《Awakened: Evolving to Godhood》 Chapter Power Level Power Level A magician is a human that can contain Magic energy in their body. A magician is simply called a magician if he doesn¡¯t possess supernatural ability. A magician is called an awakened magician if he possess a supernatural ability. Having a ability is necessary to advance into Channel Opening Realm! Evolutionary Stages From Top To Bottom 1: Magical Realm: It is subdivided into ten levels. 2: Channel Opening Realm: It is subdivided into nine levels. 3: Grandmaster Magic Realm 4: Lord Realm 5: King Realm 6: Ability Emperor Chapter 1: Just the Weakest Magician Chapter 1: Just the Weakest Magician Hunters Dystopian City, Northern Beast¡¯s Wilderness, Xavier. Hunters Dystopian City exists as one of the most famous cities ruled by the Magician Association since it has given birth to numerous talented magicians and powerfulbatants. The city was famous for two reasons! The first reason for the city¡¯s poprity was the schools for magicians. It¡¯s a ce where the instructors teach the children how to fight from the age of six. The instructors of the academy trains the next generations for years and prepare them for the entrance examination of the magician academy. After all, every magician needs to attend the magician academy of their respective cities, in either Earth or Xavier, for two years once they¡¯re of age, so that they can gain legal certification of them being a magician. The second reason for the city¡¯s poprity was the wilderness, which surrounded it from all four sides. The wilderness outside this city¡¯s dome-like energy barrier was dotted with trees, spanning more than ten thousand miles. It is a ce for magicians to hunt beasts for their materials and gather ingredients such as magic herbs, magic nts, and so on for alchemical purposes, as the wilderness has an abundance of monsters and herbs. However, it is not safe for any human. After all, a person can die anytime in the wilderness under the ws and jaws of monsters. ¡°Only magicians can go to such ces to hunt monsters ande out alive. Even among magicians, casualties ur daily as magicians who don¡¯t train hard enough be the prey in the wilderness. They get hunted down by beasts. Do you want to be the prey?!¡± A man with a height of six and a half feet and seemingly in his mid-thirties shouted at the top of his lungs as he looked at the teenagers running across the wide stretched field with all their strength. Although he was in his mid-thirties and had some stubbles on his face, the instructor of the magician academy was still in better shape than people in their twenties. ¡°No, sir! We don¡¯t want to be the prey in the wilderness. We want to be the hunters.¡± The students shouted out as theypleted the twentiethp around the running track with ease. ¡°That¡¯s good! But words mean nothing. Prove it with your actions. The best way for young magicians in the magical realm to increase their magic energy capacity like you guys is to exercise to the best of their limits. So, keep on running until youplete seventyps around the track. Who knows? Maybe you will be able to gain an increase in your magic energy capacity.¡± Instructor Leonardo said at the top of his lungs, intending to motivate the young ones. His words motivated the youngster indeed, and they began running even more hurriedly. ¡°We understand, Sir. We will prove our conviction to be strong as a magician with our actions!¡± Everyone was running at a high speed with ease, except for the weakest magician in history¡ªElliot Vincent. A name too grand for a fragile chicken like him. A magician is a human whose body can contain magic energy. Magic energy is present in nature. It is a mysterious energy that the bodies of magicians can retain. The increase in their lifespan, physical capabilities, and strength depends on the amount of magic energy their bodies can contain. A magician can at least contain more than 15 units of magic energy once they are born. One can increase their magic energy capacity by training and improving their fitness and physical body capabilities. However, Elliot Vincent happened to be the only man in history that couldn¡¯t contain more than two units of magic energy in his body. He trained a lot too, but for some reason, he never experienced an increase in his magic energy capacity. Out of all the students here, he was the only one out of breath and gasping for air. His back was drenched in sweat as his lungs expanded and contracted to the limit. Sweat trickled down from his forehead and along his cheek and chin as his face as red as the scarlet butt of baboons made it seems like he would copse any moment now. Taking even a single step felt painful, and he could only do so after mustering up all his strength as if there was a huge boulder ced on his back. For being the weakest magician in history, this was just one of the perks. There were more perks, and each one was more painful and toxic than