The mont the ceremony ended, the academy beca far louder than before.
Students flooded the courtyard.
So were excited.
So were disappointed.
Others were already discussing their plans for the next month.
Ethan walked toward the academy gate while opening his Origin System once more.
[ Origin System ] [ Synthesis ]
Na: Ethan Reed
Stage: 1, Novice Creator
World Type: Elental
Origin Energy: 1,000
Origin Credits: 1,200 CR
System Points: 100 SP
Units: 99
Elentless Sprite ×99 [Common]
XP: 0 / 1,000
Everything looked exactly the sa.
Except for the second tab.
His eyes lingered on it.
Synthesis.
The word seed ordinary.
Yet the more he thought about it, the stranger it beca.
The Federation had existed for thousands of years.
Countless Creators had awakened before him.
Countless worlds had been studied.
If this was a normal feature, he would have heard about it.
Yet he hadn't.
Not once.
"Ethan!"
A voice interrupted his thoughts.
He looked up.
Several classmates were approaching.
One of them grinned.
"So? What rank did you get?"
"B."
A few eyebrows rose.
"Not bad."
"Way better than ."
"Damn. Lucky."
Ethan simply smiled.
The rank wasn't bad.
But it wasn't extraordinary either.
A Rank students would receive more resources.
S Rank students were practically guaranteed invitations from top universities.
anwhile, B Rank students occupied a middle ground.
Good enough to matter.
Not good enough to stand out.
"What path did you awaken?" soone asked.
"Elental."
Several students nodded.
One of them sighed.
"I got Technological."
Another laughed.
"What's wrong with that?"
"My world started with ordinary humans."
The group imdiately burst into laughter.
Ethan smiled.
That actually sounded fairly normal.
Technological civilizations weren't born powerful.
They had to develop.
Factories.
Machines.
Infrastructure.
Progress happened step by step.
Unlike Elental Worlds, where power could appear much earlier.
As the conversation continued, Ethan quietly listened.
One student had awakened a Cultivation World.
Another had awakened a Mystical World.
Everyone seed eager to compare their starting situations.
Then soone suddenly asked:
"What units did you get?"
The group imdiately beca interested.
Ethan remained calm.
"Sprites."
"Elental Sprites?"
"Elentless Sprites."
Silence.
Several people blinked.
"Elentless?"
"That's a thing?"
"I've never heard of that."
Ethan wasn't surprised.
Neither had he.
One student scratched his head.
"So... they don't have any elents?"
"No."
The atmosphere beca awkward.
An Elental World whose core race lacked elents sounded strange.
Very strange.
One of the students quickly laughed.
"Well, you're B Rank. There has to be sothing special about them."
Ethan rely nodded.
He didn't know if there was.
At least not publicly.
After chatting for a few more minutes, everyone gradually went their separate ways.
Soon, Ethan found himself walking ho alone.
The city felt different now.
Everywhere he looked, discussions about awakenings filled the streets.
Restaurants.
Stores.
Public transport.
Everyone was talking about newly awakened Creators.
It happened every year.
Yet this year, Ethan was part of it.
A Creator.
The title still felt unreal.
By the ti he arrived ho, the sun had already begun to descend.
The front door opened.
His mother was waiting.
"How did it go?"
Ethan smiled.
"I awakened."
Relief imdiately appeared on her face.
"And?"
"B Rank."
Her eyes widened.
"B?"
"Yeah."
She pulled him into a hug.
"That's wonderful."
A mont later, his father erged from the living room.
Unlike his mother, he remained calm.
But Ethan still noticed the smile.
"Elental World?"
"How did you know?"
His father laughed.
"You've been reading about Elental Creators for years."
Fair enough.
The family spent the next hour talking.
Eventually, Ethan escaped back to his room.
The mont the door closed, his expression changed.
His attention returned to the Origin System.
No interruptions.
No distractions.
Just him.
And the mysterious second tab.
He sat on his bed.
Took a deep breath.
Then selected it.
The Origin System vanished.
A new panel appeared.
[ Synthesis ]
Available Elents:
Fire
Water
Earth
Air
Ethan froze.
That was it.
No explanation.
No instructions.
Just four elents.
He frowned.
Then focused on one of the sprites inside his world.
The panel imdiately changed.
Selected Unit: Elentless Sprite [Common]
Available Elents:
Fire
Water
Earth
Air
Cost: 10 SP
Success Rate: 80%
For several seconds, Ethan simply stared.
Then he read it again.
And again.
Slowly.
Carefully.
Making sure he wasn't imagining things.
The aning was obvious.
This tab could add elents to his sprites.
His heart started beating faster.
Elentless Sprites.
Fire Sprites.
Water Sprites.
Earth Sprites.
Air Sprites.
The implications were enormous.
Especially because his sprites currently had no elent at all.
Ethan swallowed.
Then opened his Origin System.
System Points: 100 SP.
Enough for ten attempts.
His gaze shifted back toward the waiting Synthesis panel.
The tiny sprite stood beside the spring, completely unaware of the decision hanging over its head.
For the first ti since awakening...
Ethan felt truly excited.
Because he had a feeling.
A very strong feeling.
The reason he had awakened ninety-nine Elentless Sprites...
was hidden inside this tab.
And he was about to find out why.
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