Back in the underground training ground that was repaired overnight and even fortified even further, we stood on the ground and the families were on the stands like last night.
I was the only one with the headmaster in the arena, and even grandpa Zhen was on the pavilion with my family this ti.
Aside from them, this place was empty and just like yesterday, there were countless barriers covering this stage.
But, this ti, there was sothing different aside from the increased number of barriers.
A pure white barrier covered the stage, and this barrier was sothing I had only seen in books before.
(Protection of white light), a (tier-8) defensive barrier of the light attribute. And as its na suggested, it was a barrier of white light.
And he was the one to set it, so, the thought I had that things can't be as bad as my grandma, was crushed to pieces.
Mom was worried again, but this barrier was sothing that completely blocked the interference from outside and no one realized this until he put this barrier up, and... this old man was smirking.
He was excited right now.
He, one of the three archmages in the entire world, was excited right now.
And this wasn't a very good thing.
Even Rein's heart was beating faster and she just tried to calm herself down while patting her heart area.
Mom was enraged at this bastard before , and none of us would have thought he would do sothing like this.
Even the grandparents were restless at this sudden behavior of his.
Setting up this powerful barrier ant he was definitely going to do sothing crazy, and… I was still a not twelve-year-old kid, for nature's sake~!!
What was the test, and what was this old man thinking?!
My heart was calm right now, and despite this unthinkable situation, I was thinking straight, and this thing surprised this bastard even more.
"Well, you are just amazing, Axion. Really amazing~." I said with a now clear smile and genuine expression that was totally different from a mont ago.
I knew he was crazy but… now I believed he was insane.
"Well, the test is simple." He finally spoke up, and I sighed while preparing myself.
"Shoot." I was ready.
If I can survive against things like those monsters in the dark forest and my crazy master, then his test was at the very least survivable.
And it wasn't like he had any intention of killing or anything, right?
Not before my family, and not in the na of a test, and definitely not soone good like him.
There was no need to worry about death so, I can even go all out if needed.
But, his test was simple 'sounding' than anything I was thinking.
"You use three of your powerful spells. I use three of my weak spells. You won't die, and that's it. Simple, right?
Just show those gorgeous spells and if you can, sothing so amazing that I would want to give you .
If you do more than I think, you would be the 54th person, according to , to have the key~." his smirk was replaced by a warm smile in an instant and it surprised to the core.
'Well, damn…'
Now I have no choice but to go all out.
The thing he just ntioned was sothing priceless and just from the way he said it, we could tell just how amazing of a place it was that only a few had ever been there.
That place was sothing like the restricted area from our tower library.
I have read many things about that place in the books from the general area and we had almost every book there could be in this library's area, but I was staying here.
Going back wasn't an option, and I had to stay here for as long as I wanted.
And if I can read the books of those parts in this library as well as so special books that only that place had, it was naturally a great deal.
Now, there was a fire burning in my eyes and I knew what I will have to do.
"Thank you, headmaster~. You can start this one. Let show you the defensive power of this special energy I have~."
I smirked and looked at him, and he agreed with a perfect nod.
He was excited to see just how powerful this energy he faced a long ti ago actually was in the hands of a human.
And he will have fun, from what I can say.
He was a genius like no other, and I admired him for all the things I knew about him.
Though not much was known about his early life, he ca to light when he was a hundred or so years old, only ten in human age comparison, and at that ti, he had started as an adventurer.
And when he started his journey, he was rely a (tier-3) mage like us.
But, he vouchers to places, beca a legendary figure among the adventurers, and after so ti, when he was of age, he joined the academy as a special talent that the headmaster of that ti found the most intriguing.
After that, he trained him himself, and before he passed away, and the headmaster before was barely a (tier-8) mage, he gave him the place of the headmaster.
And that was more than five hundred years back.
This person before , having enormous talents like a select few and his special affinity with all attributes and a unique talent for handling the Aether that he harnessed on his own in the past hundred years, managed to beco what he was today.
Soone all the nations in the world looked up to, even with his cunning behavior and manipulative mind.
Soone who contributed to the academy the most, and even in the entire history, beca one of the best headmasters to ever exist.
Not only was he strong, wise, and smart, but he was also caring, gentle, and sotis crazy, but caring at the sa ti.
He was soone like my grandfather to . I can't help but admire him even with his craziness.
He was the reason many internal conflicts are solved without much bloodshed, and wars are ended just because he didn't want that to happen.
He was a force like no other, and just his re presence changed all the battlefields.
He was strong, soone so strong that even the title of [Archmage] wasn't enough for him.
And maybe, in the future, he will surpass this rank of just being an archmage and beco sothing of ancient legends.
And I knew he already knew there were realms above his current one, and with ti, he might actually beco a [Lord].
But that was too far away for to think right now.
For now, this was the test to not just get his interest but also access to one of the secret parts of the grand library.
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