Chapter 21: Interlude: Academy

The day the academy officially starts.Michael was currently wearing a fully white robe, it seemed as per his role, all his clothing was now white.

The old Ivory Robe was gone, now replaced with a new one that looked nearly identical.

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Saint's Robe [Replica] [Rare]

+500 HP

+250 MP

+50 INT

+50 CHA

# Emit a faint glow of radiance

# Reduce initial MP cost of skills by 25 MP

# Increase the range of skills by 50 meters

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The stat increase was massive, way more than the uncommon rarity version.

It also had an affix that Michael was extremely surprised to see, that being the initial cost of skills reducement.

As his Shield of Nourishment skill leveled up, its mana cost increased by 5 per level instead of 50.

It was significantly harder to level up than the other Shield skill, as it only gave 200 EXP per cast if it healed someone, if the person was full HP he wouldn't get anything, he would only get the EXP if the shield breaks.

Besides that, Michael was currently still stuck at level 40, in the past 4 months he barely made any progress.

He turned to the side and looked at himself in the mirror 'Status'

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Name: Saint Michael

Age: 12 years old

Race: Human

Class: Healer [Common]

Level 40 [5000/40000 EXP]

Titles:

Ruthless Combatant

# Raise all your damage by 10% when facing enemies at least 30 levels above you

-Stats

HP: 2040/2040 [+500] / Regen 160 HP Per Hour {1:9}

MP: 3806/3806 [+250] / Regen 384 MP Per Hour {1:9}

STR: 90->100

END: 148->160

AGI: 226->231

INT: 302->384 [+50]

CHA: 40->100 [+50]

-Skills / [Skill Merging]

[Eyes of The Healer] [Level MAX] [Unique] [Passive]

# See the HP, ailments, illnesses, curses, and any kind of mind magic of those in your field of vision.

Hand to hand combat [Level 10 MAX] [Common] [Passive]

# Increases STR by 10% when fighting using only your hands

Discipline [Level 11 300/5000 EXP] [Uncommon] [Passive]

# Mental magic has an 11% reduced effect on you

Shooting mastery [Level 6 0/3000 EXP] [Uncommon] [Passive]

# Any kind of projectile has a 6% increase in velocity

Purify [Level 35 1250/17500 EXP] [Epic] [Active]

# Purify everyone and everything around you, curing all diseases and illnesses

Cost: 30MP

Radius: 85 Meters

Infuse [Level 10 MAX] [Common] [Active]

# Increase target's HP by 100

Cost: 25MP

Duration: 1 Hour

Shield of Nourishment [Level 14 2000/7000 EXP] [Rare] [Active]

# Heal 7800 HP and apply a 7800 HP shield. Once broken heal for the amount Shielded.

Cost: 80MP

Wind Buff [Level 10 MAX] [Common] [Active]

Increase the target's AGI by 10

Cost:25MP

Duration: 1 Hour

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Michael's level might have stagnated but his stats did not.

He pressed on Skill Merging, selecting Infuse and Wind Buff, it was a skill he had gotten upon reaching level 40.

It was extremely easy to max out, much pike Infuse, all he had to do was cast it on someone and he got EXP, now though it was time to say goodbye to these 2 skills.

-Ding

[Skills merged, generating new skill]

Blessing of stats [Level 0 0/100] [Uncommon] [Active]

# Increase all stats by 25

Cost: 100MP

Duration: = INT -> 384 Minutes

'A solid support skill, one I can keep cast on me forever, neat.' Michael put on a small smile. Even if he didn't level up as much as he wanted, he was still able to become much stronger.

Michael also tried buying a weapon, however, the prices shocked him.

For a common sniper rifle, you had to pay 15.000 dollars, for an uncommon 100.000 dollars and it even got more crazy starting from rare, the price even going up into the millions.

He was better off just getting a weapon for free from the academy.

'I am a bit curious, are my heals really anything special? From all the healers I have seen over these past few months, it looked like they were able to heal wounds in an instant as well.'

You heal HP, they heal wounds, similar but different.

'How so?'

All beings have HP if it drops to 0 they die, however as long as their HP is at least 1, you can Heal them back to full health.

As for the other healers, they can heal injuries, however, if they are fatal, there is nothing they can do.

For example, your heals back in the dungeon where you met Meph, the wounds on Joanna and Zane were fatal, yet you were able to heal them. It will continue being so until you meet the stronger beings, as the laws of stats don't apply to them.

Michael smirked 'Oh am I finally strong enough to hear about them?'

