14 Weapon Selection

Mana beasts are basically evolved animals who adapted to the changes in the world and started welding mana.

Now, these beasts aren't really a threat until they are low-level ones— ranking anywhere from ‹Iron 1› to ‹Bronze 3›.

However, ‹Silver› ranked mana beasts possess a great threat since they aren't just wild animals anymore after reaching that rank. They are now predators.

And killing a ‹Silver› ranked mana beast alone within a little over an hour is supposed to be an inhumane task! So why was Liz yelling at him?

I don't know how strong ‹Silver› ranked beasts are since every beast runs away from me, but it seems to quite a difficult task for cadets our age since everyone were stunned.

Even Quinn had a conflicted look plastered on his face. It was as if he couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"I promise I'll improve! Please let me in, master! You are making a fuss!"

"No! You are making a fuss!"

"No you!"

"No you!"

Oh god! I couldn't help but facepalm in disappointment at the immaturity of the argument.

They both were fighting like a bunch of 9-year-olds! No, even 9-year-olds can initiate a better argument than this!

I guess I should be the one to stop them since no one seemed inclined to intervene. 

"Instructor Liz, would you please continue this conversation of yours some other time and resume the class for now." I tried my best to be polite while interrupting them.

The whole class fell silent and everyone, including Nero and Liz, looked at me, who was sitting on his seat.

I continued to speak after confirming that their attention was on me.

"Let's just finish the attendance, yeah? We have yet to choose our main weapons."

Liz's face stiffened up. It seemed like she wanted to say something, but she knew she was in the wrong, so she didn't.

"Go take a seat. We'll talk about this later." She barked at Nero, who was still standing outside the door.

"Yes, mam!"

Following Liz's instructions, Nero closed the door behind him and walked into the classroom before taking a front-row seat.

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Arriving in front of a huge chamber on the ground floor, Liz turned to us cadets and spoke loudly, ensuring her voice reached every ear present here.

"This chamber functions as a vault. And inside this vault is every weapon imaginable."

The cadets couldn't help but gasp in marvel at that statement. Claiming to have every weapon imaginable in one room is a little unbelievable.

Liz started knocking on the door consecutively.

Knock– Knock– Knock–

After the third consecutive knock, the door started opening all by itself like it was automatic.

-"How is it that big?!"

-"Why is it so big?!"

Everyone was stunned when the inside of the chamber was revealed.

From an outsider's point of view, it looked like every other room situated on this unusually big floor with nothing special about it.

But after peeking inside it, I realized that this room was not just huge but it was massive.

Its proportions from the outside and inside weren't matching. Looks like they used some kind of space magic to alter the size of the room.

At that moment, Liz spoke up again.

"Come inside," she said while walking into the vault. "Stop gawking at it like some country bumpkins. It's just a room."

Everyone bitterly followed Liz inside after her last statement. She has quite the feisty personality I say.

I looked around the room as soon as I stepped inside.

This room alone was as big as the whole floor it was situated on and in front of us were hundred of weapons kept on display.

It was then I noticed the inscriptions on the wall glowing in a faint blue hue and realized the mystery behind this room's size. On que, Liz pointed at the inscriptions on the wall and started explaining to us.

"See these things? These are spatial runes. Capable of altering the very fabric of space within an enclosed area." Liz explained.

In this world, there are two ways to use mana.

Use it as a pure energy source to power machines, or use it for what it's meant to be used for— magic.

Now there are several ways to use magic.

Using magic is essentially asking the universe to grant you your wish.

If you wish to create fire, you must converse with the universe and ask it to grant you the power to create fire.

There are many ways to converse with the universe—drawings, writings, speech, hand signs, etc.

The process of conversing with the universe is called 'Casting Spell.'

However, you need to have two things in order to get your wish fulfilled by the universe.

One, you need to have enough mana to cast your spell.

Say, if you wish to create a fire hot enough to melt tungsten, you must fuel your spell with just the right amount of mana.

If you don't have that amount of mana, then your spell will fall short. If you oversupply mana into your spell, then it will be hard to control.

The second thing you need for casting spells is affinity.

If you wish to create fire, you must have an affinity for the fire element. If you have an affinity for water and you wish to create fire, you will only fail.

Drawing is another method of casting spells. These drawings are called Runes.

Runes are like one-time usable batteries. You create them, imbue them with mana and let them do their work.

They would disappear when the mana inside them would exhaust.

Although, only elves know how to create them, and they claim it's something they can't teach since it's 'memories' passed down to them by their ancestors.

Damn hypocrites. This is one of the reasons I hate them.

I know the language use to make these runes. The characters used for runes is not something the elves created but instead stole from someone else. 

"Stop daydreaming, you insects! Hurry and choose your main weapon!" Liz yelled and shook everyone out of their awe.

"Stand in front of your desired weapon, and I'll take them out of the display for you." She continued.

"You won't be able to change your main weapon till the bi-annual exam, so choose wisely. If there's anything you can't find, tell me, and I'll take it out from the Dimensional Rings present here." She said while pointing at several recessed shelves present on the walls.

There were several recessed shelves on the walls. On those shelves were placed dimensional rings.

Dimensional Rings are spatial storage devices. They have a pocket dimension within them which allows users to deposit and equip any inanimate object.

 I began pondering over what to choose as my main weapon. It was an important decision, after all.

Since I get to choose only one weapon even though I can use almost every weapon.