Chapter 139 - Reward (1/2)

<So I'll be Draven's only student, great.>

There is nothing wrong with a teacher having more than one student at a time. A good mentor can give time to each of them. But the option of being Draven's only student Evan liked much better.

”By the way, how should I address you now, teacher Draven?” Ask Evan.

Draven thought for a while and then answered, ”No need, you can just address me by my first name, I don't like all these formalities and I think you do, too. Except you shouldn't address the other teachers by their first names, I hope, you understand it.”

Evan nodded: ”What time is it? Have I overslept the ceremony?”

He didn't know how long he had slept. Evan wouldn't want to miss such an important event as the admission ceremony.

”It's ten in the morning, it's still three hours before the admission ceremony, so there's quite a bit of time left. By the way, what are you going to ask the head of the Academy?” Draven said calmly.

He wanted to know what Evan was thinking about and advise him to choose a suitable award. Arabella could fulfill many requests, but not all. For the same reason one must choose the prize wisely.

Evan thought about it and simply answered, ”Honestly, I don't know. Asking for a Magical Artifact or a ”Catalyst” would be too trivial.”

”Not just trivial, but very stupid.” Draven said harshly.

”Why would it be stupid?” Evan understood that asking for the ”Catalyst” was quite expectable, but he didn't understand why it was stupid. If a magician had the right weapon or artifact, it could save his life in times of need. Moreover, the magician would become stronger.

”It's simple, since you're at the level of the ”Star without Ends”, you can't use ”Catalysts” above rank zero. A little later I'll teach you how to determine the rank of items and tell you more about it.” Draven said calmly.

”So, if my scythe were a ”Catalyst” one level higher, I wouldn't be able to use it?”

Technically, the ”Reverse Death' was not a ”Catalyst”, since not all of its components could conduct mana. You could, of course cast a spell using a regular stick, but in that case, it would take a lot of mana and it would be very weak.

Evan's scythe had three components capable of conducting mana at a good level: the ”Cave Troll Crystal”, the ”Horn of the Sacred Deer” and the ”Bloody Perversity”.

Draven quickly replied, ”Well, it's ambiguous. For one thing, if you use a ”Catalyst” rank higher than your power, you definitely can't cast spells with it.”

Draven sighed and continued: ”For example: since you're a newbie magician, until you reach the ”One-Pointed Star”, you can't use a weapon of the first rank one, only a weapon of the zero rank.”

”I see, but if the second rank weapon gets in my hands, shouldn't I arm myself with it? Yes, I won't be able to cast spells with it, but the materials it's made of are clearly of much higher quality than my zero rank weapon. It will be sharper and more durable.”

Evan was pleased with his weapon. The ”Reverse Death” was an excellent scythe of quality materials. But, from Draven's words, he realized that his weapon was of only zero rank.

”No, in your hands such a weapon would be no different than a piece of rusty iron. The thing is, all weapons, except zero-rank weapons, are the ”Catalysts”. Since the materials from which they are created are at least of the first rank, which means that each of them conducts mana.” Draven calmly replied.

”I get it, even if I'm not going to cast spells with high rank ”Catalysts, I still need to be at a certain level to use them. I need to infuse some mana and then the weapon will show its power.” Evan said slowly.