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Return of the Fire Overlord

Currently on hiatus. The powerful King of Sundar meets his end at the hands of greedy bastards who want his treasure. Thanks to a divine artifact that He had the fortune to find, the King survives and earns a chance at a new life as a young Lord 10000 years into the future. Characters artwork (more will be added) : https://imgur.com/a/HXBIMNb Upload rate: 5 chapters a week. Extra info. There will be a harem, but I want to keep it fairly small, with maybe only three girls because I want to be able to develop those characters. There will be erotic scenes that will be marked as 18+, so you can skip those if you want.

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Chapter 20: Affinity test

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Chapter 20

Affinity test

They kept moving forward until they reached Siegfried, who did not move.

"Do we have to do this again? Move!" Said Arthur Garret.

"Wait." Interrupted Charles Artois. "That red hair…what is your name?"

"Siegfried Lancaster."

Charles gave an understanding nod. "I see."

"Do you know him? Charles." Asked the guy with the ponytail.

"No, but I know his cousin. Fabian Lancaster…very well, I'll give you some face this time. We can wait in line from here. We are quite close already anyways." Said Charles.

"But sir!" Arthur wanted to protest but was stopped by the ponytail guy.

"No, Charles is right to stop here. There are two instructors looking this way." He pointed out.

"Is best not to cause trouble before we get into the academy. That goes especially for you, Arthur."

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When it was his time to enter the tent, something called for his attention Siegfried. A very striking girl with silver hair was leaving the other tent, the one meant for commoners. He could feel a very potent form of energy coming from that girl.

'I don't know what she is trying to hide, but there is no way that girl is a simple commoner. Not only for her exotic looks but also that potent energy indicates that she must use a very refined cultivation technique.'

"Name?" The instructor noticed that Siegfried was distracted and called for him, with some annoyance in his voice.

Siegfried turned to look at the instructor. Like the rest, He woke a black tunic with silver decorations and the symbol of the school, an eagle with three heads that symbolized the three founders.

The man himself didn't seem that impressive. His aura felt much weaker than Augustus (rank 2 Magus) or even his father, who was a rank 1 Magus.

'I still don't have enough experience measuring the aura of Magus to determine their strength and rank with accuracy. But it doesn't seem that this man is even a rank 1 Magus.'

"Name!" The instructor repeated with more annoyance in his voice.

"My apologies. I am Siegfried Lancaster."

The instructor let out a huff before his eyes went to the list on his hands.

"Let's see….Lancaster…Siegfried. Very well." He pointed towards a big table with an object on top.

"Go over there and place your hands on the measuring device. As a medium-rank noble, you should be familiar with the process."

Siegfried did not waste time and went ahead toward the device.

It looked to be made of metal and had the shape of a pyramid with three sides. Two sides were meant to put your hands on while the third one will display the results.

There was already an instructor in place to observe the proceedings. An old man with a kind expression.

"Go ahead, young one. Don't be nervous. Place your hands on the device."

Siegfried did as told. As soon as He placed his hands, He immediately felt the device activates.

Small amounts of natural energy (mana) entered his body and started to circulate through his spiritual veins.

His Revolving Phoenix technique activates automatically when any amount of energy enters his system, it refines it and converts it all into pure yang energy.

After making a full cycle, the natural energy (mana) returned to the device, with had now started to make some noises.

Siegfried was not able to see the results from where He was standing, but He did observe the face of the old instructor change from calm and composed to completely shocked.

"W-What!. This can't be!" The old man shouted, alerting the other two instructors in the tent.

"What is wrong, Quentin? Don't tell me He has no affinity at all…" The instructor holding the list rose an eyebrow and gave Siegfried a look.

"Well, what is it?" The third instructor asked.

"You two better come here and look at it yourself. My age could be playing tricks on me." Quentin shook his head.

Siegfried was watching all this with confusion.

'What could have happened? My father told me that I had already been tested and had a B rank affinity. Could have gotten a higher one because of the cultivation technique I'm using now?'

"Okay, let's see this." The list instructor arrive at the other side of the device and look at the glass plaque that showed the results.

There were two letters S displayed on it.

"SS Fire affinity? that doesn't exist! There must have been an error. This thing must be broken." The list instructor exclaimed.

The third instructor looked at the plaque with curiosity. "That is indeed strange. But this measuring device and the other two we have were created by one of our founders, who was a rank 6 Great Magus and a master crafter of magical artifacts. There can be no errors with it."

'SS Fire affinity? It seems like I have caused somewhat of a commotion…I would have preferred not to stand out too much. After all, I don't want people asking questions about my cultivation technique.'

"Oscar is correct. This is no error. I have been studying the art of crafting for several decades. The Headmaster, in an act of kindness, allowed me one time to read some of the manuals left by the creator of this particular device. So I have a good understanding of how it works."

Quentin looked at Siegfried for a moment before his eyes fell on the device.

"The measuring device injects a small amount of mana inside the body of the test subject. The mana then travels through their mana veins until it completes one rotation and comes back to the device. If the person has no affinity at all or is very low. No mana will come back. However, with enough affinity on one particular element, the mana of that particular element will go back to the device and this one will measure the amount left."

"Yes, we know at least that much." Said, Oscar. "If the amount of mana returned is between 10% and 30% you have D rank affinity. 31% to 50% C rank. 51% to 75% B rank, 76 to 90% A rank, and finally for those exceptional individuals that can return between 91% to 100% is the S rank affinity."

Quentin nodded "Indeed, that is more or less common knowledge among instructors. But the book mentioned one more rank. If the test subject is able to return mana of higher potency than the one borrowed and go over 100% return. It would earn the rank of SS affinity"