the others. ¡°But hey, at least I won¡¯t get my ass kicked by the bullies as long as the instructor from the magician academy is supervising our training,¡± Elliot said in his mind, moving slowly across the tack while breathing rhythmically and mysteriously to restore his stamina. His parents had passed down this supernatural technique to him when they were still alive. The technique allows him to restore his stamina as long as he breathes exercising the unique patterns mentioned in the book. For the past several minutes, he had decreased his speed and focused more on using this technique to restore his stamina so that he won¡¯t copse on the ground and embarrass himself in front of the entire school. A few momentster, once Elliot replenished his stamina by using his supernatural technique, he revealed a refreshing smile as strength hase back to his body. ¡°Let¡¯s catch up to them and impress the instructor.¡± Elliot thought in his mind as he tried to catch up with the others. However, he was sixps behind the rest of the students. Six whole fuckingps around the track! ¡°What a sore loser.¡± Elliot was the greatest disappointment in the eyes of the teachers of this school. The very teacher that has been sucking up to the instructor from the magician academy and picking up his mighty balls to enter his good grace. ¡°He still hasn¡¯t copsed, huh? With his tiny strength, low stamina,nky body, and weak bones, it¡¯s a surprise that he can continue running. Is this the determination of the weakest magician?¡± The instructor said under his breath. As the man looked at him, he couldn¡¯t help but think that Elliot was an interesting student. He had looked at his files and knew that he was the weakest magician in history. The student had no ability and didn¡¯t seem to have more than two units of magic energy in his body, yet he could still run more than ten kilometers without showing any signs of giving up. Of course, this came as a surprise to him. ¡°Instructor Leonardo, he might end up hurting himself if he continues like this. Should we stop him?¡± A boy with pointy ears and wearing a pair of sunsses with ck shades asked as he looked at his soon-to-be instructor. ¡°Nope, Theo. Let him run.¡± Instructor Leonardo from the magician academy said as he looked at the talented boy with the potential to be one of the strongest magicians who he had luckily came across in the wilderness of Xavier. ¡°Alright,¡± Theo Rose nodded. ¡°Let¡¯s see for how manyps he can keep on going.¡± Instructor Leonardo said as he looked at Elliot with a gaze of subtle interest. Chapter 2: Conviction Chapter 2: Conviction Elliot ran as fast as he could through the track so that there won¡¯t be an extremelyrge discrepancy between him and the rest of the students. Still, he was severalps behind the others. Although his determination and willpower were extraordinary, hiscking strength and low stamina could only take him so far. A difference in which he was already severalps behind the second weakest student of the school wasn¡¯t mountable. Of course, he didn¡¯t give up as he hopes to catch up to the others in this race by finishing seventyps around the track, even if it meanspleting the race as thest position holder. Several minutester, Elliot slowed down as he was low on stamina and needed to concentrate to execute the breathing patterns mentioned in the supernatural technique. At that very moment, a student who was sevenps ahead of Elliot approached him after running anotherp around the track before speaking, ¡°Just give up, loser! Don¡¯t you have any shame? You are making us look bad in front of the instructor from the magician academy.¡± ¡°Yeah, weak chicken, Cain¡¯s words are right. You should drop out of the race. There¡¯s no need to feel embarrassed. Everyone here knows that you are an embarrassment to the magician¡¯s name.¡± ¡°You¡¯re weak, and running around like a dying monkey isn¡¯t gonna change anything about that.¡± Elliot¡¯s eyebrows raised. ¡°I am weak, and I know that. I am also reminded of my weakness every day. I know I won¡¯t be able to catch up to even the second weakest student of this school, but I¡¯m not trying to catch up to anybody. I just want to give it my all andplete seventyps around the track.¡± From the very start of this race, Elliot only had one goal, which was to impress Instructor Leo, not through his strength, ability, status, and so on, but by his hardworking nature and never-ending willpower. He hasn¡¯t been trying topete with others, as he knew full well of his ability and understand that he would never be able to catch up to them even if he musters strength from every fiber of his being. ¡°Why are you both wasting so much breath on him?¡± Alexander said to his buddies, and he then looked at Elliot before speaking with ill intent, ¡°Orphaned bastard, you better drop out of the race before the thirtiethp. Otherwise, a world of pain is waiting for you.