Chapter 278 (1/2)
Chapter 278
Chapter 278: The Day of Bestowment
A soft knock on the front door snappedmy aether core had increased not only the amount of aether I could store but the speed at which the aether travelled through es as well The improvement was miniscule coress felt better than sitting by idly
“Ascender Grey,” a soft voice called out through the door
After getting up and having Regis withdraw back into irl that looked like Loreni, except a few years younger and with longer hair, waiting timidly
For a moment she sihtly ajar
“Yes?” I finally asked
“Ah!” She shook her head “My apologies, Ascender Grey My name is Mayla and I’ve been instructed byyour stay in Maerin”
So they are sisters, I ood ti when the bestow today”
“It’s not until later this afternoon so Ascender Grey has soet ready if you wish to attend,” she answered, keeping her gaze downcast
“It’s actually getting a little stuffy in here so I’d like to take a stroll Would youme?”
“Of course!” Mayla exclaih I have a cart filled withit down to whichever shop I could sell theaveback to town
After she was gone, I used one of the ean taking the beast corpses out of my extradiis asked
“The story we’re going with is that I lost , remember?”
By the time Mayla ca the corpses on the surprisingly sturdy wagon
“Th-This…” A beardeda tank top to show off his ht of the mana beasts while his two companions stepped back in shock
I frowned “Is there a problem?”
“N-N-None at all, estee of the bear-like erous to even a teaes”
With no reference to hoerful a ed “Please take these to town and give the money to either Mayla or Loreni”
“Yes!” The three bowed oncethe cart while his two companions pushed fro down the s back down to the don plaza of Maerin when I noticed her looking at the rune onthea rune on your ar, Ascender Grey,” she said, peeling her eyes away “I’ve heard lyphs tattooed on their bodies but it’sone in person”
“O-Oh,” I muttered “Is it not popular in these parts?”
“Per the properties of h the skin is very rare and expensive to come by, and laws are very strict around these inks because it can be used to forge fakenear the back is strictly forbidden—so rather than it being popular…” Mayla let out a chuckle as she rubbed her aries, Ascender Grey I’m sure you already know this”
“It seeizing very often,” I coeable about this Are you a h…today is also the day ofwith eratulations in advance,” I reate to town “Any particular eleh I know I’m a bit on the older side and my chances are loould very much like to be an instiller I know that casters and strikers are the ht after in acade,” Mayla admitted
I pondered for a moment at her words I had heard of the three classes of battle‘sentry’ class In Aya’s brief, there was a detailed account of the powerful sentry who had ical Elshi+re Forest for the Alacryan ar Milview if I recall correctly I also knew that she was just one of the ic to scout and scry long distances, however, I had never heard of instillers
“What do you want to do as an instiller?” I asked, hoping to gain more information about this class
“I want to create necessary artifacts to help the impoverished people all over Alacrya,” Mayla effused, eyes suddenly vibrant “For exa water but they’re currently too expensive to e scale However, I’ve done some research and realized that not all the components for the artifact are necessary and a lot of them can be replaced with cheaper asp and bowed at me “I didn’t mean to lecture you, esteemed ascender”
“I was the one who asked the question, Mayla,” I rery because you answered me Especially when you’re so excited”
Mayla reminded me of Emily back in Dicathen Her excite was second to none The thought of my curly-haired friend made my chest squeeze
“A-Anyway, did Ascender Grey have anywhere in o first?”
“Since the mana beast corpses will be taken care of, do you mind if we stop by the schools?”
“Certainly! It would be an honor if esteemed ascender visited! I know the students at our striker school would love to get some pointers—of course that’s only if esteemed ascender wishes to,” Mayla said
The irony of training the future soldiers that would ultih to burst out ofto stifle ardedodd?”
“No, it’s…nothing,” I said, coh the academies”
The visit to the caster school was brief They were having practice outside today so I could see over the fence surrounding the training grounds each of the caster students participating in target practice shooting bolts of pure mana From the power of their spell, to the amount they could fire as well as the accuracy, each of the kids showed varying levels of cois remarked
“It doesn’t see their marks,” I noted
“The students here are still adjusting to their marks so they’re not yet allowed to utilize their elee, they’ll be allowed to practice the elemental spell their marks carry,” Mayla explained as atched from the other side of the ht as if looking for soot that the pri in the arena today in preparation for the upcoies, esteemed ascender Both the instructors and students arefrom Stormcove Acadeious place?” I asked, genuinely curious
Mayla thought for a“Well, it is an official acade and basic needs provided for the Storher ranked acadeion That being said, this is still all relative”
The two of us beganour way to the shi+eld school as Mayla continued to explain
“Compared to the elite academies in the rest of the Etril Dominion and even the other four douess Stormcove isn’t much It’s why esteemed ascender has most likely never heard of Storhtly “I can only iious highblood academies in the central do in all of this inforlorified self-ith and was even centered around it Was this all funded by Agrona? I couldn’t iine a viable way for a proper econoer aside fro down the Relictoain, esteemed ascender? My sister, I mean, Loreni, often berates me for this”
“No! I like it,” I answered quickly Mayla was a goldmine for information and the best part was that I didn’t have to ask questions thatthe little girl “Mayla, do you knohat dungeons are?”
“Dungeons? Of course—my mother would tell me the story all the tireat Vritras led by the eons in order to keep us safe”
It was both hard and easy to i out all of the dungeons in order to build an econo the Relictombs
“What do you know about the other continent then?” I asked, studying her expression
“Dicathen?” Mayla tilted her head “I’ve heard stories froe and undeveloped they are It’s scary to think of an entire continent where n Agrona has decided to liberate the down the fiery rage rising up from my core “I see”
The shi+eld acade either Mayla guessed that the primary class of the shi+elds were also in the arena since the shi+elds and casters often trained together Itas the shi+eld’s practice was to either take dae for their teammates if they were a melee shi+eld or create defenses froed shi+eld
After watching the secondary class focus on doinga stable shroud of protective mana over their bodies
Finally we arrived at the striker school, where both the primary and secondary students were present and currently about to spar
“Remelyphs that make up your mark! Pay attention to the waruide you Don’t try to control it!” advised a scowling woarbed in a layered robe of muted colors
Despite her salt-and-pepper hair and the wrinkles lining her face exposing her age, she carried herself with poise as she strode around the two students wearing padded leather practice-gear while the rest of the class sat against the walls
Froear that they wore, the two students looked around the saht barehand and even without being able to senseto their bodies
“Begin!” the wo on ReadNovelFullonlineco each other in a neutral stance, a girl and a boy, triggered their spells with surprising swiftness
The girl’s spellher open palms She dashed toward the boy as barely able to conjure his bracers of fire in time to block her first strike
Their two flames intertwined from the impact as the boy was forced to retreat a few steps Cheers fro in support for the girl as soritted teeth, the boy rushed forth and the two began to spar Despite their young age, each showed a shocking ath while their techniques seerained into their uely re Chumo and Sembi’s praise toward this woman as Mayla and I watched from the hallway