Kane said at this time, [Found it!]
Drake stopped reading his book and focused on the spirit book
[Information about Spirit Wilder and all other important things. Now I am sure of it. This is the world of 'Rise of the Legendary Hero,' and you are undoubtedly Drake Duisberg from the novel. There is no doubt about it anymore.]
Drake tilted his head.
Kane paused a little and then said, [It might sound crazy, but I knew a bit about the world and what will happen in the future.]
[No, it's not like that. We are in a novel that I read before dying.]
[Ah, this…] Kane started explaining the whole situation to Drake.
Drake was at a loss for words after listening to all of that.
[Yeah. I don't know how the knowledge of the future even exists in my world, but that seems to be the case after connecting all the dots so far. Dude, it looks like whoever is responsible for our 2 soul-one-body situation definitely has access to both worlds.]
[We are in a very peculiar situation, and it will get worse.]
Drake did not know how to respond. He asked the basics first,
Kane organized his thoughts for some time and then asked, [You know, I always had this doubt in my mind: why were you neglected by everyone in the family from childhood if they only find your potential at 13? The answer is the spirit seed.]
[Yes, it's written in the book that every creature in the world is born with a spirit seed inside them. The spirit seed can have different elemental affinities of different potential that range from Mud->Iron-> Brass-> Copper->Silver->Gold->Epic->Legendary and finally the mythic.]
[The thing is, it's mandatory for all the children within the alliance to take this test. This test will decide the future of the child. For a commoner, sure, this 13-year test is the only way for them to know about their talent, but for a big family like Duisberg, they should have done a test at the time you were born.]
[I don't know, man. I told you, I only know the future events from the protagonist's perspective. My knowledge is incomplete, and there was no mention of your talent in the novel. But we can deduce a few things.]
'Sigh'. All this was so sudden for Drake, but he still had to know everything he could.
[First, let me tell you about mana. Mana is a combination of 6 basic elements. These are fire, water, air, earth, light, and dark. Besides the basic elements, there are advanced elements that are a combination of 2 or more elements like magma, ice, metal space, and others. Mana is the source of power for the spirit welders.]
[Yeah, the spirit seed. So every creature born on Earth has a seed inside their souls that will later give birth to a spirit. Every spirit could have one or multiple element affinities, and the average affinity of all the elements is the spirit grade potential. So let's say a child's spirit seed has 2 mana affinities: first is the fire element of grade Copper, and second is the air element of grade Gold. Now, the spirit that will be born will have both elements, and the final potential of the spirit will be the average, which in this case will be the Silver grade. The most important thing is the spirit potential grade.]
Kane smiled at Drake's ability of deduction. [Yeah. You see, those with mud spirit potential will remain as commoners. They will choose those with iron and Brass potential to attend something called the Soldier Academy, and anyone above Copper potential will attend the Military Academy. The higher the potential, the fewer the people.]
[The way so few children are attending the special session, we can assume that your spirit seed potential is at least copper or higher. The Duisberg family will only be serious about those attending the Military academy.]
[Yeah, the first thing we need to do is find the details of your mana affinity and spirit potential.]
[No is the opposite. I don't see much point in them hiding your potential when you are just about to join the military academy. In the academy you will go through the same test again, so even if they don't tell us, we will know after 2 days.]
[This…] Kane paused. His mind just skipped this important point. Now that Drake pointed it out, he was curious if he had a spirit seed inside his soul or not.
Kane still had many doubts about the mana and spirits, as he only read the first volume of the novel. He said, [I don't know man. But we will know from the military academy. The good thing is the academy will teach everything related to spirit and mana, so let's wait for that. Forget about other things, there's another big problem waiting.]
< What problem?>
[In the novel, you will die by the end of this year.]
"What!" Drake could not hold his shock.