Long ago monsters coexisted with humans. With the peace intact, civilisation flourished but among these monsters there was one that was filled with the most heinous of evil.
An abomination so feared that the gods shuddered at the mention of him. This being was considered a god among his fellow devils and he bore the name "Asura", the devil of wrath.
With his power and influence he created a rift between monsters and humans. As the misunderstandings grew and hostility festered, a war broke out that would ravage the planet for decades.
One day two heroes arose. A human and a spirit. These heroes fought valiantly and slew Asura at the cost of their own lives. Although the war ended the monsters' animosity grew even wider and only widened the rift between the humans and monsters.
As a result the demons and other creatures of the night were banished and forced to live on an isolated island as enemies of mankind. The devils were cast away to the nether realm due to their influence in the war.
Due to the alliance between the humans and the spirits, civilisation was able to flourish once more. As a result of the contact with the spirits, humans discovered a new source of power and named it "magic".
As time passed more and more people gained the ability to use magic and it became a way of life.
However, those who couldn't use magic where discriminated against and where considered low class humans.
Institutes were developed so as to help young ones hone their magic talent at the earliest. As a result a test was carried out to determine the talent and nature of magic one carried through a screening process called the "awakening". The higher the talent the brighter the future.
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It has been 10 years since Jacob's birth. Jacob is currently sitting in a spacious room at his desk reading up on magic theory.
Jacob reads aloud to himself " Magic is used when one manipulates the ambient spiritual residues in the air also known as mana, they fuse that energy with their own, forming mana circuits which enables one to use mana.
This process is done using a spirit crystal core as the medium. Those that succeed are regarded as the awakened and those that don't are regarded as manaless.
*flips page* he continues "There two types of magic users namely enhancers and emitters. As their names suggest enhancers use mana to enhance their physical abilities beyond their natural physical limitations as well as enchant their weapons also known as spirit weapons while emitters use mana to project spells but due to absorption of mana their physical abilities are enhanced to a certain degree.
Then there are those that can do both and are considered deviants and are able to use a spirit art.
Enhancers are born with high mana aptitude but low magic capacity while emitters are born with high magic capacity but low mana aptitude.
Deviants are born with both being high. Those deemed deviants are trained to become the highest class of magic users known as the emperials."
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A blonde woman dressed in a classic maid outfit enters Jacob's room. "Young master your grandfather has arrived and is currently waiting for you." "Okay, I'll be there in a minute" Jacob replies. The blonde maid excuses herself.
As she leaves Jacob falls into deep thought. 'It's been five years since I was declared to be manaless. worst day ever in my opinion. I mean all my friends rejected and left me, most of my family regards me as trash now and to top it all off my mother cut ties with the family as I was considered a disgrace.'
Jacob sighs and glances outwards. 'At least something good came out of it. After all my mother, Melissa married into the highly esteemed Eldareise family and as a result I got a loving sister, Lucy and a rather stern father (only to me though),Xenoth.
However due to my grandfather and aunt's unyielding love for my mother, It was decided that my mother and I continue to carry the family name known as Nightingale. As a result I've always been close to my cousin'
Jacob closes his book and heads downstairs the mansion. As he arrives at the main hall he is met with the sight of his mother dressed in a rather casual outfit that being a white long sleeved shirt and black pants but all Jacob is focused on is her F cup breasts.
'How is she able to keep balance with those massive jugs.' Melissa looks on at her son with a smile. "What are you thinking about dear?" "Melons" Jacob replies immediately. "Okay" is the only word Melissa responds with.
"Anyways, where's grandpa?" Jacob asks. "Oh you know, he just can't help but teach Lucy a few little tricks." Melissa replies with gentle smile. "Well if it isn't Jacob." Says a man dressed in blue noble's outfit. The man has pale blond hair, blue eyes and has a fair complexion. Needless to say he's handsome.