¡± He cracked his knuckles threateningly as if saying I am going to instill pain in your bones if you dare to ignore my words. The truth is that Alexander and his friends had made a bet with the big boss of the school that Elliot won¡¯t be able toplete more than thirty rounds around thep, while the big boss bet that he will be able to do more than that. If they lose the bet, all three of them will pay thousands of dors to the big boss. The same will happen if the big boss of the school losses the bet. That¡¯s why they were trying to shove Elliot off the race by threatening and ridiculing him. But who was Elliot? He was a weak chicken but not a sissy. He wasn¡¯t going to piss himself just cause a strong man started to diss and threaten him with a diabolical look and a poisonous tongue. Elliotughed at his threat and said with a mocking tone, ¡°Alexander, who the fuck do you think you are? Do you think your measly ability gives you the right to determine my life? Bitch off and look at yourself in the mirror. You¡¯re a loser that can only bully the weak and lick the soles of the strong. I won¡¯t give up just because an overgrown bitch like you threatened me.¡± Elliot didn¡¯t control the viciousness overflowing from his tongue and let his heart out,shing out at Alexander. Because today¡¯s thest day, he will being to the school. Today was the graduation day from the magic school. Although it seemed pretty weird to be considered one, the students were still happy with the race as they got to prove themselves before a respected figure. Elliot was one of them. He believed that after today, they would go on different ways and nevere across each other, hopefully. He was sick and tired of the bullies and was looking forward to joining the magician academy and befriend nice people who would treat him kindly for who he is, instead of berating him for his weakness. ¡°Hahaha!¡± As they heard his words, Cain and his friendughed out loud, but Alexander¡¯s cheeks turned a shade redder. He was embarrassed and felt as if Elliot had pped his cheeks. ¡°Looks like you have forgotten what happened a month ago? Let me remind you of how I stomped on your bones and broke your legs.¡± Alexander sped up to approach and tackle Elliot who was only a few meters away from him. ¡°Do you really wanna do this? The instructor is supervising every single one of our moves. If you mess with me, you¡¯ll be disqualified from the race and lose your chance to impress him. You sure you wanna continue?¡± Elliot hurriedly said to save his neck. Alexander sped up to approach and tackle Elliot, who was only a few meters away from him. ¡°Consider yourself lucky!¡± Alexander shouted with a disgruntled as he moved past him, but not before identally tripping him to the ground. Elliot stood up with a pained expression on his face and looked at the instructor, who seemed to have found no problem with the ident. He looked away in disappointment, shrugged his shoulders, and continued running. Sometimeter, once all of the students hadpleted seventyps around the track and were sitting on the benches, resting their strained muscles and drinking water to quench their thirst, Elliottpleted the seventiethp around the track with gritted teeth. ¡°I did it!¡± He cheered at the top of his lungs. He has been using the supernatural technique to restore his stamina each time he felt like he would copse because of stamina depletion and that¡¯s how he managed to run across the track seventy times. The eyes of the students and teachers of the school opened wide in surprise as they stared at Elliot with an expression of bewilderment. ¡°Who is he? Am I imagining things?¡± ¡°It¡¯s hard to believe that he is the most unremarkable and the weakest magician in history.¡± ¡°Howe hepleted seventyps in four hours with his weak ass body?!¡± Everyone was shocked out of their wits as they found it hard to believe that a pathetic weakling like Elliot managed toplete seventyps. Chapter 3: Returning Gratitude Chapter 3: Returning Gratitude ¡°I never thought I would meet such an interesting little thing in this ce,¡± Instructor Leonardo said as he looked at the slim andnky figure of the boy with a head full of white hair, a smile stretching across his face. ¡°Neither did I, instructor Leo.¡± Theo Rose said, feeling impressed with his tenacity and willpower but showing no interest in him. ¡°What do you think about him?¡± Instructor Leonardo asked as he pointed at Elliot. Theo heard his words and rationally expressed his thoughts on the weakest magician in history, ¡°It¡¯s hard to see someone as hardworking and determined as Elliot in this city. However, there are a lot of people like him out there in the world. He is better than most students in this school but not special or uniquepared to the rest of the world. From the looks of it, he will only score the lowest in the entrance examination of the academy. He won¡¯t be remarkable in the future.