During the two month wait until school starts, I learned some useful information. One of the things I learned was the very annoying and long ranking system.
Rank System for MagiJ-AAJ-AAAAJ-AAAThis is the first tier, basically it is the normal-class magi. Completing this by getting to A rank adds 200 years to your life. (20 years every rank up.)This is the second tier, getting to this makes you a high-class magi. Completing this by getting to AA rank, adds 2,000 years to your life. (200 years every rank up.)This is the third tier, getting to this makes you a divine-class magi. Completing this by getting to AAA rank, adds 10,000 years to your life. (1,000 years every rank up.)
(MP=Mana Power or amount of mana in numbers;DP=Divine Power or amount of Divine Power in numbers;1 DP=1,000,000 MP;when you get DP your efficiency of using magic is 4-5 times better;DT=Divine Techniques;whoever made this system is trolling everyone who has to deal with it)
Requirements for Each RankJ100-200 MPI201-500 MPH501-1,200 MPG1,201-3,000 MPF3,001-6,500 MPE6,501-12,000 MPD12,001-20,000 MPC20,001-50,000 MPB50,001-100,000 MPA100,001-Infinite MPAJ1-5 DPAI6-15 DPAH16-30 DPAG31-50 DPAF51-100 DPAE101-200 DPAD201-500 DPAC501-900 DPAB901-1,700 DPAA1,701-5,000 DPAAJ5,001-20,000 DP + 1-3 DTAAI20,001-Infinite DP + 4-10 DTAAH20,001-Infinite DP + 11-20 DTAAG20,001-Infinite DP + 21-80 DTAAF20,001-Infinite DP + 81-300 DTAAE20,001-Infinite DP + 301-1,000 DTAAD20,001-Infinite DP + 1,001-5,000 DTAAC20,001-Infinite DP + 5,001-10,000 DTAAB20,001-Infinite DP + 10,001-20,000 DTAAA20,001-Infinite DP + 20,000-Infinite DT
(All the infinite's are because you can go on forever in that form, but it won't add any years to your life by doing that. Also, for infinite DT there is a reason for that which you guys will probably guess easily, but I still won't reveal it until later in the story. The system for warriors is the same as the magi, but all the DP and MP requirements are divided by five because warriors don't use as much of them.)
I also learned something that is very useful and would've been nice to know, the average age to live until is 150 years for an untrained person. This is partly because when people rank up their lives extend, so it became a natural trait to live longer. Since I would live to be about 150 years old untrained, I will actually live to be about 350 because of the amount of mana I have.
Besides gaining knowledge that would've been good for God to tell me, I continued my warrior training and learned to control my mana.
Learning to control my mana was difficult because I came from a world without mana, but I still learned how to control it quickly. This was mostly because I was much smarter than your average four year old and my soul is quite strong so I can sense mana easily because of it.
My warrior training's difficulty was upped a level because I was going to go to Salabar Academy. So, for the two months before school started, I had to do two to three times as much training. Now, I'm not one to complain because I need power to conquer the world, but my parents are either sadists or going to Salabar Academy is a big deal in their eyes. I personally can't wait to go because of the books and all the high-tier minions I can get there.
The first day on the road to Salabar Academy was quite exciting.
*Thud x5
"What was that, it sounds fun," I whispered to myself as an evil grin began to form on my face.
The bandit who I guess was the leader yelled, "Come out with your valuables, there is no way you can survive!"
I, knowing that they probably forgot to surround my carriage, sneaked out of the back of it. And ran into the forest, so I could go around the clearing to get behind them.
As I circled around them, I noticed that the five people guarding me were unconscious and tied up. When I was about half way around them, they couldn't wait any longer and checked the carriage. They came back out disappointed.
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"Boss, I thought that there was gonna be goods in there?" A confused bandit asks.
The leader replied in a deep voice, "Spread out and look for people in the forest, they must have escaped somehow."
Hearing this the bandits went in different directions leaving the leader behind. Stupid, stupid bandits, why would they split up, don't they know forests are dangerous I thought as I moved towards one of the lonesome bandits.
The bandit was looking around while speaking to himself, "Damn people, making my job harder."
