful mage hiding his true identity, but that was basically impossible. No matter how talented a person was, they had to be at least thirty years before they could advance to the sixth mana core stage, so Harry was just too young to be a mage.
His second theory was that a mage or adventurer yed hero and killed the mana beastThis was the most likely case.
However, he couldn''t be sure of anything until the AMO finished their investigation. "You can go, Terry." He said.
Terry nodded happily, he was more than delighted to leave the white-haired man''s presence. Although the white haired man wasn''t actively releasing any of his mana pressure, Terry still felt pressured by the extremely dense amount of mana present in him. Besides, the grand mage wouldn''t even need to flick his fingers to kill him.
A few seconds after Terry left, the white-haired man muttered, "interesting kid, too bad he didn''t have a mana core foundation."
He had been wondering how it was possible for a person to be born without the ability to draw mana. Everyone, regardless of their affinity grade, would surely have a mana core foundation that would enable them to be able to create and develop their mana core.
The mana core would then be used to draw and store mana which would be used to perform magic and spells. The affinity grade would only determine the highest mana core stage a person can get to.
"Maybe he''s just unlucky," he said nonchntly as a bright white light engulfed him. His figure vanished, leaving white pixel-like particles in its ce.
Harry doesn''t know it yet, but he had met with one of the few grand mages on earth. He met with Nate, the popr grand mage with the rare light element.
***
Harry noticed that all the affinities except one had ''locked'' written in front of them.
''Most of the affinities are locked I guess that means they could be'' He said inwardly. Since the system said he could use all affinities and for some reason, he felt that system wasn''t lying about that, that meant there would surely be a way to unlock the remaining affinities.
However for now, he simply focused on the only affinity that wasn''t locked and that was ''Lightning affinity.''
"Wow so does this mean I already have an affinity a Lightning affinity?" he asked the system in awe. He still found it surprising that he had awakened an affinity, a day hadn''t even passed that he was without an affinity and yet he had suddenly gained one from a mysterious system.
The Lightning affinity was one of the rarest affinities, after the light element affinity. It was also respected for its versatility; the Lightning element could be used tounch a disastrous attack, it also had impressive defense abilities and could also be used to tremendously boost one''s speedLightning Elementalists were known to be very fast.
[Yes Host, the lightning affinity is already avable to the host, the host should check the skills and abilities to see the avable lightning skills]
''Lightning skills? Shouldn''t it be spells instead of skills and abilities?'' he said inwardly.
[Host is a Manaless Mage, the Host can''t use magic spells because host doesn''t have a mana core.]
He heard the system''s robotic voice in his head.
''So it can read my thoughts I wasn''t too sure about it before but now I''m sure this system can read my thoughts. Whatever this only makes things easier for me.'' Harry thought.
"Now that I think about it, this system''s name is Manaless mage system. I can''t form a mana core because I don''t have a mana core foundation which means I''m literally Manaless. Who knew that what wasbelled as a curse by everyone wouldter turn out to be a blessing?" Harry said while chuckling lightly.
"Skills and Abilities." He called out.
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Chapter 7 Lightning Affinity And Skills
[Skills and Abilities]
[Skill Points: 0]
>>elerate (level 1)
>>Healing and low-level regeneration (level 1)
>>Mana steal (level 1)
>>Mana conceal (level 1)
>>Mana core illusion (level MAX)
[Affinity Skills and Abilities]
>>Lightning Strike (level 1)
>>Lightning Whip (level 1)
>>Lightning dash (level 1)
>>Lightning ball (level 1)
[The Host could upgrade and increase the level of these skills and abilities with the use of skill points and also get new skills and abilities with the use of skill points, Host should just call out the skill name to see its description.]
When Harry saw the avable skills listed by the system, he was shocked because he had heard of them. However, not as skills but as spells.
Lightning whip was a tier two spell, lightning strike was a tier-three spell while the other skills like Lightning ball and Lightning dash weremon tier one spells used by stage one Elementalists and they are all quite expensive.
Spells were ssified ording to their power and mana consumption into tiers. There were eight known spells tiers from tier-one to tier eight spells.
The tier one spells could only be used by stage one Elementalists and above, while the tier two spells could only be used by stage two Elementalists and above. The higher the tier, the higher the stage and minimum mana needed to perform them.
Tier one spells were verymon as most people have developed their mana core stage up to stage one.
Tier two spells were also quitemon but the more powerful ones were quite expensive.
Spells from tier four to tier six were very expensive and could only be gotten from the AMO. As for the tier seven and eight spells, they were extremely rare as there were only a few grand mages and supreme grand mages on earth.
"Lightning strike." he called out, though he had already known about the use of the skill since it was quite self-exnatory from the name alone. He still decided to see the system''s exnation.
[Lightning Strike]
-Level 1
-Call forth a bolt of lightning from the sky.
-
Harry was really excited when he saw the skill''s description, he hurriedly got up from his bed as he wanted to try out the skill.
[Host is advised not to test out the skill Lightning strike now because of Host''s current location.]
Harry heard the system voice of warning in his head. "Locat yeah it''ll destroy this foolish house." he muttered to himself in realization.
He got carried away because he wanted to try out a new skill that also happened to be a powerful tier-three spell, he couldn''t be med though, who wouldn''t want to try a skill like that?
"I guess I''ll just try itter." he muttered to himself while trying to calm his fast beating heart.
''So to try the skill all I need to do is will it right?'' Harry said inwardly. Since the system could read his mind, he found it easier to simply talk to the system through his thoughts, rather than his mouth.
[Yes. In order to activate a skill, all the host needs to do is to will it.]
Just as he expected, the system read his mind and gave a reply to his question.
Harry then tried to clear his mind as he imagined using the skill ''Lightning whip.''
He didn''t find the need to check the system''s description as the skill was already self-exnatory. It was also quite popr among students in the academy so Harry knew that the skill was all about conjuring a whip made purely with Lightning.
He clenched his right fist as he imagined the whip forming in his middle of his fist. A few secondster, he felt something rising within his palm.
He slowly opened his eyes and looked at his hand, in the middle of his clenched fists was a long whip made purely with Lightning. It was one and a half meters long and also had a bright light blue colour. It made slight cackling sounds as the lightning danced brilliantly around it.
As he looked at the one and a half meter Lightning whip, he was sure of one thing; the system was definitely real! All the doubts he had about it cleared, he could not just see the proof of the system''s reality but could also feel it.
Harry moved the Lightning whip slightly, he didn''t apply too much force to his movements for the fear of causing any damage to his surroundings.
[5 energy points]
A new notification suddenly appeared in front of him.
"Energy points" he muttered. He remembered seeing ''energy'' in his host stats and had some hypothesis on its use.
[Energy points are removed when the host used a skill, the host energy pool is very low. The host is advised to increase his energy pool by rising in levels]
"So that''s what it''s used for just like elemental mages can''t cast spells when they run out of mana. They would need to draw and store new ones, mine is energy pool. It''s only fifteen now, the system''s right it''s pitifully low. But at least I could increase it by leveling up." Harry muttered. He made a mental note to find a way to easily level up.
"For now, I''ll try the other skills." He muttered. He unactivated the Lightning whip by simply using his will.
He then closed his eyes and imagined using the next skill ''Lightning dash''. This skill was verymon, every Lightning Elementalists in the academy had this spell.
The name itself made it self-exnatory, It was a skill focused on boosting one''s speed using Lightning.
[Lightning Dash]
-Level 1
-Use the power of Lightning to boost your speed temporarily.
He felt a strange tingle run through his body, his body seemed very Light.
Everything around him also slowed down, it seemed like the world was in slow motion. His eyes also became sharper as Lightning flickered within them, his vision span got wider and he was able to see everything a lot clearer than before.
Lightning shed in his eyes, Lightning also danced around his body, it started from his hands and legs before rapidly moving up to his shoulders.
The Lightning around his body didn''t hurt him at all, rather, he found it very refreshing. It felt as if his whole body was submerged into warm water, it it was up to him, he would keep the skill active forever. Unfortunately, his energy is too low for that.
"Wow. this is so cool." he marveled while looking at his hands as they cackled with Lightning. He was barely holding back the urge to run around the house, if possible, around the city.
[-3 energy points]
The system''s notification brought him out of his imagination.
Harry reluctantly cancelled the skill to preserve energy.
When the refreshing feeling of having Lightning dancing around his body stopped, he felt a slight sense of loss.
"I should focus on thest skill, I can''t waste my energy on one skill." he muttered to himself. Just by testing two skills, his energy was down to seven points, this made him realize something; his energy was pitifully low. He couldn''t even engage inbat with his current capabilities, that only gave him one optionlevel up and get stronger.
"Lightning ball."
[Lightning Ball]
-Level 1
-Form a ball of lightning above your hand. The size can be increased depending on the amount of energy used.
"Even though this spell is verymon, i still find it very useful." he muttered to himself.
Harry then tried to activate the skill using his imagination, except this time, he didn''t close his eyes.
He looked at his palm as he imagined the Lightning ball forming above his palm.
He watched as lightning slowly spiraled above his palm, it gradually increased in size. It became asrge as a ser ball before the size finally stopped increasing.
ording to the system, he should be able to increase the size and density of the ball by infusing more energy into it. All he needed to do was find a way to increase the energy ced in the ball.
[2 Energy points]
Another notification came from the system, reminding him of his dwindling energy.
He hurriedly stopped the skill, although he would love to keep his skills activated for a longer period of time, he knew wasting his energy just on testing skills was a very careless move.
Unbeknownst to Harry that even a stage three Elementalist couldn''t cast spells as fast as he was activating his skills.
Only those with stage four mana core and above could cast skills with their imagination. Low-tier spells would have been engraved into their mana core so chanting the spell would be unnecessary for them. So the speed at which Harry activate skills could bepared to a stage three Elementalist.
"I finally have an affinity and it''s not just any affinity. it''s one of the rarest and most versatile ones, the Lightning affinity. Through this system, I could even gain all affinities the wait was really worth it." Harry muttered.
Heid down on the cold hard floor of his room as he reminisced about his life up till now.
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Chapter 8 Quests
Heid down on the cold hard floor of his room as he reminisced about his life up till now.
He observed the interface once more, he then looked at the one thing he still hadn''t checked out; quests.
"Quests." He called out. ''Quests? Doesn''t that mean missions?'' He thought.
[Quests]
[Main Quest]
Reach Level 10
Time Limit: None
Rewards for Completion: Will be revealed when the hostplete the quest.
[Daily Quests]
Run 2km(Status: 0/2km)
Lift a total of 200 kilograms (Status: 0/200kg)
Climb to a height of 20 meters(Status: 0/20m)
>>Rewards forpletion: +20EXP +10 Stat points.
''Hmm.. I did all these during my training to be abat mage'' He said inwardly. Harry wasn''t the first person that failed to gain an affinity, although rare, there were still some people who failed to awaken an affinity. Those without affinities could not perform magic as they had no elemental mana.
Those who failed to awaken an affinity had the choice to be abat magealthough only a few make that choice. Combat mages could also create a mana core and draw mana from the surroundings.
They couldn''t perform elemental magic as they had no affinity so they used mana to strengthen and enhance their bodies, giving them enhanced strength and speed.
Unlike Elementalists who had their elements to assist them in drawing mana,bat mages had to go through a special set of training so their body would be able to hold raw mana. If this isn''t done, it could lead to death as their body would be unable to handle the mana.
This training was very strenuous and the difficulty only increased across stagesthis was why most people without affinities chose to live as normal human beings rather than be abat mage.
Harry also tried to walk on the path of abat mage by performing those special training, but that n was soiled when it was revealed that he had a broken mana core foundationhe could never be involved in anything rted to mana.
Although the thought of hisbat mage training brought bad memories, he wasn''t really bothered about itmainly because of the system''s presence.
After all, the system gave the quests for a reason he also needed to level up. The Manaless mage system was the only thing that could help him be stronger.
He couldn''t help but be happy that he chose to ept the systemnot that he had much of a choice anyway.
''So system what would have happened I had chosen the other option?'' He asked the system. The main reason he said ''yes'' was because his instincts were screaming at him to do so, he was still curious about what would have really happened if he didn''t ept the system would he have died?
[Nothing Host. The system would have no choice than to forcefully eject itself from the host, causing permanent soul damage to the host.]
''P-permanent soul damage?'' Harry thought. Although this was the first time he heard about the term ''permanent soul damage'', for some reason, he felt it was a very dangerous condition that could lead to his death.
pA n,dan(-)0ve1.c0m He didn''t know much about souls but ''permanent damage'' didn''t sound any better. ''At least I didn''t wait till the timer psed'' Harry thought as a chill ran down his spine.
''Except there''s one problem here how do I find an object weighing 200kg. How do I even lift it?!'' He eximed inwardly.
His parents supported his training when he was youngerback then, they still had hope in him asbat mages were also respected in the societyso getting the necessary equipments for training wasn''t too difficult.
However, all those equipments were collected from him when they learnt he couldn''t even draw mana, most of it were sold while the remaining were thrown into the trash.
Coupled with his body that had gotten weaker than the average seventeen year old body over the years, which was mainly due to malnutrition and the poorly treated injuries he got from bullies like Han, there was no way he could lift something of 200kg or easilyplete any of the quests.
As he kept thinking about his options, an idea suddenly came into his mind. ''It said lift a total does that mean I don''t have to lift it at once?'' He thought.
''Well let''s try that'' He thought. He stood up impatiently and rushed impatiently to the living-room.
He was really happy that no one was at home as there would be no disturbance when he waspleting the quest. Since no one was at home, he could boldlye to the living room.
''''What should I lift?'' He thought as he looked around the living room, looking for an object that was neither too heavy or too light, one the current him could lift easily. ''The sofa!'' He eximed inwardly as his gaze stopped at the two-seater sofa in the living room.
He released a heavy breath as he slowly walked to the two seater sofa.
A grunt left his lips as he slowly lifted the two-seat couch.
He had already instructed the system to keep the daily quests open so he could monitor his progress. A smile appeared on his face when he saw his progress.
Lift a total of 200 kilograms (Status: 32/200kg)
''I was right'' He thought. Although the two-seater was slightly heavier than the three-seat couch as it had a different design and couldn''t be dislodged, Harry wasn''t bothered by the extra weight. He felt it was the best choice as he would be able toplete the quest faster.
He slowly dropped the sofa and lifted it again. He repeated this action a few more times until the quest waspleted.
Lift a total of 200 kilograms (status: Completed)
Harry dropped to the ground as he panted heavily,pleting the quest was more tiring than he expected.
"It''s time toplete the next quest" He muttered. He slowly took off his academy uniform as it was already wet with sweat.
''I should have taken off my uniform before starting the quests wait the academy'' His thoughts trailed as he finally remembered something he still had to attend the academy!
Since he got back from the hospital, he was so carried away with the system and his new skills that he forgot he still needed to get back to the academy. He wasn''t sick or anything, after all, the white haired man from the hospital healed all his injuries. So he basically had no reason not to go to the academy.
He nced at the clock positioned beside the dining, the time was still 7:01am. He left the hospital around 6:30 and spent about thirty minutes exploring the system.
''I still have time toplete the quests.'' Harry said inwardly. A slight smile appeared on his face as he realized this.
The academy started mana lessons(lessons involving mana absorption, spell casting and all practical things involving mana) at 7am and normal lessons(chemistry, maths and the likes) at 9am, thetter was only for normal students(the students that are not involved in anything rted to absorbing or using mana).
Harry was one of the ''normal students'' so he had almost two hours toplete the questThis was also the best time for him toplete his quests as no one was at home.
He looked at the daily quests left for him toplete on the system.
Without wasting much time, he rushed back into his room. He opened the small closet at the edge of the room, there were five pieces of clothing in the closet.
Harry took out a red shirt and a brown short knicker, although the clothes were obviously worn out with faded colors and a few threads sticking out from some parts of it, Harry didn''t care. As long as it wasfortable enough for what he was about to do.
He took off his school uniform and then reced it with the red shirt and brown shirt knicker.
He did a few stretches to reduce the pain and numbness he felt in his hands before he finally left the house and started jogging.
***
One hour, thirty minutester
Harryid on the floor in the living room, his chest heaved heavily as he kept panting.
Hepleted the quest that required him to run 2km by running at a speed that was neither too fast nor slow.
As for the quest to climb a height of twenty meters, He went to a high hill that was located some meters away from his house and kept on climbing it until the quest waspleted.
Now, as he looked at the characters shing in his eyes, he knew that all his efforts weren''t wasted.
[Daily Questpleted]
[Rewards granted: +20 EXP +10 stat points]
[Bonus reward for first daily questpleted: +20 EXP +1 skill point]
A huge grin spread across his face as he saw the rewards and also the bonus rewards given to him.
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Chapter 9 Stat Points And Optional Quest
A huge grin spread across his face as he saw the rewards and also the bonus rewards given to him.
"Host stats." He called out excitedly.
[Host Stats]
[Name: Harry Morton]
[Race: Human]
[Level: 1]
[EXP: 40/50]
[H/P: 20/20]
[Energy: 15/15]
[Strength: 5]
[Agility: 4]
[Stamina: 7]
[Perception: 1]
[Endurance: 6]
[Intelligence: 6]
[Charm: NULL]
[Stat Points: 10]
Even though the only difference in his stats was the added forty EXP and extra ten stats points , it still made Harry very happy. He noticed he only needed ten more EXP to progress to the next level.
Seeing how the EXP bar rose, inching closer to the end of level one gave him a sense of aplishment.
He also received one skill point from the bonus reward.
He already knew the use of skill points as it was written under ''skills and abilities''. The only thing he needed to do now was allocate his stat points and increase his pitiful stats.
"So how do I distribute the stat points," Harry muttered to himself. "Putting all the stat points into one category would cause a huge increase but that wouldn''t be a good idea. Even distribution would be the best choice."
"System add two stat points to strength," Harry said after finally deciding on how to distribute the stat points.
[+2 stat points added to strength]
"Add two to agility also," Harry said. He felt that having enough speed is also as important as having enough strength, so he decided to add equal stat points to both attributes.
[+2 stat points added to agility]
Harry noticed that immediately after he added the stat points, a warm and prickling feeling spread around his body. He could feel his body got lighter and his muscles, slightly thicker, although the difference was minuscule.
To him this meant his strength and agility truly increased, even if it was only a little Increase, it still didn''t stop the smile that appeared on his face.
He slowly went back to the two-seater sofa, he bent slightly and tried lifting it once more. As he slowly lifted the chair, he noticed the weight of the chair seemed a little lighter. It wasn''t that the chair lost weight, it was the one that simply got stronger.
He carefully dropped the chair and arranged it the same way he met it. He couldn''t leave any traces of the presence in the living room.
After arranging the living room, he went back to his own room. He sat down on the cold floor of his room, with his back ced on the wall, he continued his stat allocation.
"Add one point to stamina", Harry said. Since his stamina stat was already slightly higher than his other stats, he didn''t find any need to add two stat points to it.
[+1 stat point added to stamina]
Harry felt that same warm and prickling feeling spread around his body again, except this time he wasn''t surprised by it. He even found it refreshing.
"Five stat points gone." Harry muttered.
"Add two points to perception," Harry said.
[+2 stat points added to perception]
"Just three points remaining now," Harry muttered. He felt a little bit weird seeing how fast his ten stat points had dwindled down to three.
"Add two points to Endurance and one point to intelligence", Harry said to the system.
He ignored thest attribute which was the charm attribute, he felt that he only needed it to improve his facial appearance. He had never cared about how he looked to others and he wouldn''t start doing that now, all he wanted and ever wanted was to get strongerespecially now that he had the means to do so.
Though his appearance couldn''t be called ugly, it couldn''t be called very handsome either, he was average in all ramifications.
[+2 stat points added to Endurance]
[+1 stat point added to intelligence]
"Host Stats." Harry called out. He was quite eager to see his new stats.
[Host Stats]
[Name: Harry Morton]
[Race: Human]
[Level: 1]
[EXP: 40/50]
[H/P: 20/20]
[Energy: 15/15]
[Strength: 7]
[Agility: 6]
[Stamina: 8]
[Perception: 3]
[Endurance: 8]
[Intelligence: 7]
[Charm: NULL]
[Stat Points: 0]
"At least my stats are a little better." Harry muttered in joy.
He was already sure about the existence of the system but everything still felt surreal to him. The fact that he was a Manaless mage and he now had an affinity, a rare one at that after living for about five years with one.
The fact that he could have all affinities and also be the most powerful person in the universe, getting all these things in one day all seemed astounding to him.
"This system is just awesome It keeps surprising me." Harry muttered with a slight smile on his face.
He went to the living room to check the time through the wall clock, A sigh left his lips as he realized the time was already 8:45am, that only meant one thinghis perfect attendance would be ruined today.
"So I ended up beingte to the academy Tsk." He muttered. He knew trekking to the academy alone would take about twenty minutes, due to the distance between the academy and his house. Although he said this, the expression on his face didn''t really match his words, a huge grin was stered on his face and his eyes were also filled with glee.
The punishment for Lateing in the academy wasn''t very strictat least for normal studentshis attendance would only drop.
Although that would slightly affect his overall result that term, he wasn''t really bothered, There was no way he would trade the time to get stronger with the system for going to an academy that doesn''t even recognize him.
He hurriedly took his bath as he got ready to go to the academy. Although he waste, he didn''t find the idea of staying at home pleasant most especially since his parents could get home anytime.
As he put on his uniform, he suddenly remembered the beast core given to him aspensation by the AMO. He remembered cing it in the pocket of his academy uniform.
He dipped his hand into his academy uniform''s pocket and brought out the beast core. A strange expression shed through his eyes as he observed the small, shiny brown stone.
pA n,dan(-)0ve1.c0m Then suddenly an unexpected notification popped up from the system.
[Optional Quest]
-Absorb Stage four beast core
-Time Limit: None
-Punishment for Quest Failure: None
-Rewards forpletion:
+15000EXP, +40 Stat points, Unlock Earth Affinity
[System Evaluation: A beast core belonging to a peak stage four mana beast on the verge of breaking through Stage five. The mana beast has Earth Affinity.
The host is advised to absorb this beast core fast]
Harry''s eyelids trembled slightly as he looked at the optional quest. He even ignored the system''s evaluation that was at the bottom of the quest as his eyes shone at the juicy rewards. "15000 EXP 40 stat points that''s h-huge." Harry said in shock.
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Chapter 10 Investigations
Harry''s eyelids trembled slightly as he looked at the optional quest. He even ignored the system''s evaluation that was at the bottom of the quest as his eyes shone at the juicy rewards. "15000 EXP 40 stat points that''s h-huge." Harry said in shock.
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Two men could be seen standing in the middle of the road, one of them was tall and had pitch ck hair while the other had an average height and short blonde hair.
They were putting on long ck coats and matching ck gloves, the most distinctive thing about their clothing was the small golden badge on the left side of their chests, on which was written ''adventurer mages organization''.
As for the road they were standing on, it was the same road where Harry was attacked by the mana beast and also where the mana beast died.
The ck haired man squinted his eyes slightly as he slowly crouched on the road. He slowly closed his eyes while cing his right hand on the ground. His brows twitched slightly as he infused his mana sense into the ground.
The ground vibrated softly due to the strange energy passing through it, his brows twitched as he slowly extended the range of his mana sense.
''Come on something anything'' He thought. He eventually gave up as he opened his eyes, a frustrated sigh left his lips as he stood back up.
"Were you finally able to sense something sir?" The blonde haired man beside him said.
If Harry was here, he''d recognize one of them as the same representative who came to meet him in the hospital. The one known as Terry.
"No I can''t find anything here, no trace of mana, no single thing. Even my mana sense doesn''t detect anything, It''s almost as if nothing happened here. If not for the sign that something definitely passed through the head of that mana beast there would be no trace for us to follow." Terry said while sighing helplessly.
The AMO was contactedte during the mana beast attack. Due to this, they weren''t able to get to the rift on time.
The fact that there were no casualties was pure luck. This was made possible by the fact that only one mana beast emerged from the rift; if more had, many innocent people would undoubtedly have lost their lives.
From the way the mana beast was killed, the AMO''s hypothesis was that the killer would at least be a powerful mage.
Mana beastsespecially those from stage five and abovewere practically the worst enemies for Elementalists.
Their scales were not only thick but also extremely durable, elemental attacks(spells) couldn''t just prate it easily. Coupled with their regeneration ability and their unpredictable attacks.
Elementalists didn''t have strong bodies likebat mages; so facing a mana beast was very difficult for them. Since they were mainly focused on long ranged attacks, Elementalists would have tounch their spells relentlessly or finish it with one powerful spell. If too much time was wasted, the mana beast''s regeneration would kick in, rendering all their earlier efforts useless.
However, another strange thing happened, one even stranger than the mana beast''s death. There was no trace of mana from the attack, or from the dead mana beast.
Whenever Elementalists or Elemental mages used their magic, a trace of their mana would linger in the air for about a day before finally dissipating. Any mage(eitherbat or elemental) experienced in mana sense would surely be able to sense the lingering mana.
In this case, there was no trace of mana from the surroundings where the mana beast died.
''I hate this... all I want to do is rest and not stress myself over some stupid mana beast death.'' Terryined inwardly.
The AMO found the situation strange so they were currently investigating on it.
They wanted to know more about the person who killed the beast with a simple attack, and know whether he/she was on the side of humanity or otherwise.
Terry was someone with azy attitude, if not for the fact that he was personally asked by grand mage Nate to lead this investigation, he wouldn''t have bothered himself about it.
Back then he was extremely happy when he was told he wouldn''t be needed to clear the rift, if he had been known that he would be stuck with this investigation leading role, he would have simply jumped into the rift.
He was inwardly cursing the grand mage up to his fifth generation for giving him this stupid investigation leading role, he still remembered what the grand mage said when he gave him the job.
***
"You''re the one best fit to conduct this investigation, find out what or who killed that mana beast." The grand mage said to him while giving him a gentle pat on his shoulders.
"Yes sir I''ll try my best to find out the cause of its death." Terry said while bowing down slightly in respect.
He felt really terrified standing in the presence of a grand mage, even though the grand mage wasn''t using any of his pressure or killing intent on him, the fact that he was standing before a grand mage, one of the earliest ones at that made him feel tense.
***
''I''m not fit for anything, I just want to rest and enjoy my life!'' he felt like screaming those words at the grand mage but he knew if he did that his life could be practically over.
Although he was curious about the mana beast''s death, it wasn''t up to the point where he would chose to lead an investigation on it.
Terry shook his head slowly as a sigh left his lips. ''I''ve sighed a million times in one day.'' He thought.
"Let''s go back Lon we would ask for the result on the scan of the mana beast''s body," he said while getting ready to leave. His brain really needed to rest.
The other ABO officer simply nodded his head as they left with one thought on their minds, ''Who or what killed the mana beast?''
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Chapter 11 Mana Conceal
The other ABO officer simply nodded his head as they left with one thought on their minds. ''Who or what killed the mana beast?''
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For a few seconds, Harry''s mouth remained open. "I would even unlock an affinity earth affinity." He muttered.
To say he wasn''t shocked by the optional quest from the system would be a lie.
Back then, when he held the beast core, although, for a moment, the thought to absorb it did pop in his mind.
"Ye" He was about to say yes when he suddenly paused. He took his eyes away from the system and focused on his surroundings.
His eyelids flickered strangely as he observed his empty room. He looked at his scrawny body and the small old closet at the edge of his room.
''Would absorbing it be the best choice?'' He thought. Although he was eager to absorb the beast core, he wasn''t sure if it was the best choice, especially with his current living condition.
"Or would it be better if I sell the beast core. Just like the white-haired man advised me to." Harry muttered. If he sold the beast core, he could use the money gotten from it to set up himself and improve his living condition. He could finally leave his parent''s house and be independent
As the earth developed in magic and technology over the years, the legal adult age was brought down from eighteen to sixteen. Harry was seventeen, so he was legally allowed to get a house and live on his own as he was already a young adult.
''Ah I''m so confused right now.'' No matter how he weighed his options, he only came to one conclusion, ''selling the beast core was a better choice for the current him''.
pAn,Da n<0,>v,e1 However, he still had one problemwhere and how would he sell the beast core?
The government did their best to monopolize the trade and cirction of beast cores. This was due to the high crime rate andmotion caused by beast cores, since beast cores were very valuable, everyone wanted to get their hands on them, no matter the method.
Not just anyone could sell beast cores, there were only two ways to sell or buy beast cores, the first was through a certain set of people called ''beast core dealers''. Beast core dealers were either adventurers or Elementalists licensed to trade beast cores.
While the second was through the AMO themselvesalthough this option was only avable for adventurers.
Harry had no ess to any of them, he didn''t know any adventurers or beast core dealers. So he basically had no way of selling the beast core.
''I''ll just keep it I still need some time to think about this.'' Harry thought. He regretted not asking the white-haired man to give him thepensation in mary form instead. He furrowed his brows slightly as he suddenly realized something.
"System, is there a way to hide this beast core?" Harry asked. He didn''t want to take any risk, since the beast core was filled with mana, it could be sensed by anyone using mana sense.
His father was a stage four Elementalist while his mother was a stage three Elementalist, they would definitely be able to sense the beast core if they tried checking his room using mana sensealthough it was unlikely, he didn''t want to take any risk, especially when it involved his parents or Trent.
[You could try using your skill ''mana conceal''. It might help you in preventing anyone from sensing the beast core''s mana.]
"Huh?" Harry said In surprise. He was surprised by the system. For some reason, the system sounded very different. Anytime he conversed with the system, it had always replied in a robotic and emotionless voice, except this time it sounded more human. It didn''t even address him by the usual term ''Host''.
However, he didn''t put much thought into it, he never understood the system, to begin with. It was still a mystery to him, one he hoped to understand sometime in the future For now, he would just focus on levelling up and getting more powerful.
"Skill?" Harry muttered. ''Yeah there were about three other skills apart from the Lightning skills.'' A wry smile appeared on his face as he realized he only skipped to the Lightning skills without bothering to check the ones above it.
''Skills and abilities.'' He said inwardly.
[Skills and Abilities]
[Skill Points: 1]
>>elerate (level 1)
>>Healing and low-level regeneration (level 1)
>>Mana steal (level 1)
>>Mana conceal (level 1)
>>Mana core illusion (level MAX)
[Affinity Skills and Abilities]
>>Lightning Strike (level 1)
>>Lightning Whip (level 1)
>>Lightning dash (level 1)
>>Lightning ball (level 1)
''Yeah I truly didn''t check the other skills'' Harry said inwardly.
''elerate, healing and regeneration mana steal, mana core illusion and mana conceal'' Harry thought. He didn''t need to check the description of some of them before understanding their use, and to say he was shocked would be an understatement.
He took a deep breath and then checked the description of mana conceal, mainly because that was the one he currently needed the most.
>>Mana Conceal
Level 1
Conceals mana. The amount of concealed mana and ability of concealment depends on the skill level and the Host''s energy pool.
Harry''s brows twitched slightly when he saw the system''s vague exnation of the skill. ''Conceal mana? That means it in a way, it hides mana and prevents it from being sensed or seen right system?'' Harry asked the system, just to be sure.
[Yes Host. That is the use of mana conceal]
Harry slowly nodded his head after hearing the system''s reply, he noticed the system''s voice was back to its former robotic and emotionless tone.
"Energy pool my energy points are pitiful. Would it really be enough to hide the mana in a peak stage four beast core?" Harry muttered. Since the skill level and his energy points were very low He wasn''t sure if the skill would be able to hide the enormous mana in the small, shiny brownstone. But he still had to try
He held the small shiny brownstone and then closed his eyes. For some reason, he felt like the activation of this skill would be moreplex than that of all the Lightning skills put together.
"Mana conceal..." He muttered, he imagined using the skill to conceal the mana in the stage four beast core.
[Skill can''t be activated. The skill level is too low to conceal that amount of mana. Host should try concealing it after leveling up the skill.]
"Shit" Harry muttered as he opened his eyes. His gaze turned to the shiny brown stone resting on his palm as a sigh left his lips. "Well, this isn''t too surprising. It''s a peak stage four beast core after all."
[Aren''t you forgetting something?]
The system asked, except this time, it was in the more human voice, or rather in its other voice
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Chapter 12 A Strange Skill
[Aren''t you forgetting something?]
The system asked, except this time, it was in the more human voice, or rather in its other voice
''It''s changed again the system''s voice'' Harry said inwardly. He squinted his brows slightly before finally waving his hand nonchntly, brushing the thought of his mind.
"What am I forgetting?" He asked the system or rather the ''other voice'' of the system.
[You have a skill point. You could use it to upgrade mana conceal and than maybe it would work.]
"Skill yes, I do have a skill point." Harry said. He finally remembered the skill point he received as bonus reward forpleting his first daily quest. The ''other voice'' was right, since skill points could be used to upgrade skills by increasing the level, he could gamble on upgrading mana conceal using his only skill point, and hope it''ll be enough to conceal the mana in the beast core.
''Skills and abilities.'' Harry called out inwardly.
[Skills and Abilities]
[Skill Points: 1]
>>elerate (level 1)
>>Healing and low-level regeneration (level 1)
>>Mana steal (level 1)
>>Mana conceal (level 1)
>>Mana core illusion (level MAX)
[Affinity Skills and Abilities]
>>Lightning Strike (level 1)
>>Lightning Whip (level 1)
>>Lightning dash (level 1)
>>Lightning ball (level 1)
''Use one skill point to upgrade mana conceal.'' Harry said inwardly. Since the system worked with his will and imagination, he simply imagined upgrading the skills using one skill point.
[One skill point used]
[Mana conceal level up!]
[Skill ''Mana Conceal'' now level 2!]
[Congrats Host on your first skill level up!]
[Hidden Quest ''Level up a skill'' Completed]
[Rewards Granted: +100EXP]
[Level Up!]
[Level Up Rewards: +1 stat point added to all stats +5 Stat Points]
Different notifications from the system appeared in front of him, confirming the upgrade of the skill.
However, the notifications didn''t stop there.
''Hidden quest? There was an hidden quest'' Harry thought. The notifications about the hidden quest ''level up a skill'' was something he had never expected. But there was no way he wouldin, a grin appeared on his face as he checked the hidden quest''s rewards, the grin on his face only got wider as he read through all the system notifications.
''I leveled up so leveling up adds one stat point to each stat. I also get five stat points for each level up.'' Harry thought with a slight smile on his face.
"Host stats." Harry called out.
[Host Stats]
[Name: Harry Morton]
[Race: Human]
[Level: 2]
[EXP: 90/150]
[H/P: 30/30]
[Energy: 25/25]
[Strength: 8]
[Agility: 7]
[Stamina: 9]
[Perception: 4]
[Endurance: 9]
[Intelligence: 8]
[Charm: NULL]
[Stat Points: 5]
''All my stats did increase by one point'' Harry muttered. That wasn''t the only change in his stats though, his energy went up by a whopping ten points, his health(H/P) also increased. This only brought him to one conclusion:
Each level up adds one stat points to his attributes and ten points to his energy and H/P.
Harry''s brows furrowed, he noticed something as he observed his statsAll his stats increased except for his charm stat.
He found this strange, so he decided to ask the system about it. ''System, why did charm stat not increase?''
[The Host''s charm stat is locked, the host would have to unlock it]
''Locked?'' Harry thought. He then decided to try adding stat points to it, to see it the charm stat would perhaps increase. ''System, add two stat points to charm.''
[ERROR! Stat points can''t be added to a locked stat]
''Locked charm stat is locked?'' Harry thought. Just to be sure, he tried adding stat points to it again, however the same notification popped up from the system.
[ERROR! Stat points can''t be added to a locked stat]
A frown appeared on Harry''s face as the same information shed across his eyes. He finally understood why his charm stat was shown as nullit was locked!
He didn''t understand why the system would lock one of his stats so he asked the system while inwardly hoping it gave a reasonable answerthe system''s reply was sometimes vague.
''So why is it locked and how do I unlock it?'' Harry asked through his thoughts.
[]
There was no reply from either the system or the other voice.
A low sigh left Harry''s lips, he shook his head and then decided to put his focus on mana conceal, for now that was the most important thing.
He then checked the description for mana conceal, to see if there were any changes due to the skill level up. However, the description remained the same, the only thing that changed was the level.
Although there were no changes in the skill description, Harry knew the skill had definitely gotten more powerful.
He held the beast core once more and then tried to use mana conceal on it once more.
He subconsciously closed his eyes as he willed the skill to activate.
''Please work this time'' Harry thought. Since the mana conceal had leveled up, and his energy had also increased, he felt he had more chances of concealing the beast core''s mana. However, he was still a little worried that the skill would fail, just like before
Compared to his Lightning skills, mana conceal took more time before it finally activated.
Harry eyelids twitched as a strange warm sensation coated his chest. It felt simr to the one he felt when he allocated his stat points, except this time it was a lot more concentrated. The sensation slowly flowed from his chest down to his right hand where he held the beast core.
His right hand felt warm and he felt a slight tingle in his right shoulder down to his hand. The warm sensation concentrated in his right palm and then slowly coated the small and shiny brown stone resting on his palm.
Harry slowly opened his eyes, he raised the beast core to his eye level and then stared at it.
The beast core maintained it small circr shape, the only difference was in its color. Before, it had a shiny brown colour but now that brown colour had been covered by the dull white colour that coated it. The mysterious substance covering the beast''s core appeared to slowly sway around it.
''I guess this is the work of mana conceal.'' Harry thought. He didn''t need any one to tell him before he understand the use of the blue substance coating the beast core.
However, the next system notification shocked him greatly.
[20 Energy Points]
''Twenty?!'' Harry thought. He was shocked by how much his energy dwindled just because of one skill.
''This means I was only able to use the skill because I leveled up.'' He said inwardly. Although he knew the skill would take more time to activate, he never expected it to deduct twenty points of his energy, he thought it would be about ten points at most.
A sigh left his lips as he stared at the now white beast core, he slowly stood up before walking to the small closet at the edge of his room. He opened the closet and then gently ced the beast core in it before finally closing the closet.
''Hmm I should use this time to check my other skills.'' Harry thought. ''Skills and abilities.'' He called out.
[Skills and Abilities]
[Skill Points: 0]
>>elerate (level 1)
>>Healing and low-level regeneration (level 1)
>>Mana steal (level 1)
>>Mana conceal (level 2)
>>Mana core illusion (level MAX)
[Affinity Skills and Abilities]
>>Lightning Strike (level 1)
>>Lightning Whip (level 1)
>>Lightning dash (level 1)
>>Lightning ball (level 1)
''elerate.'' Harry said inwardly. From the name, he knew it was something rted to increasing his agility, perhaps a lower version of lightning dash.
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[elerate]
-Level 1
-Temporarily increase current speed by 20
-
''Well as I thought, it''s simr to lightning dash only a lesser version.'' Harry mused. He wasn''t sure about how much lightning dash increased his speed but he was very sure that it boosted it with more than twenty points.
''Healing and low level regeneration.''
[Healing and low level regeneration]
-Level 1
-Heal and recover from physical injuries.
[Host should level up the regeneration to high level or peak level for it to be able to regrow limbs]
''Regeneration of body parts'' Harry said inwardly. He was slightly shocked by the regeneration aspect of the skill. Although, ording to the system, the skill would only be that strong when the regeneration aspect of it gets to high or peak level, it still didn''t reduce the absurdity of the situation.
Regeneration was an ability that was only present in mana beasts, although, magesmost especiallybat magescould develop healing abilities. Since their body was constantly strengthened and enhanced by manaeither actively or passivelyit would be more resilient and would also develop faster healing abilities but not regeneration.
However, human mages could regenerate parts of their body through the healing spell of a powerful light mageEven peak grade pills were unable to regrow body parts.
Mana beasts were different, they could heal and regenerate any part of their body as long their life was still intact. This was especially true for the ones from stage five and above.
When Harry saw that he had a skill that was capable of doing what grand mages and even supreme grand mages couldn''t do, he was surprised.
He was sure that when the skill gets to that level, it was definitely going to be a formidable skill that would help him against his future opponents.
"Well let me just check the next skills. Harry said. "Mana steal."
[Mana Steal]
-Level 1
-Steal and devour mana with a simple touch, converting it to EXP.
Daily limit: (0/3)
[The skill level is too low, so Host can only steal mana from those with stage one to stage three mana core.]
-
''Wow so I can only use it thrice a day and it can only work on those with stage one to stage three mana core?'' Harry asked.
[Yes Host]
A grin spread across Harry''s face. He had been thinking of a way to get EXP, unknown to him that he actually had a skill that could convert mana to EXP, although it was could only be used thrice a day, it was still an impressive skill.
Harry gaze went lower towards the skill ''mana core illusion''. He found this skill strange from the name to the level. Compared to his other skills, this was the only one that had MAX level, which meant he couldn''t upgrade it.
"Mana core illusion" He called out.
[Mana core illusion]
-Level MAX
-Creates a mana core illusion that deceives other mages.
[Host should know that the main purpose of this skill is to hide the host''s identity as a Manaless mage, it doesn''t take the Host''s energy points either]
-
When Harry saw the use of the skill, waves if different emotion washed over him.
Since he got the system, he had never given any thought as to what would happen if someone discovers he could perform magic without mana. Coupled with the fact that he had a skill known among mana beasts, he would definitely be seen suspiciously.
Although the skill didn''t give him any boost, Harry felt it was still his most useful skill
As he thought about the system, different questions popped in his mind; where did the systeme from? How did he get the system?
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Chapter 13 Principal’s Office
As he thought about the system, different questions popped into his mind; where did the systeme from? How did he get the system?
He shook his head slightly as he cleared those thoughts from his mind. Although the system''s origins were suspicious, for some reason, Harry felt it had its best interest at heart. It was more like a subconscious feeling of his.
For now, he''ll just focus on levelling up and getting stronger
He walked out of his room, his gaze went to the wall clock hanging on the wall in the sitting room. A sigh left his lips as he realized the time was already 9 am.
''Isn''t this the best time to try out elerate on the way to the academy?'' He thought as he stepped out of his house.
"elerate." He said in a voice only he could hear.
[elerate activated]
[+20 points temporarily added to agility]
[-2 Energy points]
A warm and refreshing feeling coursed through his body, it was the same thing he felt whenever he allocated his stat points.
A smile appeared on his face as he observed his body. Although no physical change took ce, Harry felt that his body had gotten much lighter. Without wasting too much time, he took the first leap and he started running to the academy.
Another smile appeared on his face as he felt the cold wind brush against his skin. His uniform bloated and pped due to the wind that filled them.
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A few minutester, Harry finally got to the academy. He had a smile on his face, normally the journey to the academy would have taken about forty minutes but due to the use of elerate, it only took him about ten minutes.
He paused at therge ck gate of the academy.
There was a big sign on top of the entrance on which was boldly written ''Vane Magical Academy.''
The academy was veryrge, it could even be called a mini-city on its own.
Vernil city was a very small city,pared to other cities, it was more like a town. Although its size was smaller, it was still one of the most respected cities in the world. This was due to the fact that some of the powerful mages in the world actually graduated from its academy.
There was only one magical academy in Vernil and that was vane academy.
Harry slowly walked into the academy, unlike every other day when he attended the academy with a gloomy look, today he was actually brimming with excitement.
There were tall orange-coloured structures within. These different buildings were referred to as sections. There were four major sections in the academy; the lecture hall, the element halls, thebat mages hall and the dormitories.
The section Harry was heading to was the lecture hall where normal subjects were taught.
The normal students in the academy were restricted from the element halls, this was to avoid unnecessary idents caused when Elementalists lose control of their spells.
Since most Elementalists in the academy were students who were still learning how to cast spells and properly control mana, cases of students losing control of spells weren''t rare. They could only go in with an instructor who would guide them or with the use of a protective artefact to protect them.
As Harry walked towards the lecture hall, he noticed a lot of students kept staring at him.
Although this wasn''t the first time he received stares like this. After he was found to be incapable of drawing mana, for a few months, some people tried to avoid him in case his condition was contagious.
Back then, he would keep his head down as different kinds of murmurs drifted into his ears. If it was before, actions like this would have made him feel depressed, he would always bury his face in the ground with a crestfallen look.
But now, everything was different. He was even sure that if those people knew the benefits he could receive from being with a broken mana foundation, they would beg him to ''infect'' them with it.
However, as he got closer to the lecture hall, he couldn''t help but feel like there was something different about their gazes this time.
''Is this because I''mte I don''t think so no one cares about what I do'' Harry thought. Whenever the students set eyes on him, they would simply hiss and turn away, so why were they actually paying attention to him this time?
Harry nodded his head as he brushed those thoughts off. He walked up to the lecture hall door, a low whirring sound rang out as the door slowly slid open.
Harry walked into the hall, as he walked down the hall, he noticed some students were still staring at him.
''Hmm str'' Harry''s thought was interrupted when an announcement rang out through the speakers in the lecture hall.
''Harry Morton, head to the principal''s office!''
Harry''s mind went into overdrive the moment he heard this announcement. He never had any business with the academy instructors, talk-less of the principal. He was simply a useless student who couldn''t draw mana. The instructors didn''t really care about what happened to him, either in the academy or outside of the academy, as long as he wasn''t dead.
He turned around and started walking down the hallway, he felt more of the students'' gazes drill into his back as he moved closer to the door. The hall door slowly slid open as Harry walked through it.
''Is this because I''mte?'' Harry thought. He hadn''t broken any academy rules, except for arrivingte. Besides, from the number of students roaming around the lecture hall, lectures hadn''t begun so technically, he wasn''tte.
The principal''s office was located in a separate block of the academy, so Harry had to walk for a few minutes before finally getting to the office.
His steps slowed down as he finally reached a brown door that led to the principal''s office.
''Just be calm'' He kept repeating those words in his head like a mantra.
Just as he was about to knock, a deep voice rang out from behind the brown door. "Come in."
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Chapter 14 Not The Speed
''Just be calm'' He kept repeating those words in his head like a mantra.
Just as he was about to knock, a deep voice rang out from behind the brown door. "Come in."
Harry gently opened the door and then stepped into the well-furnished office.
He then noticed something odd, the principal was smiling at him. Harry''s brows squinted slightly when he noticed this, why would the principal of vane academy be smiling at him?
The principal who was known as Randy was a very powerful earth elemental mage. He was the most powerful mage in the academy, he used to be an adventurer before the AMO transferred him to down to Vernil to head Vane magical academy.
He had pitch-ck hair along with dark brown eyes. He was quite handsome with a rugged face and a thick beard that stretched down to his neck, something all students in the academy rted to his earth affinity.
He repositioned himself on his office chair as he stared at Harry. A sad smile appeared on his face as he said, "Harry Morton, I called you here because of the mana beast attack. The Academy was informed that you were one of the victims"
''Ohh, so that''s why I was called.'' Harry thought. His mind finally calmed down as he realized he wasn''t called to receive any punishment. ''And that was probably the reason I was getting those weird stares.''
However, a part of him felt it wasn''t just because he was a victim of a mana beast attack, he felt it was due to the appearance of the AMO or rather the white-haired man.
He wasn''t even stupid enough to believe the principal''s apology was true, an academy that didn''t care when he got beaten in the hallway why would they care if he was a victim of a mana beast attack?
"Sit" The principal said while gesturing for Harry to take a seat on one of the chairs in the office.
"No need sir I''m fine with standing." Harry politely declined the offer.
A strange expression shed through Randy''s eyes for a moment before finally disappearing like it was never there. "Ohh that''s fine. The academy got Information that you were a victim of a mana beast attack, We just want to say we are really sorry about the attack. So how are you doing?" The principal asked.
Even though he managed to say this with a simple smile, his mind was in a turmoil as different thoughts kept running through it.
pAn,Da n<0,>v,e1 ''How the hell did hee across the AMO, he even got treated by a grand mage. I don''t want any trouble...'' Randy thought.
Since he was the principal of the academy Harry was attending, it was only natural that the AMO would contact him about the involvement of one of the academy''s students in a mana beast attack.
He had a close friend in the adventurer mages organization whose name was Terry, Terry was the one who told him about the involvement of a grand mage in Harry''s ''case'' and also about the beast''s death. However, Randy didn''t care about the death of any beast, the only thing that caught his mind was the grand mage.
He was inwardly panicking at the thought that Harry might still be watched by the grand mage. He knew how Harry was treated in the academy and it couldn''t really be described as right.
Grand mages were huge powerhouses that even Randya full-fledged magecouldn''t go against.
Harry''s brows furrowed as he stared at the principal. He simply stood for a few seconds without replying. ''Why is he being so nice? It''s almost like the academy truly cares'' he said inwardly.
"I''m fine I was treated by the AMO so I have no injuries and I don''t feel any pain." Harry said.
"Ohh. How about mentally you don''t have any trauma or any strange visions" Randy said.
"Trauma I''mpletely fine." Harry said.
The principal''s eyes flickered strangely when he heard Harry''s words. He stared at Harry for a few seconds before sighing. ''He doesn''t seem to be lying but yet there''s no way he wouldn''t get any trauma from an incident like that.''
When a person encounters a mana beast, they may suffer not only physical harm but also psychological harm.
This was due to the amount of bloodlust present in mana beasts, normal human beings were known to be mentally weak to bloodlust.
Since the amount and density of bloodlust depend purely on the number of living things killed, it was worse in older and stronger mana beasts.
And yet, Harry was attacked by a stage four mana beast which meant he should have been mentally shaken the bloodlust but instead he seemed to be okayEven the students of the academy weren''t mentally strong enough to handle the bloodlust of a peak stage four mana beast.
However, what Harry didn''t know was that Nate(the grand mage) used a mind clearing spell on him which assisted him mentally, coupled with the system that boosted his mental strength.
"The academy has decided you take a one-week break to deal with everything. If you still don''t feel okay to resume, just let us know and we''ll extend it." The principal said. He still didn''t believe Harry waspletely fineat least mentallyhaving him resume a day after a mana beast attack wasn''t the right decision to take.
"I don''t think that''s necessary, I''m already healed and my body is back to peak condition. I don''t need to take any break." Harry said.
"The academy is just trying to take safety measures. Just go on the break and relieve yourself from the trauma." Randy said calmly.
Harry knew that no matter how much he tried to argue that he was fine, the principal wouldn''t change his mind.
"Okay sir, thanks for your care and support," Harry said, slightly emphasizing the ''care and support''. He then slowly turned around before finally leaving the office.
The academy''s principal simply nodded his head, he sighed and then rxed on his chair.
''At least one potential problem with a grand mage is solved.'' He thought while wiping his imaginary sweat.
As Harry walked out of the instructor''s block, he kept thinking about the break given to him by the academy. ''This could be a good opportunity for me to focus on the system''s quest, and also focus on levelling up.''
He looked at his stats, a smile spread across his face as he noticed the difference between his current stats and his former statsalthough the difference was not that much, he was still proud of it.
Harry slowed down In his steps before finally stopping. His eyes squinted slightly, perhaps due to his increased perception, he was able to feel a familiar gaze on his back.
He turned around, his gaze met that of a certain blue-haired student. It was as if time stopped as they both stared at each other without blinking.
The blue-haired student had a crooked and smug smile on his face as he red at Harry.
Harry noticed the smug expression on Han''s face but this time, he wasn''t scarednot even in the slightest bit. Instead, he replied with a sinister smile of his own before finally turning around.
Han didn''t know why but the moment he saw Harry''s smile, he felt a chill run down his spine. ''What is that I just felt now? Isn''t that the same trash Harry? How dare he?'' Han thought.
He felt a strange sense of inferiority when he looked into Harry''s eyes and that only made him angrier.
''You just wait Harry do you think we are on the same level?'' He said inwardly. His gaze remained on Harry as he watched him stop at the entrance of the academy. He tightly clenched his fists when he realized Harry wasn''t even paying him any attention.
Harry, not knowing Han''s thoughts, prepared himself to activate elerate once more.
''Activate elerate.'' He said inwardly. Just like thest time, a warm refreshed feeling spread around his body as he felt his body get lighter. A smile appeared on his face as he ran out of the academy.
Han was about to turn around and ignore Harry until he suddenly saw the speed at which Harry was runningA speed he was having a hard time following or rather one he couldn''t follow at all.
Only one thought came to his mind, ''that is not the speed of a normal person.''
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Only one thought came to his mind, ''that is not the speed of a normal person.''
Han shook his head as he brushed that thought off his mind. ''Harry can never run at that type of speed, my eyes are probably sleepy.'' He thought.
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Harry just kept on running, he was really enjoying the feeling of having the wind push back against him.
A grin appeared on his face as he sprinted back home. ''I might start doing this every day, I could get used to this,'' Harry thought.
He ignored the decreasing energy notifications from the system, he didn''t have anything he needed to save energy points for, and all he wanted to do now is run to his heart''s content.
-A few minutester
Harry looked at the familiar apartment in his line of sight, a sigh left his lips as he cancelled elerate. He slowly walked into thepound before stopping at the entrance of the house.
"Even though I just ran all the way from the academy, I don''t feel tired. On the contrary, I feel so refreshed," Harry muttered as he opened the door and walked Into the house.
[elerate Level Up!]
[Skill ''elerate'' now level 2!]
Two notifications from the system suddenly appeared in front of him.
"Ohh!, it levelled up!" Harry said in surprise. The level up of elerate was quite unexpected, he didn''t expect the skill level to increase so fast.
He had only used it twice today; when he was going to the academy and also when he wasing back home, after receiving his ''one-week break'' from the academy.
"Skills and abilities," Harry called out. He ignored the other skills on the tab and then checked the description of elerate to see the new changes brought by the level up.
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[elerate]
-Level 2
-Temporarily allocate 22 stat points to agility Stat
Harry nodded his head in satisfaction when he saw the new elerate description, even though the increase was only by two points, he was very happy about it.
"Turns out I can not only increase skill levels using skill points but I can also increase my skill levels by simply using them frequently," Harry muttered.
He was happy about this discovery, it made things easier for him. All he had to do was use his skills constantly and their levels would increase on their own.
"Host Stats."
[Host Stats]
[Name: Harry Morton]
[Race: Human]
[Level: 2]
[EXP: 90/150]
[H/P: 30/30]
[Energy: 9/25]
[Strength: 8]
[Agility: 7]
[Stamina: 9]
[Perception: 4]
[Endurance: 9]
[Intelligence: 8]
[Charm: NULL]
[Stat Points: 5]
Harry ignored all other stats and focused on only oneHis EXP bar. His eyes gleamed slightly as he noticed the amount of EXP left for him to level up.
"Hmm I would make sure to focus on levelling up during this one-week break," Harry muttered. A certain small and shiny brown stone suddenly came to his mind when he thought of levelling up but he brushed it off, he still wasn''t sure about what to do with the beast core.
"I guess going to the academy wasn''t a total waste of time," Harry muttered. A sigh left his lips as he opened the door that led to his room, he slowly walked in.
He sat down on the cold hard floor and then rested his back on the wall, his hand subconsciously drifted to his stomach as he thought, ''Even though I haven''t eaten anything since yesterday, I don''t feel tired but still I wish to eat something.''
He sighed as he slid down the wall and theny on the floor. Although he felt cold and ufortable, he remained in the same position, he was already used to it.
This wasn''t the first time a day would pass without him eating, he was only allowed to eat scraps from his parents'' or his brother''s food.
He even tried getting a part-time job, so he could at least earn little money and feed himself, unfortunately, all his applications for one were rejected.
It was why he preferred going to the academy rather than staying at home, the academy provided the students with free food once per day. It was only a simple dish but it was enough for Harry, after all, it was better than scraps.
Now that he was given a break to relieve himself from ''trauma'', he had no choice but to stay in this hell for one week
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-The next day
"Daily quests," Harry called out. He stretched his body as he got ready toplete today''s quest.
[Daily Quests]
Run 3km(Status: 0/3km)
Lift a total of 250 kilograms (Status: 0/250kg)
Climb to a height of 25 meters(Status: 0/25m)
>>Rewards forpletion: +50EXP +10 Stat points.
He noticed the daily quests were the same as before with only slight differences.
He was the only one at home as his parents left for work very early in the morning.
They came back the previous night, and they also heard about how Harry being involved in a mana beast attack, the academy also contacted them and told them about the break given to him.
However, they unsurprisingly didn''t care about it. They simply gave him the same cold attitude, they also made sure to remind him about how he was the most useless in the family. The only difference this time was that Harry wasn''t affected by their words.
Harry went to the living room and started lifting the sofa, stopping when one of the quests waspleted. He then left the house toplete thest two quests.
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Just like that, one week passed.
Harry nodded his head in satisfaction as he observed his one-week improvement.
[Host Stats]
[Name: Harry Morton]
[Race: Human]
[Level: 5]
[EXP: 840/1000]
[H/P: 60/60]
[Energy: 50/55]
[Strength: 21]
[Agility: 20]
[Stamina: 22]
[Perception: 17]
[Endurance: 22]
[Intelligence: 21]
[Charm: NULL]
[Stat Points: 0]
Although he wasn''t too happy about the one-week break, he couldn''t deny that he had really improved within that time. It was obvious from his stats, which showed a substantial increase from a week earlier.
He made sure to aplish all of his daily missions during the past week, and although the level of difficulty rose each day, he wasn''tining because the amount of EXP awarded also rose.
He was currently heading to the lecture hall, and since his break was over, he was free to resume to the academy.
A few students could be seen roaming around the academypound, unlike thest time, Harry made sure he wasn''tte to the academy.
His mother didn''t leave for work early, so he wasn''t able toplete his quests. He hadpleted the quest that required him to run by running to the academy, it only remained the other two quests.
''I should head straight to the stairs, I still have today''s quest to''
"Yo yo, if it isn''t our training buddy Harry." A very annoying voice broke him off his thoughts.
Harry paused in his steps, he was about to go into the lecture hall when he felt the presence of three students behind him.
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Chapter 16 Manaless Mage’s Pride[1]
Harry paused in his steps, he was about to go into the lecture hall when he felt the presence of three students behind him.
He slowly turned around, he instinctively took a step back when he saw the three students in front of him. His past experiences with them suddenly resurfaced making him cower in fear.
The one who spoke earlier was a ck-haired student, he scoffed as he stared down at Harry with a contemptuous expression.
Harry slowly shook his head as he thought, ''Everything is different now I have the system I should at least stop being a coward. If I remain the way I was, then I don''t deserve this system.''
Then his countenance changed, he raised his brows as he stared at the three students as if to ask ''what?''
The centre student, with light blue hair and a golden uniform, was the most distinctive of the three. A strange expression shed through his eyes as he noticed Harry''s gaze.
Unlike the other two students, he felt what happened, one second Harry seemed to be afraid of them then the next it was as if a switch was flipped.
He didn''t know why but the brown-haired boy in front of him seemed different, almost like apletely different person. The change wasn''t from his appearance, he looked exactly the same, so why did he seem different?
A slight frown appeared on Harry''s face, he wasn''t expecting to meet Han just when he was about to go into the lecture hall.
As he stared at the three figures, a certain memory shed in his mind; one of him being beaten in the middle of the lecture hallway.
He subconsciously shuddered when he remembered that incident, the pain and anger he felt then were still fresh in his mind. His heart started beating faster, he wanted nothing more than to punch Han''s face to oblivion.
However, he took a deep breath, he turned his head around and observed his surroundings. He frowned slightly when he noticed the small crowd that had gathered around the four of them. He wasn''t too surprised by this though, it was expected, since they were still in the academypound.
He took a deep breath and calmed down his fast-rising anger. Since they were still on the academy grounds, he didn''t think it was right to cause a ruckus.
"I''m sorry Han, I don''t have time for this at least not now," Harry said. He didn''t even wait for Han''s reply as he simply turned around and started leaving.
Han was stunned when he heard Harry''s reply, Harry had never replied to him, anytime he tried to bully or intimidate Harry, he would simply run or cower in fear while begging for mercy.
He was still feeling irritated by the strange sense of inferiority he felt thest time he looked into Harry''s eyes, he wanted to teach Harry a lesson.
When the next day passed without Harrying to the academy, Han felt annoyed. After asking from a few instructors and students, he learnt Harry was given a one-week break from the academy.
Although he was frustrated, he waited for a week, he waited until Harry resumed, so he could teach him a lesson and now Harry didn''t just resume, he also seemed to have grown enough wings to talk back to him.
His face squeezed into a frown when he noticed that Harry was still walking away nonchntly, treating him like air.
He clenched his fists tightly as his blood boiled in anger, his former n was to simply rough up Harry a little, since Harry was recently involved in a mana beast attack, he nned on being a little lenient.
But now, that thought had been thrown out of the window, he was going to really make him pay for his actions!
The other two figures, who were standing behind Han, also raised their eyebrows in shock at Harry''s actions. Even when he walked closer to the lecture hall, they continued to stare at him in a slight daze.
"Harry! How dare you walk out on me!!?" Han shouted. Veins bulged slightly on his head due to how hard he shouted. The little crowd that had previously gathered around them gradually grew as a result of his words and actions, which were sessful in drawing greater attention to himself.
Harry''s brows furrowed slightly as he halted his steps.
When Han noticed that Harry halted in his steps, a smug expression appeared on his face, turned out the trash still knew who was boss after all.
Unbeknownst to Han, and even the other students around, Harry stopped for a different reason.
His brows raised in surprise due to the sudden quest that appeared in front of him.
[Sudden Quest!]
[Manaless Mage''s Pride]
A group of young and stupid group of people are trying to bully and humiliate you.
As the Manaless Mage, How could you let that happen?!
Show them your power, Show them the might of a Manaless mage!
Defeat them in the most humiliating way possible.
Time Limit: 1 Hour
Rewards for Completion: +1000EXP +5 Stat Points +5 skill points
His eyes gleamed as he noticed the rewards, there was no way he would pass on something like that!
He would even get the chance to level up again.
He slowly turned around and faced the three students once moreor rather faced Han. His lips slowly curved into a huge grin as he muttered, "Well I guess you were really meant to take a beating."
Han and the other two figures didn''t know why, but when they saw Harry''s wide grin, they all felt chills run down their spine and they subconsciously gulped.
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Chapter 17 Manaless Mage’s Pride[2]
Han and the other two figures didn''t know why, but when they saw Harry''s wide grin, they all felt chills run down their spine and they subconsciously gulped.
However, it didn''t take long for Han to regain hisposure. As he stared at Harry''s grin, he felt his blood boil with rage. Harry was obviously making fun of him; he didn''t need anyone to tell him that.
He still didn''t understand the strange feeling of unease he felt earlier, but he definitely didn''t like it. It made him feel like he was standing before someone far more powerful than him, the fact that he felt it from Harry made him more furious.
He tightly clenched his fists, how would he feel scared of that trash that doesn''t even have a mana core?
"You think this is funny I would wipe that grin off your face!" Han shouted. He suddenly ran straight towards Harry with his right hand clenched into a fist, he summoned all the strength in his body without holding in the slightest bit. He simply wanted to teach Harry a lesson.
He even ignored his surroundings, they were still in the academypound and a lot of students had gathered around to watch their little scenario.
Some of the students around them were simply shaking their heads in pity for Harry, they felt that he should have just listened when Han asked him to, but instead, Harry did not just ignore him but also provoked him. The rest were just watching, not because they cared, but because they were looking for a good ''show'' to watch.
The other two students behind Han broke out of their daze when they heard Han''s shout. They were also stunned when they saw Harry''s grin, the fact that Harry wasn''t showing them the usual fearful expression they desired made them surprised. It also took some time before they regained theirposure from the strange sense of danger they felt earlier.
Harry''s grin only got wider as he watched Han''s approaching figure. This was because everything seemed quite slow to him, it was almost as if he was watching a video ying in slow mode. He could see Han''s face twisting angrily with every movement, he could also see Han''s hand as it ''slowly'' got closer to him.
This was proof of how far his Stats had improvedpared to when he was without the system.
Before, he was a little tense regarding the fight. Although he didn''t show it, he was slightly worried that Han would overwhelm him, but now that he realized that he had overestimated Han, he rxed and decided to enjoy the ''slow-mode video''.
''At least now I have a reason to fight back,'' Harry thought. This was what he had been waiting for, for Han to make the first move so he would have a ''justified reason'' for what he was about to do.
Han, with his fist, still stretched forward was expecting to feel the usual sensation of his fists connecting to Harry''s cheek but instead he suddenly felt his fist being grabbed.
His eyes widened as he instinctively tried to pull his fists back, however, he wasn''t able to, it was as if his hand was stuck in the middle of a hard rock.
''How was h-'' He wasn''t able to finish his thoughts before a loud bone-cracking sound resounded in his ears.
Crack!!
What followed was Han''s scream of pain as Harry finally left his hand.
"Arrhggg!!!!" Han screamed.
He fell to his knees and kept staring at his right hand, his hand was currently bent at an impossible angle and some of his fingers were also bent awkwardly towards the sides.
"My hand, My Hand!!!" He suddenly screamed in pain once more, he held his right hand using his left hand as he cried in pain.
The eyes of all the students widened, the current turn of events surprised them. They all looked at Harry in shock, unable toprehend what just happened.
The other two students behind Han were also greatly shocked by what happened. This type of situation never urred to them, they never thought that one day the ''trash'' they always bullied would suddenly gain the guts to go against them and not just that, he broke Han''s hand all with a single grip.
Meanwhile, Harry kept looking at his hand with a smile, he didn''t seem to care about the amount of attention he was receiving as he wallowed in the joy of revenge. ''Hmmm. So this is how it feels to take revenge? It feels really good, the system does know what I want.'' Harry thought with a slight smile on his face.
A strange glint shed through his eyes as he clenched his fists, He wanted more! He wanted the other two students to face the same treatment. He wanted them to feel the same pain Han felt he wanted them to feel the same pain he felt whenever they bullied him!
He looked towards their direction and shed a mocking smile at them.
Nell and Ace broke out of their daze when they noticed Harry''s stare, they felt that same sense of unease and danger. Their instincts were screaming at them to leave or apologize and simply abandon Han, but looking around at all the students gathered around them, their pride wouldn''t let them.
"How dare you, Harry!!? You bastard!!" Nell shouted.
They felt that Harry was just lucky, Han''s punch wasn''t reinforced by any spell or mana, and since elemental mages were known to have weaker bodies, Han''s raw strength would only be slightly higher than that of a normal human beingit would be a different case with his spells.
So if they both used their spells or attacked him at the same time, there was no way Harry would escape.
A strange glint shed through their eyes as they exchanged gazes.
They nodded their heads at the same time, finallying up with the best way to deal with Harry.
Their lips moved softly as they started chanting their spells.
Nell''s eyes took on a blue colour as he sped his palms, his lips moved faster as he slowly unsped his palms.
"Water ball!!" Nell shouted. A small-sized water ball formed in the middle of his hands which were positioned a few centimetres away from each other, the ball stirred rapidly as it increased to the size of a ser ball.
He then pushed his hand forward, the water ball also followed his hand movement and shot towards Harry with astonishing speed. He also ran forward as he readied himself for a follow-up attack. ''He can never block all three attacks at once, hehe,'' he said inwardly.
"Hardening Fist." Ace also shouted after finallypleting his spell. A thick brown colour coated his elbows down to his fists. His hands visibly hardened, turning into stone. He then rushed towards Harry, with his right hand stretched forward, ready to strike.
Harry immediately got serious when he noticed this, a slight frown appeared on his face.
The speed of the water ball was nothing to scoff at as it rapidly closed in on him. Behind the water ball were Nell and Ace also running towards him.
''Activate elerate.'' Harry said inwardly. He immediately activated elerate as he wasn''t sure if he would be able to dodge everything, he knew his normal speed wouldn''t be enough to dodge the water ball and that would leave him open to Ace''s stone fists.
[elerate activated]
[+22 points temporarily allocated to agility]
[-2 energy points]
Harry slightly smiled when he saw the system''s notification, due to his increased speed and agility, everything around him seemed to slow down. His eyes were now able to follow the water ball movements as it was no longer too fast for him.
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Chapter 18 Han Jones
Harry slightly smiled when he saw the system''s notification, due to his increased speed and agility, everything around him seemed to slow down. His eyes were now able to follow the water ball''s movements as it was no longer too fast for him.
He shifted to the left, causing the water ball to miss him by a few centimetres. His eyes followed the water ball as it moved past him, it shot forwards and then crashed into the lecture hallway door.
Despite the power with which it struck the door, the door was not damaged in any way. This was due to the academy''s extensive use of artefact reinforcement, particrly in the element halls.
The academy wasn''t constructed with regr bricks and blocks; instead, it was constructed using sturdy materials that had been reinforced with mana. Even without the artefacts being activated, the building was capable of withstanding the entire force of a stage four Elementalist attack.
Since the academy was home to many talented youths and future powerhouses of the world, the matter of security wasn''t taken lightly. It was also to curb the damage caused when students lose control of their spells.
''If not for elerate things might have ended badly for me.'' Harry thought. He faced the approaching figures of Nell and Ace, since the effect of elerate was still active, they were extremely slow to him. A strange expression shed through his eyes as he thought, ''Are these the same people who I used to be so afraid of? They are so slow and weak.''
Harry was not even taking this fight seriously because he found it to be so simple. He didn''t have to concentrate on avoiding their blows or subject his mind to unimaginable strain while attempting to keep up with their movements.
Back then, when he was without the system, their attacks usually seem very fast to him but now it was too slowmainly due to the effect of elerate. Simply put, he was having the time of his life.
If Nell and Ace knew what Harry''s thoughts were, they would probably cough out blood in anger and embarrassment. They were still thinking they had him cornered, but what they didn''t know was that it was the other way around.
Nell''s eyes widened when he saw his water ball spell miss Harry. What surprised him the most was that he was unable to notice Harry''s movement, all he saw was a slight blur and his water ball spell was missed.
He suddenly saw Harry''s figure blur once more, closing the distance between them.
He only saw a fist moving quickly in his direction; with his fist still extended, there was no way he could avoid it. It was toote for him to correct his stance; even if his hands were free, he would still not be able to evade Harry''s punch because it was simply too fast for him to even react to.
BANG!!
Harry''s fist hit his jaw with huge force, before his mind could even register the pain, Nell felt his body move upwards by at least two meters before sliding across the floors of the academy.
He spat out some blood and also a few pieces of broken teeth before finally losing consciousness.
Harry didn''t even spare Nell''s unconscious body a nce before immediately moving to his next target. He bent slightly to avoid Ace''s stone fist, before clenching his right hand into a fist. Without wasting any more time he threw a punch towards Ace''s abdomen.
"Wait! St"
POW!!
Ace was forced to swallow his words when he felt Harry''s fist collide with his stomach. His eyes widened in agony, and blood gushed from his mouth. The force behind Harry''s punch sent him sliding for a few seconds before he finally dropped to the ground and then lost consciousness.
Everyone stared at the spectacle in disbelief, their mouths hanging open as they saw what ought to have been impossible.
Ace was someone with an affinity to the earth element and though he was only a stage one Elementalist, he should still be stronger than average humans.
Elementalists with earth elements were known to have sturdier bodies and better defence due to the nature of their element. Yet, He had only taken one punch from the academy-designated "trash" before passing out.
Harry looked at his fists for a few seconds before smiling to himself. He felt a kind of rush and also a sense of gratification when hitting those who had bullied him in the academy.
He knew Ace was about to surrender but how could he let him? He also begged when they bullied him, but none of them listened to his pleas. They only kept on hitting him harder, it was only fair that he repaid the ''favour'' sevenfold.
He turned around and continued his journey to the lecture hall, he had alreadypleted the system''s quest, but still, the usual notification of questpletion hadn''t popped up. Harry didn''t put much thought into this, since this was the first time he received this type of quest, he felt the system was perhaps calcting the rewards.
Meanwhile, Han watched Harry''s figure walk towards the lecture hall with a strange expression, He then nced back at the unconscious bodies of his friends.
He felt humiliated, the fact that he was defeated by the trash of the academy didn''t settle well with him and his mind chose not to ept this.
Han Jones; he was one of the most talented students in the academy. He had a high-grade fire affinity and a medium-grade earth affinity.
Due to the rarity of people with high-grade affinities, coupled with the fact that he had a dual affinity, he was ced in high hopes by everyone.
He was also one of the few students that managed to reach the second mana core stage earlyhe was even close to breaking through to the third stage.
He wasn''t just one of the most talented students but also one of the top academy students.
However, Han used his position in the academy to bully those weaker than him, even Elementalists didn''t escape from him. Students who weren''t powerful enough to stand up to him or weren''t from a strong background would always be bullied by Han.
Although the academy seemed like an institution that supported equality, that was only on the surface.
In the current world, power and background/backing was all that mattered. It was the same in the academy, strong students preyed on weaker ones and weak students preyed on even weaker ones.
Harry had always been on the receiving end of all the bullying since his first year in the academy. Han was the worst of all his bullies, he made sure to bully Harry day in and day out.
Although his defeat stemmed from the fact that he underestimated Harry and simply rushed at him without casting any spellswhich was a very stupid thing for an Elementalist to dohe still felt humiliated.
More so, his hand was broken in front of a crowd of students, just the thought of how much mockery he would have to face made him furious.
''He''s just trash, I''m still better than him. There''s no way I would let him defeat me.'' He thought. Although, it seemed like he was trying to reassure himself that he was better than Harry.
He immediately pulled a high-grade healing pill from his pocket. A strange expression shed through his eyes as he downed the pill.
Almost immediately, his broken hand started to heal. It only took a few seconds for his hand to healpletely.
He quickly sped his hands and decided to deploy the most potent weapon he had at his disposala tier two spellagainst Harry, except he nned on topping it up by a notch
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Chapter 19 Magic Spell Overload
He started muttering some strange words, his voice slowly getting louder as he chanted the spell. His veins were bulging and his eyes also started turning bloodshot from the extreme pain that coursed through his veins.
Harry paused in his steps, he still hadn''t gotten a notification from the system about the questpletion. It shouldn''t take this long, after all, he didplete the quest or did he?
A frown appeared on his face as he turned around. As soon as he turned back, he saw Han, who was shakily standing with bulging veins and bloodshot eyes. Han had a crooked smile on his face as he stared at Harry.
Harry widened his eyes in shock, he wasn''t expecting Han to take things this far.
He wasn''t the only one in shock though, gasps could be heard from the crowd of students around them. Some of them subconsciously took a step back in fear, No one could have guessed that Han would use magic spell overload just to get back at Harry.
Regardless of their tier, all spells required a specific amount of mana for them to be cast sessfully.
Mana could only be infused into a spell up to a certain minimum and maximum amount. A spell wouldn''t work if the amount of mana contained or used on it was less than the minimal amount.
The term "magic spell overload" referred to when a spell had more mana than is necessary.
Although utilizing this approach would significantly boost the spell''s power, it came at a very price.
The extra mana forcefully drawn from the mana core in an attempt to overload a spell would be permanently lost, which might result in a decrease in the mana core stage.
Additionally, it might exert too much pressure on the mana core, rupturing it and rendering the user incapable of storing or drawing mana.
All of a sudden, Harry felt his skin crawl and his body''s cells tingle with anxiety.
The aura emanating from Han gave off an ominous feeling, and Harry felt his instincts scream danger at him.
"ming Arrow!!!" Han shouted, his body bent slightly to the side as he positioned his hand as if to make a throw. A small arrow coated in mes appeared above his outstretched palm, the size rapidly grew as it became about five feet long.
However, Han didn''t waste too much time as he immediatelyunched the spell. The ming arrow followed his movements as it also flew towards Harry with immense speed. Its size grew with every passing second as it closed in on Harry.
Harry''s eyes widened, both in shock at the ming arrow''s speed and in fear for his life. He knew he couldn''t let that get to him so he immediately used his best agility-based skill. '' Lightning da''
But before he was able toplete the skill activation, a massive wall purely made of earth suddenly rose from the ground between him and Han.
BOOM!!!
Han''s overloaded spell struck the earth wall with full force, filling everyone''s ears with a loud, exploding sound.
Harry looked at the huge earth wall in front of him with different expressions shing through his eyes. It was as if the earth wall was teleported in front of him, he wasn''t able to sense it or follow its speed. Even if he had activated elerate, the result would be the same, the speed at which the wall erupted was just too fast for him to react to.
''That''s probably one of the instructors,'' Harry thought. ''Their casting speed is still too fast for me to follow.''
The wall finally went back into the ground, leaving no trace of its former existence.
"What the hell is going on here?!!" A loud voice rang in the ears of all the students, now that the earth wall wasn''t there to obstruct their view, they could all see who stopped Han''s fiery arrow.
Standing a few meters away from Harry, was a bald man, he was quite tall with a height of about 1.7m. He had a face that looked rather rough, had deep ck eyes, and appeared to be in histe forties.
His expression was stone cold as he stared at all the students gathered around the academypound, silently etching their faces to his memory.
All the students felt cold sweat drip from their backs as they stared at the cold and indifferent eyes of the instructor.
They had all heard of the cold and indifferent instructor of the earth element hallInstructor Leon. He was known to give the most brutal punishment to students who go against the academy''s rules.
Some of them even tried to escape, only to find their legs glued to the ground and covered with earth. They could only ept their fates, ming it on their stupid decision to watch the ''little show'' Harry and Han were putting on for them.
As for Harry, he simply looked at the instructor without a hint of fear in his eyes. He didn''t know why but he wasn''t affected by the pressure the instructor was intentionally releasing on the students.
Instructor Leon was a stage five Elementalist, which was why Harry was slightly surprised that he wasn''t affected by the pressure of someone with a stage four mana core.
He felt that it was rted to the system or to him being a Manaless mage so he didn''t put much thought into ithe nned on asking the system more about itter.
Harry''s eyes turned to Han, a strange glint shed through his eyes as he realized something. ''I got toocent I could have exposed myself if not for instructor Leon''s appearance.''
He truly underestimated Han, he didn''t even consider the possibility of Han using his fire element. Although he could overpower Han with his physical stats alone, It would be a different story if Han used his tier two spells(his fire element spells).
To make matters worse, hepletely ignored Han''s existence by turning around without being sure of his victory something that could cost him his life.
Han had never used his fire element when bullying him. He always used his earth element which was actually the weaker oneHan only used his stronger element when facing powerful Elementalists.
This was because Han was trying to avoid killing any student by mistake. Due to how powerful tier two spells were, one of them was enough to kill an ordinary person or a weak Elementalist.
Although the academy ignored the bullying among students, it was a different case for the death of students. Killing on the academy grounds was frowned upon and could lead to not only expulsion but also arrest by the AMO.
Harry wasn''t ready for the world to find out he could use ''spells'' yet, just the imagination of the barrage of questions he would be asked made him cringe. So he was inwardly grateful that an instructor showed up on time. ''I would never make this mistake again.'' He thought.
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Chapter 20 [Bonus ] Talented, But Stupid
The instructor slightly squinted his eyes as he looked at the figure of Han lying weakly on the ground, Han''s eyes were still red from the intense pressure he put on his mana core and veins were still bulging slightly at the sides of his neck.
Just as Han was about to pass out, he sprinted over to him. He supported Han''s figure with one hand, he then brought out a high-grade healing pill from his pockets. He then dropped the pill into the student''s mouth, Since Han wasn''t unconscious yet, the process didn''t take long as he was able to swallow the pill on his own.
Leon knew the principal would never forgive him if he let one of the academy''s most talented students die, so he overlooked the other two unconscious students and focused on Han.
The healing pill immediately started taking effect, as Han''s bloodshot eyes started regaining their former white colour, and the bulging veins around his neck gradually receded.
Leon gently ced his hand on Han''s head, to check the condition of his mana core. He shook his head in pity when he saw the condition of Han''s mana core.
''If he had used overload for one more minute, his mana core would have cracked. A very talented kid but stupid very stupid, using magic spell overload in a mealiness fight like this. Now his mana core has gone back to stage one, talented, but stupid.'' Leon thought.
Seeing people like Han with high-grade affinities and the potential to reach the seventh mana core stage(grand mage) waste their potential and time on useless things made him feel that life really was unfair.
Compared to them, he had a medium-grade affinity and his mana core had already reached its stage limit. Although he would like to progress and be an elemental mage, he wouldn''t be able to and yet, someone with the potential to do so was wasting time and energy on useless things.
He sighed as he slowly got up, he moved over to the unconscious figures of Nell and Ace.
''I wonder how the principal would react if he found out about this.'' He said inwardly as he ced one healing pill in Nell''s mouth, except this time the pill wasn''t high grade but medium grade.
He had to use some force in order to get him to swallow the pills because they were still unconscious. He also moved over to Ace and repeated the process.
''I wonder what made them fight to the extent that Han used magic spell overload.'' He thought while looking around.
They were really lucky that the fence around the academy was very high; otherwise, countless people walking by would have witnessed their ''little fight''.
The instructor couldn''t help but wonder what would have happened if he hadn''t stopped Han''s attack on time.
A few minutes ago, Leon was merely strolling around the academy when he noticed something strangeOnly a few kids were roaming about. This struck him as odd, so he decided to thoroughly inspect every area of the academy.
However, after checking for a few minutes, he wasn''t able to find anything out of ce, except for the fewer students. He gave up and simply continued taking his stroll, as he got closer to the academy''s entrance, he started hearing murmurs.
Leon carefully traced those murmurs which led him directly to the lecture hall.
He forgot about everything else when he heard Han activate the overloaded spell, and he immediately used his tier two spell; ''earth wall'' to defend Harry from the attack, he was quite sure that the spell would surely kill Harry, who doesn''t even have a mana core.
"Arrg, what. happened?" Nell said groggily. He felt a bit woozy like he had a hangover.
He shook his head sideways in a bid to get rid of the dizziness in his eyes. He blinked twice as his gaze settled on a student with dark brown hair, his sight immediately cleared as all that happened came flooding back to him.
Fear took over him as he instinctively moved back, only to find himself being supported by a pair of strong hands. Nell slowly turned his head backwards, his eyes widened when he saw the bald man standing behind him.
"I-instructor Leon, I," he started stuttering, but was interrupted by the deep voice of the instructor.
"It''s fine, just tell me what happened?" The instructor said.
Nell gulped, his gaze turned towards Ace who had also regained consciousness, just like him, Ace was also panicking. He then looked at Han, however, Han simply turned his head away in annoyance.
Nell took this as Han permitting him to speak, not that he hadn''t made up his mind to tell Instructor Leon about everything that happened, even if Han wasn''t okay with it.
He then faced the instructor and went on to exin everything that happened, making sure he didn''t miss any detail.
After hearing Nell''s ount of what happened, the Instructor couldn''t help but grimace. He knew Nell couldn''t possibly have lied to him, since he was still letting off pressure on all the studentsincluding Nellbut he still found something amusing.
''Harry doesn''t have a mana core but yet he defeated the three of them, and from how Nell exined everything, he seemed to have done it quite easily.'' Leon thought as he stared at Harry.
At first, He found it strange that Harry would defeat Han who was a stage two Elementalist. He even pushed Han to the extent that he used magic spell overload.
However, the more he thought about it, the more it seemed to make sense. Since Harry used to partake inbat mage training, it was only natural that he would be physically stronger than Han. Han also rushed in without casting any spell or using his mana, leaving himself open to attacks.
''Han, being the stupid kid that he is, felt so angry and humiliated that he used magic spell overload.'' Leon thought.
Though he found it strange that Harry was able to dodge Nell''s water ball spell and was also strong enough to break Han''s wrist, he didn''t bother himself too much about it, he had bigger problems to deal with like how to exin to the principal that the mana core of one of the elite students of the academy just dropped by one stage.
Just the thought of it gave him headaches, a sigh left his lips as he turned to Harry.
"The four of you should head to the principal''s office," Leon said. Although he didn''t point to any student and only faces Harry while saying this, everyone knew the students he was referring toHan, Harry, Nell and Ace.
''At least I should use these ones to let out some frustration.'' He thought as he turned towards the crowd of students whose legs were still glued to the ground and said, "As for the rest of you you''reing with me."
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Chapter 21 Rewards
He then turned to the left and started heading to the earth element hall.
All the students looked at each other, their eyes conveying the same message. They would rather go with Harry to the principal''s office than follow the instructor.
Unfortunately, they didn''t have a choice in the matter, they could only follow him while ming their bad luck. So they could only curse inwardly while following the instructor.
-A few minutester,
Harry and Han stood in the principal''s office. Harry''s expression was indifferent and expressionless while Han kept snickering in annoyance.
The fact that he was standing together with Harry frustrated him to the core, however, he had to control himself before the academy''s principal or he could get into more trouble.
''You just watch, you think you''re saved because the principal called us to his office. You''re still the academy''s trash without a mana core foundation, I''m one of the most talented students. All these would surely end up in my favour.'' He said inwardly.
He nced at Harry hoping to find a fearful and timid expression, however, what he saw was the exact opposite. Harry wasn''t shivering in fear, he looked rather confident with a bold expression on his face. Han raised his brows slightly when he saw this, he inwardly scoffed as he focused his attention on the principal.
Han''s perspective was influenced by the fact that a simr incident had previously urred.
When Harry was still new to the academy, Han began to bully him. Harry tried reporting to the instructors, hoping for a change. Unfortunately, no one seemed to care and nothing was done, if anything, it only got worse for Harry.
The only difference this time was that Han used a spell against Harry, and it wasn''t just any spell; it was an overloaded spell.
Han was still unaware that his mana core had gone down by one stage. He had been feeling a weird sense of weakness, but he thought it was rted to the physical stress he faced when using magic spell overload; he still underestimated the effects of using overload and didn''t bother to check the state of his mana core.
He also noticed that his mana reserves were low, but he felt he could just absorb more and fill it back up. Even back then, when he was about to cast the spell, he noticed his mana was slightly lesser than before. He didn''t put much thought to his thoughmainly because his mind wasn''t stable due to his anger.
The principal looked at the both of them and couldn''t help but sigh, if not for the Intervention of Leon, That attack would have definitely killed Harryor so he thought.
Unbeknownst to him and the rest of the academy, Harry actually had a way to escape the spell, however, the pride he would have to pay was more than he could bargain forat least currently.
For Randy, all these were very annoying. Harry was involved in a mana beast attack that happened a week ago, due to this, the attention of the AMO was temporarily on the academyand possibly that of a grand mage.
Harry was given a one week break so he would recover from all his injuries, both physically and mentally. He just got back from the break and had barely entered the academy when Han attacked him.
A silent sigh left his lips again as he stared at Han who was still looking smug.
"Han, you used a spell against Harry, you do know that''s against the academy rules, right?" The principal said while looking at Han to see his reaction.
When Han heard the principal''s word, he looked down and acted like he truly felt bad for what he did. However, his little act wasn''t enough to deceive Harry and the principal.
Without wasting too much time, Randy immediately let out his punishment as he still had other matters to attend to. "You''re suspended for one week, and when you return from the suspension, you''d take over the cleaning job for another one week." He said.
He was using almost all his willpower to restrain himself from smacking Han''s face into the ground.
Using Overload was a very dangerous thing to do, even if Harry wasn''t contributing to the academy(since he doesn''t have a mana core foundation), that doesn''t mean they could just let him die, especially now when a grand mage might be watching him.
"What?!" Han eximed in shock. Throughout his stay in the academy, he had never gotten punished for his crimes. As long as he didn''t offend the wrong people(those with powerful backing or from wealthy families) he would surely get away with his actions. Even if he was to get punished, wasn''t two weeks'' too much?
"But what about Harry? He broke my"
He wasn''t able toplete his words when he felt like a huge mountain was suddenly ced on his shoulders.
Even though the principal only unleashed a little of his pressure, it was still something someone like Han can''t withstand and it was even worse since his mana core had regressed.
''Strange He''s still being so nice.'' Harry thought. Just like he expected, he was unfazed by the principal''s pressure. Unlike the first time, he wasn''t too surprised by this.
"Do you even understand the consequences of overload?! If Leon wasn''t on time to stop the attack, it could have killed Harry or exploded and killed all the students around that vicinity. It could even kill you!!" Randy said in anger. He subconsciously released more of his mana pressure, making Han feel like his lungs were being squeezed by an invincible hand.
The principal immediately retracted his pressure when he noticed that Han was having difficulty breathing. He took a deep breath as he calmed himself down.
''Harry he was taken care of by the AMO themselves after the mana beast attack. I''m not sure if they are still monitoring him especially that Nate.'' Randy thought. He didn''t want to get into any trouble with the AMO, the memory of what happened thest time he did so was still fresh in his mind.
He was really lucky that Han wasn''t from a rich or powerful family, or else everything might have been worse for him.
As for Han, he felt like his whole world was copsing. ''How could I get a suspension. I was even asked to clea how would other students look at me?! That''s..''
The principal''s voice broke him off his thoughts, "Ohh Han, you should check the state of your mana core. You''ll find something interesting, and learn your lesson to never use magic spell overload again," without even waiting for Han''s reply he continued, "you can leave now. Next time I wouldn''t be so lenient."
Han looked at the principal for a few seconds before finally stepping out of the office.
He was still surprised by the fact that he was punished while Harry was simply let off. He felt he was the victim since Harry didn''t even get a scratch but he didn''t have a choice as he knew the principal wouldn''t change his mind; no matter what he tried to say or do.
Harry didn''t give much thought to what happened, although he felt d that he wasn''t punished or suspended. The idea of staying at home for another week or weeks wasn''t appealing to him.
He turned around and was about to leave but the principal''s voice stopped him in his tracks.
"Harry you wake." Randy said.
***
Just like he expected, the principal only stopped him to ask about his condition. He even suggested another break from the academy but Harry rejected it, iming he waspletely finehe never needed the first break to begin with.
He could imagine staying at home for another week or weeks, it was pure torture for him.
pA n,dan(-)0ve1.c0m Harry brushed off all insignificant thought from his mind as he checked the system''s notifications about the Questpletion. Back then, he wasn''t able to check it properly due to the appearance of instructor Leon, but now he had the time.
[Sudden Quest Completed]
[Manaless Mage''s Pride]
[Rewards Granted: +1000EXP +5 stat points +5 skill points]
[Hidden Punishment for Quest Failure: Loss of Lightning Affinity.]
-
A grin appeared on Harry''s face as he looked at the quest''s rewards. A strange expression shed through his eyes as he noticed the hidden punishment ces below the rewards. He couldn''t help but feel a slight chill run down his spine as he read the punishment.
''So if I had decided to let them go, this stupid system would have taken away my Lightning affinity. I would have lost something I just gained Isn''t that punishment a little bit too severe?'' He thought. He bit his lips slightly as he inwardly thanked his stars that he wasn''t a goody two shoes and didn''t ignore the quest.
His thoughts was interrupted by the level up notification that shed across his eyes.
-Level up!
His lips curled into a smile when he noticed the level up notifications.
''I really wish this type of quest popped up every day.'' He thought.
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Chapter 22 A Locked Stat
His lips curled into a smile when he noticed the level-up notifications.
''I really wish this type of quest popped up every day.'' He thought.
''Host stats.'' Harry called. Since he had levelled up twice, he was quite eager to see his new attributes.
[Host Stats]
[Name: Harry Morton]
[Race: Human]
[Level: 7]
[EXP: 340/5000]
[H/P: 80/80]
pAn,Da-n0v e1,c [Energy: 75/75]
[Strength: 23]
[Agility: 22]
[Stamina: 24]
[Perception: 19]
[Endurance: 24]
[Intelligence: 23]
[Charm: NULL]
[Stat Points: 15]
Harry nodded his head in approval as he observed his new stats. Although he just got EXP frompleting a quest, that wasn''t what made him level up twice.
He got 1000EXP frompleting the Manaless mage''s pride quest, that was only enough to make him level up once.
He was only able to gain more EXP because of the use of one skill: ''mana steal.''
***
-A few minutes ago,
Harry remained calm even as he watched Han''s fist ''slowly'' close in on his face. Then suddenly his eyes gleamed as an idea popped up in his mind.
He had already tried most of his skills, however, there were still two he hadn''t tried out, not because he didn''t want to but because he couldn''t.
He knew he couldn''t use Lightning strike since it would be overboard and would also drag too much attention to himthough he''d love to summon a bolt of lightning to roast and burn Han, it would cause more harm than good for him.
However, there was one skill he could use, ''Mana Steal!''
He couldn''t test it out before because there was nothing to steal mana from, but now that Han was rushing towards him, what better time than now?
Harry stretched his right hand forward as he grabbed Han''s fist. He applied some strength to his grip, just enough to prevent Han from freeing his hand. He then said inwardly, ''activate mana steal.''
An influx of notifications from the system shed across his eyes.
[Mana steal activated]
[+500 EXP]
[+500 EXP]
[+1000 EXP]
He felt a warm sensation flow through his hand,pared to what he felt whenever he allocated his stat points or used elerate, this one paled inparison.
But Harry didn''t care about the sensation that came with the skill and was only bothered about the EXP he was getting.
Harry held onto Han''s hand for a few more seconds, he was expecting the EXP to keep pouring in as the skill remained active, however, the system''s next notification poured cold water upon all his earlier excitement.
[-15 Energy points]
[Mana steal level 1 limit reached]
[Level Up!]
A frown appeared on Harry''s face when he saw this. Limit? So there was actually a limit to the amount of EXP he could gain from mana steal?
He wasn''t too bothered about the lost energy points, his energy automatically refilled after each level-up.
Since he couldn''t get any more EXP from Han, he increased the grip of his hand, finally crushing Han''s fist.
Although it seemed like mana steal took a lot of time, in actuality, it only took a few seconds. The little time in which Han was too stunned to react was more than enough for Harry.
[Host should increase the level of the skill. The skill would be able to steal mana a lot faster]
***
Harry''s gaze stopped at the stat points as he pondered if he should allocate them now. ''I should wait for it to pile up first before allocating it.'' Harry said inwardly.
Harry had subconsciously developed a habit of letting his stat points pile up. Contrary to one''s expectations, he wasn''t umting stat points in case of emergencies, it was simply because he loved the warm and refreshing sensation that coursed through his body whenever he increased any of his stats by at least five points.
He was starting to get addicted to the feelingand he didn''t even know it. Thest time, he let his stat points get to forty before he distributed them.
Harry squinted his eyes slightly as he looked at the stat ced above his stat points.
Out of all his stats, his charm stat was the only one that was null. Although, he already knew the reason, he was still bothered.
The system had been with him for about a week and yet, his charm stat was still locked.
A slight chuckle escaped his lips, he found the situation ironic.
At first, he didn''t allocate any stat point to it because he felt it was uselessat least for the old Harry. But now that his other stats had increased considerably, he felt like adding some points to his charm stat might not be a bad ideaunfortunately he couldn''t even do that.
He decided to try his luck again by asking the system. ''So why is it locked?''
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''How do I unlock it?'' Harry asked the system through his thoughts.
There was no reply from either the system or the other voice.
Even a part of Harry expected this, it was still annoying.
He sighed, he knew better than anyone that he couldn''t force the answer out of the system, so he just continued his journey to the lecture hall. "I guess I''ll just figure it outter" Harry muttered.
''This system is sometimes weird. Isn''t it supposed to guide me on this Manaless mage path? Yet it seems to be confusing me even more?'' Harry mused.
He shook his head and brushed the thoughts about the system off his mind, the more he tried to understand the system the more questions rose in his mind.
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Chapter 23 Weird Student
''Quests.'' Harry said inwardly.
[Daily Quests]
Run 10km(Status: Completed)
Lift a total of 450 kilograms (Status: 0/450kg)
Climb to a height of 40 meters(Status: 0/40m)
>>Rewards forpletion: +500EXP +10 Stat points.
He still had two quests toplete, he hadpleted the first one by running to the academy.
He nned onpleting the third quest in the academy. He couldplete it by climbing the stairs in the academy, most students use the elevator so the stairs were always free.
Although he arrived at the academy early, about thirty minutes were wasted due to the incident with Han. He got to the academy a few minutes after seven, since lectures would begin by 9 am, he had about an hour toplete the quest.
***
Climb to a total height of 40m (Status: Completed)
Harry paused in his tracks as he stared at the questpletion notification. He panted softly as he sat down on the stairs.
During thest few minutes, he had been climbing the stairs repeatedly.
He could havepleted it faster if he used elerate. Unfortunately, he could onlyplete his quests using his normal stats and without any form of boost or skill.
''Only one quest left'' Harry thought. He stood up and then started climbing down the stairs to attend his lectures.
Harry''s ears suddenly picked up the sound of footstepsing from behind him. His steps trailed before finallying to a halt, he hurriedly turned around.
Harry''s brows raised slightly in surprise when his gaze met the person behind himit was a student.
The other student, who stood at 1.7 meters tall, had dark brown eyes and deep-ck hair. His broad shoulders and well-defined jawline gave him a dashing appearance, and the outline of his thick muscles showed from his uniform.
What caught Harry''s attention was the student''s uniform, which was different from Harry''s with a white top and blue trousers. The top had two thick blue stripes that ran across it from the top left to the bottom right.
Harry''s brows furrowed, and he recognized the uniform. ''Abat mage.'' Harry thought.
Thebat mages in the academy were a lot fewer than the Elementalists, unlike Elementalists who trained in the element halls,bat mages trained in thebat hall. Thebat hall was quite far from the lecture hall as it was at thest block in the academy.
Throughout Harry''s stay in the academy, he had only seen a fewbat mages during lectures and around the academy. He had never bothered to visit their hall so this was actually the first time he was seeing this student.
Harry even felt wary, students in the academy used the elevators, he only used the stairs so he wouldplete his quest and also do it without disturbance.
It wouldn''t be the first time that bullies followed him, thus the fact that a different student was using the stairs at the same time as he might not have been a coincidence at all.
His instincts were also tingling crazily, he was sure of one thing, thisbat mage was strong very strong.
"Come on no need to be so tense." The ck-haired student saidzily. He squinted his eyes slightly as he stared at Harry.
He took a few steps forward before looking into Harry''s eyes. Then suddenly his eyes gleamed as he finally realized something. "Wait you''re Harry right?"
"Huh?" For a moment Harry was stunned by the sudden excitement in thebat mage''s voice. However, it didn''t take long for him to recover. "Yes..." Harry replied.
He still kept his guard up though, although he didn''t sense any malicious intent from the ck-haired student, it doesn''t hurt to be too careful.
"I knew it!" The ck-haired student suddenly eximed. "I heard about what happened this morning I loved how to put that dumb blue-haired boy in his ce. It was cool Haha."
Harry looked at the ck-haired student weirdly for a few seconds. ''Dumb blue-haired boy Han.'' Harry thought.
Ignoring the strange look Harry was giving him, the student continued his rant. "At least that would teach those arrogant assholes a lesson, I''m sure the expression on his face would have been priceless too bad I wasn''t there to see it"
Then suddenly a thoughtful look appeared on his face, his face gleamed once more as he said, "can we be friends?"
Harry''s brows furrowed slightly when he heard the ck-haired student, he was taken aback by his request to be friends, however, only one word came out of his mouth. "No."
For Harry, the term ''friends'' was merely a means to an end. He used to have friends, however, their behavior changed towards him just because he couldn''t draw manasome of them even started bullying him in the academy.
Besides there was no way he would grant the ck haired student''s request to be friends. To Harry, the student was weird and strange, why would he suddenly ask to be friends out of the blues?
A strange expression shed through thebat mage''s eyes as he stared at Harry, a sigh left his lips as he said, "That''s too bad"
To Harry''s surprise, he simply passed him and continued climbing down the stairs.
After climbing down a few steps, the ck-haired student paused, he suddenly turned around and then shoutednot that it was necessary, "The name''s Nathan Nathan Lane!"
He then turned around and started leaving.
Although Nathan had left, Harry''s gaze remained on the spot where he stood a few seconds ago.
''He''s weird.'' Harry thought. His gaze lingered there for a few more seconds before he finally turned around and climbed the stairs.
***
-Meanwhile
Han stood in front of an orange door, he had a panicked expression on his face as he stared at the door.
This was the door to his dormitory room, since he had been suspended, he came to pack a few things before leaving the academy.
The principal''s words kept ringing in his ears as he stood in the hallway. ''Ohh Han, you should check the state of your mana core. You''ll find something interesting, and learn your lesson to never use magic spell overload again.''
At first, he didn''t put much thought into what the principal said but heter got curious about what the principal meant. When he finally decided to check it, he realized somethinghis mana core stage has regressed!
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Chapter 24 Han’s Troubles
For a normal student, this might not be too much of a problem but for Han this was a huge problem!
Compared to normal students, top students were treated differentlythey were treated with more respect and were paid more attention to by the academy.
Han was one of the ''elite students'' in the academy. The term elite or special students referred to the top twenty five students in the academy ranking. Han was ranked twentieth in the academy.
The elite students in the academy were seen as future power houses of humanity so the academy made sure to provide them with the best equipments and facilities necessary for their growth.
Everything about them was differentand betterfrom that of normal students, from their dormitory to their uniforms.
There were just twenty five students living in the dormitory, which contributed to the sparse student poption in the hallway.
It took Han five years to get to his current mana core stage, and that was mainly because of the support he received from the academy.
In fact, he was very close to breaking through. ording to his estimation, his mana core would breakthrough to the third stage in about a month.
However, that couldn''t happen anymore. He would now have to restart from the scratch!
He had about one year left before graduating from the academy. There was no way he would break through to the second stage within that short amount of time.
''I should have handled everything better.'' Han thought.
ording to what he was taught by the academy, mana core regression only happened when extreme strain was ced on the mana core.
He hadn''t expected that to happen to him, he only overloaded the spell a little so his thought process was that the strain on his mana core would be minimal.
Unfortunately, that small extra amount of mana he used to ''boost'' the spell ced a lot more strain on his mana core than he expected.
He noticed this when he was casting the spell, however, he couldn''t cancel the spell.
Once an elementalist had started chanting a spell, there was no canceling it halfway, doing that could cause damage to the mana veins. The danger only got worse across spell tiers(depending on the amount of mana poured into the spell).
But what he hadn''t expected was that his mana core would regress.
If word got out that his mana core has regressed, he waspletely fucked!
Han had a lot of enemies at the academy, students he bullied and insulted. His family wasn''t too influential so all he had was talent.
Most students in the academy were stage one elementalists, the only reason he was feared and respected was because he was a stage two Elementalist and also because his ranking was high.
The strength of a tier two spell could bepared to that of ten tier one spellsbined together.
Now that his mana core was back to the first stage, he was no different from any regr student in the academy.
Han gnashed his teeth, the fact that he was currently on the same level as a ''regr student'' irked him to the core.
He clenched his fists as his body trembled slightly in anger. ''This is all because of that trash Harry. He''ll pay for this just let wait for a week.'' Han thought.
He slowly ced his hand on the door knob. ''No one would find out about this. I would make sure of that.'' Han thought.
Although he said this inwardly, he couldn''t deny the foreboding feeling in his heart. He knew he couldn''t hide his mana core regression forever, one day, other elite students would find out about it.
Not just top students but the whole academy would eventually find out about it, as for what he would do when that time came he didn''t know
He dipped his hand into his pockets and brought out a small ball. The ball had a diameter of about seven centimeters with blue lines around it. In the middle was a small red button.
Han''s gaze lingered on the red button for a few seconds before finally pressing it.
The blue lines glowed brightly as five projections appeared above it.
Han observed all the items in the projections before finally turning off the storage device. Since he had taken all the necessary items from his dorm room, he could now leave academy.
''One week suspension'' Han thought with gritted teeth. The more he thought about his current situation, the more furious he got.
He took a deep breath, it was best he left now, spending more time in the academy could increase his punishment.
"Pathetic" A low voice drifted into his ears. Although the voice wasn''t loud, Han was able to hear it clearly.
Han''s brows furrowed slightly, he immediately turned around. His gaze met that of a brown haired student.
The student had simr features to Harry, except his hair was a lighter shade of brown and his facial features were noticeably younger. His outfit was identical to Han''s, with a top and bottom that were golden in colour, ck pockets, and two prominent ck lines that extended from the shoulders.
Han''s brows raised slightly as he stared at the student in front of him. ''Trent?'' He thought in slight surprise.
Trent rested his back on the wall at the other side of the hallway, his gaze dripping with scorn as he looked at Han.
"W-what do you want?" Han asked. From the way Trent was staring at him, it didn''t seem like he was here to talk.
Out of all the elite students, Trent was the youngest. Just like Han, he also had dual affinity, however what made him stand out was his extremely strong mana core foundation.
Mana core foundation determined how fast an Elementalist would be able to draw mana. The stronger the foundation, the faster it would be to create a mana core, draw mana and also advance between stages.
Due to this, he was able to breakthrough stages faster.
He was ranked tenth in the academy. This was very impressive for someone as young as Han, all top twenty five were at their final years in the academy and were between the ages of 17 to 19, Trent was the only exception. He was only fifteen, yet he had taken a spot among the top ten student.
"To think you lost to that trash." Trent said. He then released a little mana pressure on Han. "you don''t deserve to be here."
Han''s breath quickened, although the pressure released on him was only a little, it still affected him greatly. He could feel his chest slowly tightening as cold sweat dripped from his back.
He clenched his teeth as he tried to stop his knees from quivering. Unfortunately, he failed as his knees started shaking, he could his knees slowly falling to the ground.
The pressure was worse since he was now a stage one elementalist, coupled with the fact that the mana in his mana core was currently very low. There was no way he could fight against Trent''s pressure.
"Truly pathetic" Trent said. He scoffed as he finally withdrew his pressure.
The moment Trent withdrew his pressure, Han fell to the ground. He panted heavily as sweat dripped heavily from his face.
Trent snorted as he turned around and started leaving.
Han looked at the figure of Trent getting smaller, he gritted his teeth as his body trembled in anger. ''That fucker!'' He thought.
If his mana core hadn''t regressed, withstanding Trent''s pressure would have been very easy. But now, he couldn''t even bear the slightest pressure from a stage two elementalist. It was very embarrassing humiliating!
Han clenched his fists as he slowly stood up, he looked around him, hoping no one witnessed the scene that took ce few seconds ago.
He couldn''t help but sigh when he noticed no student saw what happened. He dusted his uniform as he made his way to the dormitory exit.
The closer he got to the exit, the more the realization dawned on him that he was suspended from the academy for a week and the more his anger towards Harry grew. ''Harry just wait. Just wait'' He said inwardly.
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Chapter 25 Ways To Unlock Affinities
-A few hourster
The academy had already closed, for Harry today was just like any other day; filled with boring lectures.
Harry stood at the academy''s entrance. He paid no attention to the many student groups that were milling about; some were looking at different images on their respective devices, while others were just chatting andughing.
pA n,dan(-)0ve1.c0m After walking for a few minutes, Harry paused.
''Activate elerate'' He said inwardly. A slight smile appeared on his face as he felt the expected warm and refreshing sensation flowing through his body. No matter how many times he used elerate, he could never get tired of it. Without wasting too much time, he sprinted home.
***
-A few minutester
Harry kept panting heavily as heid on the cold floor of his room. His upper body was bare and sweat glistened on his face.
A strange glint shed through his eyes as he looked the the notifications that appeared in his line of sight.
[Daily Quest Completed]
[Rewards granted: +500 EXP +10 stat points]
''Finally.'' Harry thought while exhaling.
He had finallypleted his daily quests.
Since he had alreadypleted two quests in the academy, all he had to do after getting home was to continue lifting the sofa till the notification about the questpletion appeared.
A low grunt left his lips as he sat up. "Host stats." He muttered.
[Host Stats]
[Name: Harry Morton]
[Race: Human]
[Level: 7]
[EXP: 840/5000]
[H/P: 80/80]
[Energy: 75/75]
[Strength: 23]
[Agility: 22]
[Stamina: 24]
[Perception: 19]
[Endurance: 24]
[Intelligence: 23]
[Charm: NULL]
[Stat Points: 25]
Harry nodded his head in satisfaction when he noticed his stats. His stats had really improved in thest few weeks. His gaze lingered on the stat points for a few seconds before he finally decided to allocate it.
"System add three stat point to strength." Harry muttered.
[+3 stat points added to strength]
Harry nodded his head slightly. "Add three stat point to agility."
[+3 stat points to agility]
Harry''s eyes furrowed slightly as he pondered on how to allocate the remaining neen stat points. ''System add three stat points to stamina.'' He said inwardly.
[+3 stat points added to stamina]
''Add five points to perception.'' Harry told the system using his thoughts. As for why he made this decision; it was because he noticed thatpared to his other stats, his perception seemed to begging behind.
[+5 stat points added to perception]
''Add two points to endurance.''
[+2 stat points added to endurance]
''Add three points to intelligence.'' Harry said inwardly.
[+3 stat points added to intelligence]
Harry nodded his head in satisfaction as he looked at his new stats.
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
[Strength: 26]
[Agility: 25]
[Stamina: 27]
[Perception: 24]
[Endurance: 26]
[Intelligence: 26]
[Charm: NULL]
[Stat Points: 6]
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
He purposely didn''t use all his stat points and let a few remain.
His gaze then drifted to the small closet positioned at the edge of the room. A strange expression shed through his eyes as he kept staring at it. He slowly stood up and then walked towards it.
A sigh left his lips as he ced his hand on the closet and then opened it.
A small dull white stone could be seen lying inside the closet. It was simply the beast core still coated by mana conceal.
Harry hand moved towards it before stopping halfway. He withdrew his hand and then closed the closet.
A sigh escaped from his lips as he pondered on what to do with the beast core. During the past week, the beast core had been nothing but a temptation to him.
Though he knew selling it would benefit him in the long run, he still couldn''t help but salivate over the huge amounts of EXP and stat points he could get. He was still somewhat confused about what to do with the beast core, whether to absorb it or just sell itif a miracle happened and he found a way to do so.
A sigh left his lips once more as he slid down the wall. His current n was to wait for a few days, if he still couldn''t find a way to sell the beast core and get a house, he would simply absorb it. He would simply find another way to get money, perhaps by getting a jobit was still proving difficult for him to find one.
''System how can I unlock more affinities?'' Harry said inwardly. Although he knew one way to unlock affinities was by absorbing beast cores and possibly mana cores, he was still curious about the other ways to unlock the remaining nine affinities.
[Host can unlock more affinities by absorbing them from beast cores or mana cores]
[Host can get more affinities byprehending the elements]
[Host can get more affinities by rising in levels. New affinities would be unlocked randomly across levels]
Harry nodded his head slightly, he understood the first and third method. However, what confused him was the second methodthe one that required him toprehend the elements. How was he supposed toprehend an element?
''How do Iprehend and element?'' He asked the system.
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Unfortunately, neither the system nor the other voice replied.
ording to the system, he could also unlock the affinities across levels, which basically meant more affinities would be avable to him at certain levels.
However, at what level would he unlock another affinity? Although he wasn''t sure if the system would reply this time, he still asked anyway. ''At what level would I unlock another affinity?'' Harry asked the system through his thoughts.
[]
There was no reply once again.
Although he expected it, it didn''t feel less annoying. If anything, it only made him more infuriated. ''Why must you always leave me hanging?'' Harry thought.
He didn''t bother himself with the system anymore. He knew as long as the system decided not to reply, nothing would change its mind.
A sigh left his lips as he rested his head on the wall. He was the only one at home, he hadpleted all his quests, now there was nothing left for him to do.
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Chapter 26 Training Hall[1]
-Three dayster
Harry''s brows furrowed slightly as he slowly walked into the academy.
He noticed a lot of students were staring at him. The faces of a few of themmostly normal studentsshowed a slight trace of fear, the image of Harry crushing Han was still fresh in their minds. The rest still stared at him with contempt though, to them, Harry was simply lucky. Some didn''t even believe it.
Not all students were present when Han attacked Harry. Most elementalists andbat mages were upied in their respective halls at the time, therefore most of the people who witnessed what actually transpired were regr students.
Although the incident happened three days, it was still fresh in their minds. At first, when some students heard that Han was suspended, they didn''t believe it. However, the sudden absence of the elite student for about three days proved the suspension ims.
As for Harry, he simply walked into the academy with a slight smile on his face. He didn''t know why but for some reason, the expression on the students'' faces made him happy.
He ignored the weird stares he was still receiving and started walking towards the lecture hall.
***
A few hourster
Harry exhaled as he stepped out of the lecture hall. Today''s activities ended early. This was because of the parent-teacher(instructor) meeting that was going on.
The academy activities ended earlier whenever this meeting was held. Students weren''t allowed to participate in this meeting as it was strictly between the instructors(teachers) and the parentsthough some students would still wait for their parents.
Harry''s parents were also present, however, they weren''t here for Harry but for Trent. This was something that used to bother him, however, this time he didn''t care. If anything, he was happy. At least, he would be able toplete his quests in peace.
''Quests'' Harry thought. ''I still have one quest toplete... can''t I just do that in the academy?''
He checked the ''quests'' through the system''s interface to monitor his progress.
[Daily Quests]
Run 50km(Status:pleted)
Lift a total of 1300 kilograms (Status: 0/1500kg)
? Climb to a height of 70meters(Status:pleted)
>>Rewards forpletion: +1500EXP +10 Stat points.
He was nning onpleting the second quest at home by lifting the closet. For some reason, the system didn''t count the weight of the sofa anymore.
It started the previous day when Harry tried toplete his quests by lifting the three-seater sofa, for some reason, there was no progress at all.
The previous daily quest was for him to lift a total of 1000kg, hepleted it by lifting the small closet in his room insteadit was slightly heavier than the sofa.
Although the closet was slightly heavier than the sofa, it was still very easy for Harry to lift. This was because Harry''s strength had increased considerably, things like couches weren''t difficult to lift anymore.
Harry guessed that the system wanted him to lift heavier objects. So that was what he nned to do todaylift heavier objects.
''Maybe I should visit the training hall.'' Harry said inwardly. The training hall or training centre as some students like to call it was basically a hall meant for students to test out their skills against one another. Academy events like duels and the yearly rankingpetition were also held in this hall.
Although it was managed and owned by the academy, It was located right beside the academy.
Unlike, the element andbat halls that only epted their respective students(for element halls: those with the said element, forbat hall:bat mages), anyone could use the training hall, as long as they were a student of the academyand that included regr students.
Since it was basically a ce where students could train and test out their skills against one another, no restriction was ced on the type of students that could get in.
It was also free so Harry didn''t have to pay any money to get into the hall. Students only paid for the guidance of an instructor during their training, they didn''t have to pay to use any of the equipment.
Since it was purely meant for duelling and training, it had all the necessary equipment for both Elementalists andbat mages.
This wasn''t the first time Harry would be going to the training hall. During his first year in the academy, Harry visited the hall. He was excited to witness the different spells and abilities of other students.
Unfortunately, that turned out to be one of his worst experiences in the academy. He became the target of other students in the hall and was beaten up and thrown down. That day, he left the hall with a ck eye and other injuries. Since then, he never went anywhere close to the training hall.
A slight frown appeared on Harry''s face as the memory shed in his mind. A sigh left his lips as he muttered, "Things are different now I would never go back to being the coward I once was."
Harry focused on the academy entrance in front of him and continued walking forward.
Since the entrance was just opposite the lecture hall, it didn''t take long for him to exit the academy.
A sigh left his lips as he looked to the side. Although, the training hall was the next building after the academy, Harry would still have to walk for a few minutes. This was because the academy was veryrge and its high and sturdy fences were also very wide. Even trekking to other halls would take about fifteen minutes.
Harry wasn''t really bothered about that though. After all, with his new stats running for a few minutes, even without the use of elerate wasn''t difficult or stressful for him.
After running for a few minutes, Harry finally arrived at arge ck gate, the gate''s structure and design were simr to that of the academy. On top of the entrance was arge sign on which was boldly written ''Vane Training centre''.
Four muscr men stood at the entrance, they all had stone-cold expressions as they stared at Harry.
Knowing what to do, Harry walked towards them. He dipped his hand into his uniform pocket and brought out his student ID card. He gave it the man nearest to him.
The man looked at Harry weirdly for a few seconds before bringing out a small button-like object from his pocket. He held the ID card with one hand and then ced the button-like object above the card.
From the object''s centre, a tiny green light reflected and gently radiated outward toward the card. It took a moment to scan it before emitting a low beep.
A weird expression appeared on his face as he passed the card back to Harry. He then gestured for Harry to walk into the building.
Harry gave him a slight nod before walking into the entrance.
Within it was an orange five-storey building. The structure andyout of the building wereparable to those of the element halls, with the height being noticeably lower. The building was very wide despite having only a few stories.
Harry walked towards the building and then climbed the stairs. He paused when he got to arge double door, he brought out his student ID card and then ced it on the white screen above the knob.
The door slowly slid open producing a low whirring sound.
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Chapter 27 Training Hall[2]
The interior was just as Harry remembered it to be.
The hall extended to the far end of the ground floor, at the end of the hall was a brown counter. A female receptionist could be seen on the counter, she was there to act as a form of guidance for neers and those who have any query.
The ceiling was white and the ground was designed with yellow and blue tile that blended well with each other.
At the side of the hall, different windows and doors leading to different rooms could be seen.
Harry started walking towards the end of the hall. As he walked, he turned his head towards the doors and windows at the side of the hall.
Through the windows, he could see a few students(normal/regr students), some were skipping and some were doing other forms of exercise. There were even a few ying video games. His gazes met that of a few students, they stared at him weirdly for a few seconds before finally turning their heads away.
Harry wasn''t too surprised by this. Although the building was said to be for ''training'', there were still other recreational activities in the hall.
The ground floor was used for activities like this, since not all students were elementalists orbat mages.
The first to the fourth floor was used for elementalists andbat mages training and also duels. The fifth floor was used only for academy events,pared to the other floors, it was very spacious.
Students could only step on the fifth floor when there was an event going on in the academy. The yearly rankingpetition also took ce on the fifth floor.
The ground floor appeared to be quite scanty, this was because students rarely came to this floor. Most student found the ground floor boring, since it was only filled with normal mundane stuffs, they preferred to go to the other floors where Elementalists andbat mages trained.
Besides, the ordinary people in the academy were only few, about seventy percent of the students were Elementalists, about twenty percent were ordinary human beings while the remaining ten percent werebat mages.
Harry kept walking forward till he reached the end of the hall. He turned towards the corridor at the right corner of the hall, he walked through it before arriving at the stairs.
Though there was an elevator in the training hall, it only led to the fifth floor. Students couldn''t use it as it was mostly locked, the only time it was unlocked was when there was a need to use the fifth floorduring important events orpetitions.
The stairs stopped at the fourth floor, the academy made sure to cut all ess to the fifth floor from the students. The training hall didn''t have as much floors as the academy itself so using the stairs wasn''t too stressful.
Harry didn''t find this too stressful as he was already used to using the stairs in the academy. Besides, he was only going to the first floor.
His n was to find something ''liftable'' and then he would leave the building. He was only here toplete his quests.
If it were the past him, he would have been thrilled at the thought of watching the elementalists test out their spells and duel with each other but that thought didn''t seem to excite him anymore.
After climbing for a few seconds, he finally reached the first floor.
"Hyah!!"
"Huah!"
"Hyah!"
"Hyaaah!!"
It was as if he had entered a different ce entirely. Compared to the ground floor, the first floor was bustling with activity. Some students loitered around the hall.
There were slight differences between this floor and the ground floor. The windows and doors at the side of the hallway were fewer.
These windows were different as Harry couldn''t see through them. The only thing he could make out was the soundsing from the rooms at the sides of the hallway.
The moment Harry stepped into the hall, all the students attention turned towards him. Some of them hissed when they noticed who stepped in and simply turned their head away while the rest kept staring at him with weird expressions.
Harry wasn''t surprised by this, since the incident with Han was still quite recent, it was only natural his presence drew some attention.
He ignored their gazes and continued walking down the hallway. As he continued in his steps, he could still feel the eyes of some of the students on him.
After walking for a few minutes, Harry finally arrived at the end of the hall. By his left was a corridor that led to the stairs, however, he ignored it as he had no intention of climbing to the second floor. He turned to the right where different weight could be seen.
There were ck-coloured steel weight lifting tes neatly arranged on the racks. Some parts of the racks were empty which meant that the equipments were currently in use by other studentsbat mages).
There were also weight lifting rods by the side, some of the rods had tes on both ends.
Those were equipments used frequently bybat mages, sincebat mages were mainly focused on strength and body enhancement, they often perform strenuous exercise that put strains on their muscles.
''At least, even if I lift the ''lightest'' one, it would be enough toplete the quest.'' Harry thought as he moved towards the weights.
However, just as he was about to touch one of the rods, he felt a presence behind him.
"What are you doing here?" He heard the person say.
Harry''s brows furrowed slightly as he paused in his tracks. He slowly turned around and stared at the student that just spoke.