¡± He wasn¡¯t interested in Elliot as his Eyes of Equality didn¡¯t pick up any significant signals from his body. His eyes allowed him to judge the fate of others and much more! Of course, since he didn¡¯t notice any traces of the golden radiance of glory around Elliot and only saw the ck haze of death surrounding him, he determined that his future won¡¯t be remarkable and that he would die in at most a year. ¡°Maybe it will be as you say, but as long as he doesn¡¯t lose his determination, there wille a day where he will be able to prove himself in the eyes of others.¡± Instructor Leonardo seems to hold high expectations of Elliot proving himself as something more than the weakest magician, and he was looking forward to it. Theo shook his head, believing in the future predicted by his special eyes. Elliot was gonna die and that too in a year. He was sure as his eyes has never been wrong. At the same time, Alexander and his friends were sitting on the benches with a disgruntled expressions on their faces as they looked at Elliot. ¡°Doesn¡¯t matter what he does. He is still a weakling that gets his ass handed out by me all the time,¡± Cain said as he looked at Elliot. ¡°Yeah, you¡¯re right, but that isn¡¯t changing the fact that you all lost the bet, and I won it. Hurry up and hand it over to me before I beat it out of you all!¡± Big Boss said with a heartyugh as he looked at Alexander, Cain, and their friend. ¡°Don¡¯t get angry, Big Boss.¡± ¡°I will give you the promised money right away.¡± ¡°Here you go.¡± The three of them opened their wallets, took a good sum of money from it, and handed it over to the big boss of the school with a smile. ¡°Good! Since you acted sensibly, I won¡¯t beat the crap out of you. Now scram before you piss me off!¡± The big boss said as he looked at them with murderous eyes. The group of three friends Immediately stood up for their seat and went away from the big boss as they knew that pissing him off will not end well for them. ¡°I owe him one. Next time if he is in trouble, I will help him out and repay this favor.¡± The Big Boss muttered under his breath as he counted the money in his hand with a beaming smile on his face. A few momentster, one of the teachers of the magician school stood before the students and said, ¡°Gather up. The instructor has something important to announce.¡± Once the students have gathered together and were standing next to each other, instructor Leonardo and Theo Rose walked up to them, and when they stood before them, the older one out of the two began speaking, ¡°You¡¯ve done well today. It¡¯s praiseworthy. But I hope you will do even better in the entrance examination of the magician academy that will be held soon. Now go and enjoy whatever you want to do. You only have free time on your hands until the entrance examination. So do as you like. See you guyster!¡± ¡°Goodbye, instructor.¡± As soon as he said those words, the students waved their hands and wished him goodbye. ¡°We¡¯ve seen enough. It¡¯s time to head to the academy.¡± Instructor Leonardo said to Theo Rose. ¡°Alright,¡± Theo said as he followed him. Soon they were out of the school and heading towards the Academy on foot. The bell rang out, indicating that thest of school has ended. Elliot breathed a sigh of relief as he didn¡¯t see his bullies anywhere near him, and he hurriedly turned to sneak his way out of the school and return to his room allocated to him by the Magician Association. At that very moment, Alexander¡¯s voice sounded from behind him. ¡°Where do you think you¡¯re going, Elliot?¡± Elliot turned around to look at his nemesis with a sly smile and outstretched middle fingers before he said at the top of his lungs, ¡°To hook up with your sister, you creepy stalker!¡± Alexander¡¯s hands balled into a fist and veins throbbed in his head as he started running towards him. Elliot turned around and began running towards the nearby tree. After a few minutes of running in the woods, Alexander closed upon him. ¡°Where the hell do you think you¡¯re running?!¡± As soon as he got close enough to him, he swung his hands forward. At the same time, a powerful gust of wind appeared out of nowhere and crashed down on Elliot, knocking him down to the ground. ¡°Ouch!¡± Elliot cried out in pain as he felt his back heating up, almost as if his skin has torn. ¡°Where are you going to run now, huh?¡± Alexander said as he looked at him in the same way a hunter would look at its prey. ¡°You bastard! Using your ability on citizens of Xavier is forbidden. Don¡¯t you fear thew?¡± Elliot said as redness crept up his eyes. ¡°I do fear thew of the magician association, but they won¡¯t do anything to me based on your words alone.¡± Alexanderughed at the top of his lungs, and he said, ¡°Look around you. We are in an isted ce. There¡¯s no camera here. Neither is there another person except for you and me. No matter how badly I mess up with you in this ce, no one would give a damn!