He didn't even notice me behind him, before it was too late because I created a large rock and dropped it on his head. After checking his pulse to make sure he was alive, I tied him up because if he was alive, he would be more useful.
I did the same thing to the rest of the bandits, besides the leader, that I did to the first bandit. Luckily, none of them died so I could probably make a lot of money off of them. I then sneaked closer to the bandit leader and watched him, waiting for my moment to strike.
The leader looked a bit agitated and said, "When will those guys be back, I don't like waiting?"
I had to wait for half an hour before a good opportunity to attack happened, a guard woke up. Seeing the guard wake up, the leader turned to go knock him out again, but before he could, I hit him in the head with a rock, knocking him out.
While I waited until the bandits woke up, I dragged them all into one pile. After they all woke up, I began questioning them about how they knocked my guards out so easily.
Sometime earlier...
The bandits were waiting along the road for someone to come down it. After a few days of waiting, my carriage came into view. They quickly spread out to ready themselves to knock all the guards unconscious or kill them. When we got to the middle of all of them, they used blunt arrows to shoot all my guards in the back of their heads. I know the rest so they stopped there.
Back in the present, my guards woke up and I told them to keep them with us and the guards didn't question me.
Five days later we arrived at the city which contains Salabar Academy, but before we went there, I got the bounty on their heads and sold them into slavery. Because of the bandits, I earned a nice profit of 10 silver coins and learned the money system.
1 Platinum Coin=100 Gold Coins;1 Gold Coin=100 Silver Coins;1 Silver Coin=100 Copper Coins;1 Copper Coin=100 Stone Coins;1 Stone Coin=100 Wooden Coins. With wooden being the lowest and platinum the highest, so that 10 silver is actually quite a bit.
After I sold the bandits, I went to Salabar Academy. I took around fifteen minutes to get there from where I was.
This place is pretty impressive, it is as big as a castle, beautiful plants and it is well organized.
When I was about to walk through the gate I was stopped by a guard.
"You can not go any further." The guard said, so I decided to play with him a little.
"Why not?" I responded.
"Only students and teachers are permitted to enter," said the guard which was a bit annoying, but he played right into my hands.
"Are you implying I am not a student? Seriously the nerve of this academy, I get invited to come and then I can't enter. I guess I'll go to another school then." I said provokingly.
The guard got nervous by what I said, so he said, "W-wait a minute, I-I'll go check r-right now."
A few minutes later he came back with a certain old man.
The old man saw me and said, "I'm sorry he gave you trouble, please some right this way."
I laughed and said jokingly to the guard while I went to the old man, "You're a nice guy, wanna be my underling."
He just looked at me while I left with the old man.
While we were walking to the opening ceremony, the old man started talking.
"Did you have to scare the guard so much?" The old man said while chuckling annoyingly.
"Yes, I did because it is fun. Anyway what is your name and where are we going?" I asked because if I didn't get his name I will probably always call him old man, on second thought, I probably will anyways.
"My name is Poleth Salabar, I am actually the headmaster of this academy, and we are going to the opening ceremony.
I suspected everything he said just now, so he just confirmed my suspicions.
He curiously looked at me and said, "Why aren't you surprised, usually one would be excited at least?"
I replied, "I already suspected everything you just said, so you just confirmed what I thought."
The old man wasn't surprised at all and he then said, "Well we are here now, so find yourself a seat."
He then turned and went towards the stage, probably to give a speech. I walked around while waiting until I found a good seat next to some rich-looking people that I could possibly blackmail money out of.
For some reason the old man waited 15 minutes before giving the speech, but I din't care because these rich nobles were talking about stuff that I could blackmail them with, almost like it was their job.
The speech was basically just welcoming the new students and telling them about the school, but since I couldn't pick up blackmailing material while he was talking, I decided to listen and absorb all the information. I realized part way through that I have eidetic memory, so I would be able to remember everything I heard to blackmail people with.
After the speech was over, all students were told what room they lived in and where it was. Before I went to my room, I sent some letters to blackmail some nobles for money. I think they will give me the money without complaint because corruption, plotting, adultery and other bad things are wanted to be kept secret by some people.