It was a boy sporting purple hair and deep ck eyes. He hatefully red at Harry as he said, "What is trash doing here?"
''Justin? Hah Although I expected this, it''s still very annoying to witness it actually happen.'' Harry frowned. He wasn''t here to cause or look for trouble but it seemed trouble always found its way to him in the academy.
When the purple haired boy saw that Harry wasn''t answering his question, his face squeezed. "Can''t you hear what I''m saying?"
"All students are allowed in this hall you''re free to leave if you''re notfortable." Harry said nonchntly. All he wanted was toplete his quest and leave the hall, not indulge in some useless banter.
Meanwhile, the purple haired student''s expression turned dark as he heard Harry''s words, it felt like he was been mocked. ''Do you really think one lucky day means you get to talk and act anyhow?'' He said inwardly.
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Chapter 28 Duel[1]
''Do you really think one lucky day means you get to talk and act anyhow?'' He said inwardly.
Justin was the son of a popr beast core dealer, his father supplied beast cores to the academy and even the AMO.
Although he was from a prestigious family, hecked two things: talent and potential. He was born with a low-grade wind affinity, and his mana core foundation was very weak.
Because of his low talent and potential, his mana core had been stuck in the first stage for about five years.
He could have broken through to the second stage if he simply absorbed beast cores. Unfortunately, his father felt that would be a huge waste of resources as his mana core would never develop past the third stage.
Though Justin was weak, no student dared to bully or intimidate him. This was because of his background which was quite powerful. Although his talent was very low it didn''t mean his family loved him less. They still spoiled him with money and other necessities of life.
However, that didn''t stop him from developing a hatred for talented students. He hated the fact that they had the chance to grow and get stronger while he would only be stuck at the third mana core stage.
Unfortunately, he couldn''t do anything against the talented students of the academy. Not only could they squat him like a fly, but they were also protected by the academy.
So he transferred that aggression unto the regr students, he bullied both Elementalists(those at the first mana core stage) and regr students.
Due to his background, some students followed him around in order to get close to him, hoping to curry favour from his family.
Harry had always been one of his victims, in fact, he was one of Harry''s worst bullies.
"You only got lucky with Han, that doesn''t give you the right to walk into this hall," Justin said. "You''re still the same trash"
Harry''s brows furrowed slightly when he heard Justin''s words.
"Yeah I got lucky, I know that." He said. That was what Harry honestly felt, if Han had used his tier-two spells from the start, he might not have won. Though he might be able to dodge them using his Lightning skills, that would lead to him exposing himself which was something he was trying to avoidat least for now.
The frown on Justin''s face deepened as he heard Harry''s words, he found this new behaviour of Harry extremely annoying.
The fact that Harry wasn''t shaking in fear, and was even staring at him boldlynonchnt evenreally made his blood boil.
A strange glint suddenly shed through his eyes as a twisted smile spread across his face. "Okay since you''re here to train why don''t we have a duel?"
Harry slightly squinted his eyes as he stared at the purple-haired student. He was confused as to why Justin would challenge him, a ''normal student'' to a duel. "I refuse." He said.
Justin''s shoulders trembled slightly when he heard Harry''s reply, he was barely holding himself back from sting a spell at Harry.
Fighting in the training hallway was against the academy rules, as much as he would like to attack Harry, he would have to hold it in as he didn''t want to get suspended.
For some reason, after the issue with Han, the academy stopped taking issues like bullying and fighting in hallways with levity.
A lot of students caught using spells in the middle of hallways were suspended, it was also why the parent-teacher(instructor) meeting was conducted earlier. A lot of parents were angry about the sudden suspension of their children, so the academy decided to conduct the meeting and settle all misunderstandings.
Justin stared at the indifferent face of Harry for a few seconds before finally turning around. He noticed their ''conversation'' had attracted little attention among other students in the hall as some curious eyes were directed towards his direction.
A taunting smile appeared on his face as he said, "Scared?"
"I still refuse," Harry said calmly. He didn''t understand why Justin wanted to duel with him but there was no way he would ept. Not only was it pointless, but it would also pull more attention towards himmore attention was what he least needed.
He turned around and continued walking towards the rods. He ced his hand on one of them and was about to lift it when he heard Justin''s voice again.
"How about we have a wager a bet?" Justin said, still with that taunting smile on his face
Harry''s brows furrowed slightly as he thought about Justin''s words. ''That sounds good.'' Harry mumbled inwardly.
He slowly withdrew his hand from the rod and faced Justin. "Fine I ept." Harry said, shocking everyone that heard him.
The eyes of Justin and some other students widened when they heard Harry''s reply. What they expected was for Harry to refuse the challenge, after all a human going against an Elementalist was nothing short of stupid!
Even though Justin challenged Harry to a duel, he hadn''t expected him to ept it. He was only trying to get under Harry''s skinand maybe push him to ept the duel so he could deal with him ordingly. However, Harry epted too easily. This only verified his thoughtsHarry was looking down on him!
Other students also had simr thoughts to Justin, chatters soon started rising among the students.
"Did he really ept the duel?"
"Yes he thinks he is stronger than everyone after that ''Han incident''
"Justin should crush him Did he think we Elementalists are jokes?!
"What if he wins the duel?"
"Impossible! you regr students could never stand against us."
It didn''t take long before everyone turned against the student who said Harry could win.
Most Elementalists weren''t present when Harry defeated Han and his friends, for them, it was just impossible. They felt the regr students were just exaggerating. The thought of a normal person defeating three Elementalists just seemed impossible.
Justin''s face turned dark as he stared at Harry. The confidence that oozed from Harry''s voice when he epted the duel really irked him. ''So you think you have a chance Huh? I would put you in your rightful ce as trash!''
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-A few minutester
Two students could be seen standing on arge stage that was half the size of a basketball pitch.
Justin red daggers at Harry as he made his stance on the left side of the stage.
Harry had a nonchnt look as he stared back at the purple-haired boy standing across him. He was sure that he would win this duel, although his current speed might not be enough to dodge tier two spells, it was more than enough to dodge tier one spells.
When he was fighting with Nell and Ace, he was able to follow their attacks quite easily with the use of elerate, so dodging tier-one spells would definitely be easier now that his stats had improved considerably.
A brown-haired man stood in the middle of the stage, a strange expression shed through his eyes as he nced at Harry. He raised his brow while staring at Harry and mouthed the words ''are you sure about this?''
Harry gave a slight nod to the instructor before focusing his attention back on Justin.
The instructor sighed as he finally gave up, there was nothing he could do anymore since Harry stood on his decision to partake in the duel.
Since duels needed the supervision of an instructor, the two students came to meet the brown-haired man. He was extremely shocked when he found out that a regr student epted the challenge of an Elementalist.
He tried his best to convince Harry to give up on the duel, however, Harry''s mind didn''t budge. Although he felt pity for Harry, there was nothing he could do. ''I don''t know if he''s just extremely greedy or stupid it must be thetter.''
Some students were gathered around the stage, most of them were simply here to witness the inevitable loss of Harry. Some didn''t even bother toe to watch the duel, they felt it was aplete waste of time.
However, at the end of the room, a ck-haired student stared at Harry. His dark brown eyes flickered slightly as he waited anxiously for the fight that would soon take ce. ''I don''t know why but I don''t think you''ll lose.'' He said inwardly.
The instructor moved to the edge of the stage, he brought out a small remote and pressed the green button above it. Immediately he pressed the button, a pale yellow barrier erupted from the sides of the stage. It took a semi-circr shape as it covered the whole stage.
This was to prevent the spells from reaching the audience and also to avoid any possible shockwavethough he was sure that wouldn''t be happening.
He stared at Harry once more to see if he still wanted to go through with this, but he only for a slight nod in return. ''Fine I tried my best.'' He mumbled inwardly.
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Chapter 29 Duel[2]
"Let the duel begin!"
Immediately after the Instructor said those words, Justin sped his hand and started chanting the spell. Hepletely removed his focus from Harry and was only concerned about the spell he was chanting.
Harry was slightly stunned by Justin''s actions. ''Not focusing on your opponent? How stupid.'' He said inwardly.
Justin was trying to unleash his strongest spell, he wanted to prove to Harry that the difference between an Elementalist and a normal person was as wide as the gap between the sky and the ground.
Unfortunately, due to his pitiful mana core foundation, he needed to cast the spell with utmost concentration.
''I can''t waste time on this I need to end this fast!'' Harry thought as he rushed forward. Although he could fare against tier-one spells easily, he still didn''t n on letting Justinplete his spell.
Though his speed could be a lot faster if he activated elerate, he felt like he didn''t need to. His agility stat was a lot higher than it was before and covering a few feet in seconds wasn''t too hard for the current him.
Besides, his opponent wasn''t even focusing on him which simply made everything easier.
In a few seconds, he closed in on Justin, he clenched his fists and threw out a punch towards Justin''s chest.
Justin wasn''t able to react to Harry''s punch, for him, one second he was trying to cast a spell, then the other he felt a strong force hit him on his chest.
Due to the force of the punch, his back arched out as blood spurted out of his lips. His legs turned wobbly and he took a few steps backwards before finally losing consciousness.
The jaws of everyone watching the duel immediately dropped to the ground. No one expected this kind of result. Not only did Harry defeat Justin but he also did it within seconds!
Meanwhile, Harry stood in the middle of the stage with an aloof look on his face. Back when he attacked Justin, he tried his best to hold back his strength as much as possible.
Since the strength of stage one Elementalists was more or less like that of a normal person, if Harry had attacked without holding back, his full strength could have killed Justin or at least resulted in critical injuries. That kind of situation would definitely ruin his n of ''not drawing too much attention''.
The instructor was also shocked, his mouth was wide open as he stared at the unconscious figure of Justin.
"Harry wins the duel!" He finally announced after regaining hisposure. The instructor hurriedly rushed towards Justin who was still passed out on the ground, he raised his head and ced a blue pill in his mouth.
Almost immediately, Justin''s face started to regain colour as he slowly regained consciousness.
"Ugh" A grunt left his lips as he slowly sat up. His gaze immediately turned fierce the moment it met that of Harry.
He hurriedly got up as he shouted, "Y-you you cheated! I didn''t cast my"
He wasn''t able toplete his sentence before the pressure of the instructor bore down upon him. His body froze as cold sweat dripped from his back, he felt as if an invisible hand was slowly crushing his heart.
"Harry didn''t cheat! This was won fair and square!" The instructor shouted. He slowly turned around and faced the other students surrounding the stage, he was still releasing some of his pressure so those around the stage were also frozen in fear.
They all stared at the instructor while gulping harshly. Some of them agreed with Justin that Harry ''cheated'', however they couldn''t even voice out their opinion due to the pressure that weighed down upon them.
However, since the instructor was facing the other students, he wasn''t able to notice Harry who appeared to bepletely unfazed by his pressure.
"In a real-life battle all that matters is the result! No one would wait for you toplete your spell!" He shouted, he understood why Justin felt Harry cheated.
Stage one Elementalists couldn''t bepared to stage two or three Elementalists who were quite fast in casting spells. They needed to properly channel the elemental mana in their body before finally casting the spell, this process could take some time(sometimes minutes depending on the spell.)
However, Harry didn''t even let Justinplete his spell, he attacked immediately after the duel started. Without their spells, stage one elementalists were rendered useless as they were no better than a normal person.
"This should be a lesson to you all!" The instructor said as he turned towards Harry. His impression of Harry in his heart subconsciously increased. ''Too bad his foundation is shattered.'' He mumbled inwardly.
As an instructor, he had experienced and partaken in real-life-and-death battles. Some students in the academy felt it was unfair to attack Elementalists while they are casting spells or before they cast their spells, to them, it was a dishonourable and underhanded method.
However, they wouldter realize how naive their thoughts were. Mana beasts wouldn''t wait for any Elementalist toplete a spell, they would simply attack. All that mattered were the results not the methods.
"Remember our bet," Harry said as he faced Justin.
Justin had a dejected look on his face as he stared at Harry. He turned his gaze towards the professor hoping for anything that would save him from this situation, however, he only got a stern look that screamed ''you can''t go back on your words''.
He gritted his teeth as he reluctantly walked towards Harry.
"You''ll pay for this" He muttered as he stared at Harry. He brought out a small silver ball and handed it over to Harry.
Harry couldn''t hold back the grin that spread across his face as he stared at the silver ball. He checked the contents and nodded after seeing it wasplete.
He got down from the stage and walked towards the small crowd of students around. He walked towards the ones at the left and casually stretched the silver ball to a boy at the front.
"Pay up." He said without bothering to hide the smug grin that spread across his face.
The student gritted his teeth as he reluctantly transferred the money to the storage device.
Harry nodded his head slightly and started moving from one student to another, repeating the same actions.
Although none of the students was happy about the current turn of events, they could only swallow their words as they transferred money to the storage device.
Back then, when Harry agreed to take on Justin''s challenge, the wager stated that if Harry prevailed, Justin would give him fifty thousand credits. And if it was the other way around, Justin demanded that Harry did whatever he wanted till the end of the academy year.
However, that wasn''t all. Justin wanted to prove that he had more supporters and influence and also to humiliate Harry even more. So he convinced some students to ce twenty thousand credits on him winning.
Most of them made the bet because they wanted to please Justin. Since Justin''s father was a popr beast core dealer, they would surely benefit if they were able to be friends with him.
Besides, Justin promised topensate them after winning, however, what none of them expected was that Harry would actually win the duel.
That amount of money was the yearly allowance for some of them, and losing it in this manner was painful. Unfortunately, they had no choice, they only had themselves to me for their stupid decision to take part in the bet.
After finally collecting money from everyone, Harry nodded his head slightly as he counted the total amount.
Just as he was about to turn around, his gaze caught that of a ck-haired student standing at the far edge of the hall. Harry didn''t know why but something about that ck-haired student made him feel wary.
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Chapter 30 He Is Weird
He met thebat mage a few days ago on the stairs. His first impression of the student was that he was weird.
What made him feel wary was thebat mage''s strength, back then when he met the student, his senses were tingling crazily.
Compared to normal Elementalists,bat mages mainly relied on their physical strength. Although Harry''s stats had increased considerably, he still didn''t think it was enough to fight on equal ground withbat mages.
He found Nathan''s gaze slightly ufortable, it seemed to be a mixture of curiosity and shock. Harry didn''t put much thought into it as he simply turned his head away and continued heading for the exit.
He had no business with Nathan, unlike the other students, Nathan didn''t take part in the bet.
Although he didn''t show it, he was inwardly happy that the ck-haired student didn''t call his name or do anything weird.
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Harry stood in front of the weight tes once more, thest time he wasn''t able toplete his quest because Justin interrupted him, however, he would make sure heplete it this time.
He walked towards the rod closest to him, it had one ck te on each end. On each ck te, the number 250 was written.
Harry took a simple weight-lifting stance, he then ced both his hands on it and slowly lifted it.
His brows furrowed slightly as he realized somethingit was too light!
He had used both hands because he wasn''t sure he would be able to lift it using one hand, however, what he didn''t expect was that it would feel so light.
He even cross-checked it on the quests interface just to be sure.
Lift a total of 1300kg (status: 500/1300kg)
''Wow lifting 500kg is no longer difficult for me.'' Harry thought. A slight chuckle escaped his lips as he remembered how he used to struggle to lift the three-seater sofa which was barely 35kg.
''How about I do this?'' Harry thought as an idea popped into his mind. He released his left hand and held the rod using only his right hand.
This time he could feel little pressure on his hand as he lifted it, however, it wasn''t to the point where it was unbearable or painful.
Harry nodded his head slightly in satisfaction. Since he didn''t have any equipment that he could use in gauging his strength, he didn''t know the extent of his strength.
He returned the weight. He walked towards another rod at the far end of the room, this one also had ck tes at each end. The only difference was the number written on the tes, this one had 500 written on each te.
Harry held the weight with one hand and lifted it. He was still testing the limit of his strength.
He could feel more pressure and strain on his right hand as he lifted the weight, his veins bulged on his hand as he slowly raised it. Although he felt some strain in his hand, he still managed to lift the weight.
He lowered it and lifted it a few more times before dropping it.
''I guess that''s my limit'' Harry said inwardly as he stared at the questpletion notification from the system.
[Daily Quest Completed]
[Rewards Granted: 1500EXP 10 stat points]
Harry felt happy and satisfied as he looked at the notification that shed across his eyes.
"Hey, Harry." He suddenly heard a voice behind him.
''That voice'' Harry mumbled inwardly. He immediately turned around, he kept his guard up just in case.
His brows furrowed slightly as his gaze met that of a certain ck-haired student. After his duel with Justin, he saw Nathan, however, Nathan simply stared at him without calling or approaching him.
Harry was quite surprised that he approached him now.
But that wasn''t why Harry was unsettled. ''I couldn''t sense him.'' Harry thought.
"No need to be so tense" Nathan said in his usual yful and nonchnt tone. "You''re pretty strong Huh?" He continued.
Harry''s brows raised slightly when he heard Nathan''s words. That caught him off-guard a bit, however, he wasn''t too surprised as he had always viewed Nathan as weird. "It''s you again. What did you want?" Harry asked.
"I''m here to thank you actually, I won some money because of you," Nathan said. Unlike the other students, he didn''t bet on Harry''s loss, but rather on his win. But his bet wasn''t general as he only made it with a friend.
"You also took part in the bet?" Harry asked. The total number of students who made the bet against Harry was twenty, Harry couldn''t remember seeing Nathan among them.
"Yes, except I only made mine with a friend," Nathan replied.
Harry nodded his head slightly in understanding but he still found something strange. "What made you think I would win?" Harry asked.
"Ohh that. Luck." Nathan said while making an awkward expression. "You seemed so confident so let''s just say it was a risk on my part."
A puzzled expression appeared on Harry''s face. Any ''normal student'' would have called him stupid for epting a duel against an Elementalist, he was quite surprised that someone actually believed he could win.
"Oh okay," Harry said. Although he knew his reply was awkward, he didn''t know how else to phrase it. It had been a long time since he engaged in a normal conversation with a student.
After exchanging a few awkward nces, Harry simply turned around and started leaving. Since he hadpleted his quests, he didn''t have anything else to do in the training hall. Although a part of him felt that leaving between a conversation like that might seem somehow rude, he left anyway as he didn''t know what else to do or say.
A weird expression appeared on Nathan''s face as he watched Harry''s figure, however, it was only for a moment.
"So does this means we are friends?!" Harry heard Nathan''s shout from behind him. He paused his steps before turning around. "No!" He replied.
A wry smile appeared on his face as he turned around once more and started leaving the training hall. ''So he''s still on about that friendship stuff?'' Harry mumbled inwardly.
A low tsk left Nathan''s lips, as he turned around. He could see an orange-haired boy walking toward him from a distance.
The orange-haired boy''s uniform was simr to Nathan''s with a white top that had two thick stripes across it and blue trousers. He was also quite tall at 1.7m with a slightly buff figure that showed through his uniform.
Nathan rested his back on the wall as he waited for the student to approach him.
A wry smile was on the orange-haired boy''s face as he finally reached Nathan. "I keep wondering why are so curious about that student?" He said as he also rested his back on the wall.
A strange glint shed through Nathan''s eyes for a second before vanishing without a trace. "I just find it weird he is strange," Nathan muttered.
"Nah I think you''re the weird one." The orange-haired boy said while cing his hand on Nathan''s shoulders. "No matter how I view it he seems like a normal human unfortunate enough to be born without a mana core foundation."
A smug smile suddenly appeared on Nathan''s face as he faced his friend. "Ohh, that doesn''t change the fact that you lost 75000 credits to me, Stan," Nathan said as he nudged Stan''s shoulder.
Stan gritted his teeth as memories of thest few minutes reyed in his mind. Even though he didn''t expect the result of that duel, when he heard Nathan''s choice to bet on Harry, he thought Nathan was simply stupid.
To make matters worse, he was the won the increased the stake to 75000!
However, he could only shake his head in regret. "Whatever let''s just go back to our training." He said nonchntly as he walked forward.
Nathan followed him from behind, still with that smug expression on his face.
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Chapter 31 Finally Free[1]
Harry sat down on the cold hard floor of his room, his eyes shone with delight as he stared at the wads of cash in his hands.
The total amount of money he got from all the students was four hundred and fifty thousand! That was the highest amount of money he had ever held!
He got four hundred thousand credits from the other students who took part in the bet and fifty thousand from Justin. Bringing the total sum to four hundred and fifty thousand credits.
Although, this wasn''t much in the eyes of millionaires and billionaires, Harry was still pretty richeven though he received the money from other students.
Even his parents couldn''t gain this amount of money easily, His mother earned around thirty thousand credits per month from her restaurant while his father earned about eighty thousand credits every month from working as a transporter for an artifact manufacturingpany.
However his thoughts was only upied with one thing. ''I finally have enough money to move out of this house and be independent!'' Harry thought.
Before today, he had made some research about how could he could rent apartments, he knew he would have to leave his parent house one day or anotherhe had never beenfortable in the house to begin with.
The amount of money with him currently was definitely more than enough for him to rent an apartment.
He already knew where he could rent an apartment, he nned on going to Greenfield housing agency.
It was located at the southwest part of Vernil. It was an agency that was quite popr in Vernil city, although they only dealt with ''normal houses'', It didn''t matter to Harry. ording to his research, that was one of the cheapest ces to rent a house in Vernil.
He had seen the advertisement for the agency on a few billboards around the academy, he still remembered the address and description of the building so he would have no problem locating it.
''Today would be the best time to do everything.'' Harry thought. Since the academy activities ended early and his parents wouldn''t be home for another hour or so, he had enough time to do whatever he wanted.
He transferred the money back into the storage device and stood up.
Harry walked towards the small closet at the edge of his room, he opened and brought out a small dull white stone.
He held it at eye-level and stared intensely at the object with aplicated expression. His eyes flickered as the same quest shed in front of him.
What he was holding wasn''t a stone but was the beast core. Since it was still covered by ''mana conceal'', no one could sense the mana in it. It would only look like an ugly white stone to others, only Harry knew how precious and valuable this ''ugly white stone'' was.
A slight smile appeared on his face as he ced the beast core into his pocket.
He dusted his clothes and then left the room.
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As Harry walked down the road, he contemted whether to use public transport or not. Although he had enough money to do so, he was already used to trekking or running.
After a brief internal debate, Harry decided to board a cab. It would be quite difficult to get public transport at this time of the day as they were mostly free during mornings and evenings.
He went to the nearest taxi rank and then boarded a taxi.
After describing his destination to the driver and also agreeing on the price, Harry made himselffortable at the passenger seat. He took a minute to admire the inside scenery of the car before finally looking out through the side window.
He couldn''t deny, the view of the seemingly vanishing buildings through the car window was quite entrancing.
This was the first time in about six years he had gotten into a car, while he was younger(before the affinity test), his father used to drop him off at the academy and even drive him to ces using his car, however all that changed when they(his parents) discovered he could never amount to anything in the current age and time.
The model of the taxi and current cars were a lot more advanced than those of six years ago, so the view had even gotten better. ''Guess they weren''t wrong when they said cherish the little joys and happiness in life'' Harry mumbled inwardly.
However, Harry wasn''t given enough time to enjoy the ride as the car suddenly halted.
''Huh? That was fast.'' Harry thought. The journey only took about eight minutes which was a lot shorter than he expected given the distance between his house and his destination.
He sighed and then paid the driver before alighting from the taxi.
Immediately he came down from the taxi, what appeared in his line of sight was a small building of about four stories. On top of it was boldly written in cursive letters ''Greenfield housing agency''.
Some other forms of advertisement about the agency was ced on and around the building.
Since the taxi dropped him directly at his destination which was right in front of the housing agency, Harry didn''t need to stress himself unnecessarily in finding the building.
Harry calmly walked into the building while admiring the agency design. The moment he walked into the building, he was hit with a huge wave of cold, Harry''s body subconsciously shivered.
The floor was tiled and adorned with beautiful flora patterns, the patterns were also on the bottom part of the wall making it seem like ''the flowers'' were trying to climb the wall.
He noticed that the agency appeared to be quite scanty as only a few people could be seen roaming about.
Luckily, he found the receptionist at a counter on the east side of the room.
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Harry calmly looked at the brown door in front of him. The receptionist redirected him to this office after hearing his request, although he was slightly surprised at her indifference to his age and appearance, he didn''t put much thought to it.
He slowly raised his hand and gently knocked on the door.
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Chapter 32 [Bonus ] Finally Free[2]
He slowly raised his hand and gently knocked on the door.
"Come in." A deep voice rang out from the office.
Harry opened the door and then walked in, he took a minute to admire the beauty of the office before focusing on the man seated on the chair.
The agent was in a blue business suit, he had short blonde hair and appeared to be in his early forties.
"Good day." Harry greeted him.
The man stared at Harry for a few seconds, slightly surprised by his age. However, it didn''t take long for him to recover hisposure.
"Good day, how may I help you?" He asked.t
"Are you Mr Rey?" Harry asked. ording to what thedy from the ground floor told him, he was supposed to meet a certain Mr Rey here, who was the agent.
"Yes, that''s me, and you are?" Mr Rey asked while also following up with a question.
"Harry," Harry replied.
"Okay, nice to meet you, Mr Harry." The man said with a slight smile on his face as he stood and offered his hand for a handshake.
Harry looked at the man''s outstretched hand for a few seconds before finally returning the handshake. He then proceeded to seat on one of the two chairs in front of the agent.
Harry had expected some kind of attitude from the man, however, he was slightly surprised to meet such a polite personmost of the people he came across were anything but polite to him.
The both of them started discussions on the type of house Harry would like to rent.
After Mr Rey heard all of Harry''s preferences, he brought out a tablet which was about nine inches long and six inches wide. He passed the tablet to Harry with a slight smile on his face.
Harry collected the tablet and started going through its content.
Different pictures of different buildings along with their surroundings were shown on the tablet, Harry kept on swiping through all of them in order to find the one that suited his taste.
After swiping through over ten building pictures, a slight gleam shed through Harry''s eyes as he finally found an apartment suitable for not just hisfort but also his questpletion.
"I think I''ll go with this one." He said while passing the tablet back to the agent.
My Rey''s brows furrowed slightly when he saw Harry''s choice. He wasn''t expecting him to choose an apartment in such location.
After Harry chose the apartment of his choice, the agentMr Rey, took him to where it was located.
Luckily, the apartment was only a few blocks away from the agency.
They arrived in front of a ten-storey building located in the middle of the second street, it was blue and white and was also supported by two pirs at each side.
Though it only had a few storeys, Its appearance was well-structured and didn''t look too fancy or too poor.
As Harry observed his surroundings, he noticed that this part of the city was more like a suburb as it was mainly filled with residential buildings.
Compared to the centre of the citywhere the magical academy was locatedwhich was always bustling with activities, this ce was more like a small quiet town.
Even though the area was quite far from the academy, Harry wasn''t bothered about that. It was one of the main reasons he chose the apartment since he could easilyplete the system''s daily quests by running to the academy.
Besides, transportation made the distance seem useless, unlike the vehicles of the olden days(days before the world was introduced to mana), the vehicles of the current age were a lot more advanced and could cover great distances in minutes.
He could also get the chance to level up elerate once more, the system said he could level up skills by using them frequently, so he definitely wouldn''t pass on a chance to level up his skill.
Since the building was at the edge of the city, he could see a sparse forest divided by a well-tarred road that led to the borders of the city.
This was what made Mr Rey slightly surprised, the fact that Harry chose to live at the edge of the city, which wasn''t as bustling or as developed as other parts of the city.
Since those who live in these parts were mostly normal humans who failed to gain an affinity and chose to rather live a normal ''human life'' than be abat mage, he felt it was an odd choice for a kid of Harry''s age. However, he didn''t put much thought into it, his client choice was none of his business.
The agent took him into the fourth apartment on the tenth floor and showed him how every room looked.
Harry just kept nodding his head in satisfaction, the apartment was just perfect for him.
There were six apartment on each floor, the only different floor was the tenth which had only four.
There were two rooms in the apartment, along with a kitchen, bathroom and a well-spaced living room.
"SeventyCfive thousand credits?" Harry asked.
"Yes." The agent replied.
The transaction was done in cash since Harry still didn''t have a bank ount. Although the agent was surprised, shocked even, that someone in this day and age didn''t have a bank ount when most things were done in digital format, he was kind enough to ept the payment in cash.
''Ahh another thing I need to do open a bank ount.'' Harry noted inwardly.
He then signed the documents before visiting a government agency around that area for proper documentation and ess.
All these took some time as around three pm they were finally done with everything and Harry was finally given the key to the apartment.
The agent gave Harry a brief talk on the rules of staying in the vicinity before finally leaving.
"I''m finally free," Harry muttered to himself while heaving a sigh of relief.
"All I need to do is to shop for a few home appliances," Harry muttered.
The apartment was partially furnished, so it came with most of the basic appliances and pieces of furniture.
Even though it was more expensive than an unfurnished apartment, Harry still felt it was worth it since he didn''t have to go through the stress of getting new furniture and also arranging them.
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Chapter 33 Absorb Beast Core
''I need to get some clothes.'' Harry thought. Although he had a few clothes, they were all worn out, besides, he left them all at his parents house. He didn''t even feel the need to bring them along.
He wasn''t nning on going back to his parents house, just being around them made him feel choked. In fact, he was sure that no one would feel his absence there, they wouldn''t even care.
What he was currently wearing was his best clothes. It wasn''t that impressive but at least, it didn''t have any thread hanging out of the edges.
Fortunately for him, the agent was kind enough to tell him where to get simple materials like clothing, foodstuffs and furnitures.
Although there was no manufacturingpanies or technologicalpanies in this part of the city, there were numerous stores and simple businesses in it.
Since most of its residents were people who decided to live ''normal lives'', there were definitely some of them who decided to open up stores, restaurant and other types of simple businesses.
There was a clothing store at the next street, from what Mr Rey told him, they sold quality clothes in the store. He nned on heading there to get some clothes.
Without wasting too much time, he went to the store.
Just like the agent said, they did have quality clothes. The store only had one-storey and was also designed quitevishly.
Although his dressing seemed to be subpar whenpared to that of the other people in the hall, no one mocked him or stared at him weirdly. Everyone just minded their business.
Harry went around the store and picked the clothes of his choice. He also got a few casual wears and a pajamas, after getting all he needed, he paid for them and left the store.
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Harry nodded his head in satisfaction as he observed his dressing. He was putting on a red jacket along with matching ck pants.
Unlike the usual in clothes he usually wore, these ones actually had some designs on it. The red jacket had blue and ck lines around the cor and edges while the trousers had two blue lines at the side.
A slight frown suddenly appeared on Harry''s face. He used one hand to raise his jacket to his chest and rubbed his abdomen with the other. A slight grimace appeared on his face as he felt the emptiness of his stomach.
''I should get something to eat.'' Harry mumbled Inwardly, still holding his stomach.
He hadn''t eaten anything since thest night, Although he hadn''t felt the usual weariness around his body, or the stinging pain in his stomach, which were simply the symptoms of a ''disease'' called hunger, he still wanted to at least eat good foodone that he bought with his own money. After all, he now had enough money to afford it.
He had noticed that ever since he got the system, hunger didn''t seem to affect him as much as it did beforeif it did, he doubted he would have been able toplete his daily quest.
He assumed that his energy also had some refreshing properties like mana, however low stage Elementalists still needed food to survivethey were like normal humans in that aspect.
However, those with stage five mana core could do without food for days and even months.
As for grand and supreme grand mages, things like food and water were useless to them, they could survive and normally carry out their daily activities without the need of food and water. They only ate to savor the taste, not because of hunger.
So Harry''s guess was that he could do without food for some daysthree or four at most. He wasn''t sure about his limit yet and he didn''t n on testing it anytime soon, but it was still quite surprising considering that his energy points was still quite low.
''Yeah I should eat something. Whenst did I eat what I want?'' Harry thought. He then locked his apartment and went to the nearest restaurant.
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After walking around for a little while, he came across a restaurant that was called Jade restaurant. It seemed to be a well-known restaurant from the number of people patronizing it.
Harry salivated as he looked at the restaurant, the moment he walked in, the scent of different types of food wafted into his nose, making him salivate more. He had never been so excited about eating.
After making himselffortable at one of the tables, a waiter came to him and asked for his order, presenting him with the order list.
Harry went through the order list, he didn''t know what to pick so he simply selected series of food he felt like eating at the moment.
The waiter looked at him weirdly for a second before finally leaving to get his order. Although it took longer than usualdue to the amount of food Harry orderedthe waiter finally arrived with a huge tray containing all that Harry ordered.
He was silently cursing Harry in his heart for making him go through all these stress, never had he seen someone order so much food!
Harry''s eyes shone in excitement as he watched the waiterwho for some reason seem to take hours to reach his tableapproaching with his order.
The waiter finally reached his table, he ced the tray gently on the table, and then arranged the food for Harry to eat before finally leaving.
Most of the people at other tables stared at Harry weirdly, but Harry wasn''t bothered about that, more like he wasn''t focusing on them. His gaze was only on the table in front of him.
He looked at the different types of food in front of him, inwardly making a debate on the dish to try out first.
''Turkey.'' Harry thought, finally making up his mind on the dish to start with. He then proceeded to grab the turkey leg on the table, after cutting it into smaller sizes that could fit in his mouth, he quickly ate it.
He felt a mixture of different vours as he chewed the turkey, all of theming together to create a sharp taste that was definitely pleasant to his tongue.
Harry''s hand and mouth didn''t stop moving until he finished everything on the table, making sure that there was nothing left on the tes.
''Now that felt good.'' Harry thought while resting his back on the chair. He had a look of satisfaction on his face as he looked at his slightly bloated stomach.
He then left the restaurant but not before buying more food, but this time instead of eating at the restaurant, he decided to take it home so he would eat itter.
After he settled the bill, he left the restaurant and went back to his apartment.
"Host attributes," Harry called out while sitting down on the sofa in the living room.
[Host Stats]
[Name: Harry Morton]
[Race: Human]
[Level: 7]
[EXP: 4040/5000]
[H/P: 80/80]
[Energy: 75/75]
[Strength: 26]
[Agility: 25]
[Stamina: 27]
[Perception: 24]
[Endurance: 26]
[Intelligence: 26]
[Charm: NULL]
[Stat Points: 16]
He slightly nodded his head in satisfaction after seeing his attributes. Although he was still unhappy about the charm stat that was still locked, he consoled himself with his other stats that had increased tremendously.
A strange gleam suddenly shed through Harry''s eyes as he went to one of the rooms in the apartment.
The house had two rooms, however, he didn''t have any use for the second one at the moment.
This room was scanty and full of space as the only thing upying was a bed and a closet ced beside the bed.
Harry immediately rushed to the closet, he opened it and brought out the dull white stone inside it. His eyes gleamed with delight as he stared at the stone.
As for what ''stone'' it was nothing more than the peak stage four beast core!
As he held the beast core and stared at it with gleaming eyes. An expected notification from the system shed across his eyes.
[Optional Quest]
-Absorb Stage four beast core
-Time Limit: None
-Punishment for Quest Failure: None
-Rewards forpletion:
+15000EXP, +40 Stat points, Unlock Earth Affinity
[System Evaluation: A beast core belonging to a peak stage four mana beast on the verge of breaking through Stage five. The mana beast has Earth Affinity.
The host is advised to absorb this beast core fast]
However, unlike the other times when he simply stared at the beast core without saying any word, this time he said something and it was only three words. "Absorb beast core."
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Chapter 34 Evolution
However, unlike the other times when he simply stared at the beast core without saying any word, this time he said something and it was only three words. "Absorb beast core."
[Absorbing beast core]
[1%]
He immediately felt a intense warm sensation rush into the hand that was holding the beast core. It was simr to what he felt when using mana steal on Han, except this time, it was a lot more concentrated.
His eyes squinted as he tried to get used to the sensation, it was as if all his blood and veins were boiling.
[43%]
A low grunt left his lips as it rapidly spread to the rest of his body. While the hand that was holding the beast core felt like it was been injected with boiling hot water, the rest of his body felt like it was submerged in a warm liquid.
Harry sat in a lotus position as he tried to maintain his bnce. He closed his eyes and only focused on the beast core that was being absorbed into his body.
[89%]
At this point the absorption percentage had almost reached 90%, although the speed at which the beast core was being absorbed was extremely fastinhuman evenHarry wasn''t too surprised. The system had never followed the ''normal ways or manner'' of doing things.
[99%]
It remained at the same percentage for a few seconds before the beast core absorption was finallypleted.
[Beast core absorptionplete]
The system''s notification shed across his eyes.
Harry subconsciously exhaled as heid down t on the floor. He canceled the effect of mana conceal on the beast core and raised it to his eye level. Since he had finished absorbing the mana in the beast core, he found no reason to conceal it.
He noticed that the colour and appearance of the beast core had changed.
It didn''t have that shiny brown colour it used to have, it was as if all its colour and beauty had been drained from it. If anything, it looked like a dull transparent ss.
However, the smooth texture remained the same.
Harry sighed as he dropped the stone on the floor. He stared at his hand for a few seconds, his right hand still felt warm although the absorption had beenplete.
[+25000 EXP]
Harry''s eyes almost popped out of their sockets when he saw the rewards.
''T-twenty-five thousand EXP!'' Harry inwardly eximed. He was extremely shocked at the amount of EXP he got just from absorbing the beast core.
However, that wasn''t all, as another load of notification started shing across his eyes.
[Optional questpleted]
[Rewards granted: +15000EXP +40 Stat points]
[Earth affinity unlocked!]
[Main Quest ''Reach level 10'' Completed!]
[Rewards Granted: +10000EXP +20 skill points]
[The host has finally reached level 10!]
[Random affinity unlock]
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[Wind affinity unlocked!]
[Hidden Quest ''Reach Level 10 within a span of two months''pleted!]
[Rewards granted: +10000EXP +10 Stat points +10 Skill points]
[Hidden Quest ''Unlock new affinity within a span of two months''pleted!]
[Rewards granted: +20 stat points +20 skill points]
Harry felt dizzy due to the influx of notifications from the system. He wasn''t able to read through all of them at once, however, one thing he was surely able to notice was the three zeros behind every EXP reward!
Harry''s mouth was left agape as he read through all the notifications, his jaws kept dropping and his eyes kept popping as he read through the notifications.
Although he knew absorbing the beast core would give him arge EXP boost, he didn''t think it would be this much!
To think he would actually unlock not one but two affinities! One from the beast core and another from attaining level 10.
His body trembled with excitement, he remained silent for a few second and simply stared at the notifications in front of him.
''So mana is basically EXP to me'' Harry muttered. He was quite surprised at first when he got EXP for absorbing the beast core, he had only been focused on the rewards of the optional quest.
But he understood what happened, the system gave him an optional quest to absorb the beast core and he was also given the rewards for absorbing the beast core!
[Level up!]
[Level up!]
[Level up!]
[Level up!]
[Level up!]
He wasn''t too surprised at the level up notifications that appeared in front of him. Due to therge amount of EXP he recently gained, it was only natural he leveled up.
Another thing that slightly surprised him was the hidden quests, this wasn''t the first time hepleted a hidden quest so it wasn''t too shocking. The only thing that was shocking was the rewards. They also contributed a lot to his level ups.
Although he was happy about the rewards he got from the hidden quests, he was also worried about them.
From what he had discovered about the system quests, some of the quest had punishments that would be administered once he failed them.
Since he didn''t know the hidden queststhey wouldn''t be called ''hidden'' if he did, he wouldn''t know the punishments either. He might not even know if he passed or failed a hidden quest, some of the punishments might be fatal and failing those type of quest would be really bad for him.
''The Manaless mage pride quest had an hidden punishment too if I hadn''t passed it, it would have lost my recently gained Lightning affinity.'' Harry mumbled inwardly.
''I shouldn''t think about this too much'' He thought. He knew the system would never set an impossible quest for him, the quests could be difficult but not impossible. All he had to do now for focus on his current stats and rewards.
Just when he thought he wouldn''t receive anymore surprises from the system, another notification from the system appeared in front of him.
[EVOLUTION]
The host has finally reached level 10!
The Host can now evolve into a Manaless mage.
Does the Host want to evolve into the ss ''Manaless Mage''?
Harry was shocked by the new notifications from the system. He didn''t expect an evolution from the system. However, he was sure it would only make him more powerful, as evolving only meant advancing, he had no reason to refuse. "Yes." He said.
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Chapter 35 New Quest Alert: Comprehend An Affinity
He immediately sat up as he waited for the next notification from the system.
However, nothing could have prepared him for the system next words.
[Beginning Evolution FAILED!!
EVOLUTION FAILED!]
"What?!" Harry couldn''t help but exim. He hadn''t expected the evolution to fail. Since it was brought up by the system, he thought the process would immediately go through.
The same thing reurred twice before the system went silent.
"Why did it fail?" Harry asked. He knew thinking over it was pointless as there was no way he could understand the system, so he simply asked the only one or thing, that could know the answer, the system.
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Unfortunately, there was no reply from the system.
Just then, another notification appeared in front of him.
Manaless Mage ss evolution FAILED!
Requirements not met!
[To be a Manaless mage, the host needs to break all thews surrounding mana.]
Luckily for him, the system finally replied. However, its reply only served to increase his confusion.
''Break all thews surrounding mana?'' Harry mumbled inwardly. The system''s words sounded weird to him, he had never followed any of the ws of mana'' to begin with. He gained a strange system, on top of that he was able to use spells in form of skills, weren''t thosew breaking enough?
There was another word that stood out among the notifications, ''ss''. Harry could only guess that it was simr to the ss in gamesthe system had always followed a game-like format.
[The host must unlock at least four affinities before he is finally able to advance to the ss ''Manaless Mage'']
''Four affinities I only have three.'' Harry thought. A slight smile appeared on his face as he thought about his affinities, in the past, he had been unable to awaken a low-grade affinity but now he didn''t have just one but three of them. Even among all the students in the academy, none of them had had three affinities.
Assigning rightful Evolution path
Does the Host want to evolve into lower ss ''Novice Manaless Mage''?
A slight grimace appeared on Harry''s face, from the words ''lower'' and ''novice'', he didn''t need anyone to tell him that this was a lesser version of the Manaless Mage ss. Unfortunately, he hadn''t met the requirement to evolve into thetter, he still needed to unlock one more affinity.
"Yes." Harry muttered. Although, it might be a lesser version, it was still an improvement. He had no choice but to ept this ss and wait till he meet the requirement for the Manaless Mage ss.
[Beginning Evolution]
A huge burst of energy stirred in his chest region, although it was sudden, Harry didn''t feel any pain whatsoever. The sensation was simr to when he leveled up or used mana concealit was refreshing.
A low groan left his lips, however, it wasn''t one of pain or anguish but one of rxation and pleasure. This time, the energy seemed to be a lot more, making him feel like his whole existence was being submerged into a warm and refreshing liquid.
It kept spreading from his chest, to his arms before going down to his legs. Harry just sat in the same position, he didn''t try to fight the energy that was moving inside himhe didn''t even want it to stop.
Unfortunately, all good things must surelye to an end as the refreshing sensation finally stopped spreading around his body.
A low tsk left Harry''s lips as he lied down on the floor. He thought the evolution had ended so he just wanted to see his new stats.
However, reality proved him wrong as a huge amount of pain suddenly erupted from his chest.
Harry''s hand subconsciously tightened around his chest as he tried his best to hold back a scream.
He could feel his skin expanding and contracting forcefully and he could also hear his heart beating loudly. His muscles seemed to be rebuilding themselves, they rapidly contracted and rxed, making him feel nothing but excruciating pain. Even his bones seemed to be wriggling around.
Luckily, the pain onlysted for a few seconds. Harry panted as heid down t on the floor, a sigh left his lips as he looked at the notification that appeared in front of him.
[Evolution Complete!]
''Atst it''s over.'' Harry mumbled inwardly.
[Congrats Host! ss Evolution sessful!]
[Charm stat unlocked!]
[New stat gained: Mental stat unlocked]
[Skills tab unlocked!]
[Host should check the system''s interface and stats for more information]
Harry''s eyes gleamed with joy as he read through the notifications. Finally, his charm stat was unlocked! He also gained a new stat!
He was about to check the system''s interface when he was interrupted by another notification.
[New Quest Alert!]
[Unlocking Affinities ]
Comprehend An Affinity
Time Limit: Six months
>>Rewards Forpletion: 5000EXP, ss Evolution
>>Punishment For Quest Failure: 50% Reduction in all stats.
Harry couldn''t help but sigh as he read through the quest.
''How do Iprehend an affinity?'' Harry asked the system. Thest time, when he asked the system about the different ways to unlock more affinities, the system gave him three options. One of them was toprehend the affinity.
However, he didn''t understand how he was supposed toprehend an element, unfortunately, the system didn''t shed any more light on it.
Now, he had a quest the required him toprehend an affinity in six months!
How he would start? He had no idea.
What made him worry was the punishment ced under the questluckily, it wasn''t hidden this time. A fifty percent reduction in his stats was no joke, his stats would basically be halved, there was no way he would let that happen.
Luckily, the system replied this time.
[Toprehend an affinity, The host needs to learn how it works. The host needs to perfectly understand the element.]
''Perfectly understand an element?'' Harry said inwardly. No matter how much he tried to understand the system words, he just couldn''t get how he was supposed to perfectly understand an affinity.
People were born with affinities, it was a natural phenomenon. Trying to fully understand them was like trying to create oxygen without discing it from other gases.
''The system has never done things ''normally'', there would surely be a way toprehend an affinity and I would find it before six no four months.'' Harry thought in determination. ''Let me just check my stats.''
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Chapter 36 New Class, New Stats And New Skills
The first thing he did was check the system''s interface.
[Host Stats] [Quests] [Affinities] [Skills and Abilities] [Skill shop]
He noticed that there was a new tab in the system''s interface, he could still remember the system words about a ''skill shop'' being unlocked.
It was self-exnatory, so Harry didn''t need to ask the system for more information on the skill shop.
Although he was excited and eager to check out the new skills he could get from the skill shop, he decided to first check his stats. "Host stats," Harry said.
[Host Stats]
[Name: Harry Morton]
[Race: Human]
[ss: Novice Manaless Mage]
[Level: 12]
[EXP: 8040/32000]
[H/P: 100/100]
[Energy: 200/200]
[Strength: 34]
[Agility: 33]
[Stamina: 35]
[Perception: 32]
[Endurance: 34]
[Intelligence: 34]
[Mental: 1]
[Charm: 1]
[Stat Points: 86]
Harry could also see some changes in his stats, apart from his name and race, new information had been added to ithis ss.
He noticed his stats had improved considerably, Since he levelled up five times, five points were also added to each of his stats.
His energy points and health points also received a significant boost. This was quite surprising because he didn''t expect that kind of boost. He guessed that his energy points reached two hundred because of his ss evolution.
Unlike his other stats, his energy and health could not be increased with stat points.
With each level up, his energy and health points got a ten-point increase. He levelled up five times so his energy should only increase by fifty, however it increased by over one hundred.
Another notable thing about his current stats was his stat points, he gained a whopping seventy stat points after absorbing the stage four beast core. Forty out of it was from the optional quest to absorb the beast core while the rest was from the hidden quest he unintentionallypleted.
Above his charm stat was his newly gained mental stat, although they only had one point each, Harry was still happy with his progress.
He didn''t need to think too much about how he would distribute his stat points. "System add thirty-two stat points to charm," Harry said to the system.
[+32 stat points added to Charm]
A prickling refreshing sensation flowed through his body, a low exhale left Harry''s lips as he relished in the feeling.
This was thergest amount of stat points he had ever allocated to a stat so the sensation was a lot more concentrated and refreshing.
"Also add thirty-two stat points to mental," Harry muttered. Since his charm and mental stat were newly unlocked, theygged behind his other stats.
Harry was still focused on his goal of bnce between his stats, he didn''t want a situation where one of his stats would be too high and the others would be too low. That would affect him negatively in battles and fights, everything needed bnce.
Luckily, he received a lot of stat points as rewards when he absorbed the beast core and unintentionallypleted some hidden quests. He had more than enough to increase his charm and mental stat.
[+32 stat points added to Mental]
Harry nodded his head in satisfaction as he read the notification in front of him. He didn''t feel anything when he added points to his mental stat, he didn''t feel the usual prickling and refreshing sensation he felt whenever he allocated his stats.
Although he was quite puzzled about this, he didn''t put much thought into it. He could see that the stat did increase through the ''Host stats'' on the system.
He also allocated a few stat points to other stats.
"Host stats," Harry called out.
[Host Stats]
[Name: Harry Morton]
[Race: Human]
[ss: Novice Manaless Mage]
[Level: 12]
[EXP: 8040/32000]
[H/P: 100/100]
[Energy: 200/200]
[Strength: 36]
[Agility: 35]
[Stamina: 37]
[Perception: 34]
[Endurance: 36]
[Intelligence: 36]
[Mental: 33]
[Charm: 33]
[Stat Points: 16]
There was a slight pang in his heart as he stared at his stat points that had dropped down to sixteen.
He still reserved some of his stat points for emergency purposes. He had developed a habit of doing so.
''Skills and abilities.'' Harry said inwardly. Since he gained two more affinities, he was excited to see the new affinity skills he would gain.
[Skills and Abilities]
[Skill Points: 50]
>>elerate (level 2)
>>Healing and low-level regeneration (level 1)
>>Mana steal (level 1)
>>Mana conceal (level 2)
>>Mana core illusion (level MAX)
[Affinity Skills and Abilities]
[Lightning Affinity Skills and Abilities]
[Earth Affinity Skills And Abilities]
[Wind Affinity Skills And Abilities]
His eyes gleamed as he stared at the number of skill points he had. Unlike stat points, skill points were extremely hard to gain. The only time he gained a skill point was when he got a bonus reward forpleting his first daily quest.
Most of his skills were still stuck on level one, they had zero to no increase. Although he had been using elerate regrly, it still didn''t level up.
Harry also noticed that the arrangement of the skills and abilities tab was slightly different from before. All the affinity skills were grouped under their respective element.
Harry wasn''t surprised by this, before he only had the Lightning element so there was no need to group it, however now that his affinities had increased to three, the system sorted out the skills based on their respective element.
He ignored the Lightning skills since he already knew the type of skills under the element. ''Earth affinity skills and abilities.'' Harry said inwardly.
[Earth Affinity Skills And Abilities]
>>Earth rumble (level 1)
>>Shattering rocks (level 1)
Although the skills were a lot fewer than the ones he got from his Lightning affinity, Harry wasn''t too bothered about it.
''Earth rumble.'' He mumbled inwardly.
[Earth rumble]
Level 1
Slightly shake and rumble the earth
The exnation was quite vague but Harry was still able to understand it. ''Wind affinity skills and abilities.'' Harry thought.
[Wind Affinity Skills And Abilities]
>>Wind sh (level 1)
>>Wind burst (level 1)
The wind affinity skills were self-exnatory. The first one was a tier two spell while the second was a tier one spell used by stage one wind Elementalists. Wind burst was a spell that gave the Elementalist a short burst of speed, they were quitemon.
Harry went back to the system interface, a slight gleam shed through his eyes as he stared at the skill shop on the interface. "Skill shop," Harry muttered.
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Chapter 37 Skill Shop
"Skill shop," Harry muttered.
[Skill Shop]
[Skill points: 50]
[Lightning Skills And Abilities]
[Earth Skills And Abilities]
[Wind Skill And Abilities]
''Lightning skills.'' Harry mumbled inwardly.
[Lightning Skills and Abilities]
>>Lightning Stun
>>Lightning Coat
>>Lightning Boots
>>Thunder p
>>Lightning spear
>>Shattering bolt
>>Lightning Arrow
[The number of skill and abilities in the shop depends on the Host''s level. Host should level up to gain ess to powerful skills and abilities]
Harry ignored most of the skills, not only were they self-exnatory but were alsomon among Lightning elementalists.
Lightning stun for example, was a tier one spell. Just like the name implied, it was a spell that stuns the opponent for a few seconds.
It was the same with most of the skills on the list, they were either tier two or tier three spells that were focused on boosting his speed or simple attack type spells.
The skills that caught his attention was thunder p and shattering bolt. The names alone sounded powerful and Harry couldn''t help but wonder how powerful the skills would be in reality.
''Thunder p.'' Harry said inwardly.
[Thunder p]
Coat your fists with ayer of Lightning. When used as an attack, it produces a thunderous p that obliterates everything in its path.
[Cost: 150 Skill points]
Harry''s eyes shone with delight as he read the description of the skill, it was just as he guessed; the skill was extremely powerful!
Just as his gaze went down to the skill cost, his eyes almost popped out of their sockets. Its cost was a whopping one hundred and fifty skill points! That was thrice the amount of skill points he had currently!
Harry''s face squeezed into a grimace. He thought his current skill points would be enough to get at least one good skill from the skill shop, however, it didn''t seem to be the case.
From how powerful the skill description was, Harry could guess that it was at least a tier four skill or even a tier five skill, he really wanted to get the skill.
''I would need to get more skill points.'' Harry mumbled inwardly. He then moved to the next ''good skill'' on the list. ''Shattering bolt.'' Harry thought.
[Shattering Bolt]
Continuous sting Of Lightning at any desired target
[The period depends on the Host''s energy]
[Cost: 250 Skill points]
Harry''s eyes glistened with joy as he read the skill''s description, just as he expected, the skill was also very powerful.
Although the system''s description of the skill was quite vague, Harry was still able to understand the skill.
However, the moment he set his eyes on the skill cost, he almost puked out blood.
He needed two hundred and fifty skill points to get the skill from the skill shop, that meant he needed to get two hundred skill points before he would finally be able to unlock the skill.
''Haa and here I was thinking I had enough skill points to get at least three skills.'' Harry mumbled inwardly. He hissed in a low voice that only he could hear as he closed the skill description.
''Lightning stun.'' Harry thought. Out of all the Lightning skills in the shop, Lightning stun was the weakest, Harry wanted to at least see the cost of the weakest Lightning skill so he would know the type of skills he could get with just fifty skill points.
[Lightning Stun]
Coat your fingers with Lightning, has a stunning effect.
[Cost: 20 Skill points]
A low sigh left Harry''s lips as he saw the number of skill points required to get a skill on the level of a tier one spell. ''I could only get two tier one spells from the shop with fifty skill points.'' Harry thought as a tsk left his lips.
Lightning stun and Lightning arrow were the only tier one spells on the list. The tier of a spell, or in Harry''s case, a skill was determined by its power and output, spells that only gave slight body enhancement or had short attack range and damage were in the first tier.
''It''s not like I n on buying some of the skills from the shop today.'' Harry thought. Although he would love to get new skills from the shop, he knew that wouldn''t be the right decision.
All his affinity skills and abilities were low-leveled, he only had two skills that had reached the second level; elerate and mana conceal.
His Lightning skills and recently gained earth and wind skills were only level one. His n was to practice with them regrly before leveling them up using skill points.
He closed the Lightning skill tab and opened the wind skill tab.
[Wind Skills And Abilities]
>>Wind st
>>Sway
>>Wind des
>>Tornado
For some reason, the wind skills on the skill shop was a lot more fewer than the Lightning skills. However, there were some powerful skills on the list too, most of the skills on the tab were at least tier three three spells.
''Wind st.'' Harry thought. He called this skill not just because of the description but because he wanted to see the skill''s cost, from the name alone, he knew the skill would be quite powerful.
[Wind st]
Generate a huge st of wind.
[Cost: 140 skill points]
Harry nodded his head slightly as he read the skill description.
Although the system gave a vague description, he still understood the use of the skill and it was truly powerful.
Harry wasn''t even surprised by the skill cost, he had expected it cost at least a hundred skill point. The skill cost was slightly cheaper than that of thunder p.
Harry then closed the skill shop, the more he looked at the skills on the skill shop, the more he realized how pitifully low his skill points were, he didn''t know why but that annoyed him for some reason.
He opened his skills and abilities and kept staring at his current skills.
A slight grimace appeared on Harry''s face as he stared at the tab in front of him. Although he would love to test them outmost especially his recently gained earth and wind skills, he couldn''t.
His house wasn''t reinforced with artifacts or mana, and using an attack skill like wind sh would only cause massive destruction to the house.
He could even get charged for damages since the house wasn''t his to begin with. It was the same with his attack-type lightning skills.
He could only use activate skills like Lightning ball and Lightning dash, since the former was a skill that couldn''t cause any damage as long as he didn''tunch it and thetter was simply a speed boost ability.
He couldn''t test them out in public too, it would be disastrous if the academy got wind of it.
Since he was known to be without a mana core foundation talk-less of an affinity, it would definitely cause an uproar if he was suddenly seen using tier two and tier three spells. In fact, he could even be arrested and experimented on by the AMO.
Due to the fact that he couldn''t actively use his lightning skills, they had remained stagnated and that wasn''t good for his progress.
He already knew how to solve this problem, and to do that, he needed to register at the academy as an Elementalist.
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Chapter 38 Mana Core Illusion
This had always been Harry''s n since the day he got the system. The only reason he was registered as a normal student was his inability to draw mana, now that he could use ''spells'', nothing was holding him back from bing an ''Elementalist''.
Not only would registering as an Elementalist give him the freedom to use his affinity skills but it would also greatly assist him in levelling them up.
However, there was also a little problem with his n on bing an Elementalisthis mana core foundation was still shattered.
As a ''Manaless Mage'', he still didn''t have a foundation, he would have to find a way to convince the academy that he had a foundation and was also able to draw mana.
A strange gleam suddenly shed through his eyes as he sat up. He forgot before but he did have a skill that might be able to assist him in his plight.
The skill ''Mana core illusion'', he hadn''t paid much attention to the skill since he wasn''t ready to use it, but now, it was time to use the skill as he nned on stepping into the path of Elementalists. The skill would help in hiding his identity as a Manaless mage.
The name itself was quite self-exnatory.
ording to the system''s description of the skill, it would create a fake mana core for him, making other mages think he had a mana core.
''If it could create a mana core illusion doesn''t that mean it would also create a fake foundation.'' Harry thought. It wasmon knowledge that a mana core couldn''t exist without a solid foundation so it was only natural the skill created a fake foundation along with it.
A slight grimace appeared on his face as he thought about this, he still didn''t know how the skill worked. He didn''t know the mana core stage the skill will set for him, or if it was based on his willhe hoped it was thetter.
''System how exactly does mana core illusion work?'' Harry asked the system.
[The Skill ''Mana Core Illusion'' can be described as an active skill and passive skill]
Harry''s brows creased slightly when he heard the system''s words.
[It is a skill that develops on its own and could only be activated by the Host''s will]
The frown on Harry''s face deepened, the system''s words were too vague for him to fully understand.
He understood thetter part about the skill being activated on his will, however, the former part about it being able to develop on its own was really confusing.
What did the system mean by "develops on its own" did it mean it could get more powerful on its own?
''Develop on its own in what manner?'' Harry asked the system. He had to make sure he understood the skill properly before even trying to register an Elementalist, he didn''t want to make any unnecessary mistakes.
''Why can''t the system just make exnations easier to understand?'' Harry mumbled inwardly.
[The skill creates a fake mana core for you. It creates this ''mana core'' from the scratch. Although the mana core is simply an illusion, it would still develop from the foundation like a normal Elementalist would.]
A strange glint shed through Harry''s eyes as he heard the familiar voice in his head.
It wasn''t the system that replied this time but the ''other voice''. By now, he already knew the difference between the system''s emotionless robotic voice and the other voice which sounded more human.
He found this quite surprising as the other voice hardly answered his questions, it just spoke once in a while then vanished for a few days again.
However, Harry couldn''t be less bothered about that. Unlike the system''s very vague exnation, the other voice''s exnation was quite understandable.
Harry now understood the skill better.
[The reason the system said it could be described as an active and passive skill was that the ''mana core'' keeps developing on its ownright from the foundation. But no one would be able to sense or see it unless you activate it.]
The other voice continued its exnation.
Harry nodded his head slightly in understanding. So it practically worked like a mana core, except it doesn''t require mana and it was only an illusion.
''So I can''t set the mana core stage with my will right?'' Harry asked the other voice.
[Yes Host. However, the illusion development speed gets faster as the Host level up]
"Tsk" A wry smile appeared on Harry''s face when he noticed the other voice went silent again.
Unlike his conversations with the system which felt more or less like talking with a robot, his conversations with the other voice seemed more human.
Although he felt somehow bad that he couldn''t set the skill''s ''mana core stage'' at will, it was still a good skill that would save him from a lot of trouble.
''Doesn''t this mean this fake mana core has been developing since I got the system?'' Harry said inwardly.
ording to the system, the skill developed on its own so that probably meant it had been developing since he got the system which was also when he got the skill.
[Yes Host. The skill has been developing since the day the Host for the system. However, it still hasn''t reached the first stage yet.]
Harry sighed in relief when he heard the system''s words. If his fake mana core stage was too high, it could affect his ns negatively.
From the system''s words, the illusion hadn''t developed to the first stage yet so it was still a foundation.
''It is better Iplete everything as soon as possible now that I have nothing holding me back.'' Harry mumbled inwardly.
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Chapter 39 Chatty
There were twopetitions that he wished to participate in, the first one was the yearly rankingpetition that would be taking ce a month from now.
Just as the name implied, it was apetition that was used to determine the academy ranks.
There were rewards for the top twenty five students in thepletion, the first was a promotion to elite ss and the rest were simply materials that would help them advance between stages faster.
The second was the inter-academy tournament, it was apetition that took ce between students from different academies around the world.
The tournament was usually held in Steele which was currently the biggest and most advanced city in the world.
Harry wasn''t as interested in the rankingpetition as much as he was interested in the tournament.
The former was on a much smaller scale whenpared to thetter. Not only would doing well in the tournament bring him great rewards but he would also get the chance to level up his skills and a free ticket to bing an Adventurer.
? However, he had to participate in the rankingpetition, whether he liked it or not because that was the only way he would gain a chance at taking part in the tournament.
''I shouldn''t worry about all that now'' Harry said inwardly.
[Just so you know, the Elementalists training method wouldn''t really benefit you]
A familiar voice suddenly rang out in his head.
Harry''s eyes squinted slightly when he heard the words of the other voice.
''I know it wouldn''t benefit me but I would still have to expose my elements sooner orter.'' Harry said inwardly.
[I''m not saying you shouldn''t but you don''t use ''normal methods'' and you don''t use mana either, most of the things the academy would teach you would turn out useless]
[The best thing would be to use thebat mages training method, it would definitely assist you in learning how to control your energy]
For some reason, the other voice seemed quite chatty. Normally, it would just drop a few words and remain silent for days, however, today was different. Not only did it exin mana core illusion but it was even giving him advice on the best path to take.
Harry didn''t hate it though, in fact, he wished the other voice would remain like this.
From his observations, he knew the other voice was a lot more knowledgeable than the system. Having a literal speaking encyclopaedia inside his head wasn''t too bad.
''Help me learn how to control my energy?'' Harry thought in slight surprise. His system once said he should neverpare his energy to mana as the former was a lot more powerful than thetter so the other voice words was quite surprising.
Besides, this was the first time he was hearing about the term ''energy control''. He had once tried to sense his energy by meditating, however, he had failed to do so.
However, he knew that he did have that ''energy'' inside of him as he always sensed it whenever he activated a skill or distributed his stats.
He just felt he was perhaps using the wrong meditation method and didn''t put much thought to it, after all, he still had the system.
[Mana control is quite simr to energy control. So learning more about how to control mana would definitely give you more knowledge on how to control energy.]
Harry nodded his head slightly. He finally understood why the other voice said thebat mage path was best for him.
It was well-known thatbat mages were the best in mana control. They didn''t have elemental affinities so all they had was their mana.
Unlike Elementalists who had help from their affinities, they directly channeled this mana and used it to boost their physical stats to insane levels.
Although his energy wasn''t the same as mana, it seemed they still had a few simrities.
However, he still couldn''t register as a Combat mage as that meant he would have to hide his affinities.
Even though the idea of hiding his affinities dide to his mind, he decided against it. Sooner orter, he would have to expose his elements, it was only a matter of time.
A low sigh left his lips, he had already made up his mind on the ''path'' to take and it was currently the best one for him.
He walked towards the closet beside the bed and brought out the storage device from it.
To be honest, he hadn''t expected to receive any storage device from Justin, it was only given to him out of anger and embarrassment.
Harry''s brows creased slightly as he stared at the amount of money that remained in the storage device.
He only had about three hundred and sixty thousand credits left, he paid seventy-five thousand credits to rent the apartment and another eight thousand credits was spent on food and clothes.
He still needed to get a few appliances and furniture, that would surely cost him another twenty thousand credits or so.
''I need to get a job at least a way to get more money.'' Harry mumbled inwardly. So far his part-time job hunting hadn''t been sessful. He was only able to find full-time jobs, unfortunately, those were useless to him as he was still an academy student.
The amount of money with him was enough tost a few months but he couldn''t wait till it was almost finished.
Harry sighed as he dropped the storage device, he still had a lot of work to do today. He still needed to get a few furnitures and appliances, perhaps a few decorations too.
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Harry''s steps slowed as he arrived at the familiar entrance of the academy.
A strange glint shed through his eyes as he stared at the system''s notification that appeared in front of him.
He had alreadypleted two of his quest beforeing to the academy, hepleted the first one by running before getting to the academy.
Hepleted the second quest by lifting the dumbbells and weight tes he purchased the previous day.
He didn''t step into the academy though, rather, he kept walking forward.
After walking for a few minutes, he finally arrived at a ck gate,pared to the academy''s fence, this one was a lot smaller. As for the building that was behind the gate, it was none other than the affinity hall.
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Chapter 40 Affinity Test
The affinity test hall was also separated from the academy just like the Training centre, both buildings were located on either sides of the academy.
Harry''s eyes lingered on the ck gate for a few seconds before he finally walked in.
A long and wide building came into his sight, the building was painted orange and brown. This was none other than the affinity hall.
Just like the name implied, the affinity hall was where the affinty test was annually conducted.
Although the test was said to be conducted annually, that was only for those seeking to gain admission into the academy.
Students in the academy were free to check their affinities anytime, all they had to do was to visit the affinity test hall.
As Harry walked towards the double door that led to the hall, he felt a slight sense of nostalgia.
The memories of his past tests started reying in his mind, the only difference was there were no bustling noise in the building surroundings and he was alone.
He paused at the door before raising his hand to knock. Unlike the doors at the academy which were automatic and simply opened for any registered student or personnel in the academy, this one was manual.
He expected the door to be locked, however to his surprise it was unlocked as it opened wide with a tap of his hand.
Arge hall came into his view, a high tform was located in the middle of the hall which was where the tests would be taken. Chairs were also arranged neatly around the hall, there were pathways wide enough to fit four people between each chair rows and column.
For a moment, Harry felt like he could see people seated on the chairs, staring at him with expectant expressions. He even remembered where his mother sat back then.
A low chuckle left his lips as he subconsciously noted the difference between now and thest time, to think he woulde back to the hall, except this time, things would be different.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" A gruff voice broke him off his thoughts. Although it wasn''t loud but rather calm, Harry could still hear it clearly.
A tall man with short ck hair slowly approached Harry. His eyes looked tired and distant and his face was rugged.
He suddenly bent slightly to Harry''s eye level as he hummed. "A student? Were you sent here by the principal or what?" He said nonchntly.
Harry subconsciously took a step back due to the sudden re, although the man''s eyes lookedzy and tired, it didn''t stop his senses from tingling like crazy. If anything, he knew this man was powerful.
There were a lot of rumours surrounding Troy Yen, the man who conducted the affinity test. His main job was to conduct the test yearly and also watch over and maintain the hall. He was hardly seen outside the hall, and some rumours even said he slept there.
Unlike the other academy staffs, he didn''t discriminate against the students. A few students who managed to get close to him said he was nice and easy to get along with, even though his appearance and spaced-out eyes made it seem otherwise.
Even Harry respected the man. Back then, when his mana core was revealed to be shattered and broken, Troy didn''t insult him or anything. He even advised Harry by letting him know there were still some things he could do as a ''normal person''.
"I want to re-take the affinity test." Harry said.
Troy straightened his posture as he stared at Harry weirdly. "Re-take the affinity test?" He asked.
He was surprised by this student''s request. Students hardly came to the affinity hall, unless they wanted to deliver an important message to him.
Although the academy rules stated that students could re-take the affinity test, none of them bothered to do soit was pointless after all since their affinity would never change overnight.
Harry nodded his head in affirmation.
Troy kept his gaze on Harry for a few seconds before he finally turned around. "I remember you now the student with a broken mana core foundation." He said as he waved his hand nonchntly.
Harry''s brows raised slightly, he didn''t think the man would still recognise him. About five years had passed since he was tested to be Manaless, most people would simply forget about an insignificant person like him.
"However, it''s strange" Troy muttered as he slowly turned around, his gaze drilled into Harry as he continued, "that I can actually sense a foundation from you."
Elementalists could naturally sense the mana around them without much effort, Troy was even different as his mana sense was always active. He didn''t limit it to his surroundings alone but had always stretched it to its limit. He used it like a second pair of eyes and ears.
From the moment he set his eyes on Harry, he had already scanned him using his mana sense.
Although checking a person''s mana core foundation without using any form of contact was very difficult for most Elementalists, it was different for Troy whose mana sense was extraordinary, even for a mage.
Harry inwardly sighed in relief, he had already activated mana core illusion beforeing to the academy.
He knew the mana sense of Troy was really acute and powerfulif it wasn''t, he wouldn''t be the one conducting the tests, so he knew better than to activate the skill when he was close to the man, it was nothing short of stupidity as it would make him seem suspicious.
There was no way Troy would be stupid enough to believe his mana core foundation just seemed to suddenly activate when he was close to him.
A puzzled expression appeared on Troy''s face as he tried to make sense out of the situation. No matter how much he thought about it, he just couldn''t understand it.
Harry''s foundation used to be broken, but now it was ''perfect'', not only did he have a mana core foundation but it was also an extremely solid one.
In fact, it was safe to say that out of all the students in the academy, Harry''s foundation was the most solidhe had never a foundation that solid.
''I don''t understand how this happened I''ve never heard of someone born with a broken mana core foundation too.'' Troy thought. He then released a little bit of his pressure, he red at Harry as he said, "What really made youe to this hall?"
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Chapter 41 A Prodigy!
Any normal person would have been intimidated by Troy''s question, the pressure would have affected and shaken their heart, although Troy only released a little bit of his pressure, it was still too much for a normal human being. However, Harry was anything but a normal person.
Harry pretended to be intimidated by taking a step back and making a terrified expression. Although he wasn''t sure but from the way Troy was staring at him, it wasn''t hard to get that he was trying to intimidate him.
Troy''s mana core should at least be at the fifth stage, it would be strange and suspicious if he wasn''t affected by it. He wasn''t sure if his acting was good enough to deceive Troy but he hoped it did.
"I-I''m only here to re-take the affinity test." Harry ''stuttered''. His words weren''t lies as he was truly in the hall to take the affinity test.
Troy kept his gaze on Harry for a few more seconds before finally retracting his pressure. He took a few steps back as said, "Why do you want to take the test again?" He muttered.
"I just want to take the test again" Harry''s voice trailed before he continued. "To try my luck if I have awakened my affinity"
Troy hummed silently for a few seconds before he turned around and started walking towards the tform at the middle of the hall.
His steps slowed as aplicated expression suddenly appeared on his face. "I doubt you would truly have awakened your affinity. You''ve passed the age limit, but I won''t stop you from taking the test." He said.
Harry simply nodded his head while putting on a sad expression. He knew Troy''s words were true; a person couldn''t awaken an affinity after the age of twelve. However, that was for ''normal people'' not him.
Although Troy wasn''t sure if Harry would really have an affinity, he couldn''t help but be curious.
The first time he checked Harry''s foundation, he was surprised that it was shattered. He was also curious but he simply lost interest a few monthster.
Though he found it strange that Harry''s mana core foundation suddenly mended itself and became solid, he couldn''t deny it as there was no way his mana sense would lieor so he thought, the proof was right in front of him.
After walking for sometime, they finally reached the middle of the hall.
On the tform, there was something simr to a podium. It had a small V-shape opening at the middle where the crystal would be ced.
At the bottom, there was a small drawer. Troy crouched slightly and opened the drawer, he brought out a middle size crystal.
The shape of the crystal was simr to an hexagon, except the edges weren''t sharp or pointy but were rather smooth.
This was none other than an affinity crystal.
He ced the crystal in the V-shaped opening, after setting it for a few seconds it finally fitted perfectly. ''Now let''s see if you would really awaken an affinity.'' Troy mumbled inwardly.
He motioned for Harry to step closer to the tform as he pressed a small blue button located at the middle of the podium.
Harry didn''t need anyone to tell him what to do. He stared at the affinity crystal with aplicated gaze before finally cing his hand on the crystal.
Immediately he ced his hand on the crystal, a bright three-coloured light shone from the crystal. It shone so brightly that it illuminated the entire hall.
Troy instinctively closed his eyes while turning his head away from the crystal. He felt like he would go blind if he stared at the crystal for one more second.
However, Harry was unaffected by the by the bright light. In fact, it even made him feel slightly invigorated for some reason.
His mouth was agape as he kept his attention on the affinity crystal that was currently reflecting three bright colours; blue, pink and brown. Although he already knew his affinities, he couldn''t help but be entranced by the crystal
After a few seconds, the light finally dimmed, it still shone brightly but not up to the point where one couldn''t stare at the crystal.
Troy was shocked when he saw the colours shining brilliantly on the crystal. He could easily stare at it now that it had finally dimmed.
"Three peak grade affinities" Troy muttered in his daze. Although the crystal seemed to be a lot more brighter than it would for a peak grade affinity, he ssified them in the peak grade category because that was the highest grade.
People with peak grade affinities were so rare that only about five to ten out of all the children in the world were tested to have peak grade affinities annually.
Throughout Troy''s life, he had only seen one person with peak grade affinity and that was the current top one in the academy, and now Harry didn''t just have one affinity with the highest grade but three!
Not only that but he also had a very solid mana core foundation, meaning he was extremely talented; a prodigy!
A slight smile appeared on Harry''s face as he stared at the shocked expression on Troy''s face.
However, Troy was wrong about one thing: his affinities weren''t peak grade but perfect grade!
He could still remember his conversation with the system.
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''So system, my affinities are at which grade?'' Harry asked the system.
[The Host has perfect affinity to all his elements. All the Hosts affinities are perfect grades.]
A slight crease appeared on Harry''s brows when he heard the system words. His expectation was that his affinities would perhaps be high grade or even peak grade. He had never heard about a perfect grade affinity.
However, from the name, it basically meant he had perfect affinity to probably all elements and it didn''t seem like a bad thing either.
''I guess that''s higher than peak grade'' Harry mumbled inwardly with a slight smirk on his face.
[Yes Host. Host shouldn''tpare his affinities with that of normal people, Host is the Manaless mage!]
Harry rolled his eyes at the system''s words. The system seemed to have a narcissistic side too. Whenever he tried topare it with the ''normal'' things of life, that narcissistic side always came out.
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Although Troy had always kept aposed expression, this was the first time he was really shocked. ''How did he awaken an affinity is he just lucky or could it be that?'' He mumbled inwardly.
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Chapter 42 [Bonus ] Late
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''How did he awaken an affinity is he just lucky or could it be that'' He mumbled inwardly. ''He also awakened his affinity at the age of thirteen''
No matter how he tried to view or understand the situation, this was the only usible exnation that came to his mind.
He knew Harry didn''t take the affinity test when he was thirteen as he couldn''t remember seeing him at the affinity hall back then.
Besides, that was the year Harry''s inability to draw mana(his broken mana core foundation) was revealed and also when his newfound dream of bing abat mage was shattered.
Since he couldn''t draw mana, Harry saw no reason for him to take the test back then.
Although the age limit for awakening an affinity was thirteen, it was still believed that a person couldn''t awaken an affinity after the age of twelve.
As for the reason, it was because ever since humanity started utilising mana and performing magic, there had only been about a hundred cases where people awakened their affinity at the age of thirteen.
This was just to show how rare it was. However, some of the people who failed awaken their affinity at the age of twelve would still chose to try their lucks again when they were thirteen. Unfortunately, it mostly ended in failure.
Most of them would simply give up, the shame and disappointment that came with every test made them lose hope.
In thest few decades, there had been no reports of someone awakening an affinity at the age of thirteen.
"Khmm!" Troy cleared his throat before he finally regained hisposure. He looked at Harry with a slight smile on his face.
''But to think, he would actually have three peak grade affinities'' Troy said inwardly. The more he thought about it, the more his shock and surprise seemed to increase. It was as if the universe decided topensate Harry for all those years when he was ridiculed.
Harry then withdrew his hand from the crystal making the hall suddenly turn darker due to the loss of the bright light that once illuminated it.
Although Troy was happy about Harry''s talent, he also felt that it was quite unfortunate. Harry had discovered his affinity veryte which naturally meant he would be far behind his peers.
Students were admitted into the academy between the ages of twelve to thirteen, each student was required to spend five or six years in the academy.
The sixth year wasn''tpulsory as it was only for those who wanted to venture into artefacts creation, forging, cksmithing and other engineering/technological areas.
As for those who wanted to be adventurers or venture into any area that didn''t have any rtion to engineering or forging, they only needed to spend five years in the academy.
[Note: Even the Engineering or technological areas in the current age required mana.]
Harry was currently in hisst academy year(he was part of thetter who only needed to spend five academy years) he was set to graduate from the academy in a few months.
Although his talent was very great and he would definitely advance between stages a lot faster, it still wouldn''t be able to fill up the huge gap between his peersor so Troy thought.
Harry''s eyes squinted slightly when he saw the smile on Troy''s face. He expected Troy to ask about how he was able to awaken an affinity even after passing the age limit.
He had already thought about an exnation for questions like this. He would simply tell him that he didn''t take the affinity test when he was thirteen but from the man''s expression, it seemed like he didn''t need to.
"So what do you n on doing now?" Troy asked. He didn''t use his usual nonchnt tone but a rather gentle one. In a way, he was grateful to Harry, the fact that he was able to witness such amazing talent during his lifetime, filled him with so much joy.
Though, he already knew what Harry''s answer would be, he still wanted to hear it from Harry himself.
"I want to register as an Elementalist." Harry said with confidence.
"I expected that answer the thing is, since your affinity and talent was discovered veryte, you''d have to start your Elementalist training with the first year students." Troy shook his head slightly as he said this.
Harry nodded his head in understanding. He had already expected this, however, he wasn''t too bothered as he was sure his current self was at least on par with the senior academy students(his mates).
Besides he was only doing this so he would be able to use his skills freely and also engage in activities that could help him get stronger without going through much stress.
"All I have to do I inform the principal about this" Troy said as he started walking towards a corner of the hall.
He paused at a small table and picked up the ck telephone on it. He dialled the principal''s office number and then called it.
Harry was able to hear and understand what the other side was saying due to his high perception.
It seemed like the principal didn''t believe the news, Harry wasn''t surprised by this as he knew he might not have believed it either if he was ced in the principal''s shoes.
A news like "Trash student without a mana core foundation awakens three peak grade affinities and also has a very solid foundation" didn''t sound too believable, rather it sounded impossible.
Luckily it seemed like Troy finally managed to convince the principal. A low sigh left his lips as he dropped the telephone, the argument he just had with the principal seemed a lot more tiring than fighting five mana beasts at once.
"We just have to wait due to your strange situation, the principal is the only one that can register you." Troy said.
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Chapter 43 Lightning Hall
Harry stood in front of a tall blue door. He was currently in the Lightning hall.
He noticed the gazes of the students who passed him lingered on him longer than it should. Most especially the females who would stare at him in a slight daze for a few seconds before suddenly turning around with red faces.
Harry didn''t put much thought to this and simply ignored them. He thought they were simply surprised that he was in the Lightning hall.
However, what Harry didn''t realize was this his facial features had improved greatly.
He no longer looked like the scrawny boy with slightly below average looks, his arms, although were not too bulky had filled out and were no longer skinny. His height had also increased as he now stood at 174cm.
Due to him increasing his charm, every single movement and action of his seemed to be filled with grace.
He was told to wait for the principal who was currently discussing with some of the Lightning instructors.
Harry was starting to get bored with just standing outside the door. Although, in reality, the meeting had only taken a few minutes, he felt like he had been waiting for hours.
Thought the principal doubted Troy''s words at first, he still came to the affinity hall. He made Harry take the test once more and only believed after seeing the results.
Just like Troy, he was also shocked after seeing the result of the test. It all felt strange to him, the student who was known to be unable to draw mana suddenly gained not just one affinity but three peak grade affinity!
Although he felt it was quite sad that Harry might not be able to realise his potential due to histe talent discovery, it didn''t change the fact that Harry''s talent was insane!
Besides, this would increase the reputation of the academy, and also help with the current problems he was facing about the ''Han''s incident''.
People with dual affinities were rare and those with three affinities were even rarer and then here was Harry with three peak grade affinities.
The registration process had already beenpleted during thest few minutes, Harry also received a new student ID card. It was different from his old one as it verified his status as a student of the lightning, wind and earth halls.
''This is probably how Trent felt after the affinity test.'' Harry mumbled inwardly as he remembered how the principal''s attitude towards him took aplete turn around.
After finding out about his talent, the principal treated him nicely, he suddenly became the man''s favourite student.
He had witnessed the same thing happen to Trent during one of his affinity tests.
Harry was older than Trent with about two years, after failing to awaken his affinity after two tests, he had no choice but to take thest one with Trent.
However, while Trent awakened a dual affinity and was stared at with admiration by almost everyone, the opposite happened to Harry. No one even looked at his shadow, he was simply ignored that day.
But Harry didn''t really like the new treatment he was currently receiving from the academy, in a way, he felt disgusted by it. Mainly because he had in a way, experienced both worlds.
I''ve never been so bored'' Harry''s thought was interrupted by the low clicking sound of the door opening.
The principal along with a ck haired woman stepped out of the door.
The instructress stared at Harry weirdly for a few seconds before motioning for him to follow her while the principal turned around and left the hall.
The Lightning hall was built in a simr manner to the lecture hall, the only difference was the colour and the design.
The main colour around the hall was silver and blue, the walls and floors were silver while the doors were light blue.
As for the ceiling, it was white along with a few blue lines around it.
It seemed the hall design was inspired by the nature of the Lightning Element. It was well-known that the main colours of the Lightning element was silver and blue.
Harry was sure that the floors and walls of this hall were a lot thicker and durable than those of the lecture hall.
After walking for a few minutes, the instructress stopped in front of a double door.
The door slowly slid open as if to acknowledge her appearance, she turned towards Harry. "Since you''re just stepping on the path of an Elementalist, you''ll have to start your training from the beginning with the first year students." She said.
Although she was quite shocked by the sudden news of Harry''s talent, she was also curious. She wasn''t present during the test but she knew the principal couldn''t lie about something this hugea once in a thousand years talent!
Harry simply nodded his head, Troy had already told him about this before. Even though he felt slightly weird by the idea as it almost felt like he was repeating a ss with his juniors, he had no choice but to bare with it.
He was also sure he would pass them in no time.
The element halls were different from the lecture halls. In a way, the lecture halls determined your real academy year.
Unlike the lecture hall, where a student needed to spend about one year in a ss before taking the promotional examinations which would determine if he would move to the next ss in the lecture hall, the element halls only focused on talent and advancement speed.
As long as a student was considered readya set of practical examinations would be conducted to determine this, they would be promoted to the next training phase/stage.
Everyone had different talent, those with greater talents would naturally advance faster than those with lower talentseven if they didn''t put in as much effort, and vice-versa.
While it may take years for a person with low-grade affinity to get to the first mana core stage, it would merely take months for a person with high grade affinity to do the same.
The element halls wouldn''t wait for the remaining students, they would simply promote the ones considered ready.
The female whose name was Tania nodded her head as she stepped through the door with Harry following from behind.
A wide room appeared in Harry''s line of sight. A low sigh left Harry''s lips as his gaze wandered around the room.
''To think I used to be so ecstatic about this. Imagining myself in an element hall training to be an Elementalist. And now, that ''dream'' hase to pass, it doesn''t feel as thrilling and exciting as I expected.'' Harry said inwardly.
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Chapter 44 Beautiful White Flame
The walls of the wide room were also painted silver and Harry could also make out a few designs around the room.
Twenty students could be seen sitting on yellow mat-like objects in lotus positions. They were all scattered around the hall with enough space between each student.
They appeared to be in deep concentration as none of them even noticed Harry''s presence. Their bodies were stiff with little to no movements expert the slight heaving of their chests and twitching of their brows.
The lightning element was very rare and only a few kids awakened the element every year. The rarity of the element was what led to the few number of students in the lightning hall.
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''This is so boring'' Harry mumbled inwardly. He was currently seated on one of those mat-like objects used by the other students, his legs were crossed over each other and his eyes were also closed.
Although what the students were sitting on seemed ordinary, it was anything but ordinary.
It was actually an artefact engraved with runes. It assists in the mana absorption process by drawing the mana particles in the air.
Although it wasn''t an high grade artefact and the runes engraved on it weren''t really powerful, it was still very useful for Elementalists, most especially those at the early mana core stages.
It wasn''tpulsory for students to absorb mana in the academy, in fact, they could train anywhere.
However, the academy was the best ce to absorb mana because of the high amount and density of mana in the academy surroundings.
The academy was enhanced with a lot of high grade artefacts that not only offered protection but also increased the amount and density of mana in the academy.
The instructress had already given Harry the manual and guidelines on how to draw the mana.
''and annoying.'' He thought. Although he had all the information on how to draw mana, it was basically useless to him. Since he had no actual mana core but was only using an illusion, he couldn''t draw mana.
He only appeared to be focused while being frustrated inwardly. He would actually have to bear this hell for about two hours..
''Still it''s amazing the effects of mana core illusion.'' Harry said inwardly. Not only could the skill create a fake mana core and mana core foundation for him, but it could also create an illusion of him actually drawing mana and all he needed to do was to just will it.
The skill basically made him a false Elementalist with amazing talent.
Not matter how Harry thought about it the skill was just amazing. He realised how much he had underestimated this skill.
Since its level was MAX, he doubted anyone would be able to see through its illusion.
When he was with the principal, he was actually a little worried that the principal might see through the skill.
? The only thing that made him not to fret was his trust in the system and the words of ''encouragement'' from the other voice.
However, even though the principal was a mage, and a powerful one at that, he wasn''t able to see through the skill.
Though his eyes were closed, he could still feel the gaze of the female instructor on him. It seemed like extra attention was being paid to him due to his ''talent''.
As for the instructress, she was shocked at what her mana sense was sensing. The speed at which Harry was absorbing mana was just too fast.
Although the speed seemed a bit strange, she didn''t put much thought into. This was the first time she was witnessing someone with such high foundation drawing mana so she felt it was natural.
[Note: Harry has a high mana core foundation not solid. I think I made a mistake in the past chapter]
''He is truly talented'' She said inwardly. When she first first about Harry''s talent, she didn''t really believe it, but now that she could see it with her own ''eyes'', she knew Randy was right.
Harry''s brows twitched slightly as he kept up his facade of absorbing mana.
''Maybe I should actually try to meditate.'' He thought. He was starting to get bored with just closing his eyes and the other voice''s silence wasn''t helping either.
Before an Elementalist could create and develop their mana core, they had to first strengthen and develop their foundation.
Skipping this process was very disastrous as the mana core wouldter copse if the foundation wasn''t strong enough to support it.
This would not only rupture the mana veins but would also permanently cripple an Elementalist, rendering them incapable or drawing mana.
The foundation consisted of the mana core foundation itself and the mana veins.
The first step to developing the foundation was to focus and try to sense the mana core foundation. This was the easy part as sensing the mana core foundation wasn''t too difficult as long as one did it withplete focus.
Harry kept his eyes closed as he slowly went into deep concentration.
He knew he didn''t have a true mana core foundation so trying to sense something that was non-existent would be stupid, however, there was something he did have
Although he wasn''t sure if it would work, he still tried his best to remember the sensation he felt whenever he used his skills. As for what he was trying to sense, it was none other than his energy.
A thought had been in his mind even before the other voice told him his energy had some simrities with manathat he should be able to directly sense and check his energy just like Elementalists and Combat mages could sense their mana core.
Harry cut off all form of distraction as he delved deeper into that sensation. All sounds around him slowly drowned and even the sound of his heartbeat slowed.
All he could see and feel was darkness and emptiness, however, he didn''t give up and kept his concentration.
Then that was when he saw it, a beautiful white me burning brightly in his chest. The me was only the size of a football, its sides flickered slightly.
If Harry''s eyes were open, they would have definitely widened. He kept his attention on the small me.
Now that he focused his attention on the me, he noticed it wasn''t purely white as a few blue and golden lines could be seen around it. However, they were so faint that he had to observe the me for sometime before he was able to see it.
He was surprised at the appearance, there was no mana vein connected to it, nor was there any foundation supporting it b ''So is this my energy Huh?'' Harry asked the other voice.
However, the reply he got was really strange.
[Strange it''s mixed with blue and golden colours]
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Chapter 45 New Skill: Energy Control
[A/N: I made a mistake in thest chapter, the me was white not blue. My first n was to make it blue so I subconsciously wrote blue. it has been edited and changes has been made.]
[Strange it''s mixed with blue and golden colours]
Harry''s brows creased slightly when he heard the other voice''s words. He didn''t understand what the other voice meant by "strange".
To him there was nothing wrong with the colour. Back then, when he used mana conceal, the colour of the ''substance'' that coated the mana core was also white. So a part of him had already guessed that his energy was probably white in colour.
''What do you mean by "Strange"?'' Harry asked the other voice.
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Unfortunately, he got no reply from either the other voice or the system.
His brows twitched slightly as he gritted his teeth.
''I thought you already stopped this annoying attitude'' Harryined inwardly. Since he evolved into his current ss, the other voice had been chatting with him regrly.
It didn''t just vanish after a few words like it used to do but rather it actively replied his questions. This made Harry think that things would perhoas change after his evolution and his rtion with the other voice would improve, but it seemed that wouldn''t be the case.
''White blue and gold.'' The other voice thought. Although it existed in Harry''s head, it didn''t mean the other voice couldn''t have his own thoughtsthe privilege didn''t extend to Harry though, at least not yet.
Right now, it wasn''t sharing its thoughts with Harry like it used to do so Harry was naturally unable to hear what he was thinking. ''Maybe I shouldn''t be worried. At least white is still the dominant colour''
Harry continued observing the white me. Since it didn''t have any mana veins or foundation connected to it, he wasn''t sure if the method in the manual would work.
Elementalists develop their foundation by drawing mana using their mana veins. They could naturally feel the mana around them, all they needed to do was to attract it using their mana veins.
A person could still draw mana even without a mana core, as long as their mana veins and foundation were intact. The Mana core was only used to store and reserve mana.
This mana drawn would then be used to build and develop the foundation, it was like building a house.
The foundation and mana veins would gradually thicken and strengthen with time, till it became strong enough to hold a mana core.
People in the foundation developing stage couldn''t use spells, since they hadn''t created their mana core, they had no way to channel their mana and cast spells.
It took about one year or a few monthsthe time taken depended on their talentfor an Elementalist topletely solidify their foundation.
After the foundation was solid, the mana core would then be created and connected to the affinity or element orb.
However, the me didn''t have any affinity orb around it. Harry currently had three affinities, so the absence of element orbs was quite strange.
Affinity orbs were simply an person''s affinity or elements. The number of element orbs around the mana core depended on the elementalist''s affinity or affinities; a person with one affinity would naturally have one element orb and so on.
They converted raw mana to elemental mana. Affinity orbs could also be used to store elemental mana.
The type of elemental mana depended on the nature of the element orb, e.g, a wind element orb would convert the raw mana into wind elemental mana while a fire element orb would convert it to fire elemental mana.
The elemental mana was what Elementalists channeled to cast spells. For a spell to be sessfully cast, raw mana would be channeled from the mana core to the element orb.
The affinity orb would then convert it to Elemental mana, which could be used to cast spells. The Elementalist could also directly channel the elemental mana stored in the affinity orb, this method was faster and even shorter.
The speed of conversion and limit of containable elemental mana depended on the affinity grade. The higher the grade, the faster the conversion and holdable elemental mana and vice-versa.
The orbs also acted like a limiter to the mana core. The mana core could neither hold more mana than the affinity orb nor develop more than the affinity orb.
The total amount of elemental mana that could be contained in a low grade element orb was the same as the amount of mana in a stage three mana core while the total amount of mana that could be contained in a peak grade element orb was the same as the amount of mana in a stage eight mana core.
So the mana core of a person with low grade affinity could never develop past the third stage.
For those with dual or three affinities, the orb with the highest affinity grade determined the mana core limit.
This was why an Elementalist''s affinity grade determined their highest attainable mana core stage.
Harry didn''t ponder on this for too long, nothing was normal about him or the system to begin with.
He also felt it was strange what kind of energy was he using?
He knew it wasn''t mana because mana was usually yellow in colourat least ording to what he was told by the Lightning Instructress.
He knew better than to ask the system for answers because it never answered any question rted to the system''s origin or anything rted to the term ''Manaless mage''.
All he knew was that his energy was a lot stronger and better than mana.
He focused on the me as he watched it flicker and ''dance'' beautifully. He could feel a strange connection between him and the white me that was in his chest.
He focused on that connection as he tried to attain a certain level of synergy with the me.
ording to the other voice, the Elementalist training method wouldn''t really benefit him but the best choice would be thebat mage training method as that would assist him on learning how to control his energy.
However, that didn''t mean the former waspletely useless to him.
Elementalists also used and controlled mana, although it was on a much smaller scale whenpared tobat mages mana control.
What Elementalists mainly controlled and channeled was Elemental mana, it was a lot easier for an Elementalist to control elemental mana because their bodies had a certain level of synergy/affinity with it.
Controlling the me was a lot more harder than he expected, however, he didn''t give up but kept trying to control it.
Since it was his energy, he felt he should definitely be able to control iteven if it was only slightly.
After a few failed trials, he finally felt in tune with his energy. It was strange but the me felt was like a second body to him, he didn''t let this ruin his focus but and tried to control the me.
He swayed the mes slightly making the edges flicker rapidly for a moment before settling again.
Just then, a notification suddenly shed across his eyes.
[New Skill Learnt!]
[Energy Control Level 1!]
[Congrats Host on learning a new skill!]
Due to the sudden notification, Harry''s concentration was disrupted and he lost control of the me.
Although, this slightly annoyed him as it meant he would have to start all over again, he was more surprised by the notification in front of him.
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Chapter 46 Huge Increase!
He had gotten a new skill. He wasn''t really expecting to learn a new skill but there was no way he wouldin about it.
This was a new discovery for him, it seemed he didn''t just have to wait for the system to unlock or grant skills to him but he could also unlock new skills through his own actions.
Energy Control
Level 1
Control your energy.
[The skill level is too low. The host is advised to upgrade and level up the skill.]
Harry wasn''t surprised by the system''s vague description. Besides he already understood the skill even as it was self-exnatory.
Harry didn''t activate the skill immediately though, he cut off all his thoughts and all form of distraction and focused on the white me.
It was a lot easier this time as it didn''t take long for him to feel the familiar sensation of his heart beat slowing and all other sound bing s.
''Activate Energy control'' Harry mumbled inwardly. The moment he activated the skill, he felt more in tune with the me. Unlike thest time, maintaining the connection was very easy as the skill simply did the difficult parts for him.
Harry first stirred the me slowly before moving a small part of it to his left hand.
He could feel a familiar prickling and refreshing sensation spreading around his left hand, he was barely holding back the urge to moan. It felt even more concentrated than when he was evolving.
He could also feel the strength in his left hand slightly increase as his arm thickened a bit. The increase wasn''t too much but Harry was still happy about it.
Just likebat mages actively used mana to boost their strength, it meant he could also boost his strength with his energy.
He could even increase his speed. If he moved the me to his legs, his speed would definitely increase as he would be able to shoot out with more power.
He nned on testing out his strength limit at the training centre after he was done at the Lightning hall. He couldn''t showcase his ''spells'' to the academy yet but he could still test his strength.
Although, controlling his energy did became a lot more easier due to the skill ''energy control'', there were still a few things that were quite difficult for him to do with it.
While he could easily move the energy around his chest and his arms, it was a lot harder to move it to his legs and fingertips.
He wasn''t really worried about this as he knew it was simply because ''energy control'' was still a level one skill, his control over his energy would definitely improve as the skill levelled up.
Besides, he could simply level it up manually by practicing and learning more about his energy.
Meanwhile the instructress kept staring at him. Out of all the students in the hall, her attention was mainly focused on Harry.
The speed at which Harry was drawing mana was just too fast, it was as if all the mana in the air were rushing towards him. Even his foundation was developing at a pace that could be considered too rapid.
''At this rate, he would probably breakthrough to the first mana core stage in weeks.'' She mumbled inwardly. Even the thought of it seemed astonishing. If someone had told her someone could ever have that amount of talent, she would have never believed.
Harry then canceled Energy Control. His chest rose slightly as low pants left his lips.
Although controlling his energy didn''t require any physical strain, it did put some mental strain on his mind.
Fortunately, his mental stat was quite high so it didn''t really affect him.
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Harry was currently in the training hall, the academy activities were finally over and he now had the time to try out his strength.
Due to his current status in the academy as an Elementalist, he was a lot busier than usual.
His day was also quite boring because most of the time, he was simply seated in the Lightning hall ''drawing'' mana.
However, something good did happen todayhis energy control levelled up!
While the other Elementalists were busy drawing mana and strengthening their foundation, he was channeling his energy.
Using energy control didn''t take any energy points. It was different from his skills where he had to actually expend energy.
Since he was only channeling his energy within his body, his energy points didn''t reduce.
It was just like shaking a bottle filled with water without actually pouring the water or opening the bottle, the water would definitely not decrease.
Unlike thest time when he simply came to the centre toplete his quests, this time he wanted to actually test out his strength. In a way, he was here to train.
Luckily, the training room he was currently in was empty. The devices and equipments in this room were used bybat mages to calcte their strength and power output.
Combat mages spent more time in thebat mage hall than both Elementalists and regr studentsthey always finished their academic activities a lotter.
So Harry made sure he arrived at the room early so he could so what he wanted to do without distractions.
He was standing in front of a punching bag that was positioned on the ground. On top of the bag was a small digital device.
He stared at the long cylindrical ck object for a few seconds before finally taking a simple stance.
He ced all his power in his right hand and then punched the punching bag with all his strength.
Bang!
A loud sound rang out as Harry''s fist collided with the bag. The punching bag kept moving for a few seconds due to the force behind the punch.
Harry ignored the ck bag and was only focused on the digital device above it that was counting.
1000!
2000!
3000!
5000!
7000!
The device kept counting until it finally reached 7000!
Harry was quite surprised by the number on the device.
''Wow I wasn''t expecting it to be that high.'' Harry thought. Ever since he absorbed the beast core, he had never tested his strength or used his full strength.
His expectation was that it would be about 5000, not 7000. This discovery naturally made him happy.
''Activate Energy control.'' He said inwardly. His eyes were open this time, he found no reason to close them as he could simply control his energy through the skill.
Since ''Energy control'' only made him control his energy, it wouldn''t be the same as when he meditated. He wouldn''t be able to ''see'' the white me burning brightly inside him but would only feel it and be in tune with it.
Harry closed his eyes as he moved a part of his energy to his right hand. He tried his best to hold back the urge to moan as he focused on maintaining the flow of the energy in his arm.
He wanted to see the difference between his normal strength and when he boosted it with his energy.
He took the same stance as before and then threw a punch towards the punching bag with all his strength.
BANG!
A sound a lot louder than before rang out as Harry''s fist collided with the bag.
The bag moved backwards before bouncing back forward. It kept rocking back and forth for a few seconds before stopping.
Harry''s eyes gleamed with excitement as he watched the numbers on the digital device rise.
1000!
4000!
5000!
7000!
9500!
It finally stopped at 9500.
''9500 that''s definitely a huge increase from 7000.'' Harry mumbled inwardly as his mouth slowly curved into a grin.
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Chapter 47 [Bonus ] Mana Sense
''9500 that''s definitely a huge increase from 7000.'' Harry mumbled inwardly as his mouth slowly curved into a grin.
He didn''t expect that level or increase. Han 1,000, but instead, it was over 2,000, which was double what he predicted.
The best part was that he didn''t even use all his energy, he only moved a small part of it to his arm.
What if he had ced more energy in his arm, how much would his strength increase? He couldn''t help but wonder.
Unfortunately, he couldn''t test that theory out as his energy control skill level was still too low.
The most he could do was move a slightly more amount of energy to his hand, any more and the me would spiral out of control. It simply wasn''t worth it, he had already aplished his original goal.
He cleared his strength test history from the device and then left the training hall.
He had no other business in the hall, he had alreadypleted his quest using the pieces of equipment he bought some days ago.
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A few weeks had passed since Harry registered in the academy as an Elementalist.
The news of a new Elementalist in the Lightning hall had started spreading around the academy.
It was spread by the first-year lightning Elementalists who also witnessed the astonishing progress of Harry.
However, the students were surprised when they discovered that the new Elementalist was actually Harry, the student without a foundation, they were shocked.
Some of them didn''t even believe it, the ones that did felt it was perhaps a low-grade affinity.
The only ones who didn''t feel the same way were the first-year Lightning elementalists who were in the same ss as Harry, they had witnessed how fast Harry''s progress was and they didn''t think it was just an ordinary low-grade affinity.
Harry''s affinity test wasn''t done publicly so apart from the principal and a few instructors, no one in the academy knew about his three peak grade affinities.
All they knew was that he awakened his affinity veryte at the age of twelve.
For some reason, the academy didn''t announce it either, the principal simply registered him.
While most students would have been devastated by this, Harry was d.
For him, this meant there would be no unnecessary attention or distractions. He had always loved to keep things to himself without much interference from other people.
Though he was already prepared in case the academy announced his affinities, it didn''t mean he wanted that.
Harry was currently walking towards the Lightning hall. Just as he was about to walk into the hall, he suddenly felt a certain gaze on his back.
His eyes squinted slightly as a soft sigh escaped his lips. He slowly turned around and stared at the blue-haired student that was staring daggers at him.
Han resumed the academy a few weeks ago. His suspension was finally over and he could nowe to the academy.
However, what he didn''t expect after he resumed was that the trash that caused his predicament would awaken as a Lightning Elementalist.
This information was something that he found shocking and at the same time annoying.
He still hadn''t forgotten how Harry humiliated him and made him get suspended ''unjustly''.
The earth hall and the Lightning hall were positioned close to each other and he had seen Harry enter and leave the hall a few times.
It was a well-known fact in the academy that regr students weren''t allowed in the element halls and it wasn''t that hard for him to put two and two together.
ording to what he heard, Harry awakened his affinity veryte at the age of twelve.
Han himself felt it was probably a low-grade affinity, people who awakened their affinities thatte were known to awaken affinities between medium to low grade.
There were a few rare cases where the affinity would be high grade, however, it was very rare.
"I would surely make you pay for what you''ve done just wait," Han said with a tone dripping with hate.
Harry didn''t even bother to reply, he simply turns around and then walked into the hall. This wasn''t the first time this had happened, in fact, it happened quite often.
Whenever he crossed paths with HanThe Lightning and earth hall were built next to each other so they sometimes meet, Han would always hiss or threaten him in any way.
He wasn''t affected by it though, he was no longer scared of Han.
The veins on Han''s neck bulged as he watched Harry''s figure.
The fact that Harry just straight-up ignored him made him frustrated. He clenched his fists and his brows furrowed as his anger slowly boiled.
''Just wait I would surely make you pay for this.'' Han mumbled inwardly. To him, it didn''t matter if Harry was now an Elementalistit still annoyed him though, he still considered himself superior and more powerful.
He had been training for years while Harry only started weeks ago, his mana core might have regressed but he felt it was more than enough to deal with Harry.
After that incident with Harry, his overall ability and power dropped a lot. His mana reserves had not only reduced greatly but his mana core also regressed to the first stage.
His progress was even further slowed by his suspension. Although he could still absorb mana outside the academy, the absorption speed and mana density couldn''tpare to when he trained in the academy.
Ever since he returned to the academy, he didn''t bother himself with anything and simply focused on strengthening and developing his unstable mana core.
Luckily for him, no student had confronted him since he resumed back to the academy. His life would have been miserable if other studentsmost especially the ones in his ssfound out that he had gotten far weaker.
With his current strength and ability, even fighting against a stage one Elementalist would be quite difficult for him.
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Chapter 48 Mana Sense
The lightning instructor stared at Harry with a gentle smile on her face. She beckoned on him to follow her as she lead him to his new ss.
Harry replied with a slight nod as he followed the instructor.
Although the woman had a calm expression on her face, her thoughts were anything but calm. She had never seen someone advance so fast!
During the past few weeks, Harry had not onlypletely developed his ''foundation'' but had also ''broken through'' to the first mana core stage!
This unsurprisingly shocked the principal and the lightning instructor. Even the most talented student in the academy only advanced to the first mana core stage after one month.
If anyone had told them someone was capable of advancing that fast, they would have never believed. However, they were witnessing with their own eyes.
Although the foundation developing stage seemed and sounded easy, it was anything but easy.
Mana was used to gradually build and strengthen the foundation, the process alone should take at least a monthit could take months and sometimes a year for untalented Elementalistsand yet, Harry did it all within weeks.
Due to this, Harry had also been promoted to the next ''ss''.
The element halls were different from the lecture hall, since Harry had already met the necessary requirements, he was promoted immediately.
The promotional exams for the first ss weren''t difficult, the instructors would only check if the Elementalist''s mana core was solid enough.
However, Harry''s rapid progress wasn''t the most shocking thing the academy discovered.
It turned out that Harry had one of the greatest gifts or rather talent in the history of magicthe mana body or rather, mana affinity body!
The mana affinity body, just as the name implied, meant having an affinity to mana so high that the mana in the air or surroundings was literally attracted or drawn to the body passively. This ability was something that couldn''t be learnt or gained.
People with mana affinity bodies didn''t need to actively draw the mana in the surroundings, the mana around them was naturally drawn to their bodies.
Although it wasn''t inrge amounts, it was still something that made them progress almost twice faster than a normal Elementalist orbat magemana affinity body wasn''t limited to Elementalists alone.
Before today, there was only one student with that giftTrent Morton. His mana body was what made him progress so fast, although Trent was barely fifteen years old, he was already close to breaking through to the third ma''am core stagesomething most Elementalist at the age of eighteen struggle to achieve.
However, what they didn''t know was that Harry''s "mana affinity body" was only due to the passive ability of his ''mana core illusion''.
Mana core illusion was a skill that develops even when it wasn''t activated, this ''passive development'' was what made it seem like Harry had a mana affinity body.
As long as the skill was activated, even if Harry wasn''t ''absorbing mana'', the skill would still develop on its own. It would create an illusion making it seem like mana was drawn to Harry''s body.
''Although the past few weeks were quite boring a few good things did happen.'' Harry mumbled inwardly as he stared off into the distance.
[Skills and Abilities]
[Skill Points: 50]
>>elerate (level 3)
>>Healing and low-level regeneration (level 1)
>>Mana steal (level 1)
>>Mana conceal (level 2)
>>Mana sense (level 1)
>>Energy Control (level 2)
>>Mana core illusion (level MAX)
[Affinity Skills and Abilities]
[Lightning Affinity Skills and Abilities]
[Earth Affinity Skills And Abilities]
[Wind Affinity Skills And Abilities]
Two of his skills had levelled upelerate and Energy sense. The level-ups weren''t surprising as he had already expected them.
He used elerate literally every day so it was definitely sure to level up.
During the past few weeks, he had been practising more on how to control his energy better.
He had gotten better at controlling his energy even before it levelled up, he could now move it around more parts of his body and evenpress it at some parts.
However, the skill that surprised him the most or rather, made him happy the most was his new skill: Mana sense.
Just like Energy sense, it was also a learned skillhe learnt the skill on his own and didn''t rely on the system to get it.
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A week ago,
Harry exhaled as he slowly opened his eyes. Although he had been channelling his energy for about five hours, he didn''t feel mentally drained.
A slight smile appeared on his face as he stared at the notification shing across his eyes.
[Energy Control Level up!]
[Skill "Energy Control" now level 2!]
Finally, it levelled up! Harry had expected it to level up far earlier than this due to the amount of time he put into channelling his energy, however, the reality was different.
The curved edges of his lips slowly returned to their original position as Harry''s face morphed into aplicated expression.
A few minutes ago, just before he stopped channelling his energy, he sensed something different.
He knew it wasn''t his energy because he was familiar with the sensation of the white me inside him.
Besides, he didn''t sense it inside of him, just like he did his energy. He sensed it around his body, or to put in better words, in his surroundings.
It was only for a few seconds, however, he was still able to remember the fleeting sensation.
He had a few theories as to what he sensed or how he sensed it, however, he wanted to confirm it.
He closed his eyes once more and then went into deep concentration. However, this time, his focus wasn''t on his energy or within his body but it was on his surroundings.
He didn''t extend it too much as he didn''t want to put too much strain on his mind, he only kept it within his limits. It was easier to search for a small pin in a small box than in arge one.
Even after focusing for a few minutes, he wasn''t able to make any progress, however, he didn''t give up and simply kept putting in more efforts.
It did take a while but he was finally able to sense it.
Whatever he was feeling didn''t have any colour neither did it have any shape, however, he could still feel it it was all around him
''Could this be''
As if to confirm his theories or rather, thoughts, a notification suddenly shed in front of him.
Although the sudden notification broke his concentration, he wasn''t mad. His mouth parted slightly as he stared at the notification shing in front of him.
[New Skill Learned!]
[Mana Sense Level 1!]
[Congrats Host on learning a new skill!]
''Mana?'' Harry mumbled inwardly.
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Chapter 49 Promoted
''Mana?'' Harry mumbled inwardly.
The new notification was quite unexpected, ording to the system and the other voice, he couldn''t due mana due to his identity as a manaless mage, so the thought never crossed his mind that he would actually be able to sense mana.
He didn''t need to check the skill description before he understood the skill, it was self-exnatory through the name alone.
''It did make sense I might not be able to use mana, but I could still sense it.'' Harry mumbled inwardly. The only way mana was useful for him was as EXP through the skill ''mana steal''.
His eyes suddenly shone as a thought suddenly came to his mind. ''Mana is only useful to me as EXP doesn''t this mean I could actually''
[Cancel that stupid thought of yours, you can''t draw mana from the surroundings. You could only steal it from a person or an object.]
The other voice replied, pouring cold water over Harry''s excitement.
A low sigh left Harry''s lips as he bowed his head slightly in disappointment.
It would have benefited him greatly if he was able to get free EXP from the mana around him, however, he didn''t feel bad or dismayed. He could always get EXP bypleting his daily quests.
One thing he had noticed was his learned skills weren''tpletely automatic like his affinity skills and his other skills.
It would work but he still had to concentrate to bring out their full power or ability.
[I''m a little surprised, to think you''d learn two new skills on your own. I guess that means you aren''tpletely dependent like I thought]
Harry wisely ignored the other voice words, it didn''t mean he didn''t feel slightly annoyed at it though. For some reason, the other voice''s words were a bit snarky today.
''Mana sense'' Harry mumbled inwardly. He remained in the same lotus position as he activated the skill.
Unlike with his other skills, he didn''t feel any warm or refreshing sensation, he only felt nothing, as if he wasn''t activating any skill.
However, he could still sense the mana around him. It was a lot easier to do this time as he didn''t have to concentrate too hard before he was able to sense the mana.
The mana he sensed around him wasn''t concentrated but appeared to be sparse and spread out in bits.
He couldn''t ''see'' the mana but his mana sense was able to precisely follow the flow and movement of the energy.
Normal Elementalists couldn''t only sense but could also ''see'' the mana around them.
ording to what he was taught in the academy, mana should appear as bright yellow dust-like strandsthe brightness and density depended on the concentration of the mana.
However, it was either things applied different when it came to him or his mana sense Keven was just too low because he didn''t see the same yellow dust-like particles, he could only sense it.
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"Are you okay?" The female instructor''s voice broke him off his thoughts.
Harry''s eyes squinted slightly as he turned his head and faced her. "Yeah, I''m fine." He replied.
"You seemed to have zoned out for a moment there..." The woman said. She stared at him with a strange expression for a few seconds before turning her gaze away.
"I''m fine." Harry said as a wry smile appeared on his face. He didn''t zone out or anything, he was simply staring at his skills and abilities tab.
However, to other people who couldn''t see the system, it would appear like he was only staring off into space.
The Instructress didn''t ask anymore questions and only continued walking forward.
It didn''t take long before they finally arrived at their destination: a tall blue door.
"We are here" She said as she motioned for Harry to go into the ss. Normally, she wouldn''t have bothered to escort any student to their next ss, however, she did that for Harry because she was fascinated by his talent.
There was also something about this brown haired student that kept making her feel like she needed to be close to him, she didn''t understand why, it was more of a subconscious feeling.
"You shouldn''t worry they already know about your promotion." She said when she noticed Harry still hadn''t moved forward.
"Thank you, instructress." Harry said. Although it wasn''t for ''pure'' reasons, the Instructress had treated him with respect and care ever since he came to the Lightning hall, he didn''t think it was wrong to reciprocate that respect.
The instructress simply replied with a gentle smile before turning around and leaving. ''Ahh what am I doing?'' She mumbled inwardly while shaking her head slightly.
Harry opened the blue door and then walked into his new ss.
The room was designed simrly to the foundation developing ss. However, the amount of students was a lot lesser.
"So, you''re the newly promoted student right?" A deep voice drifted into his ears.
Harry turned his head towards the direction of the voice.
A tall ck haired man appeared in his line of sight, he had a slightly bulk physique along with very narrow eyes.
The man squinted his eyes slightly, making it appear more narrow as he stared at Harry.
''He does have a mana body'' He mumbled inwardly. He could sense little bits of maan flowing into Harry''s body, which confirmed what he heard, that Harry had a mana affinity body.
He had never taught someone with such great talent throughout his career as an instructor, so even if it would only be for a short while, he felt slightly honored to be teaching someone like that.
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Harry sat down cross legged on a familiar mat-like object. On his right hand was a small crystal white ball.
The main objective for this ss was to learn how to channel elemental mana or rather, move mana from within the body into the small crystal.
In Harry''s case, channeling his energy from within his body to the crystal.
Elementalists lose the ability to draw out raw mana after connecting their mana core to their affinity orb/orbs.
Any mana they draw from their mana core was automatically converted to elemental mana.
Harry kept his focus on the small white me inside of him, he had already activated ''energy control'' and his proficiency in channeling his energy had improved so it was now a lot easier for him to control his energy.
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Chapter 50 Probe
Harry kept his focus on the small white me inside of him, he had already activated ''energy control'' and his proficiency in channeling his energy had improved so it was now a lot easier for him to control his energy.
In order to channel mana outside of the body, one had to first coat the inneryer of the body with a thin line of mana.
It didn''t have to be moderately circted around all parts of the body but only where the mana was going to be channeled from.
This process was easier for elementalists as they used elemental mana rather than raw mana, they would face less resistance.
The main aim of this was to reduce the resistance and let the manae out of the body easily.
The human body had a natural resistance against mana, it was like drawing out water from a bottle without opening the bottle or making a crack in the bottle.
However, in Harry''s case, he had to channel his energy into the crystal.
It would be quite difficult for him but he had no ns of shying away from it. This would definitely increase his energy control by leaps and bounds.
Harry swirled the me and moved a part of it to his right hand. He spread it around the inneryers of his fingers and palm before trying to channel it into the crystal, unfortunately he failed as he couldn''t draw the energy out of his body.
It only kept swirling between his fingers and palm without making any effort to break through his skinyer.
Harry exhaled as he paused in his efforts. Although he failed at first try, he wasn''t dismayed. It was expected as drawing or rather channeling mana out of the body was a lot moreplicated than channeling it within the body.
He then restarted the process and tried using a different approach.
He reduced the amount of mana he channeled to his hand, it seemed his first mistake was that he channeled more energy than he could bare so it easily became unstable.
He stirred the energy within his right hand while concentrating even more.
This time he used a lesser amount of energy and then spread it around his right palm and fingers.
The instructor never said he had to channel arge amount of mana or rather, energy into the crystal. The amount didn''t matter, the main goal was to channel it into the crystal.
Harry slowly stirred the energy in one of his fingers, he wasn''t just stirring it but was also slowly moving it forwards.
Although what he was doing seemed easy, it wasn''t. It took every bit of his concentration for him to stir and move the energy.
He had to split his concentration to achieve this. As he was holding the thin line of energy within his palms and fingers, he was also trying to swirl and move the energy in his fingers.
Meanwhile the instructor kept staring at Harry in astonishment.
Since Harry was currently channeling his energy using his will, his skill "mana core illusion" was also following that willhe always activated the skill whenever he was in the academyand was creating the same pattern with his "mana".
It wasn''t just a passive skill that created a fake mana core alone, it could also create an illusion of the mana core working and functioning like a normal one.
The instructor could sense how Harry was channeling his ''mana'', he could also see that it was anything but easy as the strain showed through Harry''s twitching eyebrows and tight lips.
''It must be quite difficult for him but it''s still amazing.'' He said inwardly with a slight smile on his face. He then turned his attention towards the other students in the room to check how they were also faring.
Although he would love to keep watching Harry train, he knew he still had to focus on others as Harry wasn''t the only one in the hall.
As for the others, they were unsurprisingly far behind Harry. They actions were filled with mistakes and errors, instead of starting thing gradually, most of them simply rushed things and moved huge amounts of mana to their hands.
Harry had also done this mistake, just not as worse. However, he realised his mistake almost immediately and made corrections. That alone was something impressive.
Harry''s brows furrowed as he kept channeling his energy using the same movements.
He didn''t try to rush things even though all parts of his mind were screaming that he should.
Since he was only moving his energy with minimal movements, it seemed to take forever. However, Harry didn''t lose concentration and simply kept going, he had already gotten this close, there was no way he''d want to restart.
When the energy finally reached his skinyer, Harry slowly stirred it, it was as if he was trying to mix it with his body.
He then drew it out gently, like drawing a thread from a cloth.
[-5 Energy points]
A familiar notification shed across his eyes. Harry was slightly surprised by the notification, he didn''t expect that the small strand of energy he channeled out of his body would actually amount of five energy points.
However, he didn''t think much about it and simply focused on the thin white line.
Finally, he had seeded in drawing his energy out of his body.
The energy unsurprising had a white colourAlthough Harry''s eyes were close, he was still able to sense and make out vivid features of it. It wriggled slightly as it danced above his fingertip.
Harry felt the urge to exhale and just rest, however he knew that was a stupid thing to do.
This step was the easiest, unlike his body, the crystal wouldn''t provide any resistance.
Harry then moved the small thread of energy into the crystal.
Immediately his energy went into the crystal, the crystal shone in a bright yellow light.
It wasn''t bright enough to illuminate the whole room but it was still a lot brighter than usual. Normally, the crystal would just shine with a yellow light. It shouldn''t be this bright.
Some of the students who were closer to Harry felt the sudden increase in brightness, they couldn''t hold their curiosity and they broke focus as turned their head around to face Harry.
Meanwhile, Harrythe main cause of all the distractionwas distracted by another thing.
[Energy Control Level up!]
[Skill ''Energy Control'' now Level 2!]
[New Skill Unlocked!]
[Probe Level 1!]
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Chapter 51 Act Normal
Meanwhile, Harrythe main cause of all the distractionwas distracted by another thing.
[Energy Control Level up!]
[Skill ''Energy Control'' now Level 3!]
[New Skill Unlocked!]
[Probe Level 1!]
The first one wasn''t surprising as he knew had truly improved leaps and bounds in his energy control. He was sure to level up sooner orter.
Even without the use of the skill, he could now control the skill quite well on his own.
What he didn''t expect was to actually unlock a new skill, however, that didn''t mean he was unhappy about it.
His brows furrowed slightly when he felt the gazes of most of the students on him. His attention was taken by notifications that appeared in front of him so he hadn''t noticed it before.
''It''s probably rted to this crystal'' Harry mumbled inwardly. It didn''t take a genius to realise what happened. Although thest thing Harry wanted was to draw too much attention to himself, he knew that was impossible.
He had never seen someone else use the crystal so he thought the way the crystal reacted to his energy was normal, however it seemed that wasn''t the case. It wasn''t surprising though as his energy was a lot more powerful than mana.
