6 Cultivate and Magic and Skill

The crowd was stupefied as they were the result, some actually had tears wetting their face. The title on the monument shine everlasting and there was no sign of dimming in the slightest. This was hope, this was the sign they were waiting for, this was the coming of a new era in Kingdom Nostria or maybe even the whole Deo.

"Can we make it this time?! Can we win this time?!" a young man said while grasping his hand tightly.

"It's hard to say, even though he has the greatest title, it's only talent and not the cultivation level, not to mention he only has about 14 days left until the competition and 9 days until the selection," said a wise old man. The mood got heavy again as they realized the reality.

*swoosh

Three distinctive old men appeared in front of Lyon like a wind.

One of the old men had a really skinny figure that looked like a skeleton. He had an oval face that had been eaten by time, very wrinkled. His eyes were tiny that it looked like he was always sleeping. He had only one hand holding a staff while the other hand of his was hidden inside his long robe. He seemed to be the smartest of the three. His name was Crux, the grandmaster of magic and alchemy in Nostria.

The middle-old man stood with a crossed arm, he had a really well-built figure for his age. The muscles on his body were really firm and hard. He had no facial hair whatsoever but his spiky white hair makes it so that he looked younger than his actual age. He had a bright hazelnut-black-eyes that match his chiseled-square face. He wore a white tank top with short boxer pants and the flower pattern embroidered on it was to prove that he was a carefree guy. His name was Chun, the Supreme Commander in Nostria.

The right old man had a chocolate-milk skin and a big muscle, especially in his arms. He wore a dirty apron and thick gloves, also boots. His timeworn face and white goatee matched his strict personality. He had a crew cut gunmetal-gray hair and jaded crow's feet eyes. He was holding a hammer and a sword that still red and emitting heat. His name was Charlie the master blacksmith in Nostria.

These three old men were popular in Nostria because of their merits and sadly also their demerits. The people called this trio 'Tri0 C Trouble' because all their name started with C and always made a ruckus out of random things.

"Ah grandpa Crux, grandpa Chun, grandpa Charlie good afternoon," said Sylviana.

"Oh little Sylvi you are already here?" said Crux with a husky voice.

"HAHAHA little Sylvi you should visit grandpa often you know," said Chun in a deep bass voice.

"Have you eaten yet Sylvi? You should eat more healthy food more and stop drinking you know," said Charlie caringly.

"Just let her had her youthful life, Charlie, nobody is a workaholic like you," said Chun.

"WELL.. nobody is as carefree as you too you lazy ass commander!" said Charlie.

"Stop it you two!" said Crux.

"Shut it Crux, the only reason you wear your cape is that you are bald!"

"That's right, and what's up with your husky voice. You chant so much but no magic came out of it you stupid old man."

A shade of red grown deeper and deeper on both Sylviana and Fei's face as the crowd watching their group with black lines.

"Okay enough you three you are embarrassing little Sylvi and Fei." berated Zitian.

"Since you said it I shall give you face," said Chun.

"Me too."

"Me three."

"So who caused the recent commotion?" asked Chun

"It's this kid." pointed Zitian

"He did? hmm never seen his face before, are you new here kid?" said Charlie. Then Fei, Sylviana, and Zitian explain the situation to the trio.

"Hmm interesting," said Crux.

"Do you know magic skills? what are your elements aptitude?" asked Crux.

"I have no idea what you are talking about," said Lyon.

"You don't know magic skills or elements?"

"No idea."

"Then I shall explain it to you."

"NO!! NO!! GOD NO!! I will explain it instead, nobody wants to f*cking hear your husky voice anymore." said Chun.

In this world there exist cultivation and magic.

