"Good Morning Class! As our yearly tradition, please introduce yourselves for the sake of our freshmen. And as usual, let's start with the highest ranking down to the lowest." Miss Diana said, today is our real first day of school, and we will have 4 hours of Maven Research.
"Let's start with you Mr. Leader" Miss Diana pointed a man with a black hair, his hair is as black as mine, and strangely, he looks quite familiar.
"Gau Duzal! My name is Azure Knight, I'm a tome maven that uses Sword Magic. I'm an A-Class Maven but I also participates on S-Class Missions. And also, it is already my fifth year here in Zeul Academy ." The leader introduced.
Author's Note: Gau Duzal means Good Morning
"Gau Duzal! My name is Incar Leondale. I'm a Tome Maven that masters a phenomenal magic of Geographic Events. I'm a Class-A Maven and also participates in Class S Missions. It is my fourth year here in Zeul Academy." The man with a blue hair said.
"Gau Duzal! My name is Segnale Rias. I'm a tome maven that masters Healing Magic. I'm also a Class-A maven that participates on class-S missions. Just like Incar, it is my fourth year here on the Academy." The man with a red hair said.
"Gau Duzal. My name is Mana Ridge. I'm a tome maven that masters Nature's Call magic. I'm Class-A maven but unlike them three, I don't participate on Class S Missions. It is my third year here in the Academy." The man with a Sky Blue hair said.
"Gau Duzal! My name is Zangar Marsh. I'm a tome maven that masters Poison Mushrooms Magic. I'm a class B maven and it's my second year here in the academy." The man with a violet hair said.
"Gau Duzal! My name is Lotus Marsh. I'm a tome maven that master Hidden Mist Magic. I'm also a class B maven like my twin, Zangar." The man with a green hair said.
Another Twin huh? Now, its Heist's turn to introduce.
"Gau Duzal! My name is Heist Scimitar. I'm a freshman tome maven that masters a phenomenal magic of Gravity and Speed." Heist introduced.
"Gau Duzal! My name is Azrael Gideon. Another freshman tome maven that masters Ancient Magic of Enhancement and Defense. " I introduced.
"Very well! So now, let's not take this long. We will now begin with our discussion. So, to know if you have learn something from this past two weeks, let us hear from you, freshmen, what you know about Maven Research." Miss Diana stated. Heist stood up.
"Maven Research is about developing a new type of magic or improving what we already have. It deals with formulas, scriptures, and structures. It is a subject that is only to be learned by tome mavens." Heist stated.
"Good. Now, is Maven Research essential to our life as Mavens?" Miss Diana asked. Its now my turn to answer.
"Yes Miss. Maven Research is essential to our lives as Mavens. For a fact miss, Maven Research will help us develop, not just a maven, but also as a living individual. Maven Research will help us improve our way of living, it will make us temporarily hold unto comfort, that's why we kept on Researching to permanently hold that comfort." I stated.
"Well said. Hmm. Azure, can you discuss the whole importance of Maven Research?" Miss Diana asked. The leader stood up.
"Maven Research is essential to our lives as Mavens. Not only will it improve our way of living, but also will it improve our way of fighting. As Mavens, fightings on war is inevitable, so, in order to be firmer, we need a continuously evolving way of fighting. Stuffs like developing a new type of magic or finding a new tool is just a small fraction of what really is the subject Maven Research all about." Azure the leader said.
"Very well said Azure. Now, on your front is a tome. This tome contains the basics of a certain element. Azure got Air, Incar got Earth, Segnale got Lightning, Mana got Metal, Zangar got Nature, Lotus got Water, Heist got Ice, and Azrael got Fire." Miss Diana said, we looked at our front and a tome appear.
"Now, what I want you to do is to study the structure, the scripture, and the formulas of that certain element. After that, either you'll improve what's already there or make a new one is up to you. I will give this whole week to do this, I will not be around this week so Azure will supervise you. After a week, we will have a test regarding this matter. Any questions?" She added. No one said a word.