He simply ignored all the gazes he was receiving from the students, the wise ones had already turned around and gotten back to their meditation.
However, there were still a few who kept their gazes on Harry. Some stared at him in angerthey were mad that he ''distracted'' them, they would now have to restart the process from the beginning, while the rest were simply jealous of his progress.
The energy he released earlier had already dissipated and the crystal light had returned to its former white and transparent state.
However, it didn''t stop there.
A low cracking sound suddenly rang out, other students couldn''t hear it as they were immersed in their meditation.
Harry''s brows furrowed as he stared down at the crystal. A low crack had appeared in the middle of it. Harry couldn''t help but widen his eyes in surprise, this turn of events was something he didn''t expect at all.
Slowly, more cracks started to appear all around the crystal before it finally shattered into small pieces. The different pieces slid through the small gaps between Harry''s fingers and fell to the ground.
[Just as I expected, it couldn''t hold it.]
A familiar voice rang out in his head. The other voice''s words had a slight tinge of pride and arrogance.
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"I fucking hate this" Han cursed as he walked down the dormitory hall.
Though his mana core has regressed and his power had dropped greatly, it didn''t change the fact that he was still one of the elite studentsat least by nameno one had challenged him so he still retained his rank.
Although the students in the academy were formally ranked based on their performance in the rankingpetition, it didn''t mean they couldn''t directly challenge other students for their rank.
However, everyone was currently focused on themselves due to the uing rankingpetition.
No wise student would willingly waste their mana and efforts on challenging other students when the rankingpetition was only a few weeks away.
They might win, but the rank might only be short-lived if they came short in thepetition.
Basically, Han had only survived so far due to his luck. The only elite student who knew about his current weakness was Trent. Luckily for him, Trent didn''t broadcast the news and the academy didn''t announce it either.
Even he wasn''t stupid enough to believe that ''this'' wouldst forever as his weakness would surely be revealed in the uingpetition.
He had finally stabilized his mana core, however, that didn''t change the fact that he was still a stage one elementalist.
Just the thought of how all the ''enemies'' he had made in the academy woulde swarming at him after finding out his weakness made him crawl.
His progress was faster since he was still in the elite dormitory. Each room in the elite dormitory was enforced and enhanced with a lot of artifacts and runes, these things made the mana in the dormitory a lot denser then that in the normal or regr dormitory.
A person could advance twice faster in the dorm.
Han couldn''t imagine how long he would have had to wait for his mana core to stabilize if he was in the regr dormitory. What took weeks would have taken months.
''I should have handled things better'' Han thought. These regretful thoughts and imaginations on how he could have acted and reacted better was what had been reying in his mind since ''that day''.
Though, he had always med for his current predicament, he knew deep down that all this was his faultit was all because of his recklessness.
He ruffled his hair as he bit his lips in frustration, if only he could just wish back his stage two mana core. ''Fuck h''
"Hey Han!" A loud voice broke him off his thoughts.
Han''s face immediately squeezed into a frown when he heard this voice.
''Act normal'' He mumbled inwardly as he slowly turned around. "What do you want Dan?!" He replied.
A grey haired boy slowly approached him. His uniform was simr to Han''s with golden and ck colours.
He had a smug smile on his face as he stared at Han. Although Han tried his best to look as if he wasn''t intimidated, he could see right through him. "What''s up Han you''ve been really quiet these days?" He said with arrogance.
Han''s shoulders trembled slightly when he heard the grey haired boy''s words, however, it didn''t take long before heposed himself.
Although, he didn''t like to admit it but whenever he came across another elite student, his heart always trembled in fear.
Most of the elite students were arrogant assholesespecially the ones below rank fifteen.
If the other elite students found out that he was now weaker than before, his life would be a living hell!
To make matters worse, he wasn''t on good terms with most of them. It was why he had always tried his best to avoid them, onlying out whenever he had sses.
"I''m just focusing on my training you know preparing for the rankingpetition." Han replied. Although he appeared to be unfazed and calm, his mind and thoughts were anything but calm. ''Just go walk away'' he kept repeating in his mind.
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Chapter 52 Dan The Elite Student
"I''m just focusing on my training you know preparing for the rankingpetition." Han replied. Although he appeared to be unfazed and calm, his mind and thoughts were anything but calm. ''Just go walk away'' he kept repeating in his mind.
However, luck seemed to be against his side today as the grey haired boy stepped even closer.
"Don''t give me that crap Han, we both that''s just bullshit." The grey haired boy replied. His demeanour hadpletely changed, he sounded a lot angrier. He slowly released his mana pressure on Han as he walked forward.
Han gulped silently while trying to resist the pressure pressed against him.
Though a part of him already expected an oue like this, he still hoped it didn''t happen. Unfortunately,dy luck seemed to be against him today.
"W-what do you mean by "bullshit"?" Han stuttered. Though he was trying his best to keep up a strong front, the increasing mana pressure on his shoulders and knees wasn''t making it easy for him.
The name of the grey haired student was Dan. He was a stage one wind Elementalist. Although his mana core was still in the first stage, it didn''t mean he had the strength of an average stage one Elementalist.
He was already close to breaking through to the second mana core stage.
Dan was ranked twenty-fifth in the academyhe was also an elite student. He only got the twenty fifth position a month ago after the former owner of the rank suddenly transferred out of the academy.
If Han was still a stage two Elementalist, even double of Dan''s pressure wouldn''t faze him. However, because he was currently weak, Dan''s mana pressure made his heart tremble.
A slight smirk appeared on Dan''s face as he said, "These past few weeks, you''ve been strangely quiet, you''re not the kind to ''focus'' on training Han. And besides, it seems like you''ve been avoiding the rest of us."
Han gulped heavily when he heard those words. Everything Dan said was true, he was really avoiding the other elite students.
"That''s not it" He mumbled in a voice that barely seemed like a whisper. Dan had now released his full pressure on him and he was using everyst bit of his will to stop his shoulders from trembling.
"And you know what''s the most interesting the amount of mana I sense from you has dropped considerably." Dan said as the smirk on his face grew. "What a coincidence, don''t you think so?"
Han remained mute and simply stared at Dan.
"I heard about how you used magic spell overload, just like I thought you really got weaker." Dan said with a wide grin on his face.
"I challenge you to a duel Han!" Dan shouted.
Dan also heard the news about Han using magic spell overload. Although the academy didn''t say anything about Han''s condition, he knew there was no way that ''incident'' didn''t affect Han.
No matter how talented a person was, as long as magic spell overload was used, the mana core would surely weaken.
? He saw this as a chance his chance to finally advance in the academy rankings!
Dan had been trying to find Han for weeks, he wanted to challenge him and take over his rank.
The other elite students were more focused on the uing rankingpetition so they couldn''t care less about challenging Han. To them, it was simply a waste of time and energy.
However, Dan was different. He didn''t care about the rankingpetition, even if it was only two days away, he would still want to challenge Han and assume that new rankeven if it would be short-lived.
However, what Dan didn''t expect was that Han would be this weak. The amount of mana he could sense from Han was just a tad more than that of an early stage one Elementalist.
"I refuse your challenge." Han replied. There was no way he would ept Dan''s challenge.
Though he knew sooner orter, the news about his weakness would spread around the academy, he still wouldn''t ept the duel challenge.
He would rather wait till it was revealed ''naturally'' than let it be revealed in shame and disgrace.
The duel of two elite students would definitely attract attention, every student wanted to witness the prowess of the top academy studentsElite students hardly duel with themselves, they didn''t want to waste energy.
If people witnessed his defeat, he would be the biggestughingstock in the academy.
Dan''s eyes widened slightly when he heard Han''s words.
"Who said you could refuse huh?" He said while staring directly into Han''s eyes. He suddenly released all his mana pressure, he didn''t hold anything back at all.
Han''s face squeezed in pain, his shoulders trembled slightly, however, he still didn''t kneel down or give up.
Luckily for him, Dan was only ate stage Elementalist. Though the mana pressure of Dan was quite strong and it also affected him greatly, it was nothingpared to Trent''s.
Han was quite experienced in withstanding mana pressures. As long as it wasn''t too much too bare, he would be able stand his ground.
"I-i have every right to refuse why don''t you save that energy for the rankingpetition?" Han said.
Dan gritted his teeth as he stared at Han. He hated how Han wasn''t down on his knees yet. A sinister smile suddenly appeared on his face. "I don''t think you understand" He muttered.
His lips moved softly as he slowly moved his hand behind his back.
Low amounts of wind started circting around his fingers, his uniform fluttered slightly due to the wind elemental mana umting close to it. ''Let''s see what happens now Han?'' He mumbled inwardly.
A puzzled expression appeared on Han''s face as he stared at Dan. He wasn''t a fool to believe Dan sudden actions were normal and ordinary.
Just then, he sensed a sudden amount of mana behind Dan. His eyes widened slightly as he realised. ''Don''t tell me he is actually chanting a spell'' Han panicked.
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Chapter 53 Recklessness Is Equal To Trouble
Just then, he sensed a sudden amount of mana behind Dan. His eyes widened slightly as he realised. ''Don''t tell me he is actually chanting a spell'' Han panicked.
The grin on Dan''s face widened as he immediately stretched out his hand.
"Wind de!" He screamed. The wind gathered around his hand immediately merged together, forming a thin line that was about 50cm.
The thin ''de'' immediately shot towards Han. It wasn''tpletely visible to the naked eye and could only be perceived as a dull white line.
Han didn''t waste any time as he stretched out his hands, he immediately chanted the first spell that came to his mind.
"Hand of mes!" He screamed moments before the fast-moving wind de got to him.
His hands visibly hardened, turning into a dark red colour. mes erupted from his wrists climbing all the way down to his fingers.
Han immediately swiped at the wind de using all the strength and power he could muster.
Due to the force at which he swiped at it, the wind de was redirected away from him. It broke into two and then slowly dispersed.
The mes around Han''s fingers slowly died down as his fingers reverted to their normal appearance.
No damage was done to his uniform even though his hands were literally covered in mes seconds ago.
This was due to the defensive properties of his uniform. The elite uniform was made using materials from mana beasts, it was very stic and could also absorb damage quite well.
A frown appeared on Han''s face as he stare at Dan. If he hadn''t blocked that attack at thest second, he would have gotten injured.
The only saving grace he had was his spell casting speed. Though his mana core had regressed, his spell casting speed was still faster than that of an average stage one Elementalist.
"Hmm I had my doubts before but now I''m sure of it, you really got weaker." Dan said with a smirk.
Han gritted his teeth in frustration, thest person he wanted to find out about his current weakness was Dan. "You know it''s against the academy to attack another student right?" Han asked.
"Don''t tell me you believe that bullshit besides, who would care if two elite student get into a quarrel." Dan scoffed. "Or what, you''re gonna tell the instructors? Guess you''re more of a pussy than I thought you were."
The frown of Han''s face got deeper when he heard the grey haired student''s words.
No matter how he wanted to deny it, he knew he couldn''t. There was no way he would report this to the instructors, his pride wouldn''t let his do that.
"Besides it was only a tier one spell." Dan continued. Wind de was a lower version of the tier two spell ''wind sh''. Compared to thetter, the strength and power was a lot less weaker.
"ept my duel Han or I''ll make your life in the academy a living hell." Dan said. He then turned around and left, leaving Han to his thoughts.
Han clenched his fists tightly as he watched Dan''s figure slowly get smaller. Although, he had already expected himself to be in this type of situation sooner orter, it still frustrated him to the core.
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[Just as I expected, it couldn''t hold it.]
Harry''s brows furrowed when he heard the other voice words. He didn''t need to think too much before he understood what the other voices meant.
He knew his energy was more powerful than mana and he had already expected that the crystaland perhaps some other low ranked artefactsmight not be able to hold his energy.
It was why he only channeled a minuscule part of his energy into the crystal, however what he didn''t expect was that such little energy would be too much for the crystal to hold.
''You should have at least told me'' Harry said to the other voice. Ever since he registered as an Elementalist in the academy, he main n was to try to draw as little attention as possible.
Luckily, the academy kept the information about his affinities secret so he didn''t really attract much attention among other students.
However, with what just happened, he was sure to attract attention.
''So if it can''t hold it, how am I supposed to pass this ss?'' Harry asked the other voice. Though he was mad at the other voice for withdrawing such crucial information,
The condition of his crystal unexpectedly caught the instructor''s attention. He slowly approached Harry while staring at the broken crystal pieces on the ground.
"That''s weird" The instructor couldn''t help butment. He had already checked the condition of all the crystals before giving them out to the students, he was quite sure that none of them had any problem.
He stared at Harry for a few seconds before using his mana sense on the crystal.
''It''s probably a problem with the runic structure.'' He thought. His mana sense couldn''t detect any fault in the crystal, besides this wasn''t the first time a situation like this happened.
Although the crystals were very durable, they were only low rank artefacts so they didn''t exactlyst forever. One crystal could only remain durable for about three years.
The runic structure would gradually get weaker over time, it was simr to the way food stuffs expired. Cracks would appear on the surface whenever it ''expired''.
However, no matter how he looked at the situation, it was still strange. In this case, the crystal didn''t just crack, itpletely shattered into pieces
Though the crystal he gave Harry was quite old whenpared to ones he gave the other students, he was sure that it should still take a few months before it expired.
"You shouldn''t worry it''s probably because it''s expired and weak." He said to Harry before packing all the broken pieces into his storage device.
''I need to be more careful'' Harry thought. ''Being reckless would bring nothing more then trouble for me.''
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Chapter 54 Skill Level Too Low…
''I need to be more careful'' Harry thought. ''Being reckless would bring nothing more then trouble for me.''
Unlike other people, he didn''t use mana, neither did he use spells. He was anything but normal.
Though he had a skill that created an illusion of mana flowing within him, it didn''t change the fact that he still didn''t use mana.
He was currently too weak and acting recklessly couldnd him in a pile of trouble.
If the world discovered that he could actually cast ''spells'' without the use of mana, they could experiment on him or even worse, consider him as a threat or a different race and try to eliminate himwith how weak he was currently, they would probably seed.
"That''s impressive I''ve never seen someone channel mana so fast." The instructor said to Harry with a gentle smile on his face.
He hadpletely forgotten about what happened barely a minute ago and was more impressed about Harry''s talent. It was just that astonishing. "However, you still have to practice more, although, you could channel mana fast, there are still some areas you need to improve." He said.
Harry heard the instructor''s words, however, he wasn''t really listening to it. He was more distracted by his conversation with the other voice.
Though he was still slightly mad at the other voice for withdrawing such information and waiting until that crucial moment before telling him, there wasn''t really anything he could do. Besides, arguing with the other voice was points.
''If channeling my energy into the crystal would make it crumble, then how am I supposed to pass this ss?'' Harry asked the other voice.
[I never said you can''t channel your energy into the crystal. The crystal rank is too low so that amount of energy was enough to make it crumble]
''So if i channel a lower amount of energy, it won''t crumble?'' Harry asked in slight confusion.
He didn''t understand how he could possible channel something smaller than a thin line of energy out of his body.
However, he knew it wouldn''t be impossible as it was suggested by the other voice.
[Yes. It all depends on the artefact, this artefact is very weak so it can barely hold your energy. A stronger artefact would be able to hold your energy.]
''So i have to be careful when using low rank artefacts, or else they could crumble'' Harry mumbled inwardly. ording to the other voice, rank one artefacts couldn''t hold his energy well and he had to be careful with them.
Every artefacts were rank based on its durability and output power, the lowest rank was one and the highest was seven.
[The only thing you could do is channel a very little amount of energy into it. It would be difficult but it''s not impossible.]
Harry simply nodded his head slightly with aplicated expression on his face.
It was a weird situation, elementalists often focused on learning how to channel more mana into the crystal, however, he had to do the opposite.
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Harry sighed as he slowly opened his eyes. He stared at the crystal in his hand that was glowing with a bright yellow colour.
The bright light slowly dimmed until the crystal reverted to its colourless state. Unlike, thest time, the crystal didn''t crack or crumble.
He followed the other voice''s advice and only channeled a very minuscule amount of energy into the energy. This time, he didn''t use five energy points but only two.
It was very difficult at first as it was like trying to see the world through a small needle hole. However, Harry got the hang of it at the end.
It wasn''t like he had any choice, if the crystal had crumbled again, the instructor wouldn''t be so dumb as to believe it was a coincidence.
The instructor stared at Harry with a gentle smile on his face. Just as he expected, Harry had already learnt everything to learn in this ss.
All Harry had to do in order to get to the next ss was to pass the promotional examination.
The examination wasn''t even difficult as the said student only had to prove that he could draw mana out of his/her body and channel it into the crystal. The only difference was that there would be a time limit, however, the man was sure that Harry would pass the exam.
Though he felt slightly bad that he wouldn''t have the chance to watch and tutor such a talented student, he was still happy for Harry.
Meanwhile, Harry was distracted by another thing. He had alreadypleted his elemental sses in the Lightning hall for today and he could take the promotional examination.
[Probe]
Level 1
Scan a probe an object or a living thing to find out more information.
The skill was basically an inspect skill, however, Harry was curious about the"more information" he could find out by using the skill.
He stared at the crystal in his hand for a few seconds before muttering, "Activate probe."
Immediately he muttered those words, a system panel appeared in front of him.
Rank one Artefact
Name: Dan''s Crystal
Durability: 89%
Power: 0
Defence: 15
A slight smile appeared on Harry''s face as he read through the system information shing across his eyes.
Every information his "Probe" skill brought out was correct.
The artefact name "Dan''s Crystal" was coined from the name Dan wright. Dan wright was a popr rune master in today''s world, he formted a lot of theories that assisted in the creation and development of more advanced artefacts.
Although he waste, his name and legacies still lived on. Every Elementalist knew the name ''Dan Wright'' as his history was taught in magical academies around the globe.
The skill was even able to determine the artefact durability, this alone was astonishing.
Harry wasn''t surprised by the zero power and low defence of the crystal, it didn''t have any battle qualities and was only used to train an Elementalist''s mana control.
Harry took his gaze away from the crystal and then focused it on the instructor.
He was curious to see what information the skill would bring out if he used it on an Elementalist.
''Probe'' He mumbled inwardly.
[Skill Activation Failed!]
[Skill Level too low!]
[Host should level up the skill to scan more powerful objects and people]
A low tsk left Harry''s lips as he read the notification in front of him.
He had already expected that the skill levels would be too low to scan someone on the level of an Instructor, however, he still found it quite disappointing.
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Chapter 55 Stunted Progress
He had already expected that the skill levels would be too low to scan someone on the level of an Instructor, however, he still found it quite disappointing.
He turned his head towards one of the students meditating besides him.
Although his ''Probe'' skill was too low to scan the Instructor, Harry was sure that it should be more than enough to scan Elementalists that were barely at the first mana core stage.
He activated the skill inwardly while focusing on that particr student.
[Name: Jason ck]
[Mana: 12/12]
[H/P: 20/20]
[Strength: 14]
[Agility: 16]
[Stamina: 11]
[Perception: 16]
[Endurance: 10]
[Intelligence: 17]
[Mental: 17]
[Charm: 8]
A strange expression shed through Harry''s eyes as he read through the students stats and information. ''His name sounds quite strong and domineering for an extra.'' He mumbled inwardly.
The stats format of the student was quite simr to Harry''s stats before his evolution, with the only difference being the absence of "race" and game terms like EXP, level and stats points.
Meanwhile, Jasonthe one Harry was ''scanning'' with his skillfelt a weird prickling sensation around his body. He felt as if he was naked and exposed to the world. A slight tinge of red crept up his cheeks as he kept trying to maintain focus.
Harry canceled the skill as he had already read through all the stats, he was quite impressed by the skill and couldn''t help but wonder how strong its ''scanning'' would be in theter levels.
Immediately Harry cancelled the skill, the strange prickling sensation around Jason also disappeared, making him heave a sigh of relief.
Harry slowly got up. His whole body felt slightly cramped due to the fact that he had literally been sitting in one position for about two hours, a low grunt left his lips as he made a few stretches.
He walked over to the other end of the room and then handed over the crystal to the instructor who simply replied with a gentle smile.
Harry smiled back, however, his smile appeared quite awkward as he still wasn''t used to people acting this nice to him. Most of the times, he didn''t always know how to react and would simply smile or nod his head.
He then turned around and left the room. A low sigh left his lips as he thought about the other things he would still have to do in the academy.
While channeling mana out of his body didn''t really affect him physically, it was a different case mentally.
Though he would like nothing more than to rest and rx his mind, he still had to attend his sses in the lecture hall.
Most Elementalists in the academy wereckadaisical in that aspect, however, Harry still kept on attending his ''normal'' sses and lectures.
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Harry copsed on his bed as he exhaled tiredly.
Aplicated expression shed through his eyes as he stared at the quest information in front of him.
[New Quest Alert!]
[Unlocking Affinities ]
Comprehend An Affinity
[Quest Progress: Fire Affinity [5%]]
Time Limit: Six months
>>Rewards Forpletion: 5000EXP, ss Evolution
>>Punishment For Quest Failure: 50% Reduction in all stats.
Although the past few weeks had been quite boring and repetitive, Harry still didn''t forget the system''s quest for him toprehend an affinity.
He hadn''t made much progress in the questpletion, ording to the other voice, he had to perfectly understand an element in order toprehend it.
When it came to ''perfectly understanding elements'', the first element that came to his mind was the fire element.
When he was younger, before he took the affinity test, he had always dreamt of himself as a powerful fire Elementalist.
He often dreamt of himself casting powerful fire spells and bringing down powerful enemies with the help of the fire element, however, all that was shattered by the harsh reality of him not having an affinity.
Harry chose to first tryprehending the fire element due to the ''connection'' he felt with it when he was younger.
He bought a lot of books rted to the fire affinity and element and even some rted to fire itself.
Unfortunately he wasn''t able to make more than five percent progress on the quest.
When the quest information first changed and the term "quest progress" was added to it, Harry felt very happy.
However that happiness was short-lived as the little progress got stunted. Although this made Harry feel disappointed, he was also a little d as progress was still progress, no matter how little it was.
His understanding of the element did increase by leaps and bounds, unfortunately, it seemed the system only considered it as surface level knowledgewhich it was in a wayso the quest progress only increased a little.
He had even tried meditating in front of a burning me to see if that could spark a connection between him and the fire element.
His thoughts process was that perhaps by doing this, hisprehension of the element would increase. Unfortunately, that also failed.
Though he still had about five months toplete the quest, Harry nned onpleting it between three to four months.
Back then, when he absorbed the beast core, he got a lot of bonus rewards and EXP forpleting some hidden quests before the deadline.
He felt that he could perhaps get another bonus reward from this quest hepleting it long before the deadline.
However, with his extremely slow progress, he wasn''t sure if he would be able toplete the quest before five months, talk-less of three months.
Even though, his progress was very slow and stunted, he still didn''t give up. He knew giving up on the quest meant his stats would drop by fifty percent, so that alone was enough to steel his heart and make him remain focused.
He closed the system tab and then exhaled. A low rumbling sound suddenly rang out from his stomach.
Harry lightly clutched his stomach as a wry smile appeared on his face. Except from the snack he bought in the morning, he hadn''t eaten any other food till now.
''I should get something to eat'' Harry mumbled inwardly as he slowly got up from his bed.
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Chapter 56 Boredom
A few days had passed and Harry was currently in the wind element hall.
Since he registered as an Elementalist with three affinities, he was free to train in the wind and earth hall also.
The wind hall was also built and designed simrly to the Lightning hall, the only difference was the colourin fact, it was safe to say that all the element halls were simr and the only difference between them was their colours.
This was Harry''s first time in the wind hall. He hardly visited the other two element halls(wind and earth) as he spent most of the past few weeks in the Lightning hall.
Back then, he was still in the ''foundation developing stage'' and it didn''t matter the hall he was training in.
However, now he already had a fully developed stage one ''mana core'', he had to visit the other two element halls so his wind and earth elemental mana would also develop.
Training in an element hall benefited an Elementalist with that element. For example, Training in the Lightning hall would give more benefit to an Elementalist with the Lightning element and training in the wind hall benefited an Elementalist with wind element more.
However, Harry was different from normal Elementalists as he used neither mana nor elemental mana.
He didn''t have to train in a specific element hall to increase the progress of any of his elements, he didn''t even have to partake in any elementalist training at all.
But he still had to as he still had to hide his identity as a manaless mage and live his life in the academy as a ''normal'' Elementalist.
Every elementalist in the academy were given the same training so Harry didn''t have re restart or learn any new thing.
The only thing that changed was the instructors and the hall so he still continued from where he left off in the Lightning hall.
Harry was currently sitting in a lotus position on a familiar yellow mat. He was currently in the mana absorption ss, except this time, the aim wasn''t to absorb mana from the surroundings but to absorb mana from a beast core.
A small dim pink crystal could be seen in Harry''s hand. It was a stage one beast core gotten from amon stage one mana beast called dire wolfording to the instructor.
Just like it was in the Lightning hall, the instructor was also focused on Harry.
He was also curious to see the progress of the most talented student in the academy.
What Harry did in one month, normal Elementalists did in about five months.
Normally, it would take a normal student or rather Elementalist about four months before getting to this ss/stagemana core absorption.
However, Harry progress and advancement speed was so fast that he was basically absorbing everything like a sponge.
This was mainly because of Harry''s high level. The mana absorption speed and ''talent'' of Harry''s "mana core illusion" depended on his level and overall strength(power).
Since Harry''s level was already quite high before he registered as an Elementalist, his ''talent'' and ''advancement'' had also gotten very high.
Harry''s brows twitched slightly as he stared at the system notification that appeared the moment he held the beast core.
[Does the Host want to absorb stage one beast core?]
[Yes/No]
''Yes.'' He said without hesitation.
Although most students would have been excited about the fact that they would be absorbing a beast core, Harry wasn''t that hyped up about it.
He had already absorbed a peak stage beast core and he was sure that the amount of EXP he would gain from this stage one beast core would be a lot smaller.
[Absorbing the mana core while simultaneously keeping "mana core illusion" active would lead to slower beast core absorption.]
[Does the Host still wants to absorb the mana core now?]
Harry''s face morphed into a slight frown as he read the system message that shed in front of him. ''Yes.'' He replied nonchntly.
He wasn''t that surprised about the message that appeared in front of him, he just didn''t like the idea of the slower mana core absorption.
He was already bored with having to pretend like he was truly absorbing mana, this would only add to that boredom.
The duty of ''mana core illusion'' was to make him appear as a ''normal'' Elementalist to other Elementalists and people.
The skill was more like an ''adaptive skill'' as its illusion bends itself to Harry''s will and thoughts.
Activating the skill while simultaneously absorbing a beast core would cause the skill to create an illusion of Harry absorbing the mana from the beast core like a normal Elementalist, rather than him just absorbing it as EXP.
[Note: A friendly reminder that mana is mainly EXP for Harry]
The ''slower beast core absorption'' was only there to make the instructors and other Elementalists think he was truly absorbing the beast core.
Harry knew the dangers and problems he could face if he wasn''t careful enough so he made sure to ask the other voice about all the ways he could cover his ''loose ends''.
[Absorbing Beast core]
[0.0900%]
The moment the next system notification appeared, Harry''s brows twitched in annoyance and frustration.
''I just have to bare this for a few more months. Yes a few months more and that''s it.'' Harry mumbled inwardly while trying to think of other things to use to distract himself and pass time.
The worst part of it all was that the other voice, which was the only thing that he could converse with during the Elementalist training, hardly spoke a word whenever he was in the element halls.
In actuality, he still had to attend the element sses for about five months, after the inter-academy tournamentwhich he nned on participating inHarry would have no other business in the academy as he would have graduated by then.
[0.1004%]
''Even the peak stage four beast core didn''t take this long!'' Harry scoffed inwardly.
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Chapter 57 Wrint’s Impression
''Even the peak stage four beast core didn''t take this long!'' Harry scoffed inwardly.
While Harry was whining inwardly in frustration, the instructor was surprised as he watched Harry ''slowly'' absorb the beast core.
He had never seen someone absorb a beast core so fast.
He had been an instructor in vane academy for about three years and the most talented student or rather Elementalist, he had ever tutored was Trent Morton.
What made Trent his favorite student wasn''t his affinity or affinity grade, it was his astonishing mana absorption speed and mana affinity body.
However, even Trent''s mana affinity body and mana absorption speed paled inparison to Harry''s. The difference was as wide as heaven and earth. ''He''s a monster'' He said inwardly.
While the instructor was shocked by Harry''s talent, harry was barely holding himself back from facepalming as he stared at the system tab in front of him.
[0.1019%]
''This is going to take long lot longer than I earlier expected.'' Harry mumbled inwardly.
As he tried to distract himself, his thoughts couldn''t help but drift to the system and its origin.
He had a hypothesis that the other voice was the system creator or even at least took a part in the system creation.
However, it was just thatan hypothesisas the system and the ''other voice '' always went silent whenever he brought up questions about the system.
What he knew was that whoever created this system already knew about the problems he would face trying to ''blend'' in with the normal Elementalist.
Although, ''mana core conceal'' wasn''t foolproof, Harry still couldn''t help but be amazed at the illusion strength.
The fact that the academy instructors who were powerful Elementalists and mages couldn''t see through the skill''s illusion said a lot about it.
Harry wasn''t sure if the skill illusion would be strong enough to deceive a grand mage or supreme grand mage, however, ording to the other voice, no one on the should be able to see through it.
?
Two hours had passed and the beast core absorption was almostplete.
''Finally.'' Harry mumbled inwardly as he stared at the system tab in front of him.
[99.9814%]
Though the absorption speed and percentage was extremely slow at first, it slowly improved when it got to eighty-five precent.
[+2000EXP]
A system notification shed across Harry''s eyes.
Harry''s brows creased slightly when he saw the low amount of EXP he got from a stage one beast core.
If it was the past him, that amount of EXP would have excited him as it seemed like a lot.
However, the present Harry wasn''t that excited about it. He even felt a little disappointed as he had to sit in one position for two hours just to get such meager EXP.
For thest few weeks, Harry had beenpleting his daily quests and he had umted enough EXP to level uphe had leveled up. With his current level, 2000EXP only gave him a little progress.
He wasn''t surprised by the fact that he didn''t receive any affinity from the beast core, he already knew that affinities could only he absorbed or rather gained from stage five beast cores and above.
A low exhale left his lips as he slowly opened his eyes, he purposely waited for a few seconds before doing so to give the impression that he was truly absorbing the beast core.
It would have been quite weird if he had just opened his eyes abruptly, he at least had to act the part.
Harry''s brows furrowed slightly as his eyes wandered around the ss.
The other students in the ss weren''t even done with absorbing the beast core, they were all still sitting with their legs crossed, obviously immersed in the beast core absorption.
Even though he absorbed the beast core with "mana core illusion" active, he still turned out to be the first one in the ss toplete the process.
Harry slowly lifted his head and then stared at the approaching figure of the instructor.
The wind instructor had a slim frame and a oval head. His short ck hair curled slightly at the edges and his nose was very narrow.
The man had aplicated expression on his face as he stared at Harry''s palm, or rather, the colourless crystal in Harry''s palm.
The name of the instructor was Wrint, although, it was a weird and funny name, no one in the academy dared to mock his name. His position in the academy was quite high after all.
''I doubt I would ever get used to his talent.'' Wrint mumbled inwardly to himself.
Even though this wasn''t the first time he had witnessed Harry''s astonishing progress, he still couldn''t help but be amazed by it.
Harry had only spent a few days in the wind hall and yet he was already far ahead of those he met in the ss. If that wasn''t shocking, Wrint didn''t know what was.
The other Elementalists in the ss and even Harry didn''t know it but the beast core given to Harry was on a slightly higher levelit contained more amounts of manawhenpared to the ones given to the other students.
It was a method the academy used when dealing with talented Elementalists.
Bing a powerful Elementalist wasn''t only about talent, but also about passion and hard workand even luck.
A person with peak grade affinity would never reach the full potential of his/her talent without putting in the necessary efforts.
The academy watched the promising students till their second year while slyly and gradually assisting them by providing them with better resources for training.
If the student was azy one who didn''t impress them enough, even after one year, they would give up on the student and stop providing them with better resources.
However, if the student still showed promising results, they would fully back such student.
Harry stood up and then made some stretches before passing the now drained beast core to the instructor.
"That was impressive." Wrintmended Harry. He was a type of person who didn''t let his pride get in the way of giving praises when needed.
"Thanks Mr Wrint." Harry replied politely. Although he didn''t show it on his face, he did find he name "wrint" funny.
The instructor nodded his head and then slowly turned around with a slight smile on his face.
Before, Wrint viewed harry as azy Elementalist. When he first heard about an Elementalist with three peak grade affinities, he was excited and quite eager to guide such prodigy.
However, when Harry didn''t bother to visit the wind hall even after a few weeks of registration, his impression of Harry took an all time low.
He saw Harry as azy person who didn''t have any passion to explore his talenta wasted talent.
However, all that changed when he witnessed Harry''s rapid progression and the passion that Harry put into his training.
A wry smile appeared on Harry''s face as he exhaled. ''Finally'' He said inwardly.
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Chapter 58 New Job
A slight smile appeared on Harry''s face as he stared at his figure through the mirror hung on the wall in his room. His upper body was bare as he had already taken off his shirt.
His overall appearance had improved greatly from before. He had finally gotten a nice haircut and his dark brown hair curled beautifully to the side.
His jaw had also be even more chiselled and his face was now more defined.
The drastic improvement in his appearance was mainly due to his charm stat which had doubled from what it was twenty-eight days ago(when he absorbed the peak stage four beast core).
His stats which were now quite high also contributed to it, his physique improved with each rise in his stats.
Whenever he walked, either on the streets or in the academy, different heads always turned towards him--Most especially in the academy.
Due to his high perception, his ears would often catch differentments from females regarding his handsomeness and looks.
Though Harry often didn''t like thements as he found some of them weird and embarrassing, he couldn''t stop his ears from hearing them anyway; it wasn''t like he could close his ears.
It wasn''t just his face that had improved but also his body. His height had increased greatly and he now stood at 171cm.
His body had also filled out nicely, he no longer had that scrawny and weak body of the past. He had gained some muscles around his arms and his chest and some other parts of his body.
A low sigh left his lips as he slowly walked back before slumping on the bed behind him.
Harry squinted his eyes slightly as he stared at the system tab in front of him.
He had alreadypleted all his academy activities and was currently resting in his bedroom.
''Host stats.'' Harry mumbled inwardly.
Immediately he said those words, a set of tabs and characters appeared in front of him.
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[Host Stats]
[Name: Harry Morton]
[Race: Human]
[ss: Novice Manaless Mage]
[Level: 13]
[EXP: 52000/57000]
[H/P: 150/120]
[Energy: 250/250]
[Strength: 70]
[Agility: 69]
[Stamina: 68]
[Perception: 65]
[Endurance: 67]
[Intelligence: 67]
[Mental: 67]
[Charm: 67]
[Stat Points: 30]
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For thest few weeks he had beenpleting his daily quests diligently and his stats and EXP(level) had unexpectedly improved. He was even close to levelling up to level fourteen.
A day after he absorbed the peak stage four beast core, his daily quests difficulty suddenly doubled.
Harry''s guess was that the system increased the difficulty to match or rather, bnce it with his stats.
Since his stats had suddenly gotten so high, the daily quest difficulty also had to increase to make it more of a challenge. However, harry didn''t feel bad about this since the EXP given to him also increased.
That wasn''t the only thing that changed after his evolution though. Before his evolution, one point was added to all his stats with each level up.
However, thest time he levelled up, two stat points were added to all his stats, which meant with each level up, two stat points would get added to all his stats.
Aplicated expression appeared on Harry''s face as he closed the system tab and then exhaled.
Ever since he had moved from his parents house, he had always felt irritated whenever he saw the word "Morton" in his stats.
Though, he was already on his own and no longer depended on his parents or any other person, the system still registered his name as "Harry Morton".
The name made him feel like he was still attached and rted to that worthless family.
The fact that they never bothered about his whereabouts even after he moved out from his father house only made them more worthless.
Though Harry wasn''t expecting them to miss him or anything, he still expected either his father or his mother to try finding him. After all, he simply vanished from their house without informing them or anything.
From the look of things, it seemed Trent had noticed his presence at the academy and told him parents that they didn''t need to worry.
The system still wrote his name as "Harry Morton" probably because he hadn''t exactly cut off all ties rted to his family yet.
Although he no longer lived with or depended on them, he was still their son legally.
Harry had already started taking the processes to disown his parents and legally change his name. However, it turned out to be a lot stressful than he thought and would take at least twenty days or even a month.
Harry shook his head slightly and then cleared every useless thoughts from his head. ''I should eat first, then prepare for work.'' He mumbled inwardly.
Most of his time during thest few weeks were spent on ''training'' in the academy and channeling his energy, however, he still didn''t give up on his n to get a job.
The money he got from the duel with Justin only remained about 230,000C. Almost half of it had been spent on clothes, food and other essories.
If he kept squandering the money, he would go broke within three to four months and that wouldn''t be good for him.
A week ago, he got a part-time job in a nearby restaurant. Ironically, it was the same restaurant he visited when he first moved into this apartment.
Though the job wasn''t that notable as he was only working as a waiter there, Harry still enjoyed every moment of it.
He learned how to interact better with people and he was no longer stiff or awkward when having conversations with strangers.
Besides, the pay wasn''t bad, the sry was 85000C per month. Harry was actually surprised when he heard he could actually make that much from a simple waiter job.
Harry wasn''t taking care of anybody other than himself so that amount of money was enough to sustain him. Besides, he didn''t have much expenses.
He had already been paid 90000C in advance for this month, he had also told the restaurant manager that he only had interest to work there for about five to six months.
He started work at 5:00pm and then worked for three hours before closing at 8:00pm. The academy closed between 3:30pm to 4:00pm so the job wasn''t giving him and inconvenience.
The main reason the restaurant employed was his looks and handsomeness, employing him would naturally attract more customers(mainly female ones).
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Chapter 59 Spell-Casting[1]
The main reason the restaurant employed was his looks and handsomeness, employing him would naturally attract more customers(mainly female ones).
Harry slowly got up from his bed before walking towards the bathroom. He didn''t exactly feel tired or weary but he still needed a nice cold bath after a long day at the academy.
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Three dayster,
A bright smile beamed on Harry''s face as he slowly walked into the Lightning hall. His smile was so wide that it reached his ears.
The moment he stepped into the hall, the gazes of the students loitering in the hallway were drawn to him.
Some of the female students stared at him with admiration written all over their faces, while a few of the students were green with envy as they watched Harry walk across the hallway.
A few of them turned around and started muttering to themselves.
Harry could actually hear what they were saying due to his high perception, however he didn''t react to it and simply minded his business.
Some of them were simply talking about his looks and how he had transformed during thest few weeks, while the rest were trying to guess what his affinity grade was.
There were even a few students muttering about how he cheated his way into the Lightning hall by bribing the instructors.
Harry couldn''t help but sigh when he heard the kind of words that drifted into his ears. He couldn''t help but wonder who was speeding those rumors.
Most of it was so weird that he doubted the person that spread it had a functioning brain.
He wasn''t that surprised about the envy of some of the first years and second years though.
Harry had only registered at the Lightning hall about a month ago, yet he had already surpassed most of the first year students.
At first, other Elementalists looked down on him due to the fact that he registered veryte.
They thought that Harry would have to remain in the academy for about two extra years in order toplete his Elementalist training.
However, with how fast Harry was rising and progressing, they doubted that would be the case.
Harry had only spent a few days in the beast core absorption ss before he got promoted also.
This was another shocking news that proved Harry''s ''talent'' in Elemental magic was truly out of this world.
Beast core absorption was one of the hardest sses for first years, they had to first channel their mana into the beast core.
Then they would gradually circte that mana and mix it with the mana in the beast core before slowly drawing it back to their mana core.
The mana in the beast core was very erratic and would always resist against their own mana, making it even more difficult.
So for Harry to be very good at it in only a few days was really amazing.
It was almost as if Harry was training on easy modein a way, he was really training on easy mode as he had the system.
It was only natural that this made some of them feel inferior to him and also envious of his astonishing talent.
Harry lifted his head slightly and then stared at the huge analog clock hung on the door ahead of him.
The clock stated that the time was currently 6:45am. Elemental sses started 7am while theory/lecture sses started between 9am to 9:30am, so Harry arrived quite early.
The bright smile on his face returned as Harry made his way to his ss.
As for why he was so excited, it was because today he was going to start spell-casting!
He would finally be able to use the ''spells'' he had gotten from the system freely without worrying too much about being dissected or experimented on!
???
Harry and the other first year Elementalists could be seen sitting on a bright yellow ''mat'' with crossed legs.
This ss very widepared to the other sses Harry had been to. The walls and floors had a darker shade of silver and a few yellow lines and carving could be seen at the edges of the wall.
Each Elementalists in the room had a long and thick scroll on their handsincluding Harry.
It wasn''t just a ordinary ''scroll'' though, it was actually a spell book!
Spell books were made in the form and shape of scrolls, the scroll contained all the necessary chants and movements needed to cast the spell.
Though spell books didn''t have to be designed in the shape of scrolls, Elementalists and mages still decided to make them that way.
It was to give more meaning and importance to their appearance, it would be weird if spells were learned through PDF and rough notes.
Besides, the scrolls weren''t made with just pulp and paper.
Though they were also foldable like normal scrolls, the difference between their quality was like heaven and earth.
They were actually made using the skins and leather from mana beasts, the instructions and steps on them were also engraved in the scrolls using runic pens.
Unlike normal paper, official spell books couldn''t be torn or eaten by rats. They were a lot more durable than normal paper and scrolls.
A blue haired man stood in front of the ss. He ced his hand behind his back as he kept pacing around the ss.
His appearance was anything but friendly and approachable with narrow piercing ck and thin, furrowed brows.
His furrowed brows made him look like he was frowning even when he wasn''t, creating a weird unapproachable atmosphere around him.
"As you all know!" His deep baritone voice boomed around the ssroom.
Some students even shivered subconsciously as his voice seemed to jolt them out of whatever thoughts they were having and ce their attention on the blue haired man.
Harry was the only one that was unaffected, the instructor was purposely releasing a little of his mana pressure which made other students in the ss feel unsettled.
However, Harry who was unfazed by mana pressure, no matter how powerful it was didn''t lose his calm.
Aplicated expression shed through the instructor''s eyes as his gaze fell on Harry. He seemed to have noticed that Harry wasn''t really affected by his mana pressure.
Though he was only releasing a tiny bit of his pressure, it was still an achievement for a stage one Elementalist to withstand it.
He didn''t make any remark, however, his impression of Harry rose up by a notch.
"Today, we would be focusing on spell-casting!" His voice boomed once more. "I already taught you the basics on how to cast a spellst week. However, due to a new student in our midst, we would have to go back and revise on somethings!"
Immediately, the instructor said those words, the heads of almost of the students in the hall subconsciously turned towards Harry. Who else was the new student expect Harry?
"Attention!" The blue haired instructor shouted.
The Elementalists immediately jolted and turned their attention back on the instructor.
As for Harry, he simply acted like he didn''t notice their gazes and kept his gaze forward.
Although it seemed like he was staring at the instructor, he wasn''t. His attention was rather taken by another system notification.
[Does the Host want to learn the skill "Lightning Stun"?]
[Cost: 5 skill points]
[Yes/No]
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Chapter 60 Spell-Casting[2]
Although it seemed like he was staring at the instructor, he wasn''t. His attention was rather taken by another system notification.
[Does the Host want to learn the skill "Lightning Stun"?]
[Cost: 5 skill points]
[Yes/No]
Harry was quite surprised by the notification that appeared in front of him. He hadn''t expected that he would be able to learn new skills from spell-books
His n was to get the skill "Lightning stun" from the skill shop, so when the spell-casting ss started, he would simply use the skill instead of learning or rather, casting the actual spell.
With ''mana core illusion'' active, it would seem like he was actually channeling the required mana from his mana core and casting the spell.
As for how he knew ''Lightning stun'' would be the skill he would be learning today, it was because it wasmon information that Lighting stun was the first spell Lightning Elementalists were taught in the academy.
Besides, thest instructor had already told him before today that the first spell he would learn how to cast was lightning stun.
Though he hadn''t expected the notification, it didn''t mean he was sad by it. It was the opposite--he was excited.
The fact that there was another way to get skills other than just the ''skill shop'' naturally made him happy.
The amount of skill points it took him to learn skills from spell-books was also four times cheaper than the amount of skill points he needed to get skills from the "Skill Shop".
To get "Lightning stun" from the ''skill shop'' he would have to spend twenty skill points, however, learning it from a spell-scroll would only cost him five skill points.
[The skills in the system''s ''skill shop'' are a lot more powerful than their spell-book versions. So you should stopparing them.] The other voice said.
From its tone, it seemed to be annoyed at the fact that Harry wasparing his skills to spells.
Harry simply ignored the other voice. He had never made use of his elemental skills to their full capacity or potential.
Due to his environment and the damage the skills could cause to his house, he had to refrain from activating skills like lightning strike and wind sh.
The only skill he actively used was ''elerate'' and that was to travel to the academy and other ces that were quite far from his house.
He asionally activated skills like ''Lightning ball'' and ''Lightning dash'' , however he wouldn''tunch the ball, neither would he run using the other. He would only stare at the Lightning ball above his palms and then make little movements with it.
However, he did know that his skills were more powerful than their respective spell versions.
He just didn''t think the difference would be as overwhelming as the other voice stated--the system and the other voice sometimes exaggerated things rted to being a Manaless mage.
It was still a win-win for him, he would gain a skill and could still level it upter.
Just as he was about to say the word ''yes'', his brows suddenly furrowed as a weird expression appeared on his face.
''Absorbing it wouldn''t cause any changes to the spell-scroll... right?'' Harry asked the other voice. ''I mean, it wouldn''t disintegrate or anything?''
[Note: Spell-books could also be referred to as spell-scrolls.]
[The Host doesn''t need to worry about that. Learning the skill would only automatically transfer all the skill information to the system and the Host''s mind. The scroll would face no changes.]
Harry heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the system''s words.
He hadn''t expected the system to answer his question though. The system hardly answeredplicated questions like this, it was why he asked the other voice instead, but to his surprise he received an answer from the system and not the other voice.
Harry didn''t think much about it, he had already gotten his reply and he could now learn the skill without having to worry about any implications.
"Attention Morton!" The instructor''s voice suddenly rang out.
The heads of all the students in the ss turned towards Harry once more. Most of them were d as it seemed like Harry had offended the instructor by getting distracted.
Harry lifted his head slightly and then stared at the ''frowning'' face of the blue haired man.
It seemed the instructor noticed that his mind wasn''tpletely focused on the ss.
He was slightly irritated and annoyed that the man referred to him as "Morton" instead of Harry. However, he didn''t show it on his face.
"What did I sayst?" The instructor said. He noticed Harry was zoning off during his ss. To him, that was a sign of disrespect and Harry being too proud and over-confident of his talent.
"You were talking about how casting spells was very difficult during the ''apocalypse ages''." Harry replied confidently without breaking his words.
He didn''t let himself get too distracted by the system notification. While he was conversing with the system and the other voice, he was also paying attention to what the instructor was saying.
Though he didn''t follow the conventional steps to cast a spell, it didn''t mean the information waspletely useless to him.
The ''apocalypse ages'' or ''dark ages'' simply referred to the times and days when mana came into the world.
It was a very tough time for humanity and the as a whole.
Human beings had to learn everything on their own, they didn''t have anyone to guide them, neither did they have any one to protect them from the incessant mana beast attacks.
It was basically every man on his own--survival of the fittest.
A slight smile appeared on the instructor''s face as he nodded his head and continued his steps.
The faces of some of the first year Elementalists turned gloomy when they saw that Harry managed to escape punishment.
Harry ced his attention back on the system screen in front of him. He didn''t have any reason to not learn the skill.
[Does the Host want to learn the skill "Lightning Stun"?]
[Lightning Stun: Coat your fingertips with Lightning and stun your opponent with a simple touch.]
[Cost: 5 skill points]
[Yes/No]
''Yes.'' Harry said inwardly.
[Learning skill...]
[New skill learnt: Lightning stun]
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Chapter 61 Spell-Casting[3]
''Yes.'' Harry said inwardly.
[Learning skill]
[New skill learnt: Lightning stun]
Harry''s brows creased slightly when he saw the notification that appeared in front of him. He hadn''t expected it to be that fast.
However, he didn''t think about it too much. It wasn''t like he didn''t benefit from it.
"Lightning stun is one of the easiest spells to learn and cast, so I expect you all to master the spell between now to the next month!" The instructor shouted again.
The moment the instructorpleted his words, some of the student''s heads turned towards Harry once more.
The words "the next month" once again reminded them about how Harry learned and mastered the same things they learnt in months in mere days and weeks.
Harry simply acted like he didn''t notice their gazes. Though, he didn''t show it on his face, he still didn''t like the weird gazes the academy first-year Elementalists gave him from time to time.
A slight frown appeared on the instructor''s face when he noticed his students were getting distracted. He then released a little of his mana pressure once more to remind the students of his presence.
Just a little feel of the man''s pressure was enough to jolt the student back. They immediately turned around and ced their focus back on him.
"Open the scroll in your hands!" The blue haired man shouted once more.
A slight grimace appeared on Harry''s face, he hated how the man kept shouting even when it wasn''t necessary.
''If he loved shouting so much, he should have being abat instructor.'' Harry mumbled inwardly. Since his perception was higher than normal, the shout was quite amplified for him.
The other students were also having simr thoughts, however, they didn''t dare say it to the instructor''s face.
Though he didn''t like the instructor''s loud tone, he still couldn''t ignore the man''s instructions so he opened the scroll.
The other students in the ss did the same, for most of them, this was the first timeing across an actual spell-book so they were quite excited to learn the spell.
The scroll was rolled out in a horizontal format, it was quite wide so Harry had to stretch his hands a bit.
Boldly written at the top of the scroll was the name and tier of the spell: ''Lightning stun''.
Harry''s brows furrowed slightly as he read the information written on the scroll.
The steps to cast ''Lightning stun'' were arranged chronologically in the scroll.
It was basically abination of hand movements and chants. The hand signs/moments weren''t reallypulsory, however, they were there to make it easier for stage one Elementalists to cast the spell.
The chants were quite simple and weren''t too long and the hand movements were also simple.
This wasn''t too surprising as lightning stun was only a tier one spell.
Tier one spells were known to be quite simple and easy to learn, though there were some exceptions as some tier one spells were moreplex to learn.
The fact that two spells were in the same tier doesn''t mean they would have the same mastering difficulty.
The spell ''Lightning ball'' was obviously moreplex than ''Lightning stun'', so mastering it would naturally be more difficult.
Compared to thetter which only coated the fingertips, the former would as formed above the palms.
"Though tier one spells aren''t tooplicated, there are still some difficulties you would face while leaning the spell." Harry focused on the words of the instructor.
Though Harry wasn''t using mana and would only leave all the ''mana channeling'' to ''mana core illusion, he still had to at least have an idea of how to cast the spell. He had to at least know the chants and hand movements.
''Mana core illlusion'' was a skill that followed his thoughts and will; whatever illusion he willed for the skill to show, the skill would showas long as it was rted to a mana core.
Whenever, the skill was activated and he wasn''t controlling it with his thoughts, it would simply create a ''passive'' action of him absorbing mana.
So he would have to personally know somethings about spell casting before using his imagination and thoughts to create the illusion of him actually casting the spell.
Only then, would he be able to fully ''co-operate'' with ''mana core illusion''.
"Follow the steps and instructions in the book and cast the spell." The instructor said. He was no longer shouting, neither was he releasing his mana pressure.
He knew the Elementalists needed to be in full concentration to cast the spell, he couldn''t distract them with his voice or pressure.
He wasn''t actually expecting them to get it at one go, he just wanted to test their talents and learning speed.
His eyes subconsciously drifted to Harry, he knew about Harry''s amazing talent so he was curious to see what Harry would do or rather, how fast Harry would grasp the spell.
The most difficult aspect of the spell was the elemental mana controlat least for normal stage one Elementalists. Harry could simply activate the skill, he didn''t need to stress himself; not even in the slightest bit.
ording to the steps in the spell-book, the Elementalists would slowly chant the spell while channeling elemental mana to the fingertips.
Harry closed his eyes and started chanting the spell.
To Harry the chants sounded funny. Since he couldn''t really feel the importance or rather, effects of the chants, it seemed like gibberish to him.
If other Elementalists or mages heard Harry''s thoughts right now, they would smack his face in anger.
Spell chants were obviously not in Englishnguage or even any othernguage in today''s world.
Spell Chants were ssified under "runguage". They assisted with the flow of elemental mana, making spell-casting faster and easier.
Low-staged Elementalists could cast spells without the help of chants, however, it would be ten times harder.
A simple spell like ''Lightning stun'' could take over eight minutes which wasn''t ideal during a battle with mana beasts. No mana beast would wait for an Elementalists toplete a spell before attacking.
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Chapter 62 What A Monster…
A simple spell like ''Lightning stun'' could take over eight minutes which wasn''t ideal during a battle with mana beasts. No mana beast would wait for an Elementalists toplete a spell before attacking.
It was one of the reasons why the dark ages were very tough. Back then, Elementalists had to struggle to cast spells.
They didn''t have the luxury of "runguages" or artefacts. All they had were guns and firearms which were pretty useless against mana beasts.
Seventy percent(70%) of confrontations with mana beasts during those days led to death or the loss of humans.
People had to dy or stall mana beasts just to gain the chance of sessfullynding a spell. Some even used theirpanions as bait, all to stay alive.
ording to what Harry was taught in the academy, only about five to ten percent of humanity were strong and resilient enough to survive the ''apocalypse ages''.
Luckily, the mana beasts that reigned back then were only between stage one to three. More powerful beasts only appeared over time from rifts and dungeons.
If there had been more powerful mana beasts then the whole human race would have been wiped out.
It was only after the discovery of chants and ''runguages'' that spell-casting became easier.
Elementalist could then cast spells faster and people could then stand on ''equal'' grounds with mana beasts. The tide of the was shifted as human beings gradually dominated the mana beasts.
Those with stage six mana core and above(mages) didn''t need to use chants since their elemental mana control had reached insane levels.
They could simply channel their mana themselves without the aid of spell chants. Though they didn''t use spell chants, it didn''t mean their spells and elemental attacks were weaker; in fact, it was stronger and much more powerful whenpared to Elementalist''s spells.
As Harry chanted the spell, he gradually channeled his energy to his fingertips.
Something like this would have been extremely difficult for the past Harry, however the present Harry was already quite proficient in energy control.
Since he channeled his energy everyday at the academy and also at home whenever he was free, his energy control had naturally improved.
Though the level of the skill itself had yet to improveit was still stuck at level three, Harry knew he was now better at controlling his energy.
However, channeling his energy outside of his body was still quite difficult.
Although, he had been practising and training his control, his energy control still wasn''t good enough for him to draw energy out of his body easily.
He still had to focus and channel it with utmost concentration.
In order for an Elementalist to cast a spell, they had to channel their elemental mana outside of their body and not just in their body.
Unlike other Elementalist, Harry didn''t have the luxury of using chants to assist in channeling his energy faster, he had to do it all by his own willpower.
While Harry was chanting the spell, or rather, saying the chants and channeling his energy, ''mana core illusion'' was also doing its job.
It created an illusion of Harry channeling elemental mana and chanting the spell. Whatever Harry did with his energy, the skill did with his ''elemental mana''.
The instructor''s eyes had been on Harry since the beginning of the ss.
Though there were about twelve students in the ss, Harry was the only one that made significant progress in chanting the spell.
Some of the other students hadn''t even managed to channel their elemental mana properly, they were simply saying the chant without channeling the required mana.
There were a few who managed to channel their elemental mana, however, they were extremely slow.
The instructor''s eyes widened slightly as he watched Harry. Though the speed at which Harry was channeling his mana was easy for the the man to do, it didn''t change the fact that it was monstrous for a stage one Elementalist; especially one that just became an Elementalist a month ago.
''What a monster'' He mumbled inwardly with a slight smile on his face. He was naturally excited at the fact that humanity had gained a new prodigy.
Harry''s brows twitched rapidly as he kept channeling his energy while simultaneously chanting the spell.
Saying those chants while also channeling his mana was a lot harder than he would like to admit.
Since he needed to be in full concentration to move his energy, it was anything but easy to keep muttering some words while trying to keep that concentration.
Although Harry could simply activate the skill, he knew that would be a rather stupid thing to do.
It would seem somehow ''automatic'' if he just activated the skill and didn''t focus on channeling the ''mana''.
Since the image he was giving to the academy was that of a talented Elementalist with a very solid foundation, he couldn''t do anything that would break that image.
The academy instructors weren''t stupid, he had to make them believe he was actually casting the spell or else he could get into a lot of trouble.
He wasn''t even nning on casting the spell today, he would simply channel his ''mana'' till the end of the ss.
His n was to wait till the next day or even the next two days before finally casting the spell. At least, he could give the excuse that he had been practising at home, which wasn''t aplete lie.
While he nned on advancing through sses fast, he still didn''t want it to be too fast as that would put too much attention on him.
It would be strange if he ''casted'' a spell perfectly at first trial by simply reading a spell-book.
He had already ced himself under the academy spotlight by aplishing what other failed to achieve in months in just a few weeks, he didn''t want to attract too much attention upon himself.
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Chapter 63 To The Second Year Elemental Class
It wasn''t like he wasn''t getting any benefit from training in the academy too, his energy control had increased mainly due to the things he was taught at the academy and he was sure it would still increase even more.
While it was quite boring as he had no friends in the academy, it still wasn''t pointless.
Time passed very quickly and before Harry knew it, one hour and thirty minutes had passed.
"That''s enough." The instructor''s voice rang out. Though he didn''t shouting and his voice was rather calm, it was still enough to jolt all the students out of their meditation.
Though he could have stopped and corrected them earlier, he didn''t because he wanted them to notice their mistake themselves.
Harry opened his eyes slightly as a low exhale left his lips.
He had always enjoyed channeling his energy, a warm and refreshing feeling coursed through his body whenever he was channeling his energy.
Though he had already gotten used to this feeling as he often trained his energy control in hopes of improving it, he still enjoyed that warm sensation.
Harry raised his head slightly and then stared at the instructor.
The instructor continued his hobby of pacing around the ss while informing the students of the different mistakes they made in casting the spell.
"Most of you weren''t able to find the right bnce between channeling the mana and chanting the spell." The instructor said.
"You''re always so concerned with channeling your elemental mana that you forget you''re also supposed to say the necessary chants in order for you to get the desired results." He continued.
This was an mistake he noticed most of the students in the ss were making, some of them weren''t even saying the right chants.
Chants were said to aid the flow of elemental mana, however, if they weren''t used at the correct pace, they would do nothing other than disrupt the mana flow.
There was no way an Elementalist would be able to cast a spell if the mana flow and chants weren''t well organised and co-ordinated.
There were a few exceptions like Harry who actually managed to channel their elemental mana properly, however, even then, no one managed to sessfully cast the spell.
Harry''s progress was the fastest and from the man''s predictions, Harry should be able to master the spell after a week of practise.
Although, he had never heard of an Elementalist mastering a spell within a weekeven mages couldn''t master a spell within such short time as the difficult only got higher with every tier, he expected Harry to seed in doing so due to his monstrous progression and learning speed.
"Don''t just say the words, find the right bnce between them feel the Lightning elemental mana flowing within you and channel it properly to cast the spell." The instructor said.
Just then his gaze turned towards Harry. "Harry you''re channeling your mana correctly but It seems you''re having problems with drawing your mana out of body." He said. "You''re also chanting the spells too fast, Try to find the right bnce both the chants and the mana flow and you would be able to sessfully cast your spell."
Most of the Elementalists in the ss faces turned green with envy when they heard the instructor''s words.
From the instructor''s words they knew that Harry was very close to mastering the spell and it fuelled their jealously even more.
Harry simply nodded his head slightly. He didn''t really take the instructor''s corrections to heart. If anything, he was quite d the man didn''t refer to him as "Morton".
He had purposely prevented himself from channeling his ''mana'' out of his body, he only kept stirring in at the inneryer of his fingertips without bothering to draw it out.
The only thing that slightly surprised him was what the instructor said about him chanting the spell too fast, he only wanted to have a ''just'' reason for him not casting the spell.
It would be quite weird if he did everything correctly and still didn''t seed in casting the spell, the instructor would be confused as he wouldn''t know what Harry was doing wrong.
He could feel the death and envious stares he was receiving from a few of the students, however, He simply ignored them.
Harry saw their actions as ''tantrums'' from kids. He was a lot older than the first year lightning Elementalists, it would be a disgrace if he indulged and let himself get affected by their childish actions.
Most of the first years were very young, between the ages of twelve and thirteen. Their minds were still very immature, to them, Harry was the overachieving senior who came to steal the spotlight from them.
At first, the first year students and even other Elementalists mocked Harry for registering sote. While they didn''t insult him to his face, they didn''t hide their disdain for Harry either.
But Harry shocked them by advancing a lot faster than even the so-called most talented students of their sses.
As Harry kept progressing, their view and thoughts of Harry gradually changed from just disdain to hate, envy and jealousy.
Some of them even went as far as to spread rumours about how Harry bribed the academy instructors and wasn''t even talented.
There were a few of them who were quite indifferent to Harry''s talent and astonishing progress.
Among the current first years in the lightning hall, there wasn''t really any talented students. There was no one with high-grade affinity among them and most of the studies had only medium grade affinities with a few having low grade affinities.
Coupled with the fact that they were only few lightning Elementalist among the first years, it was safe to say they were the least talented ss in the academy.
Lightning element was rare and a high grade one was even rarer so it wasn''t the fewer numbers of lightning Elementalist wasn''t weird.
"Now, let''s all try again and do better!" The instructor shouted.
''Ahh today''s going to a long day as always.'' Harry thought.
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Three days had passed by in a sh and Harry was currently standing in a small room.
His hands were outstretched and were each ced on a tall cylindrical iron surface that was strongly fixed on the ground.
Unlike thest time, his eyes were opened and his lips were moving slightly as he mumbled some iprehensible words.
He gradually channeled his ''mana'' and slowly drew them out of his body in order to ''cast'' the spell "lightning stun".
Compared to thest time, when he intentionally made mistakes and failed to ''cast'' the spell, this time, he didn''t beat around the bush and simply went straight to ''casting'' the ''spell''.
When he finally felt it was the right time, he paused the chant as he mumbled inwardly: ''Activate Lightning stun''.
The moment he willed for the skill to activate, small bright blue sparks started appearing around his fingers.
They slowly spread out until they evenly coated all his fingertips, sparks flew between his fingers as lightning danced around them.
The lightning sparks rapidly spread to the iron surface Harry was holding, sparks flew around its body. It kept vibrating as lightning danced around it.
A satisfied smile appeared on his face as he removed one of his handshis left hand, from the iron body, he brought that hand closer and then watched as sparks flew between his fingers.
His right fingers that was still resting on the iron surface was still coated with enough lightning that made sparks fly around the tall iron body.
Though the amount of lightning dancing around the cylindrical surface had reduced by about halfpared to when all Harry''s fingers were on it, it was still enough to fry an ordinary human being.
[-3 Energy points]
He ignored the notification that shed across his eyes as he rested his gaze on the blue haired instructor who was staring at him with a shocked expression.
"Can I get promoted now?" Harry asked still keeping that smile on his face.
The man hurriedly regained hisposure and closed his mouth, he released an awkward cough as he realised he had been staring at Harry for a while.
"Yes, you can now be promoted and allowed to attend second year Elemental sses." He said, still not able to hide the tinge of shock in his voice.
Harry had justpleted the promotional examination for the first spell-casting so he had qualified for promotion.
But it was still shocking, Harry had only started spell-casting three days ago and he had already learnt his first spell.
Average Elementalists sessfully casted their first spells after learning it for about three weeks, however, they mastered it after about one to two month.
Talented ones could cast it sessfully after one week and even then, it would still take between two weeks to one month before they were able to master the spell.
Although spell-casting sounded simple, it was anything but simple!
''Harry his talent is really out of his world.'' The man mumbled inwardly. A wry smile appeared on his face as he shook his head slightly.
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Chapter 64 Unexpected Encounter[1]
''Harry his talent is really out of his world.'' The man mumbled inwardly. A wry smile appeared on his face as he shook his head slightly.
His first thought when he saw how fast Harry was channelling his mana was what Harry would master the spell within a week.
Although that was his guess, a part of him still didn''t expect Harry to actually learn the spell that fast as that was him setting the bar too high for Harry.
However, Harry didn''t just learnt the spell but he also mastered it within three days! This was far above his expectations.
The promotional examination Harry just took tested for the time it took Harry to cast the spell, how long he could hold the spell and the strength and power of the spell.
Harry passed all of these tests in flying colours. Not only did he pass the tests but the power of Harry''s ''lightning stun'' was slightly higher than that of the average Elementalist.
Harry could also hold the spell for a longer amount of time whenpared to most Lightning Elementalists, the instructor had never came across someone as talented as Harry.
Though keeping up the spell sounded like an easy job, it wasn''t. To hold a spell, an Elementalist had to keep up the flow of elemental mana, which meant they had to continually channel their mana.
Most low stage Elementalists couldn''t do this so they could only keep up their spells for a few seconds.
With this, he was sure that Harry was a once in a millennia prodigy.
Lightning Element had two colours or rather forms; silver and blue lightning.
They could both do the same thing and cast the same type of spells, however, the light blue lightning was known to be slightly more powerful than the former.
Lightning was the only element known with two different colours, it was another fact that contributed to the rarity of the element. The colour of an Elementalist lightning depended on their talent and affinity with Lightning.
Lightning Elementalists with affinity grades between low to medium grades had the silver lightning while those with high grade affinities and bone had the light blue lightning.
Harry''s Lightning Element was blue in colour which meant he did have a peak grade element.
A slight smile appeared on Harry''s face when he heard the instructor''s words. He bowed lightly to the instructor before turning around to leave the room.
Finally, he hadpleted all the first year elemental sses and could now be promoted to the next.
Though they were called "first year elemental sses", it didn''t mean a student had to spend one year in the training.
One year was just the estimated time it should take an untalented or average Elementalist to learn everything taught in those sses. It all depended on talent and how fast an Elementalist was able to advance.
However, the Elementalists in the academy were required to break through to the first mana core stage within a year of registration.
Those who failed to meet this requirement were either expelled from the academy or registered as a ''regr or ordinary student''.
Basically their ''Elementalist'' status in the academy would be revoked. Breaking through to the first mana core stage was one of the basic things in magic and if a person was unable to meet even the most basic requirements, they were considered useless.
Harry exhaled as he stepped out of the room. He left the instructor as the man was still busy arranging some equipments in the room.
The ''room'' he just stepped out from was where the promotional examinations for the first spell casting ss was conducted.
Each Elemental ss in the academy had a special room(s) where promotional examinations were conducted.
Since ''lightning stun'' was a simple spell, the academy didn''t bother to create arge or over-advanced exam room for it.
As Harry walked across the ss, he could feel the gazes of some of the students drilling into him.
The students were unsurprisingly jealous of Harry. Harry met them in this ss and now he had passed them again.
Most of them were still even struggling to bnce their chants with their elemental mana flow while Harry had already passed the promotional test.
As usual, he ignored them and simply walked towards the door at his own pace.
Though Harry''s earlier n was topletely ''master'' the spell after about four days, he felt that might disrupt this n and shifted that date forward a little.
The Rankingpetition would begin in about a month from now and he couldn''t keep wasting time in the spell-casting ss.
[A/N: if you''re confused about why it would begin in "a month" since I said the same in chapter 39, just know I edited that chapter and changed it to two months(this won''t increase the coin price)]
The next ss he was moving too focused on more practical aspects. The Elementalists were taught how to use their spells efficiently inbat.
However, before he could go to his new ss, he had to first visit the spell library.
Just as the name suggested, the "spell library" was basically a library where spells were kept.
Though it had the word "spell" in it, it wasn''t filled with only spells, there were other types of books there also.
The next elemental ss wouldn''t be like the first spell-casting ss where every Elementalist learnt the same spells, students were free to learn any spell of their choice; as long as it was within their capability.
They would first learn a spell of their choice than the instructors of that ss would guide and train them on how to use it duringbat.
Since it was a ss that focused more on practical lessons and magicalbatusing spells to fight and battle, Elementalist fought against each other more often and spells were used more actively.
Harry nned on visiting the wind spell library first. He already learnt a spell from the Lightning hall and even though it wasn''t that powerfulsince it was only a tier one spell, Harry sure it would get more powerful as it levelled up.
Each element hall had its respective spell library, the element and type of the spell depended on the element hall. For example, the spell library in the lightning hall would unsurprisingly be filled Lightning spells and the one in the wind hall would have wind spells.
Since he had three elements and each element halls taught the same thing, he was free to train in any one of them and was also free to learn new spells from any of the spell libraries.
He wanted to use this opportunity to learn new skills also. He nned on visiting all three libraries and learning spells from each and every one.
Unlike other Elementalist who had to spend weeks and months to learn one spell, Harry could simply learn any spell within seconds as long as he had enough skill points, which he was sure he did.
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A slight smile appeared on Harry''s face as he stood in front of the wind spell library. The library was located in the ground floor of the wind hall and was quite easy to locate.
He raised his student ID card and stretched it towards the double bar door. A low beep sound rang out as the door slowly slid open.
The spell library wasn''t open to just anyone, only Elementalists of the respective hall were allowed into the library.
A fire Elementalist wasn''t allowed into a wind spell library and vice-versa. Even instructors from other element halls couldn''t just walk into the spell library of another element hall.
There were exceptions like the principal and some other instructors who had ess to every part of the academy due to their high positions, however, that privilege didn''t extend to students.
Ever since Harry registered as an Elementalist, his ID card had been updated so he now had ess to the wind, lightning and earth spell libraries.
He was only nning on learning only the spells that were going to be useful to him and not just any spell. After all, he knew how difficult it was to gain skill points and he didn''t want to waste the few he had.
The librarian at the corner of the library stared at Harry for a few seconds with a weird expression on her face before turning her head away.
The spell library looked just like a normal library with brown shelfs arranged neatly around it and spaces in between every shelf. It wasn''t that wide or huge and the shelfs weren''t as humongous as one might expect.
There were a few other students apart from Harry walking around the hall and engaging in conversations.
Meanwhile, at the other end of the library, a light brown haired student searched through the books on the shelfs frantically. His face appeared quite young and his appearance had a few simrities to Harry''s.
Trent brows morphed into a frown as he kept swiping through the books on the shelf. "Where is it?"
Chapter 65 Unexpected Encounter[2]
Trent''s brows morphed into a frown as he kept swiping through the books on the shelf. "Where is it"
The frown on his face only got deeper when he reached the other end of the shelf and still didn''t find what he was looking for. He was sure he ced it in this shelf row.
"Why don''t you just calm down and search through them slowly and thoroughly..?" A student standing beside Trent said.
He had spiky green hair and nted eyebrows, his face appeared quite handsome as his green hair made him look crazy.
"Just shut up Yeet and help me look for it," Trent replied sharply.
A slight frown appeared on the other student''s face for a few seconds before vanishing, leaving no traces of its former presence.
He was one of those who followed top and influential students all to get benefits from their friendship.
It wasn''t like he wanted to be friends with Trent, however, he only associated with Trent due to the influence and poprity he gained from him.
Yeet even hated Trent, Trent was very arrogant, hot-blooded and proud. He was a pain in the ass to be around. But his name did bring Yeet some recognition and influence.
Trent, who didn''t know what Yeet was thinking, kept searching through the spell library.
His eyes were squinted slightly as he kept checking through the books and scrolls.
"Trent, What are you even looking for?" Yeet asked. He had followed Trent here in hopes of assisting him in finding whatever he was looking for, however, Trent wouldn''t even tell him.
Whenever he asked, Trent would simply tell him to shut up, mind his business or say something like "you''re just useless here."
He already had an inkling as to what Trent was looking fora spell scroll, after all, why else would Trent be avoiding the librarian? However, there was nothing he could do to help since Trent wouldn''t even tell him the exact spell scroll.
A low exhale left his lips when he saw that Trent didn''t even reply, though he wasn''t surprised, he was still annoyed. ''Why did I even decide to help him?'' He mumbled inwardly.
The scrolls wereid vertically and arranged neatly while the books were arranged neatly on one another.
There werebels under each set of books, describing them.
Though it was a spell library, there were still normal books in the library. It wasn''t filled with spells alone.
Most of them were simply textbooks that assisted students in mana absorption while the rest were history books about the ''apocalypse ages''.
What Trent was looking for was a spell scrolla tier three spell scroll.
Just this morning, he visited the spell library to learn new tier-two spells. While searching for a good spell to learn, he dropped the tier three spell he had brought with him to the library on this particr shelf.
Back then, his mind was quite upied so he simply forgot about the spell. He had already learnt the spell so he didn''t remember to bring it out with him.
Though, normally, this wouldn''t be a problem as students didn''t face heavy punishments for misarranging spell scrolls or books in the library.
The only time students would be punished by the academy was when they either lost spell scrolls and other books from the library or take the books outside of the academy.
The only problem was the person that gave him the spell.
It was given to him by his instructor. Every elite student had a personal instructor or teacher as some liked to call it.
The moment they became a top 25 in the academy, they were given a choice to choose a personal instructor to train with and improve with even more.
Those with more than one element got more than one personal instructor to train their other element.
It was one of the perks that made elite students advance faster than normal.
How would Trent face his instructor if he couldn''t find the spell? From what his teacher told him, the spell was quite powerful among tier-three spells, it was even quite rare.
His instructor was from an influential family, and the spell scroll he gave Trent to learn was something that belonged to his family. This alone meant it was never supposed to be in the library!
If the man found out Trent misced the spell he might never forgive him! Or even worse, he would no longer give Trent any spells or techniques from his family!
The spell library didn''t have tier three spell scrolls, the higher spell tier in the library was tier two. Even the number of tier-two spells in the library wasn''t that much and was only about ten.
This was because most of the students didn''t even reach the third mana core stage during their academy years.
Most of the students broke and got to the second mana core stage before their graduation while the less talented ones could not even break through.
Some reached the second mana core stage through the help of rare and expensive materials provided by their influential families. However, the usage of external help could only take one so far.
Breaking through to the third mana core stage within five to six years was anything but easy and could only be achieved by extremely talented studentslike Trent.
The academy saw it as a waste of time to drop a tier three spell scroll in the library when only about 5% of the academy students could achieve that.
Trent was sure the spell scroll was in the library since he had never taken any book outside of the academy.
It couldn''t be in his dorm room since he had already searched every nook and cranny of his room beforeing here. He remembered cing it in this particr shelf row so he knew it was definitely in the library.
Since it was only this morning, the librarian shouldn''t have re-arranged the books.
He hadn''t approached the librarian about his problem. He was standing at the far end of the library, away from her gaze.
While the shelves in the library weren''t that huge, they were still a lot taller than an average human being.
The shelves around him blocked him from her view so she wasn''t able to see him. It didn''t exactly block him from seeing the librarian though as he could simply watch her through the small gaps between the books.
The librarian was only a stage two Elementalist so her mana sense wasn''t that strong or powerful enough to detect his strange and panicked movements which made it easier to hide from her.
A few students noticed his unsettled appearance, however, they simply avoided him by staying as far away from him as possible.
The academy''s Elite students were known to be very arrogant, they never paid attention to the ''normal'' students and when they did, it was to cause problems.
Out of all of them, Trent was known to be one of the hot-headed ones. Though he was the youngest elite student, he was still one of the most ruthless. They would rather avoid him.
The spell library didn''t have tier three spell scrolls, the higher spell tier in the library was tier two. Even the number of tier-two spells in the library wasn''t that much and was only about ten.
This was because most of the students didn''t even reach the third mana core stage during their academy years.
Most of the students broke through and got to the second mana core stage before their graduation while the less talented ones could not even breakthrough.
Some reached the second mana core stage through the help of rare and expensive materials provided by their influential families. However, the usage of external help could only take one so far.
Breaking through to the third mana core stage within five to six years was anything but easy and could only be achieved by extremely talented studentslike Trent.
The academy saw it as a waste of time to drop a tier three spell scroll in the library when only about 5% of the academy students could achieve that.
''Calm down'' He kept saying to himself. Trent rubbed his brows in frustration as he paced up and down.
Just as he got to the end of the shelf that faced the library''s entrance, his body suddenly froze.
He could see a student with dark brown hair standing in front of one of the shelves, rather than picking a book or scrolls the student simply keptying his hands on them, one after the other while walking across the shelf.
Trent''s brows twitched slightly, he clenched his fists as he muttered one word: "Harry"
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Harry walked towards the shelf closest to the entrance. The number of spell scrolls wasn''t so much that they filled the library.
Harry pursed his lips slightly as he stood in front of the tall shelf. He read thebel on one of the rows which stated "tier one spells", he simply ignored the books as he had no use for them.
He ced his hand on one of the scrolls, and just as he expected, a system message shed across his eyes.
[Does the Host want to learn the skill "Wind de"?]
[Wind de: Conjure a short de out of the wind andunch it towards your opponent]
[Cost: 5 skill points]
[Yes/No]
A slight crease appeared on Harry''s brows, it was quite powerful for a spell at the first tier.
Harry already had the wind sh which was a tier-two spell in reality. It was also one of the most powerful attack spells used by stage one Elementalists.
While its effect was quite simr to ''wind sh'', it was also different. As for the difference; one was a sh and one was a de.
"Yes," Harry muttered. Though it might seem like the wrong decision for him to learn a spell simr to one he already had, Harry was sure that ''wind de'' would be a formidable skill in itster stages.
Who knows, he might even be able to conjure more than ten des at once.
[Learning Skill]
Besides, this would be the first ''wind spell'' he would learn, he would simply start the practical lessons with it.
If he was a normal Elementalist, he might have been at a disadvantage since he didn''t live in the academy dormitory.
Students weren''t allowed to take spell books outside of the academy unless they did not belong to the academy in the first ce, and then they were free to take it anywhere they wished.
It meant students who didn''t live in the dormitories had no choice but to wait till they were in the academy before studying the scroll.
This would unsurprisingly make their progress slowerpared to someone that stayed in the academy dormitory.
However, Harry could simply learn the spell as a skill through his system.
[New Skill Learnt: Wind de]
A slight smile appeared on Harry''s face as he moved his hand to the next scroll.
[Does the Host want to learn the skill "Wind Steps"?]
[Wind Steps: Use the power of wind on your feet to boost your speed]
[Cost: 3 Skill points]
[Yes/No]
A weird expression appeared on Harry''s face, he was quite surprised by the low number of skill points required to learn the skill. The skill was also quite useful for boosting speed.
Though he already has ''elerate'' as a speed boost skill, there was no harm in getting another speed-rted skill.
"Yes," Harry said. He was sure the skill would get a lot more powerful as it levelled up.
[Learning skill]
[New skill learnt: Wind steps]
Harry nodded his head slightly. He then kept going through all the tier-one skillsspells, on the row.
A wry smile appeared on his face when he got to the end of the row.
None of the spells he saw was useful to him.
Most of them were simply spells that boosted speed or shot out a wind attacksimr to ''wind de''.
He could learn them and then level them up till they got more powerful but it would only be a waste of skill points. He knew that wasn''t the wisest thing to do, especially now that he was trying to save skills points.
Skill points could only be gotten bypleting quests and since hisst questpletionthe optional quest to absorb the beast core, he hadn''t gotten any new quests so he wasn''t sure about when he would get more skill points. He could only manage the little he had.
He still had to visit the other two spell libraries to learn more lightning and earth skills, he knew he would definitely find more useful and versatile skills.
He couldn''t waste skill points in one library when there were still other skills to learn.
''Perhaps I''lle back to learn some of them when I get enough skill points.'' Harry mumbled as he moved over to another shelf.
He went through a few more tier-one spells but he still wasn''t able to see a useful one. They weren''tpletely useless but would be quite a waste of skill points.
Even though the library didn''t have as many tier-two skills, there were still a few tier-two spells.
He gave up on tier-one spells and moved to the tier-two section. Even if he managed to learn all the tier two spells avable, he would make sure he learnt the most powerful ones. After all, they were said to be ten times more powerful and effective than tier-one spells.
A slight smile appeared on his face as his fingers touched the first tier-two spell on the shelf row.
[Does the Host want to learn the skill "Wind needles"?]
[Wind Needles: Conjure small needles using the wind element and shoot them towards your opponents.]
[Note: The number of needles depended on the Host''s will and energy spent on the skill]
[Cost: 7 Skill points]
"Yes," Harry said without hesitation. A part of him had expected that the skill would be more expensive but since it wasn''t, it was only good for him.
From the description of the skill, it was very obvious that it was a powerful skill. It might seem like it was just an ordinary attack spell like "wind de" or "wind sh" but Harry knew it wasn''t.
[Learning Skill]
A familiar message appeared in front of him.
It might not sound as destructive as ''wind sh'' but it was definitely more effective. Not only would it have better-piercing power but it would also finish the opponent quicker.
Harry could even create more than one wind needle as long as he willed it and had enough energy to expend.
[New skill learnt: wind needles]
Harry was so excited to see what the next skillspell, would be that he immediately stretched his hand to it. Just as he was about to touch the skill, he suddenly felt the mana pressure around him increase.
Although he couldn''t use mana, he could still sense when ''mana pressure was being used on him. It was more like a sixth sense he developed through his perception.
He could also feel the gaze of someone drilling into him.
He slowly firmed around, a slight surprise shed through his eyes as his gaze met that of a light brown-haired boy.
"Trent" He couldn''t help but mutter as a cold glint shed through his eyes. Thest thing he had expected was to meet Trenthis be-hated brother, in the wind hall.
It wasn''t that surprising also, after all, Trent was a wind Elementalist and he would alsoe to the spell library once in a while. This meeting was only a coincidenceone Harry didn''t like very much as setting his eyes on Trent had spoilt his mood.
Trent''s eyes were cold as he slowly walked towards Harry. "You what are you doing here?" He asked with scorn and hate dripping through his voice.
A slight smile appeared on Harry''s face as he noticed the height difference between them now.
Trent used to be taller than him but now Harry was looking down at Trent as he was already slightly taller.
"That''s none of your business," Harry said nonchntly. Though his voice sounded nonchnt, one could still sense that it wasced with hate.
?
A few minutes earlier
Trent''s brows twitched slightly, he clenched his fists as he muttered one word: "Harry"
Thest person he had expected to see in the spell library was Harry, especially not at a time like this when he was frantically looking for something.
The moment he set his eyes on Harry, different memories started shing through his eyes.
Different waves of emotions washed through him and he only felt one thinghate and disgust!
He had also heard about how Harry got registered into the lightning hall.
At first, he thought it was a joke but that notion vanished after he witnessed Harrying out of the hall himself.
This made him annoyed and he consoled himself with the thought that Harry probably awakened a low-grade affinity.
Since then he hadn''t seen Harry, and nor had he heard anything about Harry.
But now that he saw Harry in the wind hall, he was sure of one thing: it wasn''t a low-grade affinity but a dual affinity!
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Chapter 67 Using [Mana Steal] A Second Time
But now that he saw Harry in the wind hall, he was sure of one thing: it wasn''t a low grade affinity but a dual affinity!
While Trent was hot-headed, he wasn''t stupid. He knew no other students except from the ones that belonged to the element hall couldn''t be allowed into the spell librarythey wouldn''t even be allowed into the hall, talk-less of the spell library.
This alone meant, Harry also had a wind affinity!
He was already annoyed by the fact that Harry was registered into the lightning hall, he hated it.
Even if it was only a low-grade lightning affinity, Trent would still be unhappy as this meant Harry would officially be an Elementalistwhich he already had.
Dual Elementalists were very rare as most people only awakened one affinity.
Though it was possible for an Elementalist to have a dual affinity or two low grade Elements, the possibility was very low.
Most people with dual affinities often awakened either a medium grade affinity along with a low grade one or two medium grade affinities.
The more talented ones had either a peak or high grade affinity along with any other affinity between low to peak grade.
There was even a slight possibility that Harry was even more talented than him! The moment this thought shed through his eyes, his ''mana pressure'' exploded.
He locked it on Harry and tried to push him down to his kneels.
Throughout his life, he had lived with the notion that he Harry was lesser than him and just the thought of Harry being more special than he was irked him to the core.
Yeet who was still standing beside Trent felt his lungs tighten, he tried to reach out and remind Trent of his presence but he couldn''t move any part of his body.
He was only a stage one Elementalist and couldn''t stand in front of the ''pressure'' of a powerful Elementalist like Trent. He could only stand there and tremble like the weak ''ant'' he was.
Meanwhile, Trent''s gaze remained locked on Harry. His brows furrowed slightly as he increased the pressure even more, he didn''t understand why Harry was reacting even though he was being affected by his full mana pressure.
Since Trent was only locking his pressure on Harry, it didn''t spread out to other parts of the library so the other students in the library didn''t feel the pressure.
The students had made sure to stay as far away from Trent as possible, most of them had even left the library the moment they noticed Trent.
Trent''s anger boiled even more when Harry turned towards him. The nonchnt expression in Harry''s eyes irritated him even more, it was as if Harry didn''t even see him as someone worth his time.
Trent couldn''t hold it anymore as took a step forwards and started walking towards Harry.
"You what are you doing here?" Trent asked when he got closer to Harry. He squinted his eyes slightly when he noticed the height difference between he and Harry.
Even though, the difference was very small as it was only by about three centimeters, Trent still wasn''t happy about it.
He could also see that Harry appearance had changedimproved for the better, it was now a far cry from thest time he met him.
All throughout their lives, Trent had always been the taller one.
Harry height used to be 160cm while Trent''s was 168cm. Due to the fact that Harry wasn''t taken care of very well, Trent''s growth was smoother and faster while Harry''s was very slow and more stagnated.
"That''s none of your business." Harry replied with a voiceced in hate.
A slight smirk appeared on Trent''s face when he heard Harry''s reply. "I think you''re forgetting something" Trent said.
It didn''t matter that Harry was now an Elementalist, he would always be the stronger one.
Suddenly a weird expression appeared on his face, he stepped even closer as he asked: "Where have you been staying?"
A few weeks ago, Trent visited his parents and to his surprise he didn''t meet Harry at home.
He knew Harry was okay since he saw him in the academy. He didn''t need to think too much before he realized that Harry had moved out of the house. He wasn''t really worried or anything but he was still curious as to where Harry now lived.
"That''s none of your business." Harry replied nonchntly. Harry was also still trying his best to hold in his anger, he was barely holding himself from grabbing Trent''s throat and activating "Lightning stun".
He could sense the pressure around him increasing, however, it would never affect him. Even the pressure of a full-fledged mage was useless against him talk-less of that of an Elementalist.
Trent''s brows furrowed in annoyance, that nonchnt tone of Harry really annoyed him.
An evil smirk appeared on Trent''s face, he took a step backwards while chuckling slightly.
"Do you think you could talk to me anyhow?" Trent said. Wind mana circted around his right hand, his uniform bloated slightly due to the wind umted in then.
"Spinning air strike!" He shouted as he threw a punch towards Harry face. The wind around his hand moved to his fists as they stirred violently.
He shifted his attention to Harry''s face, expecting to see a fearful expression, but instead Harry was smirking?
The smirk on Harry''s face only got wider as Trent fist closed in on him.
Just as it was about to get to his face, Harry raised one of his hands and grabbed it midway.
The wind behind the punch hit him as it roughed his hair, his uniform also fluttered for a few seconds before finally returning to normal.
Trent''s eyes widened as he stared at his the hand holding his fists, his gaze moved to Harry''s face and then back to his fists. Only one thought kept ying in his mind: ''How?''
The spell Trent just used was a tier two spell, [Spinning air strike], just as the name suggested, the spell was one that channeled wind mana to the fist.
When released as a punch, the wind would gather around the fist in a spinning motion and then hit the target.
It would not only amplified the force of the punch but the spinning force of the wind would also cause additional damage, yet all it did to Harry was roughen his hair and flutter his clothes.
Though Trent had only kept the spell strength at the minimum, it was still shocking that it didn''t do any damage to Harry.
The smirk on Harry''s face still remained, making Trent even more annoyed. Trent tried to pull back his fists from Harry''s grip, however he couldn''t even move his hand!
Even though Trent had used a spell, his movements were still too slow for Harry.
Harry''s stats had improved greatly since his confrontation with Han, with his current strength, he was sure facing a stage two Elementalist wouldn''t give him any problems.
The smirk on Harry''s face only widened as he muttered on two words: "Mana steal."
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Chapter 68 How… Just How?
The smirk on Harry''s face only widened as he muttered on two words: "Mana steal."
[Mana steal activated]
[+5000EXP]
His eyes widened slightly, the amount of EXP he gained when he used [Mana steal] on Han couldn''tpare to this.
Ever since that day when he used the skill on Han, this was be the second time he would be activating the skill.
It wasn''t that he was pitying the students and didn''t want to steal their mana, it was just that it would be too risky.
The mana sense of the academy instructors was very strong and acute, if Harry tried to steal mana from an Elementalist in the academy, the chances that he would be discovered by an Instructor were quite high.
However, here he was safe from any risks. The librarian in the spell library was only a regr human and the mana sense of the few students in the library was too underdeveloped to even sense him stealing mana.
Harry felt a familiar warm sensation flow into his hand, he didn''t resist it as he already knew what it was--mana!
Even though Trent had canceled the spell, his wind mana was still concentrated around his hand and [Mana steal] was greedily absorbing it.
When Trent first noticed he couldn''t pull back his hand, he panicked. He hadn''t expected that kind of strength from Harry but it didn''t take long before he was able to regain hisposure.
He immediately started chanting another spell so he could push Harry back, unlike the first spell, this one would be with his main element--his water element.
As he tried channeling the spell, he couldn''t find the right mana flow. Not because he forgot how to cast the spell or anything but because his mana flow was just... unstable for some reason.
He kept trying a few more times, but he still couldn''t stabilize his elemental mana flow.
He hurriedly tried to pull his hand back, however, he still couldn''t.
His spells were mainly focused on long-range, coupled with the fact that his mana flow suddenly got unstable, he was unable to break free from Harry''s grip.
His face lost colour as he instinctively did the only thing he could do in this situation; he threw a punch using his free hand.
However, just then, Harry suddenly released his grip and freed his hand.
Due to the unexpected release, Trent lost his footing as he staggered backwards by a few steps.
Luckily, he was able to regain his footing before he hit the ground.
His expression morphed into one of shock as he stared at Harry, those few seconds that his hand was in Harry''s grip, he felt nothing short of fear and panic.
In fact, he could still feel the strength of Harry''s grip on his right hand. ''How... is he so strong?'' He mumbled inwardly.
Harry''s lips morphed into a grin as he read the system notification that shed through his eyes.
[+7000EXP]
[Level up!]
In total he gained 12000EXP. Though the speed at which the skill absorbed Trent''s mana reduced after the first EXP, Harry was still d.
He had also leveled up, he was already close topleting the EXP requirement to level up and the EXP he just gained gave him the right push to finally level up.
His eyes shone as another notification appeared in front of him.
[''Mana steal'' Level up!]
[Skill ''Mana steal'' now level 2!]
[Mana steal] had finally leveled up, though he had only used it twice, it seemed that was all it needed to level up. Probably because of therge amount of mana--EXP, he stole from Trent.
He would have loved to use ''Mana steal'' for a little more time, however, the skill reached its limit. Since it was only a level one skill, it couldn''t steal mana endlessly.
But now that it had leveled up, Harry was sure the skill would be faster and more efficient.
Trent''s expression morphed into a frown, Harry''s was simply staring off into space rather than at him. It seemed like he didn''t even consider him as someone worthy to look at or converse with.
This naturally made his blood boil in anger. "Are you ignoring me...?" He asked while clenching his fists.
After his earlier experience, there was no way he would rush in recklessly again. If only he had known about Harry''s strength, he wouldn''t have attacked recklessly the first time.
He didn''t know how Harry''s strength increased so much but he could only assume that it was either through an artefact or some sort of treasure.
Although it sounded unlikely, after all, even Trent doubted Harry had enough money and connections to get an artefacts, especially one that boosted his strength to that extent.
It was simply what he kept telling himself, rather than admit that Harry was currently stronger... and probably more talented than him, he preferred to believe that it was through the aid of an artefact.
Harry''s eyes squinted slightly as he finally shifted his gaze to Trent, his eyes shone with a strange glint as he inwardly muttered: ''Probe.''
He was curious to see Trent''s stats, from their earlier exchange, it was obvious that Trent was physically weaker than him.
Though he had won in their earlier exchange, that didn''t mean Trent was weak.
Elementalists were known to be quite weak physically, their main power and strength lord in their spells.
That didn''t mean their strength was on the same level as regr or normal humans though, they were still a lot stronger than average humans, just weaker thanbat mages.
Harry had expected the system to show the information directly, so he was quite surprised by the notification that appeared in front of him.
[ERROR! Skill level too low!]
Harry''s brows furrowed slightly as he read through the notification.
''Too low huh?'' He mumbled inwardly. He wasn''t really surprised by the notification, he had already expected it after all.
[Does the Host want to level up the skill "Probe"?]
[Cost: 1 Skill point]
[Yes/No]
''Yes.'' Harry mumbled inwardly. He had no reason to refuse, since it was only one skill point, he didn''t really have much to lose.
[One skill point used!]
["Probe" Level up!]
[Skill "Probe" now level 2!]
Meanwhile, Trent''s blood kept boiling in anger. The fact that Harry still wasn''t focused on him frustrated him to the core, it made him feel like he was being ignored.
Wherever he went, he was used to gathering attention and admiration, though he didn''t exactly react to it, he still liked it.
The worst part of it was that the person who was ignoring him was Harry, the anger he felt was worse than when Harry gripped his hand even.
One thing he hated most was people ignoring him, either because he was too weak or because of any other reason.
Even though he was frustrated and annoyed, he still didn''t rush in recklessly, he had already learnt his lesson the first time.
''Since you n on ignoring me... I would simply give you a reason not too...'' Trent said inwardly.
He lifted his hands and started chanting another spell, however, just as he started channeling his mana, he noticed something--his mana had reduced!
If he had focused on his mana flow and not on Harry from the start, he would have noticed it earlier. But he was distracted by this thoughts and foolish pride.
''But how...?'' Trent was confused. He had only casted one spell, but the amount of mana that he had lost was unusual. He knew he didn''t try to overload the spell, unlike Han, he wasn''t that stupid... so howe his mana dropped that much?
Just then his gaze went to Harry, and one thought appeared in his mind: ''Could it be th--''
"Both of you!" A loud voice rang out behind them, causing Harry and Trent to turn their heads towards the direction of the voice.
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Chapter 69 Trent’s Stats
"Stop this, Both of you!" A loud voice rang out behind them, causing Harry and Trent to turn their heads towards the direction of the voice.
''The librarian'' Trent mumbled inwardly. Sweat dripped down his face as he noticed the attention of a few students on him.
Most of them immediately started leaving the hall when they saw the librarian approach Trent.
They didn''t know what happened between Trent and Harry and thest thing they wanted was to implicate themselves.
The only thing that attracted them was Trent''s shout, no one witnessed their confrontation since they were covered by the shelves beside them.
Even though the wind spell librarian wasn''t that powerful or talented, the academy students didn''t dare disrespect her.
The main reason for this was her background, it was well-known among the wind Elementalists that her father was a powerful mage who had a high standing in the AMO.
After all, her father wasn''t called ''the mad me'' for nothing, it was a name he got from how destructive his mes were.
In the current time and day, a mage could be considered a powerhouse, no one wanted to cross their paths or be get into their bad books, it could cause trouble for them.
Besides, she was still quite powerful whenpared to most of the academy Elementalists, after all, she was a stage two Elementalist and most of the academy students were simply stage one Elementalists.
However, Trent wasn''t nervous because of her background or anything but rather it was because he still hadn''t found the spell book.
He barely held the urge to p his forehead. Due to him losing control of his emotions after setting eyes on Harry, he forgot about his main purpose foring to the libraryto find the misced spell book.
Trent suddenly felt a weird prickling sensation around his body, he shivered subconsciously due to the sudden feeling.
Meanwhile, Harry''s squinted his eyes as he read through the set of tabs that were shing across his eyes.
[Name: Trent Morton]
[Race: Human]
[H/P: 100/100]
[Mana Core: 3rd Stage]
[Mana: 900/1800]
[Strength: 36]
[Agility: 49]
[Stamina: 30]
[Perception: 50]
[Endurance: 31]
[Intelligence: 70]
[Mental: 37]
[Charm: 47]
Harry''s eyes widened slightly when he saw Trent''s stats. The first thing he noticed was that [Probe] now disyed more information than before, it now showed information like "Race" and "Mana core".
He was surprised by Trent''s stats, he had expected them all to be quite but contrary to his expectations, they were quite high.
Trent highest physical attribute was his agility and speed while his highest stat was his intelligence.
His stats back when he absorbed the peak stage four beast core couldn''t evenpare.
Although he was surprised by Trent''s stats, he wasn''t intimidated. While Trent stats were quite high, they couldn''tpare to his. His lowest stat had a value of 75 and he was a lot stronger than Trent, at least physically.
However, it could be a different case when Trent''s spells and elemental were added to the equation.
Trent had an insane amount of mana, that was still the most surprising part about his stats.
Besides, Trent was already a stage three Elementalist. This was something that even Harry found quite impressive, getting to the third mana core stage was anything but easy.
The average Elementalist reached the third mana core stage between the age of 20 to 25 but Trent was only 15!
While his talent had a huge contribution in his advancement speed, his own personal efforts couldn''t be disregarded also. After all, talent and potential were useless without training and efforts.
Though Harry had leveled up and gotten a lot stronger than before, his energy was still barely 300, while Trent''s was 1800Calmost 2000!
Though Harry acted like Trent''s spell hadn''t affected him in the slightest bit, he had actually felt the strength and power behind the spell.
He would definitely take some damage of the spell had hit him. He was only able to stop the attack midway due to his high strength and agility and even then, he still felt his hand tremble.
Harry couldn''t help but wonder: ''Does this mean Trent could cast spells for longer periods than me?''
[Elementalists mana consumption and your energy consumption are different.]
A familiar voice rang out in his head.
Harry was quite excited when he heard the other voice, it had been silent for quite a while.
Though the system might reply his questions, its exnations were always quite vague, and most of the time, Harry found it difficult to understand it.
"Hey you." A soft voice broke him of his thoughts.
Harry''s brows furrowed as he turned his head to the librarian. ''I really need to stop getting lost in my thoughts when conversing with the system.'' He said inwardly.
Trent''s head also turned towards Harry when he heard the voice. He was still annoyed about his earlier humiliation but he could only hold his anger as losing control of his emotions would onlyplicate things.
The weird prickling sensation he felt earlier had finally stop and he no longer felt ufortable.
The librarian was a ck haired woman with a slim and petite figure. She had a slight frown on her face as her gaze went back and forth between the two students.
The only reason she had chosen this job even though she had a strong background was because she didn''t want to stress herself. She also loved being in a library as she loved reading books.
Her talent was poor so there weren''t many options for her in the first ce. Fortunately for her, she was at peace here and no one dared take her for granted or disrespect hernot even the principal.
This wasn''t the first time students had amotion in the library, but she was quite surprised this time.
She recognized Trent as he was very popr in the academyafter all, the elite students in the academy were well known among students, especially one like Trent who was more of a dark horse.
She couldn''t help but wonder what caused themotion between them. She didn''t recognize Harry as this was the first time she would be setting her eyes on him.
Her eyes squinted slightly as he turned her head to Trent. ''First things first, why would an elite student like Trent bother to even visit the spell library?'' She wondered.
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Chapter 70 Sudden Notification
Her eyes squinted slightly as he turned her head to Trent. ''First things first, why would an elite student like Trent bother to even visit the spell library?'' She wondered.
Unlike regr Elementalists in the academy. Elite student had ess to more powerful versions of spells, so they never bothered toe to the regr spell library.
Besides, most of the top students were very arrogant and saw it as ''beneath them'' toe to the regr spell library.
"Why are you even here in the first ce?" She asked Trent.
Trent''s heart skipped when he heard the woman''s question, he didn''t reply immediately as different thoughts ran through his mind.
"I came here looking for a tier one spell." He said rather hurriedly.
Harry brows furrowed slightly when he heard Trent''s reply, from Trent''s irregr breathing, it wasn''t hard to guess that he was lying.
Trent was definitely in the spell library for another reason, but what that reason was; he didn''t know.
Though he appeared to be focused on the librarian and her conversation with Trent, he wasn''t. He was more focused on the other voice''s words that were ringing in his head, unlike thest time, he tried his best to make it seem like he wasn''t zoning out or anything.
[The Host shouldn''tpare himself with normal Elementalists]
The system''s emotionless and robotic voice first resounded in his head, Harry was quite surprised when the system replied his question.
However, that surprise faded away when it went silent once more.
[There is a reason the power gap between each mana core stage and spell tier is very high.]
[The amount of mana required to cast a tier two spell was at least three to five times more than the mana needed to cast a tier one spell. This applies to all tier.]
Harry''s eyes squinted slightly as he tried to get the other voice''s point.
[If we were to put the amount of mana in each mana core stage in simpler termsby using the system unit and calctions. A stage one mana core has at least 10 mana points, while a stage two mana core has at least 100 mana points.]
Harry''s eyes widened slightly, he already understood what the other voice was trying to exin.
[The amount of energy you need to use a skill is a lot less than the amount of mana an Elementalist uses on a spell.]
Harry nodded his head slightly in understanding. Going by the other voice words, the huge disparity in the amount of mana didn''t really matter.
While he could activate skills on the level of tier one spells for only two energy points, an Elementalist would need at least five times more mana.
This meant his energy had more value so he didn''t have anything to worry about, it was just like two currencies of different value. A mana core had more quantity while his energy had more quality.
The librarian kept going on and on about how they shouldn''t causemotion in the spell library, Harry was quite surprised that she believed Trent''s excusehe felt that Trent''s lie was very obvious.
It didn''t seem like she would punish either him or Trent which was a good thing. From the look of things, she didn''t notice when Trent attacked him earlier or things could have gotten a lot moreplicated.
She only appeared when Trent was casting a second spell.
Though Harry was quite curious about Trent''s true reason foring to the library, he didn''t put much thought to it. After all, it wasn''t his business.
After giving a long boring ''pep'' talk on how they should not quarrel and should maintain peace in the library, the librarian finally left them alone.
Trent faced the ground as he heaved a sigh of relief. He started walking towards the exit as he didn''t want to stay in the library anymore.
He was sure the librarian''s eyes would be on him from now, he would only attract suspicions on himself by trying to search for the scroll.
He nned on checking his dorm onest time and then returning to the libraryter.
The woman''s eyes followed Trent as he left the library. A low sigh left her lips, just that little issue had left her exhausted.
In a way, what happened was her fault. Sincemotions like this hardly happened in the library, she had gottenx in her duty.
If she had reported the case to an instructor, she was sure she would also be med for neglecting her duty, so she simply let it slide with a warning.
Her father didn''t exactly like her current job, the only reason he didn''t force her to change it was because he knew the kind of person she wasazy person.
If he got wind of information that she was still cking off, he might force her to quit the jobwhich was something she didn''t want.
Harry picked up the tier one spell [Wind de] he nned on learning as his ''first'' wind spell.
Though he had already learnt three wind skills through the systemwind de, wind steps and wind needles, he still had to take one of the scrolls and ''officially'' learn in it the wind hall.
He couldn''t just announce that he had learnt three skills within hours, that would put too much attention on him and might even attract unwanted suspicions.
He walked towards the librarian who was seated at a counter ced in one corner of the library.
Just like any normal library, the students also needed to register their names before taking anything out of the library.
The process didn''t take long as he only needed to write down his name and what he took from the library.
He then started walking towards the exit, however, just as he got to the edge of one of the shelves, he noticed that one of the scrolls seemed to stick out of the other end shelf.
Harry''s eyes squinted as he stared at it. A normal person might not have noticed it however, Harry now had better perception of his surroundings due to his high perception stat.
He slowly walked to the disarranged scroll nning to put it back in ce. However, just as he ced his hand on the ''book'', a sudden system notification appeared in front of him.
[Does the Host want to learn the skill "de Barrage"?]
[Cost: 10 Skill points]
[Yes/No]
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Chapter 71 Let’s Turn It Up A Little…
[Does the Host want to learn the skill "de Barrage"?]
[Cost: 10 Skill points]
[Yes/No]
Harry''s eyes widened slightly, however, he wasn''t surprised by the notification itself but by the spell! Thest thing he had expected was to find a tier three spell in the library!
Though the notification said nothing about the skill or rather, spell tier, Harry was able to discover it through the spell book itself.
On every spell scroll, the name and tier of the spell was normally written at the upper and lower part of the ''book''.
Harry''s brows furrowed as he drifted into his thoughts.
His earlier n had been to only spend ten skill points at most in each library, however, he got carried away and had already spent fifteen skill points in the wind library alonecoupled with [Lightning Stun] which he leant a few days ago, he only had thirty skill points left.
He willed for the system to disy the skill description and another set of characters shed across his eyes.
[Does the Host want to learn the skill "de Barrage"?]
[de Barrage: Conjure arge number of wind desthe number depends on the amount of mana used on the skill, and continuously shoot them out]
[Cost: 10 Skill points]
[Yes/No]
He shrugged slightly as he mumbled, ''Yes.''
Though he had spent more skill points than he earlier expected, it wasn''t like it was a waste.
The only downside to this was that he might not be able to learn tier two spells from the Lightning library and earth library.
Besides, this was a very good opportunity and he couldn''t lose it; an opportunity to learn a powerful skill.
[Learning skill]
Although he might not be able to activate the skill while in the academy as that would definitely make him seem suspicious, it would still be very useful to him.
He took out the scroll and stared at in surprise. He knew there was no tier three spell in the library and the fact that one was here meant the academy had made a mistake or someone forgotperhaps a high ranking student or a student from an influential family.
For former was unlikely as the chances of the academy instructors dropping something like a tier three spell was very low.
So what happened was probably thetteran Elementalist in the academy definitely forgot the spell in the library.
His mind subconsciously drifted to Trent, he could still remember how nervous Trent was when confronted by the librarian.
It was as if the brown haired boy had done something wrong, a low chuckle left Harry''s lips as he thought of the possibility.
Though he didn''t know what made Trent unsettled, there was a high probability that it was because of the tier three spell.
[Skill Learnt: de Barrage]
For some reason, the process took longer this time. It was probably because the spell was moreplex than tier one two spells so the system took a little time to learn the skill.
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Harry''s eyes shone as he watched the medium sized lightning ball dancing around his palm.
He was currently in the training hall, since he had already be an ''official'' stage one Elementalist, he was now free to training his ''spells'' without worrying about any suspicions.
In front of him were a couple of t rectangr targets, they were arranged horizontally on a small railing fixated on the ground.
The targets were pointed upwards so the t surfaces faced Harry. At the middle of each of them, a medium sized red dot could be seen.
The gleam in Harry''s eyes shone brighter as heunched the bright blue ball cackling with lightning in his hands.
The lightning ball flew at an astonishing speed before hitting the red mark on one of the training targets.
Lightning danced around the surface for a few seconds before receding.
Harry couldn''t help but smile as he stared at his palm, a few streaks of lightning were still on his palm even though he had cancelled the skill. They slowly receded as his hand returned to its normal ''state''.
Though this wasn''t the first time he would be activating [Lightning Ball], this was the first time he had actuallyunched it.
The feeling of being free to use his ''spells'' without worrying about being experimented on and viewed as an alien was exhrating and he couldn''t help but relish in it.
Usually he would only activate the skills and stare at the lightning ball above his palm, however, it was different now.
Although he still couldn''t get toox andcent as he still had to be careful when using skills on par with tier two spells, he still felt dhe was getting closer to aplishing his goal.
His ''mana core'' was still at the first stage and if he was found using skills like [Wind sh] and [Lightning Strike] which were basically tier two and tier three spells, he would definitely attract suspicions.
He squinted his eyes slightly as he stared at his elemental skills through the [Skills and Abilities] tab in the system.
[Lightning Skills and Abilities]
>>Lightning Strike (level 1)
>>Lightning Whip (level 1)
>>Lightning dash (level 1)
>>Lightning ball (level 1)
>>Lightning Stun (level 1)
[Earth Skills And Abilities]
>>Earth rumble (level 1)
>>Shattering rocks (level 1)
[Wind Skills And Abilities]
>>Wind sh (level 1)
>>Wind burst (level 1)
>>de Barrage (level 1)
He ignored the other element skills as his gaze drifted down to [Wind skills and abilities], a slight smile appeared on his face as he stared at thest skill under the tab.
Out of all his elements, his lightning element had the most skills, while his earth element had the fewest.
He only had two skills on parand probably more powerfulwith tier three spells. They were [Lightning strike] and [de barrage], however, he still considered theter as the most powerful due to its wider attack range.
Harry closed the system tab using his thoughts alone as he ced his attention back on the long rectangr objects in front of him.
A slight smile appeared on Harry''s face as he turned towards the edge of the room where a short control device was located.
Without wasting too much time, he walked towards the device.
The training room control was fixated on the wall, its appearance and structure was simr to a telephone except it didn''t have a phone but rather, a red change-over that moved upwards and downwards.
Just like a regr telephone, it also had buttons at the side.
''This is too boring, let''s turn it up a little'' He said inwardly as he grabbed the red changeover handle.
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Chapter 72 Training Skills[1]
''This is too boring, let''s turn it up a little'' He said inwardly as he grabbed the red changeover handle.
Harry tightened his grip on the handle as he pushed it upwards.
The changeover was positioned downwards before and a low ding sound rang out from the device when Harry moved it.
It was as if the t rectangr objects came to life, a low whirring sound rang out from the railings as the objects slowly slid sideways. They went back and forth, moving to the left before slowly moving back to the right.
Harry''s eyes squinted slightly as he observed their movements.
''Too slow.'' He mumbled inwardly. Since his stats were quite high, following their movements wasn''t difficult for him.
The numbers on the control were arranged the same way as that on a telephone. They indicated the level, the training room had ten levels, it was currently at level one and the number one button was glowing with a red light.
Harry moved it to the next level by pressing the number two button, a low beep sound rang out as the button started glowing with red light.
The speed at which the rectangr ''targets'' moved doubled as they slid along the rails quicker.
However, Harry still wasn''t satisfied. Though the speed had increased and could be considered quite fast by a normal human, it was still slow to Harry.
Usually, this was the level most Elementalists in the academy trained with, stage one Elementalists strength and speed wasn''t that different was that of a normal person so it was okay for them.
The aim of this training was the improve Elementalists aiming and attack.
No mana beast would stand still while in battle and since mana beasts mostly attacked in hordes and numbers, this training was to develop and train the students so they wouldn''t just be helpless in such situation.
But Harry was different, his agility and perception stats were quite high and even the second level seemed very slow and easy to him.
Just as he was about to press the button for the next levellevel three, he suddenly paused. A weird expression shed through his eyes as he skipped the next two levels and pressed his finger on number five.
A low whirring sound reverberated in the room as the ck training targets vertically sunk into the ground.
The railings rapidly expanded as more came out of the floor and spread out in aplex formation.
However there was still enough space around the sides for a person to run through.
A new set of ''targets'' came out of the railing and moved into the new formation, there were twenty ''targets'' in total.
The red circle at the middle of the targets expanded as a ck ''hole'' appeared in them. Immediately they started sliding across the rails, following the formation.
However, unlike thest time, their speed was a lot quicker. Some moved sideways a while some moved back and forth.
A slight smile appeared on Harry''s face as he stepped away from the control device.
The current speed at which the targets were moving wasn''t too slow for him, rather, it was quite fast.
Not fast enough that it was impossible for him to trace, but fast enough to give him a challenge.
Suddenly a small ck ball shot out from one of the targets, its speed was very impressivefaster than that of the targets, and even managed to catch Harry''s off-guard for a moment.
However, Harry quickly regained hisposure, he dodged the ball by stepping to the side.
The ball still continued its movement without losing any momentum before before hitting the wall behind him.
Though the ball had hit the wall with full force, there was no dent on the wall surface, in fact the wall barely produced any sound.
The walls of the training room were very sturdy and was even rumoured to be able to withstand the attack from a mage. They were also soundproof which prevented any sounds from leaking through the room.
Without wasting anytime, Harry dashed forwards and then stretched his hand to activate ''Lightning ball''.
However before he was able to activate the skill, two more balls had already shot towards him with speed on the same level or even faster than the first.
His eyes widened slightly as he hadn''t really prepared for the next ''attack''. He was forced to ''pause'' the skill''s activation as he twisted his body and dodged the first ball.
The second one rapidly closed down on his face, luckily he was able to move his head at thest second, barely dodging it.
''This is harder than I thought.'' He mumbled inwardly. The attacks wereing at him so fast that before he blinked another one was already in his face.
If things kept going this way, he would definitely get hit!
Unfortunately for him, the ''targets'' still didn''t give him any breathing space as another seven balls had beenunched towards his direction.
Harry gritted his teeth as he stared at the fast approaching ck balls, he knew there was no way he could escape them all so he did the only thing he could in this situation. ''elerate!'' He screamed inwardly.
His earlier n had been toplete the training without activating [elerate], he wanted to only test the limits of his stats.
However, he had severely underestimated the difficulty of the level five training. The speed of the targets themselves weren''t that much of a problem, the main problem was the projectiles that kept shooting out of it.
The speed at which they flew at him was about twice more than that of the ''targets''.
[elerate activated!]
[+40 Points temporarily added to agility!]
[-5 Energy points]
With this, his ability finally crossed the 100 mark. The speed of the balls slowed considerably and Harry could now follow them easily.
He rushed forwards and then sidestepped, sessfully dodging the first ball.
''Lightning ball.'' He hurriedly activated his skill. Lightning danced around his palm as a ball purely made of lightning rapidly formed above his hand.
Harry didn''t wait for the Lightning ball to formpletely as he drew his hand backwards immediatelyunched it towards one of the small projectiles closing in on him.
The Lightning ball travelled at astonishing speed as it rushed to intercept the small ck ball. Its size and Lightning ''intensity'' increased with every second it spent in the air.
It shed with the rather small ck ball, scorching and disintegrating itpletely, ck scorched parts from the ball fell to the ground before being carried by the wind.
Harry attention didn''t waver if anything, he only became more focused.
He had only taken down two balls, it wasn''t the time to getx.
He hadn''t even gotten close taking down one of the targets. Apart from the other two balls rushing fiercely to him, the other ''targets'' didn''t let him rest but still kept shooting more towards him.
Harry''s curved his left hand as he used one of his newly gained skills.
Arge amount of wind gathered around his right hand as he curved it backwards. His uniform fluttered violently as huge amounts of wind umted in them.
''Wind de!'' He said inwardly as he threw his hand forwards in an arc. The wind crept up from his elbows and merged together forming a medium sized wind de.
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Chapter 73 Training Skills[2]
''Wind de!'' He said inwardly as he threw his hand forwards in an arc. The wind crept up from his elbows and merged together forming a medium sized wind de.
The de purely made of wind whistled through the air at great speed, its length increasing slightly with every passing second.
It didn''t take long before it closed in on the approaching balls, it cleanly sliced the two balls into two parts. The deted ball parts fell to the ground with a low plop.
However, the de didn''t stop in its advance, it sliced the three more balls trailing behind the former before finally dispersing.
[-10 Energy points]
Harry ignored the depleting energy system notifications, he was only focused on one goal--Eliminating all the targets.
He even ignored the wind de that had deted a few of the balls before dispersing, ten balls were already shooting towards him; the targets didn''t wait for him and only kept shooting at even higher intensity.
Immediately, Harry sidestepped to the left as he ran forward in a curved motion.
It was stupid to remain at the front of the ''targets'' so he nned on attacking them their blind spot--the side.
Most of the ''targets'' were facing the front is it was the position that naturally had the most attacks. If Harry moved to the side, he would br able to shoot eliminate the targets easily and would also have better breathing space.
The room was veryrge so it took a few seconds for him to get there even with the use of [elerate].
He could havepleted the training easier by activating either [Lightning Dash] or [Wind steps], however he didn''t.
He wanted to use this opportunity to increase his instincts and skill proficiency, activating another speed boost skill would make things too easy for him.
Just when he was about to activate a skill, one of the ''stationary'' targets positioned at the middle suddenly made a rotation to the side and shot a ball at him.
Harry''s eyes widened slightly, he hadn''t expected that the ''targets'' at the middle of the formation weren''t actually stationary but could rotate and follow his movements.
He gritted his teeth as he quicklyunched a [lightning ball] ball towards the attack. The abruptness of the attack almost made him lose his footing, however, he quickly regained hisposure. Thest thing he wanted was to get hit.
The lightning ball hit the iing attack with full force and evaporated it into pieces.
Though the small balls weren''t particrly strong, they weren''t as weak as a normal ball either.
Due to the speed at which they were released and their small size, they could definitely cause some damage and put one in a world of pain.
Unlike before, Harry didn''t focus on the balls movement alone but also the ''targets'' themselves.
He had noticed that whenever a target wanted to attack, the ck ''hole'' at the middle of its surface would widen and then the ball would be released.
Just then, he noticed the ''hole'' on one of the targets widen slightly.
''Lightning Ball!'' He screamed in his mind as heunched the blitzing ball towards it.
The ball travelled at astonishing speed leaving a slight trail of lightning behind, in a few seconds, it closed in on it, cancelling the attack in the process.
Lightning blitzed at the point of contact for a few seconds before the ''target'' finally shut down and slowly sunk down into the rails.
Finally, Harry had eliminated his first target!
He didn''t getx though, after all, there were still neen more to go. He was even quite disappointed with his performance, he took too much time to take down only one of the targets.
The others didn''t give him any breathing space as they shot more balls towards him. However, it was far easier for him to dodge them this time around.
Since there were only a few ''targets'' at the sides, he wasn''t bombarded with attacks the same way he was when he stood at the front.
The ones facing forward couldn''t send any attack to him anymore as they could only move back and forth on rails and couldn''t turn around.
Harryunched another Lightning ball towards one of the targets, eliminating it in the process.
He stepped back as he flung his hands downwards, releasing a long wind de that whooshed towards the targets with astonishing speed.
One end of the de hit one of the targets while the other end hit another target, eliminating the both of them.
[-10 Energy points]
A familiar notification appeared in front of him, but as usual, Harry ignored it.
Harry kept up his attack pattern ofunching Lightning balls and wind des and had already eliminated five more targets.
He still had a lot of energy to spare and he was sure he would be able to eliminate all the targets without exhausting his energy.
[-25 Energy points]
[elerate] was still active and was also slowly chipping away his energy. However, he wasn''t stupid to cancel the skill, after all, that was the only reason he was able to track and follow the whooshing balls.
If anything, the notifications were only distractions and giving attention to them would only make him lose focus.
Fortunately, they only appeared as small figures at the corner of his eye(sight) and didn''tpletely cover his line of sight.
Besides, his energy recovered extremely fast--at the rate of two energy points per second. So he was basically recovering energy every second which made it quite impossible for him to run out of energy.
Before his evolution, his energy recovery was a lot slower, it would take him five seconds to recover just one energy point.
However after he evolved, his energy recovered twice, if not thrice faster.
[Lightning Ball Level up!]
[Skill "Lightning Ball" now level 2!]
[elerate Level up!]
[Skill "elerate" now level 4!]
? ''Finally...'' Harry mumbled inwardly as a slight smile appeared on his face.
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Chapter 74 Different
''Finally'' Harry mumbled inwardly as a slight smile appeared on his face.
The main reason he frequently used [Lightning Ball] in the training was to try to level it up, and now that goal had been achieved as the skill had finally levelled up.
Apart from the fact that using other speed boost skills would make the training too easy, he also wanted to level up [elerate].
The skill had been stuck at the third level for weeks, it wasn''t that he didn''t use it regrly; he was.
It was because he only used it for simple tasks like running home or running to walk, so the skill proficiency didn''t increase very much.
[elerate]
Level 4
Temporarily add 70 points to agility stat
A slight smile appeared on Harry''s face as he read the skill information shing in his eyes, he closed it and then checked the description of the second skill[Lightning Ball].
[Lightning Ball]
Level 2
Conjure a ball purely made of Lightning.
