"Lightning!"

With Rayne's shout, the winds rose, the clouds gathered and thunder rumbled.

Invisible lightning magic elements gathered from all directions and surged towards Karl.

At the same time.

"Bang!"

Karl heard a muffled sound. It sounded like an invisible shackle had been broken apart.

He could feel a pure and powerful magical energy being born in his body.

His spiritual energy had reached an unprecedented level.

Right now, he could sense everything within a ten-meter radius. He could even sense the ants that were crawling about.

He had successfully become a mage.

A one-star mage.

Rayne stopped, and the world returned to the way it was before.

He sat back in his chair and pulled open the drawer in the table in front of him.

From within, he took out a scroll.

"A student who has elite magical talent has appeared in this school. It would not be appropriate if I do not give you some kind of token. This is a lightning magic skill, Calamity of Destruction. Take it."

Karl approached the desk and took the scroll from Rayne.

It was a scroll made of sheepskin parchment.

It exuded an ancient aura.

He looked down and the first thing that caught his eye was a letter S.

Karl's pupils constricted.

This meant that the Calamity of Destruction was an S-class magic skill.

Just like magical talent.

Magic skills were also ranked.

The lowest class was E-class. The ones above it were: D, C, B, A, S, SSS-class respectively.

The higher the skill class, the more powerful it was.

The most advanced SSS-class magic skills were usually in the possession of Legendary Archmages.

It was hard even for the royal family of the empire to possess magic skills of this level, much less an ordinary mage.

Although S-class magic skills were not as valuable as SSS-class magic skills, they were still priceless treasures.

If it was out in the world,

Magi and Archmagi alike would be fighting over it!

However,

Rayne gave Karl an S-class magic skill as if it was no big deal.

The two of them had only a teacher-student relationship. In fact, they had never crossed paths before this.

Under such circumstances,

Karl was touched that Rayne gave him such a valuable gift.

This S-class magic skill was very important to him.

This was because,

it was impossible for a mage to possess extremely powerful attacks without magic skills.

Even though Karl had the system and could increase his ranking by sharing Rayne's cultivation gains,

it would still be impossible for him to unleash powerful attacks without high-level skills.

Therefore, this magic skill was very important to him.

Karl looked up and prepared to thank Rayne.

However, Rayne waved his hand and said, "Don't thank me. I'm not used to being thanked. You must not be arrogant or rash. Work hard and master this skill as soon as possible."

"Also, do not use it in front of other people unless absolutely necessary. Otherwise, an S-class magic skill will bring you a lot of trouble."

Karl nodded solemnly and then put the scroll into his sleeve.

He understood why he should not flaunt his skills.

Then, Rayne continued. "Actually, I called you here for one more matter."

"According to the rules, any student who has transcendent magical talent is guaranteed admission to any of the four major magic academies."

"However, your magical talent is elite grade. In a few days, representatives from the four major magic academies of the Empire will come to recruit you."

"Have you decided where you want to go?"

Sacred Shield Empire.

There were four major magic academies.

They all had long histories and deep foundations.

All four were academies that countless students dreamed of attending.

However, these four academies only recruited students with magical talent.

Furthermore, their magical talent had to be at least advanced level.

Karl hesitated.

It was not because he didn't know which one to choose.

Rather, he felt that any of them would do.

After all.

He could share someone else's cultivation gains without actually doing any cultivating himself.

In this case, where any of them would do, which one should he choose?

Seeing his hesitation, Rayne said, "Two of the four major magic academies are in the capital."

"Actually, the capital… There's a whole lot of good here, but also a lot of bad. One of the other two magic academies is on Mount Otto in the extreme west of the empire, and the other is in the south of the empire."

"I personally suggest that you go to the Holy Vestige Magic Academy in the south."

"Many of the tutors and even the dean of this academy are lightning mages."

"They will be able to help you."

"Of course, this is just my suggestion. Which you choose is up to you."

Karl said, "Your opinion is very important to me."

However, he was just being courteous.

It was not like he would lose a piece of himself if he said it.

After a moment of silence, Karl asked, "Are the strongest mages in each of the four major magic academies at the same level?"

That was what Karl cared about most.

After all, only by binding his system to a powerful mage and sharing his cultivation gains could he improve faster.

Rayne looked at him and said, "There is an Archmagi in the Holy Vestige Magic Academy. The strongest mage in the other academies is an advanced Magi."

"However, the Archmagi of the Holy Vestige Magic Academy has not been seen for hundreds of years."

"I understand."

After listening to Rayne, Karl had already made up his mind.

He would choose the Holy Vestige Magic Academy.

After all, there was an Archmagi in this Magic Academy.

Even though he had not been seen for hundreds of years, Karl felt this was the most suitable place.

"Alright, that's all I called you here for. That's all. You can go." Rayne motioned him to leave.

Karl bowed slightly and left the headmaster's office.

Rayne watched Karl walk away as he stood by the window.

An indescribable emotion flowed through his clouded eyes.

He had never been a talkative person. After that incident, he became even more withdrawn.

There was a reason why he said so much today.

He had helped Karl infuse the elements into his body, given him an S-class magic skill, and briefly introduced the four major magic academies to him.

In just ten minutes, he said more than he had in the past six months.

His purpose was not to curry favor with Karl because he had exceptional talent in magic.

After all, he also had elite magical talent.

It was not because he was interested in Karl's talent and wanted to train him.

He had been the headmaster of Violet High School for more than ten years.

Karl was not the only student he had come across who had elite magical talent.

However, the others did not receive the same treatment as Karl.

This was purely because…

The figure standing on the platform during the assessment in the morning looked just like himself decades ago.