First Lesson
I went towards the Natural Elemental department and there were ten doors with notes on them.
I started to read all of the notes. Each door represented the different element.
The doors were created mainly from that element that the teacher teaches there.
The door to the class where classes about Space were taught was a teleport.
Some were from ice the other from fire although touching the door didn't hurt I could feel the warmth it was the Fire Elemental door.
I decided to read what was written on the teleport door first.
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[Note]
The lessons start at 10 and end at 14 those who will be faster will be teleported but those who will be late will have to come next time tomorrow.
The teleport is open Between 9:30 and 10.
The standard and basic lessons are free. Those that want to buy specific runes or knowledge are required to ask before the lesson and I will set a price based on this.
You can also buy spell runes from in the library.
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Different doors had different hours.
I went towards the door that looked like a flowing river but it wasn't water it was lightning but in a modified form.
The information on this was the same but it was open in between 14-17:55.
Then I went to check the Metal door. In was made from iron but it had all kinds of runes on it.
The lesson in this class starts at 6-9:55.
Its too late for the metal magic lessons lets go fast to the teleport.
When you looked into the teleport there was only darkness.
I touched it with my hand and was sucked in. After opening my eyes my sight was blurred but after a while, it came back to normal and I could see a lit up the room with school tables and chairs.
There was a man seated on a chair in the room there was none only me and him.
"Space magic is one of the most mysterious arts." -I whisper.
The man heard it and smiled. Then he said :
"Hello, I welcome you in my class you are the first person who came here after some time, there were some other student's in here but they didn't study the Space magic carefully, I heard you talk that it was one of the most mysterious art's and you didn't say wrongly but when you understand a lot you will see that it's all clear like a crystal"
"I am new in the academy, my name is Drake Van Hyden and I was appointed to the Lightning Element but my Space affinity is only second to the Lightning, that's why I came here to also learn
about Space"
The Man with a white outfit nodded and said:
"There you go those are books that I will give you for this week if you manage to learn it faster then come for more. They are just basics and if you want to learn advanced knowledge you have to pay for it."
"There will be the test from the knowledge and if you can pass you can choose one free lesson but you also need to be ready for a test from that lesson later"
The portal closed behind and there wasn't anyone coming out of it.
"It seems that you are the only one, ok then let's start the lessons."
"Where are my manners I forgot to tell you my name it is Jarred Colvin, I am the Director of the academy and I am a magus of 13 stage, and ... I also know what you are."
When I hear him I I frowned and didn't say anything.
"let's start with the basics"
"Space can be peaceful, chaotic or shattered in chaotic space the time flow different than in other places sometimes faster sometimes slower and it can even go back, also there can sometimes be creatures of very low power but in the next instant they become so powerful that they can destroy everything, about the shattered space it is created by the fights of a strong beings, or sometimes it can be found anywhere in the space, because space occasionally crumbles in some places with unknown reasons."...
The Teacher started to explain the principles behind the Space and its secrets.
"Before I try to explain any runes to you. You must learn the ancient language it is in the library you can read books about it. Come to me again after you end comprehending the language and the lesson. "
"Teacher, were here beings like me in here before ?"
"Yes they were but they left a long time ago after the church started to massacre them in masse and the hunters were everywhere at that time, lesson ends here I send you off"
"Yes, teacher" After saying this I was standing in front of a wall where should be the teleport.
"System create a task: Analyze the Basics about Space- but only when there are no other books to be analyzed. The maximum time for the finish of the task is 6 days "
The next lesson was about the Lightning Element.
I touched the handle of the door and sparks started to materialize.
When I went inside the room I could see that it had the same size as in the Space class.
There were people sitting already in the class.
I went through the door and people looked curious who was coming.
"Hello, my name is Drake Van Hyden, I was transferred to Lightning branch"
Everyone was sitting behind in the last seats.
I went towards the closest to the teacher and sat there down.
The doors to the class closed and the teacher spoke:
"My name is Marc Stormwind, I will be teaching you about Lightning Elemental"
He handed over the books of the basics and said:
"Tomorrow I will make a test and those who will pass it will get a 1 magic stone"
"System analyze the book for tomorrow's next lesson"
"The test will include the lesson as well as the book"
"There are different types of lightning the bigger doesn't mean that it is stronger but the more intensive the colour the mightier it is and when a white lightning changes into yellow that means that it evolved to the next level of power. There's the only record of one individual that was strong enough to create that lightning and its name was "Celestial lightning " "
"The lightning is one of the hardest of elements to manipulate but it is also one of the strongest."
"If you are concentrated enough you can manipulate it to change its shape and with other runes make it trapped, the example of it is the door, the elemental was trapped in the barrier and was sealed."