Although the description of Lightning ball didn''t change much except for the level, Harry knew it had definitely gotten more powerful.
He closed the system tab and ced his attention on the ''targets'' in front of him.
The only reason he wasn''t on edge and was able to rx was because no attacks were currentlying towards him.
He had already destroyed all the targets at the sides and at the middle, the ones at the front were facing away from him and couldn''tunch balls towards him.
A low sigh left his lips as he drew his hand to the side, Lightning cackled around his palm before slowly merging together, forming a medium sized ball.
He immediatelyunched the lightning ball in his palm, sending it flying to one of the targets.
The ''ball'' hit the target with full force, lightning sparks flew around the surface before it finally sunk into the ground.
Harry continued his attack, alternating between Lightning ball and lightning stun until he finally eliminated all the targets.
A low sigh left his lips as he slowly walked back to the control device.
''It was thrilling at first but then things got too easy at the end.'' Harry mumbled inwardly.
What Harry didn''t know was that no normal stage one and even stage two Elementalists could do what he just did.
Low-stage Elementalists couldn''t continuously cast spells in session, even casting one spell was already difficult as it needed their full attention and concentration.
However, Harry kept activating skill after skill like it was the most normal thing to do.
Besides, the stats of ''normal'' stage one or stage two Elementalists couldn''tpare to that of Harry, they only had their boost spells and even that wasn''t enough toplete this level.
Only tier three ''boost'' spells were strong enough toplete this training level, so it was safe to say, Harry''s overall power and ability could be nowpared to that of a stage three Elementalist.
A low sigh left Harry''s lips as he stared at the skills on his [Skills and abilities] tab, he wanted nothing more than to try out skills like [de Barrage] and [Lightning Strike], however he knew activating them wasn''t the wisest choice.
He was still in the academy and if a situation whereby a stage one Elementalist disyed and casted tier three spells would definitely not be taken lightly.
Though, ording to the academy, the training rooms offeredplete privacy to Elementalists, Harry wasn''t stupid to rely on that information and act recklessly.
This training center was a public space for all Vane academy students and there would surely be some kind of surveince system for the academy to know what was going on in the center.
''Perhaps, when I have enough money I would visit a private training center or even get my own personal training room.'' Harry thought as he pressed a small button under the control device.
He did that to signify that he no longer used the ''room'' and it was now free. He didn''t bother to clean or pack the destroyed balls that littered the floor, there were staffs in the centre for that.
He still had to visit to the other two spell libraries, he came to the training hall immediately after leaving the wind spell library.
He still nned oning back here to train, after all, he still had a lot of time.
He was already in his final academy and he didn''t need to attend lectures everytime like before, which was equal to more time for him to train.
''But before all that I still have one more thing to do in this training centre.'' Harry thought.
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Harry''s eyes squinted slightly as he stared at the punching bag in front of him.
It was different from the one he used thest time, unlike that one, this one had a circr shape and hung down from the ceiling.
A digital device was also positioned at the top of the punching bag.
The training room he visited thest time was currently upied by a group ofbat mages so he had to use a different one this time.
It had been a while since he had tested his strength, his strength and power had increased a lot since thest time he came to the training hall.
He nned to testing his current strength to see how far he had grown.
A low exhale left Harry''s lips as he took a simple stance.
He ced all his strength in his right hand as he drew his arm back before releasing a punch towards the ''bag'' without holding back in the slightest bit.
Bang!!
A loud resounding sound rang out as Harry''s fist collided with the punching bag.
The round bag kept swinging back and forth as the numbers counted on the digital device on top of it.
4000!
6000!
7000
10000!
Harry''s eyes widened with every number that appeared on the device, and it still hadn''t stopped counting!
14000!
19000!
The device finally stopped counting after what seemed like a long time.
Harry''s mouth was open slightly as he stared at the numbers written on it.
''It increased by more than double and that is still without me enhancing my strength with energy?'' Harry thought in surprise.
He hurriedly tapped a small button at the side of the digital device and cleared his former strength test result.
He flexed his arm once more as he shifted back by a few steps. ''Energy control.'' He said inwardly.
Immediately he activated the skill, he felt his energy course through every part of his body making him feel warm and refreshed.
He felt even more in tune with his energy and swirled it around his chest for sometimes before directing some of his energy to his right arm.
''I''ll always enjoy the sensation thates with moving my energy around'' Harry mumbled in his mind.
He relished in the sensation for a few seconds before finally moving it to his fists.
He sighed again before finallyunching a punch towards the punching bag.
BANG!!!
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Chapter 75 Arrogant Kids
BANG!!
Immediately Harry''s fist connected with the round punching bag, the numbers started counting.
7000!
8000!
9000!
10000!
25000!
Harry''s eyes widened in surprise as he read the figures on the digital device, the increase was even higher than thest time.
It was to be expected though, even though Harry''s [Energy control] was still in level 3, his control over his energy had reached a very high level. Since he practised it frequently, his control over his energy had improved.
''It is almost double'' Harry thought. The amount of energy he ced into that punch wasn''t that much so the increase was definitely astonishing.
He exhaled as he cleared the figures from the digital device, he had already done all he needed to do in the training centre so he didn''t need to remain there. He still nned oning backter today to train though.
A few minutester, a brown haired figure could be seen standing in front of a tall shelf.
The boy who was obviously Harry sighed as he ced his hand on one of the tier one spells.
[Does the Host want to learn the skill "Lightning Dash"?
Cost: 5 skill points
[Yes/No]
Harry didn''t even need to see the description of the ''skill'' before he knew the effect. After all, he also had a skill called "Lightning dash".
He was currently in the Lightning spell library and he was going through the tier one spells in the library.
Though he had no ns on learning any tier one Lightning spell as he already had two of them, he still went through the tier one section.
After all, who knew, one of them could actually be useful. However, after going through all of them, he couldn''t help but feel dismayed.
It wasn''t that the spells were weak or anythingthey could surely be more powerful after he levelled them up; that was if he even learned them if the first ce.
The problem was that they all seemed to be repeated variations of themselves, there were a few that were quite uniquepared to the rest, however, nothing powerful enough to pique his interest.
He already had two of the skills disyed on the tier one spell shelvesLightning ball and Lightning dash, and the rest were pretty much useless to him.
A subconscious part of felt that maybe just maybe, he might ''identally'' find another tier three spell, but reality was different.
Heter informed the library in the wind library about the tier three spell he saw in the shelf.
He unsurprisingly omitted the part about him learning the spell with the use of the system and only said he found it by coincidence.
Though there was the possibility that Trent was the student who left the spell in the library, he didn''t report it for that reasonhe wasn''t that petty.
He only did it because he didn''t want any problem. If it was really a mistake from the instructors or the academy, he might get in trouble for ignoring it.
Even though it seemed like he was being paranoid, it was never wrong to be too careful.
Harry sighed as he left the shelves and moved to the tier two spells library section. His original n had been to learn only tier two spells in the first ce, his skill points were very low, so he had to be frugal.
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Harry slowly stepped out of the library, in his hands was the tier one spell [Lightning Ball], it was what he nned on using as a cover whenever he used the skill.
Since he already had the skill, he didn''t need to learn it. He only registered himself taking that spell so it wouldn''t seem suspicious whenever he used the skill.
A slight smile appeared on Harry''s face as he stared at the ''tab'' floating in front of him.
[Lightning Coat]
That was the new skill he had learnt in the library, it were already self exnatory through its names alone so one didn''t even need to read the description before knowing what the ''spell'' is used for.
[Lightning Coat] was a defensive skill and while its defence couldn''tpare to that of a full amour, it was still good for a tier two spell.
The spell name on the scroll was "Coat of Lightning", but for some reason, the system changed the skill name to [Lightning Coat].
It was also a skill he had previously seen on the [Skill Shop], however, he couldn''t purchase it due to the high cost.
Though the system said the strength of the skills given to him by the system or gotten from the [Skill shop] and that of their ''spell versions'' were miles apart, Harry learnt it anyway.
He didn''t have enough skill points to use the shop, so he could only make do with what he had.
"Hey you!" A loud voice broke him of his thoughts.
Harry''s eyes squinted slightly, he cleared the system tab and focused his gaze on the three students approaching him.
The one that called him was at the middle of the other two, he had short ck hair that was neatly trimmed at the edges and a thin nose.
The other two simply followed behind him likeckeys.
''Thest thing I was now is another problem on my hands.'' Harry mumbled inwardly. From their young appearance, he didn''t need to guess that they were either year one or year two students.
And the manner in which they were approaching him along with the fact they they were currently releasing their mana pressure meant they didn''te to just talk.
"Didn''t you hear my voice before?" The one at the middle said harshly. His neatly cut hair and appearance made him appear like a gentle and calm person but his rude voice proved otherwise.
"What do you want?" Harry replied,pletely ignoring the student''s earlier question.
The expression on the boy''s face changed for a moment before reverting back as if nothing happened.
His stepped closer to Harry, trying his best to be intimidating, however he failed as the height difference between them made it seem rather funny.
"So you''re the new Elementalist that has being promoted to my ss huh?" He asked, without waiting for a reply, he continued: "Just don''t let that get into your head okay?"
"We the second year Elementalists are a lot different from first year Elementalists, I don''t care which instructor you bribed to jump you across sses" He said, leaning even closer. "Just don''t dare cross my path, know your ce."
Harry was slightly surprised at the student''s words, he had expected him to say something reasonable. "Is that all you have to say?" Harry asked.
"Y-you" The boy''s eyes twitched rapidly as he stared at Harry. One of the students on his side wanted to attack Harry, however, he blocked him using his hand while muttering the words: "We are still in the hallway"
The academy rules against fighting in the hallways had been strengthened and even though the punishment was less severe when the attack was done to an Elementalist, it was still something no one wanted to facesuspension, especially at this crucial point.
"Just watch it." He said onest time before turning around. The two boys beside him stared at Harry for a few seconds before following him.
A low chuckle left Harry''s lips as he watched their vanishing backs. While this was quite surprising, he had already expected that something simr would happen.
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Chapter 76 Combined Second Year Training
"Just ignore them." A rather tiny voice suddenly drifted into Harry''s ears.
Harry''s brows furrowed slightly as he turned around. His gaze met with that of a short boy with ruffled brown hair, his cheeks were quite puffy and his eyes were covered by sses twice their size.
A small ck bag hung from his back and the straps were held with his small hands. His appearance, coupled with the huge sses that hung on his nose, made him look like a nerd that was bullied frequently.
The brown haired boy''s face flustered due to Harry''s sudden stare. "I mean, you shouldn''t worry about them."
Harry nodded his head slightly, he turned his head again and stared at the ce where those three students stood earlier.
"Who are they?" He asked without looking at the student face. Though he didn''t take what they said serous, he was still curious about their identity.
Since he would be getting promoted to their elemental ss, it wouldn''t hurt to know about a few Elementalists in the second year.
"Ohh that is Noel. He is one of the rather talented ones in that ss he''s also proud so he probably sees you as some kind ofpetition or threat." The boy said while rolling his eyes. "The other two are Min and Jon, they are rather weak and all they do is follow Noel everywhere."
One of Harry''s brows raised slightly when he heard the other student''s words.
When the short boy spoke, Harry noticed something, the brown haired student addressed the other two as "Rather weak".
This either meant that the scrawny and weak looking boy was one of the more powerful ones in the ss or he was at least stronger than those students that approached him with Noel.
"What about you what''s your name?" Harry asked. Now his interest was piqued, at first he had judged the boy to be someone who was bullied constantly, however, that just might not be the case.
"Sam Hopper I''m also a second year Elementalist." He said with a slight smile.
Harry nodded his head slightly, he wasn''t that surprised that the student was also a Lightning Elementalist.
After all, they were still in the Lightning hall and regr students or Elementalists with elements other than Lightning weren''t allowed into the Lightning hall.
"So are you heading to the ss now maybe we should go together?" The Elementalist asked while staring at Harry.
"I can''t go with you I''m going to the training hall." Harry said. He raised the scroll he was holding using his right hand and then continued: "I still need to learn and master this spell."
"Ohh" The brown haired student muttered in understanding. Unlike Harry, he had something to do in his ss so he couldn''t waste anytime and had to go back to his ss. "Okay, maybe next time then."
Without waiting for a reply, he turned around and started walking to his ss.
Harry stared at his back for a few seconds before chuckling lightly. Within those few seconds that they conversed, Harry had already scanned the Elementalist''s stats using probe and to say he wasn''t impressed would be a lie.
[Name: Sam Hopper]
[Race: Human]
[H/P: 50/50]
[Mana Core: 1st Stage]
[Mana: 70/73]
[Strength: 19]
[Agility: 25]
[Stamina: 17]
[Perception: 21]
[Endurance: 16]
[Intelligence: 30]
[Mental: 28]
[Charm: 5]
Apart from Sam''s charm stat which was very low, the rest were actually quite impressive for an Elementalist.
ording to the system stat unit, a stage one Elementalist had at least 10 mana points while a stage two Elementalist had at least 100.
Sam''s mana was already more than halfway towards the 100 mark, which meant he might breakthrough to the second mana core stage within months.
As for the three students from earlier, Harry didn''t take their words seriously. He wasn''t mad or anything; he simply saw them as kids who were envious of him.
He only became an Elementalist a few weeks ago and yet he had already passed mostno, all of the first year students, it was only natural that most of them envied him.
It took them months and the less talented ones a year to reach the ss he was currently advancing to, so their jealously towards him was expected.
Besides, they were only children between the ages of twelve to fourteen, their mind and thought process was still immature.
There would definitely be a few of them that would take childish routes like this to bully him, it would only be embarrassing if Harry indulged in their childish antics.
''I''ll just spend the rest of my time in the academy training at least learning three spells within one day is a lot more ''believable'' than learning it within hours.'' Harry mumbled inwardly.
He still had to head to the Earth spell library, however, he would only be able to learn at most one tier two spell or two tier one spells.
He had learnt [Lightning Coat] for eight skill points and he only had twelve left.
The other skill he wanted to learn in the Lightning library was [Lightning Arrow], unfortunately, he had to drop it since learning it would mean he wouldn''t learn any new earth skill.
He already had a tier one earth skill that he nned on showing to his earth instructors[Shattering Rocks], but he couldn''t just stop there. His earth element had the fewest skills and he also wanted to learn at least one tier two earth ''spell''.
''I really need skill points.'' Harry thought with a wry smile.
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A day had passed and Harry was currently standing in a wide hall, he wasn''t the only one though as all the other second year Elementalists were also standing orderly around the hall.
There were also a few instructors standing between the students to regte them.
Though Harry stuck out like a sore thumb due to the obvious difference between the ages of him and the other students in the ''room'', he wasn''t bothered in the least.
A few of the Elementalists around him kept giving him weird gazes, however, he just ignored them all.
They were on the third floor of the training hall, as for what they were currently doing in the hallit was a Combined Second year Elemental Training!
Just as the name suggested, it was basically a training that involved all the second year Elementalists in the academy; regardless of their element or respective element halls.
It was conducted monthly to train students in how to fight better when battling against Elementalists with different affinities.
Usually, Harry wouldn''t be joining the training this early. However, since he wasn''t promoted with the others and joined the ss ratherte, he had no choice but to start with this as his firstbat training.
At the middle of the hall was a circr stage that was about half the size as a basketball pitch.
A dim yellow barrier covered the entire stage in a semi-circr shape, the barrier was there to protect the students around the stage from stray attacks and shockwavesif there were any.
It looked simr to the barrier that was erected thest time Harry dueled with Justin. Though the barrier was covering the stage, it didn''t stop or inconvenience those around it from viewing what was going on the stage.
On the stage were two Elementalists standing opposite each other. One of them was a boy with short ck hair and anky build, while the other was a girl with blonde hair tied into a bun.
They were both putting on the standard silver and blue academy uniform.
A tall instructor with dark blue hair and a stoic face stood at the edge and then stared at the two students to see if they were ready.
Sparks basically flew between the Elementalists as they faced off with each other while waiting for the instructor''s signal to start the fight.
Harry''s eyes shone brightly as he watched the ongoing battle, since this was the first time he would be watching two Elementalist battle with each other, he was quite curious to see how the fight would go.
He had already checked their stats using [Probe] and the power gap between them wasn''t much so he couldn''t guess the oue.
Since the level of [Probe] wasn''t high enough to show affinities, he was clueless as to what their elements were.
"Begin."
"Fireball!" The instructor''s words were followed by a loud shout from the girl.
She stretched her hand forwards as a small fireball formed above it, without wasting any time, she threw the zing fireball towards the boy.
The boy was rather calm even though the fireball was closing in on him, while the speed of the fireball was fast, it wasn''t so fast that he couldn''t follow it.
He quickly circted his mana as he hurriedlyunched a counter spell.
"Wind steps!" He shouted as he sidestepped, sessfully dodging the fireball by a hair breath.
He didn''t rx even though he escaped the fireball, he advanced forward with his left hand pulled to the back, preparing another attack.
The fireball kept going in the same trajectory until it hit the yellow barrier and evaporated as if it never existed.
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Chapter 77 Earth Against Lightning[1]
The fireball kept going in the same trajectory until it hit the yellow barrier and evaporated as if it never existed.
A slight frown appeared on the girl''s face when she noticed her earlier attack didn''t connect, however, she couldn''t focus on that as the other Elementalist''s figure was already rapidly closing in on her.
Just then, a small blue ball started forming above the other Elementalist''s left hand, its shape wasn''t definite but swayed slightly as if it was slightly affected by the wind.
The girl immediately started fidgeting when she noticed the water ball forming above the boy''s hand, she still hadn''t made any progress in casting a counter spell and she slowly got nervous as thoughts of her losing started filling her mind.
"Water Ball!" The boy immediately released the blue ball made purely of water towards the girl.
It flew at a rapid speed as it travelled in the air, its shape and ''edges'' swaying slightly.
Due to the girl''s increasing nervousness and fidgeting, she wasn''t able to find the right flow to cast her counter spell and could only watch as the water ball closed in on her.
It hit her stomach with full force, sending her flying to the other end of the stage. She held her stomach tightly as she tried to hold in the huge amount of pain racking through her system.
Since the boy threw from a not-so-far distance, the pain was even worse as the the momentum didn''t reduce in the slightest.
Unfortunately, she failed to hold it in and finally lost consciousness.
"Edwin wins!" The instructor in charge of the fight announced as he rushed towards the unconscious figure of the girl and force-fed her with a healing pill.
He had a sour expression on his face as he stared at the girl''s figure. He was a fire hall instructor and the girl was also one of his students.
It wasn''t that she lost because she wasn''t talented; she was actually very talented with a high grade fire affinity. Even more than the boy who only had medium grade water affinity and low grade wind affinity.
It was just that she had never been able to regainposure during fights or whenever she encountered a problem and this had prevented her from showing her true potential.
Due to the effects of the pill, her face started regaining its colour, a low cough left her lips as she finally regained consciousness.
Edwin stared at the girl for a few seconds before finally leaving the stage.
Immediately, a loud noise erupted from the students around the stage, the Elementalists from the water hall started bragging to othersmainly the fire Elementalists, about how their hall was had the strongest students.
Since the boy''s main element was water, all of them subconsciously took the water hall as his main and ''true'' element hall.
Though it was mainly a training, some of the students still saw it as apetition; one to determine the hall with the strongest and most talented students.
The instructors among the murmurings students released their pressure, reminding the Elementalists of their presence and retaining decorum.
Harry squinted his eyes slightly as he stared at the figure of the girl climbing down the stage.
The Elementalists from the fire hall red at her with scornful eyes that basically screamed: ''You have failed the fire hall.''
Her hands were clenched tightly into fists as she walked away from the stage.
Even before the instructor announced the winner, it was already obvious that the boy would emerge as the winner.
Harry sighed softly as he ced his attention back on the stage.
To say he was impressed with thest fight would be a lie, while he was quite impressed with the boy''s ability to remain calm even when faced with a zing fireball, he didn''t in the least enjoy the fight.
Not only was it boring as it only three spells were exchanged throughout the duration of the fight but their movements and attacks were also so slow.
Harry was sure that even if he ran from his current position to the middle of the stage, he would still be able to block or at least dodge the attack.
He knew it wasn''t really that they were slow; the speed of the water Elementalist was definitely impressive among Elementalists, his stats were just a lot higher than that of theirs.
The fights were organised quite randomly; the instructors would choose two students to duel with each other.
It wasn''tpulsory though as an Elementalist could opt out of the duelsome of the students in the hall had no interest in fighting and just wanted to enjoy the show put for them by other Elementalists.
The winner would have the choice to challenge any students of his/her choice, however, only a few students holding huge grudges would do that.
Since it would put them at a disadvantage due to the fact that their mana and stamina would be lower than that of their new opponent, no student liked to choose that option.
After the duels were over, the regr training would then begin, the instructors would go over the studies mistakes and guide them on how to make connections.
They would also give them some tips on how to face Elementalists with shing elements.
Another two set of students were selected by the instructors after a few minutes, one of them was quite tall with dark blonde hair while the other was simply average height with ck hair neatly cut at the edges.
The both boys stepped up the stage as they red daggers as each other.
Harry recognised one of them this time, while he had never seen the Elementalist with a buzz cut, he had seen the blonde haired one in the Lightning hall a few times which meant he was a Lightning Elementalist.
Harry''s eyes squinted slightly as he stared at them, he wasn''t just staring though, he was checking their stats with [Probe].
[Name: Nash Henna]
[Race: Human]
[H/P: 50/50]
[Mana Core: 1st Stage]
[Mana: 50/50]
[Strength: 25]
[Agility: 18]
[Stamina: 20]
[Perception: 30]
[Endurance: 26]
[Intelligence: 30]
[Mental: 28]
[Charm: 15]
He first scanned the ck haired student and to say his stats wasn''t impressive would be a lie, from his stats, he clearly excelled more in strength and was quitecking in the aspect of speed.
[Name: Hart Austen]
[Race: Human]
[H/P: 50/50]
[Mana Core: 1st Stage]
[Mana: 55/55]
[Strength: 18]
[Agility: 28]
[Stamina: 17]
[Perception: 25]
[Endurance: 17]
[Intelligence: 29]
[Mental: 19]
[Charm: 25]
The agility of the Lightning Elementalist was almost twice more than that of Nash, however, when it came to the other stats, Nash beat him in those aspects.
Immediately the instructor started the match, both students started chanting their spells.
Unfortunately for the blonde haired student, the one with shorter hairpleted his spell first.
"Rock Fists!" He shouted as he rushed forward. A thick brown colour rapidly coated his fists. His hands hardened as they underwent a huge change and turned into fists.
The moment he closed in on the blonde haired Elementalist, he hurriedly threw a punch towards his face using his right hand.
Unfortunately for him, the earth element was quite slow as it offered little to no boost in speed, if anything his speed slowed slightly due to the extra weight on his hands.
"Lightning Dash!" Just then the other Elementalist casted his own spell.
Lightning blitzed around his body from head to toe as he took a few steps backwards, by doing this he managed to escape the "Rock Fist" by a hairbreadth.
The Earth Elementalists gritted his teeth as he watched his punch miss his target, he couldn''t help but curse at the weakness of his skill.
The Lightning Elementalist didn''t waste anytime as he sidestepped and then quickly moved to the back of the Earth Elementalists.
He pulled his hand backwards and was about to chop the side of the shorter student''s neck.
Suddenly, the Earth Elementalist turned around and then blocked the chop using his left hand.
While his element was slower, he still had the passive "earth sense". As long as he was on the ''earth'', he would sense any little movements made on the ground around him.
However, his passive ability was still very weak since he was only a stage one Elementalist.
The blonde haired student couldn''t help but wince when his hand collided with the hard "Rock fist" of the Earth Elementalist. A huge amount of pain shot through his hand making him lose focus for a minute.
That little moment of distraction was all the ck haired student needed to sessfullynd a punch in the face of his opponent.
Crack!
A loud cracking sound rang out as the fist squarely hit the face of the blonde haired student.
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Chapter 78 Earth Against Lightning[2]
Crack!
A loud cracking sound rang out as the fist squarely hit the face of the blonde haired student.
The hands of some of the second years subconsciously moved to their nose, they could only imagine how much pain he must have felt from that hit.
The force behind the punch bent his nose to the side and he didn''t need a soothsayer to tell him that his nose was now broken.
A huge amount of pain shot up from his face as he staggered backwards by a few steps while holding his bleeding nose. "Arrg" A low groan left his lips.
The Lightning around him flickered rapidly and slowly dimmed as he lost control of his mana flow.
The earth elementalists didn''t give him any breathing space as he rushed forwards and prepared to throw another punch.
Fortunately for the Lightning elementalist, he was able to regain control of his elemental mana flow and lightning blitzed around his body again.
He jumped back by a few centimeters, using his superior speed to his advantage and sessfully dodging the punch.
However, unlike thest time, the movements of the Lightning Elementalist were quite disoriented.
Every part of his face kept stinging in painmost especially his nose, and it was only by sheer willpower that he hadn''t lost consciousness.
The ck haired student eyes widened slightly as he hadn''t expected his attack to miss; his opponent''s element was unsurprisingly superior to his when it came to speed.
The Lightning Elementalist didn''t waste any time as he quickly ran behind his opponent.
The earth elementalist gritted his teeth as he quickly turned around in a bid to follow the blonde haired student''s speed.
However, he failed as the speed of the opponent was just too fast for him to trace.
"Lightning Ball!" The blonde haired student shouted as a medium sized ball formed just above his palm.
Just before he casted the new spell, he had canceled the old one so Lightning had stopped blitzing and snaking around his body and his speed was no longer as fast as before.
Stage one Elementalists couldn''t handle the pressure and strain of simultaneously casting or holding two spells at once, they would simply cancel the former in other to cast a new one.
He immediatelyunched the blue ball blitzing with lightning towards Nashthe earth Elementalist, the ball travelled in the air with astonishing speed, leaving a short trail of lightning behind it.
Nash''s eyes couldn''t properly follow the speed of the ball and could only watch as it closed in on him.
He instinctively raised his fists and used it to block his face in order to reduce the damage.
However to his surprise, the ball didn''t move to his face but rather to his chest. It hit his chest with full force, slightly raising his figure and making him stagger backwards by a few steps.
He felt a stinging pain in his chest and his body felt like it had been electrocuted. He couldn''t move his arms or any other part of his body for a few seconds.
This was the stunning effect of the lightning element and Nash was currently being affected by it.
Since lightning was quite simr to electricity, each and every lightning attack sent a slight shock or jolt throughout the body, only people with high physical quantities could resist this ''stunning effect''.
Hartthe Lightning Elementalist didn''t waste any time and he immediatelyunched another Lightning ball.
This time, the blue ball made purely of lightning flew towards Nash''s face with speed.
Nash was unable to react to its speed as it was simply too fast for him, he suffered another hit as the ''ball'' hit him on the face with full force.
A low grunt left his lips as his hands instinctively moved to his face, his face was itchy and stinging with pain.
Unfortunately for him, the stunning effect of the attack hit him once more and he found it hard to move his body.
A smirk appeared on Hart''s face as he watched Nash shudder and struggle, in his eyes, he had already won the battle.
He didn''t believe there was anything the earth Elementalist, he had alreadynded two sessful attacks and that was enough to guarantee his victory.
The smirk on his face widened as he mockingly stared at Nash. Since he only casted the [Lightning ball] spell a few seconds ago, his speed boost spellLightning dash, had already been dispelled.
The cheers from the Lightning Elementalists among the crowd of students increased, they also had the same thought process as Hartvictory was guaranteed for the Lightning Elementalist.
They kept bragging to the other Elementalist; telling them how great and versatile their element was.
Others simply ignored them and were more focused on the fight, although they didn''t want to admit it, it truly seemed like the Lightning elementalist would win the fight.
Surprisingly, the Instructors did nothing to stop the loud noise, their eyes simply remained on the two Elementalists on the stage.
Compared to thest fight, this one was a lot more interesting and thrilling to watch, and the attention of the students were captured by it.
Unlike the rest of the students, the thought going through Harry''s mind were quite different.
When the lightning elementalist first cast his spell, Harry hadpared it to his own [Lightning Dash].
Since this was the first time he saw a ''real'' Lightning elementalist using spells and engaging in a fight, he was quite curious to see the differences between their elements.
While he had only activated [Lightning Dash] a few times, he was still able to notice that his skill was a lot more powerful than the spell version.
The amount and density of Lightning that moved around Hart''s body was a lot lesser than the one that danced around his body.
The colour of his own Lightning was also a lot brighter while Hart''s appeared dimmer.
He didn''t need to question the talent of the Lightning elementalist on the stage as the colour of Hart''s LightningLight blue, already said a lot about his talent.
It was well known that Elementalist with light blue lightning were talented as that was the more powerful version of the Lightning element.
It wander just with [Lightning Dash] but with all the spells the elementalist had casted since he beginning of the fight.
Harry ced his attention back on the stage as he thought: ''The system was truly right when it said my skills were more powerful than their spell versions''
He was also quite impressed by both Nash and Hart, from the way they fought and exchanged spells, it was obvious that they had some experiences in fighting against other Elementalists.
However, he was more impressed by the earth elementalist, he was quick witted and clearly had more experience than his opponent.
Though Hart was twice faster than he was, he didn''t give up, neither did he fret.
On the stage, the Lightning elementalist was still acting cocky. He casually walked to the edge of the stage while staring at the earth Elementalist with a smug smile.
In his pride and cockiness, he didn''t notice that the thick brown colour on Nash''s fists was gradually receding.
After rubbing his ''victory'' in the face of Nash, he finally decided that it was time to end the fight.
"Lightning Dash!" He shouted, Lightning blitzed around his body from head to toe as he bursted forward with high speed.
However, just when he had almost close in on Nash, a loud shout suddenly came out of the mouth of the earth elementalist.
"Earth hold!" Nash shouted as he ran forward.
He pulled his fists back and casted another spell almost immediately: "Rock fists!"
He felt a little strain on his mind as the pressure of casting the spells weighed down on his mind, however, he didn''t let that disrupt his actions.
Hart''s eyes widened as he immediately tried to dodge the punch, but just as he was able to move away from the punch''s trajectory, he noticed that he couldn''t move; he was stuck!
His eyes instinctively drifted to his leg, and that was when he noticed; a thick brown ''substance'' had glued his feet to the floor.
''Shit!'' He eximed inwardly as he raised his gaze back up.
His eyes met with the figure of Nash, who had a smug grin on his face as he ran towards him with an outstretched ''brown fist''.
As Nash closed in on him, he immediately tried to dodge by moving to the side while also applying pressure on the ''earth'' holding his feet to break free.
However, it was easier said than done as the moment he tried to move his upper body, Nash suddenly pulled back his fist and threw another punch to him using his other handthe first punch was a feint!
He could only watch as the thick brown fist ''approached'' him, since he had already moved, it was hard to change his momentum and he had no way of escaping the attack.
Thwak!
A loud bone cracking sound rang out as Nash''s fists collided squarely with his jaw.
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Chapter 79 Harry Vs Nash[1]
Thwak!
A loud bone cracking sound rang out as Nash''s fists collided squarely with his jaw.
The force behind the punch pushed Hart''s head backwards, his mouth opened and a few strands of saliva flowed out of his lips.
Nash didn''t stop there but he followed up with another punch to the side of the Lightning Elementalist''s face.
Hart''s face turned forcefully to the side, his mouth opened slightly as a few pieces of broken teeth flew out of it.
By now, his consciousness was slowly slipping away. Each of Hart''s punch felt like a heavy rock was being smashed on his face.
His face was now swollen and blood dripped from his lips, even the other students felt pity for him.
Apart from their defense. Earth Elementalists were also known for their heavy and nasty punches and they could only imagine how much pain Hart was in.
Nash stared at the weak figure of the Lightning Elementalist before smirking evilly.
He had been waiting for this moment, it wasn''t that he was unaffected by the stunning effect of Hart''s lightning attacks, he simply developed some resistance towards it.
He was an earth Elementalist and the defense of his element was naturally stronger than that of other elements, however, Hart had underestimated him too much.
The second time he was hit by the lightning ball, he didn''t really feel the ''stunning effect'' as much as he did with the first attack so he recovered from it rather quickly.
But even though he recovered, he waited waited for the Lightning Elementalist to let his guard down before attacking.
He wasn''t just a waiting though, he was channeling his mana, preparing himself to cast a spell immediately he found the chance.
And just as he had expected, his opponent did let his guard down and he didn''t waste the opportunity to finallyunch the spell he had been preparing: "Earth Bind!"
The rocks binding Hart''s legs to the ground finally crumbled and Hart''s feet were now free.
The Lightning elementalist''s eyes dted as he fell down weakly to the ground.
He bit his lower lip in regret and regretted his decision to act cocky.
If only he hadn''t relented on his attacks, then maybe he might have won; even if he didn''t win, at least he wouldn''t be in this embarrassing position.
Unfortunately, he hadpletely underestimated estimated his opponent and had gotten rather proud in his useless achievement.
The blue haired instructor in charge of the match approached Hart, he nodded his head as he observed the state Hart was currently in.
However, he wasn''t nodding because he pitied the Elementalist or anything of the sort but because he was quite disappointed with Hart''s fight.
He didn''t understand how stupid one could be to make such a senseless ''mistake''.
"Do you want to admit defeat now?" He asked as he crouched slightly.
Hart bit his lips painfully when those words drifted into his ears. To him, it sounded like the instructor was mocking him.
Even though he didn''t want to give up, he knew he was in no position to continue the fight against Nash. Not only did his whole body feel weak but his mana reserves were also quite low.
He tried to open his lips and ept defeat, but they seemed too heavy for him to open so he tapped on the ground twice; surrendering and epting defeat.
The blue haired man ced a small pill into his mouth, the fight was already over as Hart had already surrendered.
Hart quickly swallowed the pill as if his life depended on it, immediately, his face started returning to their former appearance.
His swollen lips reduced in size as they rapidly regained their slim and plump appearance.
Within a very short period of time, all his injured hadpletely healed and if not for his ruffled uniform, one could never guess that he just got his ass handed out to him few seconds ago.
The instructor stood up after making sure that the Lightning Elementalist was fully healed and then announced the unsurprising result. "Nash Wins!"
Hart gritted his teeth as he stared at the ck haired figure standing in the middle of the stage, he clenched his fists in anger, however there was nothing he could do.
Another round of cheers erupted from the students, except this time it was mainly from the Earth Elementalists.
Since Hartthe same person the Lightning Elementalists had bragged to them abouthad not only lost the fight but was also been utterly overwhelmed, it was now their turn to brag and insult the Lightning Elementalists.
The students from the Lightning hall that had bragged the most earlier could only keep their heads down and curse at Hart for losing so stupidly.
Lightning was well-known as one of the most powerful, rarest and versatile elements in the world,pared to it, earth was quitecking.
The earth element was verymon as the it had the highest percentage of awakeners every year with lightfollowed by lightning, having the lowest percentage.
Apart from that, it wasn''t as versatile as it mainly excelled in strength and defense.
In a fight between a Lightning and Earth Elementalist at the same mana core stage, it was believed that the former had a 70% chance of winning as they could always overwhelm thetter with their higher speed and more destructive element.
So to the second year students of the Lightning hall, Hart had not only brought disgrace to their hall but also to their prestigious and wonderful element!
They all red daggers and spears at the blonde haired boy who was slowly climbing down from the stage.
Hart felt a chill run down his spine when he noticed their gazes that were basically screaming, "You''re dead."
Cold sweat dripped from his back as he gulped harshly, he immediately picked up his speed while trying to avoid their piercing gazes.
A slight smile appeared on Harry''s face as he watched Hart leave the stage, he wasn''t surprised that Nash won the fight; he had already expected it.
He chuckled silently as he noticed the bickering and debate going on among the second years about the strongest element hall in the academy.
Though he found it childish, he couldn''t help but wonder if he would be acting simrly to the students if he had awakened his affinity at an earlier age and didn''t register sote.
Just then, a loud voice resounded from the stage, breaking him out of his thoughts. "I challenge Harry Morton!"
Harry''s eyes squinted slightly as his gaze moved back to the stage, to say he wasn''t surprised by the turn of events would be a lie.
On the stage was Nash panting with slightly bated breaths while screaming about challenging him.
He wasn''t the only one that was surprised though as the students beside him subconsciously turned their gazes to him with their eyes shing with weird expressions.
It didn''t take long for murmurings to rise among the crowd of students again when they heard Nash''s choice.
Unfortunately, the instructors didn''t give them such ''freedom'' as they immediately dispelled the murmurings by releasing a little of their mana pressure.
The students could only keep their mouths sit while trying their best tomunicate with their eyes and body.
To them, Nash''s decision to duel with Harry was like a professional boxer choosing to fight with a newborn baby.
It was nothing short of cowardice. Their impression of Nash immediately dropped from an all time high and became very lowbefore they viewed him as the Elementalist who won a fight by using his quick wits, but now he was simply a big coward.
Most of them simply saw Harry as the student with great talent who registeredte and yet advanced very quickly across sses.
However, there were still a few who still believed Harry bribed the academy instructors in order to get unmerited promotion.
But while their views on Harry were all different, they were all sure of one thing: Harry had never engaged in a real fight with an Elementalist and by ''real fight'', they meant one that involved elemental spells.
None of them even believed Harry had sessfully mastered his first attack spell. After all, he had only gotten promoted literally a day ago.
Meanwhile on the stage, Nash stood on his decision to challenge Harry even though he was currently receiving a lot of hateful and disgusting stares.
Even the instructor in charge of the fights and duels stared at him weirdly, however, it wasn''t in his ce to give advice or interfere with the student''s decision.
All he had to do was act as the referee and watch over the Elementalists on the stage.
Harry''s eyes drifted to some of the instructors closer to him, he had expected them to interfere and perhaps, render Nash''s request null but they simply stood in their ce as if they didn''t understand any of the words Nash said.
Though Harry was allowed to join thebined elemental ss, the instructors never said anything about him participating in the fights or duels. In fact they never
A smirk crept up on Harry''s face when he noticed this. ''So it''s my choice to ept or not'' He mumbled inwardly.
While any other student in his ce would have outrightly rejected the challenge, he saw it as an opportunity an opportunity to engage in a ''real'' fight with an Elementalist.
Suddenly, a notification shed across his eyes.
[Sudden Quest!]
[Manaless Mage Pride!]
You have been challenged to a duel by an Elementalist!
Show your power as a Manaless Mage and win the duel!
[Time Limit: 1 hour]
[Rewards forpletion: +5000EXP]
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Chapter 80 Harry Vs Nash[2]
Suddenly, a notification shed across his eyes.
[Sudden Quest!]
[Manaless Mage''s Pride!]
You have been challenged to a duel by an Elementalist!
Show your power as a Manaless Mage and win the duel!
[Time Limit: 1 hour]
[Rewards forpletion: +5000EXP]
A slight smirk appeared on Harry''s face as he stared read through the tab shing through his eyes.
Thest time he received a [Manaless Mage''s Pride] quest was when Han and his friends tried to bully him.
Ever since then, he hadn''t received any quest rted to [Manaless mage''s pride].
But now that he had received one, there was no way he would let up on the chance to gain more EXP.
Besides, he wasn''t sure if the quest would also have a punishment for failure. Thest time he received a simr quest, it came with a fatal punishment of hin losing his Lightning affinity.
The eyes of the instructor wandered around the crowd of Elementalist, searching for Harry. Since there were a lot of students in the hall, he couldn''t easily find the particr Elementalist Nash was challenging.
The students around Harry slowly cleared a path for him while staring at with with weird gazes, they were quite surprised by the fact that Harry hadn''t screamed "No" to the challenge but was still rather calm.
Harry ignored their gazes and started walking through the path cleared out for him, since his former position wasn''t that far from the stage, it didn''t take long for him to get there.
The instructor on the stage stared at him for a few seconds before finally asking: "Do you ept the challenge?"
The hall went silent as everyone wondered what Harry''s answer would be, most of them felt like Harry''s reply would be "No" but still watched on anyway.
"Yes, I ept." Harry suddenly said, causing a loud gasp amount the students.
While most of them wondered whether Harry had a screw loose or not, some of them thought that Harry was letting his talent get into his head and was too proud.
Even the instructor standing on the stage stared at Harry weirdly for a few seconds, while he felt the student''s choice was quite courageous, he also saw it as stupid.
However, none of that was his business, all he needed to do was supervise the fight now that the challenged had epted.
"Did he just ept the duel?"
"Yeah, he thinks he better than us all that asshole."
"Maybe he just wanted to partake in this for the sake of, you know more experience?"
"Nah, it''s pride! That ''repeater'' thinks he''s better than us all!"
It didn''t take long for the murmurings to rise once more, most of the students arrived at the conclusion that Harry was getting too proud and didn''t know his limits anymore.
Some of them even cheered for Nash to beat some sense back into his head.
The voices of the few who thought more rationally were quickly drowned out as they were shut down by other Elementalists who called them unreasonable and ''traitors'' of their element hall.
Harry''s brows twitched rapidly as all sort of negativements streamed into his ears, due to his perception which was now quite high, it wasn''t too hard for him to catch what the students were saying.
The word "repeater" was a derogatoryment most of the jealous first and second years used to address him.
Though he didn''t exactly repeat anything and only registered to the element halls veryte, they still for some reason, took joy in using that word to insult him.
However, they dared not say it to his face. They would simply say it behind his back, but most of the time, Harry would still be able to catch on some of their words and gossip.
Besides, no matter how jealous they got of him, it didn''t change the fact that he was actually better than them and their words and thoughts wouldn''t change anything; it didn''t even matter.
''This system is starting to influence me with its narcissism.'' Harry said inwardly with a wry smile.
Meanwhile, at the far end of the hall, the gaze of a certain brown haired man rested on Harry.
He had a rather slim build and a face that could be considered quite handsome. As for who the man was, it was no one other than the instructor who supervised the fight between Harry and Justin some weeks ago.
He was also curious as to the result of the fight, but unlike others in the hall, he didn''t believe Harry''s chances were zero.
Though he didn''t really believe Harry would win either, he still knew that Harry would at least surprise them.
He was an instructor of the water hall so he didn''t teach Harry or anythinghe wished he did thoughbut he was quite intrigued by the student.
Harry''s eyes were focused on Nash who had a wide smirk on his face as he climbed up the stage.
He had already ''scanned'' the earth Elementalist with [Probe] and one thing he still didn''t understand why Nash would want to duel with him.
Nash mana had already gone beyond the half mark and his stamina had also decreased considerably.
Not that he cared though; if Nash wanted a fight, he would give him one. If anything he was the one that would profit the most from the fight.
Not that he was being too proud or anything but Nash didn''t stand any chance of defeating him.
His stats were thrice higher and he could activate his skills a lot faster than the earth Elementalist could cast spells. But still he didn''t n to act carelessly.
The only thing that slightly pained him was the fact this wasn''t really an official duel so he couldn''t demand for a wager(bet).
Since this was more like a training where winners were free to challenge anyone, there was no wager involved; you either ept or reject the challenge.
"Hehe." Nash chuckled smugly as he stared at Harry. He didn''t even see Harry as an opponent, it didn''t matter to him whether his mana reserves were beyond half. All he needed was tond a sessful hit.
He was one of the Elementalists in the academy that saw Harry in a bad light.
He had always viewed himself as very talented with high affinity for his element and it was annoying to think that someone still did what he wasn''t able to in months in mere days.
He didn''t care what anyone thought about this challenge, he challenged Harry to show the difference between themTo prove that that weren''t on the same level.
Harry stood nonchntly on the other side of the stage and waited for the instructor signal to begin.
"Begin!" The voice of the instructor resounded in the stage.
"Rock Fists!" Nash shouted as he rushed forward. His fists rapidly thickened as a dark brown colour ran down from his wrists down to his fists.
Harry simply stood in one position as watched Nash''s approaching figure. Even though his opponent was running towards him at a speed that could be considered quite high, it was still to slow to him.
The grin on Nash''s face widened when he noticed that Harry didn''t move an inch, he thought that Harry didn''t move because he couldn''t react to his speed.
Although Harry had a rather calm expression for someone who was about to get punched by an Earth Elementalist, he took it as him being prideful. He would smash that pride to the ground!
However, just as he threw the punch, Harry suddenly sidestepped.
Nash''s eye''s widened as he watched his punch miss his opponent by a hairbreadth.
Harry''s movement seemed so minimal that one might not be able to notice it, it was as if he moved just enough to escape the punch.
''It''s just dumb luck.'' Nash thought.
He didn''t waste any time and immediately threw another punch using his left hand but just like thest time, Harry dodged it again!
Nash''s brows furrowed as his face morphed into a slight frown, the way Harry was dodging his punches made it seem like he was the one throwing sloppy punches.
The earth elementalist picked up his speed as he kept throwing punches after punches, however, none of them touched even a hair on Harry''s head.
Just as he increased the speed at which he threw his punches, Harry also gradually increased the speed at which he dodged.
The mouths of the students around the stage were widened as they stared at the spectacle that was going on in front of them.
Not only was Harry going toe to toe with an Earth Elementalist but he was also doing so without any spells.
It wasn''t just the students that were shocked, even the instructors were also shocked!
The manner in which Harry fought was quite simr tobat mages, he wasn''t using any spells but yet, he waspletely overwhelming his opponent!
The only instructor who wasn''t so shocked was the brown haired man that supervised Harry''s duel with Justin.
From the moment he witnessed Harry''s speed during that duel, he already knew that Harry had better physical attributespared to other Elementalists at his age.
What he didn''t expect was that Harry would have gotten so much faster within that short period of time.
Nash jumped backwards and then stared at Harry with widened eyes.
The frown on his face deepened when he noticed the nonchnt expression on Harry''s face, it was as if he never even considered him as an opponent in the first ce!
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Chapter 81 Too Early
This only confirmed his suspicionsHarry was truly underestimating him!
The frown on his face deepened when he noticed the nonchnt expression on Harry''s face, it was as if he never even considered him as an opponent in the first ce!
''This fucker'' Nash thought as he gritted his teeth. Even though he had already distanced himself from Harry, he still expected Harry to at least attack him and not just stare at him.
A lot of his ssmates and friends were watching this fight, he couldn''t disgrace himself.
He wasn''t dumb enough to believe Harry dodged all his earlier punches through sheer luck alone.
No matter how it pained him to admit he knew Harry''s speed was faster than his; albeit slightly.
It was probably why Harry didn''t panic when he attacked.
He strong forte had never being in speed and agility but rather strength, so while he was quite surprised that Harry was faster than him, he still didn''t consider it impossible.
Harry was a lightning elementalistmost of the students in the academy believed Harry''s ''main'' element was lightning since he was regrly seen in the Lightning hallso it was only natural that his element bless him with speed.
However, he already knew how to beat that annoying speed of Harry''s.
While Harry was fast, he was also very arrogant too arrogant.
''Speed means nothing I''ll show you how and why Hart lost to me.'' He thought as he sped his hand together and started chanting a spell.
It hadn''t been too long since he was promoted to the second year ss, so he had only mastered two spells.
One of them was [Rock Fists] which he used most of the time, and the other one was [Earth Hold].
[Note: The spell Nash used to hold Hart to the ground was [Earth Hold] not earth bind. I made a mistake, I have edited it]
Thetter took a lot of time to learn as it was quiteplex, even till now, he still hadn''t mastered it to the point of casting it within seconds.
He couldn''t use the spell against a moving or running target, the target either had to be still so the spell would be able to easily glue them to the ground.
He also needed a few seconds to properly channel his mana and cast the spell.The former had already dispelled the moment he started casting [Earth Hold].
That was why he was grateful to Harry for staying in one position instead of moving around, by doing that, he simply made things easier for him.
Harry simply watched Nash as he casted his spell, he already knew what the Earth Elementalist nned to do.
Nash was simply banking on the possibility that Harry would underestimate and ignore him.
Those few seconds would definitely be enough for him toplete his spell, then he would trap Harry to the ground and repeat the same thing he did with Hart.
But Harry didn''t panic because he already knew that it wouldn''t work; no matter what move Nash made, he had no way of winning against him.
"Earth Hold!" Nash suddenly shouted as he rushed forwards with his fists stretched out. Unlike thest time, he didn''t follow up the spell with [Rock fists], his mana reserves was already low and casting two spells simultaneously would drain him up.
Besides, he didn''t feel the need to boost his punches, his opponent would be restricted anyway so there was no way he would miss.
Immediately, the ground beneath Harry trembled violently as two ''lumps'' of rocks popped out of the ground.
However, Harry suddenly jumped back at that moment, escaping the trapid for him.
He turned towards Nash who was still running towards him and shed an evil smirk at him.
Nash''s eyes widened as he watched something that he had only considered impossible take ce before his eyes.
It was as if time moved in slow motion for him as he watched Harry stretch his hand towards him.
The earth Elementalist''s n would have worked if he was up against a normal stage one Elementalist as he would be able to sessfully trap them to the ground and then restrict their movements, making them more vulnerable to his punches.
Unfortunately for him, the person he was up against was anything but "normal".
Harry was able to sense the trap due to his high perception, the little tremorsing from the ground gave the position of the trap away.
Besides, Nash was literally casting the spell in front of him, since he had remained in one position, it was only natural that the spell would take ''effect'' just below his feet.
All he had to do was move away from his former position and escape the trap.
Nash wasn''t the only one that was shocked though, the eyes of all the students and instructors also widened at the unexpected turn of events.
Most of them thought that Harry was being stupid by standing in one position and watching his opponent instead of attacking, the felt like they could already see the earth Elementalist winning the fight due to Harry''s dumb move.
However, Harry put them to shame by turning the tables.
While the instructors knew that it was possible to escape the trap of an earth elementalist, they didn''t expect an inexperienced stage one Elementalist would be capable of pulling off something like that.
Meanwhile on the stage, The smirk on Harry''s face widened as he grabbed Nash''s fists.
He didn''t waste anymore time as he finally activated his first skill in the fight, only one word left his lips as he stared at the shocked eyes of Nash: "Lightning stun."
Immediately, bright blue sparks appeared on his fingers.
They rapidly spread out until all his fingers and even some part of his wrist were coated in lightning.
They didn''t stop there though; since his hands were still holding onto Nash''s fists, the Lightning sparks snaking around his hand immediately rushed over to the earth Elementalist''s fists.
Sparks literally flew between them as the lightning roasted Nash''s fist with astonishing speed.
A huge amount of pain shot out from Nash''s fist up to his shoulders, his body spasmed as he experienced what could only he described as a slow and excruciating pain.
Nash tried moving his other hand to at least free himself from Harry''s grip, however, Harry''s hold on his fist was too strong and his strength wasn''t enough to release him.
All parts of his body was also stiff, the ''stunning effect'' of the Lightning element locked in at that moment,pletely rendering him immovable.
Mild shocks ran through every vein in his body with every seconds, further worsening his pain and condition.
The Lightning around the fingers of Harry didn''t diminish but rather increase as if excited to dry up his blood and roast his body.
At first, Nash tried to hold back his screams and not show his expression. However, the pain and torture increased with every passing second and beads of tears pooled in his eyes.
"Arrg!!" He screamed in pain as his teeth ttered against themselves.
Though only seconds had passed since Harry grabbed him, to him it felt like hours and even days.
The most annoying thing about all of this was the huge grin the remained on Harry''s face from the beginning to his torture.
He couldn''t help but feel as if he was up against a devil and not a person.
As an earth Elementalist, he had always prided himself on his higher strength and defence, but in front of Harry''s spell, it was as if all that didn''t matter!
He had experienced the effect of the spell [Lightning stun] firsthand during a fight with a lightning Elementalist, and he was sure what he felt then wasn''t as painful as this! Back then, it only felt like someone was prickling a needle all over his hand.
He wasn''t the only one who thought that way, the rest of the Elementalists in the hall also felt chills run down their spine as their watched what could only be described as torture.
They subconsciously made up their minds to turn the other way whenever they were confronted by Harry. They didn''t know how someone could be so cruel.
Even the instructor in charge of the fight wasn''t sure whether to intervene or not, from the way Nash''s body was spasming, it seemed like he would crumble at any moment.
But he there was nothing he could do about that, intervening would mean going against the rules as none of them had lost consciousness or tapped out.
While he pitied Nash, only a few seconds had passed and it was still too early for him to jump in.
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Chapter 82 No Joy
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While he pitied Nash, only a few seconds had passed and it was still too early for him to jump in.
Just then, Harry suddenly released his grip on Nash. He still wanted to try out some of his skills on an. actual person and ending it with only one skill was too early.
Due to the unexpected release, Nash lost his footing as he staggered on his feet for a few seconds before falling to his knees.
He kept grunting as he stared at his right hand.
His fists up to his elbows were now ck, the Lightning had burnt them to the point that they had be charred.
That part of his uniform was now tattered and his uniform that was only ruffled slightly after his fight with Hart had now be very rough.
Even now he could still see smoke rising from his hand.
One thing he would pray for was to never experience that kind of torture again!
Unfortunately, his troubles and suffering were anything but over; just as he lifted his gaze, the first thing his eyes came into contact with was the face of the brown-haired devil that put him in this condition.
"Wa" Harry didn''t let him finish his words as he immediately threw a punch to his face.
Harry''s fist collided squarely with his face, his nose broke due to the force behind the punch as his head flung backwards.
The punch hurt a lot more than he expected, it felt like he was hit in the face with a huge rock and he couldn''t help but wince in pain.
It was a well-known fact that Elementalists'' strong forte had never been in strength so Nash couldn''t help but wonder: ''How strong is Harry for him to be able to inflict this much pain all from a single punch?''
"Arrrg!" Nash grunted in pain. Blood dripped down from his broken nose, even his lips were already swollen and bled with blood.
What he didn''t know was that Harry had even held back with thatst punch; if Harry had used his full strength, then the earth Elementalist would have lost consciousness.
Nash hurriedly gathered the remaining strength he had left in his drained body and got up on his feet.
To his surprise, Harry simply watched him as he stood up. He didn''t even move an inch and only stood in the same position watching him with an evil smirk on his face.
The earth Elementalist knew that his opponent wasn''t pitying him or anything. He already knew how sadistic Harry could be from his first ''experience'' alone.
That smirk alone made shivers run down his spine, he couldn''t help but regret ever challenging Harry. If only he had known, he would have chosen another person or better still, walked away.
However, he had made the wrong choice and now he had to deal with it.
Harry didn''t know why but he was enjoying this seeing his opponent tremble before him without being able to do anything filled with a lot more joy than he''d like to admit.
He didn''t care what the other students thought of him, all he knew was that he was enjoying this moment and he had no ns on stopping anytime soon.
While his actions may be described as sadistic, he simply justified himself with the fact that Nash was the one who challenged him.
Besides, he had a quest toplete.
His eyesight was already blurry and he couldn''t see clearly. However, he could still see the medium-sized cackling ball made purely of blue lightning dancing above Harry''s hand.
"Lightning ball." Harry calmly muttered as heunched the blitzing ball above his palm.
Unlike other Elementalists, Harry didn''t need to shout the name of his ''spell'' before ''casting'' it, in fact, he didn''t even need to say a word.
As long as he willed a skill to activate, it would activate; no need for the extra drama and stress of shouting it out.
The only reason he kept saying his ''spells'' out was to reduce the number of attention and possibly suspicions that he might receive.
While [Mana core illusion] did its job by making it seem like he was truly casting a spell, he did his part by saying out the ''spell'' name and a few of its chants.
The medium-sized ball travelled at astonishing speed towards Nash, leaving a trail of lightning.
Compared to thest time, the Lightning around the ball was a lot denser and the speed at which it travelled had increased.
The skill was obviously more powerful, even though the size didn''t change, the strength and power did.
In a few seconds, the ball made purely of lightning hit Nash squarely in the chest.
The earth Elementalist arched backwards as the force behind the ''spell'' pushed him backwards by a few centimetres.
He grunted as a mild shock ran through his body for a few seconds before he finally dropped to the ground and lost consciousness.
Immediately, a familiar notification shed in front of Harry''s eyes.
[Sudden Quest Completed]
[Manaless Mage''s Pride]
[Rewards Granted: +5000EXP]
[Hidden Punishment for Quest Failure: NONE]
Harry''s eyes squinted slightly as he read through the notification.
He was quite surprised and also d that there was no punishment associated with this quest.
Although he never nned on failing the quest, he had still expected the quest toe with hefty punishment of either a fifty per cent stat reduction orplete loss of an affinity(element).
''He lost consciousness already?'' He thought in disappointment as he stared at the figure of the ck-haired boyying on the ground.
The instructor on the stage rushed towards Nash and hurriedly fed him with a healing pill.
The wounds and bruises on Nash''s face and hand rapidly healed as the pill took effect almost immediately.
The eyes of the blue-haired man wandered around the hall for a few seconds before resting on Harry.
If he said he wasn''t surprised by the brown-haired student, it would be a lie.
Not only was he very brutal with his attacks but he also didn''t act rashly as most Elementalist.
Coupled with the fact that the student''s spell-casting speed was a lot higher than that of every other student in the second year, his strength and speed were no joke too, it was as if he had it all when it came to talent and potential!
''He honestly reminds me of "him", I can''t wait to see how powerful he will get in the future.'' The instructor thought with a slight smile on his face.
It only took a few seconds for the injured earth Elementalist to healpletely, his brows furrowed as he slowly opened his eyes.
All his injuries had healed and the only sign that he was recently involved in a fightor rather, taken a beating, was his burnt and rough uniform.
However, that wasn''t a problem as the academy would get him another one without the need for his parents to pay anything.
Nash''s body subconsciously shivered as his eyes met with that of a brown-haired boy standing at one end of the stage.
He gulped as memories of what transpired in thest few minutes reyed in his mind.
Though even a blind person would have already figured out who the winner of the fight was, the instructor still walked to the centre of the stage and then announced; "Harry Wins!"
But unlike thest time, there were no cheers, noise or even murmurings.
The hall was quiet for a few seconds as all the students stared at Harry with mixed expressions on their faces.
Even though they all witnessed what happened with their bare eyes, they still found it hard to believe.
A new studentpletely overwhelmed an Earth Elementalist in both strength and spells, Nothing about that sounded ordinary or possible!
Both the students and instructors subconsciously reevaluated their impression of Harry in their hearts.
The students made up their minds to never cross his paths or offend him while the instructors stared at him in a new lightas a once-in-a-century prodigy.
Harry simply walked down the stage nonchntly as if he had just done the most normal thing known in the academy.
Harry didn''t care if the students cheered for him or not, for him, this wasn''t an honourable victory.
Since he had fought against someone far weaker than him, he couldn''t take joy in the victory.
The murmurs gradually increased again as they watched Harry walked back to his position.
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Chapter 83 The Power Of Light
The murmurs gradually increased again as they watched Harry walked back to his position.
The training went on even after Harry''s fightof rather Harry''s utter humiliation of Nash, however, most of the fights were boring.
Elementalists kepting on the stage in pairs and facing off against each other, however, most of the fights ended within seconds.
The winners more or less won because due to their spell-casting speed being slightly faster than their opponent''s.
There were a few of them that were actually quite interesting with surprising results as the Elementalists showed promising talents and potential. However, they were nothing too impressive or eye-catching.
Some of the unserious Elementalists didn''t partake in the fights, they simply spectated the ones that did, while also making sure to cheer and shout whenever a student from their hall won or lost.
"Tracie wins!" The instructor''s voice resounded from the stage.
Harry sighed as he watched another boring fight unfold in front of him.
Just like the rest, the winner had slightly faster spell casting speed than her opponent and she eliminated him within seconds by the use of one spell alone.
Harry barely held the urge to roll his eyes as he felt the gaze of the students around him drilling into his back.
Even though he was only standing in one position with his focus on the stage, the eyes of the students around him were still glued on him.
Some of them would murmur and then turn their head away the moment he faced them.
Just when Harry was starting to get bored of the training event, two Elementalists were called up the stage.
One of them was a short boy with ruffled brown hair, hanging on his nose was a transparent pair of round sses that were almost twice the size of his eyes.
The the other Elementalist was a slim girl with long, silky ck hair and a round face. Her cheeks were quite puffy making her look quite cute.
This time Harry''s interest was piqued, his eyes squinted slightly as he focused on the two students on the stage.
His eyes were more focused on the girl as he was ''scanning'' her with [Probe].
He recognized the short boy with brown hair who was Sam, the student he met the other day. But he didn''t recognise the girl which meant she was from another element hall.
[Name: Annie Reed]
[Race: Human]
[H/P: 50/50]
[Mana Core: 1st Stage]
[Mana: 75/75]
[Strength: 13]
[Agility: 17]
[Stamina: 15]
[Perception: 20]
[Endurance: 14]
[Intelligence: 20]
[Mental: 18]
[Charm: 29]
From Sam''s stats, Harry already knew that he was one of the rather talented second years, even though his personality and behaviour fell more on the nerdy side.
However, what really surprised him was the girl''s stats. Her stats were quite high as they were on par and if not higher than Sam''s.
"Begin!" The instructor''s voice rang out.
"Lightning Dash!" Sam didn''t waste any time as he immediately rushed towards his opponent with lightning dancing around his body.
His countenance and expression changed drastically from that of a nerdy kid to a fierce fighter, it was as if he had be a different person entirely.
With the speed at which he was running, it was quite surprising that the pair of round sses on his eyes remained unshaken and didn''t fall off.
Within a few seconds, he closed in on his opponent and then tried to spun around.
However, the girl didn''t just watch him and let him do that whatever he wanted.
"Light sh!" She shouted and then jumped back. A small ''explosion'' of light suddenly appeared between her and the brown haired student.
Sam''s eyes widened as he immediately tried to slow down his speed and turn around.
Unfortunately, he had already gotten so close to the light elementalist and it was impossible for him to escape the range of the bright sh of light.
The light was so bright that it momentarily blinded the lightning elementalist, forcing him to stop his advance.
Even most of the students closer to the stage slightly squinted their eyes due to the sudden brightness, the only ones that were unaffected were the instructors and the ones farther from the stage.
Meanwhile, Harry eyes widened slightly when he saw the white light. He was quite surprised that the girl was a light Elementalist.
Since [Probe] wasn''t yet strong enough to show a person''s affinities, he only knew her affinity after she casted a spell.
Light elementalists were very rare; even in the academy, the number of students in the light hall were a lot smaller than that of other elements halls.
Though the light only shed for a moment, it was still enough to slightly tip the scale over to the girl.
Sam''s mana flow and control got slightly disrupted and the Lightning around his body flickered slightly.
Fortunately for him, he was quick to regain control of his mana flow just before it recededpletely.
However, the few seconds in which hisposure and speed got disrupted were enough for the Light Elementalist to sessfully gather her mana and prepare another spell.
"Light Ball!" Annie shouted as she stretched her hand. A small ball made purely of bright white light was conjured above her palm.
Though its size was small, its brightness made it appearrger when looked at from a distance.
Without wasting any time, the Light Elementalist immediatelyunched the bright ball of light towards the brown haired boy.
The moment Sam focused his attention back on the ck haired girl, the next thing he saw was a small white ball shining brightly rapidly closing in on him.
He gritted his teeth as he quickly moved to the side in a bid to dodge the ball of light.
Unfortunately, the speed of the ball was too fast and he wasn''t able topletely escape it.
The bright ball made purely of light hit him in his left arm with full force, pushing him back by a few steps.
''Arrg, Shit'' He groaned as a stinging pain attacked him from his left arm.
Even though his spell [Lightning Dash] was still active when he dodgedor rather, tried to dodge, he still wasn''t able to sessfully escape the attack.
The pain didn''t reduce but rather increased and the Lightning elementalist could feel the strength in his left hand drop slightly.
Sam endured the pain coursing through his arm with gritted teeth and used his superior speed to get away from the light Elementalist.
He knew staying close to her was nothing short of stupid as he would definitely lose.
As expected, his opponent didn''t wait for him to recover from the pain before she started preparing another spell.
One thing he had noticed was that his opponent''s spell casting speed was a little bit slower than his own and he nned on using that to his advantage.
If her spell casting speed had been just a little bit faster, his chances of winning would have been a lot smaller.
"Dusts of light!" Suddenly the light Elementalistunched another spell with her hand stretched forwards.
Immediately, her hands started shining with a bright white light as little sparking dust rose out of it.
? They danced around her palm for a few seconds before rushing towards the brown-haired boy at the other end of the stage.
As they travelled in the air, they kept interweaving and passing through each other, creating a beautiful image that was quiteical.
However, Sam wasn''t deceived by the beautiful appearance of the ''light dusts''. He knew how fatal those ''dusts'' could be if they touched even a hair on his body!
Lightning blitzed around his body as he dashed to the side in order to escape the attack.
Fortunately for him, the speed of the dusts were quite slow as they were easily swayed by the wind.
Apart from its versatility, the light element was also known for its buff and de-buff spells and effects.
While an attack imbued with the Lightning element left a stunning effect or shocking effect, one made with a light element left a slight De-buff effect!
Just as the word "De-buff" suggested, whenever one was hit with an attack from a light elementalist, their strength and stamina would drop slightly, giving the light Elementalist the upper hand.
Though it onlysted a few seconds, those few seconds could be more than enough to determine the winner of a life and death battle.
The light element wasn''t the only element with buff and de-buff spells though, the water element also had buff and de-buff spells. However, the former had stronger and more powerful ones.
The spell that the light Elementalist had just casted was a de-buff spell that was quite popr among stage one light elementalists.
If even a speckle of those dustsnded on his body, his movements would be sluggish and even his stamina would drop faster.
And that was only if one specknded on his body, if he decided to be careless and let all the dusts hit his body, the De-buff would get even stronger.
So Sam knew better than to take any chances as he increased his speed even more while watching out for any dust speckle that maynd or even graze his skin.
A frown appeared on the face of the light elementalist as she watched Sam try to escape from her spell.
She had seen people underestimate her de-buff spell due it its pretty and non-lethal appearance and she had half-expected the brown haired boy to do the same.
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Chapter 84 Sam Vs Annie
She had seen people underestimate her de-buff spell due it its pretty and non-lethal appearance and she had half-expected the brown haired boy to do the same.
Just like Sam, she also wanted to avoid her opponent''s spells and attacks so she didn''t n on giving him any rest or chance to even cast an attack spell.
The frown on her face deepened as she stretched her hand towards the ''dusts'' on the stage.
Beads of sweats formed on her forehead as she channelled her mana and tried to control the ''light dusts'' to move faster.
If she managed to control those ''dusts'' and make them all hit sam, her chances of winning would definitely shoot up.
The particles of ''dusts'' suddenly shone brighter as they paused in their movements.
This created another beautiful scene; the eyes of some of the students closer to the stage sparkled. They couldn''t help but admire the scene of bright glowing white ''dusts'' in front of them.
However, the person closest to this ''beautiful scene'' didn''t stop for even a second to even take a second nce at it.
The ''light dusts'' shone for only a second before suddenly shooting forwards towards Sam.
Sam paused for a moment and then looked back, his eyes widened when he noticed the ''dust particles'' behind him that had suddenly doubled in speed.
He didn''t put his focus on it for long as he immediately dash forwards with blue lightning dancing around his body.
He gritted his teeth and then tried increasing his speed again, he already knew what the light Elementalist was trying to do.
She was controlling those particles so they would meet up with him and then hit him so the de-buff would take effect.
Usually, a normal stage one Elementalist couldn''t control or move a spell like that after casting it, but things were different when it came to Light Elementalists.
They could make slight changes to the aim, speed and movements of their spell after casting it.
There was a reason light was regarded as a special and the most versatile element.
When it came to speed, light was the fastest element, followed by lightning then wind. Their spells were also very destructive and were capable of causing lots of damage.
Even though the element''s defence wasn''t as strong or solid as that of the earth element, it wasn''t weak either.
Coupled with the fact that a light Elementalist could act as support in a fight, assisting from behind using buff and de-buff spells.
At that moment, murmurings of displeasure started rising from the other students in the hall, however, they were quickly shut down by the instructors.
Since Sam had just being running around while trying to escape the from the beautiful white dust particles. the fight had gotten boring to them. What they wanted was too more action!
However, thest thing that was on the Lightning Elementalist''s mind was to satisfy his ''spectators'', it was were the same set of students that would mock himter if he lost.
Even though it appeared like he was running around aimlessly, he wasn''t. Sam''s eyes were also focused on his opponent.
Since the light elementalist ced all her focus on controlling the ''light dusts'' and making them hit the brown haired boy, she hadpletely ignored her defence, her body was wide open to any attack from Sam.
Besides, she should definitely be under a lot of strain from controlling the particles since that alone required mana, so the chances of herunching a counter spell were low.
A slight smile appeared on the brown haired boy''s face as he took a huge gamble, when he got to another edge of the stage, he dispelled [Lightning Dash].
His speed dropped by half and the dust particles closed in on him even faster, but he didn''t let that distract him.
He stretched his hand and then quickly channeled his elemental mana.
"Lightning Ball!" He shouted as he stretched his right hand forwards while making a slight spun.
Blue Lightning cackled around his palm beforeing together, merging into a small ball.
Sam didn''t wait for the ball to expandpletely before heunched the spell towards his opponent.
The lightning ball travelled in the air with astonishing speed, its size and lightning ''density'' rapidly increasing as it closed in on the ck haired girl.
Annie''s eyes widened as she saw the blue ball cackling violently with blue lightning rapidly approaching her.
She immediately dispelled her de-buff spell and then tried to cast a counter spell and defend herself from the iing attack.
Unfortunately, she was too slow and wasn''t able to channel her mana for a new spell before the lightning ball closed in on her.
Her eyes widened and her body was momentarily illuminated by the bright blue lint of the ball before it collided against her chest with full force.
Her back arched as her figure flew backwards by a few centimetres before she hit the side of the stage andnded on the ground.
A low groan escaped her lips as she gritted her teeth. A mild shocking sensation kept spreading from her chest to the rest of her body, making her whole body feel slightly paralysed.
Meanwhile, Sam didn''t getx even though he had already sessfully connected an attack.
In fact he was a little disappointed, he had actually aimed thatst attack to Annie''s face and not her chest.
However, because of the distance between them and the his momentum whileunching the spell, the spell deviated from its original aim and hit her chest instead.
He still sprinted towards his opponent, except this time, with his normal speed and no speed-boost spell.
Thest spell he casted[Lightning Ball]was channeled rather hurriedly and his mind and mana core was still under some strain so he couldn''t cast a boost spell like [Lightning Dash] yet.
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Chapter 85 Mana Exhaustion
Thest spell he cast[Lightning Ball], was channelled rather hurriedly and his mind and mana core were still under some strain so he couldn''t cast a boost spell like [Lightning Dash] yet.
However, even his normal speed wasn''t slow and was quite fast so it didn''t like long before he closed in on her.
While he might not be able to cast a moreplex spell like [Lightning Dash], there was a spell he would definitely be able to cast. "Lightning Stun!" He shouted. Lightning sparked between his fingertips, rapidly spreading until it coated all his fingers.
Since he was already so close to his opponent, he stretched his hand forwards, hoping to grab then shock or rather, electrocute her using the spell.
His hand was already so close to her when she suddenly raised her head and then shouted: "Light sh!"
A bright white light suddenly ''exploded'' right in between the brown-haired Elementalist''s eyes, making him close his eyes instinctively.
The sh of light was so bright that it blinded his eyes temporarily, forcing him to stop in his tracks.
He groaned as his hands moved subconsciously to his eyes, or rather sses. Even with the intense fight going on, he still hadn''t taken them off.
Unlike the first time the ck-haired girl used the spell, this time he was a lot closer to her so the effect of the spell was twice more than it was thest time.
Apart from that, he was caught off-guard this time because he hadn''t expected her to cast a spell right at that moment.
By the time he finally recovered and opened his eyes back, her figure had already vanished from his sight.
"Light Ball!" A loud tiny voice suddenly came from his side.
''Shit.'' He mumbled inwardly as he quickly turned around.
His gaze met with that of the light elementalist who already had her hand stretched out with a bright white ball hovering above her palm.
Sam didn''t think of any other thing as he hurriedly channelled his mana in preparation for a counterspell.
Lightning blitzed above his palm, rapidly merging into a ball.
The light Elementalist also didn''t wait for him toplete his spell as sheunched the ball of light in her hand.
"Lightning Ball!" Sam screamed as he alsounched the iplete Lightning ball in his hands.
Both attacks travelled towards each other with astonishing speed, with the lightning ball increasing in size with every passing second, however, the light ball was still faster when it came to speed.
They immediately collided against themselves with full force, creating a small, beautiful explosion of bright white light mixed with some sparks of blue lightning.
Most of the second years were wowed as they stared at the beautiful scene of light and lightning mixed together, their attention was taken away from the two Elementalists on the stage and ced on the beautiful andical expression.
However, that wonderful scene soon vanished as the light and lightning dispersed into the atmosphere, much to the disappointment of the students.
With the explosion dispersed, the two Elementalists now had a clear view of each other.
Sam''s brows were furrowed as he faced off with the opponent, his right hand was pulled back and he channelled his elemental mana for another spell.
Though he tried not to show any weakness, his mana reserves had already dropped and he doubted he could cast any more than three spells before running out of gas.
His breathing was already bated and beads of sweat pooled around his face.
But it seemed like he wasn''t the only one exhausted as the ck-haired girl was even in worse condition whenpared to him.
Her eyes seemed out of focus and her chest rose heavily, her face was glistening with sweat and her gaze alternated between Sam and the blue-haired instructor.
Suddenly she raised her hand to the instructor in charge of the fight, asking for surrender.
The instructor rushed towards her without even wasting a second, he already knew what was wrong with her and why she had surrendered.
She had obviously exhausted herself and could lose consciousness at any moment. Even if she hadn''t, he would have stopped the fight himself.
He held her weak figure and hurriedly fed her with a healing and mana recovery pill.
What she was facing was mana exhaustion. Compared to Sam, she had expended a lot more mana in this fight.
Controlling the ''light dust'' drained her of a lot of mana, since she had to move her elemental mana out of her body and then use them to push and control the dust particles.
It wasn''t the wisest of decisions but back then, it seemed like it was. However, things turned around with sam not only escaping the spell but also attacking her, rendering all those efforts useless and also leading to her current state.
Her elemental mana wasn''tpletely exhausted, but it was already very low and she could feel the consequence weighing down on her mind and body.
There was a reason Elementalists and even mages dreadedplete mana exhaustion. Complete mana exhaustion was when both the affinity orbs and mana core werepletely drained of mana.
The mana core and affinity orbs were connected and linked directly with a person''s soul and draining any of themespecially the mana corepletely would ce a huge strain on the soul which would then negatively affect the body.
It was never to be underestimated as it could lead to death if care wasn''t taken, so elementalists always took caution so as to not exhaust the mana in their mana core or affinity orb.
The light Elementalist''s face rapidly regained colour as she slowly opened her eyes. It only took a few seconds for the pill to restore her to her peak condition.
The blue-haired man heaved a sigh in relief when he noticed that the light elementalist was okay. "Sam Wins!" He announced as he faced the audience.
Murmurings immediately erupted from the crowd of students, some of them were simply the Lightning Elementalists bragging about how their hall was the best while the rest were simply about the fight in general.
Meanwhile, Harry simply remained on his own without taking part in the murmurings or braggings going on around him.
He was more concerned about what happened with the girl since he had been tracking their stats with [Probe], he saw how low her mana got before she gave up.
''So I guess that''s how I''ll also end up if my energy also gets exhausted.'' He mumbled inwardly while making a mental note to avoid such a situation.
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Chapter 86 Walking With Sam
''So I guess that''s how I''ll also end up if my energy also gets exhausted.'' He mumbled inwardly while making a mental note to avoid such situation.
[Yes Host]
The system replied even though his words was more of a rhetorical question.
Harry simply nodded his head and then focused his attention back on the stage.
Sam''s expression didn''t seem too happy though he had won the fight, Harry wasn''t sure but he could more or less guess why; the Lightning Elementalist probably felt like the win wasn''t deserved.
Harry chuckled lightly as he stared at the boy with ruffled brown hair climbing down from the stage.
No matter how he looked at him, Sam''s sses would always seem funny to him. He didn''t even know how it managed to not fall off when he was fighting.
He couldn''t help but be curious and then ''scanned'' the pair of sses using [Probe]. Though he mainly used the skill to check the stats of other students, it could also be used to ''scan'' an object or artefact.
[Common Object]
Name: Sam''s ss pair
Durability: 85%
Power: 0
Defence: 0
Harry''s eyes squinted slightly as he read through the tab that was shing across his eyes.
The stats of the sses showed it was rather ordinary and not an artefact, except for its durability that was quite high, nothing else was special about the pair of sses.
The fights went on with two more Elementalists getting called onto the stage, however, Harry was no longer that interested in it.
He was more hyped up about the training that would take ce after this.
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A few hours had passed and the academy activities were finally over. Harry sighed lightly, his gaze moving back and forth between the different students chattering around the school grounds.
This training event took much of his time so he didn''t have the time to head to the training hall and practise his skills a little or else he would bete to work.
He had to admit it, while most of the training event was boring, he did learn a few things.
Though most of them would have benefited him more if he was truly an Elementalist, the training lessons still weren''tpletely useless.
He couldn''t help but wonder what would have happened if he had registered as abat mage, instead of an elementalist.
A slight smirk appeared on his lips as today''s urrences reyed in his mind.
"Harry!" A loud voice that sounded rather tiny suddenly rang out from behind him, breaking him out of his thoughts.
Harry''s eyes squinted slightly as he paused his steps and then turned around, his gaze met with that of a short boy with ruffled brown hair jogging towards him.
''Sam?'' He said inwardly in surprise. He didn''t think he had anything to discuss or settle with Sam so he was quite surprised to see him approaching him.
After running for a few seconds, Sam finally got to where Harry stood.
The brown haired boy bent slightly with his hands on his knees as he panted heavily.
"I''ve been running after you for some time now'' He said while in between pants. He raised his gaze up as he stared at Harry.
"Uhh" Harry''s voice trailed for a second, his brows were raised slightly as he stared into the eyes of the student.
"why were you calling for me?" Harry asked. He honestly didn''t know how to reply to what Sam said earlier, so he simply said what came to his mind.
Sam stared at him weirdly for a few seconds before straightening his posture. "I just noticed we were going the same way so I felt like we could perhaps walk together."
Sam didn''t know why but he felt really weird conversing with Harry, the way Harry was staring at him and the expression on the taller student''s face made the whole conversation seem awkward.
"Ohh" Harry muttered as nodded his head slightly. He had never really walked with anyone ever since the day he registered in the academy so it felt weird to do so now.
Though he wasn''t really a type of person to socialise with people, he wasn''t rude also. As long as one didn''t get on his nerves or try to walk over him, he wouldn''t annoy the person either.
His rule was simple: Good for good; evil for more evil.
Suddenly, Sam''s eyes brightened as he said: "Your fight with Nash, that was awesome! I really have no idea how you were able to cast your spells that fast!"
"Really?" Harry said in surprise. To him, his fight with the earth Elementalist was anything but cool or awesome. It wasn''t as if he did anything too shy, he had even held back more than half of his strength during that fight.
"Yeah almost everyone was taking about it. It was cool, I really wish I could cast my spells at half of that speed but I guess I''m not just that talented" Sam said with a dreamy look in his eyes. "But one day"
Harry chuckled slightly when he heard the Elementalist''s words. From Sam''s appearance, one wouldn''t guess that he could actually talk that much.
"I don''t see it as that impressive, the only fight I saw as impressive was yours actually." Harry said.
He wasn''t just saying it for the sake of saying it alone but it was what he actually thought, out of all the Elementalists that fought in thebined ss, Sam''s was definitely the most impressive and it was what got his attention the most.
"Nah you''re just pulling my legs, I know I didn''t perform too well against Annie" A disappointed glint shed through the boy''s eyes as he reminisced about his ''battle'' with the light elementalist.
Even though Harry said his fight was okay, for him, it wasn''t. There were a lot of things he could have done better that he didn''ta lot of mistakes he had made.
Harry didn''t reply to that, it was more like he didn''t know how to reply.
"Can we perhaps spar someday?" Sam''s expression suddenly brightened as he stared at Harry. "Maybe, you could give me a few pointers."
Harry was silent for a few seconds when he heard the request, if he was being honest, he considered the Lightning Elementalist as weak and didn''t think he was worthy to spar against.
"Yeah," He replied. Though Sam''s overall strength was very weak whenpared to his, he could still train with him and develop his skills.
Besides, it would also be good for him as he would gain more experience on how to fight with Elementalists. "Why not?" Harry continued.
Sam''s eyes shone even more to the extent that they reflected through the lenses of his sses.
"Thanks Harry." He said. "So whenever you''re free?"
"Yeah."
The two student kept talking together as they walked down the road, their conversations were mainly about the academy and how to get stronger.
For some reason they connected quite well and the conversation became less awkward as time went on, making it seem like they had known each other for years, rather than mere days.
Harry still needed to take a cab back home but he still hadn''t approached the bus stop where he would board one so he kept on walking with Sam.
Though Sam was younger than Harry with about three years, nothing felt awkward or weird.
After a few minutes, they finally reached the point where they needed to part, Sam house wasn''t that far from the academy and his house was at the other end of the street, while Harry still had to walk a few steps before getting a cab.
"See you tomorrow Harry!" Sam waved as he crossed the road and headed into his house.
Harry waved back awkwardly before turning around.
He had to admit that he had actually enjoyed his conversation with Sam. A slight smile appeared on his lips as he remembered the boy''s offer to spar with him.
After walking for a few seconds, he finally found a taxi and then boarded it home. After all, he still couldn''t waste time as he had to go to work.
A few minutester, Harry exhaled as he stood in front of a beautiful white building on top which was boldly written "Jade restaurant".
As A few minutester, Harry exhaled as he stood in front of a beautiful white building on top which was boldly written "Jade restaurant".
This was the same restaurant he visited when he first moved to his present house and it was the same ce he worked now.
He spent a few seconds staring at the beautiful interior of the building through the sleek transparent windows at the sides of the restaurant before walking in.
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Chapter 87 At Work
He spent a few seconds staring at the beautiful interior of the building through the sleek transparent windows at the sides of the restaurant before walking in.
The walls of the restaurant were painted with bright red colours, the counters were tiled with ck tiles that had white designs drawn around them.
The floors were also tiles with bright white tiles that shone and glistened in the light, even the ceiling was white, there were also different designs around it and bright lights that shone and illuminated the restaurant even more.
The first time Harry had visited the restaurant, he didn''t focus on the beauty of the restaurant and was more interested in food.
However, as he spent more time working in the restaurant, he appreciated its beauty even more.
Both the interior and exterior of the building were very attractive with bright and charming colours, coupled with the neatness and orderliness of the workers, the whole restaurant gave off a regal vibe and aura.
When Harry first came here to eat, he thought it was just a small restaurant that was owned by one of the residents of this suburban, however, heter knew how wrong he was after he worked there for some time.
The name "Jade restaurant" was actually quite popr and this was only a branch. The headquarters itself was located in sterling city which was the current biggest city in the world.
Though the real owner was actually a normal human that set up this ce in a bid to live a normal life, it was actually a sessful restaurant known for its delicious delicacies--In fact, it was safe to say, it was one of the most sessful restaurants in the world.
The only reason Harry hadn''t heard of it before was because he wasn''t current with the happenings of the world due to his issues with his parents and lifestyle.
A low chuckle left Harry''s lips as he used a second to wander around the restaurant with his gaze.
He noticed the people in the building were quite fewer than usual, however he didn''t put much thought to it.
The eyes of some of them--especially the female, lingered on him for a few seconds before finally turning away.
Most of them giggled with their friends for some reason while some simply became more timid.
Harry ignored all of the unnecessary things as eyes caught the sight of a girl with long auburn hair and deep ck eyes waving shyly at him from one of counters.
He waved back, except his wave seemed quite awkward.
The said girl was quite beautiful with an oval face, thin pink lips and curves in the right ces.
Harry''s attention only lingered on her for a few seconds before he started walking towards a small blue door at one end of the restaurant.
The door wasn''t exactly visible as one would have to stare for some time before noticing it, however, Harry could easily find his way there since he had been working here for a few weeks and was now quite familiar with it.
As he got closer, the aroma of different delicacies got stronger as they wafted into his nose, making him salivate a little.
However, he wasn''t hungry as he had already eaten beforeing.
Within a few seconds, he finally got to the door and then opened it.
Immediately a long hallway appeared in his sight, Harry walked down the hallway until he finally reached another door at the side of the hall.
That wasn''t the only door there though as there were a few more doors on each side, each meant for different purpose.
Without wasting anytime, he walked into the door.
A wide kitchen appeared in his line of sight with a long ''table'' at the middle and cookers at the sides.
"Look who''s here!" A cheerful voice suddenly rang out the moment Harry walked in.
The person who spoke was a man that stood at 179cm, his figure was quite buff and he even looked more intimidating due to his height. He was dressed in a white apron with red lines at the edges and on his head was a long red toque.
At the middle of the apron and toque was the logo of a fork and knife with five stars around it and at the sides were written "Jade restaurant".
Harry simply smiled in response before greeting the others in the room.
There were two other people in the room and they were all putting on the same apron and toque. One of them was a man while the other was a woman.
They all smiled warmly to Harry and even though they didn''t say a word, it wasn''t hard to guess that they were all happy to see him.
The second man approached Harry and then said: "You''re quitete today."
"Yeah..." Harry mumbled with a wry smile. "I had a lot of things to do at the academy."
"Ohh, that''s understandable..." The man said with a slight smile on his face. Unlike the first chef, this one had a rather small small face with brown eyes and a slightly pointed nose.
His name was Earl and he was also one of the workers in the restaurant.
Suddenly a weird expression appeared on his face as he stared at Harry, even Harry was quite surprised by the sudden change in expression as he wondered whether he had some something wrong.
Just then, the man raised his right hand and then said: "You''ve gotten taller."
Harry mind was put at rest when he heard the man''s words, a wry smile appeared on his face.
Though Earl regrly made jokes like this, Harry doubted he would ever get used to it.
True to the man''s words, Harry did get taller by a few inches, however even Harry hadn''t noticed it as he didn''t watch his height everyday.
"Earl, leave the kid alone. We have work to do." The woman who stood at the other end of the room said. Although the expression on her face betrayed her words as she was smiling instead.
"So I guess you won''t be joining us today?" The tall man who called out to him earlier asked. Contrary to his harsh appearance and demeanor, Noel was more of a gentle giant and was actually friendly.
The moment he asked that question, an odd silence descended upon the room as they all waited for Harry''s answer.
They already knew what his answer would be but yet, they still waited to hear it from Harry himself.
"No, I won''t. I don''t have enough time..." Harry said. His main job at the restaurant was that of a waiter, however, he always arrived earlier at times and assisted the chefs in the kitchen.
At first, Harry simply assisted out of curiosity. However, as he did this, no noticed that he found joy in not only watching them cook but also assisting them.
He found a new hobby--cooking.
The manager of this branch gave him the freedom to join them in the kitchen whenever he wished, the manager also noticed Harry''s love for cooking and he didn''t stop it since it benefited him either way.
As long as Harry didn''t let it disrupt his main job at the restaurant, things were fine with him.
And also on the use that his sry wouldn''t be increased, unless he wanted to change his part-time job to that of a chef; a step which Harry nned on taking.
Harry and the three chefs had developed quite the bond over the few weeks they''ve worked together despite the age differences between them.
Even Harry had to admit that they were the ones that actually made his work at the restaurant more enjoyable.
Wry smiles appeared on the faces of the three chefs but they didn''tment or react to Harry''s reply.
They all understood that the brown haired boy''s situation was quiteplicated so they weren''t mad or anything.
"I only came here to see and greet you all." Harry said.
Though Harry would love to assist them, he couldn''t today. Usually he finished his academic activities 4pm, and he would have a few minutes to stay in the kitchen with them until 5pm where he started his original part-time work.
However, things were different today as he had left the academy at 4:37pm, he spent some time and home and he had only five minute to spare before he started his original work.
"I guess you''re unlucky then... we are just about to prepare a new delicacy." Noel said with a slight chuckle before walking towards a corner of the kitchen.
He came back with a bowl of red minded raw meat and dumped it on the table.
Harry didn''t even need to think before he already knew what it was--mana beast''s meat.
Though mana beast''s body parts were mainly used to create artifacts and weapons, there were still some parts that were edible.
Jade restaurant unsurprisingly sold mana beast meat too since they definitely had the resources for one.
The demand for it was quite high as the meat from mana beasts was known to be juicy and even more delicious than normal beef.
Since the meat was from ''animals'' that had been enhanced with mana, it was only natural that it was more delicious than meat from normal animals.
Harry had never tasted it; not because he didn''t like it or want to but because it was too expensive! Just one piece cost tens of thousands of credits which was simply way above his budget and expenses.
His eyes shone for a few minutes as he watched Noel pour the meat into a pot. A part of him itched him to stay back and watch him cook the meat, however, he knew he couldn''t.
He simply smiled wryly before leaving the kitchen.
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Chapter 88 Weird Duo
His eyes shone for a few minutes as he watched Noel pour the meat into a pot. A part of him itched to stay back and watch him cook the meat, however, he knew he couldn''t.
He simply smiled wryly before leaving the kitchen.
A few minutester, a figure with straight brown hair donned in a white top, red jacket and ck pants that fitted him perfectly stood at a corner in the restaurant.
The eyes of the figure who was Harry wandered around the restaurant, taking in every detail.
Unlike his demeanour at the academy which was quite indifferent, his eyes were more weing this time.
Due to the nature of his job, he couldn''t just keep a stiff appearance and had to be more weing.
At first, he found it hard to do this but with time, he slowly got used to it and got better at keeping a smile. His high charm also helped with this as it made even the littlest move of his seem more attractive.
The restaurant gradually filled as more people strolled in, and the number of people in the building increased from what it was a few minutes ago.
Harry kept a smile on his face as he moved from one ce to another, receiving a smile here and there while also doing his job.
Just as he finished delivering an order to the female customer on one of the tables who gave him a slight giggle in return, the door suddenly opened as two people stepped into the restaurant.
One of them was a girl with long silver hair while the other was a tall man with a bald head in a dark ck suit.
He had ck piercing eyes that gave off an odd sharpness and a skin that seemed quite pale.
His whole body was bulging with muscles that seemed too much for the thick ck suit to contain, coupled with his very tall figure that reached up to 200cm, his whole demeanour gave off an intimidating vibe.
Compared to him, the girl by his side wasn''t too tall but rather average, and neither was she intimidating. From her appearance, it wasn''t hard to guess that she was quite young and was probably around Harry''s age.
She had a nice figure with curves in all the right ces, clear skin and light brown eyes that added even more to her already beautiful and delicate features.
Her long silver hair draped down to her waist, with her figure drawing attention from some of the men around.
Her eyes shone as her gaze wandered around the whole ce in joy.
Even though Harry wasn''t in the least bit affected by her beauty, he surely knew a pretty girl when he saw one.
Whether it was due to the man''s huge and intimidating figure or the girl''s beauty, the eyes of everyone were immediately drawn to them.
The eyes of some of the men around stared at the woman with lustful desires swirling in their eyes while the rest simply stared at the duo with curiosity and a mix of surprise.
Compared to the others in the restaurant, the clothes they were putting on looked quite expensive and most of them wondered why they came to a restaurant in a small city like this.
The duo who were the main cause of the distraction didn''t seem to care about the attention they were receiving as they walked nonchntly to the table nearest to them and made themselvesfortable.
Just like the rest of those in the restaurant, Harry''s eyes were also on the weird duo, except he was staring at them for an entirely different reason.
Unlike others who were only stage one Elementalists at most and couldn''t properly sense mana, Harry could sense the mana present in their bodies it was abundant.
Especially the bald man; even he couldn''t get a proper read of his strength.
For some reason, he felt slight tingles at the back of his head as he stared at the man in ck suit.
It wasn''t that he was scared or affected by the man''s pressure, it was simply his ''instinct'' telling him how strong this person was.
Even the academy instructors never made him feel this way, though he knew they were a lot more powerful than he was, he had never felt this way whenever he was around them.
Harry couldn''t hold back his curiosity anymore as he activated [Probe] and tried to check his stats.
[ERROR! Skill level too low!]
''As expected'' Harry thought in disappointment. Though he had already expected that [Probe] would be too low to ''scan'' the man, he still felt disappointed.
It only reminded him of how weak he was whenpared to a lot of people in the world.please visit
The brows of the bald man suddenly twitched, he didn''t know why but he felt a slight prickling sensation in his body.
He stared at the girl in front of him to check for any changes in her expression, but he found none which meant he was the only one who felt it.
His head snapped to the side and his deep, piercing ck eyes met with that of Harry.
Meanwhile, Harry was surprised when the eyes of the bald man suddenly fell on him, however, he didn''t flinch and kept a simple smile on his face.
It wasn''t that he was trying to disrespect the man or anything but his pride simply wouldn''t let him flinch or avert his gaze.
That was when he noticed that none of the waiters had approached the man''s table, since he had been more focused on checking the man''s stats and getting a read on his strength, he didn''t notice it earlier.
There were five waiters in the restaurant and Harry''s position was quite far from their table so he wasn''t the one that was supposed to approach them.
He didn''t know whether it was because of the man''s intimidating appearance that all of his colleagues seemed to avoid that tableit probably was, however, he couldn''t do the same and ignore the two customers.
That wouldn''t be right on his part as it would be bad customer service and might get him into trouble with the manager.
Harry stepped forwards and then started approaching the bulky man and youngdy.
A slight smile appeared on the man''s face as he stared at the approaching figure of the waiter.
His gaze went back to the girl sitting in front of him as he mumbled, "interesting"
Usually, most people would avert their gaze from him and try not to make eye contact so he was quite surprised that Harry didn''t seem fazed.
From the amount of mana he sensed from Harry, he could guess that he was only in the first mana core stage, which made things even more interesting. After all, he knew how intimidating he could be.
"Huh? What did you say?" The girl in front of him asked, she noticed his lips move so she naturally thought he was addressing her.
"Nothing." He replied calmly finding no need to exin his thoughts to the young girl.
The brows of the silver-haired girl twitched slightly for a few seconds when she heard his reply, she was sure he said something but she didn''t think too much of it.
"Why are they taking so long to attend to us?" She mumbled in annoyance. While for others this might be a simple restaurant visit, for her, it was a rare opportunity, so she was quite annoyed that no one had attended to them.
Since she was backing Harry, she hadn''t noticed him approaching their table.
Just then, Harry appeared at her side with the menu in his hand.
She flinched slightly as she was quite surprised since Harry''s appearance was quite sudden to her.
"I''m sorry about that," Harry said politely when he noticed he had unknowingly scared her.
She didn''t reply and simply collected the menu.
Though her actions might be considered quite rude, Harry didn''t me her but his colleagues as it was their fault for not quickly attending to her.
He nced at the bald man seated beside her, expecting him to react, however, his expression was calm.
The silver-haired girl''s eyes shone as she went through all the food on the menu list, her hand kept ticking and ticking and it seemed like she would never stop.
Harry barely held back a chuckle as he stared at her, her actions reminded him of himself when he first came here to eat.
After an eternity, the girl finally stopped ticking and passed the menu over to the burly man.
Unlike his partner, the man only selected a rather simple dish before passing it back to Harry.
A wry smile appeared on Harry''s face as he stared at the long list of food ordered by the silver-haired girl. He felt a slight pang in his heart as he thought of how stressful it would be to arrange all that alone.
''Is this how the waiter felt back then when I ordered a ton of food?'' Harry mumbled inwardly.
Chapter 89 Nathan’s Thoughts[1]
''Is this how the waiter felt back then when I ordered a ton of food?'' Harry mumbled inwardly.
However, it wasn''t in his ce toin so he simply left to get the order.
Immediately Harry left the table, the atmosphere became ten times heavier as the silver haired girl stared at the man with a serious expression.
"Hope you didn''t tell ''her'' anything about this?" She asked.
"No miss, your sister doesn''t know anything about this." The man replied replied in the same calm tone.
The silver girl subconsciously heaved a sigh of relief when she heard the man''s words.
"Also, stop with the "miss". It''s quite ufortable." She said with her eyes drilling into the pitch ck eyes of the burly man in front of her.
Even though she wasn''t as powerful as he was and he could actually squat her away with one hand, the man still felt a slight chill run down his spine at her gaze.
"Okay." He replied calmly. "Just be careful and don''t do anything stupid"
The silver haired girl''s eyes squinted slightly when he heard his words. "I never doing anything stupid." She said with a sudden fierceness.
"Yeah, sure you don''t." The man reply was rather sarcastic.
The girl ignored his answer, causing an awkward silence to rise between them.
A few minutester, Harry arrived with a huge tray containing arge number of dishes.
Though the tray was very wide, he was still able to hold it carefully without any of the dishes spilling or shaking.
As he served the food carefully, his eyes lingered on the girl with long silver hair for a few seconds before focusing back on the dishes.
The girl who noticed his gaze frowned slightly. she didn''t understand why Harry stared at her however she could more or less guess the reason.
After all, this wasn''t the first time she would be experiencing something like thispeople staring at her because of her beauty.
While other girls might find it ttering, she found it ufortable. Whenever she went out or came into the midst of people, they mostly talked about her face and how perfect she was.
It was all tiring to her as it seemed as though no one ever viewed her differently.
Her impression of Harry immediately became very lowhe was only a stage one Elementalist so she never had a good impression of him in the first ce.
Meanwhile, Harry didn''t know that the silver haired girl already saw him in a bad light due to his little action, he was simply trying to check her stats using [Probe].
Just like the man, he could also sense that she was quite powerful, however, he didn''t think be would bepletely hopeless or rather overwhelmed in a fight with her.
Unfortunately, the skill failed to scan her stats as a familiar system notification shed in front of him.
[ERROR! Skill level too low!]
''This skill is really weak, I''ll need to level it up when I get more skill points.'' Harry noted inwardly.
He had already served all the dishes in the tray on the table and he couldn''t help but find it amusing at how the girl''s eyes shone while staring at the table.
He didn''t think much about it as he turned around and left the two customers alone.
The bald headed man stared at the girl sitting in front of him awkwardly before speaking. "You do know there are even more delicious dishes at home."
"There are?" The girl said as she picked up the fork and knife and started digging into the food.
The man didn''t reply to her question but sighed instead as he also started eating. Though he would never to admit it, the food actually tasted very good.
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Meanwhile, in a brightly lit room, a tall figure with orange hair and ck eyes sighed as he drew a pitch ck arrow nocked carefully on a green bow.
He was putting on a simple white shirt along with matching ck pants.
His brows knitted slightly with his attention ced on the round target some meters ahead of him.
The target had a small ck dot at the center which was just enough for one arrow to fit in, with circr red and white markings at the sides.
Fwoosh!
The arrow flew across the air with astonishing speed, closing in on the round target with every passing second.
The eyes of the orange orange haired boy shone with delight as he watched the arrow fly towards the middle of the target.
Fiuuu!
However, just as it was about to hit the target, a small silver dagger suddenly curved from behind him.
The small dagger flew to the arrow with even more speed, hitting it and then knocking it to the side; away from the target.
The orange haired boy''s eyes widened in annoyance and his head immediately snapped backwards.
His eyes met with that of a ck haired boy resting his backzily on the wall while holding a hand over his mouth in a pointless bid to hold back hisughter.
"Nathan! you said you wouldn''t do that again." He grumbled as he stared furiously stared at the boy with deep ck hair and dark brown eyes.
Nathan forcefully held back the chuckle they threatened to escape his lips as he stared at the furious orange haired boy.
"Okay Stan, I''m sorry. That''s gonna be thest time." He said. However, the smile on his face betrayed his words and it was obvious that he would still do it again.
"Yeah, like I''ll believe that." Stan said. He walked to a corner of the room and then picked up another arrow.
Noticing that his friend doesn''t seem to happy with his actions, Nathan stoppedughing. "Okay, why don''t we just spar?" Nathan proposed
"Nah, I refuse." Stan replied almost immediately as he nocked the arrow on his bow and took another stance. "Thanks but no thanks."
"But this is boring, sparring is fun!" Nathan said, still trying to convince his friend to ept his spar.
''More like one sided beating is fun you mean.'' Stan thought but he didn''t voice it out. Most of the times he sparred with Nathan, he always ended up losing.
It wasn''t that he was took weak or anything but Nathan was just too stronga monster!
"Tsk." Nathan tsk-ed when he didn''t get any reply from the orange haired boy. "Come on, you''re just scared."
"Yeah." Stan knew better than to fall for his taunt so he admitted rather quickly.
"Whatever man" Nathan muttered as he slid down the wall and sat on the ground.
They were currently in Stan''s personal training room, he was the one that actually came to visit the orange haired boy.
Though Sam''s personal training room couldn''tpare with his when it came to quality, it was still okay.
It wasn''t asrge as the training room in the academy, however, it was more than enough for sparring and training.
Nathan felt bored at home and he hoped to ease his boredom by sparring with Stan, unfortunately, Stan wasn''t interested.
"I''m even nning on getting back into the elite rankings." Nathan said, his voiceced with tiredness from being bored.
By "Elite Rankings", he was talking about the top twenty-five position in Vane academy.
From the way he wasx while talking about bing an elite student, it seemed like it was the most easy thing to do.
"Ohh" Stan said in slight surprise. He aimed at the target and then pulled his arrow.
Fwoosh!
The sound of the arrow splitting through the air reverberated around the room as it flew towards the target with great speed.
Fortunately for him, Nathan didn''t intercept the arrow this time so itnded on the target without any disturbance.
"Shit" Stan muttered under his breadth as he stared at the target.
The arrownded just a few inches away from the ck dot at the middle, hitting the red line closest to it instead.
"You see! Boring." Nathanmented, still trying to convince the orange haired boy to spar with him.
Stan wisely ignored his words and replied: "You''ll definitely get your chance at the rankingpetition."
He walked towards the corner of the room and was about to take another arrow when his feet suddenly stopped.
He turned his head towards the ck haired boy restingzily on the wall with his eyes widened slightly.
"By "getting into the elite rankings", you don''t mean directly challenging one of them right?" He asked, Nathan''s earlier words finally sinking into his brain.
"Yeah, exactly." A smug smile appeared on Nathan''s face as he said those words.
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Chapter 90 Nathan’s Thoughts[2]
Stan''s brows raised slightly. "What happened to "Top 25 position is boring"? Huh?"
Though he was quite surprised, he didn''t doubt Nathan''s power. He was sure if he wanted to challenge even the top one student of Vane academy, his chances of winning weren''t so low.
He was more surprised that Nathan was suddenly concerned about the elite ranks. He had always been nonchnt about them, always going on and on about how pointless they were.
"Huh nothing, I just want to get into the elite ranks." Nathan said, still with that nonchnt expression. "It''s not like I would be challenging the top ten, just those below top 20 are enough for me. They are weak after all, so winning against them would be quite easy."
Nathan wasn''t actually from Vernil city, he came from Zenith, which was actually one of the biggest cities in the world.
He moved to Vernil city and also transferred to Vane academy a few months ago, due to somewhatplicated reasons.
Since Nathan formerly lived in Zenith, he also attended the magical academy in ZenithZenith academy.
Compared to Vane academy, Zenith academy was a thousand times bigger.
The former was in a very small city while thetter was in the one of the biggest cities in the world, of course, the difference in their sizes would be iparable.
Since it was a well-popted city, the number of students in the academy was also very much.
Due to this, thepetition in Zenith academy was ten times fiercer.
It was also why Nathan viewed the students here as weak.
While stage two Elementalists were seen as the top students in this academy, in the Zenith academy, they weren''t even strong enough to get into the top 30.
Nathan was one of the top ten students in his former academy, with an academy rank of 5.
His name was very popr in Zenith mainly because he was the highest rankedbat mage; the firstbat mage to get into the top ten rankings.
It was only after he transferred to Vane academy where he met Stan and they became friends.
Due to his weird personality and his background, most of the students avoided him like a gue even though he hadn''t done anything to offend them.
The only person who didn''t do the same was the orange haired boy in front of him, so it wasn''t too surprising that they bonded quite well.
Stan stared at Nathan with his brows twitching slightly. "Still isn''t that a bit excessive?"
Getting into a fight a few weeks before the event wasn''t exactly the right thing to do. Though one might emerge as the winner, recovering the lost mana in a few weeks might not be possible.
"It might seem excessive, But I just wanna form my own team for thepetition, not just team up with some random students." Nathan said while shrugging.
Before today, he had already gathered information on all the elite students of Vane academy.
Though most of them were stage two Elementalists, there were still a few that had already broken through to the third mana core stage. A few.
The ones at the second mana stage posed no threat to him as he himself was a stage three Combat mage, and not just any stage threebat mage but one that was already a little more than halfway to the fourth stage.
He didn''t reach his current stage through ''natural'' means alone but was also assisted by the amount of resources made avable to him by his father.
However, most of the efforts made to get to his current strength were his alone.
The only ones that might give him struggle were the stage three Elementalists, especially the ones at the top five positions.
He wasn''t bothered about him losing mana, he could always recover it by absorbing a beast core.
"Ohh" Stan nodded in understanding.
One of the aims of the rankingpetition was to promote teamwork among the academy students.
The participants of thepetition would be grouped into teams of fivethe number of teams depended on the number of Elementalists that participated.
Thepetition was only a month away and the team selection had already begun, however, only for top twenty five students.
Elite students were automatically the leaders of their respective teams as they were given the choose to choose any five students of their choice and add to their team.
The remaining Elementalists that weren''t picked by the twenty five elite students could form groups of their own and register themselves before the deadline, which was three days to thepetition.
While the rest who weren''t in any team by then would be randomly grouped into teams by the academy.
Nathan didn''t want to be a part of thetter as majority of the academy students were weak in his eyes.
"How would you even get them to ept?" Stan asked.
"You shouldn''t worry Stanley, I''ve got my ways." Nathan said with a slight smile on his face.
Stan didn''t push it anymore, he already more or less knew how Nathan nned on getting them to ept his challenge.
"Whatever, so who are you nning on adding to your team?" Stan asked. From the way he phrased his question, it was obvious that he didn''t doubt Nathan''s capability of rising to the elite position of this academy, not even in the slightest.
After all, he knew the strength of his friend the mosthe knew how monstrous Nathan strength and power was.
Although he was also quite powerful, he couldn''tpare to the ck haired boy.
He wasn''t as talented as Nathan and he only recently broke through to the second mana core stage, and that was with the help of the resources given to him by his father.
He was a stage twobat mage while Nathan was at stage three; the gap between them was like heaven and earth.
"I don''t know yet, let''s just wait until then." Nathan said with a wry smile on his face.
He honestly found Stan''s confidence in him quite funny. While he found the stage two Elementalists of this academy weak, he didn''t n to underestimate them too much either.
"I''m sure that brown haired Elementalist is among the team members you have in mind." Stan said.
Nathan''s brows furrowed slightly, he didn''t immediately understand the orange haired boy''s words. ''Brown haired Elementalist?'' He mumbled inwardly.
Then it clicked and he finally understood who Stan was referring to. "You mean Harry?" Nathan asked.
"Yes. Who else would I be referring to?" Stan said with a shrug. "He''s the only one you''ve shown interest in so far."
Nathan chuckled slightly when he heard the orange haired boy''s words.
"He''s strong, so I''ll definitely want to add in to my team if possible." He replied.
Stan''s brows raised as turned towards the ck haired boy behind him. "I don''t know what about him makes you curious, to me he''s just a stage one elementalist and a very unlucky one at that."
Stan didn''t share the same views with his friend about Harry.
Ever since that day when he lost that bet to Nathan, Harry had be a frequent topic of their conversationshe was the one always bringing it up though.
Nathan wasn''t the type to show interest in just anybodythe person had to be strong or at least have great potential.
He had only met Harry once and he didn''t strike him as someone that strong or powerful so he was curious why?
Nathan squinted his eyes slightly and then bent his head down a little. ''Just a stage one elementalist huh?'' He said inwardly.
The news about Harry enrolling as an Elementalist had spread quickly around the academy so it unsurprisingly reached the ears of the twobat mages.
However, unlike Stan, Nathan didn''t see Harry as "ordinary".
While Stan saw Harryte awakening as unlucky, Nathan didn''t see it the same way.
There was this budding feeling inside of him that Harry was hiding his true power and probably potential.
He even wondered if Stan was dumb at times, Harry was the only Elementalist in the academy whose true affinity grades weren''t particrly known; If that wasn''t enough to pique a person''s curiosity, then what was?
He had never doubted his instincts as his instincts had never been wrong.
The original reason he wanted to rope Harry into his team was to find out his true strength, and at least spar with him.
"I doubt that Stan." Nathan replied calmly.
A weird expression shed through Stan''s eyes, however, he didn''t make anyment on Nathan''s words. ''Whatever'' He thought.
A wry smile appeared on Stan''s face as he reminisced on his friendship with Nathan.
Even though they had only been friends for a few months, they were very close and it felt like they had know each other for decades.
Their personalities contrasted greatly, yet, it didn''t affect their friendship.
He wasn''t ashamed to admit that he benefited a lot from their rtionship.
From each of their fightsthough it always ended with him getting utterly defeated, he did gain a lot.
He was able to refine his skills which made him stronger. It was safe to say that he was almost twice stronger than he was before meeting Nathan.
Suddenly, Nathan''s eyes brightened and he sprung up as if he had just remembered something very important. "You do know Susan Grey right?"
Stan squinted his eyes slightly and then nodded his head. "The top one student how could I not know her?"
"Yeah she asked me to join her team." Nathan said as he walked up to Stan.
"For real?!" The orange haired boy asked in surprise.
"Yeah it isn''t too surprising though." Nathan said with a slight chuckle.
"Yeah" Stan replied with a slight smile on his face.
Nathan suddenly walked to the side of the room and picked up a long green bow and arrow that were resting on the floor.
He nocked the arrow on the bow and even aimed at the round target in the distance, drawing gazes of curiosity from Stan.
"So did you ept?"
"No." Nathan replied as he drew the arrow back and then released it.
Fwoosh!
The arrow travelled in the air for a few seconds before hitting the target.
However, it didn''tnd on the ck dot at the middle but on a white line close to the round edge.
"Tsk." Nathan released a low hiss. "My arching skills sure have gotten rusty."
A wry smile curved on Stan''s face. "I would say better than most."
Chapter 91 Unexpected Offer
A figure with straight brown hair and deep ck eyes stared at the ck rectangr targets in front of him.
They were all arranged on a set of rails that were fixed on the ground, with the railings forming aplex formation.
A day had passed and he was currently in the training centre.
A slight smile appeared on Harry''s face as he walked towards the training room control and then set the training to his desired levellevel 5.
Immediately the target started moving sideways with great speed and a small ck hole appeared at the middle of each target.
Tuuu!
A low sound rang out as a small ck ball shot from the target towards Harry.
The speed seemed even faster than thest time as Harry didn''t activate [elerate], however, Harry still wasn''t fazed by it.
Just as the ball closed in on him, he quickly took a step backwards before stretching his hand, grabbing the projectile.
Before he even made another step, another ball was already heading towards him with speed.
Harry didn''t panic though.
He made a slight spun and then quickly threw the ball in his hand towards the approaching attack.
It flew towards the small ball with even greater speed before colliding against it with force; stopping it midway.
The two balls ''exploded'' due to the force at which they hit each other, the pieces falling to the ground.
Harry''s attention didn''t waver, he had only taken down a few and even more projectiles were already rushing towards him.
Harry knew there was no way he could escape all of them without activating any skill so he used his first skill.
"Lightning Ball!" Harry screamed and then spun slightly with little sparks of lightning rapidly forming above his palm.
The sparks rapidly merged, forming a small blue ball made purely of lightning.
Harry immediately threw his hand forwards,unching the blue lightning ball.
The ''ball'' flew rapidly in the air, hitting not just one but three of the attacks, causing them to explode into tiny dusts before dispersing.
"Wind de!" He shouted before throwing his hand in an arc.
A huge amount of wind crept up from his hands, rapidly spreading and thinning out into a long thin de.
The de rushed forwards following his hand movements, it made a slight curving motion with its length increasing with every passing second.
It shed against the closest ball, slicing through it and dividing it into two pieces.
It didn''t stop there though as it went through another three balls,pletely slicing them into two.
Harry didn''t waste any time and rushed forwards with great speed.
Though he wasn''t using [elerate], his normal speed was still quite fast. His speed had even increased from thest timealbeit slightly.
Since the wind de had destroyed all the attacks closer to him, he had a few seconds of rest to advancethere was no way he would waste that chance.
He sidestepped, dodging a small ball as it brushed past his shoulder.
Noticing that one of the targets was about to release an attack to him, Harry slowed down his speed slightly and then stretched his right hand.
"Lightning Ball!" A small blue ball rapidly conjured above his palm, Harry immediatelyunched the attack to the closest target.
The ball of lightning flew in the air with great speed, leaving a slight trail of lightning. Within a few seconds, it closed in on the rectangr target, hitting it with full force.
Small steaks of lightning snakes around the area of contact for a few seconds before the target was as finally eliminated.
It sunk back into the rails, leaving only neen targets on the rail.
''One down.'' Harry mumbled inwardly.
The other targets didn''t wait for him as they immediately sent more attacks towards him.
Harry gritted his teeth and then started running in a curved motion. The targets could only move sideways andunch straight attacks so him running in a curved motion did make things a little easier for him in facing the iing projectiles.
"Lightning Ball!" Heunched a blue lightning ball towards the closest projectile,pletely evaporating it.
He didn''t stop there though but kept shooting out more lightning balls, until he eliminated five more targets.
He ignored the energy depleting notifications that kept shing across his eyes and ced his focus on only one thingwinning!
As he moved to the side, he noticed the target at the middle making slight turns in a bid to track his movements.
"Wind de!" Harry immediately activated another skill. Wind gathered around his hands, bloating and fluttering his uniform violently before rapidly merging together into a thin line.
He threw his hand forward in a slight curving motion, causing the long wind de to also curve slightly in its motion.
It rushed forwards with great speed, slicing the approaching projectiles and also eliminating a few targets.
Though Harry''s speed hadn''t gotten that much faster from thest time, it was obvious that he was having a better time with eliminating the targets.
This was because he was paying more detail to the attacks and wasn''t just focused on running.
His perception stat was quite high and although doing this was quite straining for him, it wasn''t impossible.
While his movements weren''t the most refined, they were definitely a lot more co-ordinated.
"Lightning ball!" Harry sidestepped slightly and then threw another Lightning ball directly towards the target at the centre.
Since that was the one likely to give him the most trouble due to its ability to rotate, he nned on eliminating it fast.
The Lightning hall flew in the air with astonishing speed, closing in on the target within seconds and eliminating it.
The rest no longer posed any problem to him as Harry had finally left their trajectory by moving to the side.
He simplyunched more Lightning balls without stopping, until he finallypleted the training.
He panted heavily the moment he eliminated thest target.
"That was quite tough." Harry muttered between light pants. However, he still had a smile on his face even though he imed the training to be tough.
While it was difficult and taxing, it was also thrilling! The fact that he managed toplete it without using [elerate] filled him with so much joy.
Even though doing so made things twice more difficult for him, he felt a weird filling sensation within him.
All the energy he expended on the training recovered within seconds and he didn''t even feel like he had just gone through a training.
The refilling energy filled him up, making Jkp feel a familiar bubbling and refreshing feeling within his chest.
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Harry walked out of the training room with a slight smile on his face.
By now, his stamina had already recovered and from his appearance, one couldn''t guess that he had just exerted himself almost to his limit.
"Hey." Just then as he got closer to the stairs, he heard a tiny feminine voice call out to him with a toneced in disdain.
Harry''s eyes squinted slightly as he turned his head slightly and looked behind him. He didn''t know why but her disdainful tone irked him a lot more than it should.
His eyes met with that of a short girl with thick ck hair tied into a bun.
The moment their eyes met, her face flushed slightly.
She was putting on the same silver and bike uniform as him and with [Mana Sense], he was able to sense some mana around her which meant she was an Elementalist.
"What do you want?" He asked in a snarky tone. Since she was rude to him, he found no reason to be polite to her.
Her cheeks and the side of her face turned slightly pink for some reason, however, Harry didn''t think too much about it.
"S-susan grey calls for you." She said in a surprising meek tone.
Harry ignored her sudden change in tone and was more focused on what she said. ''Susan Grey that name sounds familiar. Wait Susan Grey?!''
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Hello dear readers, I just want to use this medium to say I''m sorry for the re-urring words and paragraphs in thest chapters.
its a bug from the app I use to write my novel(I don''t use my phone notes app but an external one). It keeps repeating my paragraphs.
I write few hours before 12:00am GMT+ and I simply upload and go through themter so I don''t notice the mistakes until I re-read directly from Webnovel.
I''ve deleted the app and while I can''t take back the inconveniences you all must have felt while reading the chapters, I deeply apologise for it.
This would be thest time a mistake like this would ur. I can promise you that. I''ll write earlier and go through them before uploading. Thanks for the support and love you all have being showing this novel from day one, you have no idea how happy it makes me feel.
Chapter 92 Unexpected Offer[2]
Harry ignored her sudden change in tone and was more focused on what she said. ''Susan Grey that name sounds familiar. Wait Susan Grey?!''''
While Harry wasn''t really the most current when it came to the happenings in the academy, he wasn''t that naive either.
Since he had never paid attention to the rankingpetition nor the elite students, he didn''t know all of them and would only recognise them if they were putting on their elite uniform.
But he had definitely heard about the name "Susan Grey" from the lips of other students. It was either they talked about her strength or her beautiful facial featuresmost especially her grey eyes.
Susan Grey, the top one Elementalist of Vane academy!
She wasn''t just powerful but was also from an influential family. Her father was the guild-master of Grey Guildit wasn''t too hard to guess where the Guild''s name was coined froma Gold grade guild that was quite popr in Vernil.
Though the AMO were the most popr ''group'' when it came to adventuring, it didn''t mean there weren''t any private guilds in the worldin fact, there were many.
Just as the word "Private" implied; they were simply adventurer guilds owned by private individual(s).
''But why is she calling for me though is this a trap?'' Harry mumbled inwardly.
This wasn''t the first time he would be in a situation like this, however, it mainly happened with Han.
They would call him into a secluded environment in the academy, then beat him and embarrass him.
He stared at the face of the girl who came to deliver the message for a few seconds.
Apart from her slightly flushed face, it didn''t seem like she was hiding anything. After all, there was no way anyone would be stupid enough to lie with a name like Grey.
But that still didn''t take away the possibility of this being a trap.
"Where is she?" Harry asked. While he didn''t really like the situation he was currently in, he couldn''t exactly ignore it.
In the hierarchy of the academy, the top one student came after the instructors and being too proud could actually bring him some unwanted enemies.
There was still the chance that this wasn''t a trap and even if it was, Harry was sure he wouldn''t be helpless.
The short girl led him through a series of hallways, until they finally got to a hallway in the third floor of the lecture hall that was quite secluded and filled with little to no students.
Harry recognised the hallway, it was the one that led to the academyboratories. Since thebs were mainly used for science practicals, students rarely frequented it.
The ck haired girl''s steps paused halfway to the hall and gestured for Harry to walk the rest.
Even she was curious as to why the rank one student called someone like Harry. Unfortunately, she couldn''t meddle and was instructed to only stop her.
Ahhh What she would give to be in his ce?
Harry stared at the small figure of the girl as she waved at him before walking back.
He ignored the girl and focused on the tall figure that stood at the other end of the hallway.
A normal person might not have noticed her as the distance between them was quite much but he was able to due to his high perception.
He slowly walked towards her while keeping his guard up. However, no matter how much he looked, he couldn''t find anything out of ce, which meant this wasn''t a trap.
"Are you Harry?" The girl said as she approached Harry. Her voice was melodious and her tone was surprisingly polite.
A strange glint shed through Harry''s eyes when he heard her words. He hadn''t expected her to address him politely, he thought she would be filled with pride like most of the elite student.
It was quite unexpected as she was the number one student in the whole academy, while he was just an Elementalist of the academy.
"Yes." He replied politely. Since she wasn''t rude to him, he didn''t see any reason for him to not be polite to her. However, he was still wary. After all, he still didn''t know why she called out to him.
The girl nodded his head when she heard his reply. He did match the descriptions given to her; dark brown hair, ck eyes and a handsome face. However, she would never say thest part out.
"I''m really sorry if I stressed you or anything, it''s just that I can''te directly. The attention would be too much." She politely said with an apologetic expression on her face.
Now that Harry was closer to her, he could view her facial features clearly.
