Ragne came to the class in a bloody white fur coat. The eccentric young man attracted the attention of a few fellow students and a tall teacher. The first thing that caught my eye was the sophistication of the room, interior decoration, and decoration. The same went for the students, all dressed to the nines with precious cufflinks and pendants. Wealth was one of the factors in the recruitment of the Glass Ghost Hall.
About twenty students also appreciated the appearance of the newcomer, who for some reason they had not seen a month ago during their admission.
"What kind of dirty girl?…"
"Did he come from the garbage dump?"
The girls 'and boys' thoughts were all about appearance, which Ragne didn't bet on, despite his good face and fine physique.
The introductory lecture was based on the knowledge of the initial training of students and described all the charms, disadvantages, and ways of developing the Glass Ghost. The art of mirages and the release of glass as a weapon of the long-range, medium, and sometimes melee combat.
Having identified the main points for himself, Ragne listened through the prism of alienation to less important and already known aspects of development. So, for example, he ignored the information that, in general, the path of the master had twenty-one steps, three for each of the seven orders of worlds, surrounded by the aura of being. For the seventh order: Formation(1), Accumulation(2), and Release(3). At the same time, each stage was divided into five stages, during the passage of which the aura acquired minor changes, however, if two masters fought, both at the Accumulation stage(2), but with a difference of one stage, the victory would undoubtedly be for the more developed. Of course, if you exclude such factors as superiority in experience, skills, or banal randomness.
If you translate the difference between one stage and a higher one, it was about ten percent. There is a fifty percent difference in strength between the initial stage and the peak stage of the same rank. Undoubtedly, there are exceptions to the rules, they were related to the owners of predispositions or unique characteristics of the aura.
As for useful information, it turned out to be a little. Ragne learned that if a sentient who has not overcome all three ranks of his world moves to a higher-order planet, he will simply be crushed by space, the atmosphere of the superior worlds is disastrous for those who have not reached a certain level of development of masters. The young man did not know about this, since all of his tribe had amazing physiology that allows them to withstand enormous pressure. Even if he had entered the second-order world as a child, he probably wouldn't have died.
"Excuse me, can I disturb you?"...
While Ragne was organizing the data, he was distracted by the voice of one of the pretty girls who were crowding around the newcomer's desk.
"Class is over for today, so why don't we go out for lunch?" As classmates, we'll get to know each other better, and…
— I have neither the money nor the desire.
Only well-bred young people from noble families were trained in the hall of the Glass Ghost, otherwise, such a refusal would be taken as an insult.
— Some other time, then.
With a forced smile, the girl turned to her friends, and they left together.
Ragne himself would have liked to have some fun, but there were too many important tasks on the agenda. After sitting down and making some plans, he went to the central building, where the students could get all sorts of services, for a fee, of course.
After weaving through the mirrored corridors and walking almost two kilometers through the most luxurious campus, Ragne reached the place. There he met his classmates, who were hanging around the wall stands with various information.
As Ragne scanned the bulletin boards, he noticed the sign for the Hall of the Shining Hammer. A training hall for blacksmiths who use aura and hammer to create special items, including weapons, jewelry, armor, and even some mechanisms. It was because of the opportunity to meet them that Ragne came to the Halls of Issa. Only the artifacts, or the strongest aura masters, could remove the crystal from the body. At its core, the sealing mechanism was a mechanism, not an aura skill, so it had to be handled by a blacksmith.
To go there right now was no different from suicide, for the blacksmiths of the lower world, this artifact was much more valuable than the life of a minor carrier. Ragne would have been cut into pieces to safely retrieve the valuable item.
"You need to get a lot of gold, increase your strength, and only then try to remove the sealed crystal. It is in this order because to increase the power with the help of the Split technique, the souls of beast demons are required, and it is difficult to get them without money… Well, without power, the road to the blacksmiths is ordered…"
While the dark thoughts filled his head, his eyes came across a group of friends, who had thick purses hanging from their belts. They pestered the girls, trying to impress at least one ostentatious generosity and unremarkable appearance, but the young ladies did not suffer from a lack of funds, and therefore the seducers were doing pretty lousy.
Adjusting the collar of his white fur coat, Ragne turned to the unsuspecting victims.
"Assholes with wooden heads, childish speech, and the same age loins, or whatever your name is?" So, since we've met, had a nice chat, and found out that I'm better than you at everything, including seducing girls, why don't you give up? As for me, with your skills, it's easier to lose your anal virginity than to see women's charms live. Step aside and let me try my luck.