15 Chapter 15: Magnus

"Here it is. This is Pinnacle. The best academy within Arcusignis." Said Seirios as the wyvern landed near the large golden gates of the castle.

"From now on, we would refrain from calling you anything related to your status, and will only refer to you by your name in order to avoid people from misunderstanding that we have favorites caused by status." Kugeki said as he turned his head to face Robert.

"I understand." Robert said as he nodded.

Once the wyverns completely landed near the golden gates of the school, Robert and the Twin Celestial teachers unmounted the wyverns. Looking at the place from a nearer perspective, Robert felt a great amount of amazement and wonder due to how grand the academy seemed to be. Sure, Robert has lived a the Demon King's castle that doesn't lose out in grandness, but still, Robert still finds structures like this awe worthy.

The golden gates started to open, and an incredibly handsome tall lean male wearing a fitted long-sleeved shirt slowly walked out. The male had a white skin, sword-like eyebrows, a sculpted face, black slick back hair, brown eyes, and a devilish smile.

"Welcome back, esteemed teachers." The figure said as he bowed.

"Ah, if it isn't the best student of our academy, Magnus." Said Seirios.

"The Principal has instructed me to welcome you along with the duty of escorting the newly transferred student to the Tier 4 dormitories." Said Magnus.

"Tier 4? May I ask what the tiers signify, and how many tiers are there?" Robert suddenly asked.

"The tiers signify the levels in this academy. It is divided into 4 tiers with tier 4 being the lowest. Our basis for these tiers would be the combat power. The combat power would be divided similarly as the ranks in magic. Tier 4 contains students that have combat power ranging from elementary to adept, Tier 3 would have adept to advanced, Tier 2 would be advanced to expert, and Tier 1 would be expert to master. Newly transferred students all go to Tier 4 no matter how skilled they are, but they can choose to go up tiers by battling students from higher tiers provided they are allowed by the teachers." Said Seirios.

"I see so that's how it is. Thank you." Robert replied.

Seirios smiled in reply.

"Young sir, your name is Robert if I remember correctly." Said Magnus as he approached Robert.

"Yes, Sir Magnus." Robert nodded.

"No need for such formalities. Just call me Magnus. Anyways, esteemed teachers, it is time for me to escort the new student to the dormitories. Pardon me." Said Magnus as he bowed lightly again to the two teachers.

The teachers nodded, and said goodbye to me as they walked into the school to who knows where.

Magnus prompted me to follow him so I did. Along the way, I noticed the lush greenery in the vicinity. I noticed the small flying pixie like creatures that flew in the area. I even noticed that all the students in the academy are bigger and older than I am.

"As you may have noticed by now, everyone here is older than you. This is because the minimum age for entry to the academy is 12 years old unless of course, they're like you with special circumstances or are extreme geniuses which allow them early entry." Said Magnus.

"Are there other students like me in this school that got in early." Robert asked.

"There are quite a few currently, but there is one that stands out the most." Magnus said.

"Who might that be?"Robert said.

"The boy's name is Sebas Arc. An utter monster to say the least. Sebas is currently 8 years old, but he learned a few months ago to cast master ranked magic. Sebas is currently in Tier 2, but is soon to ascend to Tier 1 in a few months as he said he is currently preparing for something." Magnus said.

"Master ranked!?At 8 years old????" Robert exclaimed. Robert was surprised at this information. He may be able to cast expert ranked magic, and master ranked is only one tier above, but the chasm and degree of difficulty of casting an expert ranked magic from master ranked magic has a vast difference.

To cast expert ranked magic, you need to learn the concepts of the spell and its structure along with having a certain degree of Mana and control. Master ranked magic, on the other hand, requires you to touch upon the threshold of grasping the pure essence of an element along with the profundity of it. The level of complexity for master ranked magic is at least 4-5 times of expert ranked magic.

"Indeed. All students, myself included, pale in comparison to such talent from a young individual. " Magnus said.

Robert gulped. This is just too frightening.

"May I ask. What about you?Sir. Seirios said that you are the best student in the academy. From this, it means that this Sebas is still inferior to you. How far is Sebas' strength from you?" Asked Robert.

"Oh, curious one aren't you? Well, I don't mind telling you. Let's just say, Sebas challenged me before, and hmmmm, he couldn't quite move properly for a set period of time." Magnus said with a slight smirk that sent shivers down Robert's spine.

Robert and Magnus talked more about the academy. Robert learned that there are classes for hand-to-hand combat, magic, alchemy, history, and even cooking along with other miscellaneous classes.

Robert was also warned by Magnus that there are factions in the school made by the top students, and he should take care in offending one as it might cause trouble.

Robert and Magnus finally arrived to the Tier 4 dormitory. The dormitory looked nice and very well built. He was told that the differences in other Tier dormitories were the facilities and resources in the dorms, but the basic necessities remained the same. The rooms were the same for Tier 4 until 2, but Tier 1 rooms were customizable using points.

Robert received a black card which said Tier 4 which Magnus said to contain the points for miscellaneous things. There are many things that can give earn points, but Magnus said that Robert should explore that aspect later on.Magnus also said that there is 1000 points by default in the card, and that one can know the points contained by inserting a bit of Mana in the card.

Magnus said goodbye after saying a few more things, and started walking away.

[Robert] Megumin's voice suddenly appeared.

'Megumin?What is it?' Robert asked.

[I wonder. That guy. How old is he? He looks old enough to be a teacher.] Megumin said.

Robert stiffened at the realization.

'Now that you mention it, you're right.' Robert said in his mind as he hit his palm his fist.

To be continued....