Awakening I

"Michael Tanner, unawakened."

His hopes dropped to the deepest part of the abyss. Despair, sorrow, sadness could not even come close to how he felt.

"Damn. A son of the Michael family is an invalid. How rich!"

"The Michaels are famed for amazing mages. What will happen?"

He sighed in defeat, fighting off tears. He knew already, as it had already been predicted.

[A WEEK AGO]

"What are we going to do? He said there's only a five percent chance of Tanner awakening. " a woman paced around a large room. Her face displayed worry.

"If it comes, we have only one option. Our family has prospered for several decades already. I, as an elder of the family have to take the full picture into account." a man spoke grimly.

Gasp!

Tanner, who was on the other side gasped. Overtaken by extreme depression, he ran into his room, without fully listening to the contents of their conversation.

[CURRENTLY]

Walking slowly along the streets, he stared upward. The sun had begun to set, gradually removing it's warm rays from a part of the world, on the way to awaken someone else.

[Author note: The 'awaken' here is normal. That is, to be woken up.]

Ever since the discovery of magic, every human sought put to become the Grand Sage, the highest level of authority in the Magic Association. A normal human had about a ninety percent chance of awakening. Every magic was split into classes, depending on their type.

Elemental Magic, which included Fire Magic, Water Magic, Ice Magic, Earth Magic.

White Magic, which included Light Magic and Healing Magic.

Black Magic included the Summoning Magic, Shadow Magic and Dark Magic.

Then two were somewhat special. At least, the first one was.

Abnormal Magic, which didn't require cultivation, but states of the mind, which were split into nine. They included Space, Psychic and Sound Magic.

Elemental, Black and White magic were advanced through cultivation. With each step being harder than the last, it had a total of ten realms– Basic, Mid–Tier, Advanced, Expert, Archmage, Magi, Magus, True Mage, Sage and Grand Sage. At the Advanced, Mage and Sage realm, one would receive a new element.

Each realm comprised of three stages – beginner, middle, and pinnacle or peak stages.

The second was Forbidden magic, which included Necromancing and Undead Magic.

Each realm of magic requires a casting method called 'Mana Cast'. It comprised of accumulated mana in the air, which contained boundless energy to cast spells. More advanced methods included 'Star Casting' or 'Qi Cast', but the general method, most used in the entire galaxy was the Mana Casting method, as it was more efficient.

*Thump!*

His heart suddenly started to beat louder. Instinctively, he turned around.

"Hello, Tanner."

He felt like he would have a heart attack.

'I can hear his voice, but can't fully see the outline of his body. Who is this?'

"Who are you?" Tanner asked.

"My name has been lost in the sands of time. However, you may refer me as Time God IX.

"Your father, Michael Goodwin is already prepared to end you, due to reputational matters... however, there's a way out. "

"How?" Tanner frowned. There was no power for free, there had to be a catch.

"You will be granted.....the system. Unlimited power, infinite potential, these and much more will be yours. However, you will be involved in the matters of this old man." IX spoke.

"I need helpers. My enemies have banded together, and are forming an alliance. I cannot stop them alone. I have tried to reach out, but people with potential like yours are sparse."

"Potential? I'm an invalid." Tanner spoke.

"What do you think made that happen? Whatever, as my new follower, and a special one at that, I shall not let you undergo harm." IX lifted his finger.

"Wait! I haven't even agreed yet!" Before he could finish, his vision went dark.

IX looked at the unconscious Tanner. He sighed audibly, "I hope you shall not die."

He disappeared, along with Tanner.

[Michael Residence]

"Where is Tanner?" Goodwin looked around for Tanner, but found no one.

A a moment later, he stopped.

"Hm?" he stared at a vague figure of a young man.

"Erase." With a single word, every single person with a memory of Tanner had their memories altered.

"It is done." IX disappeared.

However....