"Finally I will be attending the magic academy of Magus Turrim! I waited years for this moment! I need to get stronger!"
Those were the thoughts of a hardworking young man.
The young man's names? It is Elvis Odell. His body, though shirtless, is muscularly slim. His hair brown and his eyes purple. He was getting ready to enroll into the world's best magic academy. He trained hard and long-awaited this moment."
Elvis walked as he saw in front of him a huge building complex.
It was the headquarters of the Mage Guild, as well as the best magic academy in Acoptia. Magus Turrim.
It was located right in the middle of Irontide - one of the 3 famous free cities. It was the furthest one from the coast, built like an impregnable fortress.
As Elvis was walking through the entrance of the outer walls a lot of other first years so did too. But it did not feel cramped. That is because Magus Turrim is enormous.
Finally, he entered the academy itself and headed off to the entrance ceremony.
"So many seats! I guess I will go sit up there." - He thought as he sat next to another student.
To his surprise, the student next to him wasn't a human but a demon. His hair was long and white with black horns sticking out of his head. Well, this is one of the free cities after all. All races are welcome here.
"Hi there!" - Elvis said to the demon fellow.
"Hello." - He replied.
"Excited about attending this academy?"
"Of course I am."
"Well, nice to meet you I am Elvis Odell."
"Likewise. The name's Lucas Raymond." - The white-haired demon replied.
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After the long speech by one of the professors, the first years went on to their first class.
"Yosh! My first class! I'm ready for this!" - Elvis thought in excitement.
"Settle down students!" - The professor said.
"Welcome to the magic academy of Magus Turrim! I am your Professor Doneus Ivildor. I will be teaching you the class of magic theory."
"As you already know each person is born with or without an affinity for magic. Though that affinity varies with the type of magic you have an affinity for. It also varies on how potent that affinity is."
"Now, let us begin with the explanation of the magic circles. So as you probably know, a single mage can utilize up to 10 magic circles at once. The difficulty of utilizing more circles increases with the number of circles. Meaning the more circles you can utilize the harder it is to increase that number."
"For example, a single 2nd circle spell uses the same amount of mana as two 1st circle spells. A 3rd circle spell uses the same amount of mana as four 2nd circle spells. And a 4th circle spell uses the same mana as six 3rd circle spells. And so it increases like that until the 10th circle."
"Don't think only the mana usage increases. It requires more concentration as well. But the most important part is the increase in power. The more circles utilized the bigger power the spell has."
"Each spell is ranked by the number of circles required to cast it. But not only spells are ranked by the number of circles. Mages are ranked according to how many circles they can utilize at once. There are 5 ranks: Scholar, Novice, Mage, Archmage and finally Grandmage."
"Currently, there is only 1 person holding the Grandmage rank. The world's strongest mage as well as the headmaster of our academy - Luminous Lux Omega."
"Wooaah!!" - The students gawked in awe of his strength.
"I know I know. He is quite an amazing man." - The professor said.
"Now that we got the fundamentals down any questions?"
"How many circles can you utilize professor?" - A student asked.
"Hahaha! I can utilize 6 circles. Any more questions?"
"Does the headmaster have an apprentice?"
"Yes. He is believe it or 17 years old just like you all. Although he started to attend this academy at a much younger age of 13. The headmaster saw potential in him and allowed him to enrol. He is already a mage."
"Strong! He is already so much ahead of me! I need to work harder!" - Elvis thought to himself all fired up.
Elvis himself was only a 2nd circle scholar. Just like most of the first year.
"That would be all for today's class. You may go."
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"O most wondrous mother nature, he'd mine own calleth, bestow upon the foolish ones thy wrath.「Nature's Wrath」"
- Number of threes, poisonous and maneating plants and vines spurt out of the ground. They all were focused towards one point. A dummy target. The set of wild nature crushed the dummy with no remains seen.
The effects of the very rare Nature magic. The 6th Circle magic spell -「Nature's Wrath」.
"Haagh. Looks like my hard work paid off. I finally mastered my first 6 circles spell!" - The young man said.
The young man, alongside his dark skin, had an afro haircut. Implying he was from exotic origins. He had an affinity for nature magic allowing him to draw power from nature itself.
The only man capable of casting such a spell was Roberto Costa. The sole apprentice of the world's strongest mage Luminous Lux Omega. Only at the age of 17, he could already be considered a full-fledged mage.
"It seems I am not quite ready yet to use such a potent spell. My mana has been almost completely drained." - He said exhausted.
"But you still improved so much. Keep going forward." - A person in the back replied.
"Yes! Thank you professor."
The mysterious person watching his training was no other than one of the professors at Magus Turrim. Though he was no ordinary mage himself. At the age of 45 years old he was an Archmage himself. If we compared him to Acoptia's strongest mages he would be in the top 5.
"I still have a long way to go!" - Roberto said determinedly.
"Hahaha! A genius like you, modest as always. That nature magic of yours is always so fascinating to watch."
"Surely you jest professor. Your magic is much more amazing than mine."
Professor Isaac Gregory had an affinity for perhaps an even rarer magic.
Chronomancy, time-related magic. Though only little is known about the details of this magic. The only ones who fully understand it are professor Isaac himself and Luminous Lux Omega.
"Hahaha! Though we still pale in comparison to Luminous' magic." - Isaac replied laughing but knowing full well what he said is the truth.
"Master really is amazing. To possess magic that even surpasses yours professor." - Roberto said with no doubt about it in his heart.
The one who respected Luminous the most was his sole apprentice after all.
"Every time I get stronger I feel closer to you master! One day I will surpass your unfathomable strength!"
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"Achoo!"
-A middle-aged man sneezed.
He was alone in his office. Going through some papers at his desk. The interior of his office was rather luxurious. It was too spacious for only one person.
"Hmmm. Fire magic and light magic combined make for heat. What would happen if fire magic and poison magic were combined? Would the fire burn the poison or would it-"
A knock sounded.
It seems the middle-aged fellow's thoughts were interrupted by a knock on his door.
"Come on in." - He said slightly annoyed.
"Forgive me for my intrusion Sir! I am here to bring you the new batch of documents."
"Oh no. There's more?" - The middle-aged man said with a miserable expression on his face.
"I am afraid so sir."
"Ugh, put it here." - He pointed at his desk.
"Right away sir. There. Now if you will excuse me sir. Goodbye."
"Bye."
"My head is going to explode from all this paperwork." - He said concerned for his mental health.
Well, that much paperwork was only expected of the man atop the Mage Guild and the strongest mage. The guildmaster needs to make sure everything is running smoothly so it's only a given.
"Hmm? What's this? Request for a supply of rare herbs found on the Island north of Irontide?"
"Oh! I remember my apprentice wanting to go on an adventure outside of Irontide. This would be perfect for him."
"I'm sure he would be happy to take on this request. I shall call for him at once."
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At last! Some kind of a power system is introduced :O The world's strongest mage and his apprentice pretty cool B)
Fun fact: if we measured a 1st circle scholar mage's power as 1 then:
2nd circle mage would be 2
3rd circle mage would be 8-47
4th circle mage would be 48-383
5th circle mage would be 384-3,839
6th circle mage would be 3,840-46,079
7th circle mage would be 46,080-645,119
8th circle mage would be 645,120-10,321,919
9th circle mage would be 10,321,920-185,794,559
10th circle mage would be 185,794,560 +