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Kapitel 40: Academy [3]

No words needed to be said. The results spoke for themself. For the next few minutes, the room was enveloped in silence as everyone stood in a daze.

Even Damien was surprised. He never bothered to check his status as he leveled up and put all his focus into improving his actual skills. It seemed he'd need to check it soon.

This continued until one of the other examinees lost his cool. "No! It has to be rigged! You all saw how the stone cracked before the number came out! He has to be lying!"

The crazed yelling snapped everyone out of their dazes. The one who yelled was Alex, who had just recently entered 2nd class at 30 years old. He couldn't believe that someone an entire decade younger than him was so far ahead. Lost in his madness, he brazenly attacked Damien.

Raising his hand, Alex shouted, "Heaven Sundering Palm Strike!"

A large palm composed of ferocious flames charged towards Damien, but it was nothing more than a party trick to him. He was making unfair comparisons though. The last flame attack he had seen was from a genuine 3rd class being. How could someone who was barely 2nd class compare?

But Damien was angry. He wasn't angry at being attacked nor was he angry at being looked down on. Rather…

"What the hell is up with your cringe ass naming sense! It's literally in the wrong world type! Also why the hell are you screaming out your attack name like an idiot?! Aren't you embarrassed?!" Damien roared.

He was raging at the naming sense of this kid. It brought out Damien's suppressed childhood memories of when he got too into cultivation novels and would attempt to summon attacks by screaming things like "Heaven-Collapsing Strike!" In his backyard for the whole neighborhood to hear.

The unlocking of his black history sent him into a rage and rather than just swatting away the attack as he'd normally do, he made an actual move. He pulled back his fist and let out a ferocious punch in the direction of the oncoming attack.

The punch was so brutal that it caused winds to form and swirl within the private room, as when these swirling winds met the flame palm, they turned into a raging fire tornado.

"Hmph!" With a cold harrumph, Damien flicked his finger, and the flame tornado that was still charging towards him abruptly moved in the opposite direction like it was in a pinball machine.

The sudden turn of events took everyone off guard and before they could move, the flame tornado consumed the terrified Alex. When it subsided, all that was left was a charred and broken body.

Although Alex was still alive, he wasn't going to be able to function as a living being anymore without the help of something on the same level as Elixir.

Witnessing the scene he had just caused, Damien turned his head away and started whistling. "Oops." He said as he muttered under his breath, "well if it wasn't for his stupid naming sense pissing me off he probably would've gotten off easier."

The other examinees were drenched in a cold sweat while the examiner looked at Damien with an interested gaze. Unlike them, he was able to clearly see what happened. 'This young man is a spatial mage…no, perhaps he has even stepped into the master level!"

The people of Apeiron used a specific system to measure the level of control one had over their affinity.

This system was completely separate from classes, as one's control only improved with constant practice, insight, and talent. Though, more mana was needed at each stage, leading to class still being important to improve control.

From the beginning, it was Apprentice, Mage, Master, Grandmaster, and Saint.

The apprentice level signifies someone who had just stepped onto the path of understanding their affinity, such as Alex who could only create a simple palm out of fire.

The mage level signifies when one breaks through those figurative shackles and begins to construct various different uses for their affinities, such as Damien's lightning boost or Katherine's illusions.

The Master level is where a true change occurs. At this level, one looks past the surface and becomes abstruse in the use of their affinity. Damien's vector control is an example of this. It isn't a classic space ability, rather it uses space as a medium to affect laws of physics and whatnot.

The Grandmaster level is more of a title, given to those who have completely mastered the abstruse use of their affinity that they specialized in. When one reaches Grandmaster level control, they can create a domain where they become the sole ruler and king.

As for the Saint level? The information regarding it was strictly kept by those 4th class beings of the world. Nobody knew exactly what being a Saint entailed, but it was rumored that affinities evolve into something completely new when one reaches this level of control.

For Damien to be at the Master level at such a young age, the examiner didn't even want to think about how much talent he had. Making his decision, he finally spoke.

"Okay. You have already proved your skill to me. Take this token and exit the hall. Someone will be waiting to explain the rest. Also, tell them to come inside once they're finished. I need help with something."

He was naturally referring to Alex, who was just a living corpse at this point.

He tossed a circular token to Damien before turning to the other examinees. "As for the rest of you, it's time to have a short battle with me so you can prove your skill."

Damien didn't stay to watch and quickly went to find the person who was waiting outside. It seemed that she wasn't prepared to have a guest so soon after the examination started, so she fumbled a bit before handing over a pamphlet and a card to Damien.

"This pamphlet outlines everything you need to know about the academy as a new student. As for the card, it is your student identification."

Seeing the confused look on Damien's face, she explained further.

"The artifacts you used for testing already scanned your mana signature, so as long as you infuse your mana into the card, your name and rank will appear on it. It'll also lead you to the specific area you need to go to for lodging and classes."

Nodding his head, Damien promptly left the examination building as the girl entered the testing room.

When she got inside, everything looked normal besides the charred corpse on the ground. She let out a short yelp before regaining her bearings. Unfortunately, the noise had attracted everyone's attention.

