Avan
Holy mama! Emery is smoking them! and to your question Avans, if i remember correctly it was mostly Earthlings that had much of an issue getting to the Magus stage because of their low status and lack of resources. Didn't an acolyte get to the Magus stage while in the academy? [even if he was a weak one because he used potions to force his ascension]
Again, from my comment on the last chapter, Emery going full-bore is easily top 3. His character development up to this point puts other side characters to shame. While I enjoy Emery blowing these people out of the water, it probably wouldn't hurt if he had some competition, from a narrative perspective