A legitimate profession was bound to have a system of ranks.
But because the profession of magic duelist involved too many factors, it was difficult to define its levels.
After all, before the spread of magic rituals, magic duels had merely been a form of competition and did not conform to any established rules.
A magic duelist's level was divided into two aspects: knowledge and strength.
Although magic duelists could turn knowledge into strength, one had to understand that knowledge did not equal strength.
All this time, the only thing used to assess a magic duelist's level of knowledge had been academic degrees. However, in this world, the only distinction in magic duelist degrees was between "student" and "professor"; there was not even a division between primary school and university.
Those who could graduate from a Magic Guidance Academy were already considered qualified magic duelists. After graduation, a magic duelist's level of knowledge was generally judged by the quality of the academy they had graduated from.
For example, a magic duelist who graduated from Saint Marian Academy was undoubtedly a good magic duelist.
A graduate of the Royal Academy, on the other hand, was not quite as good.
As for strength—
During wartime, the strength of a magic duelist was generally assessed by a combination of factors such as achievements and reputation.
For instance, if so-and-so killed so-and-so in a certain battle, then so-and-so was stronger than so-and-so.
After the war ended, however, it could only be judged indirectly through the ranks of other professions.
The prerequisite was that those magic duelists also held other part-time professions capable of demonstrating their strength.
The most common example was adventurer, followed by professional duelist.
But now that the Magic Guidance Alliance had been established, the professional system for magic duelists needed to