Their current location was at the center of the magic realm which was the most dangerous place called Wildlands
So they're headed to glimmerbrook the school for magos in the north
It would take them 2 weeks to get there so they traveled through the dangerous land roaming with creatures
On the way Ace teached Star how to create a magic circle and the ancient writings which was actually the alphabet for magic
Star also told Ace about the magic circle in his right hand aswell as how he got it
Ace tells Star that the magic circle on his hand is called a mark, and only people with big magic vessels can get it
They slept after their first day of traveling and Star slept well whule Ace protects him
On the 2nd day Ace gave Star a book with notes about magic on it
Star was happy since it was a book since he was more of an observational learner than a verbal learner
They were traveling pretty good too but they were attacked by some wolves that Ace defeated easily with his fire magic
Star asks him if he uses other types of magic other than fire
Ace says that only people who have an affinity with two or more elements can use other elements
He stated that he wasn't lucky to get other elements other than fire that's why the others in glimmerbrook looked down at him
But he was the most powerful student ever in the school that has only one element that's why they're jealous of him
He also had a big magic vessel at that time so he also got a mark like Star
He showed Star his mark on his chest but instead of it being blue and having a star symbol, He had a fire symbol and the color of the mark was red
On the 3rd day Star casted his first spell which was an element-less spell called ruin blast
He used the spell on a big rock they encountered on the way and the spell destroyed the rock leaving no trace of it behind
Ace was shocked because that was the power of an acolyte ranked magos
Star asked him what the ranks were and Ace tells him that there are six ranks
Apprentice.
Neophyte.
Acolyte.
Adept.
Master.
Virtuoso.
Ace explains "The apprentice is for newbies, the neophyte is the weakest, acolyte is a bit more powerful than neophyte, adept is for pretty experienced and poweful people they are also the ones that can go to the wildlands, and then Master is the second strongest just hearing their names can send chills to others spine"
Star asks him about the virtuoso rank and Ace replies to him "they are the strongest, there were only 10 magos out of millions who have the virtuoso rank, they all come from the same family aswell, noone else other than that family has become a virtuoso rank"
Star asks Ace "then how do i get back to the outside?"
Ace told him that he needs to become a master ranked magos to get access to the bridge between the outside and the magic realm