The examiner then addressed her.

"Good, you're here. Take that kid away from here and send him wherever he needs to go, that's not important. It seems we have another candidate for supreme genius entering the academy. Notify the elders so they can keep watch on him. It's the boy that sent you in here. His name is Damien Void."

The girl's face paled slightly when she heard this news. A supreme genius candidate? And she had just waved him off like some average student! As she dragged the breathing corpse of Alex out of the room, she prayed that Damien wasn't offended by her attitude.

Meanwhile, Damien peacefully walked through Zenith City while enjoying the sights. He had long forgotten about the girl in question. Finding a nice park, Damien sat on a bench and enjoyed the cool spring breeze as he read through the pamphlet he was given.

The academy, at the end of the day, was still a school. Even though he was here because of the Nexus Event, he still had to attend at least one class during his stay. Recalling the mention of a Great War by the broker he had visited, Damien chose history.

If the war was a potential flag as he suspected it to be, he needed to be prepared in case he got swept up in the storm.

Next, he read over the various facilities contained within the academy. There was a myriad of different choices that were based on affinity, and to enter the higher level and more beneficial training environments, he needed premium points.

Premium points were the school's version of currency, and they could be earned by doing various tasks to benefit the school and by taking missions from the school's version of an adventurers guild.

However, even this could be avoided. He just needed to find a high-level figure to either sponsor him or take him as a disciple and they could gain him access to these facilities.

The reason this was important to Damien was simple. Unlike what he would have expected, the school had a training environment for spatial affinity users. Once again he saw Kurt's name. It seemed he was an important figure at the school and had personally built the training ground.

'If I'm not wrong, that Kurt guy must have left another subspace within that training environment. Knowing his eccentric behavior it'll be annoying as hell to enter, but it'll be extremely beneficial to me. I must find a way to enter this space.'

Little did he know, it would be much easier than he thought.


Kapitel 41: Meeting [1]

2 weeks passed at the academy, but Damien hadn't achieved anything special. Besides having to attend a single class once a week, his life wasn't that different from when he was an adventurer.

Zenith City functioned based on normal currency rather than premium points, so Damien was able to get himself a quiet house to live and practice in.

Premium points were used for facilities and the treasury, basically for anything needed to increase power. This was to incentivize students without stressing them. If premium points were required for housing and the likes, there would be much more chaos in the academy. Especially because there wasn't any monthly allowance system.

The history class Damien had enrolled in was extremely boring and reminded him of world history classes back in high school. So far, there had been no talk of the Great War and all the history focused on the human domain and it's development since the induction of mana.

When he wasn't in class, Damien was back in his routine of constant work. He'd find any beast slaying mission he could and complete it. Every once in a while, he'd go on collection missions as well. The reason he didn't particularly like these was because they were incredibly easy for him, who could teleport, and didn't help him improve.

Right now, his issue was how to spend his premium points. There were many interesting potions and treasures in the academy treasury that he could buy, but most of them wouldn't really help him. His physical stats were too high for potions meant for 1st and 2nd classes and his mana capacity was even higher.

The only option left for him was to use the lightning training grounds. He was genuinely disappointed in the development of his lightning affinity, but he never really put time into improving it. With the rapid improvements of his spatial affinity there was no need to.

However, Damien had now reached a roadblock in developing his spatial affinity. He knew which path he should take to further his vector control, but he didn't have anywhere to go after that. His 3rd class couldn't stay as vector controller after all. So, he decided to switch his focus and hope that it would grant him new ideas.

He had long since given up on being creative in his uses of lightning. The only goal he had at this moment was to make it extremely destructive.

He had also realized that his vector control could be used to enhance his lightning. He decided to train this aspect within the training area as it was specifically meant for lightning affinity users. Plus, he was curious about what these training grounds really were.

The academy was structured similar to a University on earth, making it essentially its own small city within Zenith City. Damien had plenty of trouble navigating at first, but the pamphlet he was given had a map as well, so he just opted to use that to get around.

After walking for half an hour, Damien arrived in front of one of the largest buildings in the city. This building was shaped like a massive pyramid that pierced the clouds. It was the location of every training ground the academy possessed.

When he entered, however, he saw a hall the size of a normal 2 story building without any of the steam age characteristics of the pyramid. Although confused, he just continued forward and registered himself for the lightning training grounds.

There were 3 options available to him. First was the basic training ground, second was something called "Lightning Valley, and finally was "Thunder Mountain". Their prices were 10. 100, and 500 premium points respectively.

Looking at his student ID card, he saw the number '644' written next to the premium point section. Satisfied, he picked the highest option. He had no use for premium points beside using this facility, so he didn't care about his expenditure.

The receptionist was surprised by his choice, but said nothing. He pushed a button on his station and led Damien to a door behind the desk. When the door was opened, Damien sensed slight spatial fluctuations, making him realize the truth behind the building.

It was composed of many subspaces that catered to various affinities. The unique shape of the building most likely related to how the subspaces were sectioned off and the button was most likely to choose which subspace the door would connect to.