Not even close, I am merely giving you an example because you met one of them, Fafnir, by system standards his level would be in the 1000's range, and that was when he was weakened.

'Huh? How am I supposed to catch up to them then?' The system's words did not make sense to Michael.

I can't tell you, however at some point down the line, you will realize it yourself, after all, the system is only a helping mechanism.. temporarily.

Those words made Michael's eyes widen even further 'temporarily!?'

Once you reach level 200, you will understand.

'Hey you can't leave me on a cliffhanger like that, tell me!' Michael tried calling out to the system but was ignored.

Michael looked around in annoyance and picked up his ID card, heading out the academy.

As a Saint, he was given special admission, meaning he did not need to pass any sort of entrance exam, something the others had to do last week.

Even so, Michael didn't have anything better to do, so he decided to snoop around and see what they were up to.

Walking outside, he saw his driver, still the same one after all this time, yet he didn't even know his name.

'I don't think we even talked once' Michael sighed and got into the car, speeding off straight to the academy.

Upon arriving he noticed a bunch of cars, some fancy, others not so much.

He walked up to the academy and walked right in.

The receptionist immediately noticed him and jumped up "What an honor it is to meet you young Saint."

Ever since his introduction as the Saint, Michael was recognized by the public constantly, hence why he stopped going out as much, it became a bother.

"Hello, can I get some directions to where I have to go?" Michael asked, wearing a kind smile.

The robe increased his charisma by 50, bringing it to a total of 100, to say he was considered a top notch model, is an understatement.

He didn't look his age either, if someone were to look at him without knowing who Michael was, they would think he was 16.

The receptionist slightly blushed and led Michael into some sort of classroom, with 'Elite' written on the door.

He waved the receptionist goodbye and walked right, there were 19 people seated and a strict looking female teacher standing on a small podium.

She had her brown hair in a bun, and was short, even shorter than Michael, but alas, he had grown quite a lot in these past few years since coming to this world.

Upon seeing Michael, the teacher's green eyes narrowed "You are late, sit down."

"Sorry" Michael replied and looked for an empty seat and he quickly found one.

He was right next to some scrawny looking kid with glasses.

Looking around the classroom he saw there were 10 girls and 10 boys in total, an even distribution.

"Alright class, today we will be doing introductions, lessons will start tomorrow" The teacher said and sat down on the podium.

"My name is Lena, I am a level 180 Fire Mage, as well as your new homeroom teacher."

She then pointed at a student furthest from the left, it seemed she wanted everyone to go in order.

And they did, however only a few had caught Michael's eye.

"Elizabeth, Level 22, Swordswoman" A kind looking girl with short red hair and blue eyes spoke.

"Chloe, Level 26, Space Mage" Blank expression, long white hair and crimson red eyes. Michael couldn't read her at all.

"Kevin, Level 27, prefer not to say" another nonchalant kid, pitch black hair and blue colored eyes. This guy looked strong, Michael just couldn't put his finger on why.

The others didn't catch his interest, these 3 were by far the most powerful looking, and they were the only ones above level 20.

'Diamond spoon you said?' Michael couldn't help but tease.

No comment.

It was finally Michael's turn to introduce himself, though everyone was already staring at them, no surprise that they knew him.

"Michael, Level 40, Healer." Those words seemed to shock everyone present, it even startled the teacher herself, but she quickly composed herself.

"G-good, it is a pleasure to meet all of you, I hope we can all get along."

The teacher, Lena, proceeded to explain what they would be doing starting tomorrow.

Training, a fight against the teachers and or other students in order to improve your skills.

For healers like Michael, it won't be beneficial, however, he could always better improve himself.

Learning, the program will go over basic lessons such as maths and physics, in place of chemistry there is alchemy and of course magic theory. It will go over the most efficient use of your skills.

And finally, actual combat, the students will be taken to dungeons and experience real combat, though that part won't really be a big problem for Michael.

After Lena finished explaining, everyone was free to go back home.

'The first day in school is always like this.'

I can see that, though why were you acting so arrogant there, you know they are all children right?

'Obviously, however, do you seriously think no one would pick a fight with me if I was a Saint? It's better to antagonize them all to see who could be a potential ally.'

Did those 3 meet your expectations then, o holy being?

Michael's brow twitched 'They did.. don't call me that again by the way, it sounds creepy when you say it.'

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Since Michael didn't have anything else to do he went back to trying some new snacks the chef prepared, the academy will finally actually start tomorrow.