She had long blonde hair that draped down her shoulders. Her face was small and round and her eyes had a bright grey colour.
Even though the colour of her eyes could be considered quite weird, she was still very beautiful.
Even her body wasn''tcking with smooth skin and gracious curves.
Her whole appearance gave off a vibe that was quite mysteriousmainly due to her dull grey eyes.
She was putting on the regr elite uniform with golden colour, ck cors and two thick ck lines running down the sides.
Though Harry didn''t show it, his instinct were tingling just by standing close to her.
It started tingling the moment he set his eyes on her and while what he felt couldn''tpare to how he felt back when he met the bald headed man, it still made him sure of one thing: this person was strong!
If the golden uniform on her didn''t give it away, the dense amount of mana he sensed around her definitely said a lot about her power.
"You shouldn''t worry about that." Harry said. He did understand her point, as the rank one academy student, she would definitely attract a lot of attention by speaking to him.
"Have you being waiting for me?" Harry asked. Since he had just recently left the training room, he wondered whether she had being waiting for him toplete his training.
Fortunately for him, he had already set the training room windows to ''private'' which meant no one could see what he was doing even if they looked through the windows.
While he was already an ''official'' Elementalist of the academy, he still couldn''t afford to be careless.
He still didn''t want anyone to discover his true strength. Even during the training in the element halls, he always made sure to hold back by acting like he was really chanting the spells.
He was very lucky that he had [Mana core illusion] to do most of the job for him.
"No, I simply told someone to help me look for you." She replied. As she conversed with the brown haired student, she noticed that he seemed to be on edge. But she didn''tment on it.
While Harry was holding a conversation with her, he also used that opportunity to ''scan'' her stats. ''Probe.'' Harry mumbled inwardly.
A part of him felt like it wouldn''t work while a part of him hoped it did.
[Name: Susan Grey]
[Race: Human]
[H/P: 100/100]
[Mana Core: 3rd Stage]
[Mana: 6000/6010]
[Strength: 56]
[Agility: 69]
[Stamina: 60]
[Perception: 70]
[Endurance: 65]
[Intelligence: 80]
[Mental: 75]
[Charm: 70]
Harry''s eyes widened slightly when he noticed this person''s stats. Her mana was very high, even higher than Trent''s.
She was already a little more than halfway towards the fourth mana core stage!
Apart from that, her stats were also monstrous!
He had already seen Trent''s stats and even they couldn''tpare.
"So why were you looking for me?" He asked, his expression suddenly changing into a serious one.
This was the main question on his mind: why would the top one academy student approach him?
Though the blonde haired girl was quite surprised by the sudden expression that appeared on Harry''s face, she didn''t think much of itshe would have also reacted the same if ced in his shoes.
"It''s simple actually I want you to join my team." Susan said casually.
The moment Harry heard her words, he felt as if an explosion had gone off in his head. To say he was not surprised by her request would be a very huge lie.
"Huh?" Harry mumbled in shock. His eyes widened slightly and his expression morphed into one that could only be described as a mix of shock and confusion.
Just like every other student in the academy, he also knew about the ranking event that would hold a few weeks from now.
In fact, it was one of the reasons he had been training more intensely during thest few days.
So he also knew about the fact the Elementalists participating would also be grouped into teams for thepetition.
"Why would you want me on your team?" Harry asked with a slightly puzzled expression.
No matter how he tried to view it, it just didn''t make any sense.
She was the top one student and she had a wide variety of students to pick her teammates for the event from, it was quite odd that she she chose to pick him.
If anything, it only made him more suspicious of her.
Susan stared at Harry with a weird expression.
Usually, students would jump at this offera chance to team up with the most powerful student in the academy, however, Harry was asking her why?
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Hey dear readers, I made a few edits in the following chapters: chapter one, five, eleven and thest chapter.
Harry''s father is a peak stage three Elementalist while his mother is an early stage Elementalist. I also increased his father''s ie: it''s 150000 credits now.
Edits in thest chapter are minimal but please re-read to understand this chapter better.
Chapter 93 New Team
Usually, students would jump at this offer--a chance to team up with the most powerful student in the academy--however, Harry was asking her why?
It would be a lie if she said she wasn''t surprised.
She chuckled lightly before replying. "I already have three Elementalists in my team, including myself. All I need is two more people for it to beplete."
Harry''s brows were still raised in confusion even after he heard her words. He still didn''t understand her exact reasons for wanting him in her team.
While he could be considered quite talented as an Elementalist, he was also quite inexperienced if one looked at the fact that he only recently became an Elementalist.
"I don''t see any reason to pick someone else, I don''t need the third and fourth year Elementalists since they are more or less the same." Susan said.
Thest thing she had expected before calling for this student was that she would be asked to exin her reasons.
Though she wasn''t obligated to answer his questions, she still did. Mainly because she felt like she should, however she wasn''t annoyed or anything.
If anything, it only made her slightly curious about this particr student. ''Maybe he won''t be aplete drag.'' Susan mumbled inwardly.
"Just like I said earlier, my team only needs few more members, I want you to be a part of my team." She said. "I already have all the members I need, I only need two more to meet the team requirements."
"You''re quite talented on your own, so you''ll definitely be a good addition." Susan continued.
Harry nodded his head slightly in understanding.
He was a little taken aback by her bluntness, but he was mad or anything. He even understood her words in a way.
Compared to her who was an elite student and also a stage three Elementalist, most students in the academy were only peak stage one Elementalists.
In fact, it was safe to say that there were only stage two Elementalists among the elite students--which meant the total number of students at the second mana core stage in the academy didn''t number up to thirty.
So the overall strength of most of the students were more or less the same.
She had already chosen those she needed, and he was just there to fill out the numbers.
While it hurt his pride a little that he was simply an extra addition, he didn''t think it was a bad offer.
All the Elementalists in the academy were automatically registered in the event, the only time a person needed to visit an instructor was if they didn''t want to take part--there were a few who didn''t take part every year and chose to remain "unranked".
Participating in thepetition wasn''t by force and a student could opt out.
However, Harry had no n on opting out. This was a chance to develop himself even more; there was no way he''d miss it.
His chances in thepetition would definitely be boosted if he teamed up with the rank one student.
He hadn''t expected that someone--and not just anyone, but Susan grey--would actually want him on their team.
Most of the first and second years chose to not take part in the event.
Since they were only ''rookies'' with very low mana in their mana core, they didn''t think they had a chance in apetition that involved all the academy Elementalists.
The few that summoned the courage were always ced in a randomly selected group, mainly because no one wanted to team up with a fresher.
Even the first and second years didn''t want to form teams with themselves, to boost their chances, they''d rather join a team filled with third to sixth year Elementalists.
Harry had also expected himself to be among those that would be randomly ced in a ''group''.
However, now that the chance came for him to be in a better team, there was no way he would let up on the chance.
Noticing Harry hadn''t replied her, Susan decided to speak herself. "So... do you agree?" She asked while raising one of her brows slightly.
"Huh?" Harry muttered, realising that he had gotten lost in his thoughts once more.
His eyes moved to the beautiful blonde haired girl in front of him.
Her eyes were shining with expectation for his reply--she really hoped he''d ept.
"Yes, I''ll join your team." Harry replied. Considering all he stood to gain from joining her team, he had no reason to refuse.
By joining her team, he was sure he would at least advance to the next round of the rankingpetition.
Susan nodded her head slightly when she heard his words.
"That''s good, are you free now?" She asked. "So I should just register you to the team now?"
Harry racked his brain to see if he had anything to do, except for his training that he still nned on resuming to, he was basically free.
"Yes." He muttered. Though his voice was quite low, it was still loud enough for the blonde haired girl to catch it.
To be honest, he was still surprised at the sudden turn out of things, first, he wasn''t and now he would suddenly be registering in a team with the rank one student.
Susan nodded her head when she heard Harry''s words.
She walked past him before gesturing for him to follow her.
Though what she said considering Harrypleting her team was correct, she hadn''t beingpletely honest either.
She had actually found a fourth member for her team, unfortunately he had no interest of joining.
This desired "fourth member" was unsurprisingly Nathan.
A few days ago, she had offered for him to join her team, however, he turned her offer down.
ording to what he told her, he had nned on getting into top 25 and then forming his own team for thepetition.
A weird glint shed through Harry''s eyes as he watched the back of the girl walking ahead of him.
Though it seemed like he had let his guard down, he hadn''t. From the moment he stepped into this hallway till now, his guard had been up and he still hadn''t noticed anything out of the usual.
It seemed like her intentions were truly genuine.
He didn''t think much again and simply followed behind her, still keeping his guard and focus up.
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I''m sorry that the chapter is shorter today. I''m very tired and as you can all see, I didn''t update yesterday. That''s because I''m stressed out from having to walk in the sun to buy foodstuffs.
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Chapter 94 Beast Forest
He didn''t think much again and simply followed behind her, still keeping his guard and focus up.
The registration process wouldn''t take long, only five minutes at most.
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A slight smile appeared on Harry''s face as the incidents of thest few minutes reyed in his mind.
He had alreadypleted the registration and he and Susan had gone their different ways.
A low sigh left his lips as he stared at the different students chattering around him.
During the whole registration process, Susan had tried to draw as little attention as possible so no one actually knew about it.
Harry was quite surprised actually.
It seemed like Susan had already contacted the instructor responsible for the registration even before meeting him.
Usually a normal student would never be able to pull of something like this, but since it was Susan, the rank one academy student, it was only natural that she shared some kind of fondness with a fewif not mostof the instructors.
The edges of Harry''s lips curved up in a slight smirk.
He could still remember how surprised the instructor was when he told him about his intention to join the ranking event.
His surprise was natural since Harry was only a new Elementalist who joined barely two months ago.
But Harry wasn''t worried about being too weak or ''unqualified'' for thepetition.
He was sure with his current strength, he could be said to be on par with most of the elite students.
So he had a high chance of winning if he actually unleashed himself fully.
Unfortunately, he would have to hold back during this event as well or else, he might attract more attentionand maybe, suspicions.
''I really hate this'' Harry mumbled inwardly.
Suddenly a strange glint shed through his eyes. ''Bet the principal thinks of me as some kind of golden goose huh? Meant to bring honour to the academy'' He mumbled inwardly.
His eyes squinted slightly and his brows furrowed as he clenched his fists tightly.
No matter how nice the principal and the instructors of this academy treated him, he would never forget how they ignored his sufferings back when he didn''t have the system, or rather, a ''mana core''.
It was safe to say that if he had never shown his talent and affinities to the academy, they wouldn''t have treated him any better.
While they could justify their actions that Harry was useless to the academy, it didn''t change the fact that he was ignored and simply treated as trash by both the studentsElementalists and regrand the instructors.
Harry could still remember vividly; how he reported to the instructors numerous times about what he was going through in the academy and yet, nothing was donenothing changed.
Things only changed for the better after he became a victim of a mana beast attack and that was mainly because of the AMO intervention.
Harry''s breath became slightly bated when he remembered the incident with the peak stage four mana beast.
Even though it happened more than two months ago, he still felt shivers whenever he remembered how close he was to death.
The towering figure of the beast and the amount of pain that coursed through his body was definitely something that he couldn''t just forget.
''That''s in the past I would make sure I never get into such situation. Never again'' Harry thought with a strong look of conviction and determination in his eyes.
Everything was different now, he had the system, and he would make sure to utilise it to its full ''capacity''.
''As for being the "golden goose" of this academy let''s see about that.'' Harry mumbled inwardly as a twisted smile appeared on his face.
What he had in mind wasn''t exactly the sanest of ns, but he didn''t care and would implement it anyway.
''At least now I should be able to gain ess to the beast forest.'' Harry thought.
Just as the name "Beast forest" implied, it was basically a ce, or rather, forest, filled with mana beasts.
Though most of the mana beasts on the had been eradicated, they were still quite abundant on the face of the earth.
Since Mana beasts were simply normal animals that ''forcefully'' evolved and mutated due to the sudden invasion of mana into their bodies,plete extinction was more or less impossible.
Though the reproductive rate of mana beasts wasn''t that high as most of the ones in the lower stages focused more on eating and staying away from danger, they still flourished in ced filled with erratic mana.
New mana beasts came into existence quite frequently since mana still very much invaded the bodies and ''mind'' of normal animals, causing them to mutate and evolve.
The only difference was that the mana beasts ''created'' during these present times weren''t as aggressive as the ones that existed during the "apocalypse ages".
They were still aggressive, however, some of them retained a bit of their sanity and weren''tpletely mindless.
Even though mana had been on earth for about two centuries, the density and ''stability'' of the mana in the air wasn''t the same everywhere.
Some parts of the had denser mana than others and the mana in some were wilder and more "unstable" and "uncoordinated"pared to others.
A Beast forest were one of the "ces" where the mana in the air was wild and erratic.
There were lots of "beast forest" around the world where mana beasts flourished.
The AMO couldn''t just wipe them out since the beasts in some of these forests were actually very powerful.
Some forests had mana beasts up to stage five, however, that was the highest. Anything more powerful than that would unsurprisingly draw the attention of the top powers of the world.
These beasts forests were guarded by powerful Elementalists in order to prevent any of them from leaving the forest and attacking normal citizens.
There was also a beast forest owned and managed by the academy.
It wasn''t actually "owned" by the academy itself but rather, the AMO.
This particr beast forest was located at the east part of Vernil.
It wasn''t too big and was rather small with the strongest mana beast in the forest being at the second stage.
Due to the high death risk surrounding beasts forests, not just anyone was allowed into them.
To get into a beast forest a beast forest, one either had to be an adventurer, or in Harry''s case, get "approval" from the academy by going on missions.
Usually, Students went on their first missionor rather, beast forest adventurein the third year.
However, due to Harry''s ''unique case'', he wasn''t able to go into a beast forest. Since he was a normal person during his year three days, he was unsurprisingly prohibited.
''Hopefully the principal gives his approval.'' He thought.
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Meanwhile.
In a wide and well-furnished room, a figure with curly light brown hair was seated down on a bright yellow mat.
He was putting on a ck and gold uniform.
His eyes were closed and his brows twitched rapidly.
It didn''t take a genius to get that he was meditating in utmost focus and concentration.
"Huu" The brown haired boy exhaled as he opened his eyes, revealing a set of beautiful light brown eyes.
''I''m getting closer to bncing my mana and elemental mana between my mana core and affinity orbs.'' He thought with a slight smile on his handsome face.
Chapter 95 Feeling Threatened
''I''m getting closer to bncing my mana and elemental mana between my mana core and affinity orbs.'' He thought with a slight smile on his handsome face.
Though Trent had already broken through to the third mana core stage, he still hadn''t ''bnced'' the elemental mana in his two affinity orbs with his mana core.
''Bncing'' simply meant bringing the amount of elemental mana in the affinity orbs to that of the mana in the mana corethat is, making them roughly the same amount.
Since Elementalists mainly used elemental mana for their spells, they drew it from their affinity orbs instead of mana core.
Whenever an Elementalist broke through, the amount of mana in the mana core would naturally increase.
However, the amount of elemental mana in their affinity orbs would remain the same.
They would have to convert the mana in their mana core to elemental mana by moving some of it to their affinity orbs.
This process was actually more difficult and strenuous for Elementalists with more than one affinity.
Unlike those with one affinity who only had to focus on one affinity orband one type of elemental mana, they had to focus on two, or for some, even three.
Trent remained seated on the bright yellow mat.
He was already exhausted as he had been doing this for a few hours.
Since he had to divide his mana and simultaneously move them to his two affinity orbs, the mana in his mana core has drained considerably.
And still, the level of progress he had made was quite lowpared to what it would have been if he had only one affinity orb.
The difference was like filling one cup with one bottle and filling two cups with one bottle, of course; the water in thetter would naturally drain faster.
''I still need to draw mana'' Trent said inwardly.
Though he was exhausted and felt some strain in his mind, he still didn''t n on stopping now.
He still had to recover the lost mana and repeat the process from the beginning
He slowly got up and walked to the edge of the room; his steps sluggish.
He opened the small refrigerator thaty there and picked a small bottle filled with cold water before gulping it down hurriedly.
A mild soothing sensation ran through his body, calming his nerves and dry throat.
He exhaled softly and then dropped the bottle before closing the refrigerator. ''I needed that''
Since he had been training for thest few hours, he hadn''t drunk any water so he was very thirsty.
As he walked back to the mat, he passed by a long mirror and then paused his steps.
The mirror reflected his features; curly light brown hair, brown eyes and a young handsome face.
His mother had brown eyes and his father had ck eyes.
Unlike, Harry who took his ck eyes from his father, he took his own brown eyes from his mother.
Trent''s eyes lingered on the image in the mirror for a few seconds before clenching his fists.
His anger boiled and he subconsciously released his mana pressure.
Fortunately, no students were around him so no one was affected by the powerful pressure that oozed out of his body.
Though he was staring at his mirror, his eyes were only focused on one thinghis hair.
The brown colour reminded him of Harry even if he didn''t want to.
While they didn''t exactly have the same hair colourhis was a lighter shade of brown, for some reason, the brown colour still reminded him of Harry.
The shame and embarrassment he felt thest time they met was still fresh in his mind; there was no way he would forget it.
Heter found the spell book he was looking for.
Turned out that he truly left it in the library and it was kept by the librarian.
Fortunately for him, his personal instructor didn''t seem too mad about it. However, he wasn''t sure if he would be able to get such a powerful spell from him again.
If only he had approached the librarian about it
Although he was annoyed about what happened with the spell scroll, he felt angrier about the little scuffle that happened between him and Harry.
Not just because of the scuffle, but because of the way Harry stopped his attack with just one fist.
He hadn''t meant to use a tier two spell but he was just so angry that he lost control and casted the spell.
And yet, Harry only stopped it with one hand. While it wasn''t his strongest tier-two spell, it still hurt his pride.
He wasn''t dumb enough to believe it was just luck.
For some reason, Harry had gotten stronger he felt it then. There was just something different about him.
This fact only served to make his blood boil more.
He had trained and trained to get to his current strength, but that ''incident'' made all those efforts look worthless.
Apart from that, Harry was now an Elementalist! And a lightning Elementalist at that!
He was sure that Harry''s affinity grade was higher than medium or else he wouldn''t progress that fast.
He heard some rumours about Harry being a dual or even tri-Elementalist but there was no way he would believe that.
All through their lives, he had always been the special one and Harry awakening his affinity made him feel more annoyed than he''d like to admit.
Although he wouldn''t admit it, a part of him felt threatened.
Not because he felt that Harry woulde after him and try to take revenge or anything.
Even if Harry got stronger all of a sudden, there was still no way he would win a fight against him.
He still had his tier-three spells and those alone were enough to guarantee his victory.
It was only because he felt that his parents'' love would shift to Harry now that he had an affinity.
It was also why he hadn''t told his parents about Harry''s affinity.
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I edited thest chapter and changed a few things there, please re-read to understand better.
Chapter 96 Formless Blue “Creature”
It was also why he hadn''t told his parents about Harry''s affinity.
He and Harry''s rtionship hadn''t always been like this.
When they were still young, before the affinity test, they were actually the closest of brothers.
But Even then, Trent wasn''tpletely happy and satisfied.
Harry used to be the closest and the most cherished one to their parents, whatever he needed, their parents got it for him almost immediately.
Though he wasn''t neglected or maltreated, he still didn''t feel as close to them.
However, all that changed after his affinity test. Everything changed when he was revealed to have a dual affinityhigh grade water affinity and medium grade wind affinity.
Due to his huge potential and amazing talent, he became his parents closest son.
They would always y and talk to him and they got him whatever he wanted.
However, things were different for Harry. When Harry''s inability to draw mana came into light, he was more or less casted to the side.
At first, Trent found his parents actions weird.
A part of him had felt sad that his brother was ''casted'' out, at the same time, a part of him was d about the attention and ''love'' he was receiving from his parents.
With time however, his thought process changed.
He finally ''understood''. He was the special one! The only with astonishing talent.
He had seen how those without talents were ignored and treated as lesser people, and fortunately he was one of the very talented ones.
With time, his view on Harry changed and he started viewing himself as superior.
And that was how their rtionship changed.
However, now that Harry had already awakened his affinity and it seemed to be a high grade one, he didn''t feel so "superior" again.
Coupled with the fact that Harry managed to stop his spell midway using just his raw strength, Trent knew Harry was quite strong at least stronger than him when it came to physical prowess.
While he took sce in the fact that he was still the overall most powerful one, Harry''s sudden transformation still irked him.
Even he had spent months trying to break through to the first stage, yet, Harry did it within weeks.
It made him feel like he was the one beneath, something that definitely left a bad taste.
He knew if his parents discovered Harry was now an Elementalist; and not just any one, but one that advanced with such astonishing speed, they might change and even choose Harry over him.
He rapidly shook his head in a bid to get rid of those pointless thoughts.
''There''s no point in thinking about anything, I''m still stronger than him. He''s still trash.'' He mumbled inwardly with a slight frown.
Though he used that to console himself and make himself feel better, even he doubted Harry''s "trash status" with what he had witnessed.
He walked away from the mirror with an annoyed expression on his face and took out a small glowing bright red stone from his picked.
The ''stone'' was a stage two beast core, and it was one that was provided to him by the academy to assist with his breakthrough.
He walked towards the matying at the middle of the room and then sat back down on it in a cross-legged position with the beast core in his right hand.
He heaved slightly and then started focusing on absorbing the mana in the beast core.
Just as he slowly circted his mana into the small ''stone'', his brows suddenly twitched.
He felt something off in the surroundings with his mana sense.
Though he was only training, he had still spread his mana around him to keep watch of his surroundings.
Since he was training and his body would be vulnerable to attacks, he had to keep his guard up.
It was something the instructors of the academy had always hammered into Elementalists at all timesalways keep your mana sense active, though it was easier said than done.
A slight down appeared on his handsome face as he slowly stood up while focusing on his mana sense.
He could feel that mana in the air had suddenly be unstable, and he could also sense another presence in the room.
The presence was very faint, in fact, he would have never sensed it if not for the unstable mana fluctuations that made him expand his mana sense.
He rapidly channeled his mana, preparing tounch a spell in case some one attacked him.
While he might appear calm, his mind and thoughts were anything but calm!
His breaths were bated and his heart was beating very fast.
Whatever presence he was sensing had surely broken through the academy defenses and crept its way to his room.
On its way, it had definitely came across the instructors who had powerful mana senses and yet, it had able to escape them.
He wasn''t sure if something or someone was really in his room, but he knew his mana sense couldn''t be wrong.
If the sudden fluctuating mana didn''t give it way that something was wrong, then whatever he was sensing did.
However, Trent knew he couldn''t lose his focus.
If he let his mind get clouded by fear, then he would definitely be unable to cast a spell as his mana channeling would be unstable.
He slowly traced whatever presence he sensed in the room.
He noticed that with every step he took, the mana fluctuations around him slowly for more unstable.
He kept following it until he got to a small red chair at the corner of the room.
He suddenly slowed his steps and a confused expression appeared on his face.
''Something''s off'' Trent mumbled inwardly. The fluctuations had just stopped and he couldn''t sense anything again.
It was as if things suddenly returned back to normal?
Trent face squeezed into a deeper frown.
Though he didn''t sense anything off anymore, he still didn''t stop channeling his mana; just in case he had to cast a spell.
Just as he turned his head backwards, a shapeless, light blue "creature" suddenly jumped out from the top of the chair.
It was formless and its appearance was quite transparent and ethereal, making it seem like it was there and at the same time, it wasn''t.
"What the hell?" Trent muttered in shock.
His eyes widened the moment his gaze came in contact with the weird blue "creature".
He subconsciously took a few steps backwards.
In his shock, he even forgot tounch the spell he had already prepared beforehand.
The formless blue creature didn''t give him anytime to regain hisposure.
Its body wriggled slightly on the ground before suddenly lunging forwards at a speed so fast that Trent couldn''t follow.
It leapt above Trent''s whole body, its light blue transparent body gleaming strangely beforending on his forehead.
Trent''s face paled in fear and he instinctively moved his hand to his head in a bid to grab the formless light blue creature thatnded on it.
However, he couldn''t get a hold on it. It was as if there was nothing on his head and his hands were simply holding his forehead pointlessly.
"Get off" His words were cut off from his mouth as he felt a sudden cold and cooling sensation on his forehead.
The "creature" slowly sunk its formless figure into his head, its shapeless and formless figure simply going into Trent''s body.
Chapter 97 Cold…
The "creature" slowly sunk its formless figure into his head, its shapeless and formless figure simply going into Trent''s body.
Trent''s body immediately froze with his hand still clutching his forehead and a fearful expression still etched on his face.
He couldn''t even blink nor think, he simply remained in one position, like a statue.
His head felt very cold, as if ice had been ced on it and shivers ran through the rest of his body.
This weird sensation onlysted for a few seconds before he lost all control of his body and copsed to the ground.
The fall would have been a lot more dangerous if he had hit his head on the ground, but luckily for him, his head didn''t hit the ground.
Even though his strength was higher than that of a normal human being, something like a hit to the head would definitely hurt him a lot.
His body shook slightly for a few seconds before his eyes finally closed and he lost consciousness.
A few minutester,
A low grunt left Trent''s lips as he slowly opened his eyes.
He was forced to squint slightly as his eyes slowly adjusted to the sudden brightness.
"What the hell?" He mumbled while slowly getting up. His movements were unsteady and shaky at first and it took a few seconds before he was able to stand properly on his feet.
With still squinted eyes, his gaze wandered around as he tried to make sense of his surroundings.
It wasn''t that he didn''t recognize where he stoodhe knew that he was in his dormitory, however, his memory of thest few minutes was quite foggy.
"How did I even get here?" He muttered, staring at the red chair in front of him.
Just then, he was attacked with an intense wave of headache.
His head hurt so bad that he felt as if his mind was splitting.
He instinctively grabbed his head as he grunted heavily due to the pain racking through his mind.
It was only after a few seconds, that the throbbing headache finally subsided. He still felt a slight pain in his head, but it wasn''t up the point that he couldn''t bare.
Though the pain from the headache was mind-wrecking, it managed topletely jolt Trent back to ''life''.
Now that his mind and focus was back, he now noticed something he hadn''t noticed before.
A confused expression appeared on his face, he hugged himself in a bear hug and realized somethinghe felt cold really cold.
Though the cold he was feeling wasn''t too harsh that he couldn''t move or resist, it was still something he found rather ufortable.
Since his physical strength and resistance were leagues higher than that of a normal human being, cold of this level didn''t have that much effect on him.
He subconsciously shivered due to how cold he felt.
He touched some parts of his body like his neck and his abdomen, however, they weren''t cold but rather warm.
So howe he felt cold then?
He didn''t think too much about it and simply took it as consequences of him lying on the cold floor.
The floor was tiled soying down on it would naturally make him feel a little cold.
Thest thing he remembered was training and absorbing more mana to develop his mana core.
His memories of thest few minutes were still quite foggy but now he at least had a clear picture of what actually happened.
He trained too hard and then lost consciousness as a result of it.
This wouldn''t be the first time something like this happened so he wasn''t too surprised.
While many any thought Trent got to his current level mainly due to his huge talent and his mana affinity body, only those closer to him knew how hard he trained.
Elementalists didn''t just absorb mana, but alsopressed itit was all in the process of developing the mana core.
Compressing mana was anything but easy as it ced a lot of strain on the mind and the soul.
Coupled with the fact that advancing only got harder and harder with every stage, Elementalists at higher stages didn''t have it easier but harder.
The only difference was that they had already gotten so used to it so they had a higher resistance to the strain.
Ironically, the mana core got smaller with every stage.
The mana in the mana core of a lower stage Elementalist was also more sparse and spread out while that of a higher stage Elementalist was more dense and concentrated.
Meaning: the higher the stage, the smaller the mana core; the smaller the mana core, the more mana one had topress.
Looking at the red sofa in front of him, his n probably was to rest on it, however, he fainted before getting there due to dizziness and fatigue.
''This is embarrassing'' He mumbled inwardly with a wry smile as he turned around.
As he walked, he checked his mana core to see how much progress he had made.
He wasn''t expecting much, but what he ''saw'' shocked him to the core.
''The mana in my mana core is fully refilled.'' Trent thought in surprise.
The main reason he had trained so hard was to refill his mana core so he could continue converting his mana to elemental mana, he didn''t remember fulfilling that aim so it was shocking that his mana was refilled.
''Damn I need a good rest.'' Trent mumbled as he rubbed his face ruffled his hair, the light brown strands passing through his fingers.
He didn''t think too much about it and simply walked to his bed, ignoring the mat and the still untidied room.
His memories were still foggy and it wasn''t like this was a bad thing.
He slumped on therge bed, his figure sinking into the soft foam and immediately drifted into the warm andfortable hands of sleep.
What he didn''t realize was that while he slept, a light blue creature with an ethereal look moved around in his soul, beforetching itself on his mana core.
It slowly sunk into it, leaving no trace of its former existence.
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Chapter 98 Dangerous
A tall figure with straight dark brown hair could be seen standing in a well-decorated office.
The deep ck eyes of the figure shone with anxiousness as he stared at the ck haired man sitting in front of him.
The principal rxed back on his chair, a strange glint shed through his eyes as he stared at Harry.
He went silent for a few more seconds as he pondered on Harry''s request.
As for the request; it was to gain a pass to the beast forest.
During thest few minutes, Harry had been trying his best to convince the principal to let him go into the forest.
He had already gone to the instructor in charge of giving out the passes, however, his request wasn''t granted.
It wasn''t that he was unqualified, but simply because he had only became an Elementalist in the academy a few months ago.
To the academy, he was no more than a new Elementalist who registered barely four months ago so it seemed too early for him too go into the beast forest.
The instructor then took him to the principal whose office he currently was.
So whether he would be given the pass or not depended on the principal.
Though Harry seemed quite calm on the surface, his heart was beating very fast.
He really hoped that the principal would grant his request.
His level had been stagnated for a few days now and the only way he gained EXP was through his daily quests and a few stage one beast cores he absorbed in the academy.
He knew better than anyone that he couldn''tpletely rely on those.
Though he could follow the instructor''s advice and wait till he gain a little more ''experience'', he didn''t have that much time.
He would graduate from the academy in nothing more than a few months, and time wasn''t something he had in abundance.
Just then, the principal sighed and then looked back up at Harry.
"Okay I''ll grant you the pass." He said with another sigh.
While it was quite the risky decision, it wasn''t his choice to make.
He had already tried his best by warning Harry of how dangerous the beast forest is, but Harry''s mind didn''t waver.
Harry was more or less a special case, he wouldn''t be in the academy for long so whether he liked it or not, they had to speed things up a bit for the student.
Besides, Harry would soon be promoted to the third Elemental year.
His progress was monstrous as usual, however, the principal was starting to get "used" to it. Subconsciously, he stopped viewing Harry as a normal Elementalist.
As for Harry, he was excited the moment he heard the principal give his approval.
A part of him had expected his request to be refused but fortunately for him, it was granted.
"Just know that you don''t have to do this if you don''t feel ready" The principal said, still trying to see if Harry would change his mind.
A strange glint shed through Harry''s eyes when he heard the principal''s words, however it was only for a moment so Randy didn''t notice it.
"I am ready." He said with a slight smile. All the principal had done during thest few minutes was try to either give him hints or tell him about how dangerous the beast forest was.
"Okay, just go back to the instructor that sent you to me, I''ve already told him to grant you the pass." Randy said.
Harry''s eyes squinted slightly, his eyes had been focused on the ck haired man and he hadn''t seen him make any call, so he was quite surprised at his words.
But he didn''t ponder on it for too long and simply left the office.
The moment Harry left the office, Randy''s eyes glittered with a weird glint.
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Harry stared at the small green card in his hands with a slight smile. The card was the pass that he needed to show the people ''guarding'' the beast forest.
He ced the card in his pocket and then turned to the blonde haired man standing beside with a tinge of surprise and curiosity on his face.
The man was an instructor from the Lightning hall, but Harry had only seen him a few times because he only taught those in the final year Elemental sses.
Harry''s gaze washed all over the ''room'', his eyes glittering everything he saw something that caught his interest.
He was currently in the Lightning hall''s weaponry and around him were different weapons hanging from the walls, ranging from swords to daggers to axes.
However, most of them were more medical in appearance. There were nothing like guns or more ''modernised'' and western weapons among them.
All the weapons in the room were rank one weapons so they weren''t too powerful that the students couldn''t handle them.
Even though most Elementalists mainly relied on their spells and rarely used weapons inbat, there were still a few that did.
Each element hall had its own separate weaponry, although Elementalists in the academy hardly used it.
While Harry trusted in his skills and abilities, he still felt that he should take a weapon with him.
After all, anything could happen in the beast forest and a weapon mighte in handy anytime.
He went to the sword rack, but his attention only lingered on it for a while before he turned away.
Though it seemed like he was just staring at them, he was actually scanning the weapons with [Probe].
Most of the swords were more or less the same, with only slight differences in their stats.
However, none had managed to catch his attention.
Just then, his eyes caught sight of a silver pair of dagger that glistened and shone under the light.
Harry immediately walked towards it with his eyes shining with glee.
The dagger des were short with thick ck handles. The sides of the des shone, proof of their sharpness and though they were short, Harry knew he couldn''t underestimate their fatality, especially with the stats he saw through [Probe].
"I''ll pick this." He suddenly said, his eyes still on the daggers.
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Chapter 99 The Hub
"Huh?" The blonde haired instructor beside him was quite surprised at his choice.
It was very rare to see an Elementalist choose a close range weapon over a long ranged one.
Since Elementalist''s strength and power relied on their spells, which needed a few seconds to be castespecially for those in the lower stages, a long-range weapon definitely seemed like the best option for them.
Harry nodded his head slightly when he heard the man''s words.
His eyes flickered strangely as he stared at the tabs floating across his eyes.
[Name: Dual Silver Daggers]
[Rank: 1]
[Durability: 97%]
[Power: 198]
[Defence: 109]
Compared the the stats of the other weapons, this one was actually a lot higher.
The power and defence of the swords and spears he used [Probe] on didn''t even exceed the "100-mark".
The instructor didn''t make any morements, and simply arranged the silver daggers in its pouch for the student.
Though he was silent, he was inwardly impressed with Harry''s choice or rather luck.
The des were actually of a higher quality than the rest of the weapons in the room, so it was quite surprising that Harry picked it.
As for Harry, he was rather satisfied with his choice.
He wasn''t really an expert in weapons and even though he had learnt a lot of things aboutbat in the element halls, most of them were rted to spells and elemental mana.
Apart from the wonderful stats of the silver pair of daggers, it was also light and wouldn''t affect his movements too much.
A sword or a spear would be tooplicated and difficult to use and could even end up giving him injuries if he wasn''t carefulAt least that was case for someone like him who wasn''t exactly a weapon expert.
He could easily attack with it while also activating any of his "speed-boost" skills, without having to stress himself too much.
Some minutester, Harry started the journey to the beast forest.
His clothes were rather casual with a simple blue shirt and ck trousers.
During thest few minutes, he had been busy getting everything he might need in the beast forest.
Even though he didn''t n on staying there for days, he still stored things like food, water and even a few more clothes in his storage device, just in case.
He knew the beast forest was no child''s y so he didn''t take it with levity.
Due to therge amount of things he had to prepare for today, he was forced to get another storage device as the former storage space was too small to contain all he needed.
The new one he got was smaller in sizejust like a button, but alsorger in storage space.
Although it weighed down on his budget a little, Harry didn''t too much about it; he was sure he would make even more money from this adventure.
He had already ced the daggers in the storage device because he didn''t want to look like some sort of weirdo.
The forest was located at the western part of Vernil, it was at the edge of the city and served as the border that divided Vernil from its neighboring city, Rittah.
Unlike the other times, he couldn''t board a taxi as he doubted he would even find one.
He went to the nearest train station and boarded a train that went to his destination.
After sitting himself down, Harry turned his attention to the window beside him, ignoring his surroundings.
The train was very long and hovered slightly above the ground, making it seem like it was traveling on air.
The railings were quite smooth and a pale blue light reflected from the bottom of the train.
Its speed was no joke; it shot forward with great speed making its figure seem like a blur.
Even Harry wasn''t able to catch a single thing going on outside the train, everything just looked like blurry lines.
It only took a few seconds before the train got to its station.
Harry nonchntly climbed down from the vehicle, after walking for a few seconds, he came to the front of a huge fence almost as high as that of the academy.
A slight smile appeared on his face as he slowly walked forward, towards the tall ck at the middle.
Standing in front of the gate were two men; one of them had thick ck hair and a bulky figure, while the other wasnky with light blonde hair.
A few other guards were scattered around the fence, but only those two approached Harry.
Harry already knew what to do when he got to the gate so he didn''t dare to overstep.
From their auras and the amount of mana that oozed from their bodies, it was obvious that their mana core was at least at the fourth stage.
He showed them his ''pass'' and they scanned it before nodding their heads in affirmation.
They then gave him a watch with a small button on top which he was to press whenever his life was in danger or he came across something he couldn''t handle.
Harry wasn''t surprised by this as it was something he had expected.
Since some of the people that went into the beast forest were young students, they couldn''t just abandon themthe watch was only given to a academy students.
The watch served as an extrayer of safety, the moment he pressed the button, someone would immediatelye to rescue them.
The moment Harry walked through the gate, he couldn''t help but pause his steps. It felt as if he had entered a different city altogether.
A space filled with lush green grass came into his view. It wasn''t too big, neither was it too small.
His expectations was that he would directlye across a set of huge treesbasically a thick forest, however, contrary to his thoughts, everything was actually well organized and co-ordinated.
At the sides were a few stalls and shops where one could trade different kind of things ranging from beast cores, weapons, down to food.
There were also some tall "cell towers" around the ce, however unlike normalwork towers, they only monitored the mana fluctuations in the area.
Different kinds of people were littered around the ce with most engaging in trades.
The way the ce was buzzing made it look like some sort of business hub and not a forest where mana beasts roamed.
Most of the people in the stalls were stage two Elementalists with a few even being at the third mana core stage.
It was expected since they weren''t students but fully grown adults. They already got their license from the AMO so they were free to trade here.
A lot of people who went for beast hunts would definitely need their services, so they made a lot of profit also.
From where he stood, he could see the outline of a forest some meters away.
The forest was quite far from the "hub" and due to the tall and thick trees, it wasn''t too difficult to sight.
As he walked, he kept ncing at the sides, his eyes taking in everthing he saw.
A few of them called out to him, in a bid to advertise their goods, however, he ignored them since he wasn''t ready to make any trades.
After waking for sometime, he finally reached the beast forest itself.
He brought out the pair of silver daggers from his storage device and then sighed as he took his first step into the forest.
Chapter 100 [Bonus ] First Beast Kill
He brought out the pair of silver daggers from his storage device and then sighed as he took his first step into the forest.
Immediately, tall, thick trees with thick barks came into his view.
The forest and the ''hub'' were like two different worlds.
However, Harry had to admit that the forest was quite beautiful. The environment was serene with an odd silence hanging around the ce; one that he quite enjoyed.
The bright rays of light pierced through the small gaps between the trees, creating a beautiful scene that was also quiteical.
Though the environment was darker due to the obstruction from the trees, it wasn''t too dark that one couldn''t see.
It looked like it was the evening. Besides, the beautiful sunshine rays served to brighten the ce a little.
Harry shook his head slightly, brining his focus back to the surroundings.
The scene might be beautiful but it didn''t lessen the danger of the forestit didn''t change the fact that mana beasts more than capable of ending his life roamed around.
Harry''s eyes sharpened as he focus his perception to the max.
He had already ced the daggers back in the pouch that hung on his waist.
However, even after walking for sometime, he still wasn''t able to find a mana beast.
Suddenly, his steps paused.
His eyes squinted slightly as he felt an ominous feeling wash over him.
He didn''t know why but his senses tingled slightly, making him feel like someone or something was stalking him.
Just then, a low snap sound rang out from behind him.
Harry''s instinctively turned to the direction of the sound.
A short rabbit-like creature of about three feet came into his sight, it stood a few meters away from him with its eyes burning with bloodlust.
Its eyes were small and round with a pitch ck colour. Each fur on its body stood tall like a needle and one didn''t need to be a genius to realise that they were sharp.
A short blue horn stood firmly on the top of its small head, it was spiral and its edge was very thin.
The beast opened its small mouth, revealing a set of razor sharp teeth and let out a low growl.
For a moment, Harry steps froze as he stared at the rabbit-like beast.
The mana beast didn''t wait for him as it suddenly jumped forward with an astonishing speed, its small mouth open and its sharp teeth ready to dig into fresh meat.
Fortunately, it didn''t take long before he regained hisposure.
''elerate!'' The moment Harry saw the speed of the beast, he immediately activated one of his most reliable speed-boost skills.
[+40 Stat points temporarily allocated to Agility]
With this, his agility underwent a massive boost.
The speed at which the ''rabbit'' closed in on him became a lot slower.
Using his boosted agility and strength, Harry leapt backwards by a few meters, beforending on his feet.
Due to his action, more distance was created between them.
[-10 Energy points]
A familiar notification shed across his eyes, but he ignored it as it was nothing more than a distraction at this moment.
Thinking about what happened earlier, Harry couldn''t help but hiss lowly in disappointment. The disappointment he felt wasn''t towards the mana beast though, but himself.
Back then, when his eyes met with that of the mana beast, an unpleasant memory popped up in his mind. His first encounter with a mana beast reyed in his mind, making him freeze.
Screech!!
The ''rabbit'' opened its mouth and let out a loud and annoying sound, annoyed that its prey managed to escape his attack.
Now that Harry got a clear image of the mana beast, he finally recognised it.
He had learned about this creature in the academy; it was called a "Horned Rabbit", from its appearance, it was easy to guess what brought about that namethe small horn on its head.
It was one of the rathermon types of mana beasts.
The horned rabbit immediately rushed forward at a surprising speed that one would never expect from such small legs.
Even Harry was slightly taken aback by its speed which was a lot faster than before.
However, with [elerate] still active, the speed of the ''rabbit'' seemed rather slow.
He would love to scan the mana beast using [Probe], unfortunately, with how the creature wasn''t giving him any breaks, he couldn''t find anytime to activate the skill.
He didn''t n on waiting for the mana beast to close in on him though, stretching his hand, Harryunched his first attack.
"Lightning Ball!" He shouted as the Lightning ball above his palm flew towards the mana beast.
The medium sized ball made purely of bright blue lightning rushed towards his enemy with great speed, leaving a trail of lightning.
The mana beast paused its steps immediately when he saw the rapidly increasing and fast moving lightning ball, its instincts tingled with fear and it knew it had to escape that attack.
Unfortunately for it, escaping the iing attack was easier said, than done.
The Lightning ball closed in on it with great speed, it hit the ''rabbit'' right in the middle of its face, sending it flying backwards by a few metres.
Just then, the shocking effect of the element ran through its body, making it spasm violently on the ground.
A slight smile appeared on Harry''s face as he watched the creature''s futile struggle. He felt a weird sense of aplishment when that attack connected.
Even then, he didn''t let his guard down.
Using these few seconds that the beast was handicapped, he quickly scanned it with [Probe].
[Name: Blue Horned Rabbit]
[Race: Mutated Rabbit]
[H/P: 11/50]
[Beast Core: 1st Stage]
[Mana: 45/55]
[Strength: 34]
[Agility: 85]
[Stamina: 13]
[Perception: 32]
[Endurance: 14]
Harry couldn''t help but suck in a cold breath when he saw the mana beast''s high agility stat.
There was neither [intelligence] nor [Mental] stat among the stats which surprised him a little, he could only guess that it was due to the fact that the beast hadn''t unlocked it and only relied on instincts.
From its stats, it was obvious that it was one that excelled in speed and agility.
Its endurance and stamina were very low and just that one attack had already drained it of almost all its H/P.
Its low endurance was also why the beast was unable to resist the shocking effect of the Lightning element, usually, it onlysted for a few seconds but even till now, the beast showed no sign of recovering.
A smug smile appeared on Harry''s face as he pulled his hand backwards.
Huge amounts of wind rushed down from his elbow down to his hand, rapidly converging and merging into a long de that floated just above his palm.
He didn''t n on toying with the beast and wanted to simply end it quickly.
"Wind de." He muttered as he swung his right hand downwards with force.
The de made purely of wind immediately flew towards the weak mana beast with great speed, its size rapidly increasing.
It passed through the ''rabbit''s neck,pletely cutting it into two and ending the beast''s life.
[ 1 Ho Rabbit Killed!]
[+6000EXP]
[Bonus Reward: First Beast Kill!]
[+5000EXP]
[Hidden Quest "Kill a mana beast on your own" Completed!]
[+10000EXP]
Seeing all the notifications shing across his eyes, the sides of Harry''s lips quirked up into a smile.
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Also, i re-edited chapter 90, I only made little changes to it but please reread to understand it better.
Chapter 101 New Quest
Seeing all the notifications shing across his eyes, the sides of Harry''s lips quirked up into a smile.
He had gained 21000EXP just from killing one beast alone, and Harry didn''t n on leaving the forest until he at least, levelled up.
He deactivated [elerate] since he didn''t want to waste too much energy.
He pulled out the daggers from the pouch, their silver des glistening slightly before slowly approaching the dead mana beast.
There was blood on the ground close to the body, however, Harry didn''t seem to care as he slowly crouched.
Although he had already killed it, he still didn''t let his guard down.
He rubbed the fur for a few seconds as he smiled wryly.
After the beast''s death, each strand of fur that formerly pointed up, had already fallen down, so touching it was now possible.
Pointing the sharp de of the dagger to the beast''s head, Harry rapidly dug it in, causing thick red blood to coat the de.
What he wanted to do was search for the beast core that lied in the body of the mana beast.
From what he knew, the ''stone'' was either in the headin the middle of its brain, of the mana beast or the chestin its heart.
To get it, one would need to dig through the body of the mana beast. Fortunately for him, the weapon was sharp enough to cut through the body.
In this case, Harry hoped to find it in the head. He didn''t want to go through the stress of cutting open the chest, since that would br a lot more difficult.
His skill [Mana sense] was also active and he was using it to search for the part where the mana was densestthere was a chance the beast core was there.
After ''digging'' for a few seconds, he finally came across a shiny blue stone.
The ''stone'' was quite big whenpared to the stage four beast core that was given to him by the AMO, however, he didn''t care about that.
He dipped his finders into the head, staining then with blood and then grabbed the beast core.
The moment his hands came in contact with it, a set of tabs appeared in front of him.
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[Does the Host want to absorb stage one beast core?]
[Yes/No]
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He ignored it and stored the beast core in his storage device.
His n was to sell it and not absorb it.
It wasn''t like he would gain that much EXP from it anyway, at most, he would get 5000EXP. With his current level, that was barely enough to make him level up.
A strange glint shed through his eyes as he stared at the dead body.
It didn''t look like anything pleasant with blood and brain matter gushing through the head.
The scene could only be described with one word: Gruesome.
Yet, even with that gruesome and stomach-churning image in front of him, his mind felt oddly calm.
''Am I not doing all these a little too easily a little too calm?'' He couldn''t help but wonder.
Ever since he evolved, he had noticed that his thoughts process and actions seemed to change.
It felt as if things that mattered before, no longer mattered as much anymore.
The first was with his parents; after he moved away from their house, one would expect them toe after him or at least, make even a little effort to find out where he now lived, but they didn''t.
It was as if he never existed to them from the beginning anyways.
Although this wasn''t too surprising considering how they had treated him before, Harry knew his past self would have cared.
However, the current him didn''t.
A part of him felt like it was rted to his high mental stat, while a part of him felt like it wasn''tat least, notpletelyand was something more serious.
This thought only lingered on his mind for a few more seconds before it vanished like it never existed.
cing his hand on the dead beast''s body, Harry mumbled two words: "Mana steal."
Immediately, he felt a warm sensation rush into his arm. It wasn''t refreshing like his energy as it was more of a feeling coursing through his veins, however, he was familiar with that feeling.
[+2000EXP]
His eyelids trembled slightly as a notification shed through his eyes.
[+500EXP]
And after thest one, no more notification appeared in front of him.
Harry sighed and then withdrew his hand from the beast''s body.
This was something he had thought about earlier when he killed the rabbit; if he could steal mana from human beings, he should also be able to do the same to mana beasts as long as they weren''t above the third stage.
Even though he had removed the beast core from the rabbit, there was still some residual mana in the body. It was this mana that he ''absorbed'' through [Mana steal].
The only bad thing was the low level of the skill, he couldn''t continuously steal mana as much as he wished as [Mana steal] also had its limits.
The amount of EXP he gained from this mana beast was a lot lesser than what he gained from Trent, but he wasn''tining.
As for the beast''s body, he doubted he could still sell it.
Due to him draining the body of mana, it was now slightly shrivelled and even the furs had thinned.
Coupled with the crude and roughly dug out ''hole'' on its forehead, its value had dropped considerably.
He stood up and walked away in search of his next opponent.
Just then, a system notification appeared in front of him.
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[Optional Quest]
Hunt Down 5 stage one Mana beasts [0/5]
Rewards For Completion:
+50 Stat points
Time Limit: None
Punishment for quest failure: None
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Reading the message that was shing across his eyes, a smile quirked up on Harry''s lips.
Though he wouldn''t gain any EXP from the quest, he was more than satisfied with the reward.
Stat points were a lot harder to gain than EXP, he could always get EXP from his daily quests.
He felt a little pain when he saw that his horned rabbit kill wasn''t included in the quest, but he didn''t ponder on it too much.
After walking for a few minutes, Harry finally came across another mana beast.
It had the body structure of a pig, except that its snout was twice bigger than that of a normal pig.
It had a very robust body and two pairs of short, thick legs.
Its skin was yellow and its back and some parts of its face were adorned with dark blue scales, a few scales were also on its feet.
Harry''s heart beat quickened slightly as he stared at the beast some meters away from him.
The ''pig'' hadn''t noticed him since he was hiding behind a tree.
From the scales that were on his body, Harry could already guess that it was a beast that excelled in defence.
He couldn''t just attack aimlessly.
Just then, the pig-like creature paused its movements as it raised its head slightly.
It sniffed the air a few times with its snout twitching rapidly.
Suddenly, it turned his head towards Harry''s location and then dashed forward.
Chapter 102 Using Stronger Skills
Suddenly, it turned his head towards Harry''s location and then dashed forward.
Its speed was surprisingly very fast. It''s robust figure burst forward with speed rivalling that of a car.
With its short and thick legs, one wouldn''t expect such speed from it.
But, even though its speed was fast, it wasn''t too fast for Harry to follow.
He was sure his agility that was at least a few figures higher than that of the beast and even if it wasn''t, he still had [elerate].
Within a few seconds, the mana beast closed in on Harry.
OINK!!
It released a loud nasal sound from its snout as it turned its head down before suddenly raising it back up, with the aim to hit Harry with its thick snout.
However, Harry didn''t wait for that to happen.
''elerate!'' He screamed inwardly. He immediately activated [elerate] and then leapt away from the tree with his temporarily boosted agility.
Bam!
A loud sound reverberated as the pig''s thick snout collided with the tree with full force.
The tree trembled violently for a few seconds and many of its leaves fell to the ground, but it didn''te crashing down as one might expect and only kept shaking slightly.
The mana beast turned its head sharply towards Harry with its eyes burning with anger. It was enraged that its earlier attack didn''t connect.
Since it hit the thick bark of the tree instead, its head was rattled for a moment and it felt some pain from its snout. This only made it more enraged.
Steam came out of its snout as it huffed and panted heavily.
Harry didn''t wait for it to charge at him though, he quickly created more distance between himself and the beast by jumping back once more.
During those few seconds that he watched the beast, he had already scanned it with [Probe] and he knew he couldn''t underestimate this pig!
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[Name: Scaled Pig]
[Race: Mutated Pig]
[H/P: 120/150]
[Beast Core: 1st Stage]
[Mana: 80/95]
[Strength: 62]
[Agility: 67]
[Stamina: 60]
[Perception: 60]
[Endurance: 68]
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The stats were more or less within his expectations. From the scales around its body, it was expected that it excelled in endurance.
However, Harry was quite surprised at the agility. Not that it was too high, but because it was too low.
With the sudden eruption of speed the beast showcased earlier, he had expected the agility to be in the 70s.
He didn''t linger on his thoughts too much; the current situation didn''t let him.
''Wind de!'' He stretched his hand forwards and without waiting for the de to formpletely, heunched it towards the mana beast.
The pig was about to charge towards Harry when the wind de suddenly appeared in front of it.
Its instinct tingled and warned it of danger so the pig hurriedly turned its body in a bid to escape the attack.
However, it still ended up been too slow as the de closed in on it.
Since the beast managed to turn at thest second, the wind de hit it at the side of its neck rather than its head.
It snarled heavily as arge gash appeared on the side of its neck, causing blood to slowly drip from it.
Unlike its back that was protected by dark blue scales, his neck was without scales or any form of protection except from its thick skin.
Harry hissed lightly when he saw that his attack didn''t connect to its head as he had wanted.
But that first exchange wasn''t entirety fruitless, it seemed like he had made one discovery; the mana beast''s weakness was its neck!
However, his joy was cut short when the flesh around the wound on the mana beast suddenly started closing.
His eyes widened slightly as he realised somethingthe beast''s healing was kicking in!
Actually, Mana beasts having regenerative abilities wasn''t surprising.
Since mana beast mutated by mana violently entering their bodies, their bodies evolved and gained healing and regenerative abilities.
What surprised him was the speed at which the wound healed! Since he hadn''t gone too deep into the forest, he hadn''t expected to meet a mana beast like this at least, not this early.
As for the mana beast, it got even more enraged and then charged at Harry with a loud snarl.
It was already angered when it hit the tree instead of its target, and this only annoyed it further.
Harry gritted his teeth as he stepped sideways in order to get a more favourable attack position. He raised his hand up, activating a skill he never thought he would use this early.
[Wind sh]
Immediately, wind rushed towards his hand, but unlike when he used [Wind de], the wind didn''t just form a simply de, rather, then gathered and thinned above his arm in a slightly curved line.
This was the difference between [Wind de] and [Wind sh], while the formerunched a de made of wind, thetter was in from a thin line that shed towards the opponent, causing greater damage.
"Wind sh!!" He shouted as he swung his hand down. The thin wind above his hand shed towards the mana beast with astonishing speed.
The pig tried to dodge, but unfortunately for it, this attack was a lot faster than the former.
It hit it squarely on the side of its neck, creating a thin line that cut deeply into its skin. Lots of blood gushed out of the wound, coating its neck with a thick red liquid.
The beast grunted in pain, stumbling on it''s short legs.
Unlike the first injury, this one didn''t heal as fast. Mainly because it was a lot deeper and fatal.
But Harry still didn''t n on letting it rest, he stretched his hand forward again, activating another skill.
"Wind Needle." He muttered. Wind rapidly gathered above his palm, merging and thinning into a long needle.
[-23 Energy Points]
Harry ignored the system notification, since he was using [elerate] simultaneously with his elemental skills, his energy drained twice faster.
His eyes drifted to the robust pig and his lips curved into a smug smile.
The fearful look in the beast''s eyes was one to die for. He was sure that the mana beast could sense how powerful his skill was and this made him feel quite happy.
Without wasting anytime, he threw the needle towards the mana beast.
The attack whooshed through the air, travelling at an astonishing speed.
The mana beast tried to dodge by moving to the side, but unfortunately for it, the wind needle closed in on it before it could even react.
The mana beast let out a shrill cry as the wind needle pierced through its left eye.
Blood gushed out of its eyes and its brain got overloaded by a huge amount of pain.
The beast thrashed around even more, its short legs hit the ground continuously, causing dust to rise around it.
It didn''t take a soothsayer to know that it wouldn''t be able to use that eye for sometime.
A slightly smile appeared on Harry''s lips, with thatst attack, the beast''s H/P was down to 40!
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Chapter 103 Trait
He hadn''t expected that he would have to use his tier two "spells" this early, however, the situation called for it since skills like [Lightning Ball] didn''t seem to effective on the mana beast.
When he used [Wind de], the H/P went down by ten points, which was quite low but [Wind Needle] chipped out 40 points from its health.
But he knew this wasn''t over yet, so he couldn''t let his guard down.
Just then, Harry''s eyes suddenly squinted as his perception picked up something from the side.
He instinctively turned his head towards that direction in a bid to see whatever was hiding there.
However, that little moment of distraction was more than enough for the mana beast tond an attack.
Its mana swirled violently inside its body, with a loud growl, it suddenly lunged towards Harry with great speed.
Harry''s eyes widened when he heard the beast''s growl.
He immediately focused his attention back on the pig, however, it seemed like his reaction was too slow as he only saw the mana beast vanish from his vision.
No, it didn''t vanish, its speed was just so fast that Harry couldn''t follow!
Thest thing he saw was the pig swinging its head, upwards with force, what followed afterwards was the sensation of a truck mming into his abdomen.
"Arrg!" A loud grunt of pain left Harry''s lips, his back arched backwards and his body was sent flying by a few meters. His figure bounced on the ground twice before finally stopping.
That was it, that same burst of speed!
He had already scanned the beast''s stats and the agility of the beast wasn''t so high that he wouldn''t be able to follow.
The same thing happened earlier when the pig dashed at him, except this time, its speed seemed even faster.
Harry''s face morphed into a deep frown and his eyes squinted in anger.
He could feel blood trailing down his lips, a few bruises were also on his face and arms. Fortunately, they were nothing too serious as they were only light injuries.
He was quite disappointed in himself, to think he got distracted while fighting a mana beast.
The injuries on his body could have been worse if not for his high stats. If the scaled pig had just been a little stronger,
Just then, a messages shed across his eyes.
[Healing and Regeneration Activated!]
[-10 Energy points]
Immediately, the wounds on his body started healing. The bruises on his face rapidly closed up, and even the pains from his abdomen lessened greatly.
Since [Healing and Regeneration] was an active-passive skill, it could activate on its own as long as Harry had an injury.
It only took a few seconds for all his injuries to heal, and if not for the dirts on his clothes, one couldn''t guess that he had been recently injured.
However, Harry focus wasn''t on the system notification, his eyes only remained on the mana beast in front of him.
The scaled pig was breathing heavily with smokeing out of its nostrils, the fact that Harry didn''t seem to injured by itsst attack frustrated it.
"Lightning Dash." Harry muttered. Immediately, Lightning cackled around his fingers before rapidly spreading to the rest of his body.
A soothing sensation spread all over his body, following the activation of the skill, however, Harry didn''t let that break his focus.
The only reason he used [Lightning Dash] was to prevent something like what happened few seconds ago from happening again.
He had already came to the conclusion that the sudden burst of the mana beast wasn''t due to his stats, it was more like an abilitythe beast''s ''trait''.
Mana beasts had special abilities know as ''traits''. Just as the name implied, it was an ability unique to a particr mana beast or a particr beast race.
Since mana beasts were basically evolved animals, some of those special features they had before mutation also evolved, bing stronger and more powerful.
Some of them gained these traits after mutation, while some already had it before, and it only evolved or mutated.
The scaled pig''s trait was definitely to lunge itself at a speed twice or thrice its normal speed.
But with the few times Harry had witnessed the mana beast use this ability, it seemed like it could only lunge forwards in a straight motion, and couldn''t change direction.
''Probe.''
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[Name: Scaled Pig]
[Race: Mutated Pig]
[H/P: 40/150]
[Beast Core: 1st Stage]
[Mana: 30/95]
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Just as he expected, using that ''trait'' greatly consumed the beast''s mana.
The scaled pig''s H/P had also gone down, ending its life shouldn''t be too difficult now.
However, Harry still found it quite weird. He shouldn''t havee across a mana beast with such a powerful trait this early.
In the beast forest, the more powerful mana beasts were located in the deeper parts of the forest.
Harry hadn''t gone too deep into the forest, so he found this quite strange.
The Lightning on Harry''s legs suddenly danced violently as Harry took another huge leap backwards, creating a huge distance between himself and the mana beast.
That move drained some of his energy, but he didn''t think too much about it.
His n was quite simple; bait the beast to lunge towards him.
The mana beast, seeing its meal get further away from it growled angrily.
Mana rapidly swirled within its body and it lunged itself towards Harry once more. Its speed was even slightly faster than before, meaning it was using even more mana than before.
Proof of this was the beast''s mana dropping down below the 10-mark.
Seeing this, a slight smile appeared on Harry''s face.
With the activation of two speed-boost skills like [elerate] and [Lightning Dash], the pig''s speed was nothing more than child''s y to him.
An Elementalist or a beast with more intelligence might have seen through Harry''s n since it was very obvious, however, the scaled pig''s intelligence was only a stage one mana beast, so it hadn''t unlocked its intelligence yet.
Seeing that the pig was already closing in on him, Harry immediately moved to the side:
"Lightning Ball." He muttered as he raised his hands. Lightning danced violently above his palm as a medium size Lightning ball appeared above his palm.
Without pausing for a second, Harryunched the ball of lightning towards the pig''s neck.
Since he was at the side of the beast, it was quite easy to target its neck.
It flew in the air with astonishing speed, leaving a slight trail of lightning before hitting the pig''s neck with full force.
The mana beast groaned in pain as a shock of lightning ran through its body.
Due to the effect of the attack, its body was paralyzed for a second and it couldn''t move a single muscle.
This left it defenseless and Harry didn''t waste the chance to send another attack.
"Wind de." Wind gathered around his hand rapidly forming into a sharp de.
Harry threw this de to the mana beast, targeting the same ceits neck.
The de hit the pig on its neck, leaving a deep cut.
The mana beast grunted and thrashed around in pain as blood dripped out of the wound.
Though the cut from [Wind de] wasn''t as deep as the one from [Wind sh], it was still deep enough to put in a world of pain.
Since the pig''s health was already low, the cut didn''t heal like the former ones.
Its mana was also low and it couldn''t use its ''lunge trait'' once more.
Its movements slowed and became sluggish, making it a more easier target for Harry.
Chapter 104 My Kill
A smug smile appeared on Harry''s face when he noticed the beast''s struggle.
While he could have ended it quicker by using a skill like [Wind sh] or [Wind needle], he didn''t since he could still sense a few presences hiding behind a bunch of thick grass; watching him.
It was only due to his high perception that he was able to sense them and also because of the use of [Mana sense].
He couldn''t pinpoint how many they were since his focus was quite disrupted but he doubted that they were more than two.
Fortunately, none of them was at the second mana core stage with what he sensed.
He was here as "Harry" and he couldn''t showcase any ability stronger than his supposed mana core stage so as to not arouse any suspicions.
He would have loved to rush towards that person, however, he couldn''t do that as he still had to finish off the mana beast.
The Lightning around his body danced even more furiously as Harry suddenly shot towards the pig.
"Lightning Ball!" He shouted as heunched a blitzing ball of lightning towards the pig.
Just as the lightning ball flew to the mana beast, a medium sized fireball suddenly shot out from the side.
It whooshed through the air with great speed, leaving a small trail of mes behind.
However, Harry''s [Lightning Ball] turned out to be faster as it closed in on the beast first, hitting its shoulder and ending its life.
The zing fireball hit it just after, causing a small explosion that sent the body flying.
Seeing this, a slight smile appeared on Harry''s ce.
He wasn''t surprised in the least by what just happened, in fact, he had already expected it.
It seemed like whoever threw the fireball was trying to steal his kill, but the person had failed since Harry''s attack was what ended the beast''s life.
That was confirmed with the notification that shed through Harry''s eyes.
[1 Scaled Pig Killed]
[+7000EXP]
Harry didn''t focus on the notification for too long, he stared in the direction where the fireball flew from, waiting for the Elementalist toe out.
Just as he expected, the grass where the Elementalist was hiding rustled and an average height boy with short ck hair came out of it.
He had a slight frown on his face as he stared at Harry.
Coming out after him was another boy with short green braids, however, unlike the first person, he had a smug smile on his face as he stared at Harry.
One thing tbat caught Harry''s attention was their uniformthey were in their regr academy uniforms.
It was a mix of blue and red, however what made Harry recognise it was the symbol at the side of the top.
It was the symbol of a magical academy located in the neighbouring city to VernilRittah academy.
The academy''s name was named after the city.
Rittah city was an even smaller citypared to Vernil, the beast forest acted as a boundary of some sort between the two cities since it stood between them.
Harry was somewhat d that he didn''te here with his academy uniform or anything that might easily give away his identity as a student of Vane academy.
The rtionship between the two academies wasn''t good in the slightest.
They saw each other as rivals, or rather Rittah academy students saw those of Vane academy as rivals.
Though they were both small cities, Vane academy was seen as the better one since they had more talented students and international recognition.
This made the students of Rittah envious, it was this envy and jealousy thatter developed into full blown rivalry between the academies.
Without even waiting to clear the pieces of grass on his hair, he confidently stepped forwards and announced: "The kill is ours!"
A slight smirk appeared on Harry''s face when he heard the green haired boy''s words. It was just as he had expected; they were here to steal his kill.
He took a step forward while ring that the one who spoke. "No, it''s mine. My attack was what ended its life."
The face of the boy with braids turned slightly red, he was about to take another step forward but he was stopped by his friend.
"We have been chasing that beast for a while now, and we''ve finally killed it; you should just release the body to us." The ck haired boy said.
His own approach seemed rather calm and respectful, unlike his friend but that didn''t mean Harry would just give them the mana beast''s body and core.
"You could keep the body, just hand over the beast core." Hisst words seemed to have angered the green haired boy, who gave him a sharp re, however, he ignored him.
If possible he wanted to resolve this as peaceful as possible, while also getting his request.
He wasn''t lying about he and his friend previously facing facing the beast, but he wasn''t saying theplete truth either.
They did try to fight it but failed as the beast ended up being too strong for them, so they ran away and hoped to meet weaker mana beasts.
It was only when they gave up hope that they saw Harry fighting against itand eventually defeating it. He knew from what he saw that Harry was quite strong, so he wanted to avoid a fight with him if possible.
"I killed this beast and I''ll keep it." Harry said with an slight frown on his face.
The Lightning around his body suddenly started moving and cackling furiously as he prepared himself to attack.
He had no interest of bargaining over a beast he killed himself, whether they had chased it down here or not wasn''t his business.
Though their story about chasing the beast might be true, considering that the beast''s health had dropped a little when he met it, it all didn''t matter to him.
"Fine! That''s it!" Seeing such a hostile reaction, the green haired didn''t waste any time and suddenly dashed forward.
"Fireball!"
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I have finallypleted my exams! Hopefully, the result is good. I didn''t write in thest week because I was studying very hard for the exam and now that it''s over, I can focus back on writing.
Chapter 105 Strong Attack!
"Fireball!" He shouted as he casted his speed. Fire swirled around his palm, rapidly forming a medium sized ball.
Without wasting time, he threw the fireball towards Harry.
Harry''s eyes were calm as he watched the fireball.
Though the speed of the ball of fire was closing in on him was fast, it still seemed quite slow to him.
This was because he was currently using [Lightning Dash] and [elerate] simultaneously, making his speed rise to inhumane levels.
Although this wasn''t really necessary given that he was only facing stage one Elementalistshe could always overwhelm them with his higher stats, he still went all out since he wanted to end this quickly.
He was still in the beast forest and the danger on his life hadn''t lessened in the slightest; after all, one can never be too careful.
Doing this naturally caused his energy to drain faster, but he wasn''t too bothered about that since his energy recovered really fast.
Just when the fireball was few centimetres away from him, Harry suddenly sidestepped, dodging it by a hairbreadth.
His gaze locked on the green haired boy and his brows furrowed slightly.
"Lightning Ball!" He shouted as he stretched his hand forwards.
Immediately a medium sized Lightning ball formed above his palm, before suddenly shooting towards the green haired boy.
The green haired boy tried to move away from the trajectory of the attack, however, he ended up being too slow as the ball of lightning hit him squarely on his stomach.
"Arrg!" He grunted in pain as his body flew backwards with few sparks of lightning dancing around his abdomen.
His whole body felt paralysed as the residual lightning from the attack electrocuted him.
He tried his best to hold the pain in, but he failed as the electrocution turned out to be too much for him to bear.
After writhing on the ground for a few seconds, his gaze finally dimmed and he lost consciousness.
Harry''s gaze and focus didn''t waver even though he had already knocked out the green haired boyhe already knew he was weak from the beginning.
Besides, what happened wasn''t too surprising.
Unlike the elemental sses when he held back his strength, this time he simply unleashed everything.
With the speed and force he used to throw that [Lightning Ball], its impact wasparable to that of a tier two spell.
He dashed towards his next opponent, however, just as he was about to activate another skill, his perception suddenly picked up tremorsing from the ground below his feet.
Harry''s eyes widened as he immediately leapt backwards, sessfully evading the two lumps of earth that rose from where he formerly stood.
''He was able to follow my speed?'' Harry mumbled inwardly in surprise.
A weird glint shed through his eyes as he stared at the ck haired boy who had a deep frown on his face, seemingly annoyed that his trap hadn''t worked.
With [Lightning Dash] and [elerate] activated simultaneously, Harry had somewhat considered himself invisibleimpossible to catch or follow, at least for stage one Elementalists, so he was quite surprised that this earth elementalist actually managed to somehow follow his movements.
His eyes locked on the ck haired boy as he scanned his stats using [Probe].
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[Name: Earl Mint]
[Race: Human]
[H/P: 70/75]
[Mana: 81/92]
[Strength: 23]
[Agility: 22]
[Stamina: 27]
[Perception: 40]
[Endurance: 27]
[Intelligence: 35]
[Mental: 28]
[Charm: 30]
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His eyes squinted slightly as he read through the information quickly.
Earl might not have excelled in strength, however, his higher stat was perception. This wasn''t too surprising since he was an Earth Elementalist.
Some Earth Elementalist were known to have some sort of connection to the earth that helps them track anything or anyone as long as the person stood in earthsolid ground.
It was a passive ability called [Earth sense].
Finally understanding how the ck haired boy was able to follow him the first time, Harry shed a smug smile towards Earlthe Earth Elementalist.
Earl''s instinct tingled the moment he saw the smirk on Harry''s face. He subconsciously took some steps back before stretching his hand, preparing another spell.
"Rock st!" He shouted as a thick medium sized rock appeared in front of his palm, it swirled and turned rapidly for a few seconds before suddenly shooting forwards with full force towards Harry.
He already knew beforehand that his opponent was strong and might be troublesome to deal with, however, even he didn''t expect it to be like this!
The rock spun continuously in the air as ur closed in on Harry, but rather than shudder in fear, the grin on Harry''s face simply widened.
With his current speed, the speed of the rock flying towards him was nothing but child''s y.
Harry moved to the side using the littlest of movements, dodging the rock which went on to crash into a tree, leaving a huge dent.
He locked eyes on the earth elementalist who almost fainted in fear before suddenly dashing forward.
"Wind de!" Harry shouted and then stretched his hand forwards.
A de made purely of wind rapidly formed in front of his hand, before shooting towards the Earth Elementalist with astonishing speed.
As he stared at the wind de rapidly closing in on him, the steps of the earth Elementalist froze for a second.
His eyes couldn''t follow the speed of the attack, not at all! However he was sure of one thing: If that de hit him, it was going to be fatal!
Instinctively, he stretched both of his arms forward and casted the best defensive spell he had: "Earth Shield!"
Almost immediately, a shield of earth started forming in front of him. It started from the point of his hands before rapidly increasing in wide and mass, taking on a rectangr shape.
Unfortunately, his luck ran out at that moment as the wind de finally closed in on him.
It hit the upleted shield he had erected, creating a deep crack that ran from both ends of the shield.
Seeing that the advance of the wind de had seemingly been stopped by his shield, Earl''s eyes widened in joy.
However, that was when the earth shield in front of him started trembling violently, with chunks of earth falling from it.
Suddenly, the whole shield crumbled and a thin wind de immediately shot out behind it, heading straight for his unprotected chest!
Chapter 106 Child’s Play
Due to the speed of the de and the short distance between it and his torso, Earl was unable to escape the attack as the wind de hit him just below his chest.
It tore through his uniform, leaving a wound that cut down from the lower part of his chest to his lower abdomen.
Fresh blood dripped down from the wound, staining the clothing surrounding the wound with a deep shade of red.
"Aaarrgh!" Earl screamed in pain. He subconsciously moved his hand to the wound to "feel" how deep it is.
But just as his fingertips made contact with it, he immediately retracted his hand as another wave of pain sprung up from the wound.
As an earth Elementalist, he had always prided himself in his defence, especially on the thickness and sturdiness of his earth shield, however, Harry''s attack had simply gone through it!
If not for the fact that the force and impact of the attack was reduced by the shield, there was no doubt that it would have cut through his body!
Holding back the pain in his abdomen, he brought out a small storage device and took out a small healing pill from it.
Without wasting anytime he swallowed the pill while holding back the pain racking his mind.
The pill took effect after a few seconds and the wound on his body slowly healed, since he had only used a low grade healing pill, it wasn''t as fast as he would have wanted, but it still made the situation better.
His face contorted greatly in pain and anguish, though his injuries were slowly healing, the pain he was feeling hadn''t dropped in the slightest.
''How is he so strong?'' He mumbled inwardly with gritted teeth. Even then, he still all the strength in his body to lift up his head and stare at Harry.
"F-fine you w-won. J-just take the beast''s body we''ll leave you alone." He muttered. ''Monster'' However, he didn''t dare say thest word out.
Harry''s eyes lingered on the Earth''s Elementalist''s kneeling on the ground for a few seconds with strange expressions shing through his eyes.
"Hmph." He scoffed and then started walking back to the mana beast''s body.
Since the ck haired boy said they''d surrendered, he saw no reason to keep on fighting with them.
There was nothing he would gain from it; he didn''t get any quest to defeat themsurprisingly, and he didn''t want to waste more time and energy.
They were quite weak anyway, it would be more like bullying the weak, something he didn''t loathed.
He canceled [Lightning Dash], however, he kept up the activation of [elerate] because he felt he shouldn''t let his guard down.
He ced the beast''s body in his storage device, but just as he was about to stand up, a loud, angry voice suddenly rang out behind him.
"Hey you! Wait!" The green haired boy shouted. It seemed like he had finally regained his consciousness after getting knocked out before.
Harry paused his steps and turned his gaze at him, his gaze lingered on the green haired boy for a few seconds as he read through the tabs and characters that shed through his eyes.
Seeing nothing noteworthy, he scoffed and then turned around again, ignoring the fire elementalist.
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[Name: Jon Till]
[Race: Human]
[H/P: 30/51]
[Mana: 41/72]
[Strength: 20]
[Agility: 22]
[Stamina: 15]
[Perception: 19]
[Endurance: 17]
[Intelligence: 20]
[Mental: 15]
[Charm: 27]
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Apart from his charm that was somewhat average, the rest of his stats were simply trash.
He couldn''t evenpare to his friend who was still quite talented.
"Don''t dare ignore me!!!" The green haired boy whose name was Jon suddenly shouted.
However, even with his shout, Harry still didn''t pay him any attention.
His face rapidly contorted into a deep frown and smoke of anger kept rising from his head and nose.
The fact that he was knocked out in one attack infuriated him, and Harry ignoring him was simply adding salt to the injury.
He clenched his fists tightly and then got back on his feet with shaky steps, his gaze shifted to Harry''s figure that was slowly but surely moving further away from him.
"You can''t just leave!!" He shouted. Just then, his lips started moving, murmuring some iprehensible words.
Immediately, the mana inside his body started swirling violently, his fire elemental mana rushed to his legs, filling him with strength.
Seeing the actions of his friend, Earl immediately tried to convince him to let the matter go. "H-hey!! WhaDon''t! Dumbass!!" He shouted.
He would have loved to support his friend, but it was all useless. Not only was he still injured, but their opponent was also above them in terms of strength.
Ignoring his friend''s words, Jon continued his spell. Fire rapidly swirled around his knees down to his feet and also on his hands, strangely enough, his clothes didn''t get burnt nor charred.
This was because he was in his academy uniform, which was quite durablepared to normal clothes.
"me Dash!" Suddenly, his figure bolstered forwards, leaving a small trail of mes and smoke that charred the ground.
The speed at which he moved was fast, very fast that his figure would only look like a blur to a normal person.
Just then, Harry paused his steps.
Seeing that Harry had paused his steps, a smug grin spread across Jon''s face as he closed in on Harry.
He thought that Harry had paused from fear, nor realising how wrong he was.
Suddenly, Harry turned his head around. However, contrary to Jon''s expectations, Harry had a mocking smirk on his face.
His eyes widened slightly when he saw the smirk on Harry''s face, no matter how he tried to view the situation, he felt that something was wrong.
However, he ignored the budding feeling and proceeded with his attack any way. In his mind, Harry''s was simply feeling too high, and he nned on bringing him down with his attack!
"Hand of mes!!" He shouted and then stretched his hand.
Immediately, mes rose up from his wrists down to his finger tips, they burned brightly, forming a small coat of smoke around his hand.
The mes on his legs diminished rapidly until they eventually vanished as he wasn''t strong enough to handle two spells at once.
With a short roar, he threw his hand towards Harry''s face with full force.
Harry''s stared at the iing attack with a rather bored expression.
While the "ming hand" was quite fast, it was still slow to him.
This was because [elerate] was still active and his agility had crossed the 150-mark; no matter what attack any of the Elementalists threw at him, it was all pointless!
Just when the fist was about to hit his face, Harry ''slowly'' stepped back, causing it to miss him by a hairbreadth.
Jon''s eyes widened when he saw his attack was dodged. That was his strongest attack, he had just used his strongestbo[me Dash] + [Hands of mes]and yet this brown haired boy dodged it!
His surprise didn''tst long as he immediately regained his focus!
What if his first attack was dodged, he could always throw another one!
"Yeearrh!!" He roared as he swung his other fist.
''Such slow move'' Harry mumbled inwardly. He was really impressed with himself at how much he had grown.
Just a few months ago, that attack would have seemed like the fastest thing on earth, but now, it was nothing more than child''s y!
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I would have uploaded this chapter earlier but my phone had a problem so I took it somewhere for repair.
Chapter 107 Levelling Up “Wind Blade”[1]
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Just like before, Harry simply stepped back slightly, dodging the attack again.
This naturally infuriated Jon who increased the intensity of his attacks even more, but, Harry simply weaved through everything thing using seemingly simple movements.
''I can''t keep wasting time here.'' Harry mumbled inwardly. The only reason he had kept this up until now was because he hoped the elementalist would show him something interesting, however, what he had seen so far was pretty disappointing.
In the academy, he had always held back, up to the point that it started to annoy him.
Since he was in the beast forest, he thought that he wouldn''t have to hold back so much and could even show some more of his skills, especially since he was currently facing Elementalist at his age range.
Seeing that Harry kept escaping his attacks, Jon decided to retreat as he was already running out of mana.
However, just as he was about to step back, Harry''s hand suddenly extended towards him.
Shocked by this sudden movement, Jon instinctively tried to move away from Harry''s hand.
"Lightning Ball." Harry softly muttered.
Almost Immediately, a small ball of lightning formed in front of his palm, the ball spun rapidly for a second before suddenly shooting towards Jon.
Jon''s eyes immediately widened when he saw the lightning ball, he immediately tried to move away from the trajectory of the attack, but unfortunately, he was too slow.
Things were even worse for him since he wasn''t too far from the attack.
Within seconds, the ball of lightning hit Jon in the face with full force.
"Arrg!!" He screamed in pain. All parts of his face were stinging and his face had turned so red that even a tomato couldn''tpare.
All the hair on his head stood upright like thin spikes, creating a ratherical scene.
He kept scratching his face in a bid to ease the pain, while slowly stepping backwards.
A weird glint shed through Harry''s eyes as he watched the green haired boy writhe in agony.
He had actually been aiming for his shoulder, but Jon moved too quickly, causing him to lose focus and the lightning ball hit his face instead.
A wry smile appeared on his face as he turned around and started leaving.
Unlike thest time, no one followed him, not like they could anyway; one was still groaning in pain and both of them were already low on mana.
As Earl stared at the vanishing figure of the brown haired Elementalist, only one thought was in his mind: ''How is he so strong?''
The thought of attacking again didn''t even cross his mind, he just felt d that Harry didn''t take anything from them.
''It''s safe to say this might not be thest time I would face a simr situation.'' Harry mumbled inwardly.
Since he was in the beast forest, there would always be people hoping to steal kills from others.
Though he still hadn''t gone too deep into the forest, he prepared himself knowing mana beasts might not be the only thing he would face.
He felt quite disappointed that he didn''t receive any quest for defeating the two elementalist but he didn''t think too much about it.
He was sure he would get a lot of EXP from this beast forest adventurehe nned to.
After walking for a few minutes, Harry finally came across another mana beast.
It was also a a stage one beast, its appearance was dog-like with brown fur. If not for the absence of whiskers and itsrge bat eyes, one could easily mistake it for a normal dog.
Harry hid behind a tree again while observing the beast, from the stats, it didn''t seem like it was anything too impressive.
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[Name: Bat-eyed Dog]
[Race: Mutated Dog]
[H/P: 60/61]
[Beast Core: 1st Stage]
[Mana: 50/55]
[Strength: 39]
[Agility: 47]
[Stamina: 30]
[Perception: 50]
[Endurance: 28]
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Harry immediately deactivated [elerate] after seeing the beast stats.
Immediately, He felt that light sensation from the skill leave his body, making him feel a slight sense of loss.
It wasn''t that he was underestimating it or anything, he just wanted to see how he would fare when going up against mana beasts relying on only his normal stats.
[elerate] was no doubt a powerful skill that almost doubled his agility by increasing it by 70 points, if he kept relying on it too much, he wouldn''t improve.
Though he was standing not too far from the beast, it still didn''t notice him, giving him the chance to observe it properly.
After watching it for a few more seconds, Harry concluded it was safe to attack and revealed his position byunching an attack.
"[Wind de]" Immediately a long, thin de made purely from wind formed in front of his outstretched palm before shooting towards the mana beast in a vertical motion.
Bark!
The beast let out a loud bark as it tried to escape the attack by twisting its body, unfortunately for it, the speed of the wind de was too fast and it wasn''t able to escape the attack.
The de struck it at the side, leaving a deep cut.
It let out a shrill bark like an injured dog as thick ck-red blood gushed out of the injury, staining its brown furs with a shade of dark red.
That one attack cut down the beast health by almost half, leaving it more vulnerable to even more attacks.
Harry didn''t waste any time even though he had justnded a hit on his opponent, he ran forward, making slight feints to confuse the mana beast.
As expected, his n worked as the beast couldn''t even follow his movements to begin with.
In its eyes, Harry seemed like a blur that kept closing in on him.
Bark!
It barked once more as if to show that ur wouldn''t back down without a fight before suddenly dashing towards Harry.
A slight smirk appeared on Harry''s face when he noticed this, however, he had no ns on letting the beast close in on him.
Doing so would be reckless as he still didn''t know if this mana beast had a trait or not.
He twisted his feet slightly, bncing himself on the ground before pulling his hand backwards.
"Wind de!" He shouted the moment his eyes locked unto his target once more.
Chapter 108 Leveling Up “Wind Blade” [2]
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"Wind de!" He shouted the moment his eyes locked unto his target once more.
Suddenly, another de made out of the wind shot towards the mana beast.
The ''dog'' tried its best to dodge the de, however its speed was too slow and the injury at its side made its speed even slower.
It could only watch as the attacknded on its shoulder, leaving another cut that seemed even deeper than the former.
Even more close gushed out of the wound as the steps of the dog became unsteady.
It let out a shrill cry like an animal on the verge of death and stared at the person who put it in this condition with hatred.
It suddenly ran forward in a bid to attack again, baring its fangs while barking angrily.
However, despite feeling the beast''s rage and desperation, Harry simply smirked.
For some reason, he relished in its current situation.
He didn''t know why but whenever he was going up against someone, either in a battle or anything at all and overwhelming them, there was always this weird sense of fulfilment that rose up inside him.
Seeing the look of defeat and hopelessness on the face of his opponent had always filled him with so much joy, if possible, he would extend that moment, just for the sake of watching his enemies suffer.
Maybe he just a viin who enjoyed watching others suffer, even he didn''t really understand, and he had never given enough time to do so.
Suddenly, he jumped backwards, whileunching another wind de.
The de cut through the beast''s legs, slowing down its movement and making it harder for it to move.
However, Harry didn''t stop there. He followed up that attack with numerous wind des, hitting the mana beast in different ces and leaving fatal wounds.
Unsurprisingly, the beast didn''t survive the assault and finally died, but not before ring at Harry with fear evident in its eyes and a tinge of hate.
In fact, it was a miracle that it managed to survive that long, the only thing that was driving it was it''s anger and wish to devour Harry, but that could only take it so far.
Harry didn''t notice this and was only focused on the notifications that shed through his eyes.
[1 Bat-eyed dog killed!]
[+4000EXP]
["Wind de" Level up!]
[Skill "Wind de" now Level 2!]
"Yes" He muttered while making a slight fist pump.
This was the reason why he had only used [Wind de] against the dog-type mana beastto level up the skill.
Whenever one of his skills was close to leveling up, there was always this weird feeling he felt at the back of his mind when using that skill; like he had reached a bottleneck in that skill that he needed to breakthrough.
Since one of his goals for heading into the forest was to develop his skills, he definitely wouldn''t let this chance pass.
Though he could have ended this fight a long time ago by aiming for the beast neck, he didn''t as killing the beast too quickly wouldn''t level up the skill.
It was why he only used wind de while aiming for the non-lethal parts of the mana beast, slowly chipping its life away while also increasing his proficiency in [Wind de].
"Wind de." Harry muttered as he stretched his hand before activating the skill.
Immediately, a long thin de shot out from the front of his palm.
[-30 Energy point]
Its size was slightly longer then before and the speed at which it flew in the air was faster than before.
Within seconds, the de made purely out of wind collided with the thick bark of a tree in the distance, leaving a deep cut on it but still not managing to cut through itpletely.
Seeing this, Harry couldn''t help but smile in joy.
[Wind de] had definitely gotten stronger, though not by much, but that power difference was still there.
He had expended a lot of energy in the fight against the beast, however, it was recovering very quickly.
He walked towards the dog-type mana beast body and couldn''t help but sigh when he saw the state.
The body was riddled with a lot of cut, all from its head, down to even its feet. Some of its organs spilled out from the wound and a lot of blood kepting out of the body.
Basically, the sight in front of him was nothing short of gore and horror.
A normal person would vomit or even faint at such a scene, however, for some reason, Harry didn''t feel any disgust.
His mind remained calm as if he was staring at the most normal thing.
"I should have been more careful with my attacks now I can''t sell the body." Harry mumbled in slight regret.
He had been storing the bodies of the mana beasts he killed in his storage device because he wanted to sell them.
In the "hub" in front of the beast forest, there were lots of stalls and business and ces to sell mana beast bodies were also among them.
The bodies and parts of mana beasts were definitely useful as they could be used to make useful materials such as, leather, clothes and even weapons.
From what he heard, beast core traders could also be found in the "hub" but they were very rare as something as valuable as a beast core couldn''t be discussed freely.
Harry bent down in front of its body before pulling out his dual daggers. As for what he wanted to use them for, it was obviously to dig out the beast core.
Just as the tip of the de pierced the head, a familiar voice suddenly sounded in his head.
[You know "Manaless Mage''s Pride", it isn''t just a quest.]
"Huh?" Harry''s brows creased in confusion.
He was quite surprised by the other voice''s sudden words.
It was vague as usual, and didn''t seem to contain any rtion to the current events; it just came out of the blue.
"What do you mean?" Harry asked.
Chapter 109 Truth Behind Manaless Mage’s Pride
The other voice was something that hardly spoke especially during these recent times.
The other voice appeared in Harry''s head the first day he got the system, and even till now, it was still a mystery to him.
All Harry knew was that it was rted to the system and only spoke once in a while whenever it felt like.
"What do you mean?" He asked.
[Manaless mage pride isn''t just a quest, it is actually well, that; Manaless mage pride.]
[Your pride, in simpler terms]
''Still don''t understand what does my pride have to do with me defeating this mana beast?'' Harry asked, his confusion rising rather than lessening.
This was why talking with the other voice was some annoying most times.
It would only drop little vague bits of information once in a while and then disappear for days or even weeks.
While Harry didn''t want to be spoon-fed all the time, he didn''t like to be left on the edge all the time also!
''And it always speaks so slowly.'' He mumbled with gritted teeth.
[Just saying be careful. Don''t let your pride get into your head.]
[Don''t overdo things]
Harry sighed before piercing the dagger into the beast''s head, continuing the process of digging out the beast core.
At first, he thought the other voice was going to say something really important. But since it only seemed to be advising him, Harry''s nerves calmed down a little.
However, he didn''t dare take those wordsmeaningless as they may seemfor granted.
Even though he didn''t see himself as someone stupid enough to let his pride get in the way, he still took note of it.
Don''t let pride and power get into your headthat was how he tranted it.
[As a manaless mage, that "pride" could be your strength or your downfall. If you notice, whenever you''re in a fight against someone or something, your mindset is subconsciously focused on ultimately defeating that person.]
[Not just defeat in the sense of it, but humiliation]
Harry''s eyes squinted slightly at those words, he subconsciously stopped his actions and focused on what the other voice was saying.
This was the most the other voice had spoke in a while hit that wasn''t the main reason he paused.
Though it was still quite vague, he could now somewhat understand where the other voice was getting with all this.
[It''s quite difficult to exin and understand even I don''t know the best way to say this.]
[But this is something somewhat unique to Manaless mages. Sometimes, you tend to view others as lesser than you condescendingly and you gain a lot of joy being in a position where you dominate them.]
[Just like I said earlier, quests aren''t just random things formed by the system most of them are things you desire deep down.]
[Like the "Manaless Mage''s Pride" Quest, it is something that only pops up when you feel the need to humiliate someone, or make a pay back.]
''You mean something that only pops up when my pride is hurt? Somewhat?'' Harry said, finally understanding what ''it'' meant.
[Yeah something like that.]
"Wow you''re definitely chatty today." Harry mumbled. Ever since he got the system, he doubted that the other voice had ever spoken this much.
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It seemed this matter was really something it considered important enough for him to exin throughly.
Its words were true though, Harry couldn''t find any way to refute it.
Whenever he was in a fight with someone, overwhelming his opponent and seeing that defeated look on their face always filled him with much joy.
At first he didn''t think much about it, but it seemed it was because of this "Manaless mage''s pride" of a thing.
There was one more thing that also caught his attention in what the other voice said.
"Something that is unique to Manaless mages there''s an ''s'' behind it, does that mean there are other Manaless mages?" Harry asked, silently hoping the other voice would give him an answer.
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As expected, the other voice went silent.
''I''m not sure what you are yet, but you''re really annoying you know?'' Harry sighed in disappointment.
But even though the other voice said nothing, inside his mind, Harry started considering the probability of other Manaless mages existing.
He couldn''t help but wonder
If his suspicions were true, and there were truly other Manaless mages out there what were they abilities?
Did they also have a system like him?
Did they also receive quests like him?
[You''re pondering too much on unnecessary things, don''t think about it too much. You''ll understand everything in due time]
"Due time huh?" Harry muttered while staring off into the sky.
For some reason, this whole conversation with the other voice had somewhat killed his desire to hunt mana beasts.
Even though he didn''t know much about the other voice, he still felt that he could trust it.
Whether it was simply blind trust or something deeper, there was just this strange resonance that he felt with the voice that made feel at ease.
"Whatever." Harry said. He suddenly shook his head while pulling the beast core out of the mana beast''s body.
"All I need to do is focus on hunting more mana beasts, and getting stronger!" He said and then clenched the beast core in his hand.
His hands were tainted dark red from the blood of the beast, and some blood was still around the beast core, but Harry didn''t seem to care and gripped the beast core anyway.
A system message suddenly shed across his eyes.
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[Does the Host want to absorb stage one beast core?]
[Yes/No]
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"Yes" Harry said.
Immediately, the mana inside the beast core swirled rapidly as it rushed into Harry''s palm.
[Absorbing beast core]
[10%]
[89%]
[Beast core absorbed]
[+3000EXP]
Harry''s brows creased slightly when he saw the low amount of EXP he got from the beast core.
If it was before, that amount of EXP would have been a lot to him, however, his level had been steadily rising and the EXP required was also rising too.
His eyes drifted to the beast''s body riddled with cuts and injuries in the ground.
''Since I can no longer sell it, I should just absorb the mana in it.'' Harry said inwardly and then ced his hand on the body.
"Mana steal" He muttered.
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More chapsing today!
Chapter 110 Too Easy
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"Mana steal" He muttered.
Suddenly, the mana left in the body of the beast started rushing into Harry''s hand.
The body itself slowly became pale and pale, until it was no more than bones with patches of meat around it.
[+3200EXP]
Harry nodded his head when he saw the notification that shed across his eyes.
As expected, mana still did its work as efficiently as usual.
Mana flowed in the bodies of those who could weird it, whether actively or passively. So removing the beast core from a mana beast, doesn''t mean its body would suddenly be void of mana.
The mana around its body would still remain there and it was this "residual mana" that Harry absorbed using [Mana steal].
While the EXP was smallas expected, it was still something.
Even though Harry hardly used it so as to avoid the strong mana sense of the instructors, he acknowledged [Mana steal] as a powerful ability.
The power to draw out mana and convert it to EXP for his growth was definitely anything but ordinary.
If he was able to find a way to utilise it more inbat, his total strength would definitely step up by a notch.
Looking at the dry body of the beast, Harry felt somewhat unpleasant at its appearance. He grunted slightly before stepping away from it.
Staring at his fingers that were pretty much stained with blood, Harry realised how careless he had been with all the extraction.
Though he didn''t feel any disgust or repulse from it, he didn''t like the appearance either.
The position of beast core he just extracted was a lot deeper than the former two, so it took a bit of effort to draw it out, resulting in his fingers getting coated with blood.
Usually, students just stored both the bodies and the beast core without even bothering to extract it.
They would then take it to one of the shops in the "hub" where it would be extracted for them by the use of a machine.
Then from there, they would decide how to use the beast core; whether to sell or absorb.
Unlike Harry, normal Elementalists couldn''t just absorb beast cores in one go, so for them, this was the best choice.
''Now that I think about it it''s somewhat strange. I haven''te across much students'' Harry mumbled.
While not students loved venturing into the beast forest, the number of those they did weren''t so small that they were insignificant.
Most of them were stage one elementalist, so they usually filled this part of the forest that contained stage one mana beast.
However, apart from the two Elementalists he met earlierJon and Earl, he hadn''te across anyone else, whether from Vane or Rittah academy.
He could only guess that this was because of the uingpetition, most of them were probably busy with training.
He didn''t think about it too much anyway, it wasn''t like he cared.
"Ahh" Harry sighed. His eyes suddenly became fiercer as he said: "Now, time to go hunt some more mana beasts."
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The figure of a brown haired male could be seen standing in front of a beast with faint blue stripes and small eyes.
The body of the beast was not toorge, however, its hindlimb stood out due to the way they bent backwards awkwardly.
One of the eyes had a deep cut in its ce, and its body was also charred and riddled with different kind of wounds.
Unlike the brown haired male whose feet stood firmly on the ground, the body of the mana beast was trembling greatly and it looked like it was really having a hard time remaining on its feet.
The figure which was unsurprisingly Harry suddenly jumped back while keeping a smile on his face.
Stretching his hand forwards, only two words left his lips: "Lightning Ball."
Immediately, Lightning snaked around his hand, rapidly merging into a medium sized ball.
Without letting a single second go to waste, Harry pushed his hand forward slightly and then released the attack.
The ball of lightning shot through the air with astonishing speed, leaving a small trail of lightning.
The mana beast howled into the sky with anger and desperation when it sensed the danger behind that attack.
It immediately tried to dodge by twisting its body, but unfortunately for it, it was too slow and the lightning ball closed in on it within seconds.
It hit in right at the side of its neck, causing a mini explosion of lightning and leaving its fur charred.
The beast howled in pain as its neck caved in and it finally dropped to the ground, dead.
[1 Striped Dog Killed]
[+4000EXP]
"Finally the fifth beast has been taken down." Harry mumbled with a rxed smile.
His breaths were a little heavy and his clothes had already gotten quite dirty.
It wasn''t that he was exhausted or anything but all those running and jumping around in the forest definitely pumped him up a little.
However
"Too easy it''s starting to get too easy." Harry mumbled with a slight frown.
At that moment, a system notification shed across his eyes.
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[Optional Quest Completed!]
[Rewards Granted: 50 skill points]
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As he read through the notification, Harry couldn''t help but smile in joy.
Finally, hepleted the quest!
Some minutes had passed since he killed the second mana beastthe bat-eyed dog, and during those minutes, he had advanced even further into the forest and had taken down more mana beasts.
The mana beasts he came across were all weaker than the scaled pig he met earlier so they were quite easy to finish off.
The first one was a [One horned goat], if attacked mainly with its horn and was also slow when it came to speed, so it was the easiest beast he met so far.
At it took was a few wind des to finish it off.
The second was a pig-type with good defence and slow attacks, however, it was also easy as its thick skin didn''t stand a chance against Harry''s skills.
The one he just took down was actually a bit stronger than the other two, but it still stood no chance against Harry, especially due to its weakness against lightning attacks.
So basically, stage one mana beasts were too weak for him now! The amount of EXP he got from thest two barely amounted to 5000 when added together!
"Well, if stage one beasts don''t reward me that much, then I guess I''ll just go after the ones in the second stage." Harry muttered.
His eyes stared off into the distance and his lips slowly curled into a smile. "It''s time to head deeper into the beast forest"
The only reason he kept on going after stage one mana beast despite such low EXP reward was due to the quest to kill five stage one mana beasts.
Though he didn''t have to do it since it was only optional and didn''te with any punishment, fifty skill points wasn''t something he could just pass up on.
But now that he had finallypleted his quest, there was nothing stopping him from venturing deeper into the forest!
Chapter 111 Near Death Experience
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But now that he had finallypleted his quest, there was nothing stopping him from venturing deeper into the forest!
Harry tapped on the watch given to him at the entrance, immediately, a holographic map popped up from it.
This map was a feature of the watch and of course, it was a map of the beast forest.
His own position showed as a small blinking red dots, and there were markings and demarcations to show the position of different type of mana beasts and their danger level.
The danger level was about their beast core stage and the estimated strength level of beasts around that area.
Though the danger level wasn''t fixed as even a stage one beast could turn out to be dangerous if it had a powerful trait.
Green markings and signs was for stage one mana beasts, yellow markings signified stronger mana beasts at the first stage.
Orange was for beasts at the second stage and red was for those at the third stage. Darker shades of the colour signified areas filled with more powerful beasts of the same stage.
The red areas were few and didn''t even make up to 20% of the map.
Harry had no n of going to the ces marked with red. He wasn''t stupid.
Though he was quite confident in his strength, he didn''t believe he could defeat a stage three mana beast just yet, especially with the fact that he nned on holding back by not using his more powerful skills like [Lightning Dash].
Stage three mana beasts were very powerful and dangerous, even the map marked the areas filled with then with reda dangerous zone.
He had learnt about some stage three mana beasts in the academy, and with the astounding abilities he heard they possessed, Harry didn''t n on going up against one not yet at least.
He had met beasts like the horned rabbit and the scaled pig that had stats at the 80''s or 60''s.
Since stage three mana beasts would probably be thrice stronger than them, their stats would probably be in the range of 150-200, or even higher, Harry knew he wasn''t strong enough to handle them yet.
"Stage two mana beasts" Harry mumbled, with his eyes observing the different orange demarcated parts of the map.
Suddenly, his eyes stopped at one of the areas demarcated with orange.
As he looked at it, his lips slowly curved into a smile.
The map was actually very useful, it didn''t just show the area but also spoke lengths about the topography and abiotic factors.
''I feel a little stupid for not using this earlier'' He mumbled inwardly.
Where his eyes locked on was the closest to his position, and that was where he was headed.
His heart started beating faster and his blood pumped up in joy, he immediately started following the map, feeling pumped up to finally face a stage two mana beast.
He also kept his eyes peeled and guard up since beasts could still attack him.
After a few minutes, Harry finally arrived at the area.
Though with the help of the map, he managed to escape most of the stage one beasts, he still came across a few that he had to take care of on his own.
He closed the map and focusedpletely on his surroundings, with no ns to make any mistake.
The trees here were a lot taller and thicker, casting a shadow that made the whole ce darker.
As he kept walking, the first thing he noticed was the denser amount of mana around him.
Since [Mana sense] was a passive skill, he could still sense the mana in his surroundings even without putting his mind in itpletely.
It wasn''t just dense though, it was also more erratic and wild.
Suddenly, Harry''s felt a weird feeling at the back of his neck and paused.
''Strange what''s this ominous feeling?'' Harry mumbled inwardly, his heartbeat rising steadily with every step.
The deeper he went, the more he could feel this strange ominous pressure bear down on him.
Coupled with the weird scratching sensation at the back of his neck, Harry realised something.
''Something is watching me.'' He mumbled and his eyes suddenly turned cold.
''elerate'' Harry quickly activated his speed boost skill, feeling tbat something bad would happen if he didn''t.
He used his perception to the max while keeping his eyes peeled for anything strange that might appear.
Crack!
Just then, his ears picked up a low cracking sound from behind him.
The sound was so low that even he wouldn''t have noticed it nor for the fact that he was using his perception to the MAX.
Harry immediately twisted his body and turned around.
''Lightning Ball!'' Without even waiting to see what it was that made the sound he heard earlier, he stretched his hand and released the attack.
The moment he turned around, the first image Harry''s eyes met was that of a long cobra with two piercing ck eyes.
Its tail was loosely coiled around a branch and its head was pointing towards Harry. The cobra''s hood was also spread out, with its mouth wide open, revealing a pair of sharp fangs.
The cobra didn''t give Harry enough time to observe before suddenly leaping forward, ready to attack.
At this point, Harry hadunched the lightning ball and it was already rushing towards the snake with astonishing speed.
He couldn''t help but feel fortunate that he activated [Lightning Ball] when he did, his body had moved instinctively and before he even knew it, he had activated the skill.
If he had waited for even a second before activating the skill, then the snake''s fangs would have probably sunk into his skin by now.
The lightning attack collided with the snake midway, hitting it right in the mouth, and causing a small explosion of lightning.
Since Harry was quite close to the beast, he also felt the effect of the lightning ball a little. He let out a slight grunt while managing to keep his eyes on the mana beast.
Screech!
The cobra wailed as the lightning attack pushed it back. Since it was hit while in the air, its whole body fell to the ground with force.
Seeing as the snake fell to the ground, Harry immediately jumped back, to create more distance between them.
When it came to reach, it was safe to say the cobra had more advantage due to its longer body.
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Chapter 112 Strong beast
Chapter 112 Strong beast
The cobra rapidly coiled its body on the ground, its small ck eyes fixated on Harry. Its mouth and its hood were wide open, baring its sharp fangs at Harry.
Harry''s eyes also remained on the creature.
The presence of this beast was totally differentpared to the stage one mana beasts he had fought before.
The air seemed thicker, probably due to the denser amount of mana emanating from the beast, and the bloodlust was also a lot higher.
Though the bloodlust wasn''t so thick that it would affect Harry and put him in a daze, it was still strong enough to keep a normal human frozen for more than a few seconds.
Now that Harry was finally able to take a good look at the snake, he realized that it also had small ck scales around its body, starting from the bottom of its neck, down to its tail.
However, the ones around its belly were slightly different. They had the same appearance and colour but were slightly thicker and bigger.
Seeing that the cobra still hadn''t made any movements or try to attack, Harry decided to use those few seconds to scan it.
After all, he wanted to have a rough gauge of his opponent''s strength.
''Probe.''
Almost immediately, a set of characters appeared in front of his eyes.
However, he wasn''t given time to check the information given by [Probe] when the cobra suddenly leapt towards him with its mouth wide open and its fangs gutting out.
SCREECH!
It made a loud, annoying noise as it jumped with great speed.
Fortunately, Harry hadn''t lost focus on his surroundings so it didn''t catch himpletely off-guard.
He immediately twisted his body to the side, managing to escape the attack by a hairbreadth.
Just as he rxed slightly, the tail of the snake suddenly coiled back in an unnatural manner before mming into his belly with full force.
[-10 H/P]
The force behind the hit caused Harry''s figure to fly backwards by a few meters, even chipping away a chunk of his health.
Fortunately for him, he somehow managed to manoeuvre his body andnd on his feet.
"Arrg!" He let out a low grunt while clutching his abdomen.
His feet were unsteady as he stared back at the beast.
His abdomen was a little numb due to the hit, however, he gritted his teeth and endured the pain without taking his eyes off his opponent.
[Healing and regeneration activated]
[-10 Energy points]
Fortunately, healing and regeneration came to his rescue and the pain from his stomach lessened greatly.
''That injury was quite deep given how I took that much energy points to heal.'' Harry noted inwardly with gritted teeth.
Suddenly, the figure of the snake vanished from his sight again.
''Lightning Dash!'' Harry activated his speed-boost skill without wasting anytime.
Even with [elerate] active, the cobra was still too fast for him, so he didn''t hesitate to increase his speed even more.
Immediately, blue sparks of lightning started dancing around his body, mainly concentrated around his legs.
With this, Harry was finally able to follow the mana beast''s movement somewhat.
The cobra hurriedly slithered through the Fred''s, moving from side to side and rapidly closing in on Harry.
''This beast is fast!'' Harry eximed inwardly before jumping backwards once more. Since the beast was slithering towards him, he felt like the best choice was to create even more distance between them.
Just before hended, he stretched his hand forward and then quickly activated a skill.
"Lightning ball!" He shouted. Immediately, a medium sized ball formed in front of his hand before shooting towards the mana beast with great speed.
He could have used [Wind de], however, he doubted the skill would do any damage in the situation.
He couldn''t follow the beast''s movements properly, and the grasses on the ground wereacting as cover for the cobra, hindering his sights and making things more difficult for him.
Fortunately, the cobra didn''t seem too intelligent so its movements were rather simple.
The blitzing ball of lightning hit the ground with full force, but unfortunately, it missed the cobra by just a few centimeters, charring the grasses and dirt around it.
Although the attack didn''t hit the snake, the force and shock behind it still hit the cobra.
SCREECH!
The beast let out another wail of pain as its body flew up by a few meters.
The grasses in which it hid earlier were also damaged by the lightning, giving Harry a clearer view of its position.
The moment the beast''s figure flew in the air, Harry didn''t waste any second and quickly targeted it.
When it came tond, the mana beast was so fast that even with his speed tripled from the use of [elerate] and [Lightning Dash], he could only barely follow it, but in the air, it was helpless as it couldn''t use its speed, having only its scales to defend.
He immediately swung his hand forward and activated [Wind de]. A long thin de appeared above his palm before shooting towards the mana beast, but the de moved in an horizontal line rather than the usual vertical motion.
[-50 Energy points]
Doing this unsurprisingly took a lot more energy that it normally would since [elerate] and [Lightning Dash] were still active, but Harry didn''t care much about that since his energy regenerated crazily fast.
Within seconds, the wind de hit the mana beast squarely on the head. A small cut appeared on the part where it hit it, and some blood bled from the cut.
''What?! Only a small cut!'' Harry couldn''t help but exim in shock. His eyes widened in disbelief, and he cursed under his breath.
''Could it be that I underestimated the strength of stage two mana beast?'' He mumbled inwardly.
At this point, he was extremely curious about the beast''s stats but he knew he couldn''t use [Probe] yet since the beast wouldn''t give him anytime to go through it.
''This is quite annoying.'' Harry gritted his teeth. His energy was rapidly draining due to the number of skill he had to activate just to keep up with the beast''s speed, and it seemed like doing that alone wouldn''t be enough to face the mana beast.
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Chapter 113 Against the cobra
Chapter 113 Against the cobra
SCREECH!!
The mana beast let out another wail in anger as itnded back on the ground. Though Harry''s attacks weren''t so powerful that it''d get severe injuries from it, they still annoyed it; like little ants.
Meanwhile, Harry let out a low hiss as he suddenly bursted forward.
By now his energy had regenerated quite well, and even though it was simultaneously dropping, it was still more than enough for him to continue the fight.
''If wind de doesn''t work this just means I would have to use all my skills, and not hold anything back!''
SCREECH!
The mana beast suddenly let out another wail before dashing forwards, slithering in between the grasses to use it as cover.
However, Harry didn''t panic this time. He focused on his perception to the max, and used the grasses movements to determine the cobra''s position.
It was surely a powerful beast, but it was still just a stage two mana beast that didn''t have high intelligence.
It was moving in a spiral motion, probably to confuse its ''prey''Harry, but that made the beast next position predictable.
Harry knew he couldn''t keep on a defensive position, so he decided to change his strategy and go in for the attack!
The moment he closed in on the approaching beast, he suddenly leapt up, twisting his body slightly in the air and performing something simr to a front flip.
His hands were pointed downwards and lightning blitzed around his body.
Normally, he might not have the physical capabilities to do something like this but with [elerate] and [Lightning Dash] active, his agility more or lees tripled and he was able to easy move his body; even in the air.
Just as he expected, the beast paused for a moment before leaping towards him with its mouth wide open.
It was as if time had slowed for Harry, as he stared at the long fangs of the cobra and seemingly unending abyss of its mouth from an upside down position, he couldn''t help but feel cold sweat drip down his back.
His heart started beating faster and adrenaline circted around his body.
However, he didn''t take away his focus from the mana beast; not even for a second.
"Wind needles." He muttered.
Immediately, three needles made purely out of the wind formed in front of his outstretched palms before shooting towards the cobra.
Two of the needles went into the beast mouth while thest one pierced its right eyes, bursting it and causing blood to gush out of it.
SCREECH!!!
The mana beast let out another annoying cry, except this time it was a lot louder and seemed to be filled with pain and frustration.
It started trashing around, wriggling and squirming, in a bid to ease the pain coursing through its body.
It had also taken quite the damage from the pair of wind needles that went into its mouth, further increasing its pain and frustration.
No matter how strong the defense of an organism was, the eyes were always known to be a weak spot, which was why Harry went for the eyes.
However, he didn''t let this get into his head and even increased his focus even more.
Just before Harrynded back on his feet, he spun his body again before throwing his right hand in an horizontal curve.
''Wind sh.''
Immediately, a huge abound of wind gathered around his hand before shooting forward, merging together into a crescent line.
The attack sliced through the air, with its length and sharpness increasing every second. Within the blink of an eyes, it hit the snake right below its head, making a deep cut that bled with thick blood.
[-80 Energy points]
Launching those skills took up quite a chunk of Harry''s energy due to how strong they were.
Since the beast was trashing around, targeting the neck wasn''t actually as easy as it seemed and the sh connecting was more of an intuition on Harry''s part.
SCREECH!!!
"Lightning Ball." Harry muttered. He didn''t give the mana beast anytime to rest before sending a lightning attack towards the beast.
Using the speed from [Lightning Dash], he leapt backwards, mainly to create more distance between them, beforeunching another Lightning ball towards the mana beast.
The fast regeneration of mana beast was one of the most annoying aspects of fighting against them.
Harry knew that the beast could simply heal itself if given even a few seconds of rest.
The two lightning attacks flew towards the beast with astonishing speed, with one tailing behind the other, leaving a small trail of lightning.
However, just as the first Lightning hall was about to hit it, the mana beast suddenly twisted its body, dodging the attack.
The Lightning crashed on the ground instead, bringing about a small explosion of lightning.
But the second ball of lightning closed in on it before it was even able to react.
It tried to twist and coil its body again, but unfortunately for it, it wasn''t fast enough and the attack hit it just below its neck.
SCREECH!!
It let out another wail in pain as jolts of lightning coursed through its body.
Even after that, Harry still didn''t relent on his attacks.
He stretched his hands forwards, before activating another skill.
"Shattering rock!" Immediately, two small dark brown rocks formed in front of his palms before shooting towards the cobra.
[-40 Energy points]
He ignored the notification that shed across his eyes, focusing more on his current situation.
Harry didn''t stop and kept releasing more rocks towards the mana beast.
SCREECH!!
The mana beast let out another sound in frustration.
The recent attacks Harry had been sending towards him weren''t that powerful, they only annoyed it like ants, driving it further and further into frustration.
It immediately tried to escape the ie barrage of rocks, however, the moment they got close to him, they suddenly exploded into small pieces.
The power behind the rocks didn''t reduce when they exploded but rather increased, the explosions were propelling them forwards with more power.
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The power behind the rocks didn''t reduce when they exploded but rather increased; the explosions were propelling them forwards with more power.
The little pieces scattered around hit the mana beast in different parts of its face.
Since it was facing the rocks with the idea to formerly dodge them head on, most of them hit it in the face.
The pain brought by a single piece didn''t inflict much damage to it, neither did it cause great pain, however, the pain and feeling of every piece hitting it at once, especially with such great speed, managed to hurt it quite well.
Little cuts appeared around his face and little drops of blood bled from them.
Some even went into its eyes, causing them to turn red, hindering his sight. It reflexively shut its eyes while trashing around, wailing in a bid to ease the pain.
The most annoying thing of all for the cobra was Harry who kept on shooting those rocks relentlessly.
SCREECH!!
It let out another wail in anger and frustration, its eyes red from all stones and particles that had hit it.
By now, the little pieces had practically covered all of its vision, it couldn''t pinpoint Harry''s location and was more bothered about destroying the projectiles.
Meanwhile, a smile appeared on Harry''s face. This had been his aim from the start; to obstruct the beast''s vision by distracting it using the rocks.
He was really wary of the beast''s quick regeneration and didn''t want to take any chances.
Fortunately, the skill didn''t take much energy from him, leaving him with plenty to spare.
Suddenly, he dashed towards the beast and then swung his hand in an horizontal arc.
''Wind sh.''
Immediately, a huge sh of wind followed, heading for the beast with huge speed.
The wind sh hit the beast at the side of its body, leaving a deep scar that ran from the side of its neck down to the torso.
As he ran, he brought out the two daggers from their pouches, holding them tightly at his side with eyes on the beast.
His n was to close in on it and attack it using the daggers.
While he could keep on attacking from a distance with his skills, that could put him at a disadvantage since his energy wasn''t unlimited.
Using powerful skills in rapid session would drain his energy too fast and while he had a rapid energy regeneration, he would still be at a disadvantage if the speed at which his energy drained was faster than the speed at which it regenerated.
He still kept [elerate] and [Lightning Dash] active to keep up with the speed in case it attacked again.
The cobra''s movements had slowed and it was starting to be passive, its eyes were still closed and while its injuries were healing, they were only healing slowly and the one in its eyes hadn''t healed yet.
He threw one of the daggers towards the beast''s head with full force in a bid to distract it before dashing to its side.
Gripping the second dagger, Harry closed in on the cobra and attempted to stab it at the side of its neck.
However, just as the tip of the dagger was about to touch the beast''s neck, the figure of the beast suddenly vanished from Harry''s sight.
Harry''s eyes widened in shock, the hand holding the dagger was still stretched when his instincts suddenly warned him of something approaching from his side at high speed.
''Earth skin!'' He barely managed toplete the skill activation when he suddenly felt something m into the side of his chest with full force.
"Arrrg!!" He eximed as his body shot backwards like a rag doll.
Blood spurted out of his mouth and his whole vision turned blurry.
[-40 H/P]
''Almost half of my health! Just from that one attack!'' He eximed in shock and then ced one of his hands on the side of his chest.
The expression on his face worsened greatly when he felt faint cracks on the surface of his skin.
Unlike his usual appearance, the skin of his body currently had a dark brown shade. However, once nce at his current look was enough to know that it wasn''t his natural appearance.
It seemed more like the skin on his body was thinly coated with a dark brown substance, the brown substance extended from his face down to his feet.
It had a dull and rough texture simr to a stone, however, it didn''t seem to be as dense.
[Earth Skin]; that was the name of the skill he learnt at the earth spell library. It was originally a tier two spell that was mainly used for defense and was quite popr among earth elementalists.
Just as the name implied, it was a skill that hardened the skin and transformed it into stone.
It was often referred to as a lesser version of the spell "earth armour", because it only hardened the skin and didn''t have as much defense when it came to shocks and tremors.
If not for the fact that he activated this skill at thest second, before the mana beast''s attack connected, that one hit would have definitely drained more than half of his health or even worse, end his life.
His eyes immediately turned towards the direction where the attack hade from.
The first thing he caught sight of was that of the peak stage two cobra in a menacing position, ring at him angrily.
Its tail was coiled on the ground while the upper part of its body was upright with the hood of the cobra spread out and its sharp fangs jutting out of its wide open mouth.
However, one thing that was different in the beast was its scales.
Its scales were glowing with a dull yellow hue and even from where Harry stood, he could feel the power of the mana beast rising rapidly.
''Shit this is bad, very bad.'' Harry mumbled inwardly. If not that his skin was currently hardened like stone, beads of sweat would have pooled on his face.
Chapter 115 Level up!
Chapter 115 Level up!
''Shit this is bad, very bad.'' Harry mumbled inwardly. If not that his skin was currently hardened like stone, beads of sweat would have pooled on his face.
It seemed like the mana beast finally activated his trait, although Harry wasn''t sure what it was, he guessed that it was one rted to doubling the beast''s speed.
However, he doubted the beast could keep the trait up for long.
With his mana sense, he could sense a lot of mana oozing out of the beast. Since it was only a peak stage two beast, its mana pool probably wasn''t thatrge so it was sure to run out of mana.
The injuries he inflicted on the beast hadn''t healed also, one of its eyes was still close and the one on his neck still bleed a little.
''All I need is tond a few more hits just a few more.'' Harry mumbled.
[-50 energy points]
Another notification appeared in front of his eyes, this was mainly because [Earth Skin] was still activated.
It had already absorbed the hit from before and the cracks on it had already mended. But that was what made it drain more energy.
However, despite this, Harry didn''t deactivate the skill. Though it was a move that could be considered quite reckless, he knew he didn''t have a choice since he had basically no other way to block any of the beast''s hits.
He should be fine, as long as he didn''t take too much hits. As for how to avoid the beast''s attacks, he already had a n, though it was a risky one.
''Add 20 stat points to perception stat.''
[+20 stat points added to perception]
''If I can''t follow it, then I''ll just have to use my perception to guess where it would strike!'' It was just like he expected, it was a risky n.
SCREECH!!!!
The cobra suddenly wailed before its figure vanished before Harry''s eyes once more.
Harry gnashed his teeth together, his heart started pounding so fast that for a moment he felt it might jump out of his chest.
The mana beast hurriedly rotated its body sideways, due to its movements, its tail coiled backwards before swinging towards Harry with great speed, with the aim to strike Harry''s side with it.
However, just before the attack was about to hit Harry, he felt a sudden tingling sensation at the back of his neck.
''Wind burst!'' Immediately, arge gust of wind merged at his side before suddenly sting him away from the path of the attack.
[-30 Energy points]
The snake''s tail hit the ground instead, due to the force and weight behind it, the grasses fluttered violently and dust rose up from the ground.
Harry staggered a little before finally regaining his position, since the skill basically pushed him away from the path of the strike, it was quite difficult to maintain bnce after its use.
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[Wind Burst]
Level 1
Use the power of the wind to propel yourself forward, bringing about a short burst of speed.
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The skill [Wind Burst] was exactly what would expect from the name.
It wasn''t as easy to use as boost skills like [Lightning Dash] or [elerate], however it also had its pros and benefits.
Since it mainly acted as a propeller of some sorts, changing directions after using the skill wasn''t easy, and it could also be dangerous if one didn''t control the spell properly.
If the burst was too weak, then it would only propel the person by a few centimetres and most, and if it was too strong, the force would definitely make the caster lose bnce or even worse, sustain serous injuries.
But Harry knew better than anyone to lose his bnce.
The moment he regained his footing, he quickly spun his body around, with lightning dancing around his body, and then swung his hand three times, sending three wind shes towards the cobra.
[-50 Energy points]
Since the cobra had just attacked, it took a moment for it to regain its momentum, leaving it no chance to dodge Harry''s attacks.
The three wind attacks collided with the snake''s body, leaving three deep cuts from which blood bled from.
SCREECH!!!
The cobra let out another wail while wriggling its body around.
''Its clearly on itsst legs, it''s severely wounded and its injuries aren''t healing as fast as before.'' Harry quickly took note.
However, it was obvious that the beast didn''t n on giving up as it quickly turned around before dashing towards Harry once more.
