F-rank

At noon Arthur returned to the dormitory and fell on the bed. The screams of the students and the yelling of the principle still echoing in his mind.

From the yellings of the principle Arthur found that some members of Hunters' Association will be coming to meet the students who survived the dungeon, to give them encouragement. But the principle wanted to look good in front of them and show them that the students can easily pass these hardships.

However to do this he chose the two students and beat them in front of all the students of class 3-C and -D. As this wasen't enough he took three more students and also beated them. After warning them that if the other students performed poorly in front of the members and made him lose face, the same or worse will happen to them too.

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It was midnight. The old guard near the boys' dormitory was snoring loudly. His dream was that, he was getting extra salary this month. He was very happy because counting this extra salary with the money he had been collecting before was enough to take his wife to a high class resturant. He spent a good time with her. But unknown to him there was also a creature in his dream, looking at him coldly. And the master of that creature was right now infront of the guard, looking at the guard snoring with a grin.

"What a silly old man." The man said and then went in to the boys' dormitory.

Soon all the guards of boys' dormitory were sleeping, and a creature was following each gurad in his dream, looking coldly. Unknown to everyone a person had sneaked into dormitory of boys, his motives unknown...

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The system has provided Arthur with many good features. One of them was the Training Ground he was currently in. It is a place in the cube of spellbinding in which he could send his conscious whenever he wanted. To others he would simply appear that he is sleeping. Arthur is very pleased with his feature. Through these training gounds he could cultivate and practice his elements away from others' eyes.

Arthur sat down and tried to sense the space and lightning element around him. Even though the training ground is inside the cube it is not much different from outside place except that the places he destroyed here are quickly restored.

Two days before, when the first time Arthur came here he remembered a thing from the novels he read in his previous lives. So he had immediately asked the system about it.

"System, is there any way to increase the density of elemental energy here?"

[Yes, host. But it can only be done after host clears the first floor of the Tower of Primal Chaos]

This was the answer he got. He also learned that after clearing the first floor he will also be able to unlock many other featuress. But the system itself dosen't what those features will be.

He tried to sense the elemental enrgy around him. A moment later both symbols of lightning and space appeared on his right arm.

The elementalists used this method to absorb the elemental energy. But only those people who had their ability's potential awakened can do this. Those who haven't awakened yet can only wait for it to awaken naturally or it can also be awakened through Elemental Arts or by simply practicing bit this method isn't much efficient as compared to the usage of elemental arts.

Arthur had found this method himself when he was experimenting and at that moment he also asked the system to check any abnormalities in his body, to see if this method is correct. And he found it was correct. The reason for Arthur doing this himself was that the teachers haven't told the students anything about what to do, when one's ability potential awakens. In case someone does ask--

"Is your ability potential awakened yet?"

"...No."

"Then don't put your nose into this matter. If you had put this much attention to awaken your ability potential, then it may have already been awakened."

This was the normal answer every student got from the teachers when they asked about it. In other cases, they will get yelled at. It was as if this matter always gets on a teacher's nerve. Even Sophia didn't told the previous owner when he asked about it but she treated him dessert for not answering about this and told that he will learn it himself soon.

Arthur couldn't also ask the seniors because as soon as they awakens their ability's potential, they will immediately left the school. When asked where they gone, the answer was magic academy. Arthur also found from the memories that when a common student nears 14 they will be kept under a tight watch. And in case of a talented student, the teachers will have an eye on them even more early. As soon as they awakens they will be taken out, sometimes not even allowed to bid farewell to their friends.

"It is as if they really didn't wanted students, who have yet to awaken their ability's potential, to know about it."

Arthur put those thoughts away and focused on absorbing the elememtal energy. As he continued, the seven lines around the both symbols continued flashing sometimes. He had also tried to absorb energy while stopping the symbols on his arm from appearing. But he found that his rate of absorption of energy decreased a lot.

Arthur had also been continuosly absorbing energy during the past two days when their classes hadn't started yet. Now he had a feeling that as if he is going to reach a new level. Suddenly a sphere made of lighting exploded outwards with Arthur as the centre. Lighting of various colours crackled around him. The ground around him became charred. Soon everthing quieted down, the charred ground also restoring itself. He had reached F-rank with the lighting element. But this hasen't ended yet.