CHAPTER 10: PLANNING
A room in a hot air balloon. There was an old man with white hair sitting and looking at the forest. The old man wore pure white clothes and held a magic wand made of wood in his right hand.
Behind him stood a man in a white robe who was testing Myro's compatibility with the previous element, Drek. The current Drek, stood behind the old man who was currently sitting. Drek looked at the sitting old man with respect in his eyes.
Drek had great respect for this old man, as this old man was the head of the Bright Light Academy. The old man possessed extremely strong strength and was one of the strongest mages currently on the Continent of Fate. The air around the old man trembled, perhaps because even the air around him felt a powerful magic pressure surrounding the old man.
"Chief, are you sure to let Myro take this test?", asked Drek nervously for fear of disturbing the old man.
"Drek, as the head of the academy, I must not treat any student in a special way. Everyone must be treated fairly. Even though he is talented, he must have the ability to survive. Otherwise, the talent will be useless", said the old man with calm.
Hear the old man's words. Drek thought for a while and said hesitantly "But chief, last year didn't you let your son enter the Bright Light Academy without going through this survival test? Wasn't he immediately accepted into the academy? I think Myro's talent isn't inferior to your son's either. So I thought, maybe we can do...".
"Drek", before Drek could finish his words, the old man immediately said angrily to Drek "What? So you think I'm giving privileges to my son and not being fair".
Seeing the old man so angry, Drek immediately said in a cold sweat by the pressure the old man was exerting "No, how could I think that head is unfair. I'm sure you must have your own considerations towards Myro. But I just want to know the reason. . Myro is a very rare talent after all. If we train him well, then maybe in the future our Bright Light Academy can defeat our old enemy, the evil Dark Academy."
The old man who was sitting on the chair couldn't help but sigh at Drek's words. The old man's eyes looked towards the forest and said "Drek, you don't know yourself that we have been enemies with the Dark Academy for thousands of years. This is not a grudge that can be reconciled anymore. We must always be careful of the Dark Academy".
"Then why doesn't the chief try to recruit this Myro? I believe we can cultivate Myro into the most powerful mage on the Continent of Fate. After our Bright Light Academy succeeded in making Myro the most powerful mage on the Continent of Fate, we can definitely defeat that Dark Academy", said Drak.
"It's because of his talent that we can't recruit Myro to our Bright Light Academy", said the old man who was sitting on the chair then he continued to say "I already told you that we must always be careful of the Dark Academy. Likewise the Dark Academy. They won't let us develop Myro into the strongest mage. You think they'll just sit back and watch us develop Myro into the strongest mage on the Continent of Fate and then destroy them. Drek, the Dark Academy won't let us get such a powerful talent".
Hearing the old man's words, Drek immediately became silent. After thinking for a bit, he said again "But chief, what can they do if we recruit Myro? They want to destroy us? Our current strength is equal so they shouldn't be able to fight us even if we recruit Myro".
The old man shook his head and said glumly "You're still too naive Drek. Maybe now our only enemy is the Dark Academy. However, do you think other magic academies will be silent seeing us get the talent that can become the strongest magician on the Continent of Fate. I'm afraid that if Myro joins our Light Academy, after becoming strong it might immediately eliminate all existing magic academies and leave only our Bright Light Academy. If we recruit Myro, Dark Academy will take advantage of this opportunity and unite with all other magic academies to defeat our Bright Light Academy".
"Hah... Looks like we really can't recruit this Myro. Otherwise our Bright Light Academy will only get into trouble. The more talented a person is, the more people want to get rid of them so that talent doesn't have a chance to grow. It seems that saying is right." , said Drek, shaking his head.
"I'm sure, even the Dark Academy will definitely send assassins right now to kill Myro in this test. We can only sit and watch", said the old man.
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Somewhere else in the hot air balloon. 5 magicians wearing black robes were sitting together around the table and looking at the forest scene where this year's students took the test to enter the magic academy.
One of the men around 30 years old wearing a black robe who was sitting at the table said "Chief, are you sure you want to kill Myro. We can try recruiting him. That kid has a high probability of becoming the strongest mage on the Continent of Fate. If we can recruit him then we have the possibility of becoming the strongest magic academy on the Continent of Fate".
Hearing the young man's words, an old man in black robes who was currently sitting in the center and had the highest seat position who was the head of the Dark Academy immediately said "You think recruiting him will benefit us? That Myro doesn't have any dark element at all. You just see that the element is light, our enemy. Then the fire that is very close to the light element and the plant element is also more directed towards the light element. Although the dimensional element is neutral, Myro's element is more directed towards the light which doesn't match up with the light at all. Our Dark Academy".
The young man who had spoken earlier now said again "Then why don't we take this opportunity to get rid of the Bright Light Academy. I'm sure if the Bright Light Academy succeeds in recruiting this disciple then all the other magic academies will definitely be wary of the Bright Light Academy. It's possible that we can team up with other magic academies to get rid of the Bright Light Academy."
The head of the Dark Academy couldn't help but sigh and said "You think the head of the Light Academy is a fool. That old man is really cunning. How many years do you think we've been fighting each other like this. I know very well how clever the head of the Bright Light Academy is. They definitely wouldn't take risks just for a slightly talented student."
Hearing that, the young man could only be silent for a moment and said "Then what should we do now?".
The head of the Dark Academy said "We'd better get rid of that kid in this test. We can't give him the possibility of growing up and becoming a threat to us in the future. Since he doesn't have the possibility to join our Dark Academy then we'd better get rid of it".
The other black robe mages nodded and agreed with their academy head's opinion. The young man immediately said "Then I will send an apprentice magician".
The head of the Dark Academy immediately said "You idiot. If we only send an apprentice magician then we will be more easily caught by other magic academies. At least send a junior wizard".
Hearing the chief's words, the young man said "Is it really necessary to send a junior mage? That Myro is currently not even a mage, so an apprentice mage will suffice".
The head of the Dark Academy said "You think the Bright Light Academy will sit idly by watching us kill a student in this test. If they manage to find our mages who tried to kill the students in this test then they can give us punishment for violating the rules of this test. You yourself know , other magic academies might just be neutral, but if they have enough reasons then they won't hesitate to get rid of us".
After knowing the reason why the academy head did this, the young man no longer argued and immediately said "Yes, head, I will send a junior mage immediately".
After that the young man disappeared from the meeting room. The head of the Dark Academy kept his gaze on the forest and said to the other black robed man in the room "Even though Myro is talented but it will only pose a threat to our Dark Academy".