The Teacher continued with the lessons and I was recording everything with the system.
Everyone was writing everything that the teacher said but I was just relaxed and my hands were put behind my head.
"Why aren't you writing what I say, student?" He asked me.
I opened my eyes and answered :
"Why should I if I remembered every statement that you said till now"
"There's no way that you did"
"Want to bet ?"
The man laughed and replied:
"You don't have magic stones, but I will give you one lesson on any topic you chose if you win, but if you lose then you can't come here for a week"
"Don't agree "- Declared one of the guys behind.
"I accept"
Everyone was startled and they knew already that he will lose.
They were a year older than me and were studying here last year but had to learn basics again because they were lacking.
They knew that the teacher wanted to make more magic stones of them,
if you didn't have any he would bet with you and make you have a backlog in lessons so that you would have to buy lessons with magic stones.
"So the first question what is the lightning also known as?"
"Thunder and Electricity."
"Great. The second. Versus what element Lightning have weaknesses and Versus what it is Stronger "
"Water is weak to Lightning, Lightning is weak to Earth"
"Excellent"
The teacher didn't stop on questions and was asking everything.
After a while, he started to feel helpless.
"Teacher if you will ask him more all the lesson will be wasted"- One of the students said.
The teacher sighed and said:
"You can sit you won the free lesson"
The professor was annoyed and continued lesson.
...
After the lesson, I went towards the library.
When I was at the place I had to show the sign that I was a student and asked for books about ancient language and runes basics. After that, I found the soft and comfortable reading seat.
The books in here were protected from ageing using magic and were stored on shelves that were two and a half meters high.
I started reading it and gave the data to be analyzed included the ancient language, that I send to my brain.
Mages often use it for communication and magic.
After having done the reading I started reading the books that I got from Space and Lightning teachers.
"After finishing the reading it was already 1:00"
I began to feel hungry so I went to consume some late night snack.
It's so problematic that I must feed if I don't I will turn into an aggressive animal.
I need to find a method to get the blood easier.
...
Next morning, a metal door was open and a professor in a silver robe was reading a book while waiting for students. He didn't want to waste time that's why he used the all free time to study arcane arts. On his desk, there were books ready for his student that described the basics of metallurgy.
Now I knew the ancient language and understood the fundamental rune's operation.
In the class there were sitting 4 people in the back they looked very young and immature.
Each of them had one book on their desk and a notebook.
Then a man wearing a black robe with red ornamenting came in and sat in front of the teacher. His hair was red and so did the eyes, the part of the eye that should be white was black. The man had a destructive aura deep buried inside of him that waited to burst but couldn't. The aura wasn't just destructive it was negative and sinister.
When someone looked at the man he would know instantly that he is evil to the bone but no one dared to say it to anyone loud.
The teacher stood up and gave me the book. I didn't have a notebook so my desk looked empty compared to the others.
"Thank you, teacher, my name is Drake Van Hyden and I am from the lightning branch."
The professor still looked youthful he had some white hair but it wasn't dominating.
He wore a white robe like almost all of the Elemental department.
Only those who were in the Dark Magic Department wore black robes. There were some exceptions like me but it doesn't mean that I wouldn't go to study Dark Magic.
"My name is Loyd Hartman, and I am learning Metal element Magic also know as Metallurgy."
"This magic is very useful you can make a lot of mechanisms and also make special tools, weapons or armours. You can even make Metal Golem It is expensive but it is more durable than Earth Golem of course the better the material the more durable the golem is, but you can't chant it as a spell it can only be made."
Then the teacher started explaining the principles behind the metals.
It was a very short lesson if you listened to it with interest as I did.
After that teacher showed us some incantations and created the golem.
Then system alarmed
"Identified new Rune. Saving in catalogue Runes/Metallurgy"
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Rune:
Name: Weak Golem
Description: Loyal servant that do everything that master tell it to do.
(The golem isn't made for fighting)
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Items needed to make one:
-5 kg of Iron,
-Basic Understanding of Runes,
-Basic Understanding of Metallurgy,
-Basic Ability to manipulate Metal Elemental,
-Energy for support,
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After reading the last requirement my face was grim. It was easy to fulfil the first four elements but the last one was the worst because the energy for support you could use your own and after it depleted the golem would lose its abilities and would turn into normal iron until it is powered again and a magic core of low level is from low-level magic bests that grow a crystal sized object inside their bodies. It is used to power a lot of things. The beast can use magic and it is unknown how many abilities a Strong peak level monsters have.
The low levelled one is pretty easy for a vampire like me.
I will learn first how to make a teleport to get to other places faster and will go out to the Land that I bought last time. There are some beast's there I will fulfil the first requirements and then will go for the last one.
