Aten was inside his dorm room reading some books about magic.On the table were multiple textbooks needed for the first year such as 'Beginning of magic circles : 2★ magic' , 'Basics of magic circle construction' and 'Mana management'.
These books gave him knowledge that wasn't given in the game.For 1★ magic such as wind generation, basic ,mana protection one would be able to cast it without any magic circles but from 2★ magic ,one would need to conjure a magic circle to cast it.A magic circle would have characters on it which would change depending on the spell.
For 2★ magic there would be 8 characters and it would keep doubling for each ★ till 7★ magic.For 7★ magic one would have to create two magic circles containing 128 characters each.For 8★ it would need Three magic circles and for 9★ it would need four magic circles with 128 characters each.
But there is little recorded about 7-9★ magic in the book as being able to cast 7★ magic already qualifies a person as an arch mage and 8★ magic is rarely seen. While 9★ magic was basically considered as a myth.As there were almost no people that could cast it in the last few centuries but even if someone was capable of casting 9★ magic they wouldn't as 8★ magic was already considered as a disaster and 9★ was on a completely different level.
But for now this all was too far ahead for Aten currently.He currently had 3 problems which were the lack of mana, lack of proper offensive spells and lack of money.The only spell that he had which could be used to attack was wind generation which was only 1★ .He only had 50 Lumen remaining which was really low considering a loaf of bread was about 10 Lumen.
The currency used in Luminance academy was Lumen.As first years usually arrive 2-3 days before the start of the academy. The academy would provide 700 Lumen to each first year for them to use.
Students would be provided Lumen based on their ranking going from 12,000 Lumen a month to 1000 Lumen a month. There were 120 first years do your monthly allowance would increase by 1000 for every ten ranks and the top 5 would even get extra privileges such as getting to live in the best dorm and having access to better learning materials.
Students could also fight monsters and sell their materials for money.But, money wouldn't really be an issue from if he did well tomorrow.As tomorrow right after the entrance ceremony there would be an exam that determined their ranking and also gave extra money depending on how well they do on the exam.
So, Aten was trying to learn 2★ magic for tomorrow.Normally going from knowing almost nothing about magic to 2★ magic would be hard but as he had [Photographic memory] he was able to start learning quite fast.
Aten then got up from his chair and headed towards the library to find books about 2★ magic.There were 3 spells that he needed to learn by tomorrow those were[( 2★) Wind bullets], [(2★ )Air walk] and [(3★ )Mana Reinforcement-Wind]. The library was near the shopping district which was to the west of the dorms.
Reaching the library Aten was impressed by it size.The library was a 3 story building that was as big as 2 dorm buildings combined.Heading inside the library he asked the librarian where the 2★ magic books were.Going towards the 2★ section he looked around until he took a thick book named 'introduction to wind manipulation'. Finding an empty table he sat down and started reading the book to find the two 2★ spells that he wanted to learn.
Although his memory had been enhanced his reading speed slowed him down as for him to remember he had to process what he read. He spent an hour memorizing the 2 spells and how they worked and what characters were needed to form their magic circle. But just memorising wouldn't allow him to use the spells he would have to understand their entire process from how to form a magic circle to what each character did and why they were used and how it interacted with other characters and only then would he be able to use it.
After fully remembering the 2 spells he went to put the the book back and headed towards the 3★ section trying to find a book about mana reinforcement after searching for a few minutes he found a book about mana reinforcement taking that book he once again went back to the empty table and started flipping through the pages till he found [Mana Reinforcement-Wind] and began reading it.It took him almost 2 hours to fully memorize it and understand it, after which he was extremely hungry so he closed the book and stretched his arms while getting up. Putting the book back in its original shop he headed towards the shopping district going into a restaurant he bought 2 Sandwiches for 12 Lumen.
After finishing the sandwiches he headed towards the hydrangea garden once again. Due to the hydrangea garden having highly concentrated man the mana regeneration there was faster.So, it was a good place to train. Heading southeast of the garden to the corner he began to practice.
First of all he attempted to use [(2★ )Wind bullets] as he began concentrating a small pale green colored magic circle the size of his palm formed in his right hand.After a few seconds a few glowing pale green orbs began to form around him, Aiming at the trunk of the tree next to him he fired all the orbs at once ,perhaps due to lack of control half of the orbs missed the trunk and flew off and dissipated while the ones that hit the tree left small circular shaped holes that seemed to go 3-4 inches deep. At the same time a glowing screen appeared in front of him.
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[(2★ )Wind bullets] has been learned.
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Seeing the screen in front of him he felt satisfied and cleared it.Then he attempted to use [(2★ )Air walk] which was much easier as he had used something similar to walk on the water earlier.Like previously a small pale green colored magic circle formed in his hand and a pale green hue enveloped his shoes.As he stepped forward his foot was a few inches off the ground he slowly walked until he got comfortable. One thing he noticed was that he produced no noise as he walked.
He then tried to run but it felt like he was skating and ended up running into a tree due to being unable to control it properly.
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[(2★ )Air walk] Has been learned.
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Clearing the screen in front of him, he began to concentrate once again.This time the circle took more than 12 seconds to form slowly a pale green hue began to cover his entire body but right when it completely enveloped him blood started streaming down his nose.Seeing this he stopped the mana reinforcement and as the pale green hue dissipated he started breathing rapidly and felt as though he had been exercising the whole day.Deciding to take break he sat down next to a tree trying to calm his breathing and regenerate his mana.
Aten felt as though he had almost no mana left which was probably the cause of the nosebleed.After resting for 20 minutes he began to try mana reinforcement again however this time he only focused on his right hand and as as circle formed his right hand was covered in a pale green hue and as he punched a tree it made a small crater on the trunk . At the same time a floating screen appeared in front of his eyes.
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[(3★ )Mana Reinforcement-Wind] Has been learned.
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