First the cultivation. The cultivation in this world had realms to differentiate their power and there were 10 levels in each realm. The first realm was called Body-Tempering, this was the earliest cultivation realm. As it names suggests this level concentrate on tempering the body beyond a mortal human. Then comes the Transformation realm, in this realm one being will completely be null of impurities and become one with the world energies. The Heaven realm, in this realm one will be able to absorb the heaven's energy to aid in combat. From the Heaven realm the next realms will depend on the cultivation type of the person, It's called Elemental realm. Then the Soul realm, where one's soul could be strengthen to use mental attacks. Beyond the Soul, the realm was the most sought by everyone Divine realm. A cultivator could live up to two hundred years in Transformation realm, then the life capacity grows two times after each realm.

Second, the magic, only Heaven realm or above could use magic. There was Lv.1-10 where ten was the strongest in every magic realm. The magic realms are basic magic, then saint magic, taboo magic, soul magic, and the myth, divine magic. A Heaven realm cultivator can even use soul magic if they want to but the time to cast it will be so slow it might even take centuries or even a millennium to cast, this is because of the speed-absorption rate of heaven and world energies. The higher the realm the quicker the absorption. Spells also needed to be chant and write to perform.

Then the question pop up, 'How does one cast a spell?' it's very simple really, the accumulation of heaven and energy the caster absorbs will be used to write and it will only be activated once the chant was said. The problem lies within the world and heaven energies itself, both energies are so fragile that once written it will dissipate quickly, so one couldn't hold the written spell and activate it at a later time unless it was dense enough.

The level of the spell could be differentiated by its color, the colors were white-blue-green-red-yellow-brown-orange-violet-black-rainbow from lv1-10 in that order, the color will only be shown once the chant was completed (while writing the chant will always be white). The spells from the above basic realm will have the 'realms' written below it.

Then what about the damage of magic spells? The damage corresponded to the accumulation of the heaven and world energies. So if the cultivator could accumulate enough energies, Lv1 basic spells could deal a devastating blow.

If the world and heaven energies were used to cast magic, then what did one need to do to advance their realm?

To level up one's realm (ex lv1 to lv2), cultivator will also need heaven and energies store inside them (exception for body tempering realm). So if one uses heaven and energy from inside their body, their levels could drop as the consequences.

But to break through to a new realm, what they need was understanding the mystery of the new realm instead of the energies.

Skills or Arts were another different matter. Just like one ofZusk's skill Spear of Crescent Moon, this didn't consume heaven and world energies at all. The limit will be the cultivator's own body and fatigue, and also their ability to guide the energies.

"Did you understand that?" said Chun.

"Yes." said Lyon calmly.

"It's okay if you-.... wait, what?! You really understand that?!" gobsmacked Chun.

(Well I used to play games and read light novels so this ain't that hard) thought Lyon. "I'm a genius," said Lyon while nodding calmly.

Black lines covered the six people, as they thought (shameless!!).

"Well...what are you waiting for, let's go test your magic aptitude," said Crux.

"I will do that later but first I need to discuss with both of the girls in private," said Lyon while smiling to the girls.

"No way I'm gonna be on a date with someone like you," said Sylviana.

"But miss you are the queen you must accept this loss," said Fei.

"But-but."

"It's alright, remember I'm going to the date too, everything will be fine," said Fei.

"Okay then, but under one condition, I cannot go on a date with you because of my status, so you shall not call my title at all to avoid chaos."

"Okay I can deal with that, but you must not run away until the date is over got it?"

"Deal."

"Deal."

"Then tomorrow wait for me when the sun is directly above you, in the fountain park at the center of this city," said Lyon

"Alright."

"By the way where are you sleeping for tonight Lyon?" asked Fei.

"I'm gonna sleep in the room where I got the bandages. I can't afford a hotel I don't have any money."

"Oh alright then, I will tell the guards to clean your room later."

"Many thanks, beautiful general." wink Lyon.

"Don't mention it," said Fei.

"Are you done yet kid?" said Crux.

"Oh yeah sure, let's go," said Lyon (My revenge shall be served ... cold.. HEHEHEHE) as he walked to the magic hall building.