''I can''t really follow its speed, but I can sense it somewhat!'' Just before the beast attack hit him, there was always this tingling sensation at the back of his mind that warned him of the iing danger.
This was how he managed to escape its attack the first time, and even now.
And this time, the mana beast''s speed seemed to be even slower!
Its head was facing Harry and its mouth was wide open, revealing the sharp fangs of the beast.
''Wind Burst!'' Harry shouted inwardly. But this time, he made the burst of wind form in his front rather than at his side.
The force of the wind sted him backwards, just before the cobra''s wide open mouth closed in on him, making him miss the cobra''s bite by a hairbreadth.
The moment hended, he quickly made a dash to the side.
He ran towards the side of the beast and then quicklyunched three [Wind needles] in quick session.
The needles travelled in the air with great speed, before piercing the mana beast in three different ces. It seemed like the wound was deeper than thest, lots of blood bled from it and the beast let out another wail.
The cobra trashed around, wailing in pain with more blood spilling out of its wounds.
It slowly wriggled on the ground as the yellow hue around its body dimmed rapidly, letting out little howls before finally going silent.
Just then, a set of familiar notifications shed across Harry''s eyes.
[1 Four Eyed cobra killed!]
[+15000EXP]
[Level Up!]
However, they didn''t stop there, more kept pouring in, with each one of them, making the smile on Harry''s face grow wider and wider.
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Chapter 116 Great rewards
However, they didn''t stop there, more kept pouring in, with each one of them, making the smile on Harry''s face grow wider and wider.
[Lightning Dash level up!]
[Skill "Lightning Dash" now level 2!]
[Lightning Ball level up!]
[Skill "Lightning Ball" now level 3!]
[Wind de Level up!]
[Skill "Wind de" now level 3!]
[Wind sh Level up!]
[Skill "Wind sh" now level 2!]
[Wind burst level up!]
[Skill "Wind burst" now level 2!]
[Wind needles level up!]
[Skill "wind needles" now level 2!]
[Healing and regeneration level up!]
[Skill "Healing and regeneration" now level 2!]
Harry''s eyes widened and the joy in his face and he couldn''t even hide the joy he currently felt.
Almost all the skills he used in the fight against the cobra had levelled up, and he could feel his strength increase even more.
Even [Healing and regeneration] levelled up.
It wasn''t really a surprise since that skill saved his life more than once today, if not for the fact that his injuries were able to heal, he wouldn''t be able to defeat up to five stage one mana beasts, talk-less of the cobra.
''It''s definitely a really helpful skill''
Apart from that, he gained 15000EXP from killing the beast and that alone was more than enough for him to level up.
That fight with the beast really drained his energy, but now that he had leveled up, his energy refilled again.
It wasn''t just his energy but his health also. Though he had just finished a rather tough fight, he didn''t feel exhausted but rather, refreshed.
His dirty clothes and rough appearance were the only tell that he was just involved in a fight.
"Host stats." Harry mumbled. It had been a while since he bothered to check his stats, since he had mainly been relying on daily quests for EXP, his level hadn''t progressed much.
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[Host Stats]
[Name: Harry Morton]
[Race: Human]
[ss: Novice Manaless Mage]
[Level: 16]
[EXP: 36250/75000]
[H/P: 200/200]
[Energy: 300/300]
[Strength: 83]
[Agility: 80]
[Stamina: 79]
[Perception: 98]
[Endurance: 80]
[Intelligence: 77]
[Mental: 77]
[Charm: 75]
{Stat Points: 15]
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As expected, his stats had definitely improved. His perception stat was currently the highest out of all his stats, mainly because of therge amount od stat point he deposited in it during the fight.
Though this could be said to be somewhat of a waste of stat points, he didn''t see it that way.
If he was being honest, his fight with the stage two beast would have ended a lot quickerwith his deathif he hadn''t increased his perception.
It was only because of this that he was able to dodge and escape His level hadn''t increased much, mainly because the EXP from daily quests were too low for him to level up. However, those daily the beast''s attacks, albeit barely.
His level hadn''t increased much, mainly because the EXP from daily quests were too low for him to level up. However, those daily quests were the only reason his stats had increased.
Harry sighed and then closed the tab in front of him.
He walked towards the cobra''s body, and crouched in front of it while observing it.
Now that he observed it very well, he noticed the two small ck lines below each of the mana beast''s eyes.
Looking at it properly, he realized that they weren''t just lines, but a pair of eyes, except that they were shut.
"A four eyed cobra" Harry mumbled to himself.
Four eyed cobra were powerful mana beasts known for their speed and ferocious. They were called "four-eyed cobra" because of they were known to have four eyes.
They were one of the more popr breed of mana beasts, so Harry had already been taught about them in the academy.
Seeing as the second pair of eyes of the mana beast was shut, it was obvious that it hadn''t matured and was still quite young.
The matured and fully developed ones had all four of their eyes fully opened, giving them a wider range of vision.
The fully matured ones were known to be very powerful and even the weakest of them was at the fourth beast stage.
However, what piqued Harry''s interest wasn''t their history or the strength of the beasts; it was their value!
Every part of the beast was useful, from their scales down to their fangs.
Though this was only an immature and young one, Harry was sure he would make a cool amount of money by selling it.
''Probe.''
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[Name: Four eyed cobra]
[Race: Mutated snake]
[H/P: /180]
[Beast Core: 2nd Stage]
[Mana: 40/190]
[Strength: 100]
[Agility: 230]
[Stamina: 80]
[Perception: 84]
[Endurance: 91]
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Harry couldn''t help but gasp when he saw the beast''s agility. Thinking about it now, it didn''t seem too surprising that he wasn''t able to follow its movements.
He also noticed that the hyphen() in the beast''s health, but he didn''t think much about it and simply took it as the system''s way of saying the mana beast was dead.
With a deep sigh, he brought out his dagger and dug out the cobra''s beast core.
Though this made a rather gruesome sight as usual, Harry wasn''t fazed in the slightest.
He held the orb in his hands and stared at it with a strange expression, the orb was the same size as a tennis ball, slightly smaller than the ones he got from the stage one beasts.
"Absorb beast core." He muttered, without waiting for the system prompt.
[Absorbing Beast core]
[10%]
[40%]
[90%]
[Beast core absorbed]
[+8000EXP]
After absorbing the beast core, Harry ced the drained beast core which now had a dull white surface into his storage device.
Inside the storage device, there were a few other dull white transparent orbs which were beast cores he had already absorbed from the stage one beasts.
There were two more beast cores that he didn''t absorb, mainly because he wanted to sell them.
He absorbed most of the beast cores, not just because he needed EXP but also because he knew he couldn''t just sell all of them.
In the eyes of others, he was only a stage one Elementalist and the thought of a stage one Elementalist killing more than five beast in his first beast forest ''adventure'' seemed rather impossible.
He was still nning on keeping the extent full power a secret.
He looked back at the mana beast''s body and sighed. ''Maybe I shouldn''t be too greedy and just absorb it''
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Chapter 117 Iron-Toothed Bear
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He looked back at the mana beast''s body and sighed. ''Maybe I shouldn''t be too greedy and just absorb it''
When he discovered that the mana beast was a four eyed cobraa young and immature onethe first thought that came to his mind was that he should sell it.
It would definitely fetch a cool prize, but now that he gave it more thought, he felt that might not be a good decision given his current situation.
It might raise too many questions given that he was still a ''stage one Elementalist'' and that this was his first beast hunt, while there was the chance that the buyer might not care, he didn''t want to risk it.
After thinking for a few more minutes, he ced the body in his storage device.
He would simply sell itter, when it wouldn''t seem so suspicious. Using [Mana steal] on it now might not be a very good choice.
Due to the deadly trait the beast used in its final moment, most of the mana in its body had been drained.
He could sense that the mana in its body wasn''t that much even without actively concentrating using [Mana sense].
It was like ast resort by the snake that channeled almost all its mana to give it such a terrifying boost.
Since [Mana steal] converted mana into EXP for him, the amount of EXP he would get depended on the amount of mana left in the beast so he would only get a small amount of EXP if there wasn''t much mana left in it.
Selling it was better since its parts would surely be valuable.
Harry stood up and made a few stretches before staring off in the distance.
''I still want to hunt more beast'' He mumbled. He was expecting to receive a quest for hunting stage two beasts, but unfortunately, he didn''t receive any.
But he didn''t think about it for long and simply kept moving, in search of his next target.
Compared to the green zone areas where beasts were rather easy to find, most of mana beasts in the yellow zones were more territorial, so finding two different kinds of beasts together wasn''t toomon.
After walking for a few seconds, Harry finally came across another beast.
It was a huge bear that stood at two meters with small brown eyes and ck furs that covered its body beautifully.
Roar!!
It let out a loud roar before gnashing its teeth, making a weird sound of metal scrapping against each other.
Harry recognized the beast, It was called iron-toothed bear and just as its name implied, its teeth were as strong as iron.
''elerate.'' He muttered, feeling a familiar light and refreshing feeling spread around his whole body.
[+70 points temporarily allocated to agility]
Suddenly the ck bear charged at Harry, just as it reached Harry, it raised one of its hands, with the aim to smack Harry with its paw.
However, its speed was quite slowat least to Harry.
While he could feel the strength behind that attack, the mana beast''s speed was rather slow, giving him enough time to dodge and evenunch a counterattack.
The iron-toothed bears were known for their great strength, thick hide and strong regeneration, but one part where they came short was their speed.
Harry immediately dashed to the side, but not beforeunching two wind des towards the beasts other arm.
The des travelled in the air at great speed, and in the blink of an eye, they hit the bear''s left hand, leaving a cut that was quite deep.
Roarrr!
The bear growled in anger before dashing towards Harry again, this time on all fours and its speed was faster too.
Blood was dripping from the wound inflicted on it, but at the same time, the injury was healing and closing.
''As expected its regeneration is really strong.'' Harry mumbled inwardly.
His eyes squinted slightly as he stared at the angry beast rushing towards him, however, his expression showed no sign of fear.
The bear suddenly raised both his hands up while standing on its hind legs in a bid to smash Harry to the ground.
But Harry had already expected this and he immediately jumped backwards, escaping the smash by a hairbreadth.
Stretching both his hands forwards, he immediately conjured three wind needles beforeunching them towards the beasts eyes.
In the blink of an eye, the wind needles pierced the bear''s eyes, causing them to bleed and rendering the beast blind; though temporarily.
Roarrr!
The bear roared in agony, it subconsciously brought both his arms to his eyes while trashing around in pain.
Harry didn''t give it any time to rest or heal though.
He suddenly dashed to the side once more, in order to get a clear shot at the beast''s neck.
''Wind sh!'' He eximed inwardly as he swung his hand forwards in an horizontal arc, sending a powerful sh of wind towards the beast neck.
Just as the sh was about to hit the bear''s neck, it suddenly turned, causing it to hit the side of its neck instead.
''Tsk.'' Harry let out a low hiss seeing how the beast managed to turn at thest second.
He wanted to simply end things with thatst attack, if it managed tond cleanly on the bear''s neck, the beast would probably die.
Arge cut appeared at the side of its neck, the cut was quite deep and blood bled from it.
Roarrr!!
The bear roared once more before dashing towards Harry, except this time, Its actions and movements seemed wilder.
It kept swinging its hands violently, without caring for his surroundings and only trying to kill Harry.
Though thest attack didn''t im his life, it still left a serious injury on its neck and this angered it. The wound was already healing, but its neck was throbbing in pain.
However, despite its rage and increasingly violent attacks, Harry kept on dodging everything by jumping and moving around with minimal movements.
This further enraged the beast. It suddenly raised both his hands and let out another roar, one filled with more anger and desperation.
But the bear raising its hands gave Harry a few seconds of rest to release an attack of his own, and he didn''t n on wasting it.
''A chance!'' He eximed inwardly and immediately swung one of his arm,unching another wind sh.
Chapter 118 Fruitful
Chapter 118 Fruitful
''A chance!'' He eximed inwardly and immediately swung one of his arm,unching another wind sh.
The wind sh cut through the air with great speed and within the blink of an eye, itnded cleanly on the bear''s neck, leaving a deep cut.
Blood gushed out of the cut and the huge bear choked on its own blood before falling to the ground, dead.
[+11000EXP]
''This one was a lot easierpared to the cobra.'' Harry thought.
If he had fought this beast a few minutes ago when he still hadn''t leveled up his skills, it would have definitely been a lot more difficult to defeat it.
He then removed the beast core and absorbed it, getting another round of EXP.
[+5000EXP]
This time, he didn''t absorb the bear''s body, but stored it in his storage device instead.
A light smile appeared on his face and he started moving deeper into the forest to hunt more beasts.
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A slight smile appeared on Harry''s face as he ced his feet on top of arge tiger-like beast.
After killing the bear, he hunted down three more beasts, including this one, bringing the total number of stage two beasts he hunted today to five.
The tiger-like beast had ck stripes and orange skin just likes normal tiger, but its whiskers were thrice longer and the fangs in its mouth were also twice thicker and sharper.
It was a beast known for its speed and tenacity, defeating this mana beast wasn''t easy for Harry and the number of times he came close to death when fighting it was more than one.
He was only able to defeat it through the optimal utilization of his skills and his high stats.
It was why he also felt happy when he finally defeated it, it showed that he had indeed improved.
The smile on his face grew bigger when he saw the notification that shed across his eyes.
[+12000EXP]
[Level up!]
Today''s adventure into the beast forest was nothing less than fruitful for him.
Not only did he level up twice, but most of his skills had also gone up a level and became more powerful.
Apart from that, he felt that he had improved personally, putting himself in life or death fights had definitely improved his fighting senses and that made him d.
''That''s it for today'' He mumbled with a slight smile on his face. Though he said this, it wasn''t because he was tired or exhausted.
Leveling up had already replenished all his stamina and energy and it felt like he hadn''t even been in any fight.
But he was already quite drained mentally from constant fights with mana beasts, and even the system couldn''t really help with that.
After removing the beast core, he absorbed it, causing another notification to sh through his eyes.
[+7000EXP]
While he could have easily sold the beast core for arge amount of money, he didn''t since he still had to keep a low profile and keep his real capabilities hidden.
He had also absorbed the bodies of the two other beast''s he hunted after the bear, along with their beast cores, which was why he was able to level up.
''Mana steal.'' He mumbled, as he ced his hands on the beast body, and started absorbing the remaining mana that was left in it.
The tiger''s body slowly dried up and its furs started thinning out as Harry absorbed its remaining mana.
[+4000EXP]
After that, he stored the beast''s body in his storage device, feeling that he had done enough for today.
Those clothes made with beast''s skin and more durable materials were very 00:18
expensive, since he had already exhausted most of his money on the storage device, His clothes were already roughened and even a little tattered, and his current appearance was like that of a homeless beggar.
The only reason his clothes were roughened to this extent was because he used normal clothes made with the usual textile materials, instead of getting those more resistant and durable.
Those clothes made with beast''s skin and more durable materials were very expensive, since he had already exhausted most of his money on the storage device, he couldn''t even get a single shirt made with mana beast skin.
He nned on getting into an hotel after selling the bodies of the beast''s in his storage device.
Taking onest look towards the zone that was located some distance away from him, he smirked and then, turned and started leaving the forest.
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After walking for a few minutes, Harry finally came out of the forest. He paused his steps for a second as he stared at the hub which was as vibrant as usual.
His eyes squinted slightly as he started walking forward, awkwardly looking to the side while hoping that he would find somewhere he could trade beast bodies.
His appearance attracted a few stares from those in the stalls, most of them only nced at him for a second before taking their eyes away.
Due to his appearance, they felt that he was probably someone weak who ventured into the beast forest without proper preparation and got seriously injured.
He felt a little awkward just staring around.
Since this was his first time hunting mana beasts, he didn''t know anyone here and he couldn''t approach just anyone to sell the beasts.
''Ahh yes, the map.'' Harry thought. The map in the watch given to him didn''t just contain information about the zones but also information on the hub, he felt stupid for even forgetting that.
The information on the ''hub'' was a little confusing but he was able to understand it.
ording to the map, the area where beast core dealers and beast bodies traders were located was quite deep in hub.
Following the map, he took a turn to the right and after walking for a few minutes, he arrived at an area that was quite sophisticated.
Each of the shops in this area were nicely decorated and the surroundings looked more advanced.
After looking around for a few more seconds, he walked to the shop closest to him.
At the counter, a young boy who looked to be no more than 14 years was resting his head the surface, he had a bored expression on his face and kept tapping his hands on the surface.
But the moment he noticed Harry, his face brightened a little and he hurriedly stood upright.
"Hello sir, what can I do for you?"
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Chapter 119 Trading
Chapter 119 Trading
"Hello sir, what can I do for you?"
Harry used a second to look at the boy.
The boy had short ck hair and midnight ck eyes, his face looked young and immature and there was a few freckles at each side of his face.
However, what surprised Harry was that despite the boy''s young appearance, he could sense that he was already a peak stage one elementalist.
Doing this at such a young age wasn''t easy and this spoke lengths about his talent.
Apart from that, the ck haired boy didn''t seem to care about his appearance and treated him no difference than he would another person.
"I have some mana beast bodies that I would like to sell." Harry said, focusing on what he originally came here for.
Since the map said this area was where he would be able to sell beast bodies and beast cores, he didn''t see any reason to lie about it.
The moment the ck haired boy heard Harry''s words, his eyes shone with joy.
"Okay, follow me." He mumbled and then walked into the shop, while Harry followed behind him.
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Harry looked around the shop with a weird expression on his face.
In front of him was arge brown table, the table seemed ordinary but Harry doubted that it was.
The ck haired boy from before along with a tall ck haired man stood at the other side of the table.
The man, whose name he learnt was Neil, and the boy, whose name was Ben, had simr facial structures, but the man''s was a lot more mature, making it obvious that they were either father and son or at least rted in some way.
The interior of the shop was actually quite small and nd, it didn''t seem like a ce where something as precious as beast cores were traded.
However, despite the rather nd appearance of the shop, Harry felt an odd sense of danger, it was safe to say the ce was reinforced by some sort of artefact, and it was probably one that was quite powerful.
"So where''s the beast?" Neil asked calmly. "Just ce it on the table."
His expression was quite nonchnt and he wasn''t expecting much, after all, from what he could sense, Harry was only a stage one Elementalist.
"Ohh, okay." Harry said, focusing his attention back on the duo.
He brought out his storage device and then paused for a second with a weird expression before bringing out a rather small beast body from it.
He did it in such a way that the beast''s body appeared on the table.
He didn''t bring out all he had at once because he wanted to know how much he could get for one beast body first, and also to observe how things would y out.
The mana beast was a wolf-type with thick brown furs and sharp fangs that jutted out of its wide open mouth.
Its body was stillas one would expect from a dead animaland the expression on its face was frozen.
The name of this beast was "brown wolf", it was one of the stage one beast Harry killed in the forest.
Out of all five stage one mana beasts that he killed, he absorbed the beast cores and bodies of two, making them impossible to sell, but he reserved the bodies and cores of the other three, so he would be able to sell them.
This wolf-type beast was one of the three he didn''t absorb.
It was quite weak so killing it was also easy, he made sure to finish the fight quicker so he would not ruin the body as he did with the bat-eyed dog''s.
He also brought out the beast core and ced it beside the body.
Neil stared at the beast''s body for a few seconds, observing it as if to confirm something.
However, a weird expression shed through his eyes when he saw the beast core.
Whenever people of Harry''s agee to the shop to sell mana beast''s bodies, they rarely sold the beast cores with it.
Most of them would rather just absorb it to increase their mana, so he was quite surprised when Harry offered to sell the beast core.
Oddly enough, he didn''t touch either the body or the beast core, but simply looked at it from a distance.
The boy by his side had an excited and impatient expression as he stared at the beast core.
It was as if he wanted to devour it. Ben had always had some sort of fascination with beast cores, from the day he became an Elementalist.
He even wanted to hunt hunt mana beasts on his own, but his father had always disallowed him saying that he was too young and the dangers were too high, so all he could was stare at the beast cores people brought to his father''s shop with fascination.
Suddenly, a thin red line appeared from the table and went over the beast''s body and core in a semi-circle.
Just before it got to the other side of the body, the line''s colour changed from red to green and Neil nodded his head slightly.
Harry''s eyes widened slightly when he noticed this, just as he had expected, the table wasn''t just any table, but an artefact.
He couldn''t help but wonder what grade it was.
It seemed like what it just did was confirm the body''s authenticity.
Neil looked back at Harry before he said: "The mana beast body would sell for 50000 Credits. And the core for 150000 credits."
Harry''s eyes widened when he heard the amount said by the man.
''So much money for just one mana beast'' Harry mumbled inwardly with his eyes shining with glee.
Without hesitation, he agreed and Neil brought out his storage device.
He ced the beast body and core in the storage device and then brought out arge waddle of cash which was 200000C from it, before passing it to Harry.
Harry stared at the money in his hands and a slight smile appeared on his face.
After confirming the payment, he ced it in his storage device.
He then suddenly brought out all the other mana beast bodies and cores from his storage device and ced it on top of therge table, causing Neil and Ben''s eyes to widen in surprise.
"How much for all this?" Harry asked with one of the corners of his lips tugged upwards in pride.
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Chapter 120 Comprehending an element[1]
120 Comprehending an element[1]
"How much for all this?" Harry asked with a smug expression.
Neil''s eyes were widened as he stared at the beast bodies thatid on the table.
Ben was also taken aback by the mana beasts on the table but his focus was more on the two small cores that were glowing with a dim yellow light.
''Beast cores'' He mumbled inwardly with his eyes shining. He was even about to reach his hand out for it, before his father tapped him lightly, telling him to caution himself.
He pouted and then turned his head from the table, facing Harry instead, with admiration in his eyes.
There were two stage one mana beasts and both had fairlyrge bodies, the cores were also ced on the table beside the bodies.
However, what caught Neil''s attention the most was the body of the huge ck bear thatid sprawled in front of him.
He didn''t even need to use his mana sense before he was able to recognise the stage of the beast in front of him.
It wasn''t that he had never seen beast bodies before, but rather because he was surprised that Harry, a stage one elementalist, managed to kill a stage two beast.
"A ck bear?" Neil mumbled, with a tinge of surprise in his voice.
Angry ck bear, or angry bears as most likes to call them, were very strong and what made them terrifying was the fact that the angrier they got, the more their strength seemed to growthat was why they were called "angry bears".
Since Harry came here alone, it meant that he went into the forest without anypany.
It was definitely impossible for a group of stage one Elementalists to take down a ck bear, and even more impossible for a single one.
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Harry copsed on the soft foam of his bed with a deep sigh.
He was currently in a different set of clothes than the one he wore when he went into the beast forest.
He was putting on a simply blue designer shirt alone with matching ck pants.
After selling the beast core, Neil directed him to a small inn that existed in the ''hub'', advising him to clean up and change his clothes.
While it was a little embarrassing to be reminded about his tattered appearance, Harry had taken his bath there and also changed his former rough and dirty clothes into fresh ones.
He had stored some other clothes in his storage device beforehand, feeling like there might be a need for them, and those extra clothes were what he changed into.
He felt quite exhausted after everything that happened today.
Although all the injuries from the beast forest were healedpletely after his level up, he still felt quite exhausted mentally.
He came home straight from the beast forest, without even bothering to return the daggers first.
He could always return it the next day.
His lips curled up into a slight smile when he remembered what happened earlier when he was selling the beast cores and bodies.
The expression on the faces of Neil and Ben after he revealed the number of beast bodies in his possession was definitely one to die for.
He even got Neil''s contact, promising to contact him any other time he had a beast core or beast body to sell.
His eyes shed with a weird glint when he remembered how Neil acted after he brought out the ck bear.
He had expected Neil to question him about how he got the beast and even go as far as conducting an investigation on the beast''s death.
He even prepared an excuse beforehand in case something like that happened.
But to his surprise, Neil didn''t ask any question and simply checked the authenticity of the body as he would for any other mana beast.
It turned out he was the one being too paranoid.
It was no surprise though, beast core dealers and traders didn''t exactly care about things like how the beast was killed or if it was stolen, all that concerned them was it should be in good condition.
The excuse he had prepared was that he came across two mana beasts engaging in a heated battle; with one being the bear and the other a tiger-type mana beast.
And after the fight was over, the other mana beast walked away and he simply crawled out of his hiding ce and stored the bear in his storage device.
Thinking about it now, his so called "good excuse" might have never even worked in the first ce.
It had a lot of holes in it that could easily be found out, and he now felt happy that he had never used it.
He chuckled lightly before suddenly sitting up on his bed.
Bringing out his storage device from his pockets, he checked the amount of money that was there and smirked.
Whether his "excuse" would have worked or not didn''t matter, all that mattered was that he sold the stage two beast body! And for a huge sum at that!
He got a total of 370000 credits from selling other two stage one mana beasts and 250000 credits from the bear''s body alone, bringing the total amount of money he earned today to 620000 credits!
Out of that amount, he had already spent ten thousand credits in the inn where he freshened up and only had 610000 credits with him.
Putting the storage device away, Harry''s face turned serious.
''Host stats.''
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[Host Stats]
[Name: Harry Morton]
[Race: Human]
[ss: Novice Manaless Mage]
[Level: 17]
[EXP: 19000/85000]
[H/P: 220/220]
[Energy: 330/330]
[Strength: 84]
[Agility: 81]
[Stamina: 80]
[Perception: 99]
[Endurance: 81]
[Intelligence: 78]
[Mental: 78]
[Charm: 76]
{Stat Points: 20]
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Looking at his stats now, it had indeed improved. But one thing that still irked him was the name "Morton" at the top, however, he was no longer too worried about it since it would only be temporary.
The name change process was long and since he had no connections, it was even somewhat longer for him, but everything would be finalised by the next week.
However, neither his name or his stats were what worried him the most, but a quest he had yet toplete.
Switching to the [Quests] tab, a familiar set of tabs and characters appeared across his eyes.
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[New Quest Alert!]
[Unlocking Affinities ]
Comprehend An Affinity
[Quest Progress: Fire Affinity {6%}]
Time Limit: Six months {Time remaining: Four months}
>>Rewards Forpletion: 5000EXP, ss Evolution
>>Punishment For Quest Failure: 50% Reduction in all stats.
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Seeing the quest now, five thousand EXP didn''t seem to be as much experience points as it did to him before.
But the EXP was more like a bonus reward to him, the main rewards was the ss evolution.
Thest time he went through a ss evolution, his strength rose tremendously.
Despite being a sort of less ss, ording to the system, it still increased his strength a lot.
Due to this, he couldn''t help but wonder: how powerful was the actual "Manaless mage" ss?
Since the system was called [Manaless mage system], he knew that ss waspulsory for him.
He felt a little bitter at the fact that the system ced such an heavy punishment on the quest, but he knew better than anyone to doubt the system''s power.
If it really says his stats would be reduced by fifty percent, then it would really be reduced!
But the unfortunate thing about it all was the quest itself!
It was too difficult; both to understand and toplete!
He had already tried getting hints from the other voice, and all the other voice kept saying was: "all you have to do is to perfectly understand the element".
Of course, they was no way he could understand that!
He had tried doing it the only way he could understand by researching as much about the fire element as he could, but even after doing that for weeks, all he got was a six percent increase.
The percentage even went stagnant a few weeks ago, and hasn''t gone up even by 0.00001% despite all his efforts.
But a few days ago, he got a crazy idea on how he was supposed toplete this quest.
ording to the other voice, he should "perfectly understand" firesomething which sounded very stupid.
But he could now somewhat understand what the other voice meant, though he still felt like it sounded very weird.
Nothing about him or the system was ''normal '' in the first ce, so his first mistake was trying to approach this in the ''normal manner''.
''I hope this works'' Harry mumbled. His anxiety was already growing as about two months had passed and he still hadn''t made any significant progress. If he kept going at this rate, the four months would be over before he even knew it.
He sighed and then stood up from the bed before moving to the sitting room.
Positioning himself in a lotus position in front of the fire ce, Harry took a deep breath before lighting the firece.
Doing this felt very awkward since the current weather wasn''t cold in anyway, but was even quite hot. Anyone that saw him now would probably call him a mad man.
Harry brushed off all useless thoughts from his head and slowly stretched his hand towards the burning fire.
He made sure his hands weren''t touching the mes directly but he could still feel the heat emanating from it.
He ignored the burning pain he felt from the heat and tried his best to focus on the matter at hand.
''Energy control.'' He mumbled inwardly, closing his eyes and going into a state of utmost concentration.
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Chapter 121 Comprehending an element[2]
Chapter 121 Comprehending an element[2]
''Energy control.'' He mumbled inwardly, closing his eyes and going into a state of utmost concentration.
[Energy control]; it was a skill he learnt some weeks ago. It was more of a passive skill as it only helped him control his energy better, even without the activation of the skill, he could still control and move his energy but it would be a lot more difficult.
The moment he activated the skill and focused deep within himself, he saw it, the bright energy me that existed deep within him.
Compared to thest time when it seemed to only be the size of a football, this time it was a lot more bigger.
Another thing he noticed was that the blue and golden lines around the me seemed to have grown, no longer do they just seem like lines, but it was as if they were different mes on their own, swirling together with the white me.
He had never understood what those blue and gold mes meant, but he simply took it as natural.
His energy was different from mana anyway, so he knew the way they operated would defiantly not be the same, no matter no matter how simr they may seem.
With the activation of [Energy control], the edges of the me moved more vigorously.
He swayed the me a little, as if to test it before slowly channeling the energy to his arms.
Despite being so focused on the me within him, Harry could still feel the effect of his energy on his hands.
It wasn''t just his hands though, he could still feel his whole body, heck he could even feel every part of his body more than he would when he wasn''t in deep concentration.
It was as if each and every part of him were perfectly connected; from the white me burning brightly within him to even his body cells.
Though he wasn''t exactly ''seeing'' his body organs and cells, he could still feel them in his body.
He swirled his energy around his arms, slowly moving them towards his outstretched palms.
It felt as if his arms were submerged in a warm and refreshing liquid, right now, his hands felt so energised and it was as if he could destroy the whole world with a punch.
Harry''s eyes twitched, he deepened his concentration further and tried to bring his energy out of his skin.
No matter how many times he channeled his energy, breaking it through his skin had always been quite difficult.
Any little mistake and his concentration would be broken, meaning he would have to restart from the beginning.
After thinly coating the inneryer of his skin with his energy, he slowly swirled it around, trying to reduce the resistance and break through the outeryer.
Little by little, the resistance waned until a little amount of his energy broke out of his skin.
But from this point, things would only be more difficult.
Since his energy had left the ''barrier'' of his body, they became more difficult to sense and control.
The situation was simr to using a ma to control a piece of iron that was outside its maic field.
His body was like the "maic field", while the energy that existed outside of his body was like the "piece of iron".
However, Harry still didn''t give up and kept trying to control it.
His brows furrowed and sweat pooled on his forehead.
He didn''t rush it and decided to take things slow instead.
He tried sensing the small amount of energy first, and after a few minutes, he was finally able to sense and control it to some extent.
He gently swirled it around, before slowly channeling adding more energy to it.
After a few minutes, Harry had managed to channel quite a bit of energy outside his body, they coated his hands in a bright white hue.
But the white hue had a few tinges of blue and golden lines.
Though Harry''s hand was coated by a bright white hue, no other elementalist or mage, no matter how powerful they were would be able to see it.
Only he could see and sense his energy properly, to others, it had always appeared as non-existent for some reason.
Even now, what they would sense was an Elementalist channeling mana.
Despite the warm and refreshing sensation that spread around his hands, Harry didn''t get distracted.
He was already getting used to feeling that whenever he tried channeling his energy and wasn''t as distracted by it as before.
Slowly but surely, Harry moved the energy from his hands and slowly injected them into the burning fire in front of him.
Strangely enough, the fire didn''t show any difference despite Harry injecting his energy into it.
It burned at the same intensity at which it did before, and the colour remained the same.
As for Harry, he felt as if he could feel the fire itself.
''Is that what the other voice meant when he said I should ''perfectly understand'' the element?'' Harry thought to himself with a slight frown.
He injected more of his energy into the burning fire, and noticed that he couldn''t just feel it, he could sense it also.
It was weird to exin but he could feel each and every part of the fire, he could sense its movements, every little sway of the mes.
It was as if he was connected to it as if he understood the fire itself.
His eyes furrowed deeply and his breathing got heavier.
He focused more of this new feeling and sensation, while slowly moving more energy into the mes.
The more energy he put into the fire, the faster and easier it was to ''sense'' the fire.
He could tell he was making progress.
This was exactly what the other voice and the system wanted him to do, and how he would ''understand'' and finallyprehend the fire element!
However, just as he felt himself getting closer to a breakthrough in the elementprehension, a huge sudden wave of exhaustion and hunger suddenly washed over him.
The pain and exhaustion jolted him out of his concentration and his body copsed on the ground.
He kept breathing heavily as he stared at the system notifications shing across his eyes.
[WARNING! Low energy!]
[WARNING! Low energy!]
It seemed like he had expended his energy and couldn''t go on with theprehension process any longer.
''Host stats''
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[Host Stats]
[Name: Harry Morton]
[Race: Human]
[ss: Novice Manaless Mage]
[Level: 17]
[EXP: 19000/85000]
[H/P: 220/220]
[Energy: 5/330]
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Seeing how low his energy had gotten,the edges of Harry''s lips curled into a slight smile. He finally understood why it suddenly felt as if his soul suddenly left him.
Since he had been so focused onprehending and understanding the fire, he never bothered to check the white me within him that kept reducing with every passing second.
His energy wasn''t unlimited, so of course, the more energy he ced into the fire, the lesser the me inside of him got.
Ever since he evolved, he doubted his energy had ever gotten this low.
''I''ve only been doing this for a few minutes, but look how spent my energy is'' Harry thought, but the moment he turned his head to the side and checked the clock that was on the wall, his eyes widened and he realised how wrong he was!
An hour had passed since he startedprehending the fire element!
It was as if time moved slower when he was in deep concentration so he didn''t notice how much time had passed.
''But I feel so exhausted it''s as if every part of my body is tired.'' Harry mumbled inwardly as he let out a loud, drawn out yawn.
He slowly stretched his hand and grabbed the storage device thatid some distance away from him and brought out whatever snack he could find.
He had always carried snacks and foodstuffs in his storage device, to prepare for any emergency that may ur, but even he hadn''t expected that he would need them now.
Without care he gobbled down all of them recklessly, his cheeks puffed out and his mouth moving continuously.
After eating all the snacks, he felt a little strength return to him and was finally able to sit up.
After turning off the firece, Harry checked the [Quest] panel once more, to see how far he had progressed.
Though he knew he had definitely made some progress, he wanted to know how much.
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[New Quest Alert!]
[Unlocking Affinities ]
Comprehend An Affinity
[Quest Progress: Fire Affinity {26%}]
Time Limit: Six months {Time remaining: Four months}
>>Rewards Forpletion: 5000EXP, ss Evolution
>>Punishment For Quest Failure: 50% Reduction in all stats.
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His eyes widened as he read through the set of tabs in front of him.
The progress percentage had gone up by a whopping twenty percent! That was the highest amount of progress he had ever made inprehending the fire element.
Of course, this made him happy!
Harry felt so excited that he wanted to pump his fists, but he couldn''t as his hands were too tired for that, so his lips only curled up in a happy and satisfied smile.
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Chapter 122 Training with the team
Chapter 122 Training with the team
While a twenty percent progression increase might not seem like much, he still felt very happy about it.
For the past two months, he had only been able to increase the progress of the fire elementprehension by six precent.
And now it went up twenty percent all in one go, that was a massive amount of progress.
Apart from that, he was no longer as clueless on how toprehend the fire element as he was a few weeks ago.
From today, he would definitely start progressing quite fast in the elementprehension.
Today''s progress could have been higher, but because he made the mistake of being impatient, it was a lower that what it could have been.
He definitely wouldn''t repeat the same mistake twice.
While he was still relishing in the happiness he felt for finally making a huge progress, a system notification suddenly shed across his eyes.
[Energy control level up!]
[Skill "Energy control" now level 4!]
Harry''s eyes shone the moment he saw this notification and he felt like jumping up in joy, but he couldn''t as he was too tired for that.
It wasn''t too surprising that the skill levelled up, with what he did today, it would be more surprising if it didn''t.
Harry yawned while slowly standing up. His whole body still felt very exhausted from the energy exhaustion.
[Took you long enough to understand something so simple]
The other voice resounded in his head, but despite the somewhat mockingment, Harry could tell that it was proud of him.
"Yeah yeah some great teacher you are" He muttered sarcastically while yawning again.
What he wanted more than anything now was toy down on his bed and drift into the sweet hands of sleep.
His energy was already recovering, but it still wasn''t enough to deal with the amount of mental exhausted he felt.
The walk to his room was the longest in his life. Each of his steps dragged slowly on the ground, and he kept yawning tiredly.
After a few minutes, he got to his room and slumped on the bed, feeling afortable wave of rxation wash over him as he sunk into the soft foam.
Just before he dozed off, his mind briefly wandered around the things he still had to do tomorrow.
He was supposed to go to the restaurant for his usual part-time job, but he felt too tired and doubted he could even make it there today.
He would simply give an excuse about being sick, which wasn''t exactly wrong since he wasn''t in the best of conditions.
There was also the training with sarahthe top one academy Elementalist and his teammateand his other teammatesing up in a few days time for the rankingpetition.
Well, he wasn''t yet sure of who his teammates were going to be, he was sure he would meet them soon, since ording to sarah, there were already three in the team before him, including her.
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Three dayster
A group of five people could be seen standing in what looked like a training room.
The room was veryrge, almost like a living room on its own and it had different advanced training equipments, ranging from weights to targets and many other things.
In front of them stood a beautiful girl with long blonde hair and bright grey eyes, her skin was smooth and her body was smooth with curves in the right ces.
She was putting on the elite students uniform, however, the colour of this one was a bit different from the one she wore when she met Harry.
It was a ck uniform with golden cors and two thick golden lines running down the sidesaplete opposite to the regr golden one with ck cors.
Her eyes seemed rather bored and nonchnt as she stared at the four people in front of her.
Most of them were staring around while muttering in awe at the grandeur of the training room.
"Wow so this is the training room of an elite student." A short girl with pink hair tied into a bun, her face was quite pretty and her short appearance made her appear quite cute.
"Yes~ the mana in the air is so dense I wish I could stay here forever~" Another boy with short blonde hair and thin lips muttered while staring around in awe.
His eyes were basically shining as he kept looking around the training room, wanting to take in everything that existed in the room.
Sarah shook her head slightly as she watched their expressions, a slight smile appeared on her face but it was only for a moment before it vanished almost immediately.
She was quite amused by their actions, but it wasn''t too surprising.
Just then, her eyes wandered around for a bit before stopping on the brown haired boy with deep ck eyes that stood calmly at the side.
His actions were quiteposedpared to the other two, but he still couldn''t hide the light flicker of amusement and surprise that shed through his eyes as looked around the training room.
She noticed that the the tall ck haired boy standing beside Harry seemed to be rather dissatisfied with his presence, but she ignored him.
It wasn''t her business, and if he did something stupid that seemed like it would affect the team, she wouldn''t hesitate to kick him out.
Aplicated expression shed through her eyes before she turned her head away. ''He is different from thest time I met him I can''t put my hand on it but something about him has changed.'' She thought.
Harry was quite taken aback at the difference between the training room of the elite studentspared to the ones in the training hall.
As one would have guessed, they were currently in Sarah''s personal training room provided to her by the academy.
It wasn''t actually located in her dorm room as one would expect, so they didn''t have to enter her room or anything of the sort.
If was located right beside it, only separated by the wall that divided them.
The mana in the air was quite dense and even if an untalented Elementalist was ced in the room for a few months, they were sure to break through to the next stage or at leaste close to it.
''No wonder the top twenty five position is coveted so much in the academy, they really do get the best training materials.'' Harry thought.
He was sure that the quality of the elite training rooms differed depending on the rank and position of the elite student themselves.
''Even if I don''t try too hard in thispetition, I should still be able to get myself a spot in the top twenty five position.''
It wasn''t that he was being proud or overconfident, he was just that confident in his strength.
However, one thing that caught his attention the most was the dense amount of mana he could sense from a particr area of the room.
It was from a small blue door that was at the corner of the training room, Harry wasn''t sure but he was certain that therge amount of mana he was sensing was from there.
But he didn''t think much of it, neither did he try to investigate it, unwilling to put himself on Sarah''s bad records on the first training day.
''It is probably a mana chamber as expected, the academy does invest a lot into elite students.'' Harry thought with a slight smile.
Mana chamber, just like the name implied, was a chamber containing insanely dense amount of mana.
A Mana chamber didn''t have to be a veryrge room, and could even be a small room.
Runes that absorbed the mana from the surroundings into the chamber were inscribed on the walls.
The density and amount of mana in the chamber depended on the quality of runes and materials used in making the chamber.
Since the mana in it was already so dense, by training and meditating in it, an elementalist would definitely be able to absorb a lot more mana than he/she normally would while being outside the chamber.
But for Harry, it would be useless since he didn''t have a mana core and couldn''t draw or absorb mana.
From the side, he could feel a piercing gaze of hostility drilling into his back, but he ignored it and acted like he felt nothing.
It was from a tall ck haired student, with a nose so thin that it seemed almost non-existent.
The student was actually quite powerful, having already broke through to the early second mana core stage.
Harry noticed that he had been staring at him since he came here but he didn''t bother acknowledging it, feeling that he should focus more on the uing training.
"Fine! That''s enough sightseeing!" Sarah suddenly said, jolting the two students who were still looking around from their thoughts.
The pink haired girl and blonde haired boy coughed awkwardly, embarrassed at their actions.
"So, let us star" Just as she was about to speak, a loud voice suddenly interrupted her.
"I feel like there are some unworthy students who shouldn''t be here!" The tall ck haired boy suddenly said.
Sarah''s eyebrows twitched uncontrobly for a few minutes and it seemed like she was trying really hard to hold in her anger.
While she might be known as the most easy going among the elite students, she still had her pride and the fact that a mere student made her cut her words midway made her annoyed.
Her eyes slowly moved to the student who just spoke and immediately she released her mana pressure, focusing it on the rude student.
Chapter 123 Kerr
Chapter 123 Kerr
Her eyes slowly moved to the student who just spoke and immediately she released some of her her mana pressure, focusing it on the rude student.
"What did you say Kerr?" She slowly asked with a cold look on her face.
The face of the student known as kerr morphed into one of fear the moment he felt Sarah''s pressure.
Despite being a stage two Elementalist on his own, he could feel the huge pressure bearing down on his shoulders.
It was as a heavy mountain was ced above him, slowly and agonisingly trying to crush him.
His knees started quaking and before long he found himself slowly trying to kneel on the ground.
He then tried fighting back using his own mana pressure, but the moment he tried that, the amount of pressure on him increased fourfold, and his knees fell to the ground before he knew it.
The other two students standing beside him also felt chills run down their spines. Although the pressure wasn''t focused on them, the amount and density of the mana oozing out of her was nothing to scoff at and it made the air seem a little choking.
''She really isn''t no 1 for nothing'' They both agreed in their minds, feeling bad for the ck haired boy who was unfortunate to get in her bad side.
Harry was the only one not affected despite sarah releasing her mana pressure. He was Manaless so mana pressure didn''t affect him in the slightest.
''I guess she''s also prideful in her own way.'' He thought. Perhaps it was because thest time, she didn''t exactly show her power, but Harry felt like her mana had be denser and her overall power had increased; albeit slightly.
"I said what did you say?" Sarah asked again, in a cold voice. "Did you mean I chose wrongly?"
"N-no I''m sorry!" He hurriedly said, feeling pains from the force of his knees digging into the hard floor. ''I can''t do anything is this the amount of distance between our strengths?''
Just then, sarah suddenly retracted her mana pressure, causing Kerr to heave a sigh of relief.
Sarah sighed before cing her hand on her face. She felt like she and overreacted a little, it was just that people like the ck haired student in question annoyed her.
People who thought of themselves higher than others just because they were a little stronger.
She only picked him because of his fire element and to bnce the team properly, if he showed any signs of being a handicap for the team, she wouldn''t hesitate to send him off.
After all, there were a lot of fire elementalists in the academy and the deadline to select team members wasn''t over yet.
Suddenly, her eyes shone with a strange glint as she stared at the ck haired student.
"Unworthy students who shouldn''t be here uh?" She muttered, but still, all those in the room could hear her.
"Fine. Show me one of those students who are unworthy of being here then" She said.
Kerr hurriedly got up from his knees while breathing heavily, the memories of what happened before still haunted him and he felt afraid at the sight of Sarah''s face. ''She''s so scary.''
"Huh?" He mumbled when he heard her words.
"I said show me the ones who are unworthy." Sarah repeated, her voice colder, sending child down Kerr''s spine.
Seeing the expression on her face, he immediately tried to back down, to exin that there was no need for that anymore.
However, sarah shut him up with a cold re before he even had a chance to speak.
He gulped, with small beads of sweat looking around his forehead.
Suddenly his eyes shone. Wasn''t this an opportunity, to get rid of the one that irritated him?
A smile appeared on his face as he suddenly he turned towards Harry who stood by his side, staring at him with a smug expression on his face.
"He has only been an elementalist for barely two months why does he have to be in the same team as us?" By "us" he meant, he and sarah who were the "strong ones" in the group.
Harry simply stared at him with an indifferent expression that only served to increase the anger he felt.
He wasn''t surprised at Kerr''s words, not in the least.
In fact, he had already expected it. From the way Kerr had been ring at him from the beginning, it was obvious that he disliked being in the same team as him.
Besides, not everyone in the academy had the nicest thoughts of him. Some felt like he cheated his way into bing an Elementalist, while some saw him as weak since he only started elemental training a few months ago.
The only ones who knew that wasn''t true were the elementalists who had fought him him and witnessed a glimpse of his true strength.
The other two Elementalist who stood beside Harry had awkward expressions on their faces. There didn''t know what to do in this situation and just decided to let everything y out. After all, it wasn''t their business.
To them, they were only lucky that sarah chose to include them to her team, and they were already happy for that, trying to do more was nothing less than stupid.
A strange glint shed through Sarah''s eyes, and her lips curled into a slight smile that was almost unnoticeable.
"Fine then." She suddenly said while staring at Harry with an unreadable expression.
''I just can''t understand this girl.'' Harry thought to himself.
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A few minutester.
Harry and the Elementalist known as Kerr could be seen standing opposite each other.
Unlike Harry who had a rather rxed expression on his face, Kerr had a wide smile on his face.
ording to sarah, Kerr should fight against Harry to prove if he was really more "worthy" of being here.
Since he said Harry wasn''t worthy of being in the team due to being an elementalist that only started elemental training about two months ago, he should fight him and if he won, Harry would leave the team.
But if he lost, he would be the one to leave the team.
Of course, Sarah had no ns of taking Harry off the team. She only proposed the idea because she wanted to have a grasp of Harry''s strength.
Whether Harry lost or not, it didn''t matter, but it was a different case if Kerr lost instead.
Kerr didn''t know this and saw this as his chance to humiliate Harry and prove his worth. He had a fourth year student in the academy and was also talented with a high grade fire affinity.
While his family wasn''t exactly influential or rich, he still managed to reach the second mana core stage at the age of sixteen, something which was seen as an achievement.
He had also heard about Harry, the student who awakened his affinityte and joined the elemental sses, and it was safe to say he didn''t exactly have a good image of Harry in his mind.
In his mind, someone like Harry didn''t deserve to join the elemental sses. He had seen Harry a few times back when he was still without a mana core foundation and what he thought of him was pitiful and hopeless.
The thought that someone so pitiful was given a chance to join the elemental sses irked him somewhat, but since they were in different academy yearswith Harry being his seniorthey don''t meet much.
What he didn''t expect was to meet such a person in the same team as him, for him, this was a chance. A chance to prove that Harry was a weakling who deserved to be beneath him!
The moment sarah snapped her fingers which was the order for them to start, he dashed forward, casting a tier one spell called me dash.
Little bursts of mes immediately appeared at the back of his legs, increasing his speed and propelling him forward.
Kerr pulled one of his hand backwards, preparing tounch another spell just as he closed in on Harry.
Harry simply stared at the approaching fire Elementalist with a bored expression.
He had already scanned his stats using [Probe] and saw that except from Kerr''s stats being a little higher than that of normal Elementalists, he was nothing special.
Even the speed at which he was approaching him was so slow that even without using any speed boost skills, his eyes could follow him without any difficulty.
''I''ll end this quickly.'' Harry thought and immediately took a step forward.
Kerr''s eyes immediately widened when he suddenly saw Harry vanished from his sight, before he could even react he felt a very heavy fist sink into his stomach, knocking the air out of him.
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Chapter 124 All vs one[1]
Chapter 124 All vs one[1]
He began to cough repeatedly, with his eyes widened his shock.
He tried to prevent himself from falling unconscious, but he couldn''t help it and his body slowly fell down to the ground and he lost consciousness.
But just before, he closed his eyes, he stared at Harry, shocked at the amount of strength he was able to summon from such slender body.
Harry simply stared back at him indifferently, unsurprised about the turn of events.
All he had to do to knock Kerr out was move to his side, before delivering a ''light'' punch to the side of his torso.
Though he didn''t use his full speed or full strength, Kerr was still unable to follow his movements and even if he held back his punch, it was still stronger than that of more than half of the students in the academy.
The other two students who witnessed what just happened had their eyes and mouth wide open in shock.
When Sarah first epted Kerr''s request to spar with Harry and prove that Harry was indeed unworthy to be in the team, they felt that Sarah''s decision was absurd.
cing a stage one Elementalist against an early stage two elementalist was nothing but stupid since it was sure that thetter would winor so they thought.
They were already even saying their prayers for Harry, inwardly hoping Kerr wouldn''t be so stupid as to use his full strength against Harry.
They expected the fight to end very soon, but what they didn''t expect was for Harry to defeat Kerr in such a short time, and in such an easy manner. He didn''t even cast any spell.
This made them realise somethingHarry was strong. His mana core stage might be low but his physical capabilities were on another level.
Even they couldn''t see his figure when he moved, he was like a blur and the fight was over in a sh.
They felt that Sarah already knew about this and its was why she didn''t seem to be against the fight, but what they didn''t know was that even the blonde haired beauty was surprised.
She stared at the brown haired boy looking down at Kerr with slightly parted mouth, but it didn''t take long for her to regain herposure.
She shook her head slightly, feeling slightly embarrassed at her actions. Fortunately, it seemed like no one in the training room noticed her and were more focused on Harry.
''It seems like he is someone with high physical strength and speed and also some fighting experience.''
''To go up against an elementalist one stage higher without even trying to cast any spells, relying solely on physical abilities I didn''t choose wrong.'' She thought and a her lips curved into a slight smile. ''He is more like abat mage.''
However, she was still a little surprised. She made a small research about Harry in the academy before now, and from what she heard, he used to be really weak and always got bullied by his mates and even his juniors.
She had also heard about the boy with a shattered mana foundation that attended the academy, but she had never bothered about it since she was always so busy with getting stronger and other things.
So she couldn''t help but wonder, what happened? What changed?
She shook her head slightly and then removed every useless thought from her mind.
She made a light cough to bring everyone''s attention back on herself, something which seeded as all heads in the room turned to her.
She nodded slightly and slowly made her way towards Kerr whoid still on the floor. She kicked him at his side; the kick was not too light or heavy but it was more than enough to jolt back his consciousness.
Kerr immediately winced before opening his eyes. He slowly sat up, staring around with his brows furrowed in confusion.
Since he just regained consciousness, his mind was still fuzzy and his brain hadn''t fully registered what was going on yet.
However, the moment he set his eyes on Harry, everything came rushing back and he subconsciously moved back in fear and shock.
"Wait! There''s no way I losthe cheated! Beli" He was about to deny and find someway to justify his loss, when his eyes suddenly met Sarah''s cold re and he froze, with no wording out of his mouth.
The memories of what happened thest time he tried to go against sarah were still fresh in his mind and just remembering they terrifying amount of pressure that oozed out of her made him shiver.
He immediately stood up and started walking towards the exit, but not before ring at Harry, swearing in his heart to get his revenge one day.
Sarah sighed after Kerr left and the cold expression on his face changed into a neutral and indifferent one.
"Fine, let''s begin training." She said in a low voice, but everyone in the room could still hear what she said clearly, since she was standing close to them.
Just as she was about to turn around, she suddenly turned towards Harry and curiously asked: "Why didn''t you cast any spell?"
"Huh?" Harry mumbled, a little surprised at the sudden question. But still he answered. "He is a stage higher than me, so his spells and spell-casting speed would be faster then mine."
"Casting a spell would have taken too much time, so I simply attacked him at his side when he had his guard lowered."
This was actually a lie, though the part about Kerr not having his guard up was. The fire elementalist had underestimated Harry and he paid the price for itnot like it would have been any different even if it was the opposite.
But even if Harry had casted a ''spell'', the result would have been no different and the fight would have probably ended even faster.
Sarah nodded slightly when she heard Harry''s words. What he said made her feel even more impressed, while he made it sound simple, using such quick thinking, especially when faced with such an overwhelming opponent was nothing but easy.
The other two Elementalist thought the same way. They tried cing themselves in Harry''s shoes and felt like they would have fainted the moment Kerr dashed towards them like that.
"Um" The pink haired girl whose name was Lin suddenly said with one of her short hands raised a little.
"Who will then be our fifth teammate?" She asked in a timid voice. What happened with Kerr served as a reminder to her of what would happen if she didn''t know her ce.
Unlike Kerr who was a stage two elementalist, she was only a third year student and a stage one elementalist, so her chances of finding another team at this point weren''t so high.
Her question was a valid one though and it was one that was on all of their minds.
Even Jonthe blonde haired boy by her side nodded in agreement. He also had the same question in his mind but felt too shy to say it out.
Since Kerr had been kicked out, they needed someone to rece him fast or their team wouldn''t qualify for the rankingpetition.
Sarah felt a little awkward seeing how timid and fearful the two Elementalists were acting, but she didn''t say anything about it.
The only one who still didn''t look at her with ant trace of fear was Harry and it made her feel d for some reason.
"I''ll find a new teammate, so don''t worry about it." She said. Finding a new team member was quite easy for her, as the top one student, many people wanted to join her team. Some would even leave their teams just to join her team.
"Okay." The girl nodded timidly.
"You don''t have to be so tensed you know" She said, facing the two students who stood awkwardly like they were in a military training.
"We''re all in the same team. As long as no one does anything that will affect the team negatively, then we''ll be fine." Sarah said, feeling the need to dissipate the weird tension in the air.
But rather than relieve their tension, her words seemed to have achieved the exact opposite as the two elementalists started acting even more awkward.
Finally deciding to leave things the way they were, Sarah walked a few steps ahead of the group before facing them with a smile on her face.
But despite the smile on her beautiful face, Lin and Jon felt chills run down their spine for some reason.
"Fine. As for how the training''s going to go, you will all attack me at once." Sarah suddenly said, earning gasps of surprise from the students.
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Chapter 125 All vs one[2]
Chapter 125 All vs one[2]
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"Fine. As for how the training''s going to go, you will all attack me at once." Harry''s eyes widened in surprise when he heard Susan''s words.
''She wants to take all of us at once?'' He thought with one of his brows raised in surprise.
His first thought about this training was that it would be one where they would face each other and try to gauge their strength, not them fighting Susan instead.
But despite his words, a part of him felt pumped up and he couldn''t help but wonder how he would fare against the rank one student in the academy.
Subconsciously, his lips curved into a slight smile. His current stats alone were more than enough to rival that of the academy''s elite students and he was quite curious to see how he would do against the top one student herself.
While he wasn''t sure if he would be able to win against her, especially since he had no choice but to hold back his true strength and not showcase all his skills, he was sure he should at least be able to put up a good fight.
As for the Jon and Lin, the two students standing by his side, their mind froze when they heard Susan''s words.
The memory of how she easily shut down an early stage two elementalist using mana pressure alone came to their minds, and they felt more even more discouraged to go up against her.
"W-what we should fight with you?" Lin said, subconsciously taking a step back. She felt that Susan would send a spell flying towards her any second from now.
Just like her, Jon also didn''t feel toofortable with Susan''s idea of them all going up against her.
While they were three and she was only one, it all didn''t matter before her strength and she would still be able to overwhelm them. Numbers weren''t in their advantage, despite them having it.
Susan ced a hand on her forehead when she noticed their expressions. She understood their reluctance and she knew she might have even done the same thing if she were in their shoes.
However, it wasn''t like she was doing this just because she wanted to torment them or break their will.
This was actually something she felt like they needed to do before thepetition or their ultimate loss was guaranteed.
She only wanted to boost their teamwork and confidence for the uing event.
In the rankingpetition, they would definitelye face to face not just normal students, but also elite students since they would all participate in the event.
They couldn''t just cower away like they were doing now, or their ultimate loss would be guaranteed.
By facing her, their teamwork would naturally improve and their first instinct wouldn''t just he to turn around and run like they were doing now.
Besides, this was also a way for her to have a good judge of their strengths and weaknesses. By fighting them, she would basically witness their prowess firsthand and would know what each of them wascking to better the team.
She noticed that Harry was the only one among them who didn''t seem afraid or discouraged to go against her and this surprised her a little.
In fact, it even seemed like he was looking forward to it with his eyes gleaming strangely while staring at her.
"Of course, I''m going to hold back and restrict myself to tier one spells only, is that okay to you?" She said, trying to ease their worry. "This is only to gauge the strength and weakness of all of you."
The moment they heard her words, their minds calmed down and they heaved a sigh of relief.
But it didn''t mean they still weren''t nervous.
She then moved backwards while gesturing for the trio to attack her.
Jon and Lin stared at each other, their eyes showing uncertainty before they immediately dashed towards her and started casting their respective spells.
Jon was an earth Elementalist while Lin was a water Elementalist.
"Water ball!" Lin shouted, bringing her hands together as a ball of water formed between them at a rapid speed.
Without wasting any time, sheunched the spinning water ball towards sarah with a low grunt.
The water ball travelled through the air at a rapid speed, but just as it was about tond on the top student, she suddenly moved a little to the side, causing the attack to evade her by a hairbreadth.
The water ball kept moving for a few seconds, before dissipating into tiny blue particles.
Following up behind her was Jon who stepped forward with his hands ced above each other and his palms pointing outwards.
"Shattering rock!" He shouted. A small rock with dark brown colour immediately appeared in front of his outstretched palms, before shooting towards Susan.
Just before it reached Susan, the small rock suddenly broke up into rocks of even smaller sizes, each of them heading towards Susan.
His own shattering rock earth spell was a lot different from Harry''sa lot weaker, the rocks were smaller and the amount of power they carried in them wasn''t as immense.
However, Sarah simply spun around a little, evading the small rocks that were heading towards her.
Her eyes moved to Harry who hadn''t done so much as move since the beginning.
A strange glint shed through her eyes and she couldn''t hep but wonder what he was doing.
Out of all of them, she was more eager to see what Harry was capable of, since he was a Tri-Elementalist, and was also quite strong physically.
Lin and Jon immediately stepped back after witnessing how their attacks were easily evaded.
"S-she''s so strong" They muttered at the same time, before suddenly staring at each other, their gazes conveying the same message; there was no way they could win.
They couldn''t help but wonder, what if she wasn''t holding back? Then the fight would have been over in seconds.
She was still staying on the defensive mode but their strongest spells were easily rendered useless.
Meanwhile, Harry remained in his position, seemingly staring at the fight that seemed more like an adult toying with little kids.
However, what he was really looking at was the notification that shed across his eyes the moment the other two Elementalist started attacking.
[Optional Quest]
?A strong Opponent has appeared!
?Defeat Susan Grey
? Rewards forpletion: 20 Stat points
''Twenty stat points that was definitely a valuable reward. I don''t want to lose it.'' He thought.
He had already nned on fighting Susan, and also winning against her, but what he didn''t expect was to get a quest for it also.
However, he had nothing to lose, the quest was optional and even if he failed it, there was no punishment attached to it.
Jon''s eyes darted between Susan and Lin, unsure of whether to attack or not, just then, he remembered Harry who was supposed to be their teammate, was still standing behind them without attacking.
"H-hey! Are yo" He wasn''t able toplete his words before Harry suddenly vanished from his sight, making his eyes widen in surprise.
Harry dashed towards Susan, using his normal speed and without activating elerate.
Susan''s eyes widened when she saw the speed at which Harry was running towards her, it was so fast that even she couldn''t follow follow it.
Pulling one of his hands backwards, Harry activated [Lightning Ball] causing a medium sized ball of lightning to appear above his palm.
The lightning ball blitzed and cackled with immense power and even from where they stood, Lin and Jon felt their hearts tremble when they imagined themselves being the recipient of such an attack.
Immediately, the Lightning ball shot towards Susan with astonishing speed, leaving a small trail of lightning.
Susan''s expression suddenly changed into a more serious one when she saw the lightning ball, the amount of power she felt from it was no joke.
And though lightning ball was only a tier one spell, the one casted by Harry had the power of a tier two spell!
Immediately, she moved from her position, turning around and barely and evading the iing attack.
The ball of lightning went on to crash into the wall in the distance before finally disintegrating.
However, Harry didn''t stop there, he immediately tried to circle around her so he could attack her from behind.
Of course, Susan didn''t n on just letting that happen. Channeling her mana throughout her body, she finally casted a spell.
"Light''s embrace." She muttered and immediately, her body was shrouded in a thin coat of bright white light.
The spell helped in increasing her already high charm beauty and Jon and Lin who stood at the side were ced into a trance.
Her blonde hair turned somewhat white and her skin seemed to be glowing with white light.
Harry''s eyes widened a little as he witnessed her transfiguration, even he was surprised by the current appearance.
Just as he was about tounch another attack, Sarah suddenly turned towards him.
"Light Arrow."
Chapter 126 Susan’s Strength
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"Light Arrow." She mumbled as she stretched her hand towards Harry.
A long thin arrow made purely of white light immediately formed above her hand before shooting towards Harry.
The speed of the arrow was so fast that it even caught Harry off guard a little.
Due to the iing attack, Harry was forced to stop his charge. He immediately moved to the side, managing to escape the light attack.
The arrow flew for a few more seconds before it finally disintegrated into white particles.
Harry''s face morphed into a slight frown, for some reason, the fact that Susan''s attack managed to catch him off guard, even though it was only a little, annoyed him.
As for sarah, her eyes were widened and her expression was more serious than before.
Thatst attack that Harry shot towards her contained immense power and she could tell that if she hadn''t dodged the Lightning ball when she did, the lightning attack would have injured her.
Though lightning ball was only a tier one spell, the amount of power she felt when Harry casted it was quite simr to a tier two spell.
At first she only nned on taking this lightly since all three of her teammates were only stage one Elementalist.
However with the amount of power Harry disyed through hisst attack, it was obvious that holding back too much of her strength would only lead to her loss and disgrace, so she subconsciously drew out her true strength.
Light''s embrace, the spell she caused a few seconds earlier was actually a tier three spell.
It wasn''t exactly an attack spell, neither was it a defence spell, it was more an enhance spell.
The spell helped to boost her physical capabilities by shrouding her in a thin film of light, making her strength and agility increase by almost double.
The thin coat of white light around her also served as a form of protection against other spells and attacks, but it defensive ability wasn''t so reliable.
It was only due to this that was able to somewhat keep with Harry''s speed when he tried to attack her from behind.
Fortunately, the spell didn''t consume that much mana, so it could be kept on for quite a long time.
Without wasting anytime, she suddenly dashed towards Harry, aiming to end this fight quickly.
From the looks of things, Harry wasn''t just someone with high physical strength and agility, but strong magical powers also.
She couldn''t just stay on the defensive since that would put her at a disadvantage, so she immediately tried to attack on her own.
However, Harry didn''t n on just sitting still and waiting for her to get to him.
He immediately jumped backwards while stretching his right hand towards her.
"Wind de." He mumbled, and immediately a long thin de made purely of wind rapidly formed in front of his palm before shooting towards Sarah at an astonishing speed.
Susan let out a little hiss when she saw the wind deing towards her with great speed.
The de was quite longlonger than any of the wind des she had seen normal stage one elementalist castand due to her position, she didn''t have the right momentum to move away from the de''s trajectory.
Sensing danger from the attack, she hurriedly channeled her mana again and casted another spell.
"Sword of light!" A long white sword with sharp edges appeared in one of her hands and she immediately held it in front of her using it as a shield against the wind de.
The wind de collided against the sword, breaking into two, with each parting in opposite directions.
But despite blocking the attack, Sarah could still her hands tremble slightly from the force of the collision alone.
Her eyes widened in shock once more and she couldn''t help but see Harry in a new light; not just as a stage one elementalist, but as someone strong.
When the fight started, she hadn''t expected that it she would have to fight this seriously. However, Harry turned out to be a tougher opponent than she had expected and she decided to get serious with her attacks.
Though this was only a spar, she didn''t want to lose. After all, she was the leader of the team and also the one who proposed that they all attack her, losing to one of the people she asked to fight her would spoil her image.
She gripped the sword in her hand tightly and immediately dashed Harry with great speed.
A slight smile appeared on Harry''s face when he noticed the sword in her hand, this meant that she had started taking this fight more seriously.
Susan''s fighting style was different evenpared to other elite students in the academy.
Most Elementalists usually relied on their spells and hated using weapons like swords or shields.
Some spells required things like hand-signs and movements and using weapons somewhat affected their ability to do all this, thereby affecting their spell-casting speed.
The usage of swords and weapons were moremon amongbat mages, as they had no elemental mana and mainly relied on rawbat and techniques.
However, Susan Grey was the only one different among the the elite students as she mainly used a sword during her fights.
This was something that made her quite unique among the elite students, she wasn''t just an Elementalist but also an expert when it came to the sword.
Susan immediately swung the sword downwards, making a light sh towards Harry''s side.
The sh by sarah was so fast that Harry struggled a little to follow it, however, he was still able to dodge to the side, escaping it by a hairbreadth.
Harry''s face morphed into a frown when he found another shing down on him just after escaping one.
He was forced again to dodge by moving to the side.
Harry jumped backwards while stretching his hand in order to use another skill, however, he didn''t get the chance to activate the skill as sarah suddenly spun around before thrusting the sword towards him.
He instinctively moved back again, in a bid to avoid getting pierced by the sword, and gradually, the the spar changed from Harry attacking to Sarah attacking and Harry barely managing to evade each swings.
The frown on his face deepened when he noticed that he was slowly losing the fight.
Susan hadn''t performed much swings with her sword of light, but yet, he found himself on the back foot. He noticed she had already managed to force him on the defensive.
Her swings kept getting faster and swing of her sword was faster than the former. He didn''t even get as much as a second of rest to activate his attack skills, and the swings kepting, even before he managed to fully recover from the former one.
It was strange her movements and shes were light and it was as if she was dancing instead of fighting, but still he found himself getting pushed back.
Just then, the white light around Susan''s longsword suddenly brightened as Sarah channeled more mana into it, the size Increased and the edges became even sharper.
The sudden increase in brightness affected Harry a little and he instinctively squinted his eyes.
Susan, seeing this, immediately took advantage of it. She moved swiftly to the side on her feet and immediately swung her light sword sideways for a horizontal sh.
This time, Harry was barely able to react to it.
The movement of the sword was so fast that he had a hard time following it.
He immediately moved to the side, however, he wasn''t able toplete escape the attack as the sword still managed to graze him at his side.
He grunted and subconsciously took his focus away from Sarah for a second due not the pain that shot through his body.
However, that split second was more than enough for Sarah to spin around, performing a roundhouse kick thatnded perfectly on the side of his neck.
The pain from the kick made Harry grunt again and the force behind it sent him to the ground.
His eyes widened as heid on the ground. He slowly brought his hand up to his neck and slowly rubbed it, as the images of the fight he just lost yed in his mind, he couldn''t help but mutter in disbelieve: "I lost"
Just then, a red notification shed across his eyes.
[Optional Quest "Defeat Susan Grey" Failed!]
''I failed the quest'' He mumbled inwardly.
When he was fighting Susan, he could feel it her stats were still lower than his. Despite her boosting her physical prowess using "light''s embrace", he still had the higher stats so how, how was it that he still lost?
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Chapter 127 Difference Between Us
[Author''s note: The rank one student in vane academy is "Susan Grey" not "Sarah Grey". I made a mistake and have been using sarah since chapter 122. Sarah is a character in another one of my novels, and I got both of their names mixed up since they both start with "S". I''ve edited it though, and changed it to "Susan Grey".
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''I lost I failed the quest.''
He might have won if he had simply activated [elerate], but his pride didn''t let him do so. Since he could tell his stats were still higher, he felt that using [elerate] and winning with it would be somewhat shameful.
He felt that he had been relying on [elerate] too much these days, even back in the beast forest, it was the skill that contributed the most to his wins.
He wanted to try winning with just his stats and since they were higher than Susan''s he though that he would defeat her.
What he just didn''t expect was for Susan for defeat him, and she did it with only a few moves.
"Hey, aren''t you going to get up?" He heard a soft voice say to him.
Harry slowly looked back up, his eyes met that of a blonde haired girl staring down at him her hand stretched out to him.
Harry sighed, realizing that he had beenying on the ground for quite some time. He took Susan''s hand and she helped him upnot that he needed itwith a slight smile.
''Probe.'' Harry mumbled inwardly while staring at Susan. He walked back to the other two students who kept staring at him as if he was an alien.
Jon and Lin were shocked at what they had just witnessed. While Susan still won at the end, the fact that Harry managed to make her cast her spells was mind boggling.
''Is he really just a stage one Elementalist?'' That was the thought that was going through their minds.
Though all three of them were supposed to fight Susan together, but despite only Harry going up against her, he still managed to hold his ground for a few minutes.
Inparison to when both of them sparred against her where Susan did not use any spell, but they still didn''t manage tond a single hit on her, Harry''s was very impressive.
Cold sweat dripped from their faces and in their mind, they prayed and wished they never had to go up against those two.
''Monsters'' They mumbled inwardly. They looked at each other and without saying not as much as a single word, each of them understood what the other was thinking.
As for Harry, he didn''t even care about what his teammates thought of him and was only focused on the set of tabs in front of him.
[Name: Susan Grey]
[Race: Human]
[H/P: 90/100]
[Mana Core: 3rd Stage]
[Mana: 4700/6100]
[Strength: 59]
[Agility: 70]
[Stamina: 68]
[Perception: 73]
[Endurance: 68]
[Intelligence: 83]
[Mental: 79]
[Charm: 73]
Seeing her stats, a wry smile appeared on Harry''s face. It had increased quite a bit from thest time he scanned her with [Probe].
He finally understood why he lost the fight. Though he had higher stats, he still wasn''t able to defeat Susan because of the difference in skill.
It was obvious that Susan was a person who had trained herself, both in the sword and also her physical body from a young age.
Her stats alone spoke lengths of how strong she was and it couldn''t bepared to that of the other Elementalist in the academy.
As for him, the only thing he had were his stats and his numerous skills. When it boiled down to actualbat skills, he couldn''tpare to Susan.
He hadn''t even had the system for up to a year yet, so actual fighting skills and abilities weren''t his forte.
Apart from that, he also held back, refraining from using his more powerful skills like [Wind sh] and [Wind burst].
Since those skills were "tier two spells" in the eyes of others, he couldn''t activate them recklessly in front of other Elementalist, so he had to keep them hidden to avoid unnecessary attention.
Though he had already identified the reason he lost, he still pained about the twenty stat points that he lost.
''I really don''t like this feeling losing.'' He thought. He felt quite annoyed that he had to hold back his true strength every time, however, he knew this was sure to change in the future.
He would make sure he became so strong that no one would be able to make him feel fear about revealing his true prowess.
Focusing his attention back on what was going on around him, he noticed that Susan was busy giving the other two students tips on where they failed and how they could improve.
When she got to him, her eyes lingered on him for a few seconds before she turned her head away.
The images of their fight kept ying in her mind and she felt somewhat embarrassed about it.
Harry was strong, and that was something she hadn''t expected, if she hadn''t taken the spar more seriously, she would have lost.
While she didn''t use her full strength, due to Jon and Lin who were also in the room, she still used tier two and tier three spells, hereby going against her promise to only use tier one spells.
Although no one said anything about it and she was the only one actually putting too much thought on it, it still made her feel quite embarrassed.
She didn''t even bother giving Harry any of the ''tips'' she gave the others. His performance was quite good and even she had to admit it.
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Harry walked around the academypound that seemed rather livelier than usual.
This wasn''t surprising as the drawingpetition was definitely shaking up the academy, and keeping the students on edge.
Most of them were either immersed in training or in gossip.
He had already finished his training with Susan and was now on his way back to the lightning hall.
His goal for this rankingpetition wasn''t to be the rank one student, his n was to simply secure himself somewhere in the top ten spot.
With his current strength, and the fact that his strength was bound to increase again before the event itself, bing a elite student shouldn''t be too hard for him.
His main goal was the world inter-academy tournament that would begin about four months from now.
Just as the name implied, it was a tournament in which all the best students from every academy in the world, came together in apetition to show whose the best.
The event was conducted once in every five years and it was organized and sponsored by the adventurer mages organization(AMO).
Since it was a tournament in which only the best students in every academy could participate, not just anyone could get into the tournament.
Every academy in the world would bring their best studenttheir top twenty five students, to represent their school in thepetition.
The tournament wasn''t just apetition, it was a ground for young, talented Elementalists to showcase their talents and prowess.
Of course, there would also be a lot of big shots from both the AMO and other private adventurer guild, so it was an opportunityan opportunity for the students to make themselves known and get into the AMO or any other good guild.
It didn''t just benefit the students either, it also benefitted the magical academies.
The academies, whose students showed brilliant potential, would gain recognition and even more support and equipments from the AMO.
Harry sighed, he still had a long way to go, and he still had a lot of things to do, however, he would make sure he didn''t fail in any of them.
With the help of the system, a path to the top was guaranteed and he was sure to get there.
His eyes kept darting around, staring at the students who gathered around in groups while discussing.
Just then, his ears picked up a familiar name from the conversation going on in a group some distance away from him.
It was a bunch of three girls and two boys, their voices were low as if they didn''t want anyone to hear what they were saying and their expressions were eager.
Usually, doing something like this was impossible but due to his perception which was already quite high, he was able to hear what those around him were saying, as long as he focused enough on it.
"Have you heard about the duel between the top twenty five ranks?"
''A duel between the elite ranks?''
Chapter 128 Duel Between Elites
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''Duel among the elite students?'' Harry thought with his brows knitted slightly in confusion. He hadn''t heard about any duel, probably because he was busy training with Sarah.
He focused his attention on the five students in front of him and focused his concentration on them, using his high perception to pick up more from their conversation.
--"Yeah. Seems like Dan challenged Han for his position, and he epted." One of the boys said.
--"isn''t that weird though, I mean... A duel when thepetition is this close."
--"Who cares? They both agreed to the duel you know? All I know is am pumped up to watch their fight."
--"Who do you think will win, Han or Dan."
--"Han, definitely Han. He will wipe the floor with Dan. Just wait."
Most of the students in the academy didn''t know about Han''s mana core regressing to the first stage.
The only ones who knew were the instructors and some of the elite students.
This was because the academy didn''t announce it or anything and simply kept quiet about it.
Han had also been keeping a very low profile, not stepping out of his dorm room and also keeping himself away from other students.
So in their eyes, Han was still a stage two elementalist, and Dan, who was only peak stage one elementalist, had no chance against him.
--"Yeah. That''s true."
--"Did you also know of the duel between Nathan and Farhen?" One of the girls suddenly said, changing the topic.
--"Seriously?!"
--"I can''t wait."
--"Yeah, me too."
They kept talking about Nathan and his uing fight as they took a turn different from where Harry was headed'' however, he didn''t bother following them.
His steps slowed and his brows knitted slightly.
''Nathan...'' The name sounded familiar to him, but he couldn''t really remember where he heard the name.
After thinking on it for a few seconds, Harry gasped slightly, finally remembering where he first heard the name.
That was the name of the oddbat mage he met a few weeks ago by the stairs. He actually met him twice, first at the stairs and second at the training hall.
Back then, Harry was a lot weaker than his current self, but he could still tell through his instincts that Nathan was strong.
He couldn''t help but wonder if the how the current him wouldpare to thebat mage.
It seemed like thebat mage was not just anyone. After all, for the news of his duel to make students this excited it meant he was rather famous.
But still, Harry didn''t know him. Heck, Harry didn''t even know the names of all the elite students(top twenty-five academy students).
He had never bothered himself with things like the rankingpetition or more popr Elementalists. He only knew about Han and Trent, who held rather ''special ces'' in his heart and a few of the more popr ones.
Thinking about it now, the blue-haired student''s actions had always been weird. He didn''t discriminate against him or treat him badly like most students would.
Back then, Harry hadn''t began any elemental sses so in the eyes of the academy elementalists, he was still a manaless trash.
However, Nathan spoke to him normally and even introduced himself without using any condescending tone.
He always had this weird cheerful aura around him which made Harry feel awkward.
"I wonder how strong he is..." Harry muttered. He had never witnessed abat mage fight and was quite curious.
He turned around and started making his way towards the academy''s announcement board.
The "Announcement board" wasn''t a literal board where announcements were written, as the name might imply.
It was a holographic board where new and uing events and announcements were posted.
They were always situated in ces like halls were lots of students usually pass through.
If there was truly a duel between elite Elementalists as those students said, then it was only natural that it would be posted on the "board".
After walking for a few minutes, Harry finally arrived in front of a transparent blue holographic board, with odd white characters written on it.
He noticed that there were more students in the area than usual, but he wasn''t so surprised about it.
He stared at the board and almost immediately, his gazended on the two potrait images that were ced side by side.
Below it were another two images arranged in a simr manner.
Harry recognized two of them; one containing a familiar blue haired boy who was responsible for most of the injuries he sustained in the past.
And the other, a handsome ck haired boy who had a rather weird smile on his face.
Harry''s eyes shone with a weird glint as he stared at Han''s name written on the board.
What those students said was true, there was really going to be a duel among the elite ranks.
It was written clearly on the board.
--Han Jones Vs Dan Hills
--Nathan Lane Vs Farhen Tumbler
And it was going to take ce, two days from now...
It would unsurprisingly take ce on the event arena--the training hall fifth floor, since a duel between elite students was sure to attract a lot of attention in the academy.
Unlike the duel Harry had with Justin that was done in a simple training room, duels that involved ''academy rank'' were conducted on the fifth floor of the training center.
"I will definitely watch this duel." Harry muttered with a slight smile on is face.
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Hey everyone. I''m sorry for not updating during the past week. I wasn''t feeling too well, and my phone suddenly developed some problems--it wouldn''t turn on.
I wanted to fix it, but due to bad weather, I wasn''t able to. Even now, my phone isnt fixed, so I used my mom''s other phone to write this chapter. It is only a small Android, and the screen has faults, so writing this took a lot of time, than it usually would.
My phone should be fixed two to three days from now. When it is, I''ll try to make a small mass release. (This author''s note won''t increase the chapter coin price or anything.)
Chapter 129 Nervous
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"I will definitely watch this duel." Harry muttered with a slight smile on is face.
If he was being honest, he was quite excited to watch Han''s duel. From what he knew, Han''s mana core has regressed back to the first stage due to him using magic spell overload.
He was present when the principal mentioned about it to Hanthough he did that indirectly, and it wasn''t hard to guess what had happened.
During thest few weeks, he didn''te across Han anywhere in the academy. Han didn''t even attend any of the recent lecture sses.
Unlike before when Han woulde to him for the sake of bullying him or relieving stress as he used to call it, this past few weeks, Han had been avoiding him like a gue.
A slight smile broke out on Harry''s lips, the turn of events was unexpected, even for him, but he couldn''t exactly say that he felt bad for Han.
After all, he was only getting what he deserved.
Though he found it a little surprising that he epted a challenge few weeks prior to the rankingpetition.
While Han''s strength had definitely dropped, it didn''t necessarily mean he would bepletely helpless against Danthe one he was dueling against:
Fights between elementalists and Mages weren''t determined by just the sheer amount of mana they had, but also skills and technique.
Han was an elite student, and he didn''t get to the twentieth rank by justzing around, but by challenging those at the top.
Besides, from what he heard, Dan was only ate stage one elementalist, so Han could actually stand a chance since they were more or less in the same stage.
Which was why Harry was curious about the duel, he wanted to see exactly how their duel would y out.
As for Nathan''s duel, he was also curious to know Nathan''s strength level and see the power of thebat mages, also to know how hepared to them.
"In two days time" He mumbled with a slight as he slowly walked away from the holographic board, with his hands in his pockets.
[Note: Harry is stillpleting his daily quests. I just don''t show himpleting it because it is irrelevant to the plot. But he stillpletes his daily quest every day, the weight and distance he needs to run also gradually increases everyday also. No changes.]
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Two days went by in a sh, and it was already the day of the widely anticipated duel.
Two days passed quickly, and it was already the day of the highly anticipated duel. Harry found himself in the event hall, his eyes shining brightly as he observed his surroundings.
The event hall, just as the name implied, was arge hall situated on the fifth floor of the training center.
It was where events like rankingspetitions and duels between elite students took ce.
The hall was veryrge and it had no problem containing all the students in the academy. Each room in the training center wasrge on its own, and the event hall was like thebination of all those rooms into onerge hall.
At the middle of the hall was arge rectangr stage, and around it were seats set up and arranged in a stairway manner. The seats were arranged in such a way that everyone, no matter where they sat, would have a good view of therge stage in the middle.
Currently, on the stage were two students who stood opposite each other.
One of them had dark blue hair and ck eyes, while the other had light grey hair.
They were both putting on the signature golden and ck uniform of the elite ranks, and all the attention were on them.
Han had a deep frown on his face as he stares at the smug expression on the face of the Grey haired elementalist.
From his expression alone, one didn''t need anything else to know what he was anything but happy with this duel.
As for Dan, he simply stood there with a slight smile on his face. In his head, he was already imagining how he would ascend to his new position, finally moving from thest position in the elite rank.
For him, today couldn''t be any better. His eyes moved to Harry and the smug smile on his face drew wider.
At the side was a tall man with short, spiky ck hair. The man was an instructor of the fire hall, and as one might have guessed, he was the one acting as the referee for this duel.
Harry''s eyes gleamed strangely as he stared at the two Elementalists who stood opposite each other on therge stage.
With [Mana sense], he could sense the amount of mana flowing inside their bodies and knew immediately that Dan''s mana was a lot more than Han''s, despite them being in the same stage.
The whole hall was noisy with shouts of students screaming and dering their support for the duel participants.
Surprisingly enough, Han was the one with more supporters. Since he was the higher ranked Elementalist, a lot of the students had bet their hopes and money on his winning this duel.
"Destroy him Han!"
"Yeah! Beat up that overconfident brat.
"Fire destroys wind!!"
In the eyes of most of the students, Dan was the one overestimating himself. To them, him going up to challenge the rank 20 elementalist was nothing short of overconfidence.
They still considered Han as a stage two elementalist, and there was no way for a stage one elementalist to stage against someone in the second mana core stage.
Apart from that, Dan was also one of the most hated among the elite students. Since he got to his position mainly because the former rank 25 transferred out of the academy, most of the students didn''t see him as worthy to hold the position.
They wanted nothing more than for Han to push Dan down from his high horse of pride by totally overwhelming him.
Of course, there were still some that supported Dan and wanted Han to lose, their voices werepletely overshadowed by the former.
For some reason, the instructors didn''t stop the shouts, or try to bring decorum and simply stood at the sides, with their eyes on the fight that was soon to start.
As for Han himself, his own thoughts were different from what most students might expect.
Beads of sweat pooled on his face, and he was getting more nervous every passing second.
While everyone might think he would inevitably emerge as the winner, he knew that chances of him winning were a lot slimmer than he would like to admit.
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Chapter 130 Fall of a genius[1]
Chapter 130 Fall of a genius[1]
Each voice and shout of support from the students in the hall only made him feel more nervous, rather than doing the opposite.
''Completely destroy him?! You all should just shut up!'' He wanted to scream out so bad and smack the faces of all those shouting for him to destroy Dan.
Heck, he didn''t even know how he was supposed to go about this fight, talk less of winning.
The chances of him winning were close to none especially with Dan already getting close to breaking through to the second stage.
The frown on his face deepened and he lightly bit the corners of his lips when he remembered how Dan practically forced him to ept this duel.
Of course, there was no way he would willing ept to duel, especially when the rankingpetition was so close.
While he knew that he couldn''t hide the news about his mana core regressing back to the first stage forever, he thought he could at least keep it a secret until the ranking ceremony.
This was why he stayed in his dorm all day, focusing solely on training without evening out. He also didn''t attend any of the recent sses, all in a bid to keep his mana core regressing secret.
However, Dan just wouldn''t let him do that. After confirming that Han had regressed back to the first mana core stage, he kept on pestering him for a duel.
At first, he only approached him and tried forcing him into epting his challenge, however, Han didn''t ept it.
Han tried his best to avoid Dan, but it seemed impossible with Dan always on his neck.
While Han hardly left the elite dormitory, he would stille across Dan a few times since they stayed in the same dormitory. Those few times he crossed paths with the grey-haired elementalist were nothing short of hell for Han as all Dan would do was try to bully and force him into epting his challenge.
It got so bad that even the other elite students started noticing it and also realized that Han''s mana core had indeed regressed.
However, they more or less ignored him, focusing mainly on their training for the uing event. Of course, Dan still didn''t stop trying to get Han to duel with him.
At the end of the day, he was forced to ept the challenge.
"Are you both ready?" The instructor standing at their side asked as he turned his head to the two students.
The introduction and every other thing had already been done, and all that was left was for the participants to start the duel.
While the man''s voice seemed indifferent, if one observed his eyes properly they would notice that slight glint of pity and disappointment that shed through it.
He was an instructor of the fire hall, and since Han was also a fire elementalist, he had taught him a few times in the past. He also knew about Han''s dilemma, and all he could feel was pity and disappointment.
"Yes." They both replied, but Han''s voice was a lot more quieter.
"Then let the duel begin!" The man suddenly shouted as he took a step back, his words causing the crowd of students watching the duel to roar in excitement.
Immediately, Dan channeled his mana, fully realeasing the aura of his peak stage one mana core.
"Wind de!" He shouted as he stretched out his hand towards Han. Almost immediately, a thin de made purely of wind formed in front of his outstretched palms before shooting towards Han with great speed.
Han gritted his teeth and subconsciously channeled his own mana, preparing for a defense spell.
"Rock Fists!" he shouted, as a dense, dark brown substance erupted from his wrists, enveloping his hands and fingerspletely.
Han utilized his newly hardened fists, swiftly swinging them towards the iing wind de, effectively blocking its path and cleaving it into two.
The moment Han blocked the attack, the whole hall suddenly went silent.
However, it wasn''t because they were surprised that Han blocked the attacks, but because they were shocked at the amount of mana aura and pressure oozing out of Han.
It was a lot lesser and weaker than it usually was.
Apart from that, the way he was fighting waspletely different from the his usual style.
It seemed like he taking on a more defensive approach, rather than his usual violent and explosive style.
However, most of the students still hadn''t sensed that Han''s mana core had regressed back to the first stage.
The majority of them were only stage one elementalists and normal humans, and their mana sense wasn''t strong enough to sense something like that immediately.
A few with sharper mana senses could already sense something was different about Han, but they just couldn''t put a ring on it.
The frown on Han''s face deepened again as he gritted his teeth slightly, feeling a slight stabbing sensation rising from his chest.
This was because his mana core wasn''t yet stable. Despite him already making progress on his mana core, and getting closer to thete stages of the first mana core stage, his mana core still wasn''tpletely stable since the regression.
Due to that, he always felt a painful stabbing sensation from deep within his mana core whenever he casted spells.
If he tried casting one of the former tier two spells he knew, the pain would be so bad that he would even cough out blood, and the spell wouldn''t activate.
This was because his mana core still ''remembered'' those spells, butcked the capacity to execute them due tock of mana and strength.
However, when it came to tier one spells, he only felt a slight pain, but the spell would he cast sessfully.
He turned to Dan, with an irritated expression on his face, while Dan simply smiled smugly in return.
Dan immediately raised his hands again, preparing to cast another spell and end this fight, when a loud shout suddenly reverberated in his ears, breaking him out of concentration.
"me Dash!"
Chapter 131 Fall Of A Genius[2]
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"me Dash!" Han shouted. Almost immediately, mes swirled around his knees down to his feet, before suddenly exploding, propelling him towards Dan.
Seeing this, a slight frown appeared on Dan''s face. He let out a low hiss and immediately tried to cast a defensive spell to block Han.
However, just as Han was about to close in on him, the mes on his legs suddenly vanished, causing Dan''s eyes to widen a little in surprise.
His expectations were that Han would use that spell to gain speed and then attack him with his fists.
But with Han releasing the spell, it was as if he put himself in a disadvantage.
Han cocked one of his hands backwards and immediately threw a punch towards Dan''s face.
As he threw the punch, he mumbled some strange words, but Dan didn''t notice.
A smug expression appeared on Dan''s face. Despite the punch closing in on his face, he didn''t feel worried since he already knew how he would dodge it.
He immediately moved backwards, in order to put some distance between himself and Han and then cast his spell, or at least, that was how it was supposed to go.
Just as he was about to move away from his position, his eyes suddenly widened and he realized somethinghis feet were stuck!
Dan''s eyes instinctively moved to the ground, to see what was wrong, only to find his feet covered with a thick lump of earth that glued them to the ground.
He didn''t understand when did Han trap him with a spell?!
Thwack!
However, he wasn''t given enough time to ponder on it when Han''s punchnded squarely on his face, forcefully jerking his head to the side.
''I might not be a stage two Elementalist anymore! But don''t you dare underestimate me you fucker!!'' Han screamed in his thoughts, but didn''t bother saying it out.
When he put out his "me dash" spell, the next thing he did was cast "Earth hold" to trap Dan to the ground.
Since Dan was so focused on humiliating him, he didn''t notice when he casted the trap spell.
"Arrg" Dan let out a groan, as he felt his nose bend to the side, broken from that punch.
The fact that his legs were stuck, only seemed to make the hit heavier.
Dan shook his head, trying to recover from the pain, however, Han didn''t give him any time to think before he casted another spell.
"Rock fists!" Han shouted as he threw another punch towards Dan''s chest. Midway through the air, his fists hardened and a thick, brown substance rapidly coated the surface.
While Han knew that he was more likely to lose this duel, he didn''t n on just going down without a fight.
Even if all he could use were tier one spells, he would use them efficiently and try his best to fight against Dan!
Twak!
The dull sound of Han''s fists colliding with Dan''s cheek reverberated slightly.
The force behind the punch jerked Dan''s face to the side, and he grunted in pain. Blood bled from his nose, and his cheek reddened slightly.
The punch was so heavymainly because it was reinforced by the spellthat for a moment, Dan''s mind got disoriented.
Even though they were technically in the same mana core stage, when it came down to physical strength, Han was still the stronger one.
Elementalists might not be as strong asbat mages when it came to physical strength, but they were still a lot stronger than normal people.
The Elemental mana circting around their body, nourishes it, increasing their physical prowess.
Despite Han''s mana core regressing back to the first stage, it didn''t take away the fact that he used to be a stage two Elementalist.
It was only his mana core that regressed, his physical strength didn''t drop in the slightest.
Coupled with the fact that Han hardened his fists with a spell, Dan felt like a hard rock was mmed into cheek with full force.
Seeing that Dan was still recovering from that attack, Han immediately tried to follow up with another attack.
However, just as he was about to throw another punch, a stabbing pain suddenly wracked through his head.
He grunted and subconsciously took a step backwards.
Casting three spells consecutively put some strain on his mana core, and that caused pain to spread through his soul.
That small moment of distraction by Han, caused the earth spell he was using to hold Dan to the ground to release, and Dan''s legs became free.
Dan, seeing that his legs were now free, hurriedly channeled his mana to cast a spell.
"Wind steps!" He shouted, as wind gathered around his feet, increasing his speed and ability.
His speed doubled and his body became twice lighter. Without wasting any time, Dan immediately jumped backwards, using that moment to distance himself from Han.
From their earlier interaction, it was obvious that fighting at close range would be dangerous for him since Han was physically stronger.
Apart from that, Elementalists strong forte had always been in long-range attacks and not short-range.
By now, the stabbing pain in Han''s head had died down and he slowly lifted his head to stare at Dan.
A deep frown appeared on his face when he saw that Dan was free, and the frown on got deeper when he noticed the wind gathering around Dan''s legs.
He immediately tried to channel his mana and cast another spell, however, his eye widened when he noticed that his mana was already running low.
Another smug smile crept up on Dan''s face when he noticed Han''s plight.
"What''s wrong Han?!" He shouted while spreading his hands. "Running low on mana?!"
Suddenly, wind gathered above his outstretched palms, before rapidly forming into two thin des that floated above his hands.
"How dare you hit me?" Dan said, as his expression twisted in anger. Just thinking about how Han managed tond a punch on his face, not once, but twice, made his blood boil with anger.
"Wind des!" The moment he shouted those words, the thin des above his palms suddenly shot towards Han, slicing through the air with astonishing speed.
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Chapter 132 Fall Of A Genius[3]
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"Wind de!"
The frown on Han''s face deepened when he heard those words.
Whoosh!
The des made purely of winds sliced through the air with astonishing speed, rapidly closing in on his position.
Their motions were so fast that Han couldn''t follow it.
Usually, he would have dodged this attack by either casting an enhancing spell on himself, or using a powerful defensive spell.
However, all his powerful spells were at the second tier, and since his mana core had regressed by a stage, he couldn''t use any of them.
He had no other choice than to rely on his instincts and try to dodge the attack.
He instinctively attempted to evade the oing attack, but his movements were too slow. Before he could take more than two steps, one of the des found its mark on his shoulder, leaving a cut.
"Arrrg!" Han grunted in pain. One of his hands instinctively went to his shoulder, in a bid to reduce the pain, but it was fruitless.
As if that wasn''t enough, the other de suddenly hit him right below his chest, leaving another painful cut.
Han let out another grunt and then ced his other hand over his belly.
If not for the elite uniform on him, and the fact that the des didn''t sh any fatal area, the injuries would have been a lot more painful and fatal.
Dan didn''t bother sending any more attacks, and only kept staring at him with a smug smile on his face.
''Dammit!'' Han cursed in his mind as a familiar stabbing headache suddenly started raging through his head.
As for the audience watching the duel, majority of them had their mouths wide open in shock and surprise.
For a moment, all that reigned in therge hall was silence as they all watched Dan dominate Han seemingly effortlessly in the duel.
The scene that was ying out in front of them was one that they would have never expected. However, right in front of them, it was happening.
But, what shocked them the most was the elemental aura oozing out of Han. Whenever an elementalist casted a spell, their elemental mana always gave out an aura.
It was simr to mana pressure, except that it was more passive.
Through this elemental aura, one could tell the true stage an Elementalist was in, as long as they had good mana sense.
The case was different though if the gap between the said Elementalist/mages were too wide, then it was impossible to sense their mana core stage.
However, since Han was now a stage one Elementalists, majority of the students with good mana sense had already picked up on his mana core stage, by sensing his elemental aura.
Another thing that solidified this fact, was Han''s style of fighting which was the total opposite of his usual stage. Up till now, he hadn''t even used any of his tier two spells, only relying on tier one spells and attacks.
"Isn''t Han a stage two elementalist?"
"Yeah, but why isn''t he using tier two spells?"
"Can''t you see that his elemental mana is like that of a stage one Elementalist?"
"Huh? Isn''t"
Like that, many of the spectators started bringing up their own theories on why Han was only using tier one spells.
Some believed his mana core had somehow regressed to the first stage, while some believed that Dan had used some kind of underhanded method to put Han in this state.
Meanwhile, the smile on Dan''s face widened as the words of the audience drifted into his ears.
Though some were insulting him and calling him a cheater and a coward, he didn''t care.
His reputation had never been the best, and he couldn''t care less about how worse it could get.
The only thing that fueled his satisfaction was that majority of the words were directed at Han.
The students had already started to lose faith in Han, most of them now believed he was unworthy of his elite status.
As for Han himself, he kept trying to ignore the words of hate and insult drifting into his ears.
But no matter how he tried to ignore it, they still frustrated him to no end.
He could see Dan, standing a few meters away from him, and staring at him with a mocking smile.
Since he was already weakened and practically on hisst feet, this was the best time for Dan to end the duel by knocking him out, but Dan didn''t bother to attack him. He only watched from a distance, as if he had all the time in the world.
The frown on his face deepened and he gritted his teeth in frustration. He didn''t need anyone to tell himDan was clearly using this opportunity to mock him.
Despite the pain in his shoulders and torso, he slowly stood up while stretching his hand towards Dan.
''Don''t underestimate me you fucker!'' He thought as he ground his teeth.
Immediately, he channeled his mana, ignoring the stabbing pain wracking through his head and mind, and tried to cast a spell.
Though his mana was already critically low, he still had just enough mana, to cast just one spell.
However, doing this was quite dangerous. His mana core was already unstable, andpletely using up the mana in it could make it more unstable and even worse his condition.
He was going to fall into mana exhaustion, something which wasn''t good since his mana core wasn''t stable to begin with.
"ming de!" He shouted, as mes erupted in front of his outstretched palms, before rapidly forming into a thin de that zed violently with fire.
However, just as he was about tounch the spell, Dan suddenly dashed to the side.
The winds around Dan''s feet red violently as he dashed to the side with astonishing speed.
The speed at which he moved was so fast, that to most of the audience, he seemed like a blur.
Han''s eyes widened slightly when Dan''s figure suddenly vanished from his front.
He instinctively tried to follow Dan''s speed. He hurriedly turned his hand to the direction in which Dan ran towards andunched the spell.
However, the moment heunched the spell, Han felt as if his soul left his body.
He suddenly feel to his knees, as the consequences of mana exhaustion came crashing down on him.
Whoosh!
The thin de of fire followed his hand movements and immediately shot forwards, producing a low hissing sound.
Dan stared at the iing burning de as he sprinted to the side.
The speed of the attack was so fast that even he was taken aback.
But fortunately, he had already moved before Han even released the spell, making it a lot easier to dodge it.
He simply had to step to the side, using his increased speed to his advantage and escaping the burning de.
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Chapter 133 Shame
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He simply had to step to the side, using his increased speed to his advantage and escaping the burning de.
Dan watched as the de flew past him. Even though the attack didn''t touch him in anyway, he could still feel the scorching heat from the de.
He couldn''t help but be d that he decided not to wait until the attack closed in on him, it was clear that he would have taken quite the damage.
The attack continued on its trail for a few more seconds, before finally disintegrating and vanishing into the air.
A deep frown appeared on his face, as his gaze went back to Han who could barely stand on his feet.
Han''s eyes widened as he watched his final attack miss. He and infused all his mana into that spell, and now, his mana core waspletely drained.
The pain he felt in his head grew worse, and his face turned pale as the effect of mana exhaustion hit him at full force.
This time, Dan didn''t bother taunting Han anymore.
He suddenly dashed forwards, using the winds around his feet to propel himself.
Just thinking about thest attack made him furious.
He pulled one of his hand backwards before rapidly channeling his elemental mana, in preparation for another spell.
"Spinning Air ball!" Following his shout, wind rapidly gathered around his palm, before condensing into a small ball that spun in a spiral manner.
He didn''t waste anytime beforeunching the attack towards Han.
Swoosh!
The ball made of condensed winds tore through the air with astonishing speed, rapidly closing in on Han.
Han''s eyes widened as he tried to escape the attack, however, his legs failed him and he couldn''t even move from his position.
In the blink of an eye, the attack closed in on him.
The air ball mmed into his chest with full force, and the impact of the attack sent him flying with his back arched backwards.
"Arrgh!" Han grunted in pain. It felt like his chest was hit by a truck, and he could a sharp metallic taste in his mouth.
His body crashed on the hard ground, sliding backwards by a few feet before finally stopping.
The fact that he was already suffering from mana exhaustion only served to increase the pain he felt, and he couldn''t help but weakly grasp his chest in pain.
Han tried to stand up, but his body was too weak and even making little movements took caused him pain.
Seeing Han in this state, a smile crept up on Dan''s face.
But despite Han''s weakened state, he still didn''t relent, and charged forward again, preparing to cast another attack spell.
''Don''t think it''s over yet!'' He thought, as he prepared his mana again, with a wide smile on his face.
Usually, stage one elementalist couldn''t cast that many spells in session. There was a reason fights between stage one elementalists ended quickly, and that was mainly because of their low amount of mana.
However, Dan was different, and it was all due to his talent. He was very talented in channeling mana, and very little amount of elemental mana is wasted when he cast spells.
He was only in his fourth academy year, and it was due to his talent that he managed to be an elite student.
However, just as he was about to cast the spell, the spiky-haired fire instructor, supervising the match suddenly stepped in.
A slight frown was on his face, as he stretched one of his hand towards Dan, signifying that the duel was over.
One thing the academy tried to avoid at all cost was death during duels. The moment it seemed like the fight was starting to go out of control, or one of the participants lost consciousness, the duel would be stopped.
If a participant also seemed too weak to continue, the referee would also step in and end the fight.
He then went over to Han to check on his condition. The man nodded his head in pity when he saw Han''s condition.
Laying right there on the floor was Han, however, his eyes were closed and he had lost consciousness.
It happened while Dan was busy charging forward. Since Dan was so overwhelmed withnding one more attack, he didn''t notice this.
Dan''s sneered when he saw this, feeling annoyed that he wasn''t able to smack Han onest time.
The instructor forcefully ced a pill into Han''s mouth, and almost immediately, Han''s face started regaining color and his consciousness gradually came back to him.
Just then, an announcement rang through the speakers in the hall.
[And we have the winner of this duel! Dan Hills!]
However, even after the winner was dered, the whole hall was silent as everyone was still busy figuring out what really happened during this duel.
It all seemed so shocking, majority of them didn''t expect this kind of result, at all.
As for Han, he gritted his teeth in frustration. Though his consciousness had finally returned to him, he wished the instructor had just dragged him away from the stage, without giving him a healing pill.
Because now, he had to face the staresing from the students watching the duel.
Thinking about how weak he seemed during the duel, he felt so ashamed and he wanted nothing more than for the ground to swallow him up.
While he already knew that a day like this woulde one time or another, he was still unprepared for the shame and embarrassment that came with it.
While Han was busy feeling ashamed of himself, Dan didn''t have any worries. He was the victor of the duel, and that was enough to make him happy.
He had to admit, defeating Han didn''t feel as fulfilling as he thought it would, but finding himself as the center of attention, still felt very satisfying.
Seeing as all the student''s eyes were on him, a smile bloomed on his face and he started throwing kisses towards the audience like a pop star.
A strange glint shed through Harry''s eyes as he watched Han walk away from the stage dejectedly.
''This result was expected, the only thing I didn''t expect was that Han would actuallyst this long.'' Harry thought.
Watching the duel was surprisingly boring for him, mainly because all the spells exchanged in the duel seemed like it was ying in slow mode.
The duel he actually looked forward to was the one between Nathan and the elite student known as Farhen.
During thest few days, he made some research on the Lane family using the inte, and what he saw was actually quite surprising.
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Chapter 134 Nathan’s Background
Chapter 134 Nathans Background
During thest few days, he made some research on the Lane family using the inte, and what he saw was actually quite surprising.
From what he saw on the inte, Nathan used to be a student of Zenith academy, before he suddenly transferred to Vane academy a few months ago.
This raised some questions in Harry''s mind, and he couldn''t help but find thebat mage''s character to be even more weird.
Out of all the academies in the world, Zenith magical academy was regarded as one of the three best magical academies.
So they had more talented students, and could offer more quality resources and equipments, it was quite odd for someone to move from such a top-rated academy to one that was just a little above average.
Apart from that, Nathan was also quite popr in Zenith even before transferring to Vane academy.
He was one of the elite students in Zenith academy, with his academy rank being fifth, and also the topbat mage of the academy.
This only made his transfer more strange to Harry.
However, what he found surprising the most was Nathan''s background. While he wasn''t able to find out much, he discovered Nathan''s father was actually Titus Lane, the owner of the popr artifact manufacturingpany known as "Lane Tech."
Well, it was obvious since Nathan''s surname was "Lane", however, Harry didn''t realize this before.
He wasn''t the most "current" student as he had never really bothered to learn more about talented Elementalists and other magical academies.
The only reason he even bothered to look up Nathan''s name on the inte was because he was surprised at how much hype his duel caused in the academy.
Thinking about it now, it also exined why he was quite popr in the academy and why his a lot of students knew his name.
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A few minutester, the ruckus caused by Han''s duel with Dan had finally died down.
And now, standing in the middle of the stage were two different students.
The audience kept cheering just like before, except this time, their cheers were a lot louder than it was during Han''s duel.
It was as if everyone had forgotten what recently happened during Han and Dan''s duel, and morepletely absorbed in the fight that would soon take ce.
At the left side of therge stage was Nathan, and in his hands was a thin-ded bastard sword with ck handle.
He had a slight smile on his face, however, his eyes were still rocked on his opponent.
The sword wasn''t an artifact, but a weapon. Artifacts were forbidden in duels and events, however, weapons were allowed.
Combat mages mainly relied on their weapons to fight and utilize their mana, and even a few Elementalists preferred to fight with actual weapons.
Weapons were also graded from rank 1 to rank 8, and the sword in Nathan''s hands was a rank four weapon.
At the right side of the stage was an average-height boy with thick ck hair cut neatly into a low-cut.
He had a handsome face and his eyes were dark brown.
He was Farhen, the fourteenth ranked elite student, and also the one Nathan chose to challenge to a duel. He was ate stage two water Elementalist, and one that was quite skilled at that.
A few days ago, Nathan suddenly challenged him to a duel. At first, he wanted to refuse, after all, he didn''t really have anything to gain even if he won the duel.
However, his pride didn''t let him refuse the duel. Among the elite students, he was ranked twelfth.
Backing out from the duel seemed like cowardice to him, and remembering the tone in which Nathan spoke to him angered him further.
It didn''t matter whether Nathan came from a top academy or not, that didn''t make him an easy opponent to prey on.
Besides, even he also wanted to see the strength of one of those from the so-called golden academies. He wanted to know if they were really worth the hype.
Even if he lost the duel, he wouldn''t be too disappointed, since he still had a chance to regain it at the uing ranking event.
A slight frown was on his face as he stared at Nathan. He got into a simple stance, while also not taking his eyes off his opponent.
Surprisingly, there was a short sword hung at his side.
Usually, he wasn''t one to use weapons, because it affected his spell-casting, however, he brought a weapon this time, as a precaution.
An instructor stood at the side, his eyes on the participants to see if they were ready.
Harry''s eyes squinted slightly as he stared at the two students on the stage.
He wasn''t just looking at them though, he was actually using [Probe] to gauge their stats.
During thest two days, he leveled up [Probe] using the skill points he got from hunting mana beasts. Fortunately, it didn''t cost much and he only had to spend three skill points to level it up.
So currently, [Probe] was level 3.
The first person he scanned with the skill was Farhen, and his stats were actually quite interesting.
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[Name: Farhen Tumbler]
[Race: Human]
[H/P: 100/100]
[Mana core: 2nd Stage]
[Mana: 930/930]
[Strength: 38]
[Agility: 45]
[Stamina: 31]
[Perception: 40]
[Endurance: 30]
[Intelligence: 65]
[Mental: 38]
[Charm: 40]
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One thing Harry had noticed about Elementalist was that their intelligence was usually a lot higher than their other stats, it was probably rted to their elemental mana, and spell-casting.
However, Harry didn''t ponder on it too much. Despite Farhen''s stats being high,
It still didn''tpare to his in anyway.
He scanned Nathan''s stats after, feeling quite curious about how abat mage''s stats would look.
But when he saw it, he couldn''t help but gasp slightly in surprise.
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Chapter 135 A combat mage’s strength[1]
Chapter 135 Abat mages strength[1]
But when he saw it, he couldn''t help but gasp slightly in surprise.
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[Name: Nathan Lane]
[Race: Human]
[H/P: 120/120]
[Mana core: 3rd Stage]
[Mana: 2800/2900]
[Strength: 81]
[Agility: 85]
[Stamina: 92]
[Perception: 80]
[Endurance: 89]
[Intelligence: 83]
[Mental: 84]
[Charm: 81]
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Harry''s eyes widened slightly as he read through the set of tabs and characters that appeared in front of his eyes.
To say he was surprised would be an understatement. This was the first time he actually met someone in the academy who had stats in the number of 80''s and 90''s.
While he did expect Nathan to have high stats; since he was abat mage andbat mages were known to be more focused on physical abilities, he still hadn''t expected it to be this high.
Nathan''s stats were even higher than his! Some of his stats where still in the 70''s, while all thebat mage''s stats had crossed the 80''s, he even had a stats at 90.
Harry''s eyes squinted slightly, and in his mind, he wondered; at his current strength, would he be able to beat Nathan?
The thought didn''t linger on his mind for too long, and he closed the tab in front of him, deciding to focus on the fight that would soon take ce.
Just then, Harry noticed a blonde-haired girl in a ck and gold uniform seated at the other side of the hall.
Her eyes were also focused on the stage, to the point where it seemed like she was ignoring her surroundings.
''So sarah is here too.'' He thought. Since he had been too focused on the ongoing duel, he didn''t noticed her.
She wasn''t the only elite student watching the duel though, there were also a few other elite students watching the duel.
This was something they usually did whenever there was a duel between elites.
Since all the elite students were more or less in a race to take over each other, they always try to gauge each of their strengths to know how they would fare against them.
However, not all all elite students were present as Harry couldn''t see Trent anywhere.
In fact, ever since that incident in the spell library, he hadn''t seen Trent anywhere in the academy.
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Meanwhile, on the stage, Nathan''s brows suddenly squinted and a slight frown appeared on his face.
He could feel a light prickling sensation running through his body, making him feel his he waspletely "open" and "bare".
It was embarrassing to say at the least, since it felt like all his secrets and life were out in the open.
He instinctively turned his head towards the direction he felt that weird feelinging from, however, apart from the crowd of students cheering for him, he couldn''t find anything odd or out of ce.
The weird sensation onlysted for a few seconds, before it suddenly went away like it never happened, causing Nathan to subconsciously sigh in relief.
''Was that just my imagination yeah, it''s probably my imagination.'' Nathan thought, as he ced his focus back on the elite student in front of him.
As for Farhen, he scowled and then clenched his fists tightly.
To him, it seemed like Nathan was mocking him by taking his eyes off the fight and it made him annoyed.
''Elementalists are more powerful thanbat mages I doubt the difference in our mana core stage would matter much.'' He thought, as the edges of his lips curved into a slight smile.
He had already thought of a way he would win this fight, and he doubted that his n would fail.
Just then, the instructor standing at the side gave the order to start the match, causing the crowd of students to burst into a loud cheer.
Farhen suddenly jumped backwards in order to put some distance between him and Nathan.
Since Nathan was abat mage, one thing he was trying to avoid was to engage in closebat with him.
He hurriedly channeled his elemental mana, letting it course through his body.
Surprisingly, Nathan still hadn''t made any move and only remained in the same position.
Stretching his hand forwards, Farhen immediately casted a spell.
Five thin wavy lines of water appeared in front of him, before each of the lines rapidly condensed into small darts with sharp, pointed edges.
"Water darts!" He shouted, andunched all five of the darts towards Nathan.
The small darts made purely of water travelled in the air with great speed, rapidly closing in on Nathan.
Due to their small sizes, they would be a lot harder to notice and dodge, which was why Farhen used this as his first attack.
However, just as the water darts were about to close in on Nathan, a slight smile suddenly appeared on his face.
He raised the bastard sword in his hands before swinging it towards the water darts, deflecting each and every one of them with great speed.
His sword was moving so fast that it seemed like a blur and despite making such rapid swings, his feet still remained stable on the ground.
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Harry''s eyes widened slightly as he watched Nathan. Perhaps due to his high agility and intelligence, he could somewhat follow Nathan''s sword swings.
However, they still seemed quite fast, even to him. Each of them seemed to be filled with so much skill that they left him in awe.
While he was sure he would be able to dodge those water darts, that would be by him dashing to the side and not confronting it directly.
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Seeing all his water darts get deflected so easily, a deep frown appeared on Farhen''s face.
''I guess that''s to be expected.'' He thought.
Without wasting anytime, he immediately stretched his hands forward, before casting the same spell again.
However, his time, the number of water darts quadrupled, and twenty water darts appeared in front of him, before dashing towards Nathan with great speed and at different directions.
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Chapter 136 A combat mage’s strength[2]
Chapter 136 Abat mages strength[2]
However, despite therge number of water darts flying towards him, Nathan didn''t seem to be the least bothered, on the contrary, he had a slight smile on his face.
He suddenly dashed towards the iing projectiles, but rather than run straight at them, he ran in a slightly curved motion.
Swinging the thin-ded sword in his hand, he deflected all the darts that stood in his way, rapidly closing in on Farhen.
As for Farhen, his face morphed into a deep frown as he watched the darts he ced so much hope in get destroyed like they were made of paper.
But he didn''t feel to disappointed, because they were still doing as he hoped for them to do.
His main goal was to dy Nathan, even if it was for just a second.
Water darts was only a tier one spell, however, due to its tiny and sharp size, it could be very annoying for his opponents.
Farhen made a few weird hand signs as he rapidly channeled his mana in preparation to cast a spell.
Arge amount of water elemental mana gathered at his sides, before rapidly forming into two long water arrows, with each at his side.
Their pointed edges glistening dangerously, proof of their sharpness.
"Water Arrows!" Farhen shouted. Following his words, the water arrows shot towards Nathan with tremendous speed, leaving a small trail of water in their path.
However, despite the iing attack, Nathan didn''t seem too flustered. He had already expected that this was Farhen''s n so he wasn''t too surprised.
After casting that spell, Farhen didn''t stop and rapidly chanted another spell.
He stretched his hand towards the floor of the stage, as a substantial amount of water rapidly his front of his palms.
"Water ssh!" He shouted, and he suddenly pressed his hands to the ground.
Ssh!!
The water gathered around in front of his palms immediately sshed around the ground, forming a ratherrge pool around him and Nathan.
This spell was quite simple; it didn''t have any exceptional attack or defense capabilities, however, that wasn''t why he casted the spell.
He simply wanted to mess with Nathan''s footwork, hereby, preventing him from sessfully dodging the water arrows.
Sincebat mages relied mainly on martial art techniques and skills, their footwork was also a major part in their fighting ability, and by disrupting it, Farhen hoped to give himself an advantage.
It would have worked if he was facing a stage twobat mage, but the one Ewa was fighting wasn''t in the second mana core stage, and was a stage threebat mage.
A slight smile appeared on Nathan''s face again.
When he saw the water from a pool around him, he immediately channeled mana into his legs.
The moment he channeled mana into his legs, the amount of strength in his legs increased considerably, and he used that strength to firmly steady his feet on the ground.
He twisted his body slightly to the side, while also channeling mana into his sword.
A dull and thin yellow aura coated his sword, it danced around and wavered like a me, however, its presence was still visible even to the audience.
As for Farhen, his eyes widened in shock and awe at the thin yellow ''me'' coating Nathan''s sword.
''Sword Aura?!'' He shouted inwardly in surprise, however, he wasn''t given anytime to linger in his thoughts as Nathan suddenly shed towards the water arrows.
Sword aura, just like name implied, was an ability unique tobat mages in which they coated their sword in a thinyer of mana.
Despite how simple it sounds, it was a very difficult andplex technique since it meant channeling mana out of the body and unto the sword.
Farhen knew how difficult it was to channel mana out of the body, and till today, he had nevere across abat mage who could use sword aura.
With a single swing, Nathan''s sword sliced through the iing projectiles, causing the water within them to ssh around before disintegrating into tiny particles.
Without stopping, Nathan lunged towards Farhen, closing the distance between them in one leap.
A deep frown appeared on Farhen''s face, and he instinctively tried to escape the attack by jumping backwards once more.
One thing he had been trying to avoid was a closebat with Nathan, since he knew he was guaranteed to lose if he did that.
However, he wasn''t fast enough as Nathan suddenly swung his sword towards him in a swift upwards vertical arc.
The attack hit him cleanly on the side of his chest. His elite uniform managed to absorb most of its damage due to its unique material, but the impact of the sh still managed to slice through his flesh, leaving a deep cut that ran from his abdomen to his shoulder des.
"Argh!" Farhen grunted in pain, as he felt waves of pain assault his mind from the injury.
For a few seconds, his mind was disoriented by the pain from his chest, and he instinctively moved one of his hand to grab the wound, taking his eyes off Nathan in the process.
Nathan, seeing this, didn''t waste anytime and immediately followed up with another attack.
He moved to the side a little, before making another swing towards Farhen''s side.
Since Farhen was already distracted, there was no way for him to block the sh once more, and it collided cleanly with his side, leaving another cut.
"Arg." He let out a low grunt. However, he didn''t try to grasp the wound like he did before, he withheld the pain and immediately tried to distance himself from Nathan.
He rapidly channeled his mana, in order to cast a spell.
However, Nathan didn''t give him the chance to evenplete his spell as he immediately threw a kick towards the side of Farhen''s head.
Thwack!
A loud, smack sound reverberated in the air, as Nathan''s leg connected cleanly to the side of Farhen''s head, sessfully stopping the spell, and sending him flying to the side.
"Arg!" Farhen grunted, as the force behind the kick caused him to fall hard on the ground.
What followed in the next few minutes were practically Nathan overwhelming Farhen with either punches or shes, without giving Farhen the chance to even breathe, talk less of cast a spell.
Farhen gritted his teeth in frustration as heid weakly on the stage floor. His face was swollen at the sides, and blood dripped downwards from his nose unto his upper lip.
As if that wasn''t enough, his chest and upper body stung in pain due to the different cuts inflicted on him by Nathan.
Though his elite uniform didn''t appear to have any cut, it was a different case with his body.
While he didn''t fight this duel with a hundred percent certainty that he would win, he didn''t expect to lose this bad also!
Remembering how helpless he was against Nathan''s relentless attacks towards the end of the duel left a deep pain in his chest.
He had facedbat mages before, and even won against them most of the times but never had he faced abat mage as fast as Nathan.
As for Nathan, he simply stood at the other end of the stage staring at him with a nonchnt expression.
''I didn''t think I would have to actually channel my mana in this fight, talk less of using sword aura. I guess the elites in this academy aren''t so hopeless after all.'' He thought, and a slight smile appeared on his face.
The instructor supervising the duel walked over to Farhen before cing a high-grade pill in his mouth.
Almost immediately, Farhen''s injuries healed at a rapid speed, and if not for his heavy pants and drenched uniform, it didn''t look like he was involved in a fight.
After that, the instructor announced Nathan as the winner of the duel, causing therge crowd of students to erupt in loud cheers.
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Chapter 137 High stats
Chapter 137 High stats
Harry''s eyes squinted slightly as he watched Nathan leave the stage.
''I was right, he really is strong.'' He thought. With the strength Nathan disyed, he doubted even Sarah would be able to defeat himat least, it won''t be so easy.
He couldn''t help but wonder, if Nathan was this strong, and yet, he was still a rank five student in Zenith academy, how strong were the rank four to one students?
In the world, there were three academies referred to as the "Big three academies".
Just as the name implied, those academies were recognized as the top-three magical academies in the world.
Whether it was in resources, or strength of students, they were all top-notch.
The first was Sky academy, followed by Kayrel academy, with the third-ranked being Zenith academy.
All three of them were managed and organized by the AMOjust like most of the academies in the world, however, the reason they were that popr was because of the amount of talented students in the academy.
Each of them were located in big cities around the world, and majority of those who attended them were from wealthy and influential families.
Compared to those three academies, Vane academy was like a hut inparison.
On the day of the tournament in which Harry nned on participating in, all of those talented Elementalists andbat mages would also be there, and majority of them would have the same goalto win the tournament.
With his current strength, he doubted he would even have a chance in thepetition.
''I''ll have to get stronger and more powerful.'' Harry thought, with a slight frown on his face.
However, he shrugged and made up his mind not to think too much about it.
For now, all he had to do was focus on the rankingpetition that would arrive in about two weeks, the tournament could wait for now.
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The edges of Harry''s lips curved into a slight smile as he stared at the set of tabs and characters in front of him.