¡± He prepared to attack Elliot with his ability once again when in that very moment, a voice packing pride and arrogance sounded from behind his back ¡°Oh, really?¡± The voice that the students of the school fear the most sounded in the area as the big boss opened his hands apart from each other. At the same time, the earth beneath Alexander¡¯s feet split open and swallowed him. Chapter 4: The way it all began Chapter 4: The way it all began Alexandernded on the depth of the hole with a dull thud, hitting his head and losing his consciousness. The very next second, a deep voice sounded in the woods, one full of arrogance and indifference. ¡°Serves him right for breaking thews of the magicians.¡± Elliot turned around to look at the source of the voice, only to see a young man with a tall figure and a head full of curly brown hair and eyes of the same color looking at him with a cold gaze and an expressionless face while standing with his back on the trees. ¡°Ss?!¡± Elliot stammered in confusion as he looked at the strongest student of the magic school in front of him in a daze. Never in a million years would he have thought that Ss would help him. He found it hard to believe that someone who has never interfered with his life for more than six years would suddenly save him from the hands of an awakened magician. Awakened Magician is a term used for magicians who can contain magic energy in their bodies and also possess an ability. ¡°Hmm? What is it?¡± Ss said those words without an ounce of change in his expression. His eyes remained cold and his face stiff and neutral. ¡°Thanks for saving my life,¡± Elliot said as he stood up from the ground and patted his pants and shoulder to dust himself off. Ss was his childhood friend and but they parted ways after middle school as he grew up to be a talented youngster and the strongest magician of this magic school, while Elliot happened to be the weakest magician. In the past six years, from middle to high school, he always remained neutral in matters concerning Elliot, never interfering with his life. Even when Elliot being ganged up on by a bunch of students, Ss did nothing in the past to help him. But this time, he saved him for some reason. Of course, this came as a surprise to Elliot! ¡°Scram before his friendses for you. I don¡¯t wanna save your weak ass once again,¡± Ss said, looking at him with an indifferent expression. As soon as those words left his mouth, Elliot turned to leave in silence. A few momentster, once Ss has turned around to walk back to the academy and spend thest day of his school life with his friends and best buddies, Elliot¡¯s shout reached his ears. ¡°Thanks for the heads up.¡± Ss shook his head, thinking in his head that the only reason he helped him was to repay the favor. There were definitely no feelings involved as he has not been friends with him for years and won¡¯t be in the future either. Elliot stepped deeper into the forest, passing through the path strewn with bushes and trees before stepping on the big rocks ced in the middle of a stream to cross to the other side, reaching a ce only half a kilometer away from his home. Although today was the big graduation day, the weakest magician didn¡¯t bother to stay at school like the rest of the magicians graduating from the magic school this year for two reasons. First off, he wanted to avoid Cain and his group of friends in any way possible. ¡°Secondly, no magician would like to hang out with me. Ugh, it sucks to be weak.¡± In the world of magicians, strength determined a person¡¯s social standing. It¡¯s because the strong discriminate against magicians with little to no magic energy or weak abilities. They were also insignificant and dispensable in the eyes of the Magician Association. This society came into being ny years ago. Ny years ago, cmity descended upon Earth, one in which many people lost their lives. Unknown spatial tunnels suddenly formed at different points on the Earth. These tunnels connected Earth to the world of monsters, humanity¡¯s worst nightmare. From these spatial tunnels, a blessing seeped into Earth. It is known as magic energy, a unique source of energy with endless advantages. But the blessing came along with a devastating misfortune. From these spatial tunnels emerged hideous-looking creatures with ws and teeth stronger than metal, massive tails, and thick hides which even bullets couldn¡¯t damage. These creatures entered Earth after making their way out of the spatial tunnels and then spread out in all directions, attacking any life form in their sight, be it animal or human. They attacked indiscriminately, separating their victims into two pieces with a snap of their jaw, smashing them into a meat paste with their tail, and ripping them apart with their ws. Humanity fought back with all they had to stop the monsters from destroying their worlds. However, the monster¡¯s hides happened to be so thick and their defense so ferocious that most modern weapons simply didn¡¯t work against them. Guns were useless against