"Very well! I'll expect great things from you young Mavens. Do your best, specially the freshmen, don't get too far behind from your seniors." Miss Diana said.
After saying that, we were on our own.
Fire Scriptures: A gift from the hell master.
Fireball: you need to focus your energy on your palm but you must be careful on what energy you focus. If you focus on another elemental energy, chances are you'll explode or you'll freeze. Make sure to put on the right energy amount, if not, you might get burned or your soul energy might get absorbed .
Flame Worm...
Fiery Wheel...
Fire Breath...
The book contains a lot of details about the fire element. And basing on the formulas, scriptures, and structures, there's nothing to improve as they are already on the final stage. That means that I'll need to find a new type of fire magic.
The clock's bell rang. It's time for lunch, our first subject is over.
"Hey Freshmen! Come and eat with us, we will be spending some time so it's better if we get to know each other!" Mana said. I nodded and walked towards them. For the mean time, I'll focus on harnessing my skills as a maven and then proceed to know more about my mom.
At lunch, we went to the Cafeteria B, all of the students here wears black uniforms like us. But seemingly, ours is the only uniform that's a robe, the rest are completely identical except for the highlights. Is this one of the indications of being a Tome Maven?
We grabbed some foods and then proceeded to the center table. It's like this table is designated for us.
While eating, I noticed that Azure is the one who talks less but he doesn't seem to be unapproachable. In fact, he may be silent but he is the total opposite of Arthas.
An hour of lunch ended. The Seniors told us to proceed to our personal attendant, our watch will pinpoint where they are. I hurriedly went to the place where the watch leads.
"Oh hello again Azrael!" Miss Karacule greeted as I entered the room. The room is spacious and it is just the two of us.
"Gau Dalu Miss Karacule." I greeted back.
Author's Note: Gau Dalu means Good Afternoon
"Hmm, before anything else. Is it okay if we'll battle first? I want to see your skills. I will fight like a sage, so please give your all." Miss Karacule said. I nodded.
"So here's the thing, I will send us to a dimension for training. In there, time runs differently. A minute here is an hour in there. So, we will fight there for an hour. Give it your all, don't worry, I won't get hurt nor you because in that dimension, if we rest for a bit, we will automatically be healed." I nodded again, she smiled.
She snapped her hand . And then a gate suddenly appeared below us, the gate opened and we fell.
"So let's not take this long. Let's begin!" She said.
"Wind Cutter!" I attacked first. Wind Cutter is a tier 1 Wind Attack, it gathers wind in a crescent shaped hallow and is fired at the enemy, that attack's purpose is to buy time.
"Speed Force! Flex Ability! Mana Man!" I casted three Enhancements on me. Mana Man is a tier 5 Enhancement that increases the targets mana for a certain amount of time.
"That attack is child's play, this is how you attack with winds." She said "Wind Bullets." Wind Bullets is a tier 3 magic, it makes wind sharp when focused on the casters palm. And then the caster shoots it to its target, it is faster than Wind Cutter.
Thanks to my Enhancement, I managed to dodge every attack.
...
After an hour of battling, I lost to Miss Karacule.
"You really are good at defense and Enhancement. Even though I win, I barely got you because of your enhanced speed and amazing defense magic. The reason why you lose is you can't attack me. So , we will need to train your offense."she said.
"So any questions?" She asked.
"Is it possible to use many skills at once?" I asked
"The limit is two. A maven can only use two magic circle at once. More than that, the magic circle will explode." She said, I was expecting this answer but what if...
"That may be possible, okay I allow you to use my time for that. I will help you!" I explained the assignment Miss Diana gave, and how I plan for the new type of skill.
"Thank you Miss Karacule." I said.
"No need to, but I have a condition." She said.
"A condition? What is it?" I asked.
"You must produce an attack skill. Not defense, not Enhancement." She said, I smiled.
"Sure thing!" I said