"One's ntal strength must be above 150 MSU, but most people try to get as close as they can to 300 MSU before advancing."
Gale understood why the enhancent of ntal strength by the strengthening process was so important. Only this way he had a chance of advancing to the Magus Phase soon enough to keep holding his higher ruler beast status.
It showed the complicated way nature worked to make the ruler beasts stay such; every ti the beast advanced, it would get the required boost to help it reach the next stage soon enough.
"So the average magus' ntal strength is around 600?"
Gale asked Alice after he heard her explanation and got a nod from her.
"There is a very important trade-off to do. Nobody ever advanced to the Magus Phase after passing more than 40% of his life expectancy, which is the main reason many people don't break through. To achieve 150 MSU before turning 200, one needs to tornt his mind for hours, especially if they only have two elents."
"Wait, you can advance with only 2 elents? My teacher in the kingdom told only people with 4 elents can be a magus."
Gale rembered Shana's words that the rumors say one must have affinities with 4 elents to get into the Magus Phase, but she did ntion that it was only a rumor.
"That's false. But most magi have at least three elents since it gave them a head start. After being strengthened with three elents, their ntal strength has a better starting point than soone who was strengthened only twice."
Gale thought of Lena who had 5 different elents and probably enjoyed a huge boost in her strengthening every ti she advanced. He even felt a hint of desire to quickly get more elents and boost himself further.
"I guess magi can easily pressure as I am since they have nearly 9 tis more ntal power than on average. I have another question; how can I start exuding my aura and ntal pressure the way you do it on ?"
"You probably can't, it's a perk of Expert Mages. However, you might be an exception like the way you could mix elents as a True Mage. Anyway, let's go back to training. We have two weeks to train your physical skills."
For the next two weeks, Gale and Alice sparred in hand-to-hand combat every day. Although Alice was generally nice to him, she didn't go easy on him during his training, and he would have to consu fourth-rank potions to heal his bruises every day.
However, thanks to his bestial instincts, he didn't need much ti to adjust to fighting and soon his fighting style resembled a self-made martial art. Following Alice's advice, he could cut off many unnecessary movents and fight more efficiently every day.
"Professor, do you use weapons when you fight?"
"Not really, our empire isn't well-versed in weapon fighting styles and we rely on our magic to fight. The other two empires are much better at utilizing weapons, specifically, the Chijakor Empire is more proficient with swords and spears, while the Incan Empire is better with knives and long-range weapons such as bows. Our empire has a more refined control over mana and uses magic better."
At the end of the two weeks, the three months session ca to an end, and it was ti for him to mingle with the other students again.
"You may go now, by next week your na will be moved to the other age group as I told you."
He went ho and opened the nu to order so of his favorite sixth-rank dishes, but to his dismay, he found out that his nu was locked again and required him to break so records.
"To open access to sixth-rank dishes, you need to break 6 records. Currently, you have only two points."
The points were from having the record of the youngest Advanced Mage and the youngest to enter the top 3, but he still had to break a few more. He snorted at Alessa and started finding records he could break.
'Fine, I can get the first rank before Alice moves to the other age group and get another point.'
"Challenge rank 1."
"Confird."
His answer ca soon; the duel was scheduled for 2 days later. He kept searching for more records to break, and this ti didn't limit his search only to 'the youngest' type of records.
'Okay, I found so good ones. The strongest physical hit in my age group, the fastest to finish a running track of 1 kiloter, the most flexible, and the most endurant. There is one record for each of the four physical attributes boosted by mana.'
He chose to go and try to break the records for speed and power since he was boosted by both wind and fire. Flexibility was off the table since he wasn't strengthened by water, and he didn't really feel like getting beaten to his limit for a record, so he dropped the endurance test as well.
After compromising on a al consisting of fourth-rank dishes, he went to find the place to break the records.
He found out it was in the sa Pentagon Building as the arena in a few separate rooms on the top floor. Since the tests didn't involve magic, they placed it on the weakest floor, as the building wasn't in danger.
He found the room for the physical strength test according to Alessa's instructions and found a short line of people interested in testing their physical strength. The room didn't only serve those who believed they could break the current record, but anyone who wanted to assess his own strength.
"Next, Gale Stormborn."
Using his special rights as a mber of the top 10, he skipped the line and entered the room. The room had 3 separate devices so three students could take the test simultaneously while the other students watched them from behind.
'The power of an average True Mage in my age group is 6.9 PSU, which shows the quality of the students here.'
1 PSU (A/N: PSU – Physical Strength Unit) was equal to the physical strength of an average True Mage. It showed the excellence of the students since the average student was nearly 7 tis better than the average mages in the empire.
'The record for my group age was 52 PSU, probably set by a lower elite human who was strengthened by fire and earth and beca an Advanced Mage before 36. I guess it's ti for to shine.'
He stood in front of the device which was a cushioned pole with its base on the ground and prepared to kick it. He perford a spinning kick with his right leg and blew the device, making it slam hard against the floor before coming back up.
*BOOM!*
The students' eyes were already fixated on him; not often they'd get to see a performance from a student from the top three. Everyone looked excitedly for the result of his kick.
"OOH! It's 109, over two tis the previous record!"
Soone shouted with astonishnt as soon as the device showed the result. Everyone looked at Gale with awe as he turned around and left the room. Since there weren't any interdiate elite humans in the academy, it ant that the student who set the previous record was far weaker than him after advancing to the fifth stage.
"Wait, guys, doesn't it an he is at least an Advanced Mage now? But I heard he was so young that he was supposed to be only in the next age group!"
"Yes, I checked the Hall of Glory when he entered the top 3, he is only 20 years old!"
"KIYAAA, I can't believe it!"
"Lord Gale! Please look here!"
"Lord Gale, are you going to claim the first rank soon?"
"I saw it in the arena's announcents today, his fight for the first rank will happen in two days!"
"Lord Gale, I'm single!"
'I'm already 21 though, I even ordered a sixth-rank birthday cake while I was training under Alice.'
Gale thought to himself as he walked out toward the speed test with all the students from the physical strength test following him from behind. The line for that test turned completely empty now, and if soone chose to return, they could use the devices without any waiting.
However, nobody returned. Having a chance to witness the speed test's record broken didn't co by often.
"Hey, what's going on?"
"Lord Gale just broke the record of the physical strength test, and now he is going to break the one for speed. Let us pass!"
The students who were standing in line for the speed test were all startled to see all the other students crowding around the speed test, and so of the newcors explained the situation.
With everyone hyped behind him, Gale stood on the running track and waited for the countdown to reach zero before running.
'42.3 seconds record for the 1-kiloter track, I guess I should sprint.'
To pass a kiloter in 42.3 seconds, the record holder ran at a speed of 85 kiloters per hour (A/N: nearly 53 mph for Aricans
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