Chapter 1: System Binding, talent recovery

Hiro Empire, imperial capital, Nanshan Courtyard, cultivation room.

A handsome youth sat upright on the cold floor.

Under the control of his tyrannical spiritual power, the icy blue magic array pattern in front of him gradually stabilized.

Weng!

Soundless tremors spread all around in the cultivation room.

A second later, the elemental vortex formed.

A puny drop of water fell out slowly from the centre of the array pattern.

"I did it"

Hughes's eyes twinkled with a pinch of shrewdness, and the corner of his mouth unconsciously curled to one side.

For this water ball technique, Hughes had trained wholeheartedly for three years, and now, he finally succeeded!

"One more time, I can definitely do it."

Soon, Hughes regained his calm. He released his spiritual power, trying to find the trace of feeling that he had found in the unseen world.

Hughes's soul did not belong to this world.

Fifteen years ago, he came from another world and replaced the original owner of this body, after which he became the second son of Duke Norton Smith -- Hughes Smith!

Different from the civilization of the Blue Planet, this world had embarked on a different path.

This was a world where magic was highly prosperous. In this world, mages had a royal status that ordinary people could not reach!

In the beginning, Hughes had thought that he would be like the main characters in common web novels. He would be able to turn the tides even when his parents disliked him and when his brothers belittled him. He thought he would reach the peak of his life and become the pillar of the Empire!

However, the actual situation was not what Hughes had imagined.

The Tulip family was considered as a top family in the entire Hiro Empire. However, within the family, there were no struggles for power and benefits that appeared to be common among other aristocratic families.

On the contrary, under the leadership of Duke Norton Smith, the Tulip family became more and more benevolent, they became a family with great love and care!

Come back to Hughes again.

As the son of Duke Tulip, Norton, Hughes was born with a talent that ordinary people could not even dream of. He was born with a Max level spiritual power!

With his outstanding talent, he had been nurtured carefully in the palm of the upper class of the empire since he was young. The great mage of the Hall of light personally cast a blessing spell on him. The Emperor always brought Hughes along when he was hunting.

At that time, all the nobles in Hiro City were all shadowed by Hughes's genius talent, and no one could even come close to him.

However, this peak did not last long.

When Hughes was twelve years old, the great mage of the Hall of light of the Hiro Empire personally held an elemental awakening ceremony for him.

In this grand gathering that was the focus of everyone's attention, Hughes did not wake the top-notch elemental affinity as everyone had expected.

Compared with his incredibly high spiritual power, Hughes's elemental affinity went to the other extreme.

His elemental affinity was the lowest of the low!

But this was not the most embarrassing thing for Hughes.

After the first awakening ceremony, the Archmage who presided over the awakening ceremony for Hughes did not believe the result.

He stopped the dejected Hughes and told him that there was a problem with the awakening ceremony and that he needed to do it again.

Hughes realized that he still had another chance, he grabbed the rope that the great wizard handed him without hesitation like a desperate drowning man.

Not caring whether the rope was sturdy or not, Hughes walked into the second awakening formation.

However, the lords did not give him what he wanted.

The result of the second awakening was still the same as the first one. His elemental affinity level was still the lowest of the low!

After that.

The Genius Hughes became the most famous laughing stock in Hiro City, Bards wrote satirical poems that spread all over the streets.

Even the Duke of Tulip family, Norton, who had made great achievements in the war, became a laughingstock in the noble community of the Imperial City because of it!

However, the Duke of Tulip, who had always been hot-tempered and harsh to others, did not criticize Hughes for this. Instead, he devoted more care and love to Hughes.

Hughes was very touched. From that moment on, as a visitor from another world, he completely accepted all the karma that was entwined around the original owner and truly became a member of the Smith family.

It was also at that moment that Hughes secretly made a vow. He wanted to become a mage and continue the glory of the Tulip family!

Finally, after three years of humiliation, during which he devoted himself to non-stop training, Hughes finally successfully released his first spell -- water ball spell!

Although this water ball was very small and its velocity was very slow.

But for Hughes, this was a beginning that was enough to make him excited.

"There has never been a shortage of people with exceptional talent in this world. However, the real power are not all those so-called geniuses."

"I, Hughes, can do what Emperor Napoleon could do back then."

2,700 years ago, a short man named Napoleon returned from overseas with monstrous magic power. He swept across the entire Europa continent, beating up a group of old powerful countries until they cried for their parents and ceded territories as well as paid indemnities. 

In the end, this short man overthrew the rule of the Holy Roman Empire and established the Hiro Empire that spanned across the entire continent!

During the time he was in power, the entire Europa continent was shrouded in his abyss-like shadow.

The world called him the emperor of all Europa, the great magic sage, and the mage God of the Hall of light..

However,it was only after he passed away that people realized from his own biography that even this legend only awakened sub-par elemental affinity at the age of twelve!

After learning about that period of history from his father, Hughes had always regarded Emperor Napoleon as his target.

Now, Hughes, who had released his first spell, was finally one step closer to the great sage from back then.

"Carry on!"

Hughes calmed his mind and slowly exhaled a mouthful of turbid air. Majestic spiritual power flowed out one after another, carving magic array patterns in the air.

However, at this moment, a sudden change occurred!

A Ding suddenly sounded in his head!

[ Ding! Detected that the host has learned the first spell, system activated! ]

[ Ding! The fully automatic cultivation system has been activated, binding host Hughes Smith! ]

[ Ding! Detected that there is a black magic brand in the host's body, removing! ]

[ Ding! Dark Magic brand removed, Perfect Element Affinity returned! ]

..

The ringing sound of Ding exploded in Hughes's head, he couldn't help but spreading the little curl at the corner of his lips to his whole face!

Silent laughing and roaring pushed the surrounding air, the wantonly burst of spiritual power set off a violent invisible hurricane in the training room, highly concentrated elements rubbed against each other and vibrated at the same frequency..

All of this was like a grand ceremony.

It was for the presence of the King!