Chapter 83: The Academy (VI)
Getting up, I headed to the front. Sal moved out of the way and allowed me in his spot. He gave me a thumbs up giddily. I couldn't help but give him a sad smile.
"Well, I was not expecting to be brought up to the front so soon. Nor did I think Sal and Sam would go out of there ways to put me on the spot."
"Did she just say the president's name like a friend?" The students were staring with a bemused expression, trying to understand what is happening before them.
"To clarify things, I am still the same age I was twenty-five years ago. I was injured and was sent to get healed. The place where I went had a different flow of time. When I came back, I didn't know that twenty-five years have passed."
A girl raised up her hands.
"Yes?"
"Are you really the first one who has found the magic of coding?"
"Yes. I have also taught Sal, Sam, Phil, and even the orphans in my magic to better life in general." Yep Phil, I'm dragging you in as well. I'm not the only one going down. He gave me a cold glare that told me that I was dead. I gulped and quickly looked away.
Everyone turned their gaze towards Phil momentarily and rested their eyes back on me.
"I honestly didn't expect to come up here today. I did promise both the principal to teach once a week, but not this soon..." My voice trailed off.
"So, is there anything you are going to teach us today? How do we know that you are the actual Grand Magician Berry?" One of the students spoke challenging my existence.
"I don't need to prove who I am honestly. If my name would be hidden, all the better, but it seems our little two imps couldn't contain their excitement and threw me under the bus." I gave Sal and Sam a sharp glare. My hands were balled up into a fist. Why couldn't I start my day as an average person? But it seems that was never going to happen.
"So, you don't have anything to teach us?"
"Is not that I don't have anything. I was not ready. So with that being said, I would like all of you to reinforce your barriers around you."
"Reinforce it? Aren't we already safe?" One of the students asked.
"No. Today we are going to do something a bit dangerous. If the teachers don't mind handing out one set of level C Common Magic Stones, please."
All the teachers hurriedly nodded and went around, handing a stone to each student.
"What we are going to write on this stone is a different pattern of words." I went over to the
chalkboard on the wall. I begin to spell out the words of what each student must write. Already the teachers were writing their own.
"This is a special type of barrier. It uses your magic and the stone magic at a 95% only at the most dangerous time. The stone will siphon out your magic to reinforce the shield. I don't recommend writing a 100% because it will damage your body. I am positive; the higher the level the stone is, the more dangerous the outcome will be."
Everyone began to write the words on the stone, and they were shocked at the sudden swell of power the barriers siphon off of them. Now everyone was interested in what I would do next.
Pulling out my magic stone box, I took out a level B magic stone. The power emanating from the Level B Common Magic Stone didn't compare to a level C. It was only recently that I was able to transcend my own power on Earth and create a level B Rule Stone.
Everyone gasped when they saw the level B Rule Stone. The power emitted by the stone was surging outwards and hitting against my barrier.
"A level B Rule Stone."
The teachers begin to whisper in excitement.
I continued to take out the other lower-level Rule Stone, crystal Magic Stone, and a Monster Magic Stone and small piles of metals. Everyone was leaning over, trying to see what I would do next.
"A level B Rule Stone has always been the bare minimum that can deal with a low-grade Monster Magic Stone. Any lower will destroy the Rule Stone in a heartbeat." Picking up the Crystal Magic Stone, I held it up for everyone to see. "Everyone knows that the magicians around the world use the Crystal Magic Stone to do magic, but they have a completely different use to it as well."
I placed the magic stone on the floor and picked up the metal in hand. Concentrating on my magic metal manipulator, I thought of it forming into a gauntlet. The metal morphed and shifted into a single gauntlet. Three slots of magic stones were left open.
"The Rule stone is just a stone that binds the magic of Monster Magic Stone, I call Monster Magic stone M.M.S for short, and a Crystal magic Stone, a.k.a C.M.S. You can think of the M.M.S as the brain that sends out orders to the C.M.S that fuels that pumps the magic around."
The first stone I placed in the bottom was the Rule stone. "I have already programmed it into the rule stone. The rules that it is allowed to do as well as the other two stones as well."
Next, a Level B Monster Magic Stone was placed on the top. A rippling like effect of green energy washed out of the gauntlet. Then the final Crystal Magic Stone was picked up and brought close. An explosion of terrifying energy sparked outwards, breaking the first shield that was in place. Low-level barriers that were in place begin to shake, causing the students to scoot back in fear.
Until finally, the Crystal touched the gauntlet, and a wave of static like power erupted around me, destroying the level C barrier. My hands were busy pulling up the coding program and dived headfirst into the Stones. Words flew around me like butterflies, and I quickly drew in the basic patterns to bind the three stones together. A large amount of magic seeped out from my body and into the words. I felt a heavy drain of magical energy being depleted in seconds.
A final blast of energy ricochets outwards, breaking all level C barrier's in the classroom. Till finally, I came back and noticed the small scale destruction that the stones had caused. If anyone stepped into the room, they would have thought someone threw a bomb.
"Ugh, what's just happened?"
The students and teachers came back to sanity, looking around in disbelief. The area around me was seared black, but I was not unharmed.
"What happened?"
"Did she fail?"
Voices of concern student and teacher's gaze towards me with confusion.
"Well, this is my second magical item ever created."
I willed a powerful source of fire magic out from the gauntlet, and a fireball formed in the palm of my hands. Out of breath, I couldn't pull out any more magical power from my body. The fireball disappeared into a wisp of smoke. "I believe this should be as strong enough to compete with a rare weapon artifact." Pulling off the gauntlet, I placed it onto my lap.
"Though I wouldn't suggest anyone who can not even use a level B Magic Stone to even think about using it. It uses your own power to help give it an extra boost of energy, and it doubles the power of the gauntlet."
Silence filled the room as they continued to listen.
"My hypothesis is that it could kill you. Safety features are put into place, but even still, it has not been tested completely for the full effect. Honestly, this is my second trial, and even I don't know how far this weapon can go before breaking. Well, that's it for today. People who have not even touched the realm of a B Class coder can not make this item or attempt to. The steps are more complex than one could imagine and takes ten times more energy." Words were coming out a lot more sluggish than before.
Phil was already next to me, helping me up. The gauntlet fell onto the ground with a loud clatter.
"Class is dismissed," Phil spoke out loud. He grabbed the gauntlet in hand and helped me walk outside. Sal hurriedly opened the door for us to leave.
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