them, but bombs worked. Of course, even that was useless against monsters that were fast enough to outrun an explosion or strong enough to endure one. Humanity was being pushed back under the assault of monsters when in those days, peoples with supernatural powers suddenly appeared. They were called magicians, owners of supernatural powers that were inessible to ordinary inhabitants of the Earth. Under the might of their supernatural abilities, monsters fell to the ground as easily as a hot knife passing through butter. After the appearance of magicians, it didn¡¯t take long for the tide of battle to shift in humanity¡¯s favor, and they carved a path with their abilities, killing tens of thousands of monsters, opening the way to the spatial tunnels near their bases. For the very first time in history, humans entered the spatial tunnels that have opened up in mountains, oceans, destroyed cities, and simr areas. They found out that the spatial tunnels connected to an entirely different world, which was inhabited by monsters far terrifying than the ones who invaded Earth. This world was named Xavier! Chapter 5: System Chapter 5: System In this world, humans came across deserted settlements with odd-shaped structures and the remains of various civilizations. From these oddly shaped structures, humans found supernatural artifacts and knowledge about magic, which far exceeded everyone¡¯s imagination. And they knew that there was more than this in this world. So, they set their sight on exploring the entire world. It wasn¡¯t easy to explore Xavier, however, and only magicians could venture into the dangerous wilderness of this world, searching and acquiring knowledge and never seen before artifacts. ¡°My back hurts. Ugh, I think I am probably bleeding, but it¡¯s not too painful. Hopefully, it¡¯s only a skin wound and not something serious.¡± Elliot¡¯s head lowered in disappointment as he increased his pace to reach home faster. He didn¡¯t expect to get injured just before the entrance examination of the magician academy. The injury happened at the worst possible time. Maybe he should have kept his mouth close and endure their taunts for one more day. Nay, he did what a man should do. No backing down in the face of danger! Several minutester, he reached his home and entered the room that was allocated to him by the association after his parents died under the ws of beasts while on a mission, or so that¡¯s what the agent of the magician association has told him. The apartment provided to him by the magician association was neither too big nor too small, just enough for a bed, few sofas, bookshelf, drawers, and studying desk to fit. Because his parents died in a mission issued by the association and he had no rtives to speak of and to add the fact that he was a magician, the association graced him with this ce. A few momentster, once he took off his jacket and white shirt to check the severity of the wound on his back, his eyes widened as he saw fresh blood on the back of both of them, and he moved to the mirror ced in the bathroom to see his bloodied back. Alexander¡¯s vicious attack has torn the skin on his back, making him think that it¡¯s probably because of adrenaline that kept the full assault of pain from knocking him out. He gritted his teeth, thinking that Alexander assaulted him with his ability to cripple him. Thankfully, Ss interfered or he would have ended up in the hospital. ¡°That damn vicious jerk. I hope he¡¯s having a good time in the pothole.¡± Elliot cursed with a clenched fist. He was angry but couldn¡¯t do anything about it as he was too weak to win a fight against an awakened magician. Elliot shook his head, throwing thoughts rted to the menace to the back of his head, and pulled open his drawers, searching for something like an ointment to apply and another thing that won¡¯t let his blood go to waste. ¡°Found it. The artifact of the mysterious civilization.¡± Inside the drawer, there was an egg-shaped rock with a red surface and ck dots, looking at which his eyes couldn¡¯t help but brighten up in glee and the light of hope. There was a high chance that this stone could pull him out of the ridiculous life of dejection and pull him towards a life of glory as it was something his parents got from the ruins of a deserted base of the mysterious civilization and gave it to him, thinking it¡¯s a useless stone before their death. ¡°Everyone is fighting for such things. Who could have ever thought that one such artifact is in my hand? And, today I am going to find out what it does.¡± This stone, when he found it, was ck, and it was only after a tiny ident that he found out that this was something extraordinary. ¡°I, the trial challenger, Elliot Vincent, am here to conquer the first trial of the Northern Duke of Dark Starlight!¡± Ding! A transparent screen with the information about the trial appeared before Elliot. What he must do toplete the trial was stated inside the screen.