Entering the door, Damien was immediately greeted by a thick bolt of lightning that tried to strike him down, but before it could, he had teleported away. Turning around, Damien noticed that the door had disappeared. He then felt a ping from his ID card.

Taking it out, he noticed that the words on its surface had changed.

[Damien Void]

[Thunder Mountain]

[Time remaining: 71 hours 59 minutes 55 seconds]

[To exit early, inject mana into your Student ID card.]

It was plain and simple, but he understood the point. A verbal explanation for every new student would be a hassle, so this system was much more efficient. It could also be used for those who already knew the rules.

Now that he had taken care of that, Damien finally got a chance to look at his surroundings. The name Thunder Mountain wasn't an exaggeration in the slightest.

The ground around him was already on a slope and in front of him stood one of the biggest mountains he had ever seen. It was larger than even Mt. Everest on earth, standing proud at 10,000 meters. It's peak was shrouded in dark clouds just like the rest of the sky.

There was nothing besides this mountain within the subspace. The entire area was constantly being struck by lightning bolts, with even the smallest ones being thicker than an arm. It seemed that the father one climbed up the mountain, the stronger the lightning would get.

Just looking at this lightning gave Damien insights towards increasing his destructive power. Everywhere it landed there would be havoc, with some rocks even disintegrating on contact. However, Damien could see much deeper than the normal person.

He could see the rampaging lightning mana that ran through the ground like snakes, and he could see the highly compressed mana within the clouds. The purple colored mana even permeated the air in the surroundings, everything within this space was supercharged with electricity. Damien smiled as he looked towards the peak of the mountain.

"Let's hope the lightning up there isn't as painful as evolution." Leaving these words, Damien began a rapid climb to the peak.

3 days later, Damien could be seen on the peak of Thunder mountain surrounded by volatile black lightning. Natural purple lightning as thick as a telephone pole constantly attempted to strike him down, but to no avail.

When it met the black lightning surrounding Damien, they'd go through huge clashes, leading to chunks of the mountain peak being dislodged and causing landslides.

However, he had only been training for 3 days. There was no way he would have advanced enough to ward off every bolt of lightning that was aimed at him.

Very often, tens of lightning bolts would breach his own lightning defense and charge towards his body. While half of these would be deflected by his vector field, the other half were allowed to directly strike his body.

This was because Damien had discovered something interesting. The lightning mana within this space could be devoured by his Void Physique to increase his comprehension.

This absorption was the only reason he was even able to contend in quality with the lightning at the peak.

The berserk natural lighting mana that entered his body rampaged, attempting to fry his organs and blood, but it was quickly tamed by the devouring force that emanated from his physique. The lightning filled essence was then purified and sent back into his body to nourish it rather than to destroy.

Suddenly, the Damien's eyes snapped open. Still seated, he let out a bestial roar into this sky. And as expected, this roar was accompanied by a massive whirlpool like beam that escaped his mouth.

The difference between this breath and the usual, however, was that the lightning that usually just danced around the spatial storm was actually integrated inside it.

While the spatial storm tore through everything in its path and mutilated it's targets, the lightning now followed its attack, incinerating everything that could've stayed intact after the initial damage.

After spending a few minutes roaring with abandon, Damien smiled and checked his status.

'Status'

[Status]

[Damien Void]

Half-Human/Half-Beast

Male - Age 19

Level 75 - [Vector Controller], [Lightning Mage]

Experience value: 78,450/80,000

Title(s): [•••••••, Bearer of the Void Physique, Evolver]

Affinities: Space, Lightning

Physique: Void Physique

Magic Power: 3900

STR: 275

AGI: 290

DEF: 265

INT: 250

DEX: 290

Skills: [Warp Level 5], [Spatial Control Level 7], [High-Level Regeneration Level Max], [Sword Mastery Level Max], [Mana Sense Level 8], [Devour Level 5], [Vector Control Level 6], [Lightning Magic Level Max], [Inventory]

Trait(s): [Shock Absorption], [All-Seeing Eyes Level 3], [Dragon's Breath]

There weren't many changes to his status since he had last checked it in Kurt's subspace besides his long-forgotten subclass.

His physical stats and mana capacity had only increased by leveling, as he hadn't found any particularly special beasts that granted him massive gains like he did in the dungeon. The time he spent slaying beasts on the surface truly accentuated how special the dungeon was.

Besides that, a few of his skills had leveled up a small amount and his spatial magic had evolved into vector control. The change that he was excited to see, however, was that his lightning magic, which had been stuck at level 6 for the longest time, had finally achieved max level.

According to the control stages he had recently learned of, he should still be in the Mage level, but he wasn't far from reaching the Master level. All he needed to do was find more abstract applications for his lightning.

Checking his ID card, he noticed that his time within the training ground was over. The door had reappeared at the bottom of the mountain, and Damien directly teleported to it.

Thinking that he should use this facility more often, Damien exited the door with a smile on his face. Upon his return to the reception area, though, Damien was greeted with a taunting and familiar voice.

"Oh, look who we have here! What's with that stunned face? Don't tell me you missed me so much that you're too stunned to speak!"


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