The footsteps of the Prime Minister stopped and looked at the person who had stopped him.

"Yes?" asked the obviously confused minister.

"What about the people who haven't received the ceremony?" Professor Kaede asked.

"What?" The prime minister looked at the remaining four people who hadn't yet had a class, Zack included. He seemed like he really had forgotten about them.

"Don't worry about that. After the banquet, we will continue with the ceremony. Come on, we don't want to be late" said the minister as he tried to continue towards the room where the banquet will be held when he was stopped again by being grabbed by the arm.

"The ceremony only lasts a few seconds, I'm sure that when we arrive the banquet hasn't started yet" replied Kaede feeling outraged by the prime minister's attitude towards her students.

Despite his age, Zack has experienced many things and understands how the world is, so few things can arouse his anger. Apparently being kidnapped against your will to be sent to fight a war he has nothing to do with only to be forgotten when his captors have gotten what they want is one of them.

Who would have guessed

"Eh? But wouldn't it be nice to keep His Majesty waiting?" the prime minister replied as he watched the crowd at the end of the corridor.

Professor Kaede was going to say something only to be interrupted by someone behind her.

"If that's the case, why don't you let me continue with the ceremony? After all, with my old bones, it's normal that I'm late for the celebration"

The minister turned and seeing the person who was speaking he said:

"Are you sure archmage? I didn't want to burden you"

"Yes, I a-"

"Excellent. Please come with me, it would be a shame to be late. I leave everything in your hands archmage" Without letting the mage finish speaking the prime minister left the room accompanied by Miss Kaede who seemed to intend to stay.

After they left the room the others fell silent, after all, it was hard to forget that this seemingly normal old man had electrocuted one of them ten minutes ago.

An awkward silence enveloped the room until the old wizard said impatiently:

"Well. What are you waiting for?"

The students reacted and rushed to find out what their class was.

There were only four students left who had not received their class. Miss Kaede was right, the process was very fast. 20 seconds later one of the members had received the class from her.

Status

Name:

Suzumiya Airi

Race:

Human

Age:

18

Class:

Bard Level 1

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Skills:

Universal Traduction

It was the bard class, a very common tier 2 class that was in charge of using music to influence the behavior of the people around it, the old man explained to us. Unlike the Pontiff, the old wizard appreciates having more patience and explained his class in detail.

Although they may seem simple at first glance, neither class was totally harmless.

After hearing the old man's explanation, the others seemed to have calmed down a bit, and another student approached the old man to find out about his class. This boy was the only foreigner in the class besides Wendy and Ronald, American nationals, and Zack, half-Japanese.

Zack's father was a Japanese lawyer who met his mother in an international trial. It was a very complicated process in relation to maritime trade. Zack's father lost.

After that, Zack's father and mother kept in touch, little by little they established a relationship and the rest is history.

The kid put his hand on the crystal ball and after not being able to shine anymore, his status appeared before the eyes of those who were still in the room.

Status

Name:

Austín Ramírez

Race:

Human

Age:

18

Class:

Fire Mage Level 1

Skills:

Universal Traduction

"Ooohhhh. Is this a tier 2 class?" Agustín asked satisfied.

Magic classes are extremely rare, apart from Seto who had the Sage class, only two people had acquired a magic class.

One was Magical Tailor, a tailor who used magic for his clothes and imbued them with magical power giving them special characteristics. Wizard robes were made by these classes. Still, it was not a class that had magic as its main concentration.

The other person who possessed a magical class was a Shaman, a person who summoned the powers of nature spirits to help him in combat.

When the nobles saw that class they reacted as if they had seen a tier 3 class. Evidently, the magical classes were more powerful than the others.

"No, it's a tier 1 class" said the archmage breaking his dreams of power and greatness like many before him.

"B-But shouldn't the tier 1 class be the mage class? How is it possible that my class is tier 1?" The boy asked hoping that his class was tier 2. The treatment was completely different.

"Normally yes, but there are exceptions in which few individuals possess an extraordinary aptitude in a certain field that allows them to modify their class" the archmage spoke.

"An example would be the tier 1 shield warrior class. This class shows that the warrior has an unusual aptitude for using shields. Those with such classes will have less difficulty raising their class rank to tier 2, acquiring defensive classes like guardian or paladin."

Hearing that he could level up his class, the boy hopefully asked: "T-Then can I be like the rest and have the same treatment"

Zack paid attention to what the archmage would say next. After all, even if he had a tier 1 class he could reach higher levels.

The archmage snorted "In your dreams. It's not that easy. If a person with a class of tier 1 wants to reach tier 2 he would not only have to reach level 100 but he would have to possess enough understanding of the class he wants to achieve. The fastest person to increase the rank of his class was the son of a noble who was obsessed with this.

The archmage stopped and asked: Do you know how long it took that noble to rank up his class with the resources of his territory?

"Eh? I don't know, three years?" Austin replied not sure of the answer he gave.

"Five years. That has been the minimum time considered to raise a class from tier 1 to tier 2. That was because it had a mutated class like yours, a normal person would take 10 years with the same resources, and with each tier it becomes more difficult. Having a tier 2 class is already an impressive thing across the continent."

"F-Five years" Upon hearing the answer the student was deflated, and to think that he would have to work for five years to raise his class to the minimum level that his colleagues flooded him with envy.

Zack's complexion turned pale. It took ten years and a multitude of resources to upgrade a tier 1 class. He and his companions had been called to fight in the war against the Demon King, but the archmage had already said that having a tier 2 class was extraordinary, having a tier 1 class was not.

Would it really be possible for the kingdom to give them the resources to level up their class and not their own soldiers?

Most likely, people with tier 1 classes will be thrown onto the battlefield barely prepared to be cannon fodder. People with tier 1 classes are probably expendable pieces. If you don't have a tier 2 class you can only wait to die.

"It's already great that you have a class like this, be grateful for what you have" said the archmage as he moved the crystal ball away.

"Who is the next one?" he asks the two people remaining.

"It will be me" The ceremony was ending and there were hardly any students left. Zack didn't see the need to be the last so he offered to do it as calmly as possible but even so, he was a little uneasy.

He put his hand on the crystal ball and said: "Status"