He was currently walking in the middle of one of the academy halls. A lot of eyes were on him, some attracted by Ji''s handsomeness, while most wondering why he was simply staring off into space and smiling to himself.
In their eyes, he looked like a crazy student, lost in his imagination.
Harry ignored all the stares he was receiving, and simply focused on the set of information shing across his eyes.
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[Host Stats]
[Name: Harry Ainsworth]
[Race: Human]
[ss: Novice Manaless Mage]
[Level: 19]
[EXP: 15000/100000]
[H/P: 230/230]
[Energy: 340/340]
[Strength: 94]
[Agility: 93]
[Stamina: 92]
[Perception: 99]
[Endurance: 92]
[Intelligence: 90]
[Mental: 90]
[Charm: 90]
[Stat Points: 70]
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About two weeks had passed since the Nathan''s duel with Farhen, and during that time, he made sure toplete each and every of his daily quests, racking up stat points everyday and also gradually increasing his stats.
Compared tost two weeks, his stats had improved greatly, and seeing all of his stats in the ''nies'' made him feel quite fulfilled for some reason.
Ever since that day when he saw Nathan''s stats, a part of him felt quitepetitive.
Seeing someone else have higher stats than him for the first time stoked hispetitive spirit, and he made sure to put in more work in his training during thest two weeks.
It was why he also made sure to increase all his stats to at least 90.
And now, looking at his stats and feeling the amount of strength coursing through his body, he felt that it was all worth it.
He didn''t just focus on his daily quests over the past few weeks though, he frequently went to the beast forest to hunt mana beasts.
Compared to the first time when he found hunting stage two mana beasts like the four-eyed cobra challenging, now stage two mana beasts were quite easy for him to deal with.
Although, there were still a few times he ran into troubles, they weren''t too difficult to deal with.
He had also managed to rack up a lot of EXP, either by killing the mana beasts, or by absorbing the mana in their bodies or beast cores, and was able to level up twice.
While the EXP he got frompleting the system''s daily quests also contributed to his level ups, the EXP gotten from killing the mana beasts was what boosted his level the most.
Observing his current stats now, he couldn''t help but wonder if he would stand a chance against Nathan if he used his full strength.
After all, his stats were more or less higher now, and they would only increase with each passing day.
''I shouldn''t worry about that too much for now.'' Harry thought with a slight smile on his face, and then closed the "Host stats" tab.
He then opened another tab from the system, and a different set of characters appeared in front of him.
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[Skills and Abilities]
[Skill Points: 181]
>>elerate (level 5)
>>Healing and low-level regeneration (level 2)
>Mana steal (level 3)
>>Mana conceal (level 2)
>>Mana sense (level 3)
>>Energy Control (level 5)
>>Mana core illusion (level MAX)
[Elemental Skills and Abilities]
[Lightning Elemental Skills and Abilities]
>>Lightning Strike (level 1)
>>Lightning Whip (level 1)
>>Lightning Dash (level 3)
>>Lightning Ball (level 4)
>>Lightning Stun (Level 2)
[Earth Elemental Skills And Abilities]
>>Earth Rumble (level 2)
>>Shattering Rocks (level 3)
>>Earth Skin (level 2)
[Wind Elemental Skills and Abilities]
>>Wind sh (level 3)
>>Wind Burst (level 2)
>>Wind de (level 4)
>>Wind Steps (level 2)
>>Wind Needles (level 3)
>>de barrage (level 1)
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While hunting the mana beasts in the forest, there were a few times when he would receive quests to kill a certain number of beasts.
The quests he got were simr to the one he got during his first beast forest adventure, except that they were more difficult as they were involved with stage two mana beasts.
However, the system hardly gave him any quests to hunt mana beasts, and despite him frequently visiting the beast forest during the past two weeks, he only got quests to hunt mana beasts a few times.
At times, the quest granted him stat points as a reward, through which he was able to increase his stats.
However, most of the times, the quest granted him skill points as a reward. Of course, the number of skill points he got from each quests varied ording to their difficulty.
Thanks to the skill points he gained frompleting the quests, he now had up to 181 skill points in totalthergest he had ever had.
Harry smiled once more before finally closing the tab.
While he was excited to see that many skill points, he didn''t n on using them to level up his skills but was keeping them for something else.
As for the main thing on his mind right now, it was the rankingpetition which was starting today.
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Chapter 138 Nostalgia??
Chapter 138 Nostalgia??
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As for the main thing on his mind right now, it was the rankingpetition which was starting today.
One thing that made him feel especially happy about his stats was the fact that the name "Morton" no longer reflected on his name.
Finally, his name change had beenpleted. As for the name he now bared, it was "Harry Ainsworth".
The name "Ainsworth" wasn''t one he chose because of any deep reason. It was actually suggested to him by the other voice, and for some reason, he found it suitable, especially since it had a nice ring to it and sounded coolpared to "Morton".
The changing process took an annoyingly long time.
He had to provide a lot of documents before it could bepleted, and since he had no connections, he more or less did it all on his own.
The fact that he had already spent up to five years in the academy under the name "Morton" also added to the dy.
He had to submit his academy ID card and documents, and all the names had finally been changed.
The principal didn''t say anything even after finding out about his name change, but to his surprise, the one who approached him about it was Trent.
Well, "approached" wasn''t exactly the right word as they only happened to cross paths in one of the lecture hallways.
It seemed like Trent somehow found out that he changed his nameto be honest, it wasn''t even that hard to find outand he came to him about a week ago.
He seemed really furious, going on and on about how Harry was trash and didn''t even deserve the name "Morton" in the first ce.
Harry was quite surprised by this, after all, Trent had been totally indifferent to him during his stay in the academy.
He had even expected Trent to attack him, but it seemed like Trent wasn''t that stupid and only ranted before leaving him alone.
''I wonder why that got him so mad in the first ce.'' Harry thought with a slight frown on his face.
Ever since he moved out of his parents house, they never even bothered to look for him, or even try to find out where he was now living.
His supposed father and mother simply ignored his existence and treated him like a ghost that had finally left.
While he didn''t like to admit it, seeing as his parents didn''t even bother to look for him even after he literally moved out of their house made him feel bad for sometime.
Although, he hadn''t nned on moving back to his parents'' house, he had still expected them to at least worry or try looking for him.
There were even times when he imagined the police suddenly showing up to his door and saying something like "Are you Harry Morton?", but nothing like that ever happened.
This only cemented the fact he was formerly trying to avoid that his parents certainly didn''t care about him.
However, those feelings onlysted for a short time as he got over it and also ''learned'' to also treat them like ghosts in his mind and memory also.
He simply learned to enjoy his life, and focus on the good things he had with him like the manaless mage system.
Harry wasn''t sure, but for some reason, he felt like Trent was involved in this. After all, why else would the parents of a child simply be so unbothered that their child moved out of the house.
Even if they didn''t care about Harry, there was still the fact that their carelessness could catch the attention of the police and they would be arrested.
Trent probably told them something about it, and Harry was very sure that he exaggerated it and tried to make Harry seem like the bad guy in the whole story.
Despite that he was the untalented one, Trent always had this weird sense of inferiority and envy towards him since they were kids.
At first, it was just a little and didn''t really show, but it gradually increased.
It only got worse when it was discovered that Harry had a shattered mana core, and that Trent was a genius in magic, then all those feelings bottled up inside Trent exploded into hate.
And since then, all he had been doing was trying to get Harry on their parents'' bad side and he, on their good side.
As expected, his n worked, especially due to the fact that their parents now saw him as the one who was meant to uplift the Morton family.
Trent awakened a high-grade water affinity and medium grade wind affinity, making it clear that he had the potential to be a very powerful grand mage in the future, while Harry was practically told he had no future.
His parents saw Trent as the star of the family, and Harry as the trash of the family, another thing that contributed to their terrible rtionship.
At first, Harry tried to mend their rtionship by trying to get closer to his brother, but each time, Trent would eithernd him in even more trouble or even attack him himself.
''Trent sometimes I really can''t understand that brother of mine.'' Harry thought with a wry smile on his face.
However, one thing that bothered him was that when Trent came to him few weeks ago, something about him just felt different.
While Harry and Trent weren''t close anymore, Harry still had a somewhat good understanding of Trent''s character.
But that day, Trent didn''t seem quite like himself. While his actions were simr to what the usual Trent would do, it still felt like it was not Trent at the same time.
His anger the words he used something just felt really off about it.
But Harry simply brushed it off his mind, he used [Probe] on Trent that day, and the skill didn''t find out anything odd about him.
Apart from that, the other voice didn''t say anything about it also. In fact, the other voice was quite most of the time during the past weeks, it only spoke on the day hepleted the name change, but it''s words weren''t even clear then.
He simply ignored it, feeling that it was his own nostalgia from when he and Trent used to be close.
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He simply ignored it, feeling that it was his own nostalgia from when he and Trent used to be close.
Harry shook his head slightly and cleared every other thought from his head.
Nothing concerned him with Trent or what he was doing with his life, he should only focus on the ranking event.
For the past two weeks, the hype on thepetition had been very high, especially due to the fact that the world inter-academy tournament was also going to held this year.
Since only the top twenty-five students would be chosen to participate in thepetition, everyone was pretty hyped up about it and the discussion of the possible participants were trending all over the academy.
By now, everyone interested in participating in the event had either already chosen their teams or were randomly assigned to one.
ording to the academy, the number of students participating in this year''s academy ranking event were a lot higher than the number of those that participatedst year.
This was also because of the uing world tournament. Some students decided to try their luck and participate in the ranking event to see if they would be able to qualify for the tournament.
Last year, about one hundred and fifty(150) students participated in the ranking event, however, this year, exactly two hundred and fifty(250) students were going to participate in the rankingpetition.
The rankingpetition had three stages, or as some like to call it, three phases.
The ranking event usuallysted for at least two weeks as all the stages couldn''t be done in one day due to the number of students participating and the amount of preparation needed for each stage.
After the event, came the ''theoretical'' yearly examination, which determined if a students would be promoted to the next year.
However, for the students in their final year like Harry, the examination more or less determined their graduation.
Each stage features a different type ofpetition or event, the winner(s) would then progress to the next stage, while the losers would be eliminated.
The type of events held in each stages were different every year, depending on the number of students that were participating and the academy itself.
However, one thing that was alwaysmon in every ranking event was the requirements of teams to pass the first stage.
Students were required to form teams of at least five to take part in the first stage. The teams would thenpete with each other, the teams that won would then advance to the next stage, while the ones that lost would be unsurprisingly disqualified.
A few days ago, the academy announced the type of events andpetitions that would be done in the uingpetition.
This year, the team event was a "g-huntingpetition". Just as the name implied, it was practically apetition that dealt with obtaining and securing the opponents'' g.
Two teams wouldpete in this event, and the one that ended up obtaining the other team''s g would end up advancing to the next stage.
While it sounded simple, it wasn''t as easy as the teams would also have to focus on defending their own g also.
Harry let out a light sigh and raised his head slightly.
He was currently heading to where Susan and the other three members of his team were located.
After sending Kerr off the team, Susan unsurprisingly found another person to fill his space within a short time, so now, their team hadpleted five again.
He didn''t know who they would be facing against in the g-hunting contest. The teams were called randomly, and their opponent team were also chosen randomly.
Harry''s goal in this event wasn''t to get first rank or anything, he didn''t even n on bing one of the top ten students.
While he wasn''t sure about the strength of most of the elite students, he had a good grasp of his own strength, and he was sure that he would be able to get into the top-20 elite rank at least.
And if he gave it his all, he should be able to secure a spot for himself in the top-ten ranks.
Though, his pride was influencing his thoughts a bit, they still weren''t baseless.
However, he didn''t n on getting into the top-ten ranks.
His main aim wasn''t winning the rankingpetition, but qualifying for the tournamenting up in a few months from now.
Since only the top twenty-five students would be allowed to take part in the tournament, Harry nned on at least getting into the top twenty position.
Being a top ten elite student had Its benefits for sure, however; those advantages didn''t really benefit him much, especially since he was a manaless mage.
''Let''s just see how all this goes.'' Harry mumbled inwardly with a slight smile on his face.
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A few minutester,
A blonde haired girl could be seen leaning on a pir with a slight frown on her face.
Her face was round and very beautiful and her grey eyes had a weird shine that gave her an air of mysteriousness.
She had a slender, curvy body and even the ck and gold uniform on her couldn''tpletely hide her curves.
Standing beside her was a short girl with light pink hair. On the face of the pink-haired girl was a flustered expression as her eyes kept darting between Susan and her surroundings.
Even though Lin had practically seen Susan a lot of times during their training during thest few weeks, she still felt very nervous around her, especially after witnessing her strength.
No matter how many times they all fought with her, they never won, they never even came close to winning even once.
And to her, the most terrifying aspect of it all was that Susan wasn''t even using her full strength against them.
Just then, the figure of a brown haired boy appeared in the distance, causing Susan''s eyes to light up slightly.
"You''rete Harry." Susan said, with a slight frown on face.
Harry simply replied with a wry smile while scratching his head in embarrassment.
Lin suddenly turned her head away at that moment, feeling her cheeks burn red in embarrassment and her heart beat slightly faster.
''He''s really handsome'' She mumbled inwardly, feeling even more embarrassed at her thoughts.
For some reason, Harry''s face and appearance always seemed to get more handsome every time she saw him. She didn''t even know how Susan was still able to look him in the eye without getting flustered.
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Chapter 140 Team Event[2]
Chapter 140 Team Event[2]
For some reason, Harry''s face and appearance always seemed to get more handsome every time she saw him. She didn''t even know how Susan was still able to look him in the eye without getting flustered.
Susan was the one that said all three of them should meet up together a few minutes before the rankingpetition began.
ording to her, the three of them were the most crucial part of the team. She had a particr role for each of them.
Although they had already talked it over during training, she still asked them to meet so they would go over it again.
Apart from that, she wanted the members of the team to be close to one another in the event hall, so they wouldn''t face any problems when it was time for their team to participate.
"Yeah I''m sorry." Harry said with a wry smile.
Actually, the reason he dyed by a few minutes was because he was busy checking his stats and skills on the system, and also because he got lost in his thoughts.
Fortunately, there was still a few minutes before the ranking event began. Since Susan didn''t ask them to meet at the exact time thepetition would begin, they still had a few more minutes to spare.
"Whatever. Let''s just go." Susan said. Her eyes lingered on Harry for a few seconds and a rather strange glint shed through her eyes before she turned around and started leaving.
''It''s hasn''t even been a week since Ist saw him yet something about him doesn''t feel the same.'' She thought, while letting out a low exhale.
Lin''s eyes darted between Harry and Susan, before she eventually turned her head away in embarrassment and also started walking away. However, she still remained at a rather close distance to Harry, her cheeks bright red and her eyes darting back and forth.
Harry didn''t even pay any attention to her. Though he found her actions quite weird, he simply felt that it was because she was nervous about the event.
***
A few minutester.
Seated in the middle of the audience was Harry, his eyes were glued on therge stage in the middle of the hall, while Susan and Lin sat together at his left side.
The ranking event hadn''t began, so the stage was currently empty, and didn''t seem any different than it would normally.
The gazes of the majority of the students seated around them were on them, with the most attention being on Susan.
Despite only seating down and doing nothing, Harry could still hear the murmurings of the students.
Most of them were murmuring to themselves about his appearance and how handsome he looked while a few were actually insulting him, however, he wasn''t a stranger to suchments and only ignored them.
Susan also did the same, and only Lin seemed bothered by the gazes they were receiving as her face turned slightly red with embarrassment and her breathing was a little heavy.
This was the first time she was receiving the much attention from students, and it made her really nervous.
She turned to her teammates seated besides her, but seeing how unbothered they seemed made her feel even more embarrassed. It felt like she was the only one who was finding it hard to deal with this "normal" situation.
"Hmm." Susan mumbled to herself. In Susan''s hand was a short, thick ck card on which the number "16" was written on it.
She turned the card repeatedly, however, expect from the number written on it, and the logo of the academy at the edges, the card waspletely nk.
That number written on the card was their team number. It didn''t necessarily mean their team was the sixteenth to be registered as the numbers were generated randomly.
When it was their turn, their team number would be called and they would step up on the stage.
From what she knew, about fifty teams were participating in this stage. Half of those teams would be eliminated, while the other half would be allowed proceed to the next stage.
When a team loses, it practically meant all members of that team would also be disqualified, so this first stage was one that was meant to eliminate half of the participants.
Just then, a voice reverberated from the speakers ced in different parts of the hall.
[I wee you all to the first stage of Vane academy''s ranking event! As you all know, passing this stage is what determines whether you''ll be allowed to proceed to the next stage of the event!]
The voice reverberating from the speakers was that of one of the instructors, known quite well for his role asmentator during the academy''s events.
[This first stage is a g-huntingpetition. The two teams participating in thispetition would be given a g each.]
[The stage would be divided into two "domains", one for each team, and your team g would be in your team''s domain.]
While he was still speaking, therge stage suddenly started changing. A couple of white demarcations started appearing on the ground.
They spread around the stage, dividing it into two equal parts and also forming a small circle at each end of the stage.
Out of the circle, a small hole opened up and two gs popped out of the holes. The one at the right end of the stage was red while the one at the left end was green.
Harry''s eyes widened slightly as he watched this intriguing sight.
From Susan''s expression, which didn''t show any tinge of surprise or awe, it was clear that this was a regr urrence during ranking events.
However, this was Harry''s first time witnessing this, so the sight awed him.
[The goal of this event is to retrieve the other team''s g and bring it into your own domain. As long as you''re able to do this, you''ve won thepetition.]
[Also remember that you have to protect your g, the moment the other team manages to secure your g, your team has lost.]
[There are a total of fifty teams in this stage of the event, but only twenty-five teams would proceed to the next stage!]
[And with that, let the first stage, begin!]
Just then, a huge yellow hologram appeared at the top of the stage. It had a rectangr shape and the way it was positioned made it seem like it was floating in the air.
A couple of tabs appeared on the hologram, disying the words "Team 20 Vs Team 10".
Under the tabs, were the names of the students in the teams.
A weird glint shed through Harry''s eyes, as he caught sight of a familiar name in the tabs.
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Chapter 141 Trents Domineering Disy[1]
Under the tabs, were the names of the students in the teams.
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Team 20
Taltun Neil
Laius Jane
Indus Prittyl
Yukon Fritz
Humprey Hills
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Team 10
Trent Morton
Orlon James
Mikky Waltz
Jane Grinna
Innia Daryl
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Those were the names disyed under each teams.
A weird glint shed through Harry''s eyes, as he caught sight of a familiar name in the tabs.
''So Trent''s team is going to be the first topete let''s see how this goes.'' Harry thought, the edges of his lips curving into a slight smile.
Susan eyes also squinted slightly as she stared at the names disyed on the hologram.
''Trent so that arrogant brat''s team is going first.'' She thought, however, her actions contradicted her thoughts as she put the card away and focused on the stage.
While Trent might be annoying, he was still an elite student, and from what she knew, his mana core had gone up one stage, and his power had risen to new levels.
She was curious to see his full strength, even though she doubted he would show much of it in this team event.
After a few seconds, the huge yellow hologram finally disappeared, causing everyone''s focus one back to the stage.
***
A few minutester.
Trent walked into the stage with a slight frown on his face. He wasn''t alone though, his supposed team mates were also walking into the stage from other areas.
His light brown hair swayed gently in the wind, and his eyes carried a tinge of disdain as he stared at the four members of his team.
If possible, he would rather participate in this stage alone, rather than choose a bunch of weaklings as teammates.
Unfortunately, he had no choice but to enter with a team, so he simply selected a bunch of students randomly and made them his team mates.
''I just feel so annoyed these days everything''s been really annoying.'' Trent mumbled in his thoughts, the frown on his face deepening further.
He moved towards the left end of the stage, where the green g was positioned.
His teammates also positioned themselves in the left domain, however, they all made sure to keep their distance.
The aura Trent was giving off wasn''t a good one and even a blind man would know that he was in a terrible mood. Knowing his character, they had no intention of evening close to him, lest they incur his wrath.
The only thing that made them happy was that being in the same team with Trent more or less guaranteed their entry into the next stage.
His opponents'' team also positioned themselves in their domain, with their faces dripping with unease and nervousness.
The fact that they were facing against an elite student, especially one like Trent made them nervous, and they couldn''t help but curse their bad luck.
All of them were stage one Elementalists, with the strongest being a peak stage one Elementalist, none of them stood any chance against a stage three Elementalist, especially one as talented as Trent.
After the two teams had fully gotten into their positions, the instructor''s voice boomed around the hall.
[And let the g-huntingpetition, begin!]
Immediately, Trent stepped forwards. His eyes locked unto the other team and the edges of his lips curved into a slight smile.
"Let''s just end this quickly." He muttered, before stretching his hand forward.
"You''re all useless anyway." He said, referring to the members of his team.
Suddenly, a huge amount of mana gathered in front of his palm, before extending rapidly to his surroundings.
The huge amount of density of the mana surroundings Trent choked his teammates, and they subconsciously stepped backwards while opening their mouths in awe.
''We are both third year students but he''s a lot stronger!'' Jane, a tall girl with long brown hair thought, before hissing to herself.
Within seconds, numerous des made purely of wind appeared all around Trent, each one filled with a terrifying amount of mana.
"de Barrage!" He shouted, the smile on his lips widening even more. Following his words, all the des floating around him immediately shot towards the other team''s domain with terrifying speed.
Swoosh!!!!
Swoosh!!
Swoosh!!
A loud, ovepping sound of des cutting through the air sounded in the air.
The faces of members of Team 20 paled in fear as they watched the seemingly endless number of des closing in on them.
Some of them immediately tried to activate their defensive spells, but before they could even chant it, the des closed in on them, slicing them and giving them cuts on different parts of their bodies.
Before they could even recover from one wound, another cut had already appeared and all they could do was scream and cry in pain.
They all groaned and screamed in pain, as they fell to the ground, with blood bleeding from the numerous wounds they had sustained from the attack.
Despite therge number of des that was released on them, surprisingly, none of the des hit any vital areas on their bodies.
However, they still sustained injuries around their arms and legs, and the pain from the wounds made it so that they couldn''t stand on their feet, talk less of walk.
It seemed like Trent had controlled the spell and made it so that it wouldn''t end their lives and onlypletely incapacitate them.
The audience watching this sight were shocked as they watched their fellow schoolmates grovel in pain on the floor.
Some of them started raising their voices in displeasure, feeling that Trent should be disqualified for what he just did.
However, Trent didn''t pay any attention to them. How the audience perceived him didn''t really matter to him, he had never cared about his reputation and wouldn''t start caring now.
He simply started walking towards the other team''s domain with a slight smile on his face.
He let out a low exhale, and the smile on his face turned into a slight frown. ''My control over that spell has definitely improved, but it''s still not enough.'' Trent thought.
The time he spent chanting the spell was too much, and he felt like he should still be able to shorten it, and cast it a lot more fluidly.
Meanwhile, among the audience, Harry''s eyes widened slightly as he watched Trent.
''That spell that he used, it''s definitely de barrage.'' Harry said to himself. It was the same tier three spell he found by chance in the spell library few months ago, it seemed like Trent was the one who left the spell there.
"Wind Steps." He muttered, and arge amount of wind fluttered around his legs before he suddenly dashed towards the red g in the distance.
With his increased speed, he reached the g in no time, grabbing it and uprooting it from the ground.
The g was stained with blood, but Trent didn''t care and simply held the handle.
However, just as he was about to start moving back to his domain, his eyes suddenly widened as he picked up something flying towards him at rapid speed.
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Swoosh!
Using the wind around his legs to boost his speed, Trent immediately moved to the side, sessfully dodging the brown spike that flew past him.
His face morphed into a deep frown, and he turned towards the direction the earth spike came from.
His eyes caught sight of a ck-haired Elementalist, lying weakly on the ground with blood bleeding from the numerous cuts around his body.
But despite the injuries around his body, one of his hands was stretched out, and from the deep frown on his face, it was clear that stretching his hand like that was causing him pain.
Trent stared at the Elementalist for a second, before letting out a dry chuckle.
He could sense some mana surrounding the student''s palm, which made it obvious to him that he was the Elementalist that cast that earth spike.
Though he didn''t want to admit it, if he had let his guard down even a little, then the earth spike would have pierced him.
While it might not have incapacitated him, it might have still caused him some serious injuries, and worst of all, it would have put him in a world of embarrassment.
Just thinking about it made him very angry, and he subconsciously clenched his fists tightly.
"I thought myst spell was enough to put you all down but it seems I miscalcted a bit. You should have stayed down, I''ll make sure you regret your actions." Trent muttered, but the Elementalist he was speaking to still heard his words clearly.
The ck-haired student gritted his teeth in frustration, feeling very helpless against Trent.
He had nned to release that earth spike the moment Trent was turned away from him, to catch him off-guard and also injure him, however, it seemed like he had underestimated the instincts and prowess of an elite student.
Trent stretched one of his hands towards the Elementalist, and the edges of his lips curled into a wicked smile as mana gathered around his outstretched palm.
"Water de!" Trent shouted, and following his words, two small dark blue des made purely of ck water appeared in front of his palm.
Their shapes were wavy as if they could copse any second, but they still contained a dangerous amount of mana.
Immediately, water des shot towards the Elementalistsying weakly on the ground. But rather than hit the student himself, they hit the sides of his arm, the same one he used to cast the earth spike spell.
The des cruelly scarped off the skin at the sides of his hands, causing him to scream in agony as blood bled from the wound.
At this point, more students in the audience started expressing their dislike for Trent and his methods in this stage.
They felt like he was being too cruel, and that attacking the already weakened Elementalist with a spell was him going too far.
However, despite therge number of students who hated his methods, there were still some who supported him and chanted his name in admiration.
To them, Trent was cool and it was his opponents who were too weak to withstand his prowess.
Just then, the instructor''s voice reverberated from the speakers once more.
[I think I forgot to say this before, but you''re free to knock your opponents using any method you desire; whether spells or physical attacks.]
[You can also use any methods you like to help your team win, as long as it doesn''t involve using artefacts.]
[However, one thing that isn''t allowed is killing. No matter what, you mustn''t kill your opponents.]
Trent ignored the audience''s murmuring and chattering and walked back to the bright red g, before uprooting it from the ground.
Casting a speed-boost spell on himself, Trent used the wind fluttering around his legs to increase his speed and sprint back to his domain.
The Elementalists on the ground could only watch in frustration, as Trent took their g and moved it to his domain.
They couldn''t move, neither could they protect their g.
After getting to his domain, he nted the red g on the ground before staring off into the distance with a slight smile on his face.
"I told you, I would win this event without your help. Just watch" He muttered in a low voice, and no one heard the words that came out of his lips.
As for who he was speaking to, only he knew.
***
Harry''s eyes squinted slightly as he stared at a boy with light brown hair standing on the stage. No matter how he tried, he still couldn''t shake off the feeling that there was something different about Trent.
It seemed like he still had the same irritable attitude as before, in fact, he had gotten even more irritable, but something just felt off.
''Probe.'' Harry mumbled inwardly, activating [Probe] and focusing it on the brown-haired Elementalists in the distance.
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[Name: Trent Morton]
[Race: Human]
[H/P: 100/100]
[Mana core: 3rd Stage]
[Mana: 3100/3800]
[Strength: 49]
[Agility: 69]
[Stamina: 40]
[Perception: 70]
[Endurance: 42]
[Intelligence: 80]
[Mental: 43]
[Charm: 70]
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Harry''s eyes widened slightly when he saw the set of tabs that appeared in front of him.
To say Trent''s stats took a jump since the time he saw him at the spell library would be an understatement.
His mana had more than doubled, and each of his stats had greatly increased.
While the amount of mana and elemental mana an Elementalist had could increase over time, it was very unusual for it to just boom up like the way Trent''s did.
Increasing mana was quite difficult as one had to absorb them from the surroundings, and even if an Elementalist was gifted with the mana body physique, to achieve such a huge jump in only a few weeks or months was still insane.
Well, the academy also considered Harry''s feats as insane and impossible, but his case was different since he had the manaless mage system.
The speed at which he "absorbed" mana increased with his level as his mana core itself was due to the passive effect of [Mana core illusion].
If he considered the speed at which his "mana core" was progressing, he should break through the second stage in about two months or even less.
However, that was all due to the system which was even more insane on its own.
While it seemed like all these were just Trent''s talents, something just made him feel uneasy about it all.
Just then, the instructor''s voice red through the speakers, dering Trent and his team the winner of thispetition.
The members of Trent''s team were also confirmed to have advanced to the next round, as their names were all reflected boldly on the huge yellow hologram floating in the air.
Each member of team 10 rejoiced and pumped their fists as they left the stage, excited that they had advanced to the next stage.
Strangely, the ones who rejoiced the most were the other four who did practically nothing to aid in the team''s one, they jumped and rejoiced, even going ahead to hug each other while crying tears of joy.
Though Trent was the one who did all the work, they still felt no shame in rejoicing and taking pleasure in the win.
Trent only walked away from the stage with an indifferent expression, as if winning thispetition meant nothing to him.
As for the wounded students on the ground, a female instructor came on the stage to heal them.
She signed before stretching his hands forwards as if to bless a gathering.
"Healing bubbles." She said. Following her words, small water bubbles materialized in the air, and began floating towards the injured students.
The bubbles glowed with a dim blue hue, and the moment onended on one of the injured Elementalist, they injuries immediately started healing rapidly.
Within a few seconds, the water bubbles had already spread to all the students, and all their injuries were fully healed.
They all stares at their bodies in awe, surprised at how quick that spell healed them.
Water and light elements were the only elements capable of healing injuries. While the healing ability of the water element was slightly inferiorpared to that of the light element, it was still very impressive.
Apart from the cuts on their uniforms, there was no other way to know that they were wounded just seconds ago.
They couldn''t help but cringe at themselves when they remembered how they were easily dominated by Trent. However, they simply left the stage quietly, without saying a word to themselves about it.
After Trent''s team members won their round, another set of names was reflected on the huge hologram as it was time for the next set of teams topete.
Team 19 vs. Team 8
Chapter 143 Good Or Bad Thing?
Team 19 vs. Team 8
This time, the participants were all regr students. Unlike Trent''s team, the members of each team were all at the first mana core stage, and none of them had enough power to simply overwhelm their opponents in one attack.
They had no choice but to work together in order to give themselves a win.
The ones on team neen got into a formation, with two designated to attack, one at the middle and two standing near the g, defending it.
One of the members of team 19 was abat mage, and he was the one mainly giving orders and co-ordinating his team.
At his sides, were two short swords with their sharp des glistening slightly. From the way the rest listened to his orders, it seemed like he was the leader of the team.
As for the other team, they simply attacked without worrying about protecting their g or their domain.
At first, it seemed like Team 19 was going to lose, as those on Team 8 kept bombarding their domain with attack spells.
However, due to their strong co-ordination, they were able to maintain their ground, and despite their formation not being the best, they still managed to prevent those of team 8 from obtaining their g.
The match went on for a few more minutes with none of the two teams gaining an edge over the other.
But after struggling a few minutes, thebat mage from team 8 finally managed to break through the opponents'' defenses.
Seeing as one of their opponents managed to move past them, the members of team 8 immediately focused their attention on him.
However, with precise use of his short swords, thebat mage was able to deflect and swerve through the attacks sent to him.
His team mates didn''t just stay still either, they also bombarded their opponents with attack spells, in order to prevent them from stopping their leader.
Due to the members of team 8 being distracted by the attacks from behind, thebat mage managed to get his hands on the green g in their domain, before forcefully uprooting it from the ground.
Noticing that their g had fallen into the hands of their opponents, the Elementalists in Team 8 immediately fell back and focused all their spells on the fire Elementalist in their domain.
However, the student didn''t get distracted and by boosting his physical attributes using mana, he managed to throw the g towards on his teammates.
Since most of team 8 had already fallen back to their domain, they weren''t able to catch the g as it flew over their heads, and fell right into the hands on their opponent.
The members of Team 19 didn''t scatter their formation despite things being quite difficult for them a few minutes ago, so they were able to get the g.
Without wasting anytime, two of them sprinted back to their domain, with the other two holding back the attacks from those in team 8.
Thebat mage who was their leader was also fighting against the members of team 8, and even though their team weren''t exactly winning the fight, they weren''t losing either, since they managed to clear the path of those two Elementalist to run back to their team''s domain.
Due to their co-operative efforts, the Elementalists moved team 8''s g to their domain safely and they sessfully won thepetition.
The moment their team was announced as the winner, they rejoiced with each other, happy that they''ll be advancing into the next stage.
While those of team 8 couldn''t rejoice and only gnashed their teeth in frustration at their shameful loss.
They had underestimated their opponents. Seeing that their leader was abat magepeople known to be weaker than their Elementalist counterpartsmade them think that they would be able to breeze through their defenses by simply attacking at once.
However, their n failed, and it resulted in their pitiful loss instead. Rather than team 19''s defense crumbling, it only got stronger.
They could only me themselves for their loss.
After team 19 was dered the winner, cheers erupted from the audience and the names of the team members were chanted in adoration.
Even though no shy moves or spells were casted by the winning team''s members, just watching their co-operation and how they won the duel made the audience happy.
Unlike Trent''s team that ended thepetition before anyone could even enjoy it, they were able to enjoy this one to the fullest.
Harry sighed, before rxing on his seat. He felt a little bored if he was being honest, while thest match was quite interesting, it wasn''t interesting enough to him.
However, he still felt that team 19 did an impressive job, using their strengths to their advantage and co-operating with themselves.
He couldn''t help but look forward to when it was time for his own team to participate.
After all thest participants left the stage, another set of names appeared on the huge yellow hologram once more, and this time, Harry couldn''t help but let out a slight smile when he saw the names on the hologram.
Team 16 vs Team 4
Team 16
Susan Grey
Lin Tritia
Harry Ainsworth
Jon Haldane
Titus Frisk
Team 4
Ria Hiry
Spence Yitrl
Ditto James
Mike Don
Shane witton
Finally! It was time for their teamteam 16 to participate.
A lot of students were screaming in happiness, eager to see Susan Grey in action.
Lin who sat by Susan''s side started sweating in nervousness, as she realized that the moment she had dreaded so much had finally arrived.
Ever since the event started, she hadn''t been able to get the thought that she would soon be called out to fight out of her mind.
She hadn''t even been able to focus on the past team matches, as all she kept imagining was their teaming up on the stage and her fumbling.
Susan, seeing the smile on Harry''s face frowned slightly in confusion.
The three of them slowly stood up, and started to make their way towards the stage.
The cheers of the students got even louder as now, especially from the male ones, as now, they could all see Susan''s beautiful figure properly.
Most of them ogled shamelessly at her, however, none of them dared to approach her as the indifferent expression in her grey eyes scared them away.
While they were walking, Susan kept ncing at Harry, who still had a smile on his face.
It seemed like he was looking forward to the team fight and she didn''t know why.
A few seats ahead of them was a light brown haired girl with pitch ck eyes also walking towards the stage. Her name was Ria Hiry, and she was she one they would be facing
Susan stared at the back of the girl for a few seconds, before staring back at Harry.
"Do you know that the leader of of the team we''ll be going up against is an elite student?" She leaned slightly towards Harry and muttered.
Harry''s eyes squinted slightly, surprised by her words. He didn''t know the leader of the other team was an elite student, after all, he still didn''t know the names of all the top twenty-five students.
He finally understood why Lin seemed as nervous as she did.
During the weeks that past, he tried to learn more about the elite students and their strengths, but he only bothered about those who interested him, and this girl didn''t.
It seemed like she was one of the few elite students who kept themselves holed up in their dormitory, so students don''t really know about them.
"Okay, if I may ask, what''s her rank?" Harry asked.
"Rank 13." Susan replied, still looking to see Harry''s reaction.
Harry''s eyes widened slightly when he heard Susan''s words, however, he didn''t say anything else and only replied: "Okay."
Subconsciously, the sides of his lips curled up in a slight smile, as he felt quite excited to fight against an elite student. Like this, he could properly gauge his power whenpared to the a top Elementalist of Vane academy.
Susan''s eyes squinted slightly when she heard Harry''s nonchnt reply.
Since Harry was only a stage one Elementalist, she had expected him to shiver in nervousness at the thought of actually facing an elite student, especially one at the thirteenth rank, however, it seemed like he didn''t really care.
''I don''t know if i should take his reaction as a good or bad thing'' She thought.
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Chapter 144 New Quests
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''I don''t know if i should take his reaction as a good or bad thing'' She thought. No matter how she tried, she just couldn''t understand Harry.
Apart from his talent which she was sure was freakishly highhe had three affinities after allshe didn''t know much about him.
She had never really bothered to know more about him though, since they were only going to be teammates for a short timeperhaps only for thispetition even, she didn''t want to seem like the prying one.
***
A few minutester.
The two teams stood opposite each other on therge stage.
Harry''s team, or rather, Susan''s team were in the green g domain while the other elite student, whose name was Ria, and her team, were standing in the red g domain.
Susan''s team took a rather simple formation with Harry and Lin standing at the front, Jon and Titustheir newest member, at the middle while Susan herself stood at the back, right beside the g, acting as the sole defender of the team.
Though it might seem like pride, she was sure that this was the best type of formation for them to use, especially when going up against a team whose leader was an elite student, like her.
From what she had noticed, Harry and Lin had the most explosive power, while Jon was better in defensive. Titus had no exceptional defensive spells, but she still ced him in the middle to support Jon.
As for herself, she had the most power out of all of them, who else would serve as the main defender?
While she could gone on the offensive herself, she didn''t want to underestimate Ria.
She was sure that Ria''s n would be toe after her first, since she was the strongest among them, they would probably want to hold her down or even eliminate her first.
If Ria managed to actually hold her down at the frontlines, the chances of the members of team 4 overpowering their own team was quite high, and like that they could get the g.
Ria''s n would definitely be to go after her first, and that could put her team in trouble.
Although, the chances of Ria even holding her back or standing on even foot with her weren''t high in any way, she still didn''t want to take any chances.
After all, the point wasn''t to win against Ria, but to obtain her team''s g.
Ria''s team also took a simple formation, however, they only had two members at the back, while the other threeincluding Ria, were at the front.
It seemed like Ria nned on going on the offensive from the start.
The cheers from the crowd was very loud, even louder than it was during the other team matches.
Two elite student going up against each other with their team, and not just any elite student, but Susan grey and Ria Hiry, it was definitely something no one in the academy would want to miss.
The instructor''s voice red through the speakers.
[Now we have an interesting set of teams! Susan and Ria, both going up against each other! Who would win, and who would be the one to be disqualifiedlosing their elite position also!]
The instructor was right, since losing meant getting disqualified, it automatically meant that the elite student in that team wouldn''t be able to get their top twenty-five position.
That was also why Susan was also being extra careful so she wouldn''t be disqualified.
Though, if an elite student were to be disqualified, they could always get their position back by challenging one of the new elite students, it would still be a disgraceful experience for them.
[And let thepetition begin!]
Just then, the instructor''s voice boomed through the speakers and following it was a loud eruption of cheers from the audience.
Immediately, the two students standing beside Ria suddenly dashed towards Team 16''s domain with rapid speed.
One of them, a boy with thick ck hair stretched his hands forwards, and immediately began chanting a spell.
Almost immediately, mana gathered around his outstretched palms before forming into two thick spikes made purely of earth(rock).
"Earth Spike!" He shouted,unching the two earth spikes towards Harry.
The spikes flew through the air at rapid speed, rapidly closing in on him.
However, rather than panic, Harry remained calm, only staring at the spikes in silence.
While he was casting an attack spell, the other one beside them, a short girl with short pink also channeled her mana before casting a spell of her own.
She joined her palms together as if to say a prayer, and without wasting anytime, she immediately separated them and a small blue ball immediately started to stir in the middle.
The water ball was small at first, however, as more mana rapidly stirred around it, it eventually developed into a medium-sized ball.
"Water Ball!!" The girl shouted, before immediatelyunching the attack towards Lin.
Since Harry and Lin were more or less the first line of defense they had to go through to get the g, the nned on taking them out first.
Though they were trying not to show it, they were still scared of Sarah who stood at the back, and it showed by how their eyes kept ncing at her.
The edges of Harry''s like tugged into a slight smile, as he looked at the tabs of information floating across his eyes.
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[Optional Quest]
Win the g-huntingpetition
Reward forpletion
+20 Stat points
Defeat Ria Hiry
Rewards forpletion
+10 Skill points
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The moment the instructor gave the announcement, these two quests suddenly appeared in front of him.
At first he was surprised, but heter realized what an opportunity this was for himan opportunity to gain skill and stats points.
It wasn''t like he nned on losing before anyway.
He didn''t know why, but most of the quest rewards he had been receiving recently, didn''t give him EXP like they used to, but skill or stats points.
Except from his daily quest which still kept providing him with EXP, most of his quests didn''t give him EXP anymore.
He turned his attention back towards the earth spikes ''slowly'' closing in on him, before suddenly drifting his eyes towards Ria, who stood behind the two Elementalist with a smug smile on her face, causing a slight tingle to run down her spine.
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Chapter 145 Shocking Power[1]
145 Shocking power[1]
Ria stood confidently behind her team''s attacking Elementalists. Things had been going smoothly for her, and the only thing that could give her problem was Susan.
As for Susan''s teammates, dealing with them should be easy for the her team, especially with the n she hade up with.
However, just as she felt like things were starting to turn in her team''s favour, a member of Team 16, a brown haired boy suddenly turned his eyes towards her.
She didn''t know why, but staring into those set of pitch ck eyes caused a chill to run down her spine and she subconsciously stepped backwards.
Just as the earth spikes were about to clos
e in on Harry, a bright blue ball blitzing with lightning suddenly appeared in front of them and sted them away.
The lightning ball didn''t stop there, it shot towards the Elementalist, not slowing down until it hit him right in his stomach.
Small sparks of lightning danced around his body, as his back arched, and the force behind the attack flung him backwards.
Thwack!
His back collided against the hard ground, and his body stopped just behind where Ria stood.
Just before he lost consciousness, his eyes caught sight of the brown haired boy whounched the ''spell'', and he couldn''t help but wonder: ''He didn''t even use any h
and signs how was he even able to cast the spell?''
As for the water ball heading towards Lin, she managed to cast a water spell at thest second, sessfully deflecting the attack.
The moment Harry knocked down one of the Elementalist in Team 4, the hall immediately went silent.
The mouth of almost everyone in the hall were wide agape as they watched a stage one Elementalist knock down another Elementalist with a single attack.
The most shocking thing was how easily Harry seemed to have casted the spell. He didn''t even use hand-signs, neither did he chant the spell out loud. It was as if the lightning ball just appeared in f
ront of him.
Even Susan was shocked, and for a moment, her indifferent expression broke and her mouth widened slightly in surprise.
But she quicklyposed herself, shaking her head slightly in embarrassment while also feeling d that no one was actually focusing on her.
Harry stared at the unconscious body of the Elementalist lying on the ground. To be honest, he hadn''t actually expected that the lightning ball would be able to knock down the Elementalist in one hit.
However, when he thought about it, it made sense. Lightning ball was already at level four, and it couldn''tpare to any tier one spells anymore.
Ria wa
s also shocked by what just happened. She stared at her unconscious teammate for a few seconds before her face morphed into a deep frown.
''He knocked him out in one hit? I knew it he isn''t just your ordinary stage one Elementalist.'' She thought, finally deciding to take this fight more seriously.
Lin, seeing that the Elementalist that attacked her before was also distracted by what just happened, immediately used that opportunity tounch an attack spell of her own.
She sped her hand together, before quickly chanting the spell. A thick blue liquid swirled rapidly in the middle of her palms before forming into a medium si
zed water ball.
The said Elementalist noticed this and immediately tried to counter Lin''s spell, however, she was toote as Lin already casted the spell.
"Water Ball!" Lin shouted,unching the spiraling water ball towards her opponent.
The water ball flew in the air, hitting the Elementalist right in the chest. She grunted in pain, as the force behind the spell caused her to slide backwards by a few steps.
Harry, seeing that Lin seemed to be doing okay, decided to focus back on Ria alone.
"Lightning Dash!" He shouted, and following his words, a huge amount of lightning started dancing around his body, mainly concentr
ated on his legs and feet.
Ria, seeing the huge density of lightning flowing around Harry, couldn''t help but widen her eyes in shock.
''So much lightning isn''t lightning dash a tier one spell, how can the density of his be so high?!'' She couldn''t help but wonder.
She wasn''t the sn''t the only one thinking this, Susan was also shocked by the amount of mana and density of lightning surrounding Harry.
She had never seen a tier one spell have such high elemental density, and even looking at Harry, a part of her couldn''t help but feel like his spell couldn''t bepared to regr tier one spells.
The audience, and even the instructors were was also shocked. Murmurings started rising, about who Harry''s strength and identity, and those who attended the same elemental sses with him were burdened with numerous questions.
Susan''s eyes lingered on Harry for a few seconds, before her face morphed into a deep frown. For some reason, what annoyed her the most right now was the fact that Harry never used this particr spell when sparring against her.
It was as if he was trying to say she was too weak too weak for him to go all out while fighting her, and it made her annoyed.
Harry basked in the feeling of lightning coursing all around his body. [Lightning Dash] had already leveled up, and the amount and density of lightning coursing around his body now, was about thrice more than before.
He noticed that a lot of eyes were on him, most of the filled with surprise, while some with intrigue. Usually, he always hated getting attention from others, but for some reason, at this moment, he didn''t hate the attention he was receiving.
Rather, it felt like a kind of reward a rewards for his efforts in the beast forest during thest two weeks.
Subconsciously, his lips curved into a smug smile, and he dashed towards Ria, who he already made up his mind to defeat today.
He had scanned her already using [Probe], and based on the amount of mana she had, she was only a peak stage two Elementalist.
He should be able to defeat her quite easily, even without using his full strength, but he still didn''t n on underestimating her too much.
Ria''s face morphed into a frown, as she watched Harry dash towards her with a smug smile on his face. It felt like he was underestimating her, and even looking down on her, and it frustrated her.
''No matter how high your talent may be, you''re only a stage one Elementalist! Don''t dare look down on me!'' She eximed inwardly, and mes bursted from her hands.***
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Chapter 146 Shocking Power[2]
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''No matter how high your talent may be, you''re only a stage one Elementalist! Don''t dare look down on me!'' She eximed inwardly, and mes bursted from her hands.
Harry blitzed through the stage, leaving a trail of lightning and rapidly closing in on Ria.
His speed was so fast that to most of the students within the audience, he seemed like a blur. All they could see was lightning moving around the stage, and none of them could make out neither Harry''s face nor figure.
"Wind de." He said and then pulled his hands backwards. Almost immediately, a thin de made purely of air in front of his palms.
During thest two weeks, [Wind de] had leveled up. The skill''s current level was level 4, and its power had risen to a whole new height.
While the de''s length had only increased a little, its sharpness and the amount ofpressed air(wind) contained within it had definitely increased by leaks.
Without wasting anytime, Harry immediatelyunched the wind de towards Ria.
Whoosh!
The de sliced through the air at astonishing speed, rapidly closing in on the elite student.
Seeing how fast the wind de was closing in on her, Ria couldn''t help but grit her teeth in annoyance.
''Fast!'' She thought as her eyes widened in shock. The speed of the attack was so fast that she could barely follow it.
Without anybody telling her, she already knew that she couldn''t dodge that attack, so she instinctively tried to block or deflect the de.
The mes around her hands suddenly burned brighter, before rapidly condensing into a thick zing glove made purely of fire.
"Fire gloves!" She shouted. The fire gloves encased her hands tightly, and even though they were burning with fire, it didn''t seem like Ria was hurting in the least.
Just as the de was about to close in on her, she shifted her weight to the side slightly, and used the power of the glove smack the wind de at the side, managing to deflect it to another direction.
The de continued flying in the air, before dispersing after a few seconds. It was just sheer luck that it didn''t hit her teammates standing behind her.
However, just as she deflected the attack, Harry closed in on her.
Using the speed boost gained from the activation of lightning dash, he moved to the side a little, his movements so fast, that Ria couldn''t follow.
"Rock Fist." He muttered, while pulling his right hand backwards for a punch. Following the skill''s activation, his rights hands hardened visibly, taking on a thick, dark brown colour and turning into hard rock.
''She managed to deflect that wind de, just what I expected from an elite student.'' Harry thought.
Using his hardened right hand, Harry thenunched a punch towards Ria''s abdomen.
Since [Lightning Dash] was still activated, Harry''s speed and agility had more than doubled, so Ria couldn''t follow his speed in the slightest.
Thwack!
The fist collided against her abdomen with full force, and Ria''s back arched to the back as the literal wind was knocked out of her.
The punch was so heavy, and coupled with the speed-boost from [Lightning Dash], Ria found herself struggling to stay conscious.
She gritted her teeth in pain and immediately tried to cast an enhancing spell to keep up the fight, but her eyes widened when she noticed that her mana was suddenly unstable.
However, what surprised her the most was that for some reason, her mana had dropped. Though the spell she casted few seconds ago had also taken some of her mana, it didn''t seem to be the cause of the sudden drop in her mana levels.
Due to this sudden mana reduction, the elemental mana flowing within her became unstable, and she couldn''t properly cast a new spell.
Coupled with the stinging pain assaulting her from her abdomen, she couldn''t hold it anymore and eventually lost consciousness.
As for Harry, a slight smile appeared on his face as he stared at the set of notifications shing through his eyes.
[+5200EXP]
[Optional Quest: Defeat Ria Hiry Completed]
[Rewards Granted: +10 Skill points]
Back then, when he punched Ria, he simultaneously activated [Mana steal] and used that opportunity to steal some of her mana.
That was why Ria''s mana levels suddenly dropped and became unstable, to the point where she wasn''t able to cast a new spell.
This was an idea he got while training in the mana beast forest. Since approaching Elementalists in the academy directly, and absorbing their mana could be quite risky for him, he decided to steal their mana while they were fighting.
During that spur of the moment, the Elementalist wouldn''t be too bothered about monitoring the mana flowing within their body, and Harry could sneakily activate [Mana Steal] while fighting them and steal their mana.
Not only would this bring him a good a kind of Exp, but it would also make his opponents'' mana unstable, rendering the Elementalist incapable of casting a spell for a few seconds and even canceling their spell.
Even though their mana would only be unstable for a few seconds, those few seconds were enough to give Harry an edge over his opponents.
Elementalists were about eighty percent weaker without their ability to cast spells, their physical abilities weren''t as impressive asbat mages and since he could render their elemental mana useless for only a few seconds, Harry was practically a walking omen for Elementalists.
No matter how he viewed it, it was something that benefited him greatly and he couldn''t help but wonder how he hadn''t thought of it before.
The whole hall was engulfed in silence the moment Ria''s figure dropped to the ground unconscious.
There was only one word that came to their minds as they stared at the scene in front of themimpossible!
Even Susan and the rest of the Elementalist standing on the stage stared at the scene with wide eyes.
Not only did they just watch Harry take down a top 15 elite student, but they watch him do it in just two moves!
Even the instructors who witnessed the scene were greatly shocked, and thementator didn''t even know what to say.
Ate stage one Elementalist defeating a stage two Elementalist?! And more so an Elite student, it was something that was unheard of!!
Thest two members of Ria''s team stared at their leaders figure as sheid unconscious on the ground, with their eyes widened in shock and surprise.
While they hadn''t been a hundred percent sure of their victory, their expectations were that Ria would be taken out by Susan, and not by a stage one Elementalist.
When Harry was busy fighting Ria, they couldn''t even follow his movements in the slightest. He was too fast and all they could see were lightning blurs around the stage.
It was as if one moment, Harry casted the spell "Lightning Dash", then the next, he had knocked out their leader.
While they were busy standing in shock, two light arrows suddenly flew towards them at lightning speed, piercing their knee.
They grunted in pain as they fell to the ground, with their knee bleeding from the arrow.
Standing behind Lin and Jon was Susan, with one of her hands outstretched and her eyes twitching repeatedly in annoyance.
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Chapter 147 Susan’s Furstration
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Susan''s eyes widened slightly as she watched Ria fall to the ground after taking a punch from Harry.
Her eyes were wide open in shock and hands were trembling slightly at the sides.
''I knew he was strong but to think he was that strong'' She thought, and suddenly let out a low tsk as her face morphed into a deep frown.
No matter how she tried to view the situation, realizing that Harry never actually used his full strength against her made her very annoyed.
He had never even used his speed-boost spell[Lightning dash], when sparring against her, only using weaker spells like "lightning ball" and "wind de".
However, what frustrated her the most was that she was the one supposed to bring Ria down, not Harry.
She was the leader of the team, yet in this g-hunting event, she had been nothing but a spectator.
She had decided to stay behind to protect their team''s g, but Harry had just ran ahead and knocked down practically the major members of Ria''s team.
Her role as the leader was rendered useless since Harry more or less did all the work the team was suppose to do together. And since he eliminated Ria who she wanted to eliminate before, her choice to defend instead of attacking head-on became pointless also.
Just then, her eyes drifted to Harry again, who was simply standing in one ce and staring off to space.
Her brows twitched in frustration when she saw how nonchnt he was acting. It wasn''t just him though, but basically everyone on the stage.
The rest of her team simply stood in one ce, staring at Harry with their eyes widened in surprise, without making any attempts to go for the g.
"Light arrow." Susan said, as she stretched her hand towards thest standing members of Ria''s team.
And almost immediately, to small arrows made of bright white light appeared in front of her hands before shooting towards them at an astonishing speed.
Before they could even react to the attack, the arrows had already pierced their knees, causing them to fall to the ground as blood bled out of their legs.
Susan appeared from behind Lin and Jon, her eyes twitching slightly, with her usual indifferent expression broken.
''I shouldn''t think too much about this'' Susan mumbled inwardly, before taking in a deep breath to calm her mind.
"Shouldn''t you be more worried about taking the opponent''s g, rather than just standing in one ce?" She said coldly, breaking Lin and the rest of her teammates out of their daze.
Their faces turned red and they stared at themselves, embarrassed at their action.
Susan simply scoffed at their actions. She wasn''t even angry at them, she understood why they were in a daze. After all, they had just witnessed something that was perceived to be impossible.
"Light boots." She muttered, and almost immediately, two boots made of white light appeared on her feet.
Using the increased speed from the boots, she dashed towards the opponents team''s domain, grabbing their g and then pulling it out of the ground.
None of the Elementalists on team four was able to stop her as they were all unconscious, while the only conscious two were writhing in pain from their knee injury.
All they could do was grit their teeth as they watched the enemy stand freely in their domainnot like they could even do anything even without the injuries since they were too weak to stand against her anyway.
After taking out the g, she didn''t immediately move back to her domain and stared at Harry, who had already stopped staring into space and was staring back at her.
"What are you doing, why didn''t you just go after the g?" She said, a slight frown appearing on her beautiful face, however, it was only for a moment, and her expression returned back to normal almost immediately.
"Huh?" Harry muttered, a little confused about her question. The reason he didn''t rush after the g immediately was because thepetition wasn''t timed, and it wasn''t as if thosest two Elementalist were any threat to him that he should be wary off.
"You know what never mind." Susan mumbled, before walking away with the g in her hands.
Harry stared at her weirdly for a few seconds, finding her behavior quite weird, but he didn''tment on it.
However, unbeknownst to Harry, Susan''s brows squinted slightly and she gritted her teeth when she turned away from him.
''What''s wrong with me?'' She mumbled inwardly, using the enhanced speed from the spell she cast earlier to sprint towards her domain and nt the g deeply in the ground.
The whole hall was still filled with silence, as everyone still struggling to process what they had just witnessed.
In the end, they could onlye to the assumption that Ria was distracted by Harry''s speed and physical power, and Harry used that opportunity to quickly knock her out bynding a heavy punch on her stomach.
Just then, thementators voice boomed around the speakers in the hall, finally dering Susan''s team as the winner of thepetition.
[And through a surprising turn of events! We now have our winner! Team 16!]
Immediately, the hall exploded into cheers, and even though Susanthe rank one Elementalist of the academywas the leader of team 16, the audience were chanting Harry''s name instead.
Just seeing a ''normal'' Elementalist win against an elite student inspired them greatly, and that alone was enough for them to see Harry in a new light.
[For the first]
The instructor went on, talking about how Riaan elite student fell disgracefully to the hands of a stage one Elementalist.
Meanwhile, the same water Elementalist from thest matches, came unto the stage again to heal the injured students.
"Healing bubbles." She muttered, stretching her hands forwards and casting a healing spell.
Almost immediately, small water bubbles appeared around her palms, before floating to the injured Elementalists, treating their wounds and restoring their stamina.
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Chapter 148 I Won’t Lose To You
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Due to the healing spell casted by the instructor, the Elementalists were healed in no time.
Ria let out a low grunt as her eyes opened slowly. Her eyes suddenly widened in shock, with one of her hands subconsciously moving to grab her stomach.
The events that led to her losing consciousness immediately reyed in her mind, and she couldn''t help but grit her teeth in anger.
Remembering how she lost pitifully, especially against a stage one Elementalist, made her feel embarrassed.
She slowly stood up, and started walking out of the arena with her head hung down in shame.
Even without looking at the audience, she could still feel their gazes drilling into her back. Gazes filled with disappointment, and disdain; it all made her feel even more embarrassed.
She slowly turned around, and stared at the one who caused her loss, with her eyes narrowed in anger.
The brown haired Elementalist was busy chatting with his teammates, and they were all smiling and happy about their win.
Seeing the smile on his face only served to increase her anger, and she subconsciously clenched her fists, to the point where he nails dug deeply into her flesh.
''Harry I won''t forget you. I would make you pay for this one day just wait.'' She thought to herself, before finally walking away, still seething in anger.
Meanwhile, Harry''s eyes squinted slightly as he stared at the notification that shed across his eyes.
The moment the instructor gave the announcement that their team had won thepetition, a system notification appeared in front of him, informing him that he hadpleted the quests.
[Optional Quest: Win the g-huntingpetition Completed!]
[Reward Granted: +20 Stat Points]
Lin slowly approached Harry, the sides of her face burning red for some reason.
"H how did you defeat her?" She asked, her gaze fixed on Harry in awe. When Harry used [Lightning Dash] and sprinted towards Ria, she couldn''t even see his figure and all she could see was a blur.
Then the next thing she knew, one of his fists was nted deeply into Ria''s stomach and she was choking on the air, before falling to the ground, unconscious.
She couldn''t help but wonder how Harry did it, especially in such a seemingly easy manner.
Susan, despite acting like she was walking away, was also listening in on the conversation, because even her was curious about what Harry''s answer would be.
"Ohh, about that?" Harry muttered. "It was quite simple actually. My sudden burst in speed managed to catch her off-guard, then all I had to do wasnd an attack."
"What?" Lin said, surprised at how easy Harry made it all sound. She was also a stage one Elementalist, and she as sure that no matter how fast or sudden her spell-casting speed was, it would never be enough to catch a stage two Elementalist off-guard, especially one like Ria.
So the only thing that could exin how he won against Ria was that Harry was just that fast and he was just that strong also!
Meanwhile, Susan''s brows furrowed slightly when she heard Harry''s words. ''Quite simple huh?'' She thought.
Just then, a slight frown appeared on her face when she remembered what Harry said a few weeks ago, when he defeated Kerr.
Back then, he said something along the lines of Elementalist being physically weak.
''So that''s it'' Susan mumbled inwardly. She knew Harry''s physical capabilities were a lot higher than your average Elementalist, she had already noticed this during their spars.
When it came to physical strength and agility, Harry should be on par with ate stage twobat mage.
So his fight with Ria ended that quickly, not just because of the speed-boost spell he used, but because of his high physical abilities.
Ria wascking physically, since she hadn''t put any effort in training her physical body and only focused on her elemental abilities, so it made sense that she wasn''t able to withstand Harry''s punch.
His thought process was simr to that ofbat mages, in the sense that they both tried to go into closebat when up against Elementalists.
It was the best choice for them, especially since Elementalists were weaker in closebat.
This one was weakness she had noticed about Elementalists, and it was also one she had tried to cover for in the best way she could.
Unlike most Elementalists who only focused on their elemental abilities, she also focused on her physicalthough not as much as she did with her elemental abilities.
She trained and exercised, in order to boost her stamina, and even used weights and weighted bracelets to increase her strength and also agility.
Yet, despite all that, it seemed like she still wasn''t as strong as Harry.
Apart from that, Harry''s elemental talent was also insanely high, three elemental affinities, with each of them being high-grade at least.
While the academy never publicly announced Harry''s affinity grades, with the elemental strength he had shown, it was clear that each of his affinities were at least high-grade.
''And I still feel like he hasn''t revealed the full extent of his strength yet I wonder, can I really defeat him at his full power?'' Susan thought, the frown on her face deepening a little.
She hated to admit it, but Harry''s talent surpassed hers, by leagues and bounds, and as someone who was once praised as the Elementalist with the highest talent in not just Vane academy, but also Vernil city, she didn''t feel to happy about this.
''I won''t lose to you Harry I will make sure of it.'' She mumbled inwardly, clenching her fists tightly, to the point where her fingers dug deeply into her flesh, and her knuckles turned pale.
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Chapter 149 Wes Silas[1]
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''I won''t lose to you Harry I will make sure of it.'' Susan thought, before walking out of the stage.
Meanwhile, among the audience, the eyes of a certain ck haired student lingered on Harry for a few seconds before the sides of his lips curved into a slight smile.
''I was right! He really was strong!'' Nathan thought, his handsome face beaming with excitement.
He had a giftit more like an intuition, but he liked referring to the skill as a gift, that allowed him know when he was beside someone strong or someone with potential to be.
From the first time he met Harry, there was just this weird feeling at the back of his head, that just allowed him to know that Harry was hiding his full strength.
Even though Harry looked so simple and so weak, something deep down inside him just told him Harry was not as weak as he appeared.
What made him so sure of this was the slight sense of danger he felt when they first met.
And now, seeing as Harry had gotten stronger, he was more excited to face him. He knew better than anyone that the brown haired boy didn''t just knock Ria out by chance or luck, but by his sheer strength and proper utilization of it.
He wasn''t just the only one with eyes on Harry among the audience, the rest of the elite students who watched the teampetition also had their focus on Harry.
Most of them were annoyed at the unexpected result of the fight, they felt that what happened was a stain on their reputation as elite students.
They med Ria in their minds, first for losing against a stage one Elementalist, and second for bringing shame unto the name of the elite students.
Seeing how the students were cheering and chanting Harry''s name, made them feel very annoyed and even though no one said it out loud, they knew that Harry''s actions had lit up a fire in the heart of the Elementalists who were watching thepetition.
Some of the regr students probably felt that they had a chance against elite students, now that they saw Harry knock one out with one hit, and the arrogance of some of the top students didn''t make them feel very happy about it.
However, while they didn''t feel very happy with Ria''s loss, they were also quite wary about Harry.
None of them wanted to admit it, but they were all wary of his strength and elemental power. His physical abilities, especially his speed were no joke, and he could definitely pose a problem to them.
Apart from his physical abilities, there was also his high elemental power which was quite unnatural for a stage one Elementalist.
When he dashed towards Ria, they could barely follow his speed and his figure only seemed like blurs.
After a few minutes, the cheers and noise in the hall finally died down and Harry and the rest of his teammates returned back to their seats.
A slight smile appeared on Harry''s face as he stared at the amount of stat points an skill points he now had.
Despite sitting calmly, there were still a lot of eyes looking towards his direction. Harry ignored them as usual, focusing only on the stage at the center.
He noticed that Susan seemed a bit odd since they won thepetition. She was a lot more quiet, and the expression on her face was rather strange.
Harry didn''tment on it, despite finding her behavior strange; he felt like it wasn''t his business.
Within a few minutes, the next set of teams stepped onto the stage.
The fight between the two teams was tough, but with luck and also skill, one of the finally managed to win.
After that, a couple of other teams came out on the stage to participate, however, none of them caused as much uproar among the audience as Harry''s team did.
While they were all interesting to watch in their own aspects, they paled inparison to the match between Team 16 and Team 4.
Even now, people were still talking about it, and their main subject of discussion was of course Harry.
Harry''s brows squinted slightly as he stared at the students leaving the stage. while their match was quite interesting, he still found it quite boring, especially since the oue was predictable.
Just then, another set of names appeared on the huge yellow holographic board at the top of the hall.
Harry''s eyes squinted slightly, as one of the names on the list caught his attention.
''Wes Ss...'' Harry mumbled inwardly. The reason that name caught his attention was because Wes was also one of the elite students, and his academy rank wasn''t low in any way, being one of the top 10.
He was one of the popr top Elementalists in the academy, and even someone like Harry who never bothered to learn about the elite students had heard about him a lot.
Harry also recalled that Trent onceined about him during thest year holidays, talking about how annoying he was.
Wes was the one who defeated Trent in the previous ranking event, knocking him out of thepetition, and also securing the ninth position.
From what Harry knew, it was a tough fight, and Wes only won because he was able tost longer than Trent. Trent''s mana ran out towards the end of the fight, and Wes was able to emerge as the winner.
Back then, Trent was still a middle stage two Elementalist, and his elemental power were a lot weaker than they were presently.
It wasn''t that Trent told him any of this directly; they weren''t close to that point, but he over-heard when Trent was ranting about it to himself.
He could never forget that even if he wanted to, because the next few weeks after that day were hell for him, since Trent transferred all the aggression from the loss on him.
It was safe to say those weeks were the worst for him.
The teams facing each other were Team 28 and Team 32, with Wes being the leader of the former and thetter being led by a regr student.
Within a few seconds, the participants spread themselves out across the stage, each team taking their respective positions.
Wes team stayed at the red domain, while the other team, took position at the green domain.
Standing in front of Team 28 was an average height boy with blonde spiky hair, and dark blue eyes, his face was quite handsome and his lips were curled into a sinister smile.
The leader of Team 32 was a slender girl with long, purple hair and ck eyes. Her face was also quite beautiful, and itplemented her slender body very well.
However, despite how pretty she was, her beauty still couldn''tpare to Susan''s.
Harry''s eyes focused on the blonde haired boy standing in the red domain, and a weird glint shed through his eyes.
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Chapter 150 Wes Silas[2]
Chapter 150 Wes Ss[2]
Harry''s eyes focused on the blonde haired boy standing in the red domain, and a weird glint shed through his eyes.
He couldn''t help but be curious about how Wes''s stats wouldpare to Trent''s current stats, given that they were both rivals who hated each other.
''Probe.'' Without wasting anytime, he activated his skill, and immediately, a set of tabs appeared in front of his eyes.
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[Name: Wes Ss]
[Race: Human]
[H/P: 100/100]
[Mana core: 3rd Stage]
[Mana: 1540/1570]
[Strength: 35]
[Agility: 42]
[Stamina: 38]
[Perception: 53]
[Endurance: 37]
[Intelligence: 67]
[Mental: 40]
[Charm: 60]
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Harry''s eyes squinted slightly when he saw Wes''s stats. It seemed like he had also broken through to the third mana core stage, as his mana was now over a thousand.
To be honest, Wes''s stats was actually very impressive, given that he was the same age with Trent, and was still far from reaching his full potential.
However, they couldn''tpare to Trent''s, whose mana was already over three thousand.
It was another reason why Harry was shocked at Trent''s growth.
Thest time he met Trent in the spell library, his mana was also around the same level as Wes, but suddenly, within a few weeks, it more than doubled.
Apart from their mana, Trent was also stronger than Wes when it came to physical abilities. His strength and even his agility was higher, and also his other physical capabilities.
With the way things were now, Harry doubted that they could even be considered "rivals" anymore, given that Trent had already far surpassed Wes.
If it were to be the him of the past, he would have been jealous of those with talents like Wes and Trent, but now, he didn''t feel even the tiniest bit jealous of any of them, not when he had something a lot better.
And that was of course, the [Manaless Mage System].
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Meanwhile, on the stage, the members of the participating teams stared at one another in a face-off.
The girl leading Team 32, whose name was Leah, stared at Wes with the fire of determination brimming in her eyes.
She wasn''t the only one though, the rest of her team members were also staring into the eyes of their opponent''s team members with determination burning in their eyes.
They had already watched the fight between Harry''s teamor rather Susan''s team, and Ria''s team, and seeing how Harry managed to knock Team 4''s leader down, despite her being her elite student, had caused a fire to light in their hearts.
If he could do it, then they could also. There was no need to cower in fear, all that had to do was fight against their opponents with all they had, and also with full co-operation.
The goal of thepetition wasn''t to defeat Wes, but to take their g, though to do that, they would have to go through Wes first.
Inparison to Team 32, the members of Team 28 hadx expressions on their faces.
Their lips were curled into smug smiles, and they were smirking and snickering to themselves.
They didn''t see any reason to be worried about losing thepetition, not when they had an elite student powerful as Wes leading the team.
Wes, the leader of the team, had a weird sinister smile on his face as he relished in the gazes of determination shot at him.
''I guess they are feeling pretty determined, huh? I can''t wait to smash that determination away from their faces, and make them realize who they are up against.'' He mumbled inwardly, his lips curling into an even more evil smile.
He was one of those that felt very annoyed with Harry''s win against Ria, he felt like it was a stain on the name of elite students.
However, for some reason, he also felt like Harry''s face looked strangely familiar, but he couldn''t put a finger on where he had seen that face before.
His brows furrowed slightly, as he tried to remember where he had seen a simr face before, but no matter how he thought about it, he just couldn''t remember.
He eventually gave up on it, feeling that whatever it was, it mustn''t be important, given that he couldn''t remember. He should just focus on thepetition he was participating in.
[And with all the teams ready, let the g-huntingpetition, begin!!]
Just then, the instructor''s voice reverberated through the speakers around the hall, announcing the start of thepetition.
"Fine. Let''s see how you all would fare against my mighty power!" Wes shouted, as he stepped forward, with his hands outstretched.
Wes was also a dual Elementalist, which exined his high magical talent, however, unlike Trent who was a dual Elementalist with wind and water element, Wes''s elements were earth and water, with the former being at high-grade and theter being at medium-grade.
He immediately channeled his mana, in preparation to cast a spell, but just as he was about to cast the spell, the purple haired girl and the two Elementalists standing behind her suddenly bursted forwards.
The girl ran towards Wes himself, while the other two ran in the opposite directions, each of them casting speed-boost spells of their own.
Wes''s eyes widened slightly when he noticed that Leah charged at him directly.
''She''s charging at me, is she stupid or what?'' He couldn''t help but wonder.
However, without needing to think too much about it, he understood her n, and he couldn''t help but scoff at how stupid it was.
She was clearly trying to do the same thing the brown haired Elementalist from before diduse her sudden charge to catch him off-guard andnd a hit, except that she was trying to use two of her teammates as distractions for him.
While the n might have worked if she was going up against a stage one Elementalist like herself, she wasn''t facing just any Elementalist, but an early stage three Elementalist.
"Earth spike!" Wes shouted, and almost immediately, a long, thin spike with pointed ends appeared in front of him and with a simple mentalmand, it shot towards the purple-haired girl with astonishing speed.
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Chapter 151 No More Holding Back!
"Earth spike!" Wes shouted, channeling his mana and quickly casting another spell.
Almost immediately, a thin, long and dark brown spike made purely of rocks rapidly formed in front of him. Its edges were pointed, proof of its sharpness and with a simple mentalmand, the long spike shot towards the purple haired girl, slicing through the air and rapidly closing in on her.
Leah''s eyes widened in shocked as she watched the brown spike close in on her rapidly.
''I have to dodge this!'' She shouted, and immediately tried to cast a spell.
"Wa" But before she could evenplete the incantation, the spike closed in on her, lodging itself deeply in the side of her stomach.
"Arrrg!" She groaned in pain, her hand instinctively moving clutch the part of her belly where the spike pierced.
The sudden pain broke her bnce, and her feet staggered before she eventually came crashing on the ground.
The earth spike was originally supposed to pierce her right through her stomach, and not the side, but she was lucky enough to move to the side, just before the attack connected, causing it to pierce the side instead.
The spike that was lodged in her abdomen rapidly evaporated into tiny, brown particles, before vanishingpletely, however, despite the spike disappearing, the injury still remained, and it wasn''ta small one either.
The two other Elementalists who ran at opposites directions to confuse their opponents were startled after hearing their leader''s shout, they instinctively paused their charge, before turning around to see what went wrong.
Their eyes widened when they saw the purple haired girl,ying on the ground and clutching the side of her abdomen where blood was bleeding profusely with a painful expression on her face.
This sight alone discouraged them, and their body immediately froze. Their breath trembled under their noses, and they subconsciously shivered at the thought of being in her ce.
However, that was one mistake they made, as they ended up taking their eyes away from Wes, who was the main reason they came up with the n in the first ce.
Wes lips curled into a slight smile, enjoying the way things were ying out.
Without wasting anytime, he immediately stretched his hands towards the two Elementalists and casted another spell.
"Earth hold!" He shouted, suddenly clenching his fists, as if to grab a hold on something.
The two Elementalists who were standing at the side, immediately came back to their senses when they heard Wes''s shout.
They then tried to move, in order to run towards Wes''s teammates and continue the n, however, their eyes widened in shock when they realized something their legs were stuck!
Their eyes subconsciously drifted to their ground beneath them, and their eyes widened in horror when they found two thick lumps of brown mud covering their feet up to the bottom of their knees, keeping them trapped to the ground.
The smile on Wes''s face further widened and he enjoyed the expression of horror on their faces, finding it amusing.
''Don''t worry there''s more where that came from!'' He eximed inwardly, before hurriedly channeling his mana again, in preparation for another spell.
He stretched his hands towards the two Elementalists again, making a few hand signs while also rapidly chanting an incantation.
"Rock Darts!" He shouted, and almost immediately, four darts made of thick, brown rock materialized on each side of his outstretched arms.
BOOM!
However, just as he was about tounch the darts towards the Elementalists, the sound of a loud explosion suddenly reached his ears, causing his to turn his head.
His eyes widened in shock as the next thing that came into his sight was the image of a medium-sized zing fire ball flying towards him at rapid speed.
Without thinking twice, he immediately canceled the spell he had cast earlier, causing the rock darts to vanish into tiny brown particles.
Fortunately, he had alreadypleted the spell casting and incantations, and all that was left was tounch it, if not the consequences would have been more dire, because Elementalists couldn''t stop their spells half-way.
The fireball was hurtling towards him at an astonishing speed, and he knew that he couldn''t let himself get hit by the attack, or the consequences could be severe.
"Earth Wall!" He shouted, hurriedly stretching his hand towards the iing fire ball.
Immediately, a thick brown wall rose up from the ground in front of him, the wall wasn''t too tall, only being a little taller than him, and it wasn''t that wide also, making it look more like a door.
BOOM!!!
The fireball mmed into the earth wall with full force, causing a loud mini-explosion that spread thick smoke into the surroundings.
Wes gritted his teeth against each one another as he felt the impact of the attack despite not being hit by it.
After a few seconds, the smoke dispersed and in the distance, he could make out the figure of a tall boy with one of his hands stretched out, towards him.
His brows furrowed and the expression on his face morphed to that of anger, while the short wall he erected before sunk back into the ground, without leaving a trace of its former existence.
As for that one whounched the attack, it was clearly one of the members of the purple haired girl''s team who was standing in their domain.
In the spur of the moment, Wes had already forgotten that his opponents'' team still had two more members standing in their domain, and was focusing on the only three who charged at him earlier.
No, it wasn''t that he didn''t notice, it was that he didn''t even consider them opponents in the first ce.
However, one thing he hadn''t expected was that one of the Elementalists defending their domain would actually be a stage two Elementalist!
Compared to the other elements, fire was a lot more destructive, and the amount of elemental mana required to cast a fire ball spell could only be summoned by a stage two Elementalist.
Because of how powerful the spell was, it required a lot more mana to be cast, and was ssified as a tier two spell.
Before the ranking event, he had never bothered to learn more about other Elementalists except the top 10 elite students, who he felt could pose a threat to him.
And ever since thispetition began, he had never bothered to use his mana sense to gauge his opponents mana core stage.
Inpetitions like this, the leader of the team was usually the most powerful member, so when he saw that Leah, Team 32''s leader was only ate stage two Elementalist, he immediately assumed that the others would also be at the same stage; another careless decision on his part.
"Yeeearrrh!" The two Elementalists who he had trapped earlier immediately started rushing towards his team''s domain when they saw that he was already distracted with thest attack.
The felt like this was their chance, their opportunity to grab their opponents'' team g and make a difference in thepetition.
Due to Wes pouring all his focus in blocking the fire ball, the trap spell he casted on them before had alreadye undone, and they were now free.
Wes''s eyes squinted and his face squeezed into a deep frown as he stared at the one who hadunched the fire attack on him.
''This is so embarrassing too embarrassing.'' He kept repeating in his head, momentarily ignoring the two Elementalists who were running towards his domain.
His teammates, who had been practically useless since the beginning of thepetition, panicked when they noticed their opponents suddenly charging at them.
They had relied on Wes for everything, and it seemed like that decision was about to bounce back on them.
Leah, the leader of Team 32, slowly stood up, still clutching the side of her stomach.
Blood was still bleeding from it, however, it wasn''t as much as before, and the wound as closed up a little, remaining only a small hole.
During the few seconds she wasying on the ground, she had been stylishly healing her injury. Even though she wasn''t able to heal itpletely, mainly due to there being too little time, she was still able to close up the wound a little and lessen the pain she was feeling.
"Water Ball!"
"Rock Fists!"
The two Elementalists who had almost closed in on Wes''s teammates shouted, each casting their own spell.
However, just as they were about toplete it, a huge amount of pressure suddenly descended on their shoulders, and their steps froze immediately.
"That''s it! No more holding back!" Wes suddenly shouted, and a huge amount of mana exploded from his body.
The sheer pressure pushing back not only his opponents, but also his teammates by a few steps, and causing Leah''s eyes to widen in shock.
Wes eyes locked on every member of Team 32, before his lips curved into an evil smirk.
"This is bad" She mumbled, subconsciously stepping backwards, the sheer pressure of the mana around Wes intimidating her.
"Rising Pirs!" Wes shouted, violently raising his hands up, as if to forcibly lift something.
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
Almost immediately, huge earth pirs suddenly shot up from beneath every member of Team 32, forcibly pushing them up, and causing them to lose their footing.
"Wooahh!!!"
"Arrrg!!"
Different shouts and screams of shock rang out from the mouths of the unfortunate Elementalists, as they suddenly found themselves flying in the air.
Wes''s teammates who were standing behind him gasped in shock and horror, as she sheer height of those pirs caused chills to run down their spine.
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Chapter 152 Insane Power Of The Elites!
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The audience were also left agape, as they stared with widened eyes what they could only describe as both scary and amazing.
The unfortunate Elementalists at the receiving end of Wes''s ce instinctively tried to bnce themselves in the air, however, they failed miserably as the gravity immediately took its toll on their bodies, causing them to fall face-t against the hard and rough surface of the earth pirs.
Thwack!!
Due to the force at which they fell, some of them sustained broken bones and fractures, rendering them unable to get back on their feet.
Leah slowly stood up, while holding unto the side of the stomach. As if things couldn''t get any worse, she had to havended right on her side, causing the wound that she had already close up a little to re-open all over again.
She looked around, and her face morphed into a deep frown when she noticed that apart from her, only one of her teammates was able to get back on his feet.
It was the stage two Elementalists who remained in their domain earlier,pared to the rest, he was fortunate enough to have reacted quicker, using the help of a tier one spell to reduce the impact, thereby avoiding serious injuries.
Just then, her eyes locked on Wes, who had a strange smirk stered on his face and chills ran down her spine.
He still had both of his hands raised, and despite the beads of sweat rolling down his face, he still managed to retain that evil smirk on his lips.
''Let''s see if you still remain so confident after this!'' Wes thought to himself. The spell he was currently using was a tier 3 spell, and it was quite taxing on his mana core.
In order to keep upholding the earth pirs, he had to channel mana into it continuously or they would all copse to the ground, something which was quite difficult to do, even for him.
But seeing the look of helplessness on the faces of his opponents, made him feel like the stress was worth it.
And it wasn''t as if he was incapable of holding it up, even though it was quite difficult, it wasn''t impossible for him.
When she saw the weird sinister smirk on Wes''s face, Leah realized that her and her teammates were in serious trouble.
Just then, Wes pulled his hands downwards, as if he was trying to drag the air itself.
And following his hands movements, all the pirs immediately started sinking back into the ground with rapid speed.
''Shit, this is bad. I have to'' However, before she could evenplete her thought, the pirs on which they were standing on suddenly sunk back into the ground with rapid speed, causing them to lose their footing once more.
"Arrrrgg!" The members of her team kept screaming as their body started falling to the ground.
The sudden pull of gravity, coupled with the loss of their ground, caused their injuries to worsen, and it throbbed with pain.
A few of them tried to channel their elemental mana, but due to the free fall, they weren''t able to concentrate on their mana core, thereby failing to channel their mana.
As if their situation couldn''t get any worse, another surge of mana exploded from Wes''s body once again, as he started chanting another set of incantations.
"Water Arrows!" Wes shouted, and then stretched his hands forward. Immediately, twenty long arrows made purely of water materialized in front of his hands, before shooting towards the members of team 32 at rapid speed.
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
The water arrows sliced through the air at astonishing speed, rapidly closing in on the Elementalists.
Within the blink of an eye, the arrows closed in on the Elementalists, piercing their chest, arms and different parts of their bodies.
A few of the arrows missed, flying for a few seconds, before vanishing into tiny blue particles.
Fortunately for them, Wes didn''t target them in any life-threatening area, so despite them being pierced by the arrows, none of them lost their lives or sustained any serious injuries.
The eyes of most of the audience widened, shocked at the power disyed by Wes.
Even though they had already witnessed the insane power of the top ten students many times before, they still couldn''t help but be amazed each time.
The ones who felt that they stood a chance against the elites, had their hopes crumpled. No matter how they tried to think about it, they couldn''t see how they were supposed to stand against such insane power.
THWACK!
The bodies of the Elementalists hit the ground with full force, some of them bruising their nose, and some even fracturing more bones, with their already terrible injuries worsening even more.
That was thest straw for them, as they all finally lost consciousness, unable to hold the pain any longer, except Leah, who still somehow managed to retain a bit of her consciousness.
Leah grunted in pain, as she tried to hold back the stinging pain assaulting her from the side of her abdomen.
There were also two small holes on her legs, and also one on her left arm, from which blood was oozing from.
Three arrows had pierced her, and even though the water arrows had long disappeared into tiny blue particles, the injuries still remained, stinging with pain.
The one that was still hurting her the most, was the one at her side. Even though she was able to close it open before, it had fully re-opened once more, and the wound had even worsened.
''It really wasn''t supposed to go like this so unfair'' She thought to herself, with tears streaming down her eyes from the pain.
Their original n had been to run off in different directions, in order to confuse Wes. They also wanted to avoid a situation where they would all be knocked out at once, in case Wes decided to take the same route as Trent. and also to avoid them all getting knocked out in case he decided to act like Trent andunch numerous or darts at them.
The n seemed like it was going well at first, and it even seemed like they might have a chance at winning, but everything changed when Wes decided to stop ying around and started taking them serious.
It was then she realized that they never stood a chance against him in the first ce, as he was simply able to overwhelm them with the sheer pressure of his mana.
''I guess regr Elementalists can''t just stand against elites'' Leah mumbled inwardly, her consciousness finally slipping away.
Thest thing she saw right before the closed her eyes, was the smile on Wes''s face widening, and him mumbling some words she couldn''t make out of.
"Hahaha At least now you know the difference between our strength." Wes muttered, with a wide smile on his face.
Despite the strong facade he was putting up, there were still beads of sweat rolling down his face, and even the back of his uniform was drenched in sweat.
He looked back at his supposed teammates, who immediately shrunk backwards in fear, and then hissed, thinking of how he should have chosen better teammates.
Thepetition was supposed to be about he and his team, but they were just useless during the fight, causing him to do everything on his own.
''It doesn''t really matter anyway, I already won. But I would still teach them a lesson, let''s just wait.'' Wes thought, while the Elementalists who were behind him shivered in fear for some unknown reason.
"Earth Glide." He muttered, casting another spell.
Immediately, tworge lumps of earth covered his feet and connected it to the ground, using this as a bnce, he started gliding towards Team 32''s domain.
Unlike other elements, the earth element didn''t have any speed-boost spells, and the only way to increase their speed was to either glide through the earth or be one with it itself; thetter is only possible for earth mages.
It was why the earth element was referred to as the "un-coolest element" by young Elementalists.
However, while it might not be as efficient as speed-boost spells, the gliding spell was still very efficient for increasing movement speed and agility.
His gaze lingered on the unconscious figure of a certain purple haired girl as he glided past her, strange expressions shing through his eyes.
Within a few seconds, he reached their domain, he then uprooted the g and moved it to his own domain. Without wasting any time, he nted the g in his own domain, right beside his own team''s g.
[And now we have our winner! Team 28!]
[The fight]
Thementator went on and on, describing thepetition and taking about how interesting it was.
The female instructor who was responsible for healing the injured ones came unto the stage once more, and casted a healing spell to treat their injuries.
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Chapter 153 The Playboy Elite
Chapter 153: The yboy elite
The female instructor who was responsible for healing the injured ones came unto the stage once more, and casted a healing spell to treat their injuries.
''They might still be need for them to visit the infirmary.'' The instructor thought to herself, with a slight frown on her face.
A few secondster, all the injured Elementalists werepletely healed, and it didn''t even look like they had been in a fight, with the only tell being their roughened uniforms.
Meanwhile, in the midst of the audience, Harry''s brows squinted slightly as he stared at Wes, who was busy walking out of the stage with a smug smile on his face.
''He is quite powerful, I have to admit.'' Harry thought to himself. While Wes''s character was very annoying, one couldn''t deny his power and talent, especially for someone of his age.
However, he was still curious about how strong the rest of the elite students were, he doubted that he would have any problems dealing with them if he used his full power.
From what he had observed, the Elementalists in Rank 10 above were the students with the most power and talent, and even though the one below rank 15 weren''t weak in anyway, they weren''t that powerful either.
The whole hall was still in a state of chaos after Wes''s fight, most of the students felt like he had gone too far just to ease his ego, while some felt like he had done just the right thing.
The one who were thinking that they perhaps had a chance against the top ten students were shrinking back in horror, feeling embarrassed at their naivety and stupidity.
While the audience were still murmuring and debating about Wes''s actions during thepetition, the huge holographic board suddenly appeared once again, disying another set of names.
This was enough to bring silence to the hall once more, as the eyes of almost every one in the room focused on the names disyed on the board.
Team 13
Corey Lance
Lia Noel
Dar Rick
Cetus Bane
Duke White
Team 46
Nathan Lane
Stanley Bet
Hugh nc
Grace Silva
Amanda Benson
Harry''s eyes scrolled through the names, his expectations low about this next teampetition, however, his eyes couldn''t help but widen in surprise when he saw a familiar name on the list.
Harry wasn''t the only one though, even Susan, who had been acting quite nonchnt during the other team matches, had a weird expression on her face as she stared at Nathan''s name.
She didn''t say anything, and the look in her dull gray eyes were quite hard to read, but it still obvious that this was one match she didn''t want to miss.
Most of the audience also had their eyes fixed on Nathan''s name, despite him being a rather new student in Vane academy, just the sight of his name caused another uproar in the hall.
Even though only transferred to Vane academy a few months ago, his reputation from being an elite student in Zenith academy preceded him, and his duel with Farhen a few weeks ago, through which he became an elite student made him all the more popr.
Almost everyone knew of his strength, however, that wasn''t the only reason the audience were excited about his match.
The Elementalist he would be going up against, the leader of Team 13, was also an elite student, who went by the name of Corey Lance.
Corey was also quite popr in the academy, not just for his elite rank, but his infamy as a womanizer.
He was a guy who was always seen around women, and there were even rumors of him having over ten girlfriends in the academy.
Like most elite students, he was also in his fifth academy year, and was set to graduate this year.
His rank could have been a lot higher, as he was one of those with the highest talents in the academy, with high grade fire affinity and high grade water affinity.
However, despite his insane talent, he wasn''t as invested in his trainingpared to the other top twenty five students, and only trained just enough to ''stay in the ranks'', making him have a rank of twenty-two among the elite students.
Even though he didn''t train as hard as most, due to his high talent and dual affinity, he was still able to develop his mana core up to the second stage, making him ate stage two Elementalist.
While his rank might be considered quite high, given the fact that there were practically hundreds of Elementalists in the academy, it was still quite underwhelming when taking into ount of his talent and potential.
He was very rude and annoying, but still, the students couldn''t just act rashly to him, especially with his background.
His family was the owner of a huge textilepany, that was popr in Vernil, and they were also very influential.
Harry of course had also heard about Coreyit was impossible not to as a student of Vane academybut the one he was most eager to watch fight was still Nathan.
''Nathan Lane I''m quite curious to see how this would y out,'' Harry mumbled inwardly, his brows squinting slightly.
A few minutester, the participating team members had already positioned themselves on the stage.
Nathan and his team members stood in the green domain, while Corey and his team members positioned themselves in the red domain.
In Nathan''s right hand, was the same thin-ded bastard sword with ck handle he used during hisst duel.
However, there was a difference between his appearance from thest duel and thispetition, and that difference was the ck and gold uniform that he was putting on; which signified his status as a rank 12 student in the academy.
Standing by Nathan''s side was a girl with short, ck hair and pitch ck eyes. Her face was quite beautiful, however, she had a cold look on her face that made her seem unfriendly.
She had a slender and curvy physique, but yet her body was still toned and filled with hard muscles that were the obvious results of tedious training.
She was ate stage onebat mage, and in her left hand was a long ded spear, that she swung around effortlessly.
Three out of Team 46 members werebat magesincluding Nathan, with the other two being stage one Elementalists.
One of thebat mages in his team was Grace, who was standing by his side, with an Elementalist whose name was Hugh standing at the other.
Thestbat mage in his team was Stanley Bet, an orange haired boy who was standing at the far back of the team, with a green bow held tightly in his hands and a bag filled with ck arrows hung on his back.
Corey, an average height Elementalist with messy brown hair, and an handsome face, was standing on the other side of the stage, had a smug smile on his face as he stared at the members of Nathan''s team.
With his mana sense, he had already scanned their mana core stages, and he could tell that apart from Nathan, the rest should be quite easy to deal with.
Majority of them werebat mages, and as long as he kept them at a distance and bombarded them with spells, they wouldn''t be able to do much.
While the rest, were only stage one Elementalists, so their spells don''t pose much trouble to him also.
However, as he stared at thebat mage who stood at the back of the team, a frown couldn''t help but appear on his face.
''He could be a problem with those arrows.'' He thought, but the worry soon vanished from his mind. It didn''t matter, he would just take care of him.
Apart from him, there was one other stage two Elementalist in his team, and that was Lia Noel, the ck haired girl who was standing by his side.
With the both of them, he doubted any of the otherbat mages except Nathan would be a problem.
However, as he stared at the girl with short ck hair standing beside Nathan, he couldn''t help but wonder in his mind: ''She''s quite pretty, maybe I should speak to her.''
"Heydy!" He suddenly shouted, waving both his hands awkwardly at Grace.
The ck girl looked at him with a deep frown on her face, clearly not happy with how he was calling her.
Corey, not reading the situation, only continued. "Can we meet each other?! Maybe after thispetition?!" He shouted.
The frown on the girl''s face deepened, and without needing to think about the offer, she immediately replied: "no," with a cold look in her eyes.
She hated guys like him the most.
Just then, thementator''s voice reverberated through the speakers.
[Looking at the look of things, it seems like we have a very interesting match in our hands.]
[Who you think would emerge]
He continued his speech, talking about the two team leader and who had the most chance of winning thepetition.
[And now that the two teams are ready, let thepetition begin!]
The instructor finally announced, and following his words, the hall exploded into a loud series of cheers.
The moment the announcement was made, Nathan and the two members his team standing by his side immediately rushed forward, heading towards Corey.
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Chapter 154 Overwhelming!
A few minutes earlier to the announcement
Harry''s eyes lingered on the orange haired boy who was holding a bow and arrow for a few seconds before looking away.
''He looks quite familiar. I just can''t remember where I''ve seen him before.'' He thought.
He racked his brain, trying to remember where he had seen the orange haired before, and after thinking for a few seconds, he finally remembered.
It was a some months back, at the training hall, when he met Nathan, he remembered seeing an orange haired boy beside him also.
His eyes squinted slightly as he stared at the orange haired boy, apart from being intrigued by his identify, he was also quite curious about his stats, so he scanned thebat mage''s stats, using [Probe].
''Probe.'' Harry mumbled inwardly, activating his skill.
Immediately, a set of tabs appeared in front of his eyes, disying thebat mage''s stats.
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[Name: Stanley Bet]
[Race: Human]
[H/P: 100/100]
[Mana core: 2nd Stage]
[Mana: 678/678]
[Strength: 65]
[Agility: 69]
[Stamina: 72]
[Perception: 79]
[Endurance: 73]
[Intelligence: 60]
[Mental: 64]
[Charm: 51]
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Stanley''s stats were actually impressive, however, they couldn''tpare to either his or Nathan''s. His highest stat was his perception, which made sense, considering that his main weapon seemed to be a bow and arrow.
Harry''s gaze lingered on the weapon Stanley was holding for a few seconds, before activating [Probe] once more and scanning the weapon.
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[Name: Green Bow]
[Rank: 3]
[Durability: 92%]
[Power: 50]
[Defense: 328]
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[Name: Thin ck Arrows]
[Rank: 3]
[Durability: 98%]
[Power: 330]
[Defense: 102]
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Harry''s eyes widened slightly in shepherd when he saw the rank of the bow and arrow Stanley was using.
It was leagues above the bows and arrows he saw at the academy''s weaponry.
There were only rank one weapons in the academy''s weaponry, and of course, there were bows and arrows among them also, however, they were a low less powerful whenpared to Stanley''s.
Not only were the power of the bows and arrows a lot higher than those at the academy weaponry, but even their defense and durability were better.
Although it was only a bow and arrow; a weapon that wasn''t meant for closebat, it still had more power and defense than even some of the rank one weapons Harry saw in the weaponry.
Weapons and artifacts were graded from rank one to rank eight, and as one would expect, the higher the rank, the stronger and more powerful the weapon or artifact was.
Weapons and artifacts that were rank three above, were very expensive, and couldn''t be bought by just anyone. Especially the ones above rank five, those were even more expensive and were mainly used by adventures and mages.
For Stanley to have a rank three weapon, it was quite obvious that he was from a wealthy background, because that was the only way he would be able to afford such weapons.
Feeling curious, his eyes also drifted to Nathan''s sword, and he scanned it, using [Probe].
Almost immediately, another set of tabs appeared in front of him, disying more information about the weapon.
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[Bastard sword]
[Rank: 4]
[Durability: 98%]
[Power: 500]
[Defense: 426]
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Harry couldn''t help but gasp when he saw the rank of the sword. Nathan''s weapon wasn''t just any weapon, but a rank four weapon.
Looking at the amount of power contained within that thin de, a shiver couldn''t help but run down Harry''s spine.
Apart from the power, its defense was also very high, having a defense of more than 400 points.
It definitely made sense now, how he was able to block and deflect Farhen''s spells during their duel, if it was just any kind of sword, it would have unsurprisingly been destroyed by those attacks.
Harry also nned on getting a good weapon for himself, he couldn''t rely on the daggers he was borrowing from the academy weaponry, he had to get his own weapon.
There was no rule that forbade Elementalists from using weapons, most of them just decided against it, because of their pride in their spells and also that it might dy their spell-casting speed.
However, that would have to beter, as Harry didn''t have the money, neither did he know any good weapons dealer, where he could get one.
Just then, the instructor''s voice reverberated in the hall''s speakers, breaking him out of his thoughts and announcing the start of thepetition.
[And now that the two teams are ready, let thepetition begin!]
The moment the announcement was made, Nathan and the two members his team standing by his side immediately rushed forward, heading towards Team 13''s domain.
Nathan, being the faster one, closed in on the domain quicker than the other two. He held his sword tightly, as he readied himself tounch an upwards sh.
A frown appeared on Corey''s face when he saw the speed at which Nathan dashed at him.
Thebat mage was very fast, and his movements seemed like blurs, but fortunately, he had already preparations, knowing that this kind of situation was sure to ur.
"Water st!" He shouted, just as Nathan was about to close in on him.
BLAST!
Immediately, a small water ball appeared in front of him, before exploding into arge st that suddenly rushed towards Nathan, threatening to consume him.
Nathan, despite the powerful water st heading towards him at rapid speed, had a calm smile on his face, as he stepped forwards before making arge downward sh.
SWOOSH!
SPLASH!
The sword shed cleanly through the water st, causing it to break into two, before disappearing into tiny blue particles.
The moment he shed through the attack, Nathan didn''t waste any time and immediately lunged towards Corey, twisting his sword towards Corey''s shoulder, aiming for a stab.
Though he could have aimed at anywhere else, the reason he aimed for his shoulder was because he wanted to disrupt Corey''s spells.
Elementalist''s hands were one of the major contributors to their spell-casting, since it was required for them to make hand signs.
So Nathan nned on rendering Corey incapable of casting any spells, however, Corey was able to react quickly, as he had already channeled his elemental mana in preparation for a spell.
"Fire Boots!" Just as the sword tip was about to pierce his shoulder, Corey immediately shouted, causing a set of boots made purely of fire to appear around his legs, temporarily boosting his speed.
Using his increased, or rather, boosted speed, Corey immediately leapt backwards, narrowly escaping the sword that was about to pierce him.
He twisted his body to the side, and was about to cast another spell, when his eyes suddenly caught sight of a thin, ck arrow flying towards him at rapid speed.
Standing in the distance, was an orange haired boy with a green bow held skillfully in his hands as he stared at Corey.
His hands were still on the strings on the bow, and from his position, it was clear that he was the one whounched the ck arrow.
Corey gritted his teeth in annoyance, as he was forced to stop the channeling of his mana and dodge the iing arrow.
Using the boosted speed from the fire boots around his legs, he immediately moved to the other side once more, sessfully dodging the ck arrow that went on to pierce the ground behind him.
Before he could even regain hisposure, the sight of a kick heading towards his chest appeared in front of him, causing his eyes to widen in shock.
Due to him dodging the arrow, he wasn''t able to regain his momentum and could only watch as the kicknded squarely on his chest.
Thwack!!
His eyes widened in pain, as the force behind the kick sent him flying backwards by a few feet.
The huge amount of pain shot from his chest down to the rest of his body, and his mouth was forced open, as he spat out blood.
His body collided against that of the teammate who was standing behind him, and he was barely able to get back on his feet.
''Damn it! I knew he was strong, but to think fighting him would be this difficult ?!'' Corey thought, frustrated at how the fight had been going.
His earlier n had been to cast a few spells to hold Nathan back, and also summon another powerful spell to use to attack the archer standing in Nathan''s team domain, however, Nathan didn''t even give him any chance to breath!
And the archer standing at the back was also giving him problems also, all this was really frustrating.
Apart from that, there was still the otherbat mage, and the Elementalist who charged forward with Nathan.
While he was busy engaging Nathan, they had already closed in on his other two teammates, and were busyunching attacks of their own!
In normal circumstances, he would have gotten enough time to channel his mana and cast his more powerful spells, but Nathan was overwhelming him!
The moment hended on his feet, his eyes immediately widened once more as the sight of a sword descending downwards appeared in his vision.
He ignored the pain still assaulting him from his chest, and ced all his focus into channeling his mana as fast as he could, in preparation for another spell.
"Fire Skin!!!" He shouted, and a thinyer of fire rapidly started spreading around his skin, making him look like he was burning up in mes.
sh!
However, his reaction time was still toote, as he wasn''t able topletely prevent the sword from shing through his skin.
"Arrrgh!!"
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Chapter 155 The Winner
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"Arrrgh!!" He shouted, as Nathan''s sword descended down on his chest, leaving a light cut that ran from his shoulder down to the rest of his torso.
Fortunately, he managed to cast the spell on time, as the thinyer of fire covering his skin helped protect against most of the damage brunt, leaving him with only a light injury from the attack.
However, despite that the wound wasn''t that deep, it still stung with pain, due to the sharpness of the de.
''I just have to hit him with my spell, and create some distance between us!'' Corey thought, hurriedly channeling his mana once again.
He immediately stretched his hands towards Nathan, ready to cast another spell. But unfortunately, his head suddenly throbbed at that moment, and he let of a low grunt, dying his spell activation time by a second.
He had been casting spells repeatedly, and his mana core was starting to reach his limit.
While he was able to handle casting two spells at once, three was his limit. The "fire boots" spell was still active, and coupled with the "ming skin" spell that required him to continuously channel his mana throughout his body, he couldn''t find the mental strength to cast a third spell in session.
If he had put enough efforts in his training, his elemental skills and mental strength would have developed to the point where he would be able to handle holding three spells at once.
With his talent, he wouldn''t face much trouble in breaking through to the third stage, and even achieving feats like holding more than two spells at once, and strengthening his mental power.
Nathan, seeing this, didn''t waste anytime before going in for another attack. He snickered as he lunged towards Corey, twisted his body to the side, before following up with a punch towards Corey''s chest.
''Damn it!!'' Corey eximed inwardly, summoning every ounce of speed in his body to dodge the iing attack.
The throbbing pain that kept assaulting him from his head, and the stinging pain from the wound left by Nathan''s sh only served to worsen his situation; no matter how he tried he wasn''t able topletely ignore them.
Despite the speed-boost spell that was still active, he still wasn''t able to follow Nathan''s speed, and everything seemed like a blur as Nathan closed in on him before driving a heavy punch into his stomach.
Thwack!
Corey''s eyes widened in pain and shock, as the force of his punch forced his body to arch backwards before flinging him away.
This time, he wasn''t able to regain his footing, and his body ended up colliding with that of the Elementalists who stood behind him.
The both of them ended up being flung together,nding a few feet away from their domain''s g.
The sheer force behind the punchpletely knocked Corey out, and he slumped on top of his teammates, his mouth wide open, and his expression still contorted in pain.
Meanwhile, during the time Nathan and Corey were busy engaging in their own fight, the femalebat mage on Nathan''s team with short ck hair had also charged at Corey''s domain.
A deep frown was on her face as she held her spear tightly with her two hands, before swinging the ded part towards the Elementalist who stood in front of her.
Whether it was just her bad luck, but the Elementalist who stood in front of her was the stage two Elementalist on Corey''s team, Lia Noel.
Seeing thebat mage headed towards her at rapid speed, Lia''s face morphed into a deep frown, but she didn''t lose her calm and hurriedly channeled her mana to cast a spell.
"Wind Steps!" She shouted. Immediately, a huge amount of wind gathered around her legs, temporarily boosting her speed and movement fluidity.
Using the increased speed from the spell, she moved to the side, sessfully dodging the spear that was swung towards her.
Grace, seeing how her attack was dodged so seemingly easy, grunted in annoyance, before twisting the spear once again, in hopes of cutting Lia at the side with it.
However, Lia had already anticipated this, and simply moved even further to the side, causing the sh to miss her by an inch.
She hurriedly pulled her hands backwards, preparing to cast another spell once more.
''All I have to do is create some distance between us!'' The ck haired Elementalist eximed inwardly, before casting another spell.
"Spinning Air ball!!" Following her words, arge amount of wind gathered at the middle of her palm, rapidly spinning and condensing into a tiny ball of air.
Grace, seeing the umting win on Lia''s palm, couldn''t help but curse under her breath, as she immediately tried to withdraw her weapon and defend against the spell.
However, her movements were too slow, and without anybody telling her, she knew she wouldn''t be fast enough to block the attack.
Without wasting anytime, Lia immediatelyunched the ball of air in her palms, towards Grace.
Swoosh!!
The air ball flew through the air with rapid speed, rapidly closing in on Grace.
Grace immediately tried to move her spear towards the ball to at lest deflect it, but just as she had feared, she ended up being too slow, and by the time she had set up her spear to defend against the attack, the air ball had already closed in on her.
Whoosh!!
However, just as the wind attack was able to hit her, a thin whooshing sound suddenly sounded in the air, and before she knew it, a thin arrow flew from behind her, colliding against the wind ball, sessfully slicing through it.
''Huh?! Stanley?!'' Grace eyes widened at that realization, remembering that there was a certain orange haired boy on their team who used arrows.
Her face brightened up at that instant, and she didn''t waste anytime before lunging towards Lia again, for another attack.
Lia''s eyes also widened in shock, as she hadn''t expected an arrow to fly in at the nick of time and cut through her spell.
Despite the arrow already cutting through the wind ball, it didn''t stop, instead going on to lodge itself deep into the right shoulder of the Elementalist.
"Arrrg!" Lia grunted in pain, as the arrows pierced deeply into her shoulder.
''Yeah. They still have an archer!'' She thought in realization, with her expression contorted in pain. Due to being in the spur of the moment, she temporarily forgot at the archer who still remained in Nathan''s team domain.
Just then, she noticed Grace lunging towards her, and the frown on her face deepened even more.
Holding back the pain assaulting her from her shoulders with gritted teeth, she stretched her left hand towards Grace, trying her best to channel her mana to cast a spell.
"W-wind sh!" She shouted, though with great difficulty.
Wind rapidly gathered in front of her outstretched palms before rapidlypressing into a thin nt line, with sharp edges.
Whoosh!!
With a simple mentalmand, the attack shot towards Grace with rapid speed.
But unfortunately for her, Grace had already expected this kind of attack, so she immediately slid on the ground, sessfully dodging the wind sh as it flew over her body, moving in the air for a few seconds before disappearing into tiny pink particles.
Lia''s eyes widened in shock as she watched Grace dodge her spell by sliding on the ground.
Lia had expected Grace toe in for a sh like she did before, or swing her spear towards her, so she casted that particr spell to avoid such a situation.
Twisting the spear in her hands, Grace suddenly swung the wooden part of the weapon towards Lia''s feet, sweeping the Elementalist off the ground and causing her to fall to the ground.
Due to the unexpectedness of the sweep, and the pain that was still stinging her from the arrow, Lia was unable to prevent herself from falling to the ground.
She fell to the ground on her side, grunting in pain as the force of the hit caused her shoulder where the arrow was still lodged to throb even more painfully.
Thest thing her eyes saw was Grace looking down on her with a smug smile, with the tip of the spear de pointed at her neck, before losing consciousness.
Despite trying to hold back the pain, at the end of the day, she still sumbed to it and lost consciousness.
By then, Nathan had already finished dealing with Corey, and when Grace looked around her, all she could see were the unconscious members of Corey''s team lying on the ground with their expressions twisted in pain.
On the body of the other Elementalist who stood at Corey''s side, she could see one arrows lodged in both his arm and his left knee.
Without needed to think too much, she already knew that Stanley also helped in bringing the Elementalist down.
''He defeated them already and that fast?'' Grace mumbled inwardly, as she stared at Nathan who was already uprooting the opponents'' team g.
When she was fighting Lia, it felt like so much time had passed and she didn''t like to admit her, but without Stanley helping her with that arrow, she would have undoubtedly lost the fight.
No matter how much she witnessed it, she couldn''t help but be surprised at Nathan''s strength.
After uprooting the opponents'' team g, a slight smile appeared on Nathan''s face, before he suddenly dashed towards their own team domain and nted the g into the ground.
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Chapter 156 Main Goal
[And we have our winner of thepetition! Team 46!!]
Thementator''s voice sounded through the hall speakers, causing the audience to erupt into cheers.
Nathan''s team fight was one of the most entertaining fight they had witnessed so far, and even though almost everybody had already expected the oue, it still didn''t turn out to be a boring fight.
However, while all the other students were cheering and shouting, there were a few students among the audience who had frowns on their faces.
As for those students, they were the top Elementalists of Vane academy. The elite students of the academy also came to watch the duel, and even though some of them had already participated in thepetition already, along with their teams, there were still some who were still waiting for their turn.
Seeing as Nathan easily defeated Corey, someone who was hailed as one of the academy''s top Elementalists, made them feel like their position was threatened.
They had all felt this way from the moment Nathan transferred in the academy, knowing his strength, and his rank in his former academy, they didn''t need anyone to tell that that Nathan''s strength was at leastparable to that of the top five Elementalists in the academy.
Though they didn''t like to admit it, the elite students who had not yet been called unto the stage to participate felt very happy that they wouldn''t be meeting Nathan anywhere in this first phase of thepetition.
For them, he was the most troublesome one, and they didn''t even want to go up against him.
Since Nathan''s team had already participated in this first stage of the event, their team wouldn''t have to face him again.
As Elementalists who were supposed to be the best among the best, getting disqualified in the first stage of the ranking event, would be the biggest blow to their faces.
It felt even more embarrassing for them since it meant they didn''t deserve their elite position in the first ce; that they were worthy.
However, they were still annoyed that he qualified for the next stage of the event. Their prayers had been for his Team to face either Susan, or any of the other top three Elementalists.
While they recognized Nathan''s strength, they didn''t think he was strong enough to defeat Susan who was already ate stage three Elementalist.
Unfortunately, their prayer wasn''t answered, as Nathan was ced against Corey instead; an Elementalist at a lower echelon of the elite rank.
[Note: The term "lower echelon of the elite ranks" is used to describe Elementalists below rank 15 in the academy elite ranking.]
Meanwhile, Harry''s gaze lingered on Nathan who was slowly walking out of the stage with the members of his team mate following behind him.
''He really is strong, just what I''d expect from someone with that kind of stats.'' Harry mumbled inwardly.
While Nathan was busy fighting Corey, he had been paying full attention. However, what amused him the most wasn''t Nathan''s strength, nor was it his sword skills.
Rather, it was how fluid thebat mage''s movements was. During the fight with Corey, it didn''t seem like Nathan was just running aimlessly, rather it was as if he was gliding.
Every swing of his sword and movements of his feet were entrancing to Harry, as they were each filled with so much skill and fluidity.
While Elementalists were generally regarded as more powerful and cooler thanbat mages, due to their power to control the elements, one stark difference between them would always be in theirbat abilities.
Things aboutbat and fighting techniques were also taught to Elementalists, but since they mainly focused on their elemental abilities, they couldn''tpare tobat mages who were based solely on purebat techniques.
It was a lot more different from his own style of fighting, that only involved purely activating skills.
While that wasn''t exactly a bad thing, as having high stats and leveling up his skills would always benefit him, Harry wanted to improve even more, to the point where he wouldn''t need to rely on just his skills and stats anymore, and also improve on his personal fighting ability.
Remembering hisst spar with Susan, which he lost, he couldn''t help but grit his teeth, still feeling somewhat ashamed about it.
Even though he hadn''t gone all out, and could have easily won by simply using all his skills and going all out, he was still annoyed about how he lost the fight.
And the main reason he was annoyed by the his loss was because he had the higher stat between the two, and Susan hadn''t gone all out also.
Losing to someone with lower stats than him felt quite embarrassing, to him, it was akin to a grown man losing to a young child.
[You shouldn''t be too worried about yourbat skills for now. Trust me, just focus on your training, those will improve gradually.]
A familiar voice suddenly sounded in his head, causing Harry''s eyes to widen in surprise.
''The other voice?'' Harry mumbled inwardly, with his brows squinted slightly.
It has been quite a long time since he heard the other voice in his head, it just spoke once in a while, and then vanished again for another few weeks.
Harry hated this, mainly because the other voice seemed to be non-existent whenever he needed it the most.
''Ohh, so you suddenly decided to speak now'' He said in his mind, speaking to the other voice.
[Yeah.]
The other voice replied shamelessly, before continuing again.
[As I was saying, don''t worry too much about yourbat skills. Just focus on your training.]
[One thing you shouldn''t forget is that you''re not just an Elementalist or abat mage, you''re a manaless mage, and what you should focus on is learning how to properly control your energy.]
''So basically, leveling up [Energy Control].'' Harry thought.
[Yeah. The most important thing being your ss evolution. You still have the fire element toprehend, you won''t progress properly on it if you keep bothering yourself with unimportant matters.]
Harry''s brows furrowed slightly at the other voice''s words. ''My ss evolution huh?'' He thought.
He was still training very hard on hisprehension of the fire element, and after that day when he channeled his energy into the firece, theprehension rate had been rising quite steadily.I think you should take a look at
"What are you thinking of now?" A indifferent but soft voice suddenly drifted into his ears, jolting him out of his thoughts.
He instinctively turned his head to where the voice came from, his eyes meeting with the dull gray pair of a beautifully girl with long blonde hair.
"Nothing." Harry replied, causing Susan''s brows to furrow slightly, however, she didn''t say anything else and simply turned her attention back to the stage.
But one thing Harry didn''t notice was the weird glint that shed through her eyes.
Another set of names appeared on of the huge yellow holographic board above the hall, causing the hall to explode into cheers once more.
Harry rxed his back on the chair, as he stared at the names disyed on the yellow board, with a slight smile on his face.
What the other voice said was correct, what he should focus most on was controlling his energy, and alsoprehending the fire element.
For now, his main goal should be to evolve his ss to [Manaless Mage]; all other things were secondary.
''Yeah, the other voice is right. My main goal for now is toprehend the fire element, and finally evolve my ss into [Manaless Mage].'' Harry thought.
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A few hourster,
A brown haired boy could been seen sitting in front of a firece with his legs crossed in a lotus position.
His upper body was bare, and his lean, yet chiseled body was disyed, except there was no one around to see it.
Beads of sweat kept rolling down his body, and his chest kept moving up and down as he panted continuously.
Harry exhaled, as he stared at the set of tabs shing across his eyes.
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[New Quest Alert!]
[Unlocking Affinities ]
Comprehend An Affinity
[Quest Progress: Fire Affinity [49%]]
Time Limit: Six months [Time remaining: Three months and One week]
>>Rewards Forpletion: 5000EXP, ss Evolution
>>Punishment For Quest Failure: 50% Reduction in all stats.
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By regrly trying his best toprehend the fire element, the quest progress had shown visible increase, and he was almost halfway close to fullyprehending the element.
''Still this is not enough. I''m still too slow.'' Harry thought with a frown on his face.
Ever since that day when he decided to try channeling his energy directly into the fire, he hadn''t gotten any huge advancement like that time.
Although, his progress had been rising steadily, it was only by an about two percent each day, something which he wasn''t very satisfied with.
Just then, a notification shed across his eyes, causing the sides of his lips to curl into a smile.
[Energy Control level up!]
[The skill "Energy Control" now Level 6!]
Since he regrly channeled his energy in order toprehend the element, the skill that unsurprisingly showed the most progress was [Energy Control].
And now that it had just leveled up, it was now Harry''s highest level skill.
Apart from that, another thing that made him happy was that which each level up, channeling his energy bes even easier.
Harry closed his eyes, and then focused on the white me burning deep within him.
His eyes squinted slightly, as he couldn''t help but notice that the blue and golden streaks around the white ''me'' had increased, and were now a lot more noticeable.
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Chapter 157 An improvement
Chapter 157 An improvement
The first time he checked the white me, there were only a few thin blue and gold lines around it, and they weren''t even noticeable until he focused properly on the energy.
However, now those thin blue and gold lines from before had developed into streaks that coiled around the white me, swirling and moving along with it.
Though he found this quite surprising, Harry didn''t think much about it, and simply felt like it was due to him increasing his energy control.
He focused on the white me, and the swirled it around, before moving a small part of it to his right arm.
A few streaks of blue and gold also flowed along the white me, into his arm.
The moment the energy moved to his right arm, he immediately felt a warm refreshing sensation around that arm, and couldn''t help but wish that the energy remained there forever.
He swirled the energy around, the refreshing feeling increasing or decreasing depending on how he was moving it.
While moving his energy, Harry concentrated on therger part of the me, and then dividing it into another small part, he stirred the energy around and then channeled it into his left arm.
Now, he had divided his energy into two, or rather three, and was channeling it in two parts of his body, at the same time, a feat he wasn''t able to achieve before.
A slight smile appeared on his face when he realized this, thest time, just moving the energy around took all his concentration, and now, he could even channel it into different ces, an achievement which made him feel fulfilled.
This was due to the skill [Energy control] leveling up, with each level up, his attunement with the white me within him increased leaps and bounds, and he was able to control his energy even better.
After a few minutes more of channeling his energy, Harry finally opened his eyes, his lips still curled into a slight smile.
''Energy control... very helpful.'' He muttered, as he slowly stood up from the ground.
He yawned, before turning off the firece, finallypleting his elementprehension for today.
''Theprehension progress is still too slow'' He thought, staring at his palms.
Just then, he activated [Energy control] once more, and he could feel his energy swirling within him.
However, since his eyes weren''t closed, he couldn''t ''see'' the image of the white me, and could only ''feel'' it.
Channeling his energy once more, Harry moved some of it to his hands, feeling the same warm and refreshing feeling fill them once more.
But he ignored that sensation, and didn''t relish on it like he usually did, instead, he focused on his strength, and even though it wasn''t by a lot, he could tell that the amount of strength in his palm had increased.
This was actually something he had discovered a few months back, and that was that by channeling his energy, he could also increase his strength and speed.
Ever since discovering this, Harry had been trying to directly channel his energy in between fights in order to boost his strength and agility without the need of any skills
However, it was one thing to channel his energy and it was another to actually concentrate on the fight. Splitting his focus between them was where the problem came in.
No matter how much he tried, he had never seeded in splitting his focus between the two of them.
Directly channeling his energy was incredibly difficult, and it was very different from using skills. Unlike skills which the system just activated automatically, he had to do everything on his own.
He might try at first, but the connection always end up cutting at the middle, and since he mostly tried this when fighting mana beasts, who wouldn''t show him any mercy, he was forced to focus more on the fight, or he would end up with grave injuries, and could even lose his life.
However, for some reason, he felt like he had gotten strong enough to control his energy while also engaging in a fight.
With the new level up of [Energy Control], controlling his energy had be a lot more fluid, and he was sure he would be able to handle channeling it mid-fight.
To be sure of his thoughts, he activated the skill, and then moved some of the white me down to his legs.
Another smile of satisfaction appeared on his face when he noticed how smoothly he was able to control the energy.
''But then, there''s only one true way to test this out and that is by going back to the beast forest.'' Harry thought, finally canceling the skill.
Before leaving the academy, he had already collected a ticket from the principal, who for some reason was acting weirdly, so he was free to go into the forest and hunt mana beasts.
Elementalists and evenbat mages hardly went into the beast forest during this period, since they had to conserve their mana for the rest of the ranking event.
But Harry didn''t really care about that, his energy regenerated fast, he had no worries about his mana bing too low before the next stage of thepetition.
His team had already advanced to the next stage, since they won their match, and all that was left was for him to grow stronger, before
After all the teams had participated in the g-huntingpetition, a total of twenty five teams were eliminated, out of the fifty which participated.
The total of students who participated in this year''s ranking event was 250, and 125 out of them were eliminated, while the others were fortunate enough to advance to the next stage.
There were a few elite students who were also disqualified, this mainly contained the ones below rank 15, who were unlucky enough to be ced against more powerful elite Elementalists.
Even Han was disqualified, and his match loss was one of the most shameful of them all.
Chapter 158 Utilizing [Energy Control]
Chapter 158 Utilizing [Energy Control]
Despite his pitiful loss during the duel with Dan, it seemed like he had still managed to gather a team of his own; a team which included Ace and Nell, the Elementalists who used to bully Harry together with him.
Harry was actually quite surprised when he saw them on Han''s team, since he expected them to have deserted Han when the news about his mana core regression became public.
What made it shameful was that his team wasn''t even matched against another elite student''s team, talk less of one that was in the top five.
Instead, his team was matched against another team filled with stage one Elementalist.
However, due to the duel Han had with Dan a few weeks back, his mana core hadn''tpletely healed, and his spell-casting speed became even slower.
Apart from that, he had also lost most of his ''fans'' who admired him, and was referred to as the elite Elementalist who didn''t deserve his position.
While the match was ongoing, he had another one of his episodes with his faulty mana core, and the headache he always felt became even worse.
At first he tried to hold back the pain, however, this still affected his performance, as his mana core wasn''t able to properly function.
This was what cost his team their win, due to Han''s slow spell-casting speed, their opponent''s team was able to easily break through their defenses and grab their g.
The elemental power of his teammates weren''t that high to begin with, so thru couldn''t do much to defend their domain.
Despite trying so hard to im it back, they failed at the end of the day, as Han kept slowing down the team even further, until their opponents sessfully nted the g into their own domain, thereby eliminating Han and the rest of his team from the rankingpetition.
