First Classes - 12

(Author's Note: I just wanted to say that I have changed the description of the Weapon Proficiency skill after a reader noticed a discrepancy with it in the previous chapters, sorry about that.)

As expected, he and Elaine shared every single class together, as they were partners, and even had to sit next to each other in all of these classes.

First was their magic theory class, where they learned what magic was, where it came from, and what the relationship between incantations and magic was. Of course, Taiga already knew the answer to the first two and as for the last one, there was no relationship, it was just some bullcrap.

"Alright, it is the end of class time now, but at the end of the week, there will be a test, if you can't control one of the four core elements of magic by the end of the week, you'll be expelled," said the teacher.

As for Taiga, he didn't worry, as he had been practicing this since he was at the age of 5.

'I guess the standards here aren't that high for first years.'

If this was the best the incoming first years at the battlemage academy could do, then was there really any hope for the mages at the magic academy?

Their next class was alchemy, where although he didn't know that much about it, he eventually figured out it was just chemistry but with magic added into it. Also the names of the elements of the periodic table were different and some had not been discovered in this world yet, but it was basically the same thing.

His third class was weapons and he and Elaine talked to each other on the way there.

"So Taiga, how can you see where the walls are and walk perfectly if you are blind?"

"I feel the vibrations made by my steps bouncing off of other objects and then process that information."

"Then can you tell me what I look like in your eyes?"

"You just look like a general outline of every girl I've met that is 5'8", although I can tell that you have awakened your mana core already and judging from the density of your muscles and the way they are shaped, you are probably skillfully trained as a two handed swordsman."

"Impressive, but you can't see any of my specific features?" she asked, her voice sounding disappointed.

"Yes, I can't see exactly what you look like, in the end all boys have about the same shape while all girls have about the same shape. The only way I can tell them apart is by their voice, or by the shape and composition of your muscles and bones, which either reflect the vibrations better or not."

"That's truly a shame...Well anyways, what weapon do you use. Judging by the way you used your sword during the tournament, I could tell that you've never touched one before in your life, instead you managed to win due to superior attributes, am I right?"

"Yes and no, it was true that I had superior attributes, but I was also able to "see" any moves that they were going to make anyways through the vibrations, which made it so I could easily counter them."

"Ohh, then what weapon are you truly proficient in?"

"I am actually most proficient in hand to hand techniques as they are what I grew up training."

"You know, you get weirder and weirder everyday, I mean who uses hand to hand combat techniques anymore. The last famous person that used them died 200 years ago. Just how effective can they be against a sword or bow?"

"You truly underestimate me, how about I give you a single taste of it during peer teaching today."

"Okay deal, actually let's make a bet, if you can defeat me, I'll let you keep your bed next to the window, but if I beat you, then we switch beds, deal?"

"Fine, you got yourself a deal."

Although he definitely didn't consider her his friend, she had already considered him a friend because she didn't want to stuck with an enemy or a cold person for the next 4 years. She also stuck to him because he had helped her on her magic theory homework so that they got it done in class, while she had helped him with the alchemy homework, although he didn't need the help from her, he accepted it because it got he done with it faster when they worked together. At this point, she just seemed like a slightly useful, annoying pest to him.

Because he was still debating whether he should make her his friend, he decided to take a peek at her attributes.

[Elaine]

Strength: 509

Agility: 535

Health: 344 Hp

Intelligence: 983

Mana: 5,767

Luck: 1

Skills:

[Martial Arts (Level 0): lets the user learn martial arts faster

(activated upon learning of martial art) - Uncommon]

[Superhuman Strength (Level 2): gives the user unnatural strength, far surpassing that of an ordinary human's

(always in effect) - Mythical]

Unique Skills:

[Protector (Level 0): By designating somebody as being "protected" the user makes that person invulnerable for 30 minutes, cannot be used on themself

(activated by user, cooldown 1 week) - Legendary]

Wow, again! Taiga wondered why he was meeting so many strong people. First off, having a unique skill was already amazing, but the skill that Elaine had was almost godly, the only flaw with it was that it couldn't be used on herself and the long cooldown time.

