Chapter 75: Middle Rank Mage Apprentice

In a simply furnished room, a man with white hair and a bulky body sat cross-legged, closing his eyes in meditation. His explosive muscle was hidden beneath his black robes; however, the faint contours of his muscle were still thinly visible from the black wizard robes.

He took slow and laboured breaths that completely emptied his mind.

In his hand were two middle-grade mana crystals with patches of purple colour that almost covered one-fourth of the stone.

As Aur continued to meditate, the two middle-grade mana crystals slowly started to crack, and as time passed, it became even more apparent until they completely broke like glass, turning into ordinary crystals.

Aur opened his eyes with a satisfied smile on his face.

"I have reached the middle rank in mage apprentice," Aur thought with a nod of his head as he looked inside his mental space.

There, the colourless, almost water-like mana had reached about one-fourth of the way or twenty-five percent, filling the mental space with it.

In mid-air, two spells floated, one white and one golden, emitting a blinding light.

Aur looked at these two spells with glee; their brightness had increased considerably compared to before, as the power of the spell had also increased with the growth in his mana and will increase as his mana capacity increases.

Although they were tier-one spells, they weren't utilised to their full potential, as Aur is a mage apprentice and a low rank at that so he couldn't utilise the power of the spell.

As he progresses, the spells will become even stronger. Moreover, he could upgrade the spells to a higher tier if he could obtain the materials for it.

For the Elemental Mastery spell, the limit was the fourth tier. While not exactly a limit, the Five Elemental Magic book only provided a blueprint of the spell up to the fourth tier and the Wizard's hand was even lower than that at tier three. Even the village leader was a tier-three mage, so reaching tier four was more than enough for Aur to reach his peak.

"Not like I can even reach it; let's start small and reach high, Aur," he consoled himself and stood up from his meditation.

"Is it finally the day for the evaluation?" Aur thought with a frown on his face as he looked at the calendar.

The calendar of this world was also very similar to Aur's previous world; the only difference was the date itself, as it was the year 8009 in the calendar.

"Muscle system," Aur spoke in a familiar tone as the blue panel materialised in front of him, in all its glory that only he could see.

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[Muscle System]

[Name: Aur Cromwell/ Auriel

Talent: Future Seer (Major: 0; Minor: 1)

-Muscle mass: 1.83 (+)

-Intelligence: 1.40 (+)

The group's ears perked up when they heard this; even Aur curiously looked at Leo.

"In the first evaluation, the village leader and the elders will all be personally watching every single one of the people," Leo added, with a proud expression on his face.

Everyone's eyes brightened considerably when they heard this.

"Really, Brother Leo? Will the village leader and the elders watch us personally? If we can get in their favour and ride their coattails," the brown-haired girl spoke in an excited tone, causing everyone's attention to be drawn.

Cough!

The girl coughed embarrassingly and sat down on her seat obediently again, causing the entire class to burst out in laughter.

"Hmph," the brown-haired girl's face reddened in embarrassment.

Leo suddenly smiled and put his hands on her shoulder with a smile on his face, "Don't worry, Anne. You were just excited, nothing more than that. You shouldn't be embarrassed of it."

"Really?" Anne asked with a blush on her face.

"Yes, you look even cute," Leo replied.

The group looked at them while rolling their eyes.

"Must be nice having a girlfriend," an annoyed voice came from the side, which made Leo and Anne separate themselves in embarrassment.

While Aur looked at both of them with confusion, "When did Anne become Leo's girlfriend?" he asked with a curious expression on his face.

"You don't know? Oh right, you weren't there. They just proposed a week ago," one of the boys replied with a smirk on his face in a teasing tone.

Which made both of their faces even redder in embarrassment.

"I didn't know before. Congratulations, brother Leo," Aur said straightforwardly.

"Thank you, brother Aur. I will cherish her dearly," Leo scratched his head.

"Oh, you," Anne covered her face in embarrassment.

As they were talking, all the students arrived. Even Williams arrived early; however, his aura seemed to have completely changed from before, as the pressure he radiated made everyone hush with just his stare.

"Has this bastard become stronger again?" Aur thought with narrowed eyes as he looked at William, who was seated at the front.

Dong!

Just then, the bell rang, denoting the start of the classroom.