Eight years old.Level 2 Mage.Three days to advance.
No matter how you looked at it, those numbers were absurd.
The old man’s eyes were filled with shock.
Around the Advancent Hall, staff mbers and candidates waiting for their own ceremonies began whispering in disbelief.
Rei silently complained in his heart.
If Akase hadn’t dragged out drinking, this progress would’ve been even faster.
Co to think of it, I was unconscious for most of those three days anyway...
"Iz-sama," the old man said cautiously, "the child is too young. We may not be qualified to officiate his advancent ceremony..."
Iz nodded lightly. "I know."
He turned to Kumiloni.
"If Kumiloni conducts the ritual, that should be acceptable, correct?"
The old man bowed respectfully to Kumiloni.
"Of course. There will be no issue."
Kumiloni smiled faintly. "Then I’ll overstep my bounds."
The old man hesitated. "But the records..."
Kumiloni nodded. "I will follow standard procedure."
The old man exhaled in relief. "Very well."
Advancent rituals followed standardized protocols.
They were mandated by law.
Kumiloni smoothly took the officiant’s position and began reciting:
"The Mage Advancent Ritual requires fulfillnt of three criteria: total mana capacity, elental affinity, and spell mastery. Additionally, the candidate must possess proof of at least one combat experience."
"The first test will asure your total mana."
anwhile, rumors that Iz Parut had co to advance to Magic Saint had already spread.
More and more people crowded into the hall.
When they saw that the one advancing was rely a child—
So turned away in disappointnt.
Then—
Wait.
A child?
What the hell is a child doing at an advancent ritual?
They looked again.
Kumiloni was personally officiating.
They turned right back around.
But this ti—
The view was blocked by a wall of people. The spot they had just vacated had already been claid.
"That kid..."
"Isn’t he the one who treated everyone the other day?"
"Oh! I rember! Little Rei, right?"
"I heard his first adventure was solo-clearing a Tier 2 dungeon!"
"No way."
"He’s Iz Parut’s direct disciple. You think that’s fake?"
"Damn... if my kid were half that promising..."
Rei’s lips twitched slightly.
He expected to be watched.
He did not expect this many spectators.
Iz...
I was planning to develop quietly. You’re making this way too high-profile. That’s not ideal.
Rei placed his hand on the crystal sphere.
Testing mana, huh?
Kumiloni announced:
"A mana value of 5 ets the standard. 10 is excellent. 20 is considered perfect."
20 is perfect?
So 20 equals 100 tis base mana?
Rei placed his hand on the sphere and released his mana.
Crack!
Fine fissures instantly spread across the crystal.
Hey—don’t do this cliché scene right now. Don’t shatter and then show a zero in front of this many people.
I don’t want to be high-profile, but I also don’t want to be labeled trash. I still have so pride.
Fortunately, the crystal only cracked slightly.
It did not explode into fragnts.
The number slowly ford—
And it was a number that rendered the entire hall silent.
[Mana Value: 10000]
How many?
How many zeros is that?
One, ten, hundred, thousand—what the hell?!
Ten thousand?
5 is passing. 10 is excellent. 20 is perfect.
And you’re showing ten thousand?
The entire Advancent Hall fell into absolute silence.
Such a terrifying number had appeared only once in recent years.
Yes—there had been one other occurrence in recent years.
But before that, for thousands of years—
Not once.
Oh.
Rei roughly understood what the number ant.
This value represented a multiple of one’s mana at initial Mage awakening.
20 ant twenty tis initial mana.
Most Mages advanced from Level 1 to Level 2 with only five to ten tis their starting mana.
A rare few could reach twenty tis.
That was the limit of most high-quality 「Mana Enhancent Techniques」.
One hundred tis—
That only appeared with Mana Tide.
It was considered the theoretical maximum mana for a Level 1 Mage.
Ten thousand tis—
Only Mana Void could achieve that.
Ah...
When she said 20 was perfect, Rei had assud that ant the maximum possible for a Level 1 Mage.
The hall, previously noisy, was now deathly silent.
Kumiloni, however, showed no surprise whatsoever.
Shock was for everyone else.
As the officiant, her responsibility was to proceed with the ritual.
"Next is elental affinity."
"Sensing five elents qualifies as passing. Eight elents is excellent. Beyond that, evaluation depends on the depth of affinity."
"The first elent... Fire."
Again, the crystal sphere.
No creativity in these tests, huh?
Still, Rei placed his hand on it.
A roaring fla ignited within the sphere.
It symbolized complete affinity with the Fire elent—perfect perception of all Fire-elental presence.
"Monster..."
"Is he even human?"
"Sensing 70% of Fire elents is already considered a prodigy among Fire Mages."
"He’s at full perception?"
Fire was only the beginning.
Rei moved on.
Ice Elent — Full Perception.
Dark Elent — Full Perception.
Water Elent — Full Perception.
Wind Elent — Full Perception.
...
After reading all afternoon yesterday, Rei now understood—
Not every Mage could learn every spell.
Most Mages had exceptional affinity for only a single elent.
Elental perception could be improved through external ans—such as sensing Dark Crystals to increase Dark affinity—but it began at 1% and rose painfully slowly.
The higher it climbed, the harder it beca.
The resources and effort required grew exponentially.
And the final 10%—
Was considered impossible to reach.
Thus, Mages with strong affinity for a particular elent would specialize deeply in that path.
Greater affinity ant easier spell mastery, faster learning, and greater power output.
That was how distinctions like Fire Mage, Ice Mage, Lightning Mage ca to be.
But the boy before them—
Every single elent tested—
100% Full Perception.
All Elents: 100%.
A perfect Omni-Elent Mage.
Even Kumiloni’s expression showed a flicker of surprise.
Without testing, no one would have known Rei truly possessed perfect full-elent perception.
"All elents... 100%."
Even the elderly ritual master could not suppress his trembling voice.
He had felt regret over not witnessing Iz’s ascension to Magic Saint.
Now—
He had witnessed the birth of a new arcane prodigy instead.
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