'I guess it might be worthwhile to become friends with her, I mean she is rank 1 after all and all the other nobles do fear her.'

Meanwhile, Elaine was thinking about how cold and distant Taiga seemed. He was someone that exuded an aura that practically stated, "Stay the hell away from me." She could also tell that he was a loner, which was evident when he made her sit with him in the the back corner of the classroom, far away from the teacher and the other students.

'I guess he just isn't used to other people, from the information that I gathered about him, it seems like he grew up in an orphanage far from society. It was no wonder that he wasn't that social.'

Given her analysis, it begged the question, 'how did some lowly orphan get here, to the most famous battlemage school on the continent?' Of course, this just made Elaine more interested in Taiga, which wasn't a good thing nor a bad thing. She wondered if he was truly indeed the bastard son of a noble, as his perfect platinum silver hair was not a color that you could find on the street. If one adopted this theory, then that would explain how he got into the school, maybe his father was one of the nicer nobles and felt bad for him or something, trying to make it up to him by giving him admission into the school.

Even with this conclusion, Elaine could see that Taiga truly was a powerful person. Even though his clothes were pure white, and he always spoke in a monotone, quiet voice that was barely a whisper, any trained eye could see the darkness around him, it was as if shadows grew larger when he passed them.

When they got to the training room, they were each given a weapon of their choosing. Again, Taiga chose a sword. He was actually already proficient with a sword, it was just that he wanted to learn what could be called "western" sword techniques back on Earth, as he had learned Japanese sword styles to develop his martial art. He had actually spent ten years on learning each of the sword arts from their respective dojos, spending day after day swinging a katana. It was only after another 5 years that he was able to incorporate those techniques into a martial art style that fitted him.

"Hello everybody, my name is Augustus Ervine, and I am the main combat instructor. Today you will be participating in duals where 15 experts will be closely watching your skills. Each one of these experts will be choosing one student from the whole first year class to privately teach, while the rest of the student will be learning under my tutelage."

"With that explained, here are today's pairings!"

Elaine gasped when she saw who Taiga was up against, it was rank two, Kyle Marcoix, the noble who's father was the royal family's chief commanding officer. Placing only second to her, he was genuinely gifted, but he had one flaw, he was extremely arrogant!

[Taiga's Stats]

Strength: 822

Agility: 1027

Health: 666 Hp

Intelligence: 101,262

Mana: 537,224

Luck: -6

(Luck is always going to be in the negatives as the player is destined to be the Demon King)

Skills:

[Touch Enhancement (Level 98): Increases the user's sense of touch and feeling by 20 fold

(always in effect) - Epic]

[Weapon Proficiency (Level 3 - Sword): Lets the user quickly master the art of the sword more quickly*

(only effective with the sword) - Uncommon]

[True Insight (Level 5): lets you rapidly understand anything

(is turned on at any time by the user, infinite uses) - Epic]

[Large Mana Pool (Level 38): user has an abnormally large mana pool, user can cast more spells

(always in effect) - Mythical]

[Spell Creation (Level 61): the user is able to make new spells

(always in effect) - Epic]

Unique Skills:

[Remember (Level 100): lets the user retain all memories from their past life

(always in effect) - Godly]

[Sage's Eye (Level 100): the user is able to see all of the stats of any object including living things

(is turned on at any time by the user, infinite uses) - Legendary]

[Growth (Level 1): allows the user's skills to grow, becoming "Superior" skills which can then lead to "Godly" skills

(always in effect) - Legendary]

[Resilience (Level 86): gives the user mild resistance to all harmful attacks and statuses

(always in effect) - Legendary]

[Rascal (Level 0): gives the user the unique ability to steal any power skills that they have been affected by

(always in effect) - Godly]