Arcane Mage Profession
Fran stood at the entrance of the Aether Palace, wearing a mage's robe from the Northern Lands Society, looking at Iris was dressed similarly, beside her.
Upon seeing Fran arrive, Iris immediately greeted her.
"Let's go, you can go in now."
Iris led Fran up to the third floor, to a corridor with huge floor-to-ceiling windows at the end. Small yellow lanterns could be seen every short distance along the side of the corridor, and the ceiling, floor, and walls were all a deep brown.
Iris led Fran to the door of the last room on the right, knocked on the door, opened it, and walked ahead while Fran went to the back to close the door.
Before Fran closed the door after entering, she hadn't expected her encounter with the Legendary to be so easy, with almost no twists and turns. It was just that Iris led Fran in, and then they met the Legendary.
Oinrich and Roderick were in the room, with Fran and Oinrich separated by a table, Roderick sitting to the side.
Iris led Fran to the chairs that had been prepared beforehand at the table, and they sat down, looking at this Legendary whom she was seeing for the first time since she came into this world.
The other party didn't put any pressure on her; she didn't feel the powerful Mental Power pressure from the Legendary, which must have been well contained by the other party.
Oinrich's face resembled that of an old man, yet he lacked the distinct features of an old man.
His face had some wrinkles, his eyes were slightly cloudy, and his body was thin, but his face was spotless, clean, and his hair was neat.
Fran could vaguely sense a tremendous energy within Oinrich's body, which unconsciously drew her gaze to Oinrich.
Iris made no attempt at formalities, showing no restraint in front of the Legendary, and simply sat down in the chair without saying a word.
Fran had no choice but to obediently follow Iris's lead, watching Roderick and the Legendary without saying a word.
After Fran sat down, Oinrich finally spoke.
"This must be the mage ' Lai,' he looks rather young."
Oinrich didn't use any quantifiable data, such as Fran's mental fluctuations or appearance; he genuinely felt that this ' Lai ' was far too young.
It was a kind of inexplicable feeling; in Oinrich's eyes, Fran was just like those seven- or eight-year-old apprentices.
"Of course she's young, Fran is only sixteen this year." Iris muttered to herself, glancing at Fran out of the corner of her eye.
Fran's heart skipped a beat, and she involuntarily blinked twice, thinking that the Legendary Oinrich had seen through something.
Although she was quite confident before coming, having tested ' Lai's ' disguise and found that something was amiss, it wasn't something that could be detected by Mental Power perception alone. But who knew if the Legendary might have some methods that Fran was unaware of?
Fortunately, Oinrich only mentioned it casually and did not delve into it further. He then changed the subject and shifted the topic to another level.
"Mage Lai, how difficult do you think it is to advance to the third rank?"
Fran hesitated for a moment. If she only wanted to advance to the third tier, it would be very simple. She could advance to the third tier through the Champion Mage Challenge in four months at most.
Even without that, she still has a way to reach the third tier in a short time, which is to kill a third-tier Sword Saint. Her current Broken Wing Sword Art is almost at 4000 points of proficiency at the master level, and in a while, she will be able to reach the Extraordinary Level.
However, reaching the third rank at the mage level would be quite difficult. Her official School of thought is the Forge School, Harbos has a complete Promotion Method this time.
However, to be on the safe side, this Promotion Method cannot be delivered via remote Communication Device or mail; she can only obtain it from Harbos when they meet.
Iris knew that Fran belonged to the Forge School and naturally wouldn't provide Promotion Method. In other words, Fran currently didn't have any Promotion Method the Third Order Mage.
However, Fran couldn't answer the question because she didn't currently have Promotion Method the third tier of mage, since her current identity belonged to the Alchemy School.
Iris had no reason not to pass on the Promotion Method she knew to Fran, or to take Fran to the Alchemy School for certification and then obtain a copy of the Promotion Method.
So this was the only answer Fran could give.
"The requirements above are quite difficult. I'm working hard on it. Recently, because of the Gold Alchemy Award... I really want to win this award, so I haven't planned it out in detail."
She found an impeccable reason that fit the current situation: while promotion was important, winning the Gold Alchemy Award was even more important.
She also specifically mentioned that there were no plans at the moment, precisely to prevent Oinrich from asking more detailed questions that would leave Iris unable to handle the situation.
"No rush. A mage as young as you doesn't need to be in such a hurry to seek promotion. Besides, with your talent, promotion won't be a problem."
Oinrich encouraged Fran for a while, then brought up something that surprised Fran.
"Lai Ray, you can actually wait. With your current achievements, you've already met the requirements for the Arcane Mage Award. If you can win the Arcane Mage Award at the second tier, you can directly advance to the Fourth Order."
