43 The Mysterious Expert Appears Again (1/2)
A whole month had passed.
At that time, Ange finally advanced to the Rank 1 becoming a Novice Magus!
That was a joyous day for the Nacesai Academy; even the lessons stopped to do a celebration party.
Ange's talent in healing was very important to the academy; her breakthrough was something that the higher-ups were waiting for.
Ange had less than a year until turning sixteen; some people were starting to worry that she would fail and her talent would be wasted.
Fortunately, Ange had a good sense of her own level; she said that she would advance in a month, and she advanced to the Rank 1 in a month.
In that month Yale followed the same routine every day, and slowly improved his stats and Origin Points.
”Name: Yale Roanmad | Age: 10 | Origin Level:2 |Origin Points: 14/14”
”Vitality: 13 | Strength: 15 | Agility: 15 | Intelligence: 16 | Wisdom: 16 | Dexterity: 13”
However, he wasn't satisfied with his speed; he wanted to improve faster.
Looking at the improvement of his stats, Yale felt that reaching the 3-star mortal realm wouldn't be a problem, but at that rate, he wasn't confident in advancing to the Rank 1 before sixteen.
Yale had stopped focusing on training his skills and concentrated on his stats and Origin points, to reach Rank 1 that was what really matters.
In that month Yale had only upgraded Basic Healing and Quick Wind to the fourth level.
Quick Wind only leveled up because Yale used it when moving around the academy and Basic Healing was the only spell he trained consciously because of the importance he attributed to it.
Yale's sub-quest still required mastering two more skills, so Yale thought that those two were good as it was a matter of time mastering them.
Mastering and learning some skills was a good thing, but if he failed to reach the Rank 1 due to over-focusing on them, he would regret it his whole life. Thus, he decided to reduce his skill training to the minimum.
In that month, Yale also managed to rebuild Aizu's sword foundation to the point he was satisfied, but that wasn't enough to let him reach the expert stage.
Even if that were a happy day for the whole academy, Swordmad and Sainac had serious expressions on their faces.
They were at Sainac's office and in front of them was another person, the Mysterious Expert.
They never expected that the Mysterious Expert would appear again after had come merely a month before.
”Why those faces? You don't seem happy to see me again.”
Sainac trembled after hearing the Mysterious Expert distorted voice.
”We are delighted to see senior again. We were only shocked because we didn't expect to have the pleasure to meet again with your excellence so soon.”
”Then, nevermind. I come today because I want you to do something.”
”Please ask, senior. I will use all my power to accomplish it.”
Sainac didn't dare to disobey the Mysterious Expert, and its requests had never been harmful to him nor to the academy, so he didn't doubt before accepting even if he still didn't know what the Mysterious Expert wanted.
”I know you like to organize different types of tournaments among the students. I want you to organize one in two weeks only with those in the beginner classes; all the participants should be 3-star mortals or less. I have a special reward for the first eight.”
Tournaments were a tradition in the Nacesai Academy, but they happened when Sainac decided, and the rules and restrictions were also different every time.
Sainac didn't have any problem in making a tournament; he was planning to do one the next month, and he still hadn't decided the rules he would use. Thus, creating a competition like the one Mysterious Expert was asking for wasn't a problem to him.
Furthermore, the Mysterious Expert was offering rewards for the first eight places. Usually, the academy only rewarded the winner or at most also the finalist.
”Can I ask senior what kind of reward it would be?”
”I can tell you, but it must remain secret until the end of the tournament, understood?”
”Of course, I won't tell anything.”
After Sainac replied, the Mysterious Expert looked at Swordmad.
”I won't say anything either.”
”The reward would be a spot in a special realm that have been opened by the Imperial City, those who surpassed the 3-star mortal realm can't enter. It is difficult to obtain spots to enter, but as you didn't complain to my requests before and I'm in a good mood today, I'm offering eight spots to your students.”