Wallace shook his head, thinking, "That's simply too messed up."
"Unlike magical beasts that can only have one of the four attributes - immense strength, immense speed, immense defense, or spiritual power - these archaic beasts possess four of them naturally. The only situation where one can rise above the other is when they use their bloodline talent or their elemental fusion ability," she said.
Even Lucy, standing at one side, couldn't help but be surprised. "According to our estimation, a rank one beast has one thousand five hundred kilograms worth of strength, their speed is one hundred and fifty meters in one second, their natural defense is something that can only be injured by the full force of a rank one magical beast, and their spiritual force is comparable to a psyche beginner. Can you see how terrifying they are?" Samantha asked.
Wallace nodded his head in affirmation; these beasts were just too terrifying.
"It's nothing to worry about; when you undergo your second evolution, you will be far stronger than them, and your internal energy will also increase to a terrifying degree," the voice in his head said.
"And you still have the innate abilities which you will still be able to acquire more in the future."
"That makes me think, are you still human?" Samantha said, looking at the amount of force displayed on the panel.
"Hehe," Wallace laughed nervously.
"There's no need to worry, but apart from your magical ability and your peculiar bloodline, that's enough to give you status in the empire. You must not reveal this immense strength unless it's necessary," she said solemnly.
"There are wars between humans and archaic beasts, and even though it will be confirmed that you are human, you will get a lot of attention from humans and archaic beasts alike. You will be under constant surveillance of the empire, and you won't be able to live freely, while the archaic beasts will want to kill you."
Samantha told him, "As for your fast cultivation speed, there's still a person who appeared a thousand years ago who's able to cultivate at a fast pace. Within five years of awakening, he reached rank 50 magico, so it can still be explained. In the three thousand years of the history of the empire, there have been three like that. I can still be able to protect you. You will be deemed special, and the empire will even nurture you for that place."
"No problem about that," he answered.
"Let's test your speed," she said. The devices to analyze speed activated in the room; he only needed to run on the running device, and the instant he reached peak acceleration, it would be recorded. He stood on the device, which was activated, and he started to run while the device constantly adjusted itself with his acceleration. Within ten seconds, he hit peak acceleration, and the numbers on the machine stood moving. Lucy and Samantha looked at the device, surprised.
"119m/s."
The next one was his mental energy test. The helmet was placed on his head, and he closed his eyes so that he wouldn't feel as uncomfortable as the last time. He opened his eyes after a while and looked at the faces of the two in front of him, which looked as if they had swallowed a fly. He looked at the screen and saw seven hundred and forty. They couldn't help but gulp when they saw that; the last time he took his test was a month ago, and his mental energy was only five hundred then. It's been twenty-four days since then, and his mental strength has reached seven hundred and forty, which means an additional one hundred and forty. That means his mental energy is increasing at an average of ten per day.
In a month, it will be three hundred. In a year, it will be three thousand six hundred. Ten years, thirty-six thousand, and that's if it stays that way. From their observation, the spiritual energy rate of increment also increases along with cultivation level. If a rank ten mage increases at an average of one per day, which is clearly impossible for almost all mages, if they break through to rank twenty, it will at least double or be more than that.
There is no way to reduce or increase it; that's the reason they say breaking through to the magus realm also has an element of luck. At this moment, one has to know that Samantha, who is a rank 96 mage almost at rank ninety-seven, has a spiritual energy that's increasing by fifteen units per day, and she is said to have the fastest spiritual energy increase rate amongst the spiritual magus of the three empires. She's already one hundred and fifty years old, and she has only passed one twentieth the requirement to break through to the other stage.
Each breakthrough to the next stage after rank 90 gives an extra fifty years to live, so even if she breaks through to rank ninety-nine, she won't be able to reach half the requirement because spiritual energy growth starts degrading when a human reaches two hundred years till it stops when they clock five hundred years. That's the reason no human has been able to break through to the fabled divine realm. Archaic beasts, on the other hand, at the beginning, have a fast rate of advancement of spiritual energy at the beginning, but when they also reach two hundred years, it will stop, so it means most beasts can only reach psychic overlord realm all their lives with no hope of breaking through.
Wallace has only broken through to rank ten, and his spiritual energy is increasing at a rate of ten per day. With his speed, he will be able to break through to rank 20 in at most six months, and the rate will increase again. She saw the slightest hope of reaching the fabled divine realm in him. She smiled as she looked at him affectionately; the humans need someone who can break through to the divine realm.
"Also, keep your spiritual energy growth to yourself. Don't tell anyone about the rate of advancement," she told him seriously.
"Hmm," Wallace nodded grimly after he had listened to the explanation she gave. He knows the implication of this.
"Let's do this so that you can be safe. Let's take the Midgar oath to never disclose his information to anyone. Lucy," Samantha said, looking at Lucy.
"Hmm," Lucy nodded his head vigorously. Wallace widened his eyes; of course, he knows Midgar oath. Midgar oath is an oath that links the consciousness of a person to the guardian of Midgar; the chains of the guardian will bind their consciousness. The moment they try to break the oath, their consciousness and body will be destroyed immediately.
Samantha herself already calculated before she decided. Wallace, if he doesn't die in the future, will definitely become the strongest, even rivaling archaic beasts, even if he doesn't reach the divine realm and there's the slightest chance of reaching the divine realm. For people like them, they are always looking for this opportunity, so seeing even the slightest chance, they will hold on to it. Even if he dies, the oath will become invalid, and if he doesn't die, he will have absolute trust in them. She herself is not planning to tell anyone, but she wants the boy to have absolute trust in them, so she did this. Whatever she can think of, Lucy can also think of it, so she also answered.
"In the name of Midgar, I promise that apart from the three of us, what transpired in this room will never go beyond these walls, including your physical strength and spiritual energy growth in the future," they both took the oath, and the chains of Midgar descended upon them. They felt the subtle restriction, which soon vanished.
Wallace looked at the two of them gratefully. "Now that it has ended, let me explain magic in essence to you. You are only supposed to know this when you get to the academy, but with your rate of improvement, the academy can't accept you as a first-year student," she said.
"Why?" he asked.
"Most of the people who enroll into the academy have not even broken through to rank ten. Between the age of awakening and the time to enroll, it will only be one year at most, so even those who are in rank ten are known as geniuses, but none is able to reach rank twenty. By then, you would have passed rank 20, which is only something amongst the third year. You will become an envoy of the empire then, and also a third-year student because you being amongst first and second year will undoubtedly make you the strongest. The empire will be contributing directly to your growth at that moment," she explained.
"Since you will be accepted into the third year, the third year doesn't have the restriction that the first year has again. They usually go outside to hunt mutated beasts and exchange them for points in the school, where they will use it to exchange for facilities till they break through to rank thirty, and they will graduate. If they don't break through to rank thirty before they clock twenty, they will be discharged dishonorably," she told him.
"Oh," he nodded his head in understanding.
"You will be directly enrolled in the third year, so me explaining what is being taught in year one and two does not count as cheat. It will help you save time when you enter the school." She said.