Jonathan almost choked his heart out when he heard Charles' words. From the beginning he noticed Charles' announcement was different from what he said last year, and to his greatest surprise Charles made mention of magic.
What magical power was Charles talking about?
Jonathan's eyes moved to the outfit the military guards were putting on again and his eyes widened in shock.
Could it be he had been transferred to a parallel world that allows the usage of magic.
Jonathan slowly started to arrange the puzzle together from the unique skill he was given.
He quickly came to a conclusion. He was transferred five years back in time, but in a different world that allows the usage of magic, and the same people from his former world were present in this world as well.
Since the same people from his former world were here, history was bound to repeat itself again.
Jonathan's expression darkened at that moment.
'It would be the same corrupt leaders that sold Dreamway to Alphacrest.'
His eyes moved to Charles, and he squeezed his fist harder.
'It would be the same bastard that was fucking his wife!'
All the new recruits started clapping at that moment except Jonathan whose deadly glare was on Charles.
When the clapping stopped Charles continued.
"Since you are here it means you have been tested and you have been discovered as one of the luckiest people in this world that can use magic, but it comes with a responsibility.
Our responsibility as magic users is to protect those who can't use magic and to protect our country as well from the enemies!"
Charles looked at the faces of everyone in the new recruitment, his gaze stayed on Jonathan for a brief moment before he looked away and that was because Jonathan was glaring at him, unlike the rest that had nothing but admiration in their eyes.
"This year is very promising for our country's development. This is the first time we are having this many people that are eligible to use magic, and are willing to defend the country as well.
"As we all know there are four types of magical runes stones, but we can only absorb just one of them.
There is nobody in this world that has been able to absorb two magic powers before, thus there is nobody in this world that can use two different kinds of magic, so don't think you are not special. You are special enough to be among the chosen people that can use magic."
Charles stepped closer to the edge of the stage and his cheeks moved a little. He had just gotten to the interesting part. The part that separates the boys from the men and the girls from the women.
Charles sounded calmly.
"How powerful you will become and how far you will go in the rankings will all depend on the rune stone you absorbed among the four of them.
Charles' cheeks grew bigger and he raised one of his fingers up, pointing to the ceiling but he was indirectly pointing to the sky.
"This is the moment fate steps in to decide our entire life. You can't absorb the magical power you like. If not everyone would only absorb the strongest among the four runes stones, but don't get me wrong, all the runes stones are powerful, there is nothing like a weak one."
"How powerful you would become will solely depend on the progress you have made on your magical path, you can become godly in whichever of the runes stone your body picks, however, some magic users are prioritized because of their magic powers."
Charles gently placed his hands on his back like an old ruler, then he slowly stepped backwards.
"The number one rune stone is the summoning ability. This ability is very rare but If your body picks this rune stone, you would be given special privilege anywhere in the world, including this very ground.
We have very few people with the summoning ability so you could go high in the ranks if you turned out to be a summoner, meanwhile the number two rune stone is the elemental rune stone."
Charles displayed his right palm and a wind like energy formed in his hands. This motion stunned all the new recruitment, including Jonathan who was a little bit surprised.
Charles' lips formed a half smile.
"It's considered as one of the strongest but there is still a room for debate. The summoning ability still remains the strongest among all the abilities. If your body picks the elemental rune stone, you would also be promoted to a higher rank in the military and that means you would be given special privileges"
Charles stares at the wind-like energy he was creating in his palm. He voiced out in a low manner but everyone heard his words.
"This is quite hard to get as well."
With those few words, Charles squeezed the wind-like energy and faced the new recruitment once more.
"The third on the list is the swordsmanship rune stone, this one is common, but not too common. If your body picks this, well you would be given some special privilege, but not like the ones the summoning ability users and the element ability users would receive, it's still a good deal though, at least it's better than the martial artist rune stone!"
There was a little bit of laughter in the new recruitment when Charles said those words. Charles continued when the laughter ceased.
"The martial artist rune stone is considered the most commonest ability power in the world, and it's also considered the weakest among the rune, as always don't get me wrong, we have some martial arts practitioner that rank very high in the military.
There were some deadly martial arts practitioners in the world as well. Like I said it all depends on the progress you have made on your magical path, but to get to the point where you would be considered as deadly martial art practitioner is very difficult, the people with such titles are very handful, it's goes down to a lot of dedication, and luck as well, perhaps divine blessings from the Almighty."
"The martial arts ability is a very challenging one, you should pray your body chooses something else, however like I said, it all depends on your progression in your magical path."