"System Whats the progress of the Basic Understanding of Runes and the rests? "
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Basic Understanding of Lightning part I - Complete
Basic Understanding of Runes part I - 20% - 10 hours left
Basic Understanding of Metallurgy part I - 0% - 12 hours are needed to complete this task
Basic Understanding of Space part I - 5% - One day and 18 hours left
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I went to the next lesson and today's lesson was a Basic Understanding of Space part II and important rules that must be followed when making a teleport matrix.
After the lesson was ending teacher said :
"You learn a lot and really fast keep working"
"Unknown energy interfering with Space around the host"
Today was different from the knowledge system could now find different things than last time.
The next lesson was with teacher Stormwind and he was doing his test.
He gave us a paper with different subtopics.
I started writing on the paper and it was soo fast that others looked, they tried to catch up but still couldn't read as fast as I wrote. In a minute I was already done and said :
"I am done"
The teacher took the paper and started reading.
His faces started to sweat he looked at me and then the paper and sighed.
"It seems that I won't be able to win like that"
The professor takes out his bag and then he found a punch in there and took one small stone with a crystal in the middle. He handed over it to me.
After the lesson
"Now information for the new guy, the rest of you know it, to become a magus of the first stage you need to use the special method to enhance your mana to a higher level. To check if we have sufficient mana level we also have spells for that if you do you can skip the first part and do the advancing and it is also known as Magic Awakening only then the runes will work, you can ask about the thing in the library, ok the lesson ended I will see you tomorrow "
I went to the library and asked for the Mana Test Method and Magic Awakening process.
Then I went to my room.
The room had one-bed which I didn't like and also a chair with a desk close to the window.
There was an empty wardrobe that was useless to me because I didn't have loads of clothes.
The room was light up with bright balls made from magic.
It was pretty nice and minimalistic inside.
I started reading the books after reading for an hour I have studied these two titles.
The Mana Test method was easy to use I just had to use 1 mana but it will be lost forever.
"I can do this..."
I started drawing rune a blue light started to illuminate my body.
"Excellent!" I can just skip the first part because of the Vampire Talent in magic and my high mana.
I have taken off my robe and I just had my pants on me.
I then started drawing runes around me and also some on my body.
After I was done there were quite a lot of them.
"Awaken the Magic!"- I shouted and the Blue Smoke started to gather and went towards my body and entered through the nose.
In was nice and refreshing feeling.
I opened my eyes and felt more energetic than always.
After Lightning lessons, there wasn't anything to do so I decided to go to the Library.
There were quite some people in here like those four guys that go to the Profesor Stormwind for lessons.
I started to go from shelve to shelve and was reading the titles of the books.
After walking for a while I saw Dark Books with red writings on them.
I picked one of the books and the title was Awakening The Darkness Within.
I put the book into my bag and hidden it.
In the library, there were some books that shouldn't be read and that was one of the forbidden ones.
I couldn't find the book that I wanted to so I went to the counter and asked:
"Could I get a Mana Gather technique?"
"Sure, wait here I pick it up for you"
After waiting for a while the librarian came back with a blue book.
"Here you go"
She handed over the book and I accepted it.
"Thanks, can you tell me about the books that are black and are written in red"
"The books are evil itself you need to be extremely careful when reading them or they will consume you, and you might lose your mind, the best way to read them is in the day and very light up place their power is less that way"
"Thank you for the warning"
"And also can I have some blood Manipulation techniques."
"It will cost one MS (Magic Stone)"
"Here you go, to use the technique do I have to know anything additional?"
"Everything you need should be in the book"
"Ok, then see you next time"
I sat down on the chair that I did last time and started reading.
The information from books I put to the database and then to analyzation.
I only didn't read the black book I decided to save it for later.
From the words of the librarian, it sounded like the books were cursed but that isn't possible the mages should have annihilated all the evil spirits, or the spirit is just too strong.
I concluded reading and decided to go out but before that, I checked the status of analyzation
"System focus on analyzing Blood Manipulation Techniques, after that is done focus next on Mana Gather Technique and show me the progress"
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Basic Understanding of Lightning part I - Complete.
Basic Understanding of Runes part I - 65% - 6 hours left.
Basic Understanding of Metallurgy part I - 0% - 12 hours is needed to complete this task.
Basic Understanding of Space part I - 5% - One day and 18 hours left.
Basic Understanding of Space part II - 0% - Two days and 12 hours left.
Blood Manipulation Techniques-0%- Will take 12 hours if focused on.
Mana Gather Technique-Will take 6 hours if focused on.
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I still have some thing to collect to build my own metal golem and also I can do some blood storage with blood manipulation to put it inside the bottles.