"oh, what's up Xenny?" Jacob asks. 'Xenny?' is the only thing that goes through Xenoth's mind at the moment. He regains his composure and responds "Not much, you leaving already?"
"Yeah, grandpa wants to personally train me." "I see" is the only thing Xenoth says in response. "Anyways, I'll go put my stuff in the carriage." Jacob then requests the maids to prepare his belongings for departure.
*AN HOUR LATER*
A young girl dressed in white shirt and blue skirt seemingly Jacob's age enters the mansion. She has similar features to her father the only difference being her sky blue eyes and shoulder length hair. She has a rather cold and passive expression She encounters Jacob in the main hall.
"Lucy, you get prettier every time I see you." Jacob says sincerely. "Oh shut up" Lucy says with a faint smile . "okay" says Jacob before going completely silent. a few moments pass. "I didn't mean it in the literal sense" Lucy says trying to break the silence. "really, I can't tell with you." Jacob replies to which Lucy rolls her eyes.
As they continue their conversation the grandfather arrives. He's light brown in complexion, has brown eyes and short grey hair. "Young blood, it's almost time to leave." Jacob says his goodbyes to the family and boards the carriage. the carriage travels deep into the woods far away from the cities and villages.
'What is happening? could it be that my grandpa is going to murder me for being a manaless disgrace. oh no no no, If that's the case I'm done for.' Jacob thought while drenched in a cold sweat.
"Young blood what's the matter? it's as if you've seen a ghost." The grandpa asks Jacob who responds with a scream. Jacob's grandfather looked on flabbergasted. 'Maybe I should make him stop reading those murder mystery novels once we arrive.' The grandfather thought to himself.
They arrive at an open space and thing visible are the plain grassfields, the forests and a massive house at the center.
"That is where we'll be living for your training." "woah, it's awesome." Jacob replies having completely forgotten about his initial thoughts.
"Yes and from now on I'll no longer be your grandfather but the grand sage and your mentor, understood?" "Yes sir!" Jacob replies. "Good now go rest, your training will begin tomorrow.
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*EARLY NEXT MORNING*
"Up and at em boy, this is no time to be slacking!" The grand sage yells. "Grandpa, what are you doing here?" Jacob asks as he rubs his eyes. "That's odd, didn't I mention we will begin your training today?" The grand sage frowns. "Yeah, but it's not even sunrise yet."
"No excuses get up and run to the hills and back before the sun rises." "What!? that's crazy, those hills are literally 20km away!" "Then you better get moving, you don't have much time left." "You're kidding....right?"
He was not. Jacob had to run all the way to the hills and back. When he returned he collapsed immediately. He was then given an elixir which restored his stamina.
"Grandpa are you trying to kill me?!" "It's Grand sage and my dear boy that was nothing more than a warm up to get your blood flowing" "What!?"
After sunrise Jacob was then forced to rock climb a 500m wall. Then he was to punch a mana enhanced wall 500 times at full force, each time his hands were bruised and broken but we're healed by his grandfather using healing magic.
After lunch Jacob had to go swimming in a river with strong currents for an hour. Then he had a hand to hand combat session with his grandpa where he got his ass whooped, badly. Needless to say he was battered and bruised by the end of the day.
During the night Jacob's injuries have been healed and he has just finished his dinner. "grandp- I mean grand sage". "Yes" The grand sage replies. "What you're doing has got to be child abuse."
Jacob accuses his grandfather of abusing him with the hellish training. "Well I don't recall saying the training would be easy especially for a sage. After all you are a sage's apprentice." The grand sage replies. "Yeah, but still."
"You've done well my dear boy, far better than I expected. Now go to sleep." Jacob then leaves the dining room mentally exhausted from the training. "Oh Jacob before I forget" "Yes grandpa"
"Remember to wake up early because we will be increasing the training starting from tomorrow, okay?" The grand sage says this with a sinister smile.
It takes a moment for Jacob's mind to register what he has just been told. "wait, WHAT!!!!?"