Harry''s brows furrowed slightly when he remembered how Hanpletely broke down after getting eliminated.
Due to the way Han bullied and made his academy life worse in the past, one might expect that he would feel very happy about all the bad things that were befalling Han.
But to his surprise, he didn''t feel that excited about it, and didn''t even care about it the way he thought he would.
He remembered when he used to pray about things like this, and hope that one day Han would also be disgraced like he disgraced him.
However, when something like that did happen, he just didn''t feel as gratified as he thought he would.
While he didn''t feel pity for Han, since the Elementalist was basically suffering from the consequences of his actions, he didn''t feel as happy as he thought he would about it also.
''Whatever I don''t really care,'' Harry thought.
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A few minutester,
A slight smile appeared on Harry''s face as he stared at the mana beast standing in front of him.
At his sides were a pair of silver daggers that he had borrowed from the academy beforehand resting in their sheath.
The beast was about a feet tall, with two thick fangs jutting out of its mouth. body was covered in thick ck fur, and had two thick horns on top of its head, making it look like a goat, except that it had fangs.
It growled as it stared at Harry with its horns pointed at him.
''Probe.'' Harry thought.
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[Name: ck Goat]
[Race: Mutated goat]
[H/P: 100/120]
[Beast Core: 2nd Stage]
[Mana: 65/85]
[Strength: 70]
[Agility: 62]
[Stamina: 81]
[Perception: 52]
[Endurance: 85]
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From the beast''s stats, it was clear that it was one that excelled in endurance.
Harry had actually been fighting it for a few minutes now, and despitending a lot of attacks, he still hadn''t been able to bring the beast down.
However, as annoying as this may be, fighting against the mana beast wasn''t that difficult.
Harry''s stats were a lot higher, and the beast''s method of attacking was too simple and predictable.
Just then, the beast growled once more, except this time louder, before suddenly charging at Harry with its horns pointed forward.
Mehnnn!!
It let out a loud bleat as the sound of its hooves running across the ground reverberated in the air, the beast rapidly closing in on Harry.
The smile on Harry''s face widened a little as he watched the beast close in on him.
Unlike how he usually fought, when he would quickly activate [elerate] and ran away from the trajectory of the beast, this time he simply remained in the same position.
Despite the smile on his face, there were beads of sweat rolling down his cheeks.
''Energy control!'' Harry hurriedly activated the skill, however, he didn''t close his eyes. The moment he activated the skill, he could sense the ''white me'' stirring within him.
Harry hurriedly channeled his energy to his legs, he ignored the refreshing sensation he felt and instead focused on the power flowing through his legs from the energy.
Just as the mana beast was about to close in on him, Harry suddenly bent his knees slightly, before jumping him, using the energy flowing within his legs to power his jump.
This caused the beast to miss himpletely as its horns crashed into the tree behind Harry, drilling into the tree.
A chill ran down Harry''s spine as he imagined himself in the ce of that tree. He was sure that hit would have done some serious damage to his body, and that was if it didn''t im his life.
Though he had a healing skill, he still wasn''t nning to go through that.
Few seconds before hended on the ground, while the mana beast was still busy removing its horns from the tree, Harry pulled his hands backwards.
''Lightning Whip!'' Immediately, blue sparks appeared in the middle of his palm, before forming into a long, thin whip made purely of lightning.
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Chapter 159 More strength than expected
Chapter 159 More strength than expected
Without wasting any time, Harry immediately descended the whip down on the beast.
Crackle!
The lightning whip crackled as it sliced in the air, quickly closing in on the mana beast.
Before the ck goat could even remove its hornspletely from the tree it was stuck in, the whip suddenly descended on its back.
Thwack!
The sound of the whipshing against the beast''s back reverberated in the hair, the pain causing it to bleat loudly in annoyance.
Since the whip was made of lightning, the attack also caused a shock to run through the beast''s body, further agitating it.
Mehhnn!
It bleated again, as it was finally able to remove its horns from the tree they were stuck in before.
Immediately, it charged at Harry once more, with his horns pointed at him.
''This skill is pretty good.'' Harry thought, a slight smile appearing on his face, as he swung the lightning whip around.
[-40 Energy points]
A system notification appeared in front of him, but he ignored it, already used to seeing such notifications whenever he used an active skill.
[Lightning Whip] was a skill he rarely used, not because he couldn''t activate it or anything, but because handling the whip was quite difficult.
Whenever he was facing mana beasts, the beasts usually charged at him with great speed, and [Lightning whip] was usually ineffective in those situations the beasts would descend on him before he could even swing the whip.
The only reason he was able to use it against this particr beast was because the beast''s speed was quite slow, and following the beast''s movements didn''t pose much problems for him since it was always so predictable.
Just as the beast''s horns were about to close in on him, Harry hurriedly channeled his energy into his legs once more.
This time, he channeled a little more energy to his legs, causing his speed and the power in his legs to increase even more than thest time.
Using the energy channeled into his legs to boost his speed, Harry immediately moved to the side, dodging the mana beast again.
However, as he moved to the side, he stretched one of his hands towards the beast, and activated another skill.
"Wind sh." Harry mumbled, and following his words, arge amount of wind rapidly gathered in front of his palms, before forming into a thin sharp sh.
With a simple mentalmand, the wind sh immediately shot towards the beast.
Swoosh!
The sound of the sh slicing through the air reverberated in the surroundings as it rapidly closed in on the side of the beast, leaving a deep cut that ran from the top to just above its abdomen.
Mehhnnn!!!
The mana beast let out another bleat, as it trashed around, wailing in pain. Blood bled from the wound, staining its ck fur with red.
Suddenly, it started hitting the hooves on its back limbs on the ground repeatedly, like it was an horse ready to go for a race.
Harry''s eyes squinted when he noticed this, and he felt a strange sense of foreboding from the mana beast''s actions alone.
The huge ck goat suddenly red at him, with its corners of its eyes red with anger, however, what surprised Harry the most weren''t its eyes, but it''s hooves which were currently glowing with a dull yellow colour.
Without needing anyone to tell him, Harry had already realized what the beast was trying to do, and his eyes widened a little in shock.
''Shit.., this beast also has a trait?!'' He thought in surprise.
Mehhh!
Without giving him any time to think, the mana beast suddenly let out another loud bleat as it dashed at him once more, attempting to stab him with its sharp horns.
Harry''s eyes widened in shock when he noticed the beast''s speed, its speed was twice no, almost thrice faster than it was before, to the point that he was barely able to react to it.
Harry instinctively tried to activate [elerate], but then he stopped at thest second when he remembered what he promised himself beforeing to the beast forest.
Hurriedly channeling more energy to his legs, Harry immediately leapt to the side, narrowly escaping the deadly horns of the goat.
By doing this, he was able to create some distance between him and the beast, but he still didn''t let his guard down.
The Lightning whip was still held tightly in his right hand, and just as hended, he immediately swung the whip towards the beast''s neck.
The lightning around the whip crackled as it sliced through the air, beforending on the goat, coiling around the beast''s neck.
Mehnnn!
The beast bleated as it instinctively tried to pull away from the whip coiled around its neck.
Harry however, had already expected this, and immediately grabbed a hold of the whip using his second hand in order to bnce himself properly.
He gritted his teeth in annoyance and hurriedly channeled some of his mana into his hands.
"Arrrg!!!" Using the additional strength from the energy channeled into his hands, Harry immediately flung the mana beast to the side with a loud shout.
Mehhnnn!!!
The goat bleated loudly as its whole body was lifted off the ground before being flung to the side.
The goat crashed into two trees, the force at which it was flying causing the trees topletely break into two.
Snap!!
Crack!!
Thud!!!
The two trees fell to the ground with full force, making a loud "thud" sound and causing dust to rise in the air.
Crack!!!
The mana beast finally stooped after crashing into arge tree, with thick branches, its back mming against the trunk of the tree with full force.
A loud cracking sound immediately sounded in the air as the mana beast''s spinal cord shattered upon impact.
The goat whimpered in pain, as its body slid down from the stem of the tree unto the ground, leaving a small trail of ckish red blood on the tree bark.
Meanwhile, Harry''s eyes widened in shock as he stared at the amount of damage caused by his throw.
He had already deactivated the skill [Lightning Whip] the moment he flung the beast, so the thin whip in his hands had already disappeared.
His breathing was a little heavy, and beads of sweat pooled on his face. Flinging the beast had taken a bit of his stamina.
"Woahhh i did this" He mumbled, still in shock. When he threw the mana beast, he wasn''t actually nning to throw it that far.
However, he wasn''t able to sessfully control the amount of strength that was flowing through him, and due to the momentum at which he threw the goat, he ended up using a lot more force than he had expected.
But one thing he didn''t notice was the thin white energy that was coating his hands, just moments before he flung the mana beast.
While he was still being shocked at his own strength, a system notification suddenly appeared in front of him, causing his eyes to widen in surprise.
[-110 Energy points]
''What?! Over hundred energy points?!'' Harry eximed inwardly, shocked at the amount of energy points that was deducted by the system.
He was sure that [Lightning Whip] was the only skill he activated, and the skill didn''t even take up to fifty points to activate it.
So howe he lost over hundred points of energy?!
''Host stats.''
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[Host Stats]
[Name: Harry Ainsworth]
[Race: Human]
[ss: Novice Manaless Mage]
[Level: 19]
[EXP: 22000/100000]
[H/P: 230/230]
[Energy: 220/340]
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''Damn it.'' He thought, a slight frown on his face.
However, after thinking about it for a few seconds, he simply brushed it off his mind, feeling that he should go check the mana beast he just flung first.
Harry sighed, and then closed the system tab. The stamina that he lost in flinging the goat had already almost recoveredpletely, so he didn''t even feel the least bit exhausted even after exerting such amount of strength.
Channeling some of his energy into his legs, Harry immediately dashed towards the direction in which the goat flew to.
After running for a few seconds, he finally got to where the goat was. He met the goat lying weakly under a huge tree, with blood oozing out of its mouth, and its back.
The dust in the air was a lot thicker here, but Harry could still see quite clearly. However, that didn''t mean it didn''t make him ufortable.
He let out a light cough, while also moving his hand in the air, in a bid to clear up some of the dust.
His eyes moved back to the mana beast, and seeing as itid weakly on the ground, letting out low whimpers, even Harry felt a little bit of pity for it.
Harry scanned the beast''s stats using [Probe], quite curious to see how many H/P the goat still had left.
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[Name: ck Goat]
[Race: Mutated goat]
[H/P: 17/120]
[Beast Core: 2nd Stage]
[Mana: 24/85]
[Strength: 70]
[Agility: 62]
[Stamina: 81]
[Perception: 52]
[Endurance: 85]
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Just like he had expected, the beast''s high endurance wasn''t just for show.
From the way its back was bent unnaturally, it was clear that the goat''s spinal cord had been broken by that collision.
Colliding against the tree like that would have killed a lot of other mana beasts, but it still somehow managed to survive, even if it was barely.
''Wind de.'' Harry mumbled, as he stretched his right hand towards the beast''s neck.
The moment he activated the skill, wind gathered in front of his hand, rapidly condensing into a thin de.
Immediately, the de shot towards the goat''s neck,pletely slicing through it and finally ending its life.
A system notification shed through Harry''s eyes, confirming the beast''s death.
Harry was about to absorb the beast''s mana using [Mana steal], when a low, drawn out growl suddenly drifted into his ears, causing his eyes to widen in shock.
Chapter 160 [Bonus ] Dire Wolf Pack[1]
Chapter 160 [Bonus ] Dire Wolf Pack[1]
[+12400EXP]
Harry nodded his head in satisfaction when he saw the notification that shed in front of his eyes.
He crouched in front of the goat''s body and was about to ce his me on it, in order to adsorb its mana through [Mana steal], when a loud, deep snarl drifted into his ears.
''Huh?'' Harry thought in surprise, as he slowly raised his head towards the direction where the sound came from, and his eyes couldn''t help but widen when the image of a huge brown wolf came into his eyes.
The mana beast was standing at a height of 120cm, with circr ck eyes and long ears, covered in thick brown fur.
Growllll!
It let out another snarl at Harry, revealing its huge razor sharp fangs.
Harry''s expression squeezed into a frown, and he immediately jumped backwards, away front the dead goat.
''Damn it! Why didn''t I think of this before?!'' He eximed inwardly, barely holding back the urge to smack his forehead. ''Of course the noise will attract more mana beast!!''
With the amount of noise the trees made when the goat crashed into them, it wouldn''t be too surprising if other mana beasts picked up the sound and decided to follow it.
It was why one of the main advice given to those who were going into the beast forest was to avoid making as much noise as possible.
''Probe.'' Harry immediately activated the skill, curious about the beast''s stats.
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[Name: Dire Wolf]
[Race: Mutated Wolf]
[H/P: 150/150]
[Beast Core: 2nd Stage]
[Mana: 270/270]
[Strength: 89]
[Agility: 150]
[Stamina: 90]
[Perception: 82]
[Endurance: 80]
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The moment Harry''s saw the wolf''s stats, his eyes widened in shock and a cold chill ran down his spine.
''It''s really strong! And it has a lot of mana also!'' Harry thought, sucking in a cold breadth.
"Dire wolves" he had heard of that name before in the academy, it was a popr breed of mana beast, one that was unsurprisingly mutated from wolves.
They were well known for their high strength and agility, and also their strong jaws that was said to be able to easily bite through a normal person''s bones.
Another thing they were well-known for was the fact that they always moved in packs, just like the wolves that they were.
However, looking at this particr beast, it seemed like it came to attack him alone, meaning that Harry had to deal with this fast. Before the other mana beasts of its pack got here.
''At least this one attacked me alone'' Harry thought, hurriedly activating [Energy control] in order to channel his energy.
However, just as he had that thought, three more growls suddenly sounded from his sides.
And his worst fear became a reality, as two wolves appeared from both his left and right side.
''Shit! Howe I didn''t sense them?!'' He thought, surprised that he couldn''t pick up any could from them till they appeared in his sights.
It must be a trait of theirs, that allowed them to move without making much sounds, since he was focused so much on the one that appeared first, he hadn''t bothered to use his [Perception] and check for other sounds.
Looking behind him, the frown on his face deepened when one more dire wolf appeared in his vision, growling at him like all the others.
Making it four wolves that surrounded him, with himpletely trapped in the middle.
''This is bad.'' Harry thought, however, in contrast to his thoughts, there was a wide smile on his face.
Why was he smiling? Even he didn''t know.
But for some reason, he felt very excited to see how he would fare against this pack of wolves. Even though his life was in danger, the thrill
One distinct feature he noticed about the wolf in front of him, was that it was a littlerger than the others.
While it stood at 120cm, all the rest of the wolves stood at an height of 100cm. Harry didn''t need to think too much before he realized, that the wolf in front of him was the alpha of the pack.
Growll!!
Just then, the pack of wolves growled loudly at him, before the leader of the pack suddenly lunged at him at astonishing speed, with its mouth wide open, revealing Its terrifying fangs that were more than ready to sink into Harry''s flesh.
''Energy control!!'' Harry immediately activated the skill once more, hurriedly channeling his energy to his legs.
Just as the alpha wolf''s fangs were about tond to him, he suddenly leapt backwards, using the energy coursing through his legs to propel himself.
Snap!!
This caused the wolf to miss him, and it ended up biting the dust, its jaws closing upon each other.
The other three dire wolves, seeing as their pack alpha had already lunged at Harry, immediately charged at him, with their deadly fangs ready to kill.
Roarrr!!
The wolf who was standing behind, jumped at him, in order to bite his flesh while he was still in the air.
Harry''s brows furrowed slightly when he saw the iing dire wolf, with its mouth wide open.
However, this was something he had already expected. Since he knew he couldn''t remain in the middle of the pack, as they would simply tear him apart without him being able to defend against their attacks, he decided to jump backwards, while also making sure to take care of the wolf who was behind him.
As for how he would take of the wolf, he already had a n.
Twisting his body upwards, Harry hurriedly stretched one of his hands towards the mana beast''s wide open mouth.
''Eat this instead!'' He shouted inwardly, his body in an upside down position. Doing this without the use of [elerate] was a lot more stressful, since his body wasn''t be as flexible as it would with the skill.
However, he had already made a promise to himself, not to rely on [elerate], unless the situation was necessary.
The skill was one that boosted his speed by arge margin, and he knew abusing it too much wouldn''t be good for his growth.
''Lightning Ball!'', immediately a medium sized ball of lightning appeared in front of his palms, lightning blitzing violently around it.
Crackle!!
The ball of lightning shot towards the mana beast at astonishing speed, rapidly closing in on the mana beast.
Within the blink of an eye, the lightning ball closed in on the wolf, going straight into its wide open mouth and immediately exploding inside its stomach.
Howlll!!!
The wolf let out a loud howl of pain as the lightning from the attack coursed through it from within, causing its body to spam repeatedly.
Seeing as the lightning ball went into the wolf''s mouth reminded him of his fight with the stage two four eyed cobra where he pulled the same trick.
Harry, using this opportunity when the beast was distracted, ced one of his legs on the its back, using it to bnce himself, before propelling himself to the back once more.
Roarrr!!
He gritted his teeth, as the two other dire wolves charged at him, roaring loudly and baring their sharp fangs at him.
Due to how he propelled his body backwards, Harry knew he wouldn''t be able tond on his feet.
So he knew he had to act fast, or risk getting eaten by the mana beasts.
''Wind sh!'' He eximed inwardly, pulling his hands backwards, before swinging it at the wolves, in a shing motion.
Whoosh!!
Immediately, a long, thin sh of wind appeared in the air, before shooting towards the wolves at great speed.
The wind sh closed in on him within a second, shing through their wide open mouths, and slicing through the sides of their jaws.
Howlll!
The wolves let out a low howl of pain, as they stumbled backwards, a huge amount of pain stinging them from their jaws.
Due to the sh cutting through the sides of their jaws, their open mouths failed to close, as the joint connecting them refused to close.
It was then that Harry''s body finally hit the ground, despite him trying his best tond on his feet, he ended up failing as he couldn''t find the right momentum to do so.
Fortunately, he was able to channel some of his energy to his elbows and his back, using the extra power from them to reduce the impact of the fall.
Rarrr!
One of the wolves who he shed before, immediately jumped at him, in a bid to bite off his head, despite its injured jaws.
Its jaws dangled loosely above one another, as it struggled to gain control of them for a bite.
However, Harry, not willing to take a chance, hurriedly channeled his some of his energy into his hands, still keeping the most part of it in his legs.
Using the increased strength from his hands, Harry hurriedly used them to support his body on the ground, before immediately kicking his left leg towards the approaching wolf.
Thwack!!
A dull sound reverberated in the air, as his legs collided against the wolf lower jaw, sending it flying backwards.
The wolf let out a loud whimper of pain, as its huge body was sent flying to the back.
Meanwhile, the alpha of the pack who had already recovered from its former shock, suddenly charged at Harry again, jumping other the rest of his pack members in the course of doing so.
Roarrrr!!!
It let out a loud roar, its mouth wide open, revealing its sharp jaws that were descending directing on Harry''s head.
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Chapter 161 Dire wolf pack[2]
Chapter 161 Dire wolf pack[2]
It let out a loud roar, its mouth wide open, revealing its sharp jaws that were descending directing on Harry''s head.
''Dammit!!'' Harry eximed inwardly with gritted teeth.
However, just as the alpha wolf''s teeth were about tond on his head, he quickly raised his hands towards the beast, using them to grab the sides of its head tightly.
''Lightning Stun!'' Harry shouted, while also channeling his energy into his hands.
Immediately sparks of lightning appeared around his fingers, before rapidly spreading up to his wrist, but rhe lightning was still concentrated around his fingertips the most.
Since his hands were holding on to the beast''s, the lightning sparks didn''t waste time before traveling from Harry''s hand unto the wolf''s head.
Howlll!!!
The wolf let out a sharp cry of pain as lightning coursed through its head, rapidly frying its brain.
Fortunately for Harry, none of the wolves limbs or wsnded directly on his body, but were spread out around him instead.
It felt like its head was being stabbed by numerous needles at once from within, and its body started spasming and twitching uncontrobly, due to the shocks.
As for Harry, he gritted his teeth, not releasing the beast from the skill for even a second.
The mouth of the beast was right in front of his head, and the pungent smell of blood and meat emanating from the beast''s mouth caused his nose to twitch repeatedly in annoyance.
As he channeled his energy while simultaneously keeping [Lightning Stun] activated, Harry felt something like a second channel of white energy flowing through his body.
However due to the situation he was in, he couldn''t focus on it, as he still had the huge wolf standing over his body to deal with.
''This is my chance!'' Harry thought, hurriedly releasing his left hand from the beast''s head, and using it to pull out one of the daggers hanging at his sides.
Using all of his strength, he immediately swung the pointed edge of the de towards the wolf''s eye, in a bid to stab it.
The mana beast, seeing the de heading for its eye, instinctively tried to close his eyes, but unfortunately for it, it ended up being toote as the dagger sessfully stabbed into its eye, causing blood to spurt out of it.
Howlll!!
It let out another shrill cry, as another round of pain immediately assaulted it from its eye.
However, despite Harry''s efforts, the dagger still didn''tpletely stab through the wolf eyes, and only the tip went into the eye.
Harry then tried to stab it throughpletely, in hopes of stabbing through its brain and ending its life, but he ended up failing, as the de was too blunt to end the beast''s life in one stab.
Harry let out a low hiss in disappointment, making a mental note to get another weapon, and fast.
He hurriedly removed the de, channeling a little energy into his hands and using the increased strength from it to pull out the dagger in one go.
Spurt!
This caused even more blood to spill from the wolf''s eyes, and even more pain coursed through its body.
It was then that he noticed the four other beast jumping at him at once, in order to pull their alpha''s body off him.
The two wolves whose jaws he shed before, had alreadypletely healed, and the cut on their jaws were no more, meaning they could now use their fangs to bite him at full power, since their jaws weren''t loose anymore.
Harry, taking advantage of this opportunity when the alpha was still in pain, hurriedly pushed the beast off his body using his superior strength, before quickly getting back on his feet.
The body of the alpha wolf remained unmoving on the ground, despite Harry already releasing it, the dire wolf still hadn''tpletely recovered from the lightning shocks.
Roarrr!!!
By then, one of the dire wolves had already closed in on Harry, and it jumped at him with its ws stretched out and its mouth wide open, revealing its sharp fangs.
Harry was forced to drop the dagger in his hand, which was stained with the blood from the mana beast, in order to properly defend against the wolf jumping at him.
''Rock Fist!'' Harry shouted inwardly, his two fists rapidly hardening and turning into thick, dark brown rocks.
Harry did this while still continuously channeling energy into his legs, and just like thest time, he sensed another channel of energy flowing through his body, into his fists.
This caused his brows to furrow slightly in amusement and confusion, but, once again, he was forced to ignore this sensation as the dire wolf was already upon him.
Bending his body slightly, Harry suddenly lunged forwards with a full-powered uppercut aimed at the beast''s lower jaw.
Thwack!!
A dull sound reverberated in the air as Harry''s fists connected with the iing wolf''s lower jaw with full force.
The wolf''s let out a loud shrill cry as the force behind the punch sent it flying backwards, crashing into the body of one of the other dire wolf charging at Harry.
The two dire wolves tumbled to the ground together, their bodies bouncing three times on the floor, before stopping after hitting the thick trunk of arge tree.
Harry''s eyes drifted to thest dire wolf jumping towards him, and a slight smile appeared on his face.
Using the increased power from energy chorusing through his feet, Harry quickly leapt to the side once more, dodging the dire wolf who crashed on the ground instead.
Without wasting any time, he suddenly swung his hands downwards, towards the beast, immediately activating a skill.
''Wind de!'' Immediately, a sharp thin de made purely of wind appeared in front of him, and following his hand motion, they shot towards the dire wolf at great speed.
The dire wolf wasn''t even given enough time to dodge, when the de suddenly cut through the side of its neck, leaving a deep cut from which blood bled.
Howlll!!
The wolf let out a sharp howl of pain, as the pain from the cut stung him, causing it to thrash in pain.
Despite alreasyunching one attack, Harry didn''t slow down before immediately following up with another.
''Wind sh!'' He eximed inwardly, swinging down his other hand in a downward motion towards the wolf.
A long, thin sh of wind rapidly formed in front of him before shooting towards the wolf, following his hand movement.
Whoosh!!
The sound of the wind sh cutting through the air reverberated as it closed in on the mana beast within the blink of an eye.
The unfortunate dire wolf hadn''t even managed to recover from the pain of thest cut, when the wind sh suddenly hit its body, shing it at the exact same ce the wind de hit it earlier.
Howllll!!!
It released another cry of pain as the cut at the side of its neck widened even further, with more blood bleeding out of it, dripping to the ground and forming a small pool of dark red blood.
The cut on its neck was now so deep that, even one more injury on it might end up iming its life.
As Harry was just about to release another attack, the other two wolves who collided against each other earlier, suddenly charged at him again, with their jaws wide open.
A deep frown appeared on Harry''s face when he noticed this, and he couldn''t help but curse under his breath, the whole situation starting to really annoy him.
Since he had never been up against three mana beasts at once, he never realized just how annoying and stressful fighting them could be.
Especially when the beasts were more than three, like they were now.
If it was only one beast, he would know that he only had to focus his skills and attacks on that one beast, and killing it would be a lot more easier.
However it was a lot more different with more than one beast, and even more when there were more than two mana beasts.
He couldn''t just focus on attacking one alone, especially since the other three wouldn''t give him any chance to rest.
They would all attack him at once, without caring whether he was still busy with the first, or whether he was starting to get exhausted.
All that was in their minds were the thoughts of sinking their fangs into his flesh, and enjoying their meal.
There was also the issue of his stamina, though he didn''t show it, fighting all of these mana beasts at once was starting to affect his stamina, and if not for his high stamina, he would have copsed from exhaustion a long time ago.
"Wind Needles!" Harry shouted, stretching his hands towards the dire wolves.
Six needles rapidly formed in front of his outstretched palms, before immediately shooting towards the mana beasts at an astonishing speed.
[-60 Energy points]
A small chunk of his energy was taken away by that attack, since he created more than twice needles than he usually did.
The wind needles flew through the air with great speed, colliding against the pair of dire wolves within a second.
Two of the wind needles looked itself deeply in each of the mana beasts'' eyes, piercing them deeply and causing blood to spurt out of it.
The other two needles went on to pierce them right in the middle of their forelimbs, where their joints were located, causing them to tumble unto the ground.
The dire wolves whimpered in pain, as the pain from the wound in their eyes and their stung them.
Due to the wind needles that pierced their eyes, they couldn''t see, and all they could do was trash around, rolling on the ground while crashing into each other.
A slight smile appeared on Harry''s face as he watched thisical scenario, however, it didn''tst long when a deep infuriated snarl reached his ears.
Chapter 162 Hidden Quest Completed!
Chapter 162 Hidden Quest Completed!
[A/N: I edited a few things in the ending of thest chapter, it isn''t anything big, but you could still read it again to gain a better understanding of this chapter.]
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From the corner of his eye, Harry could already see the alpha of the pack rising from the ground, already fully recovered from the shocks from [Lightning Stun], and the anger in its eyes fully visible.
''I need to find a way to deal with them all of once!!'' Harry thought, the frown on his face deepening further. It was then that a thought crossed through his mind, and his face brightened up almost instantly.
''Yes! A way to deal with them all at once!! Why didn''t I think of this before?!'' Harry thought, the edges of his lips curling into a slight smile.
Channeling energy into his legs, Harry swiftly moved to the side, all the while maintaining eye contact with the infuriated alpha wolf.
Roarrr!!!
The dire wolf suddenly released out a loud roar, filled with anger, before suddenly jumping at him, with its jaws wide open, revealing its sharp, deadly fangs.
However, Harry who had already expected this, only let out a slight smile on response.
Since he moved to the side, he now stood in front of all the four dire wolves, and didn''t have to worry about any one of themunching any surprise attack on him.
And due to his current position, he could finally activate the skill he wanted to activate, without anything standing in his way!
Stretching both his hands towards the iing mana beast, the smile on Harry''s face deepened, as he immediately casted one of his most powerful skills.
''de Barrage!!'' He eximed inwardly.
Immediately, arge number of sharp wind des appeared in front of his outstretched palms, numbering up to twenty.
They spread out wide in front of him, each of them sharp and deadly, and also containing quite a great deal of energy.
With a simple mentalmand, all of the wind des suddenly shot towards the pack of dire wolves at astonishing speed, rapidly closing in on them.
[-80 Energy Points]
The huge amount of energy taken up by a single activation of the skill alone caused Harry to tsk in annoyance, but he didn''tin about it since he had already somewhat expected it.
Whoosh!!
Swoosh!!!
Swoosh!!
The sounds of the des flying through at rapid speed reverberated in the air, the motions of each one of them random and different from the others. Their movements were simply unpredictable.
The eyes of therger wolf who was still jumping towards Harry widened in shock, as the next thing it saw was numerous sharp des of wind suddenly appear in front of it.
It wanted to move out of the trajectory of the attacks, however, it wasn''t even able to react before nearly a dozen wind des collided against it, shing it at different parts of its body.
sh!
sh!
sh!
Due to how close it was to Harrypared to the rest of its pack, it ended up taking most of the brunt from the de barrage.
Most of the des shed through his face, leaving deep cuts from which blood continuously spilled from.
As if that wasn''t enough, some of the des also hit it at the sides, causing it to howl in pain as it sustained another round of injuries.
Before it could even recover from one cut, five more injuries had already appeared around its body, and each of them brought great pain, even more than thest.
Despite trying its best to endure all the cuts, it ended up failing, and crashed to the ground, with its eyes closed and blood gushing out of its injuries.
It wasn''t the only one who suffered from the attack, the rest of its pack who stood behind it were also bombarded by the seemingly endless barrage of des.
Though a few des ended up missing them, colliding against the trees around them instead, a good number of the attack stillnded on them.
Howl!
They howled and whimpered in pain as numerous cuts appeared on their bodies, from their heads down to their limbs, leaving all parts of their bodies littered with cuts that kept stinging them with pain.
One of the dire wolves already had a deep cut that ran down at the side of its neck, and the new barrage of des thatnded on it only made its situation worse.
A few of them shed it at that exact spot where it had an injury, despite it instinctively trying to prevent it, and the cut opened up even further, causing it to hurt even more.
At the end of the day, it couldn''t hold back the pain, and ended up also copsing to the ground, losing its life.
All the other wolves also fell to the ground, as they weren''t able to summon any more strength with the severity of the wounds on their bodies.
Two of them died, unable to hold back the pain, while the remaining two onlyid weakly on the ground, with blood oozing out of their injuries.
Two system notifications shed through Harry''s eyes, causing his eyes to gleam slightly.
[1 Dire wolf killed!]
[+14700EXP]
[1 Dire wolf killed!]
[+14700EXP]
''Just as I thought. It took care of them efficiently.'' Harry thought, his gaze moving back to thest two dire wolves who were lying weakly on the ground.
Today would be the first time he had ever actually used [de barrage] in a fight with mana beast.
It wasn''t that he hated the skill, but it using it would just be inefficient in situations where he was up against one mana beast, since the skill was more suited in a fight against more than two opponents.
Apart from that, there was also the high power andrge damage that the skill could cause, which means unlike most of his other skills, he couldn''t just test them anywhere, or risk destroying public property.
It had a simr case with [Lightning Strike], which was even more destructive ording to the system.
However, that wasn''t that was on his mind right now.
He slowly raised his hands up to his eye level and kept staring at it, aplicated expression repeatedly shing through his eyes.
''Back then when I activated my skills I felt something'' He mumbled inwardly, his brows squinting slightly.
''I woulde back to thatter.'' He thought, his gaze moving back to the two dire wolves who were lying on the ground in front of him.
''I should take care of these two first.'' If he wasted more time before ending their lives, the mana beasts'' annoying regeneration ability would kick in, and Trey could end up being a problem all over again.
''Wind de.'' Two thin des of wind appeared in front of him, before shooting towards the necks of the dire wolves at rapid speed.
In the blink of an eye, the des shed through the mana beasts'' necks, leaving a deep cut and finally ending their lives.
Two notifications from the system shed across Harry''s eyes, and the contents made Harry''s heart swell with joy.
[1 Alpha Dire wolf killed!]
[+16500EXP]
[1 Dire Wolf killed!]
[+14700EXP]
Though facing the mana beast gave him struggle, the EXP reward was worth it at the end.
Just when he thought that was the end to the notifications, another set of tabs suddenly appeared in front of him, causing his eyes to widen in shock.
[Hidden Quest "Defeat the Dire wolf pack" Completed!]
[Rewards Granted: +10000EXP, +50 Skill points]
[Level up!]
[Level up rewards: +10 stat points]
After reading the set of notifications in front of him, a slight smile appeared on Harry''s lips.
He hadn''t expected a hidden quest from the system to defeat the wolf pack, but seeing as he got one, he couldn''t help but feel d.
The EXP he got from killing the pack of dire wolves brought him closer to level up, and the EXP reward from the hidden quest finally gave him that little push he needed to level up.
However, the reward that excited him the most was the skill points reward. Getting skill points was quite difficult, and wasn''t as easy as getting stat points, but bypleting this quest, he managed to gain a whopping fifty skill points!
The only thing that made him feel a little disappointed was that none of his skills managed to level up, despite how much he pushed himself during the fight with the wolves.
He slowly walked towards the wolves bodies, crouching in front of them. Looking at how their bodies were riddled with terrible cuts and blood, he doubted he would be able to see them for a good price.
The best thing would be for him to simply absorb their remaining mana left in their bodies using [Mana steal].
There was also the goat from before, whose mana he wasn''t able to absorb due to the wolf pack''s interference.
Starting with the alpha wolf, Harry ced his hand on top of its chest and then activated [Mana steal].
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Absorbing all the mana in their bodies took a while, but the EXP he gained from them were worth it.
[+23680EXP]
That was the total amount of EXP he was able to gain after absorbing the mana from all four of the wolves.
Harry exhaled as he stared at the body of the mana beasts.
They now looked quite thinner, and the former vibrant furs on their bodies were now dry and pale.
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Chapter 163 Let’s see if I’m right
Chapter 163 Lets see if Im right
They now looked quite thinner, and the former vibrant furs on their bodies were now dry and pale.
Using one of the daggers with him, Harry dug out the beast cores from the bodies of the mana beast.
If the dire wolves were still at their full power, the daggers wouldn''t be able to even make a dent on their skin due to how weak the weapon was.
However, Harry had already absorbed all the mana in the beast''s body, converting them to EXP, leaving not even one drop of mana left in the wolves.
Since mana was what strengthened their bodies and provided them with power, their bodies lost most of its power after Harry absorbed all the mana in it, making it a lot more weaker than it was supposed to be. To the point that even a dull ded rank one weapon would be able to pierce through it.
Harry stared at the four beast cores in his hand with a weird expression on his face.
Each of them were quiterge, with smooth surfaces. They were glowing with a dull pink hue, and without needing to use his [Mana sense], Harry could tell each of them packed a solid amount of mana.
The pink color was due to the element of dire wolves being wind, though the ones Harry defeated now were only stage two mana beasts, so they couldn''t utilize their elemental abilities or traits now.
However, the dire wolves from stage five and above were known for their ferocious wind elemental abilities, coupled with their high intelligence and cooperation, they were usually very troublesome for adventurers to deal with, especially when in packs.
The beast cores looked like big smooth pebbles, except they were shining with a dull hue.
Compared to beast cores of mana beasts above the fifth stage, the beast cores of the ones below the fourth stage were usually fairlyrger.
This was because the mana contained in it was still erratic, and wasn''t aspressed as the one in beast cores above stage five.
Harry let out a low sigh before cing three out of the four beast cores into his storage device, leaving only one left in his palm.
A part of him wanted to absorb all the beast cores and increase his EXP, however, he knew that wouldn''t be a very wise decision, more so when he still needed enough money to get a good weapon.
The ones he rented from the academy weren''t sharp enough to properly cut through the hide and skin of strong stage two mana beast, so he needed to get a rank 2 or 3 weapon at least, which would of course cost a lot of money.
So he decided to only absorb one of them, and sell the other three.
The moment he thought about absorbing the beast core, a system notification appeared in front of him.
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[Does Host want to absorb stage two beast core?]
[Yes/No]
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''Yes.'' Harry said inwardly, without needing to think much on it.
Immediately, the tabs changed and within seconds the beast core waspletely absorbed by him and converted into EXP by the system.
[+10000EXP]
After Harry absorbed beast core, the pink hue that was shining around it earlierpletely vanished, and the beast core became nothing more than a smooth, transparent, white ''stone''.
Harry simply dumped it in his storage device, finding no use for it anymore.
However, to his suprise, a notification suddenly appeared in front of him, causing a slight smile to appear on his face.
[Mana steal level up!]
[Skill "Mana Steal" now level 4!]
Finally, the skill leveled up to level 4, meaning he could now steal or rather absorb mana from other Elementalists more efficiently!
But he didn''t n on stopping there, he could sense that some of his skills were also close to leveling up, and all they need was a little push.
He wasn''t nning on leaving the beast forest until he managed to level up those skills.
''Host stats.''
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[Host Stats]
[Name: Harry Ainsworth]
[Race: Human]
[ss: Novice Manaless Mage]
[Level: 20]
[EXP: 38680/125000]
[H/P: 230/230]
[Energy: 340/340]
[Strength: 94]
[Agility: 93]
[Stamina: 92]
[Perception: 99]
[Endurance: 92]
[Intelligence: 90]
[Mental: 90]
[Charm: 90]
[Stat Points: 100]
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This was how his stats looked now, and after all that EXP he received, he had managed to reach level 20.
The ten stat points he gained from leveling up had also helped to bring his stat points to a hundred in total, meaning he could easily increase any of his stats to a hundred if he wanted.
But still, Harry decided against distributing them for now, still nning to stack them up.
He closed the "Host Stats" tab, and the expression on his face suddenly changed into a serious one.
When he was busy activating his skills and fighting off the pack of wolves, there was something he noticed whenever he activated any of his skills.
Since [Energy control] was active during all those times, he could sense it a different channel of energy flowing through his body.
''I can tell this is rted to the system, but there''s only one way to find out.'' Harry thought, before activating [Energy control] once more.
His eyes remained open, and he still kept his guard up in case of anything, since dropping his guard in a ce like the beast forest would be nothing but stupid.
Immediately, he could sense it; the white me of energy flowing within him. But since his eyes weren''t close, he couldn''t actually ''see'' the ''me'', and could only sense it moving through his body.
He controlled the energy for a few seconds, moving it into his hands and swirling it around, to get a better ''feel'' for it, before suddenly stopping.
''Rock Fists.'' Harry mumbled inwardly, activating a skill, while still keeping [Energy control] active.
''Now let''s see if I''m right.'' He thought.
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Chapter 164 Manual Skill leveling
Chapter 164 Manual Skill leveling
''Now let''s see if I''m right.'' He thought.
His fists rapidly hardened, turning into thick brown rocks, however, Harry''s focus wasn''t on that, but on the energy swirling within him.
Just then, he sensed it again, the separate channel of energy flowing through his body.
He sensed as the white me within his chest stirred suddenly, before flowing down to his fists.
At first, keeping track of the channel of energy was quite difficult, but by putting more of his concentration into sensing his energy, he was finally able to properly follow the ''channel''. He deepened his focus on that feeling, and could finally sense it, his energy was continuously flowing through his hands, keeping the skill [Rock Fists] active.
By concentrating more on it, he didn''t just sense the energy channeling through his arms, but also the thinyer of white energy that was coating his fists, maintaining the skill [Rock Fists].
''So this is what the ''other voice'' meant when he said the system automatically channels my energy and activates my skills, without me actually doing any work.'' Harry thought, with a slight smirk on his face.
Just then, a notification appeared in front of him.
[-20 Energy Points]
At first, he wasn''t able topletely understand what the ''other voice'' meant by that statement, but as he grew more proficient in controlling his energy, he started to be more attune to the white me swirling within him, and also began to understand it better.
As he channeled his energy in the fight against the dire wolf pack, there were a few thing he began to notice, but he wasn''t able to focus properly on it due to the wolves continuous attacks.
Channeling his energy into his legs, and using that to boost his speed, felt a lot like using [elerate], except the speed boost was a lot lower.
At first, he didn''t catch on to this, but the more he channeled his energy in the fight, the more it became clear.
The reason the speed boost was a lot higher, was because the system was the one doing the channeling, which made it a lot smoother.
The system wasn''t just harnessing the energy within his body, it was also so continuously channeling it out of his body, which was the main reason why [elerate] gave him such a huge boost in speed.
There was also the fact that the energy cost to activate [elerate], kept increasing with every level up the skill had.
That was because the more the skill leveled up, the more energy the system had to harness.
Thinking about it now, it was all so simple, the fact was he was just understanding it better was because he had always relied fully on the system.
All he knew was that the system required energy to activate skills, he didn''t properly understand how it did it, and all he had was "surface knowledge".
Even now, he was still ignorant on a lot of things about his energy, but he nned on finding out everything with or without the system''s help.
His understanding of his skills and energy only increased because of how much he trained his energy control, which he also did through the help of the system.
However, now that he gained a better understanding of his skills and abilities, he didn''t just n on stopping there.
Harry stared back at his fists, which were still hardened into thick rocks, and a slight smile appeared on his face.
Putting his concentration back on the ''second'' channel of energy flowing through his arms, Harry started channeling his energy, except this time, he wasn''t just harnessing it, but was following the same channel already ''created'' by the system.
If his theory was true, then there was surely a way for him to increase not just his energy control but also the power of each and every of his skills.
Compared to harnessing it all over from the scratch, redirecting it through the path already ''created'' by the system was a lot more easier.
Since he could already sense the energy flowing into his arms, all he had to do was control a little bit of his energy, and channel them through the same ''path'' the system was using, hence, directly increasing the energy flowing through his hands.
It was just like tracing a drawing, except this required a lot more focus.
Just then, another notification appeared in front of his eyes.
[-40 Energy points]
And right before his eyes, his fists hardened even further, the dark brown rock ''coating'' them thickening and doubling in power.
One would expect this to make his hand feel heavier, due to the increase in mass of the rocks, but to his surprise, they felt even lighter.
Harry threw a few punches in the air with them, and his lips curved into a slight smile, as he realized that handling them had be twice easier.
It was just as he expected, he could indeed increase the power of his skills by directly increasing the amount of energy flowing through them!
Yet, the most surprising thing was the notification that suddenly flickered across his eyes.
[Rock Fists Level Up!]
[Skill "Rock Fists" now level 2!]
''It leveled up?!'' Harry thought, his eyes widening slightly in shock. ''I guess it makes sense by increasing the power of the skill, the system automatically regards it as a level up.''
"Heh Heh." Harry chuckled, before de-activating the skill.
He couldn''t help but imagine just how much more powerful he would be when he tried this with his more powerful skills.
Just thinking about it caused a slight smile to spread across his face.
Among all his skills, one particr ability piqued his curiosity the most. He wondered just how much stronger it would be if he directly increased the amount of energy flowing through it.
''elerate!'' Harry hurriedly activated his most powerful speed-boost skill, while still keeping [Energy control] active.
[+100 Stat points temporarily allocated to agility]
During his times training in the beast forest, he was able to level up [elerate], and with the level of the skill now level 5, the amount of stat points that were temporarily added to his agility stat rose to a whopping hundred!
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Chapter 165 The other voice’s words
Chapter 165 The other voices words
Just like thest time, Harry also sensed the energy within him flowing once more, except this time, it was flowing through his legs, boosting his speed.
One thing he noticed was that the amount of energy that was being utilized by the system to activate [elerate] was a lot more than the one needed to activate [Rock Fists].
However, this didn''t surprise him. After all, the skill level of the former was a lot higher than that of thetter.
Harnessing his energy, Harry directly increased the amount of energy flowing through his legs.
And unsurprisingly, he could feel his speed and agility increasing even more, rising to levels he never thought was possible before today.
Although no notification about more stat points being added to his agility appeared in front of him, Harry could feel that his agility had already increased even more than before.
"Wow." He mumbled, with his eyes widened in surprise and amusement.
Screech!!
A loud sound suddenly reverberated in the air, as a huge rabbit with a long blue horn in the middle of its forehead suddenly jumped at him.
Its mouth was wide open, revealing a set of small, yet deadly fangs as it jumped towards Harry, with a loud, and annoying screech.
Harry, who was still taken aback by how much slower the world around him seemed, ''slowly'' turned his head towards the mana beast.
From the long blue horn on its head, he could recognize that this mana beast was a blue-horned rabbit, just like the one he killed on his first day in the beast forest, except that it was in the second stage.
However, what surprised him the most was how ''slow'' the beast was jumping at him, it was as things were ying in slow motion.
Though this was something he was already used to, as objects and people around him tended to move slower when [elerate] was active, this time just seemed a like a whole new experience.
It should be noted that horned rabbits were a race of mana beasts well known for their high speed and agility, and even thest one he met had an agility stat well into the 80''s despite only being a stage one mana beast.
So the speed and agility of this particr rabbit jumping towards him was surely be above 120 at least, which only made the new heights of his [elerate] more impressive to him!
The skill was already overpowered, and with this new discovery of his, it had be even more overpowered.
[-70 Energy Points]
A system notification appeared in front of him, but Harry ignored it. He wasn''t too worried about his energy depleting, since he knew it wouldpletely recover within seconds.
For some reason, his energy regeneration seemed to have gotten even more faster ever since he started channeling his energy directly.
It was as if, the more he became more attune with the me within him, the faster his energy regenerated.
''This is just amazing!'' Harry thought in excitement.
"Hehe." Harry chuckled in a low voice, before turning his head back to the mana beast with a wide smile on his face.
Stretching one of his hands towards the rabbit, Harry used another skill.
"Wind de." He muttered, while also harnessing his energy and directly increasing the power of the skill. He only pumped a little more amount of energy into the skill, since he didn''t just want to squander his energy points.
Immediately, a long, thin de made purely of wind rapidly formed in front of his palms.
The amount of windpressed into the de was more than the usual amount, and the de was sharper also.
[-54 Energy points]
With a mentalmand from him, the de shot towards the rabbit at astonishing speed, closing in on it within the blink of an eye.
Swoosh!!
The de hit the neck of the blue horned rabbit, slicing through it easily like the beast was made of paper, and ending the beast''s life.
The body of the rabbit fell on the ground, making a low soft thud, with its head missing from its neck, and blood repeatedly spurting out of its neck.
''Wow'' Harry thought, with a slight smile on his face.
''Maybe I shouldn''t have done that so at least I would be able to sell it. Dammit.'' He thought, but didn''t ponder on it for too long before brushing the thought out of his mind.
However, he didn''t n on absorbing the mana in the body, since he still wasn''t sure if he wouldn''t be able to sell it. While he had cut off the head of the beast, the body was still in good condition, so there was a chance it would sell for a good price.
He stored the rabbit in his storage device, but not before removing the beast core in its head.
It was then he finally remembered he still hadn''t taken the beast core out of the ck goat he killed earlier, so he went to it and removed the beast core, cing it in his storage device, before going on to use [Mana steal] on the mana beast cut-riddled body.
[+4000EXP]
The amount of EXP he gained wasn''t much, but he wasn''tining, since it was still something after all.
After finishing all he had to do, Harry stared off into the distance with a slight smile on his face.
Just then, another idea popped into his head.
If he was able to increase the power of his skills by channeling more energy into them, doesn''t that mean the reverse should also work? That is decreasing the power of the skill by reducing the amount of energy flowing through the skill.
It wasn''t that he wanted his skills to get weaker or anything, it was just that he knew there were some situations where he would need to need less power than usual, and learning how to control his skills power output would also benefit him.
Not just in keeping himself from trouble, but also in hiding his identity as a manaless mage.
He decided to try this, using [elerate] once more, however, no matter how much he tried to reduce the amount of energy channeling through his legs, he just couldn''t.
Harnessing his energy was now quite easy for him, but the reverse case was different, as it didn''t seem like redirecting his energy backwards would be as easy.
''Whatever it''s not like that''s important right now.'' Harry thought, all he had to do was train more on it, and he would surely get it soon enough.
He deactivated the skill, to prevent it from consuming his energy. Though his energy regenerated fast, it still didn''t mean he would use it wastefully.
He turned around and started walking away, when a familiar voice suddenly sounded in his head.
[I didn''t actually expect you to get this good in controlling your energy within just a few months.]
''The other voice?'' Harry mumbled inwardly in surprise, his brows rising slightly in surprise.
One thing he hadn''t expected was the ''other voice'' to speak to him, at least not at a time like this.
[You can see now why I said you should focus more on getting better in controlling your energy, and getting more attune with it.]
''Yeah. It really is amazing.'' Harry thought, with a weird glint shining through his eyes.
After saying those words, the other voice went silent, and didn''t speak again.
Harry paused his steps for a second, staring off into the sky with a slight smile on his face.
The other voice it was also one of the mysteries of the system, one he hadn''t uncovered yet.
It sounded more ''human'', whenpared to the system''s t, robotic voice, which was why Harry gave it the term "the system''s other voice" or simply "other voice" as he always referred to it as.
However, one thing that had been puzzling him for a while, was that while the ''other voice'' seemed like a part of the system, there were also times Harry felt like it wasn''t.
It was confusing thing to exin, and even he didn''t understand it very well.
ording to the other voice, it didn''t set the quests given to him by the system, and it also didn''t seem like it was here just to exin more about the system, due to how it always ghosted him whenever he needed answers the most.
To put in simpler, it didn''t seem like an Ai, programmed only to assist him, but more like an actual person.
[You shouldn''t worry about things like that too much, if you feel you can''t trust me, or the system, then don''t.]
[But you don''t have anything to worry about anything, one thing I can assure you is that I''m not your enemy. And the answers to all these questions you have would be revealed soon... probably sooner than you expect.]
''The answers would be revealed soon, huh?'' Harry mumbled inwardly. Sometimes he forgot that the other voice was in his head and could actually read his mind, something which he still found quite annoying.
Nheless, what did it mean by "if you feel you can''t trust me, then don''t", it didn''t even seem like the other voice cared much about what Harry thought about it.
''Ahh I shouldn''t think about things like this too much.'' Harry thought, rubbing his forehead lightly and immediately brushing the thought off his mind.
While he had his questions about the system and the "other voice", it wasn''t as if he didn''t trust them. They were both the reason he was able toe this far, and he was grateful to them both.
Besides, there was just this feeling inside him, that he could trust both the system and the other voice. It was more like an intuition, however, Harry trusted on it.
The system had never failed him, and he doubted it ever would.
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Chapter 166 New Skill: Danger sense!
Chapter 166 New Skill: Danger sense!
He tapped on the watch on his right hand, and within a second, a small holographic board appeared above the watch, containing a map of the beast forest and the different zones.
Harry''s eyes scrolled through the different zones, until his gaze stopped at a red zone not too far from his current position.
His own position was disyed as a small blinking red dot, and it was in a dark orange zone, which signified that he was in the zone filled with more powerful stage two mana beasts.
Currently, there were no more than six mana beasts in the beast forest, that were at the third stage.
The number could still increase, as a few mana beasts in thete second stage could still break through to the third stageter in the future.
Unlike stage two mana beasts, the ones at the third stage were more territorial, and were known to contain fewer beasts of the lower stages.
This was somethingmon in mana beasts across stages, the higher the stage , the more territorial they tend to be.
As Harry''s eyes locked on the red demarcated area glowing dimly on the map, a slight smile appeared on his face.
''I''ve been fighting only stage two mana beasts all these time, and they are now so easy for me to defeat.'' He thought. ''With how strong I am now, I believe I''m powerful enough to face stage three mana beasts.''
If he kept on facing stage two mana beasts who were too easy for him to defeat, his growth would definitely be stagnated.
''Maybe I should distribute my stat points first'' Harry thought. Just in case he was being too overconfident in his abilities, Harry decided to first allocate his stat points, not all the point of course, as he still wanted to save some.
He had never faced a stage three beasts before, but from what he knew the power gap only gotrger between each stage, and it was best to be prepared beforehand.
''Host stats.'' He said inwardly, and a familiar set of tabs appeared in front of his eyes within the blink of an eye.
***
After distributing all his stats, Harry''s stats now looked like this:
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[Host Stats]
[Name: Harry Ainsworth]
[Race: Human]
[ss: Novice Manaless Mage]
[Level: 20]
[EXP: 38680/125000]
[H/P: 230/230]
[Energy: 340/340]
[Strength: 104]
[Agility: 103]
[Stamina: 102]
[Perception: 104]
[Endurance: 102]
[Intelligence: 100]
[Mental: 100]
[Charm: 95]
[Stat Points: 30]
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Harry nodded his head in satisfaction, seeing as all his stats, except one, were now above hundred points.
He only added five points each to both his perception and charm stat. The reason for the former was quite obvious, and it was because his [Perception] stat was already close to hundred, and he felt like adding ten points to it would be a waste.
As for thetter, he didn''t consider his [Charm] to be one of his useful stats, since all it did was make him more handsome and improve his overall appearance.
Looking at his stats right now, a slight smile appeared on Harry''s face and he couldn''t help but feel a sense of fulfillment at how far his stats hade.
''Now I can be sure to stand my own against a stage three mana beast!'' He thought, as he closed the [Host Stats] tab.
Suddenly, a notification appeared in front of him, causing his eyes to widen in shock.
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[Requirement Fulfilled: 100 Perception Stat]
[New Skill Unlocked: Danger Sense]
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''Huh?! A new skill?!'' Harry thought, his eyes still widened in shock.
"To think there was a requirement like this" Harry mumbled in surprise. Although he could already guessed the skill''s description from the name alone, he still checked the description.
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[Danger sense (level 1): A passive skill that gives you the ability to sense danger a second before it happens.]
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''A skill and one this powerful'' Harry mumbled inwardly, cing a hand on his chin.
He hadn''t expected that there was actually a requirement like this to unlock a skill, and especially one as powerful as this.
A skill that lets him sense danger just before it happens while that may seem like a useless skill since it would notify him a second before the danger happens, it was sure to get more powerful as it levels up.
And if the skill gets to a high level, he might practically be able to see a glimpse of the future with it! It was nothing short of amazing!
Now he felt stupid for now adding stat points to [Perception] earlier on, in fact his former choice to increase his other skills first so they can all be "bnced" sounded stupid to him now.
And that was because he could have fulfilled the requirement and gained the skill if he had just added one stat point to his [perception].
However, if there was a requirement like this for his perception stat, didn''t that mean all his other stats should also have simr requirements?
Yet, he didn''t unlocked any skill when they crossed a hundred points, neither did he get any notification.
''I guess there''s nothing to worry about if there''s really a requirement like this with the other stats, then I guess it''s well above a hundred.'' Harry thought.
''Add six stat points to charm.'' Harry ordered the system, curious to see if he would also unlock any passive or even active skill by increasing his charm stat to a hundred.
But, despite losing six stat point and his charm reaching a hundred and one, he still didn''t gain any skill, neither did he receive any notification. He let out a low sigh, feeling a little disappointed.
It seemed like his theory was right if there was a skill requirement like that with his other stats, the bar was definitely above a hundred points.
However, he still felt very happy with the new skill he just gained.
He looked back at the map once more, and a weird glint shed through his eyes, when he noticed a zone that had a darker shade of redpared to the others.
That meant there was a mana beast inhabiting that particr zone that was more powerful than the other stage three beasts in the forest.
Despite getting a bit curious as to how high this particr mana beast''s strength maybe, Harry ignored it for now, focusing on the others that contained only early stage three mana beasts.
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A few minutester, Harry''s brows furrowed slightly as he looked around at his surroundings.
Though it took a few minutes, he had finally entered the zone that was said to contain stage three beasts.
It didn''t actually look that much different from the other zones where he had been, but one difference would be that the mana in the air was a lot thicker than it was in the other zones.
The trees were also a bit taller, and their branches were a lot more broader, blocking the light from the sun. Only a few rays were able to escape from in between their leaves, making it seem like it was evening.
However, despite the darker surrounding, Harry was still able to see clearly, due to his high perception.
Even though he tried his best to avoid fighting any more mana beast, he still met a few stage one and two beasts along the way, and they unsurprisingly attacked him.
But he wasn''t reallyining as they managed to bring him a whopping twenty-five thousand Exp, and he also managed to secure all their beast cores, which totaled up to five.
The atmosphere was serene, and there were no mana beasts in sight, but nheless, Harry still fully kept his guard up.
The thicker amount of mana he sensed in the air, reminded him constantly that he wasn''t in a stage two zone anymore, and he knew better than to act carelessly.
Roarrr!!!
A loud roar suddenly reverberated in his ears, and for a second, Harry felt like his body froze, before suddenly releasing.
He wasn''t even given enough time to understand what that weird sensation was, when he immediately felt a weird ''spark'' in his head, and somehow, he instantly knew that he had to move away from his position.
Instinctively, Harry followed this intuition, and hurriedly leapt backwards, dodging therge w that came descending on the ground at that moment.
Bam!!
A loud sound sounded in the air, as the sheer force behind that hit caved in the ground, with cracks appearing on the surface.
***
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Chapter 167 Critical Injury!
Chapter 167 Critical Injury!
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Bam!!
A loud sound sounded in the air, as the sheer force behind that hit caved in the ground, with cracks appearing on the surface.
Harry''s eyes widened in shock, as his eyes took in the terrifying image in front of him.
What mmed into the ground was the arm of arge bear, with thick ck fur covering its whole body, and two small horns jutting out from the sides of its head.
Growl!
it let out a deep, infuriated snarl at Harry, baring its sharp, deadly fangs at him.
Harry gritted his teeth, as hended back on the ground. Since hended so suddenly, his footing was a little unsteady at first, but he was able to correct it quick enough.
He turned his gaze to the giant mana beast in front of him, and his brows furrowed slightly.
Now that he was able to get a good look at it, he now realized how huge the bear really was.
It stood at an astounding height of 200cm, with two thick, muscr arms dangling at its side. At the end of each hand, was a deadly set of long, sharp, and powerful iron ws, that seemed like they could tear down any thing.
Besides its short ears, were a pair of small white horns, that jutted just a little above its head.
Harry''s eyes squinted slightly, as he started at the huge bear. He was still surprised at how fast the mana beast''s earlier attack was, it was so fast that if not for the small spark he suddenly felt a second before the attack, he doubted he would have been able to dodge it.
''That weird spark was it danger sense in effect?'' Harry thought, with his brows furrowed slightly.
However, he simply pushed it at the back of his mind, deciding to think about itter. Since the mana beasts was still in front of him, he couldn''t afford to be careless, not when he was facing a stage three mana beast.
He didn''t know whether it was just his bad luck, he had expected to meet a stage three mana beast after at least going deeper into the zone, but yet, it turned out a stage three bear was what attacked him first.
Harry looked back at the ground where the bear had hit earlier, seeing the huge dent made on the ground, he sucked in a cold breadth.
''I must not let this beast''s ws hit me I have to avoid it at any cost.'' He thought.
Using this opportunity when the beats wasn''t attacking him, Harry quickly scanned it using [Probe].
Immediately, a set of tabs appeared in front of him, disying the beast''s stats.
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[Name: Horned iron-w Bear]
[Race: Mutated Bear]
[H/P: 340/400]
[Beast Core: 3rd Stage]
[Mana: 600/670]
[Strength: 267]
[Agility: 180]
[Stamina: 223]
[Perception: 201]
[Endurance: 213]
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Harry''s eyes widened, shocked at how high the beast''s stats were. All its stats were above 200, except for its agility, which was still freakishly high anyway.
It was clear that the beast''s forte was in its crazy strength, which wasn''t that surprising given that it was a giant bear.
None of Harry''s stats could evenpare in the slightest, the manager beast was a lot stronger than him.
Looking at the beast''s stats, a chill ran down Harry''s spine, however, for some reason, he still felt slightly excited at the thought of facing the ck bear.
Roarrrr!!!
Suddenly, with a loud roar, the bear jumped at him, with its hand raised above its head, ready to smash Harry to a pulp.
The speed of the bear contrasted deeply with its size, as its movements seemed like blurs to Harry.
Without wasting any time, Harry immediately activated [elerate], while also channeling some of his energy into his legs, in order to keep up with the beast''s speed.
[+100 Points temporarily added to agility]
In addition to the extra amount of energy he harnessed into the skill, his speed rose to new levels, and he was finally able to follow the bear''s attacks.
Bam!!
Harry hurriedly jumped to the side, causing the mana beast''s hands to m right into the ground, causing a loud smashing sound, with the force the behind the attack leaving another deep cave-in on the ground.
Growl!!
The bear snarled in annoyance, before swinging one of his arms towards Harry, hoping to squat him away.
However, Harry, who had already boosted his speed using [elerate] was able to follow the attack.
Channeling his energy into his feet, Harry immediately leapt up, sessfully dodging the bear''s hand.
While still in the air, Harry redirected a good amount of his energy into his hands, before quickly activating another skill.
''Wind sh!'' He shouted, as he swung his hands downwards towards the bear, causing a long, thin and extremely sharp sh of wind to shoot towards the mana beast.
He had already amplified the power of his attack using his energy, and the power behind the wind sh was a lot more higher than it normally was.
Swoosh!!
The sh of wind sliced through the air with great speed, rapidly closing in on the huge bear.
[-60 Energy points]
A system notification appeared at the corner of his eye, but he ignored it, focusing more on the mana beast in front of him.
Almost immediately, itnded against the mana beast, shing it from the top of its head down to the bottom of its abdomen, with the force and suddenness of the attack pushing it backwards by a few feet.
The beast stopped for a moment, before letting out a low roar of pain, as it blood trickled down its injury.
However, Harry''s eyes widened in annoyance, as right before his eyes, he watched the wound he had just created on the mana beast slowly close up.
''Like hell I''ll let you heal!!'' He shouted in his mind, before dashing towards the bear, this time, aiming to attack.
Roar!!
The beast let out another roar in anger, before so dashing towards Harry at insane speed, swinging its other w towards Harry in order to crush him.
Harry gritted his teeth in annoyance when he saw the beast charging at him, however, his agility was currently higher due to [elerate] being active and him continuously channeling his energy into his legs, so he had the advantage in speed.
Just as the beast''s ws were about to descend on him, Harry immediately leapt forward, causing the bear''s w to miss and crash into the ground once more.
Using the bear''s arm as a stepping, Harry swiftly leapt upwards, harnessing a little of the energy flowing in his legs to propel himself.
''Lightning Ball!'' He shouted, pulling one of his hands backwards. A medium sized blue ball of lightning rapidly formed in the middle of his outstretched palms, with lightning dancing all around it.
Without wasting any time , Harry quicklyunched the lightning ball towards the face of the bear.
Crackle!
It blitzed dangerously with lightning as it flew through the air, rapidly closing the distance between Harry''s hands and the bear''s face.
st!
The lightning ball crashed into the mana beast''s face with full force, suddenly exploding into a st of lightning, with each spark of lightning stinging the bear''s face.
The mana beast grunted in pain, as the force behind the lightning st pushed it backwards once more.
It grabbed its face with ws, the lightning from the st still stinging its face with pain.
Harry knew better than to waste this chance when the mana beast wasn''t focused on him, so he immediately charged at the bear once more, aiming tond another attack and weaken it even further.
However, as he was about to close in on the beast, he suddenly felt a familiar spark in his head, and his eyes widened, with his instincts tingling like crazy.
Harry didn''t stop to wonder why the spark in his head appeared, and immediately followed his instincts, leaping backwards.
Just as he jumped backwards, the two small white horns on the mana beast''s head unexpectedly glowed with a dim yellow hue.
Roarrr!!!
The bear let out a loud roar, before dashing at Harry once more, except this time, its speed was faster!
Harry gritted his teeth in annoyance, and quickly tried to activate another skill, but before he could even react, the bear suddenly swung one of its ws at him, this time, with the swing packing a lot more power.
Harry tried to dodge the attack, by moving to the side once more, however, the attack was faster than he could react to, even with [elerate] activated.
He wasn''t able to escape the swing, and itnded on his torso with full force.
Harry''s mouth widened slightly in pain, as the power behind the swingpletely crushed his ribs, causing blood to spurt out of his mouth.
As if that wasn''t enough, the bear''s ws also dug deeply into his flesh, leaving deep cuts that ran across his chest.
Before he was even able to stabilize himself, his body was immediately sent flying by the sheer force of the attack, crashing into a tree in the distance.
"Arrrg!!" Harry grunted in pain, more blood spurting from his mouth, as his back collided against the trunk of the tree, the impact speeding tremors throughout his body.
[Critical Injury!]
[Healing and low-level regeneration activated!]
''It''s been a while since I''ve seen this notification.'' Harry thought, wincing in pain from his injuries. Blood trickled down from the sides of his lips, and the deep cuts made by the beast''s ws slowly started closing up.
Since he rarely sustained serious injuries during his fights with stage two mana beasts, he hardly ever needed to use this skill.
''So it''s a mana beast with a kind of enhancement trait, just great'' Harry thought, with a wry smile.
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Chapter 168 Healing and regeneration level up!
Chapter 168 Healing and regeneration level up!
''So it''s a mana beast with a kind of enhancement trait, just great'' Harry thought, with a wry smile.
All parts of his body stung with pain, especially the deep w marks on his chest, and injury on his back. With how hard his back hit the tree, he wouldn''t be too surprised if his spinal cord was shattered on impact.
Mana beasts with traits that could enhance their overall ability like this bear were very rare, especially among those below stage five.
He hadn''t actually expected the bear to use its trait that soon, but it seemed like it considered him that much of a threat.
Beasts below stage five activated their traits based on instincts alone, if they sensed that an opponent was strong enough to endanger their lives, they would instinctively activate their traits either to fight back of defend.
Harry''s eyes drifted to the small horns glowing above the bear''s head, and a slight frown appeared on his face.
It was clear that the huge amount of mana fueling the bear''s strength was being channeled from those horns, and by breaking them, he should be able to cancel out the beast''s trait. That should give? him a better chance of winning.
However there was one problem, he couldn''t properly move any part of his body right now!
The injury he sustained from the hit, in addition to his brutal collision against the thick trunk, were quite serious, and even though they were already healing, it would still take a few seconds before he was able to move properly.
And of course, the angry bear wouldn''t wait for him to be fully healed before pouncing back on him.
Roarrr!
With another loud roar, the mana beast charged at him once more, with both its hands raised above its head, aiming to smash Harry''s body to a pulp.
''Shit it''s so fast!!'' Harry eximed inwardly, his eyes barely able to follow the beast''s speed.
Since he still couldn''t move, he would surely be smashed into paste if that attacknded on him!
With the fear of death looming upon him, his brain and mind worked faster than they had ever done throughout his life, rapidly thinking of a solution.
And immediately, an idea popped into head! His eyes, he should redirect his energy into his eyes so he''ll be able to follow the beast''s movements!
Without wasting anytime, Harry hurriedly channeled some of his energy into his eyes, and just like he had expected, the bear''s speed seemed to slow down a little.
[-40 Energy Points]
A notification appeared at the corner of his eye, but Harry ignored it, focusing more on how he would survive this situation.
Taking that split second when the bear''s speed slowed down in his eyes, Harry ced his hand on the ground, hurriedly activating a skill!
''Earth Hold!'' He shouted inwardly, subconsciously harnessing some of his energy into the skill.
Instantly, two thick lumps of earth rose up from the ground just as the bear''s legs was about to connect to it, covering them up to its knees, and trapping the bear.
''Yes! It worked!'' Harry thought in joy. Earth hold was a skill he learnt during one of his sses in the earth hall, and he was more than d right now that he did.
He actually had low hopes that the skill would sessfully trap the bear, especially since he still couldn''t properly follow its speed despite already enhancing his eyes by channeling energy into them.? However, he was d it did.
Suddenly, a system notification appeared in front of him, and with that, the speed of his healing increased even more.
[Healing and Regeneration level up!]
[Skill "Healing and regeneration" now level 3!]
A slight smile appeared on Harry''s face, and finally, he was able to move his body again.
Though the injuries were still there, and the pain still kept assaulting his body, he was still able to move, and that he was grateful for.
Immediately, he channeled energy into his legs to boost his speed, and the rest of his body to hasten his healing, before hurriedly standing up.
Roarrr!!
Crack!!
Suddenly, the huge, ck bear let out a deafening roar to the skies. The small yellow horns on its head briefly glowed brighter, boosting its power even more, before it charged forward, shattering the lumps of earth beneath it into pieces.
''Damn it!'' Harry thought, shocked at how the mana beast broke away from his trap skill so easily. But then, with how strong the bear was, it shouldn''t be too surprising.
The only good thing about this situation, was that the bear was using its trait continuously, which meant it should run out of mana quicker, and then it would be a lot easier for Harry to finish it off.
However that wouldn''t matter if Harry gets squashed by its arms before then!
''elerate!'' Harry hurriedly harnessed more energy into his eyes and legs, boosting his speed even more.
[+100 Points temporarily allocated to agility!]
[-80 Energy points]
Though this took a good chunk of his energy, Harry didn''t care since he knew it would regenerate eventually.
Unknown to Harry, his eyes started glowing with a dim blue colour, and his pupil was filled with tiny golden and white particles.
However, since he was too focused on? defeating the huge bear, he wasn''t able to notice this.
Seeing as the bear was rapidly closing in on him, Harry quickly slid to the side, before stretching one of his hands towards? the beast.
''Shattering Rocks!'' He eximed inwardly, and instantly, six medium sized rocks appeared in front of him before shooting towards the bear at rapid speed.
Bam!!
Bam!!
Just before the rocks hit the bear, they suddenly exploded into small stones that shot into its face and neck at rapid speed. A few of the stones managed to pierce its eye, and the dust from them stung its nose, causing its speed to slow down.
Blood bled from the injuries on its eyes and face, and the mana beast grunted in pain, before rubbing its face with its hands, in hopes of reducing the pain.
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[A/N: I edited chapter 137, I added a few things to his skill tab that I forgot to add thest time. Like probe and the two skills he learnt from the academy. ]
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Chapter 169 A Splash of energy!
Chapter 169 A Ssh of energy!
Harry, seeing this chance, didn''t hesitate to take advantage of it.
Stretching one of his hands forward again, he immediately activated another skill.
"Wind de!" He shouted, three wind des forming in front of his palms almost instantly before shooting towards the bear at astonishing speed.
As for where he aimed for, it was the two small horns on the head of the bear!
As for where he aimed for, it was the two small horns on the head of the bear!
Within the blink of an eye, the wind des closed in on the two horns, however, to Harry''s surprise, the des didn''t manage to slice them off, only making a small dent on them.
Growl!!
The ck bear growled in pain, as the shocks from its horn being hit caused shocks to run through its body.
It immediately turned to the direction the attack came from, and seeing only Harry, it let out a loud roar of anger.
''Shit! Rather than slice off its horns, it only made it more annoyed! Just great!'' He thought sarcastically, with a slightly frown on his face.
He had already expected the bear''s horns to be tough and thick, but he hadn''t expected it to be so thick that even three wind des wouldn''t be able to alive them off.
Though the wind des were only at their normal power since he didn''t boost them with his energy, they were still very powerful!
''Maybe I should have used wind sh instead.'' Harry thought, letting out a low hiss.
By now, his wounds hadpletely healed and except for his w mark tear on his top, there was no sign of injury on his body.
Meanwhile, the bear immediately charged at him once more, the small horns on its head glowing even brighter!
Roarrr!!!
It let out a loud roar, before swinging one of itsrge ws towards Harry, in order to squat him away, just like it did before.
But this time, Harry had already expected this. It was even easy for him to predict, with how simple and mindless the mana beast attacks had been.
If not that it was a lot faster and stronger than he was, fighting it wouldn''t be as hard as it was, but then, he couldn''t reallyin.
Harry gritted his teeth, hurriedly harnessing more energy into his legs and eyes, in order to follow the beast''s speed.
His eyes glowed brighter with a bright blue colour, and the tiny dots of gold and white moving around in his pupils shined more, as he redirected more energy into his eyes.
This caused the beast''s movements to slow down in his eyes, and due to the huge boost he got in his agility, he was able to follow the mana beast''s movements.
He swiftly dodged to the side, causing the bear''s deadly ws to miss him, smashing against the hard ground instead.
Bam!
The sheer force behind the attack caused the ground to cave in, and deep cracks appeared on the surface.
Harry felt a chill run down his spine as he sensed the tremendous strength behind that attack. Memories of the pain he felt thest time he got hit by that attack shed in his mind, making him gulp hard with fear at the idea of getting hit by that again.
The thought onlysted for a second in his mind, before he brought his focus back to the huge ck bear in front of him.
Pulling one of his hands backwards, Harry quickly used another skill of his. ''Lightning Ball!''
Instantly, blue sparks of lightning appeared around his palms, rapidly forming into a medium sized ball that crackled dangerously with lightning.
Thrusting his hand forward, Harry immediatelyunched the ball of lightning towards the mana beast.
Blitzzzz!!!
The attack blitzed through the air at astonishing speed, closing in on the chest of the huge ck bear with full force.
The force behind the attack pushed the bear backwards, causing its legs to stumble on the ground.
The instant the lightning ball made impact against the mana beast, it exploded into tiny sparks of lightning, each spark traveling through the bear''s body and electrocuting it.
The bear grunted in pain, the pain from the sparks stinging it all over its chest.
Just then, a set of notification unexpectedly shed in the corner of Harry''s eyes.
[elerate level up!]
[Skill "elerate" now level 6!]
[Energy control level up!]
[Skill "Energy control" now level 6!]
[+130 Points temporarily allocated to agility!]
Harry''s lips curled into a slight smile when he saw the notifications that appeared in front of him.
He hadn''t actually expected [Energy control] to level up that fast, especially since it only just leveled up recently.
However, it made sense, since he had been channeling his energy non-stop while engaged with the stage three ck bear.
Seeing as the bear was still distracted by the shocks speeding through its body, Harry knew he couldn''t lose this chance.
''And now, here''s a chance!'' Harry immediately jumped forwards, unwilling to let this opportunity slip by.
Harnessing his energy, he moved some of it to his fists, coating them with a thinyer of energy.
Due to the level up of [Energy control], harnessing his energy became a lot more easier, and he even coated his hands with energy without realizing it.
''Rock Fists!'' Immediately, a thick dense rocks formed above his fists, covering them snugly like a pair of boxing gloves.
Putting all his strength in his arm, Harry immediately delivered a full-powered punch to the bear''s chest with his right arm.
Thwack!!!
A dull sound resounded in the air, as Harry''s fist collided against the bear''s chest.
As Harry''s fists connected with the bear''s chest, one thing he noticed was that a small ''ssh'' of energy left his fist, before mming into the mana beast''s chest, the force sending it flying.
Thud!
The mana beast flew in the air for a few seconds, before it came crashing down onto the ground with a thud sound, causing dust to rise up in the air.
''What is that?'' Harry mumbled inwardly, with his eyes widened in shock. He definitely felt it a small amount of energy left his fist and then mmed against the beast''s chest.
Was this a new use of his energy he just learned? He wondered, before turning his gaze back to the ck bear thatid sprawled out on the ground.
However, what surprised him the most was that the trait of the stage three beast had beenpletely shut down no it wasn''t just that.
With his mana sense, he could tell that the mana in the bear''s body had beenpletely ''frozen'' and wasn''t flowing anymore!
Chapter 170 Strange Girl
Chapter 170 Strange Girl
Due to this, the two small horns in the mana beast''s head stopped glowingpletely, and the ck bear''s power weakened seriously.
The bear''s body remained frozen on the ground, with its mouth opening softly, letting out low whimpers of pain.
Harry''s eyes widened when he noticed this, but he didn''t let himself get too distracted, knowing things might be even more troublesome if the mana beast managed to get back to its full strength.
''Wind Needles.'' He mumbled inwardly, stretching one of his hand towards the head of the bear.
Immediately, three wind needles formed in front of his palms, before shooting towards the bear''s head at astonishing speed.
Swoosh!! They flew through the air, colliding against the bear''s head within a second. The needles pierced through the mana beast''s head, finally ending its life.
Since the mana in the ck bear''s body suddenly froze, its body unsurprisingly became weaker, as there was no mana strengthening it.
This was why the wind needles were able to pierce through its head so easily, despite not being reinforced by that much energy.
Apart from that, the bear''s health had also dropped considerably, due to the numerous attacks Harry had beenunching on it, so it was no longer in its peak condition to begin with.
If not for that, the bear wouldn''t have died from Harry''sst attack.
[+25400EXP]
A system notification immediately appeared in front of Harry''s eyes, confirming the ck bear''s death.
A wide smile appeared on Harry''s face when he saw the number of EXP that he had gotten from killing the bear alone. n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om
He stopped channeling his energy to his eyes, causing the dim blue glow that was in it to vanish, and then also deactivated [elerate], returning to his base agility stat.
''So much EXP as expected, stage three mana beasts are on a different league from stage two mana beasts.'' He thought.
The dire wolf pack he faced earlier were one of the strongest stage two mana beast in the beast forest, and yet, they couldn''t even give him up to 15000EXP each.
However, remembering what happened with his energy when he hit the bear on its chest, Harry''s expression immediately switched to a serious one.
Back then, he felt it. He definitely felt a little bit of the energy that was on his arm leave his body and hit the stage three mana beast.
It felt like a ssh as if the energy just somehow ''sshed'' unto the mana beast with force, pushing it away.
In fact, it was the extra force from that energy that doubled the power behind the punch. Harry doubted his base strength or the strength of [Rock Fists] was high enough to send the mana beast flying.
Nheless, the most shocking thing was what it did to the beast''s mana. It ''froze'' it, causing the beast''s strength to weaken greatly, and giving him a huge edge in the fight!
Now that he thought about it, his energy was something that only he had, because he was manaless.
ording to the system, and from what he had personally discovered, it was a lot more powerful than mana, and the difference between them was so much, that they couldn''t evenpare.
With what just happened was it safe to say that his energy was capable of canceling out mana? Due to the huge power difference between them?
''That is the only thing that makes sense to me my energy can somehow cancel out mana. Or render it inefficient'' Harry thought, still staring at his palms in awe.
Even the absurdity of it all didn''t make any sense to him, but with everything he had experienced ever since he gained the system, he couldn''t say it was that surprising at the same time.
But still, an energy that could cancel out mana just what kind of energy would that be? Harry wondered, with a slight frown on his face.
The system only showed it as "energy" on his stats, and even the other voice always referred to it as "energy" also.
ording to the academy instructors and the history of the world, mana was an energy, that could be wielded by only those with a mana core.
Since mana was a kind of energy, and yet it was totally different from his own energy could that mean there were actually different kinds of energy out there in the universe?
After thinking about it all for a few seconds, Harry simply brushed the thought off his mind.
He noticed he was already getting an headache from thinking about it too much, so he simply added it to his list of "mysteries" that he nned to uncover in the future.
It didn''t matter what kind of energy it was, all that mattered was that he had it, and that it was very useful for him.
[What you''re thinking is true. Your energy can indeed cancel out mana.]
The other voice suddenly spoke up, causing his eyes to widen slightly in surprise.
[Why do you think you''re somehow able to convert mana to EXP?]
''Can cancel mana huh?'' Harry thought, his lips slowly curling into a slight smile. He couldn''t imagine all the things he could do with it, how much more powerful he could be, with such a powerful energy.
But then the other voice second sentence resounded in his mind, and Harry''s brows furrowed a little.
True to its words, he can indeed absorb mana and convert it into EXP, however, he had already thought that was just due to the system.
But from how the other voice put it, it seemed like it also had something to do with his energy.
''So then this means my energy can''t cancel out mana alone but it can also devour it.'' Harry thought, and immediately, the smile on his face only got wider.
It made sense if that was how it was, him being able to absorb mana and convert it into EXP, and him being able to freeze the stage three bear''s mana. It all made sense, and that only meant his energy was a lot more powerful than he gave it credit for!
Clenching his fists tightly, Harry made up his mind, he would get stronger, level up, and also develop his energy. With all these, nothing should stop him from bing the most powerful.
Harnessing his energy, Harry moved some of it to his hands. He noticed that the movement of his energy was a lot more fluid, and channeling it became twice easier for him.
He could even coat his arms with ayer of energy now, which was proof of how much he had improved.
Redirecting some of his energy to his palm, Harry pushed his palm forward, while also trying to shoot a little of his energy outside his body.
But unfortunately, he didn''t get it. The aura of energy covering his arm extended forward a little, but that was it, it didn''t shoot out, or rather, ssh out like it before.
During that time, he had only done it subconsciously. It seemed like he still needed some more training on his energy to finally master it.
With that,prehending the fire element should also be faster. The way he saw things, he should he able toprehend it within a month at most.
''This energy just never ceases to amaze me.'' Harry thought, with a wide smile on his face.
It was then that he remembered the body of the bear that was still lying on the ground.
At first, he wanted to absorb it, but after giving more thought to it, he decided against it.
Since the bear used its trait continuously during their fight, it wouldn''t have that much mana in its body. While he would gain some EXP from absorbing it, it wouldn''t be that much, and the body would only be wasted.
The best thing to do would be to sell both the body and beast core of the stage three beast, and then use the money to get a better pair of daggers, hopefully a rank three weapon.
He then tried to dig out the beast core using one of the daggers with him, but just like he had expected, it couldn''t pierce the beast thick skin.
He was forced to use [Wind de], and sh through the beast forehead, before taking out the beast core.
In a hurry, he stashed the beast core and the massive ck bear into his storage device.
Fortunately, he had acquired a new, storage device in advance for today, one that could hold something asrge as the bear, knowing he might encounter bigger mana beasts.
Though this cost him a small fortune, it was worth it, because he was sure to earn it back after selling the bear and its core.
Just as he was walking away, his perception suddenly picked up another presence behind him, and he immediately snapped his head to where he felt that presence.
However, even after looking around, he couldn''t find anybody, so he simply shrugged and then turned around, thinking what he felt was just him being paranoid.
Unbeknownst to him, crouching behind one of the trees, was a ck haired girl with bright green eyes, and her eyes were following him as he walked away.
She had a hand on her chest, and tiny white particles were sparkling around her fingers.
''Who is he how is he so strong'' She wondered, her green eyes widened slightly in shock.
''And did he somehow sense me or I was just the one hallucinating?'' She thought, finally removing her hand from her chest, with a puzzled expression in her eyes.
The sparkling white particles that were around her fingers vanished, and she slowly came out from where she was hiding when she saw that Harry was no longer in sight.
"I would like to say he didn''t sense me but he did it was clear with how he was looking around, that he sensed someone staring at him." She mumbled to herself.
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Chapter 171 The Second Stage of the ranking event
Chapter 171 The Second Stage of the ranking event
"I would like to say he didn''t sense me but he did it was clear with how he was looking around, that he sensed someone staring at him." She mumbled to herself.
Now that she was came out in the open, her face and body were now fully visible. She had long wavy ck hair, that fell all the way down to the middle of her back, and striking green eyes.
Her face was very beautiful, to the point that it surpassed even Susan''s, and her green eyes only served toplement her beauty even more.
She was putting on a set of ck shirt, and fitted ck trousers that clung nicely to her figure, disying her well-sculpted curves. Her face morphed into a slight frown, and she slowly walked to where Harry was just standing a few minutes ago.
She still had the same puzzled expression on her face, as she wondered just how that brown haired Elementalist was able to sense her.
The spell she casted was a spell that couldpletely erase one''s presence, whether it was her breathing, or foot steps, it totally erase them all. Unless one was a stage four Elementalist, they would never be able to sense her in that state, even if they were standing just few steps away from her.
And from what she could sense, that Elementalist was only a stage one Elementalist, yet he could somehow sense her.
However, despite being surprised at Harry sensing her presence, what surprised her the most was his strength, and the power contained within his spells!
At first she thought he was stupid, which stage one Elementalist would have the guts to go up against a stage three mana beast, especially one as powerful as that ck bear.
But as the fight went on, she realized how wrong she was. Although he only casted tier one spells throughout the fight, each of them were so powerful. The strength of the spells were so high that they were practically on par with even tier three spells!
During the most part of the fight, Harry''s back was what was turned to her, and she only managed to catch a glimpse of his face. But she was still sure she could definitely recognize him if she saw him again.
While she only managed to catch a glimpse of his face, that was more than enough to recognize him, and his features weren''t that difficult to remember also. She only arrived few minutes ago, attracted by the loud smashing sounds she was hearing from this particr area of the forest.
Since his back was turned to her, she wasn''t able to properly see when Harry finished off the stage three mana beast using wind needles, a tier two ''spell''. So she thought the only thing he used during the fight were tier one spells, which made sense to her, given that he was only an Elementalist in the first mana core stageor at least, that''s what she thought.
For a moment she even doubted that what he was using were just tier one spells, because of how powerful they were. It wasn''t just his spell power, there was also his high physical strength and insane speed, that even she had difficulty following.
Mana beasts were known for their high physical capabilities, but yet that stage one Elementalist sent a stage three mana beast flying just with a single punch! Never in her life had she seen a stage one Elementalist with that much strength!
She sighed as she turned her head to the ground. As she was staring at the ground, her brows suddenly furrowed slightly, and the expression on her face morphed into a frown. She clenched her fists tightly, so tight to the point that her knuckles turned pale, and she kept on gritting her teeth. ''Just who is he? How is he so strong? Even I wasn''t that powerful at the first mana core stage'' She thought, before slowly lifting her head up, with a determined look in his eyes.
''I thought I was the most powerful among the current generation but it seems like I still have a long way to go.'' She thought. ''I will train even harder and make sure only I am the best. Whoever you are I will surpass you.'' She mumbled inwardly, making up her mind to train even harder and get even stronger. However, she still couldn''t help but wonder who that Elementalist was, from his rank one weapon which wasn''t even sharp enough to pierce through the bear''s skin, it was clear that he wasn''t from a wealthy background.
If he was, he would have surely brought a better weapon, a rank four weapon at least.
From his appearance, he seemed to be around her age, so he was probably a student of Vane academy. ''I wonder will he also participate in theing world tournament?'' She thought, with a slight smile on her face.
On her wrist was a watch, that looked simr to the one Harry was wearing. She raised her wrist up, and tapped on the small button that was at the side of the watch, causing a holographic map to appear on top of the watch.
Her eyes scanned through the map, stopping at a particr zone that was mark with a dark red colour.
A weird glint shed through her eyes as she read through the warnings given regarding that particr zone, however, that didn''t stop her from changing her mind. ''A mana beast at the peak of the third stage it would be tough for sure, but I should be able to handle it, after all, I''m powerful enough.'' She said to herself.
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One weekter,
Within the blink of an eye, a week had passed, and the second stage/phase of the ranking event was finally here!
Each stage in the ranking event had an interval of one week, so with the first stage taking cest week, it wasn''t surprising the next was taking ce the following week. The one week interval was given so that Elementalists andbat mages would have enough time to recover their mana, and also their strength, and no one would be able toin about not having enough time to fully recover their mana. The past one week in the academy had been filled with a lot of hype, discussions about the Elementalists that would emerge on top and advance to the next stage, and even bettings on the ones that would lose.
Almost all the students in the academy were currently gathered in the event hall, and as one would expect, the hall was noisy, with the audience shouting and mumbling about who would either win or be disqualified during this stage.
Unsurprisingly, most of the elite students who had been disqualified in thest stage were absent from the hall. They were too ashamed of showing their faces during the second stage, so they simply locked themselves in their dorms, focusing harder on their training, hoping to utilize the dense mana in their dorms fully, since this might be theirst month in the elite dorms.
Except for Ria and Corey, who still came to watch the second stage of the event. They ignored the scornful and mocking looks the directed at them by the students sitting close to them, each here for their own reasons.
Just then, thementators voice rang through the hall, instantly bringing decorum among the audience, as they all focused their attention on his words.
[As you all know, it is finally time for the second stage of thepetition!]
[Today''spetition is going to be a free-for-all between groups of five that was randomly selected from the winners of thestpetition!]
[Every Student who]
Harry''s eyes squinted his eyes slightly as he stared at the card in between his fingers. At the sides of the card was the no ''7'' written boldly, which indicated the no of the group he was in.
The rules of thepetition that would be done in the second stage of the event had alresdy been exined to the winners of thest stage''s team match a few days ago, so thementators'' exnation was only for the audience.
Just like the instructor said, the participants of this stage would be randomly organized into groups of five.
Then the students in the groups will then take part in a free-for-all fight, in which thest one standing will emerge as the winner, while the other four will be eliminated from the event.
There were twenty five groups in total, meaning that only twenty five students will be able to advance to the final stage, while the remaining hundred will the eliminated from ranking event. n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om
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Chapter 172 Free for all fight
Chapter 172 Free for all fight
Then those twenty-five would proceed onto the final stage of thepetition, which involved a series of knockout fights and otherpetitions.
And the five who managed to advance to the final stage, were the ones that would be chosen as the year''s elite students.
However, how they performed in the final round of the event, was that would determine their elite ranks or positions, while the winner of the final round, would unsurprisingly be the new rank one student of the academy.
Most students didn''t really care much about the knockout stages, all they cared about was passing this second phase, and then advancing to the next stage.
Whether they performed poorly or not in thest stage of the event didn''t really matter, since they would be elite students anyway. Even if it was just rank 25, that was more than enough honor to them. However, passing this stage wasn''t easy, it was even regarded as the most difficult stage in the event, despite only being the second stage.
It was a free-for-all fight, and the only way to win was to be thest one standing at the end. Basically, the only way to win this round was topletely defeat and knock out the four other students in the ground, which definitely wasn''t an easy task for most.
There would be no teams, and while a person was focusing on one participant, another could suddenly attack them from behind.
What made it the most terrifying stage was that you couldn''t expect anything, and it was just each person for himself. Harry yed around with the card in his hands for a few more seconds, before cing it in his uniform''s pockets. It was just like the instructor said. Even though he knew his group number was seven, he didn''t know the other students that were in his group.
He didn''t know who his opponents would be, but no matter the kind of Elementalists orbat mages he might end up in the same group with, he was sure he win.
With his current strength at the level it was, no one in the academy could stand against him. He had already surpassed them all. [And now that I''ve exined the rules and regtions of thepetition to everyone, let the second stage of the ranking event, begin!]
Thementators'' voice rang out in the hall, causing the hall to erupt in loud cheers and shouts.
Almost immediately, a wide, yellow holographic board appeared at the top of the stage, disying the first group and the names of students under that group.
Harry''s gaze moved to the board on the top of the stage, and his eyes couldn''t help but widen slightly in surprise when he saw the students in that group.
''This might be quite interesting.'' He thought.
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Group 1
Hes Hurlo Wes Ss
Tino Rezzar
David Ellison
Earl c ====
In this group, there wasn''t just one elite student, but two; Wes Ss, and David Ellison.
Wes Ss was a rank 9 Elementalist in the academy, while David Ellison was ranked 23rd among the top-25 students. Despite having a low rank among the elite students, David had still managed to pass thest round together with his team, mainly due to his team''s co-operation, as well as his good luck. This set of names also sparked amotion in the hall, as the audience erupted into cheers. They watched Wes in thest stage, and that powerful spell that he casted had definitely attracted a few fans for him, who cheered for him in the audience. N?v(el)B\\jnn
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Within a few minutes, the students in group one came out unto the stage, each of them with their gaze locked on Wes in wary. Unlike during the team match, there were no domain or g demarcations on the stage, with the only visible thing being the hard ground. Though no one voiced it out, they all knew in their minds that Wes was the most powerful out of all of them, and also the most dangerous. Among the students, one of them had a thin, long sword with pointed edges held tightly in his right hand.
That student''s name was Tino Rezzar, abat mage with short, messy ck hair and a fairlyrge build.
He pointed the sword towards Wes, taking a simple stance, with his brows furrowed in wariness. They all exchanged gazes with one another, including David, the rank 23 elite student, before simultaneously nodding their heads. David was an average height Elementalist with short ck hair cut into a buzzcut and piercing ck eyes.
No words needed to be said, they all mentally agreed to take Wes out first. He was the most dangerous, and he was the one they needed to take care of first!
As for Wes, the blonde haired Elementalist smirked mischievously when he saw the gazes being directed at him.
He already knew what was going through their minds, even without anyone telling him.
"It is natural for the weak toe together against the strong, but there''s just one fact here..." Wes said, and with the edges of his lips curling into a smirk, he continued: "You all can never win against me."
His words caused the faces of the rest of the student to squeeze in annoyance, but, they all knew his words weren''t totally wrong also. And following his words, the instructor''s voice suddenly rang through the hall, announcing the start of the fight.
"Yearrr!!!" With that, three of the students charged at Wes at the same time.
Tino, being the faster one, was ahead of the others, and he immediately thrusted his sword towards Wes''s shoulder, going in for a stab.
The other two Elementalists hurriedly channeled their mana, before casting their spells.
"Lightning Ball!"
"Wind de!"
The sound of their voices echoed in the hall, as they stretched their hands towards the blonde haired Elementalist in front of them. Within seconds, a small sized ball made purely of lightning and a thin wind de appeared front of each of their hands, before shooting towards Wes.
The only one that stayed behind was David, the elite student. He had a slight smirk on his face, as he stretched his hand at Wes, preparing to cast his most powerful spell.
A slight smile appeared on Wes''s face when he noticed the attacksing towards him. Without wasting anytime, he quickly channeled his elemental mana, casting a spell of his own.
"Earth Glide!" He shouted, and almost instantly, two lumps of earth coated his feet, connecting them to the ground.
Bncing himself, Wes swiftly slid to the side, gliding on the ground with the earth lumps aiding his movements.
This caused Tino''s stab to miss him, hitting the air instead. Thebat mage gritted his teeth, and immediately tried to twist his sword and swing it to the side instead, hoping to sh Wes.
But unfortunately for him, he was too slow, and Wes had already expected something like this.
Before he could even move his hands, Wes quickly stretched his hand towards his chest, before casting another spell.
"Water st!" He shouted, and following his words, water rapidly spun in the middle of his palm, before suddenly exploding in arge st.
Bam!
Thebat mage felt as if his chest had been struck by a heavy hammer, as a huge amount of pain erupted from his chest.
He was barely able to react, when the force behind the st sent him flying backwards. He quickly tried to bnce himself in the air, but as if that wasn''t enough, the lightning ball that was supposed to be heading for Wes, hit him squarely on his back.
The ball immediately exploded into tiny lightning sparks, causing painful shocks to course through his body. He groaned in pain, as his body spasmed slightly due to the shocks, before it finally came crashing down on the ground,nding right in front of the Elementalist whounched the lightning spell. As for the wind de that was heading towards Wes, the Elementalist easily dodged it by simply ducking slightly, causing it to miss and fly over his head instead. Wes quickly deactivated the earth movement spell, but suddenly stretching his hands towards the two students whounched the spells, with a slight smile still on his face.
The Elementalists were frightened when Wes turned to them, and they instinctively stepped backwards, with beads of sweat dripping down their faces.
However, their fear didn''t stop Wes from casting his spell, and he shouted: "Shattering Rocks!"
Almost immediately, two medium sized rocks materialized in front of him, before instantly shooting towards the Elementalists at astonishing speed.
The rocks closed in on the unfortunate students within seconds, exploding into numerous small rocks right before it hit their faces, with each of the stones hitting them on their faces with even more force.
The students groaned in pain, as the force at which the projectiles hit them caused blood to bleed from their faces. A few even went into their eyes, causing them to swell and redden.
The moment Wes took care of those Elementalist, he suddenly turned towards David, who still stood in the back, with his hands stretched at him, and arge amount of mana rapidly gathering around his palm. ''I already fell for something like this once, it would be a shame if I fall for it again!'' Wes shouted inwardly, with a deep frown on his face.
Chapter 173 Cobra’s Bite
Chapter 173 Cobras Bite
Chapter 173: Immediately, he stomped his feet on the ground, and with his eyes still locked on the elite student, he quickly casted another spell.
"Earth Hold!" He shouted, as he hurriedly channeled his mana.
Almost instantly, two thick lumps of earth rose up above the Elementalist feet, before suddenly locking in on his legs, trapping him to the ground.
''Shit!'' David eximed inwardly, and a deep frown appeared on his face when he realized that his legs were stuck to the ground.
However, Wes didn''t give him any chance to free himself, before stretching his hands forward once more, casting another spell.
"Rock st!" He shouted. Following his words, a medium sized rock formed in front of his palms, before suddenly shooting towards David at rapid speed.
The eyes of the Elementalist widened in shock, but he didn''t let himself get distracted for too long. He quickly raised his hand up, in preparing to cast a spell and defend himself from the iing rock.
"Fire sh!" He eximed, as he quickly pulled his hand downward, making a shing motion.
A thin sh made purely of fire rapidly formed in front of him before shooting towards the iing rock, following his hands motion.
Swoosh!
A loud sound reverberated through the air as the sh moved through the air at rapid speed.
The two attacks collided against each other while still in the air, with the sh of fire slicing right through the rock, causing it to cut into two unequal parts, before disintegrating into tiny brown particles.
The fire sh didn''t stop after shing through the rock, it went on towards Wes, threatening to cut through him.
However, Wes easily evaded it by moving to the side, making the sh fly past him. It moved through the air for a few more seconds before also disintegrating into tiny red particles. ''Don''t think you can stand against me!'' Wes said, with his face morphed into a scornful frown. David was a middle stage two Elementalist, and he was also an elite student, but that didn''t mean they were on the same level! Far from it, their power levels werepletely different, with his being on top of course. Seeing as the Elementalist sliced through his spell infuriated him, and he nned on showing that difference between them. Wes suddenly raised his hands up, causing the ck haired Elementalist''s eyes to widen with worry.
His feet were still stuck, and it was clear that Wes didn''t n on releasing the trap spell soon.
With his mana sense, he could sense an insane amount of mana gathering above Wes''s hands, and he instinctively knew he had to dodge this next attack, no matter what.
But first, he had to free himself from this spell binding his legs!
"Cobra''s Bite!" Wes shouted, immediately casting the spell he had been channeling his mana for.
A snake made of water instantly formed above his head, with its size rapidly increasing as its body started swelling up, with even more mana!
The water snake only stopped increasing after reaching the size of a cobra, with hood its mouth wide open, revealing a set of sharp deadly fangs.
The size and figure of that spell caused the jaws of the audience to drop in shock. What shocked them the most was how seemingly easy Wes had casted the spell. Spells of that type and magnitude were one of the most difficult types to cast. Each ''line'' and ''shape'' that formed the beast had to be perfectly threaded together with mana, and making one mistake could lead to the whole spell crumbling.
Not just anyone could pull that off, but Wes did It, and it didn''t even seem like he struggled that much. "Hehehe." Wes chuckled, his gaze drifting to David who was still channeling his mana to cast a spell and free himself.
Beads of sweat pooled on his forehead, and despite acting smugly, the spell he was currently maintaining was taking quite a toll on not just his mana, but also his mana core. Seeing the scared look in his eyes filled him with so much joy, and despite that the ck haired elite was also preparing to cast another spell, he wasn''t worried in the slightest.
"Fire Boots!" David shouted, a boot of fire quickly forming around his feet. The heat from the fire managed to weaken the lumps of rocks binding his feet, leaving deep cracks in them.
"Go!" However, Wes suddenly shouted thrusting his hands forwards at that moment.
The water cobra floating above his head immediately flew towards David at insane speed, rapidly closing in on him from above. The cobra''s mouth stretched wider as it flew through the air, its sharp fangs catching the light, gleaming with each passing moment. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
''I have to dodge!'' David eximed inwardly, hurriedly using the fire boots on his feet to boost his speed.
He gritted his teeth in frustration, and immediately jumped backwards, using the power of the fire boots to propel himself.
He hoped to escape the cobra''s ''bite'' by moving away from the trajectory, so the snake can crash into the ground instead. However, he ended up being too slow, or rather, the water snake was just too fast!
Before he couldnd on his feet, the cobra descended on him with full force.
The cobra swallowed him whole from his head to just above his torso, before its jaws suddenly closed up upon him, and its fangs dug deeply into his skin. "Arrrgh!" David shouted in pain, as he felt the sharp fangs of the water cobra pierce through his skin. Due to the cobra being made of water, some part of the fangs simply dissolved back into water upon impact, so it didn''t pierce through its skin as deep as the fangs of a real cobra would.
However, the pain was still there, and theforce at which the cobra''s jaws closed in upon him brought even more pain.
Thud!
As if that wasn''t enough, the remaining body of the ''cobra'' suddenly descended upon him with immense force, causing his body to crash unto the ground, making a loud crashing sound.
Chapter 174 Basic In comparison
Chapter 174 Basic Inparison
"Arrrg!!" David grunted loudly in pain, as he felt a few of his bones shatter on impact, due to the force of the collision.
Fortunately, the floor of the stage had been strengthened with powerful runes and artifacts, so despite the huge power behind the crash, no cracks appeared on the surface.
The runes didn''t affect the spells of the Elementalists fighting on the stage in anyway, neither did it affectbat mages also. It only strengthened the stage, making it impervious to spells and attacks from those below Stage five. So basically, no one below the stage five mana core stage could make a dent on the stage, meaning, no student in the academy could damage the event stage.
The ck haired Elementalist tried to hold unto his consciousness, but after struggling for a few seconds, he eventually passed out due to the huge amount of pain coursing through his body.
Wes''s lips curved into a smug smile as he stared at the unconscious body of David.
"You did your best but you were never a match for me." He said in between heavy pants, with his back drenched with sweat.
''That spell was really a pain.'' Wes thought with a slight frown on his face. Casting that spell definitely took arge chunk of his mana and also his stamina, in fact with how tired he was now, he doubted he could properly cast even a tier one spell.
[And there we have our winner from the first group! Wes Ss!]
Thementator''s voice rung through the hall, announcing Wes as the winner.
The moment the blonde haired student heard the announcement, arge smile crept up upon his lips and he raised his hands up into the air, causing the audience to erupt into loud cheers.
Every time, Wes continued to amaze them with his insane spell power, thest time he did something like this, and this time he did it again, with apletely different spell!
Meanwhile, Harry eyes lingered on Wes for a few seconds, with a weird expression on his face.
''The elite students, they all have such powerful spells.'' He thought. While he was sure he would have been to block or at least dodge that cobra''s bite spell, he still couldn''t deny that the spell was very powerful.
So powerful that it would give even him problems.
Most of the spells he had seen the elite Elementalists use, could never be found in the academy''s spell library. This was especially true with the ones above rank ten.
They were specially catered to by the academy, and provided with the best resources, with included not only powerful spells, but also good training equipments.
He wasn''t jealous of the elite students in any way, since all their training equipment wouldn''t even benefit him that much. Well, he might if he didn''t have the system, but with the system, he had even more than they did.
However, if his skills and the spells of the stage three Elementalists werepared, his were more "basic" inparison.
Although his skills had already leveled up a lot, and most of them were now more or less on the same power level as tier three spells, they were still rather basic in nature. N?v(el)B\\jnn
Like lightning Ball, wind de, lightning whip, and so on, most of them were just basic tier one or two spells, except that they had leveled up and be more powerful.
He wanted to get even more powerful skills, that were more than basic attacks. He had the [Skill Shop] of the system, to purchase more skills and abilities, but the more powerful ones were just too expensive!
It was why he was saving up his skill points, so he could purchase skills from the system.
He needed at least 250 skill points to get a decent skill from the [Skill shop], but even after saving up skill points for more than two months, he had only gathered a little over 200 skill points in total. ''All in due time I''ll definitely get enough skill points to purchase a powerful skill!'' Harry thought, the edges of his lips curling into a slight smile. For now, his goal was to get into the elite rankings. By bing an elite student, not only would he qualify to take part in the uing world tournament, but he would also gain the opportunity to learn even more powerful skills!
It was basically a win-win situation for him. From what he had noticed, out of all the top fifteen students in the academy, Wes was the one who liked showing off the most. He was also the most arrogant.
Except from Trent and Wes, none of the others top ten Elementalists used any shy spells during the first stage of the event. They didn''t even cast any tier three spells, only limiting themselves to their two spells.
And while Trent did his to end the team match quicker, Wes did his either to show off or simply out of arrogance.
It was clear that most of them were keeping their powerful spells a secret, hoping to use them as a trump card in theter stages of the ranking event, which Harry had to admit was a smart choice. He was quite eager to face them, to see how he would fare against them. The top elites were also putting him in their lists, each of them registering him as a threat after seeing how he easily eliminated Ria, who was also an elite student. After a few seconds, the cheers of the audience died down, and another set of names appeared on the holographic yellow board.
Harry''s gaze moved towards the board, and his eyes widened slightly when he saw the names disyed on top of the board. ''Susan Grey and one more student in the top twenty five rankings.'' Harry thought.
This particr group caused the audience to eruptinto another round of cheers and murmurings, every person eager to see the rank one Elementalist in the academy fight.
Chapter 175 Finally my turn
Chapter 175 Finally my turn
This particr group caused the audience to erupt into another round of cheers and murmurings, every person eager to see the rank one Elementalist in the academy fight.
"Who do you think will qualify among this group?"
"Of course it''s Susan! None of them could even stand a chance against her!
Discussions rose up quickly among the students watching the fight, all of them convinced that Susan would easily win.
Among the students in group two, there was also another elite student. It was a blonde haired Elementalist, with thick brows and brown eyes.
His name was Jones Gaffer, and he was a peak stage two Elementalist, rank sixteenth on the elite rankings.
The presence of two elite Elementalist in one free-for-all fight was what excited the audience the most.
While majority of them were sure Susan would win, after all, they had witnessed her strength many times before, and it wasn''t by sheer luck that she was able to hold her rank one position even after three years.
There were still a few who felt like an unexpected turn of events could happen, and Jones could end up being the only one to qualify from the group.
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A few minutester,
The students finally arrived on the stage, each of them taking a position.
Susan positioned herself at the left end of the group. She took on ax stance, and with an indifferent expression on her face, she slowly stared at the other students standing around her.
Cold sweat dripped on the back of the other Elementalists when they felt Susan''s gaze on them, and they subconsciously took a step back.
Despite her not actively releasing her mana pressure, just being in her presence alone was rather intimidating for them.
Jones, the other elite student in the group gnashed his teeth together in frustration.
''I managed to advance to this stage.. only to meet Susan Grey in my team, just great. What an unlucky day.'' He thought, with a deep frown on his face.
However, he still didn''t n on giving up right away. Whether he liked it or not, he was going to give it his best.
[And with all the group members ready! Let the fight begin!]
The instructors voice rang out across the stage.
The moment the announcement was heard, the Elementalists suddenly turned their gazes on Susan.
"Arrr!!!" They all shouted, immediately charging towards her, while also channeling their spells.
Jones tailed behind them, hoping to get an opportunity tond an attack on the grey-haired Elementalist, using the group of students as distractions.
Susan simply remained in the same position, as if she couldn''t care less about the people running towards her.
"Light arrows!" She mumbled, without even stretching her hand or making any hand signs.
Instantly, four bright white arrows materialized in front of her, before suddenly shooting towards the Elementalists with astonishing speed.
Out of all the arrows, one of them was a littlerger than the others, and the light around it shined brighter also.
That particr arrow shot towards Jones, the stage two Elementalist in the group.
Within the blink of an eye, the arrows closed in on all the Elementalists.
It pierced through their abdomens easily, and the force behind the hit sent them flying backwards.
Their bodies flew in the air for a few seconds before crashing back down unto the hard ground.
The speed of the arrows were so fast that none of them could even follow it. To them, one moment she was standing in front of them, and the next, light arrows were mmed into their bodies.
Jones tried to block the attack, or at least dodge it, but before he could even channel his mana to cast a defensive or enhancement spell, the attack had already hit him.
A loud grunt left his lips, as he felt blood spurt out of his stomach. The force behind the hit sent him flying, with blood spurting out of his belly.
''So fast! And she didn''t even use any hand signs''. He thought in between gritted teeth, as his body crashed back down on the hard ground.
Despite trying desperately to hold unto his consciousness, he ended up passing out due to the pain.
Out of all the arrows, one of them was a littlerger than the others, and the light around it shined brighter also.
That particr arrow was what shot towards Jones, the stage two Elementalist in the group.
Since he was the most powerful in the group after her, and the one most likely to give her problems, Susan made sure to channel more mana into the arrow that was aimed for him, in order to also knock him out.
[And with an astonishing performance, we have the winner in group 2! Susan Grey!]
The audience immediately bursted into cheers of excitement. Though they felt a little disappointed that the fight ended so quickly, they were still amazed by Susan''s power.
"Susan!"
"Susan!"
Different chants of her name reverberated around the hall, as her ''fans'' started shouting praises of her.
Susan didn''t say any thing after winning, she only turned towards the stage''s exit, and started walking out.
Just before she exited the stage, her eyes turned to the audience, in search of a certain brown haired student.
However, she sighed in disappointed when she couldn''t find him. With the audience jumping up and down in excitement, finding just one student among them was definitely difficult.
She hadn''t realize it yet, but she was already starting to see Harry as apetition.
Meanwhile, a slight smile appeared on Harry''s face as he watched Susan leave the stage.
''She really is strong, I''m quite excited to face her again.'' Harry thought. It was just quite unfortunate that he couldn''t show his full strength in the ranking event.
''I would have to limit the skills to only the ''tier one'' skills.'' Harry thought, before letting out a low hiss. While it was quite annoying, it wasn''t like he had any choice, but he still took sce in the fact that it would only be temporary.
The noise in the hall slowly died down within a few minutes, and another set of names were disyed on the huge yellow board.
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About thirty minutes had passed since Susan qualified from group 2, and during those minutes, group three to six had already participated in the free-for-all event, and four more people had qualified to the final stage of the ranking event.
Among those four qualifiers, two were top 10 elites in the academy, while the other two were regr students, who managed toe out on top after a tough fight with the other four students in their group.
Thetter weren''t weak in any way, and were bothte stage two Elementalists. Since they qualified to the final stage, it was clear that they would be a part of the new elite students.
However, the ones that caught Harry''s attention the most were the top ten Elementalists.
Their names were Tyron Nn and Yasmine Winston, with the former being at rank five and theter at rank seven. Their elemental power was nothing to scoff at also, with them being early stage three Elementalists.
They easily defeated their
Just then, the names of the next group was disyed on the yellow board, and when Harry saw the list of names in the group, a light smile appeared on his lips.
''Finally, it''s time for group seven.'' He thought. Most of the students seated close to him kept turning their gazes to him, but he ignored them all, acting like they were non-existent.
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Group 7
Farhen Tumbler
Dan Hills
Harry Ainsworth
Will Conrad
Zer Jalen
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''Wow, two elite students.'' Harry thought, before slowly standing up from his seat, heading for the stage.
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Harry stood on the stage with a slight smile on his face, as he made a few stretches.
Standing around his were four other students, of which included Farhen and also Dan.
After the duels, Dan''s elite rank had finally rose up to 20th, while Farhen''s had dropped to 13th, as he lost the 12th rank to Nathan.
From the amount of mana oozing from Dan, it seemed like he had finally managed to break through to the second stage.
"Wipe that grin off your face, don''t think you''ll win easily." Farhen said with a frown on his face as he stared at Harry.
He felt like Harry was mocking him, especially with howx he seemed.
Since his loss to Nathan, he had been very frustrated, and to make things worse, everything in the academy just seemed to remind him about his loss, and failure.
''First everyone kept talking about my loss to Nathan, and now this stage one Elementalist thinks he could defeat me because he got lucky against Ria frustrating I''ll put you in your ce soon.'' He thought, as he gnashed his teeth against each other.
Dan''s thoughts were also simr, but he was still wary of Harry. ''He managed to beat Ria I can''t take him lightly.''
However, unknown to the two elites, the reason Harry was smiling waspletely different from what they thought.
Harry was smiling, because of the notification that suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.
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[Optional Quest]
Win the Free-for-all Event
Reward For Completion:
+30 Skill points
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''Just as I expected, a quest.'' Harry mumbled inwardly, the smile on his face widening slightly.
Farhen and Dan didn''t know why, but they felt a slight chill run down their spine at the sight of Harry''s smile. n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om
[And let the free-for-all fight begin!]
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Chapter 176 Silence
Chapter 176 Silence
[And let the free-for-all fight begin!]
The moment the start of the fight was announced by the instructor, Farhen immediately stretched his hands at Harry. He felt like he had to eliminate Harry first, since out of all the students in the group, he was the one capable of giving him the most trouble.
Channeling his mana, he hurriedly casted a spell. "Water arrow!" He shouted. Almost instantly, a long, wide arrow made of water materialized in front of him. The edges of the arrow was pointed, and the spell was filled with so much mana that even the stage one Elementalist around him felt a chill just by looking at it. Swoosh!
With a simple mentalmand, the arrow immediately shot towards Harry, moving through the air with great speed. Harry stared at the iing arrow rapidly closing in on him, and his lips tugged into a light smile. While the attack was very fast, it wasn''t fast enough that he couldn''t react to it, even without the use of [elerate].
Just as the arrow was about to close in on him, Harry swiftly moved to the side.
This caused the arrow to miss himpletely, flying past him instead. The water arrow continued traveling in the air for a few seconds, before disintegrating into tiny blue particles.
Farhen gritted his teeth in frustration when he saw how Harry easily evaded the water arrow.
He was about to channel his mana for another spell, when Harry suddenly charged at him with insane speed.
''Fast!'' He thought, with his eyes widened in shock. However, he knew better than to let himself get distracted, he had to cast an enhancement spell, and fast! Dan was also shocked at Harry''s speed. He couldn''t even follow it, his speed was so fast that it only seemed like blurs to him.
''I knew it, he didn''t just defeat Ria by sheer luck!'' He thought, as he gritted his teeth in annoyance.
Fortunately, he had already redirected his elemental mana in preparation for this, since he had somewhat expected it.
"Wind''s Grace!" He eximed, immediately casting a speed-boost spell.
''Lightning Ball!'' Harry quickly activated one of his skills, before stretching his palm towards Farhen. A medium sized ball purely made of lightning instantly materialized in front of his hand, before shooting towards Farhen at rapid speed.
Blitz!
The ball blitzed through the air at astonishing speed, leaving a small trail of lightning behind as it rapidly closed in on the elite Elementalist. Farhen''s eyes opened wide in shock, and he quickly tried to finish casting his spell. However, just before he couldplete the incantation, the lightning ball abruptly closed in on him, crashing into his chest with tremendous power.
"Arkgh!" He grunted in pain. The force behind the attack caused his back to arch backwards, and his body was instantly sent flying. Thwack!!
He crashed against the ground, his body sliding for a few more seconds before stopping.
It was as if his chest was smashed with arge boulder, and to make things worse, the lightning sparks from the ball kept sending shocks throughout his body.
The force behind the attack caused his back to arch backwards, and his body was instantly sent flying. Thwack!!
He crashed against the ground, his body sliding for a few more seconds before stopping.
Dan, seeing that Harry just finishedunching an attack, felt like this was his chance.
An unnatural amount of wind suddenly fluttered around him, causing his clothes to p loudly against each other.
The wind greatly boosted his speed, and his agility rose to insane levels.
Without wasting anytime, he immediately dashed at Harry, with one of his hands stretched towards the brown haired teenager.
''Let''s see how you react to this!'' He thought, hurriedly preparing another spell.
However, contrary to his expectations, Harry''s head suddenly turned towards him, and a smug smile crept on his face. n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om
Dan''s eyes widened in surprise, yet he pressed on without hesitation, firing off an attack spell instead.
"Wind sh!" He shouted, as he swung his hand towards Harry.
As his hand moved, a long, thin sh swiftly took shape from the wind, before shooting towards Harry.
Harry''s brows furrowed slightly as he watched the sh slice through the air, rapidly closing in on him.
However, instead of stepping back to avoid the sh, Harry hastily channeled a small portion of his energy into his feet, then brusted forward, propelling his body with the energy swirling in his legs.
Dan''s eyes widened in shock, and he couldn''t help grit his teeth in frustration. He had expected Harry to step back, or at least move to the side, and not charge forward.
And there was also his insane speed that seemed to have gotten even faster for some reason. Despite already casting a spell to enhance his speed, he still couldn''t properly follow Harry''s speed.
Just as the sh was about tond on him, Harry swiftly moved to the side, sessfully escaping the attack, before charging towards Dan once more.
A deep frown appeared on Dan''s face, and he swiftly leapt backwards.
Knowing Harry''s strength, it was best to avoided a closebat with him, and he nned on keeping his distance.
But just as hended on the ground, Harry''s figure suddenly vanished from his sight, causing his eyes to widen in shock.
Thwack!
Before he could even react, a heavy punchnded on his stomach, causing a sudden sting of pain to shoot up from his abdomen. "Arrrgh!" Dan let out a loud grunt of pain, with red veins popping in his eyes. It felt like the wind was knocked out of him, and his mouth opened in a sharp gasp of agony.
His back arched backwards, and the sheer power behind the punch immediately sent his body flying by a few feet.
He hurriedly tried to channel his mana, only to realize something strange. His mana, for some reason, had gone unstable!
''What?! But how?'' Dan thought in disbelief, and his eyes widened in disbelief. His body crashed to the ground, creating a series of painful jolts that coursed through his body.
As for Harry, his lips curled into a slight smile as he stared at the notification shing across his eyes. [+2400EXP] Just as his fists connected with Dan''s stomach, he had activated [Mana steal], using that opportunity to steal some of the Elementalist''s mana.
As for how he was able to close in on theElementalist without him noticing, it was because he harnessed his energy into his legs, boosting his speed even further.
''I would never pass on a chance to gain free EXP.'' He mumbled inwardly, before closing the system notification.
"Water Darts!" However, he wasn''t able to relish in the excitement of gaining more EXP, when a loud shout suddenly drifted into her ears, breaking him out of his thoughts.
He quickly turned to the direction where the shout came from, only to find seven water darts heading towards him at a rapid speed.
Standing behind them was Farhen, who had one of his hands stretched towards him.
He had a pained expression on his face, as he was still feeling the effects of the lightning sparks tingling around his chest with pain. ''Never have I seen a tier one spell contain so much.. power.'' Farhen thought.
A slight frown appeared on Harry''s face, but he didn''t panic despite the water darts rapidly closing in n him.
At first, he wanted to activate [elerate] and then dodge all the darts by moving away from their trajectory, but he changed his mind.
"Wind de!" He shouted, before swinging his hands towards the darts.
Three des instantly formed in front of him before shooting towards the darts.
Swoosh
Swoosh
Swoosh
The des flew through the air with astonishing speed, closing in the water darts within the blink of an eye.
They sliced through the darts like they were made of paper, causing them to disintegrate into tiny blue particles.
Farhen''s expression sunk at this, and he couldn''t help but curse under his breath.
Harry simply shed a smile at him, before suddenly dashing towards him.
''Time to end this.'' He thought.
A deep frown appeared on Farhen''s face when he saw the speed at which Harry was running at him, and he swiftly tried to cast another spell. But before he could even channel his mana, Harry had already closed the distance between them.
Unfortunately for him, the brown haired student was a lot faster than he was, and he couldn''t even react to his speed.
"Lightning Stun." Harry said just as he reached Farhen, swiftly grabbing the Elementalist''s shoulder with his left hand.
Lightning sparks immediately erupted around his fingertips, before speedily spreading throughout his hands.
Since one of his hands was holding unto Farhen''s shoulder, the lightning sparks didn''t waste anytime before immediately spreading to Farhen''s shoulder also.
"Arrrghhh!" Farhen shouted in pain as he felt powerful, sharp lightning shocks rapidly course through his body, practically electrocuting him.
To make things worse, his whole body was frozen due to the shocks, and he could only scream in pain and anguish.
"Rock Fists." Harry muttered, before pulling his other fist backwards. Hard rock swiftly sprout up around his fists, hardening them into thick brown rocks.
Putting his strength into his right fist, Harry delivered a powerful punch on Farhen''s face.
The poor Elementalist couldn''t even react to the speed of the punch, and due to the shocks still coursing through his body, he couldn''t move away even if he could.
Thwack!
With a thunderous crack, Harry''s clenched fist collided with Farhen''s face, the impact echoing through the stage. "Arrgh!!" Farhen grunted in pain as his head snapped back, and a spray of crimson droplets burst from his broken nose. The sheer force of the punch sent him hurtling backward, his body crumpling like a marite whose strings had been abruptly cut. As he crashed to the ground, the entire hall seemed to shake from the sheer intensity of the blow, leaving an ominous silence in its wake.
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