( It may be Late but if you see any grammar errors and spelling mistakes please, give guidance to this junior, wise seniors )
Days pass by,
Finally, The day of entering the academy has arrived.
It was a normal academy that teaches you Magic, swordsmanship, and other stuff.
But people from noble houses will obviously come in fancy and expensive clothes So, The academy had prepared its dress.
School uniform, you could say it.
Which had magic protection barrier, healing, and other enchantment in it.
The school uniform also contains a robe with a star and sword marks on it. Which symbolizes their ranks.
Here, Mages and Swordsmanship are divided into various groups which can be identified as...
For mages, they are divided into ranks by Mana rings in their hearts. If they have 1 mana ring in their heart they are 1-star magicians and if they have 10 mana rings they are a supreme magicians.
1-star to 3-star = Beginner Mage
4-star to 6-star = Intermediate mage
7-star to 9-star = Advance mage
10 stars = Supreme mage
Above 10 stars all the rings expand and form a cloud-like figure, they are sages.
Sages are extremely rare and there are only a few of them who can be counted on the fingers of one hand.
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On other hand, swordsmen are divided by
Swordsman we're divided by Star constellations.
It was a Constellations formed by 11 stars, every star which was shining represent their tier.
1 star shining = 1 star swordaman
10 stars shining = Supreme swordmaster
All stars shining = Sword Grandmaster.
So, this is how they are divided :-
1 star to 3 stars swordman = Beginner sword master
4stars to 6 stars = Intermediate Sword master/ Sword
7stars to 9 stars = Advance sword master.
10 stars = supreme Sword master
11 stars = Sword grandmaster.
Just like how mages have different elements, swordmanship was also releated to different weapons.
Just because one was 4 stars swordman that doesn't mean he must necessarily use sword, he could also use other weapon like Saber, Schyte, hammer, daggers etc...
( Just know even if you use other hand weapon you fall under swordman's ranking except for bow, bow are used my wind magicians or elemental magician )
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Hence, swordmens couldn't use mana like magicians, they used mana to coat it in weapons and formed Aura and physical enchanment like using mana to move faster for short time etc.
Those aura could increase the durability of weapon, sharpness of weapon making it easier for Cutting of Slicing the hard object.
You may think Swordman could kill mages easily but it was the opposites.
Physical enchantment was basic use of mana and mages who had more mana, could temporarily increase their stats more than swordsmen.
They could also harden their skin making 1star swordmen attack unable to cut through 1 star mage skin.
On other hand, swordsmen who had low mana could not increase their stats for long time so, mage could easily beat them.
One may say, mages require a long time to chant and during those time swordsmen could attack them.
But even a 1-star mage didn't require more than 2 seconds to cast complex spells, and ordinary magic like a fireball, water gun, and earth shake.
Shouting these names could be done in less than a second.
Mages could utilize mana more efficiently and effectively so, a 1-star mage could beat 1-star swordsmen.
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Taking about Aura...
Aura we're divided into three type blue, red and black.
When you are beginner swordsmen you have, blue aura which directly come from mana.
But when you reach, intermediate swordsmen, your Aura becomes red. It require a small amount of mana to form and once it was formed you need mental strength to maintain it.
And when you reach advanced sword master or higher you could form Aura and maintain it with only your Mental strength. Giving you more mana to temporarily enhanced your body for more time.
So, question comes here will advance swordsmen beat advance mage?
The answer was No, Even 5 advance swordsmen can't beat 1 single advance mage.
Advance mage have high brust damage, Even your hard skin will be burnt or penetrated easily.
It was known in every kingdom, the principle of Magic academy was 10 star supreme magician and king of certain kingdom like her very much...
So, he send 10 of his Sword grandmaster to kidnap her but she single handedly defeated all of them, and destroyed his palace.
Mages we're strong like crazy and very versatile at same time, even a 1 supreme Mage can kill 10 Grandmaster with no efforts shows while strong a mage can be.
That's why there are only few supreme mages and handful of sages while sword grandmaster could be found in every streets.
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Moving forward from this and that, Academy has certain rules, and if you do not follow those rules you are kicked out.
As you have guessed, in academy your royal status or slave status doesn't matter, everyone is equal. If you abuse your authority you are bye-bye from the academy.
You can't fight inside Academy Except for Organized Duels and challenges, if you really wanna beat someone then you must issue the challenge letter, when the other party accept your challenge, then fight but No killing is allowed.
The academy provides a Dorm where you stay if you want more luxurious furniture and stuff bring it yourself.
If you can't increase your rank/tier from 1 star to 2 stars, you are pretty much kicked out.
You must attend the class at least once a week, classes are held five days except for Saturday and Sunday, you can skip classes if you think you are smart and knowledgeable but you must attend class at least once.
And finally, you can't disrespect any teacher even if they are from the lower class and other races because Academy allows students from every other race like Orcs, Elves, Spirit, Dwarves, vampires, demi-humans and another race which have develop intelligence.