A Brand-New Sucker Makes His Entrance! (5800, First Update)

The alchemical prodigy from the Southern Ridge, guest of the Ellen Family, one of the finest alchemists of the younger generation—Ian of Harrison Port—had suffered an accident and, turning misfortune into fortune, broken through to the Second Energy Level. Even in the Imperial Capital, that counted as major news.

After all, Second Energy Level practitioners in their twenties were common enough, but sixteen-year-old Second Energy Level practitioners were rare.

Even though Ian had nearly suffered the collapse of his Origin Matter organs because of it, and would have died or been crippled if not for Master Gose's superb skill and the Ellen Family sparing no effort to save him... reaching the Second Energy Level at that age proved that he truly had the potential.

Potential enough to make the great nobles view him in a different light.

"Where did the Ellen Family find such a genius?"

"Haven't you been following the Imperial Capital news lately? He became famous long ago. Master Gose discovered him in the Southern Ridge. Come to think of it, it's not strange—he's a descendant of the Chehalorvo Family..."

"Oh! That family of Labyrinth madmen who offended the Black King and were exiled... indeed, that makes sense."

"Who knows whether his luck was bad or good? That young man was caught up in the attack from that old bastard, the Skyflood King. He had no choice but to take Magic Potion and break through to save his life. And it actually worked—his life was saved, and he broke through too."

"That broke the historical record, didn't it?"

"Almost. Just short of it. The record is held by the Kaolin Family. A fourteen-year-old Chosen One, Second Energy Level. He nearly pushed the Kaolin Family's inheritance to the Fifth Energy Level, but one generation simply wasn't enough time..."

"That's