Fran blinked, and asked with some confusion:
"What does this mean? Why can I directly advance to the Fourth Order?"
Fran's heart pounded. Her Panel showed the Arcane Mage Profession, and now it seemed that this Profession had a deep connection with the Alliance's Arcane Mage Award.
Oinrich smiled and explained:
"The Arcane Mage Award is named so because of a Profession called Arcane Mage Award Arcane Mage, which was specifically created for researchers."
Simply put, the more significant the research findings in your published Paper, the higher your Order will be.
"This doesn't belong to any particular school of School; any mage can become Arcane Mage."
"Even the research results of researchers are hard to obtain. Even if you participate in a large project, when your name is finally signed, only the portion for which you contributed will be counted."
"Therefore, the method of conversion for Arcane Mage is another prize for the Arcane Mage Award winner."
"With your current achievements, if you can win the Arcane Mage Award, you'll likely meet the requirements to become Fourth Order mage. After a little while, you'll be a true Fourth Order."
Fran felt a jolt in her heart, sensing something was amiss.
According to Oinrich, his current achievements are sufficient to advance to the Fourth Order, but his arcane level on his Panel has not increased.
She didn't even have any sense of being about to be promoted.
However, based on Oinrich's words, she still had a fairly reasonable guess.
That is, the Arcane Mage Award is to Arcane Mage what the throne of a country is to Territory Knight —an extra special bonus.
However, this special bonus is very valuable, enough to elevate Fran to the Fourth Order.
When Fran realized this, her eyes were filled with fanaticism.
If the Arcane Mage Award can directly elevate her to the Fourth Order, what about the Gold Alchemy Award and the Amber Law Award?
After Fran received these two awards, Fran felt it was very possible that she could directly advance to the third tier.
This was an unexpected surprise for Fran, since she hadn't planned for this kind of advancement to the third tier at all, and the opportunity had simply been handed to her.
"But don't expect the Arcane Mage Award to be awarded to you right now. I will apply to the Chief and handle this matter."
"But since you're at the Northern Lands Society, you should also know about the recent Arcane Mage Award, right...?"
"This matter may drag on for many years. It's unclear when the higher-ups will reach an agreement. In short, be prepared to wait for more than a decade."
"Oinrich, Your Excellency Oinrich."
Fran blinked, not expecting that the matter of Harbos could extend to this matter.
As Oinrich said, the Arcane Mage Award is now a complete mess. From the moment she chose the Northern Lands Society, it was destined that she would not be able to obtain it in a short time.
Even without Harbos's involvement, she, a mage from the Northern Lands Society, would still have been blocked by the judges.
So now she can only relax; if she doesn't even have Tier 3, she shouldn't start hoping for Fourth Order.
When Iris Oinrich, her eyes widened, and she stared at Fran, ignoring the fact that she was facing a Legendary.
Although Fran cannot obtain the Arcane Mage Award immediately, since Fran has qualified, and with the help of the Alchemy School, it is very likely that this matter will be resolved within a hundred years.
Even if Fran were to use this as an excuse to withdraw from the Northern Lands Society, she would show respect. After all, it was Fourth Order Order, and it was obtained so easily, which made Iris somewhat resentful of why she didn't have the Talent to be a researcher.
Ultimately, it must be Fran's research Talent... or rather, her raw skill, that's truly remarkable. Many of the mages who achieved groundbreaking results for the Alliance did so in their prime or even in their twilight years.
How could someone like Fran, who seems to have only been in the field of research for a few years, produce so many world-renowned results?
Iris was very confident that Fran could advance to the Fourth Order after receiving the Arcane Mage Award, because Fran also had a Paper Territory Mage. With these achievements combined, if Fran couldn't become a Fourth Order Fourth Order Arcane Mage, then no one else could.
"By the way, Mage Lai, I remember you don't seem to follow the lineage of Miracle Alchemy, do you?"
This can be seen from Fran's Paper. If Fran were truly from the lineage of Miracle Alchemy, she would never have been able to write Paper in various fields.
Roderick, who was sitting at the side of the table, suddenly raised his head and looked at Fran and Iris next to him with a slightly helpless gaze.
Iris seemed to understand the meaning behind Roderick's gaze. Although she knew that Fran could never enter the lineage of Miracle Alchemy, Iris still lowered her head somewhat embarrassed.
Fran nodded slightly, and then heard Oinrich's powerful voice.
"If you have time, would you like to try the method I developed? No mage has ever succeeded using my method."
Fran nodded without hesitation. This was a Promotion Method a Legendary was going to pass on to her, and even if she didn't use it, she wanted to see exactly how it worked.