The school bells tolled repeatedly as I ran through the halls crowded with students from the same grade as me.I was overwhelmed by a rush of overexcitement, how could I not be? I was finally going to get my abilities and my rank. I expected to be nothing below rank S and a maximum mana level of 5000+ just like the rest of the great battle mages from my family.Father had affinities for five out of the six basic elements, Mother had affinities for three, so did my three brothers and two sisters who all passed through this great academy. I came from a family of battle mages who had made significant contributions to the affairs of our Kingdom, Fritia."I must become the strongest. The light element which nobody in the history of Fritia has been able to successfully harness before, I'll harness it and master it! Then I'll challenge father to a duel!"Upon getting to the hall, I slowed down. I was greeted by a familiar voice."Jeez Gin. I could hear you from across the school. What are yo

Isaak“Gin, let’s not be reckless here. Face it, you don’t have a chance. Orion will pummel you, this will be too one sided and unfair” I lamented as I followed behind Gin on his walk to the arena.I had known him for almost a lifetime, I knew him well enough to know that he wouldn’t listen to a word I said.“Shut the hell up, Crowley. I have a point to prove” Gin said. He only ever used my last name whenever he was extremely pissed off.“You sure you won’t think this over? Things can go south really fast” I said, placing a hand on his shoulder.“get off me” Gin said. He shot me a deadly look, his eyes were red with hate and he grit his teeth.I let him go.“You better know what you’re doing” I said, before entering the arena right after him.The seats were already packed with cheering students. It was almost as if a school event was about to take place.They cheered at Orion, and mocked Gin. I could see the anger seeping off him.Orion who was equally infuriated. He looked like he wa

GinA few weeks had passed since I almost lost my life at the hands of Orion. I had sustained enough injuries to kill me, but they didn’t. All thanks to the family doctor who was a skilled healing mage.The wounds to my exterior might have healed and rehabilitation was going fine so far, but the wounds to my pride were wounds that no doctor could possibly heal.I had been holed up in my room for so long, with the exemption of my trips to the training room for rehab. The only person I talked to during the time period was mother, and that was simply because she wouldn’t mind her business and let me be.I avoided contact with anyone from school, including Isaak.Unfortunately, my leave of absence had come to an end, Mother managed to convince me to return to school. I couldn’t refuse her whenever she asked for anything.After spending minutes that felt like hours in front of a mirror, I was off to school. My new resolve was getting strong enough to pay Orion back the favor.In just a few

CarolynnFather had asked me to go outside the dome and pick up materials and Minerals for new weapons. When I was younger, he’d usually take me outside the capital with him whenever he wanted to get materials. He started trusting me to go by myself and even taking his interns with me recently. However! I didn’t see this development coming!I had to go outside with that impulsive idiot Gin. One little mistake from him could get us killed, the outside was too unknown to act stupidly.I had warned Gin before leaving the academy with him. I knew he wasn’t listening, I just had to satisfy my own conscience. I’ve known him since we were children, his father had good relations with mine, Naturally we saw each other a number of times.By the time we left the capital, I could see the child-like amazement on his face, he looked like someone seeing the world for the first time.The forgotten zones of Fritia, they were way different from the Dome city, Fritia’s capital.I watched his face go fro

GinI tried pushing open the giant door in front of us but it wasn’t budging. Carolynn had told me to move aside but I declined. I had to be the one to open the door. My mana level had increased significantly since I entered the labyrinth and slayed those goblins but I still wasn’t able to push open something as simple as a door.“Move aside, you’ve had your turn. We can’t spend any more time here because we don’t even know if it’s nighttime already. It’s not safe” Carolynn said. She was losing her patience.“Fine then. Do what you want” I said. Folding my arms and moving aside.She tried to ram open the door with her fist covered in a lightening gauntlet.“You’re attribute is lightening?!” I asked in amazement.“One of my attributes” Carolynn said, still ramming the door continuously and not sparing a second to look at me.“I have an idea” I said.“Well, spit it out genius, we don’t have all day” she replied.“Let’s go at it together. Hit it at the same time” I suggested.Carolynn st