Learning

The next day, February 9th.

After listening to the school leadership's opening speech, Garen learned the academy's course schedule.

Earth element from 8:00 to 10:00 AM, fire element from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM, water element from 2:00 to 4:00 PM, wind element from 4:30 to 6:30 PM, lightning element from 7:00 to 9:00 PM, and light element from 9:30 PM until 11:30 PM.

This schedule was acceptable; Garen could study fire magic right after finishing his morning warrior training.

After exercising for a while at noon, he would then go to study wind magic.

The classes were quite relaxed, allowing for a perfect balance of work and rest.

He would return to his dormitory at night to meditate and refine his magic power—perfect.

The opening ceremony concluded on the first day, and everyone was dismissed for free time.

Garen walked to the back of the academy, found a secluded and quiet flat area, and began his own training in Tiger Blood Battle Qi.

February 10th, first-year fire element classroom.

The classroom was huge, easily accommodating hundreds of people. Having just finished his morning Battle Qi training, Garen arrived right on time. He had just found a seat when a young female teacher walked in.

"Hello everyone, I am your first-year fire element magic instructor, my name is Angela. There are over a dozen new students in the classroom today; please come up to the stage and introduce yourselves."

Soon, the dozen new students finished their introductions. They came from all over the Yulan Continent, and Garen also went up to give a brief introduction of himself.

But when he introduced himself, not only did the teacher keep her eyes on him, but the students below also caused a stir.

It seemed his talent had already spread throughout the academy.

Seeing the discussions among the students growing louder, Angela spoke up at the right moment.

"Alright, everyone has introduced themselves. I can see that you are all very envious of Garen's talent, but what I want to say today is that every single one of you is a genius. As long as you study diligently and train hard, you can all become powerful mages."

"There was once a mage on the Yulan Continent with medium elemental affinity who reached the Saint Realm. Every one of you sitting here has more talent than he did, so talent does not determine everything."

After a round of motivational brainwashing from the teacher, the students became excited and stirred up. Who wouldn't want to reach the Saint Realm? That was an invincible existence on the continent, possessing endless lifespan.

"Next, I will explain to you what fire magic is. Fire magic has the strongest explosive power of all magic..."

The class started with student introductions, followed by Angela bragging about how powerful fire magic was—essentially, it had high burst damage, could take someone out in one combo, and so on. After an hour, the second hour finally covered some substantial content.

The class ended quickly, and Garen felt like he wanted more. It had to be said that the senior instructor from Ernst Institute explained things in a very easy-to-understand way, breaking down fire magic thoroughly.

After returning to absorb what the teacher had taught and finishing lunch, Garen did his warrior training again before heading to the first-year wind element classroom in the afternoon.

"Hi, Garen."

As soon as he entered the classroom, he heard a greeting.

"Linley, you're early."

The one greeting him was Linley from the neighboring dormitory.

Garen naturally walked over to his side and sat in an empty seat.

Observing his surroundings, he noticed a cute little girl sitting on the other side of Linley, looking at him.

This wouldn't happen to be Delia, would it? Linley really has good luck with women; she's clearly a beauty in the making.

Garen thought to himself.

After chatting for a few moments, a senior student teacher walked into the classroom.

"Hello everyone, I am a sixth-year student named Trey. Starting today, I will be responsible for your wind magic instruction. I live in dormitory 0298; if you have any questions after class, you can come find me."

Following the old routine, there was a round of introductions from the new students, followed by the teacher's praise of wind magic before the lecture officially began.

It had to be said that wind magic was truly impressive; it was the only magic element that allowed one to fly before reaching the Saint Realm.

Garen could transform into a Tiger-Striped Warrior, and he was extremely eager to fly; it would truly be like adding wings to a tiger.

However, normal, free flight was still far off for him; he would need to reach the seventh rank.

Immersed in the time spent training Battle Qi and studying magic, every day passed quickly and fulfilling.

A month later, Garen's warrior rank reached the fourth rank, and his Tiger-Striped Warrior transformation reached the sixth rank. In an average town, he would be considered a minor expert.

Garen Warrior Rank: 4th rank (7/5000 experience) Transformation Rank: 6th rank

Looking at his experience bar, it would take 5,000 experience points to reach the fifth rank.

He was currently gaining 30 experience points a day from Battle Qi training, so he could reach the fifth rank in about half a year. After planning it out, he threw himself back into training.

In the blink of an eye, half a year passed.

Garen's warrior rank finally reached the fifth rank.

Warrior Rank: 5th rank (6/10000 experience) Transformation Rank: 7th rank

A seventh-rank warrior was considered an expert in an average principality.

As expected, the higher the level, the harder it is to upgrade; ten thousand experience points would take a full year.

Whether it is the warrior rank or the magic rank, things are fine before the sixth level, but the jump from the sixth to the seventh level is a hurdle, and upgrading will likely not be as fast once that time comes.

Immersed in the ocean of magic, learning various incantations, runes, and magical techniques, time seemed to fly by, with every moment filled with new discoveries and challenges.

He trained his Tiger Blood Battle Qi, explored the limits of his physical strength, and mastered the techniques to control them.

Year after year, three and a half years passed in the blink of an eye.

Garen was already 12 years old, and his height had grown to 1.65 meters.

He was now a fifth-year student at the Ernst Institute.

As early as two and a half years ago, his warrior rank had reached the sixth level, and after transforming, he had just entered the eighth level; a month later, his magic rank also rose to the fourth level.

He had wanted to apply to go to the Magical Beast Mountain Range for training (to kill monsters and level up), but the institute did not allow it, as the institute required students to be in their fifth year before they could go out for field training.

Since he could not tell his teachers the secret of him being a Tiger-Striped Warrior, he spent most of his energy over the next two and a half years on magic cultivation, finally raising his magic rank to the fifth level.

A twelve-year-old fifth-level mage is absolutely a genius among geniuses.

Warrior Rank: Level 6 (13678/50000 experience)
Transformation Rank: Level 8
Magic Rank: Level 5 (472/10000 experience)

After reaching the fifth-level mage rank, he and Dixie both reached the fifth level in the same year and were known as the "two great geniuses" of Ernst.

Because he lived next door to Linley, Garen often saw Linley practicing stone carving. He knew that Linley's moment of breakthrough was coming soon, and if he continued his cultivation step-by-step without finding a way to level up quickly, he would very likely be surpassed just like Dixie.

There was a period when the institute did not approve his request for field training, and since meditation to refine magic power was slow, he went to buy a flat chisel to secretly practice stone carving in the back mountain. Unfortunately, with no one to teach him and being too thin-skinned to ask Linley for advice, his stone carvings looked like they had been chewed on by a dog. Furthermore, he was exhausted to the point of death every day, so he gave up after persisting for a few days.

After reaching the fifth-level mage rank, Garen applied for field training to the institute again, and this time, it was successfully approved.

Magical Beast Mountain Range, here I come.

(End of chapter)

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