Chapter: 272

Norgrim was the headmaster of the 3rd monastic academy, an institute designed to protect those who were deemed too dangerous to remain living.

Jay would obviously fall under the banner of being too dangerous – as well as those who had soul, law, dimension, love and micro type magic.

Suddenly, a knock came from his door.

“Come in,” he said, looking up from his work.

“Oh, William, hello. Any news?”

“Yes. I found an interesting person… though it appears, you will be getting a message about him soon enough. He’s not strong at the moment though, and he seems to be quite cautious – but he was given special treatment by the guild master at Losla.”

“I see… Well, let’s just see what this message says. You have been keeping your eyes out of restricted areas I hope?”

“Yes, sir.” he nodded with a straight face.

“Good, good… anything else?”

“Yes. The royal court also received a prophecy, though I wasn’t able to see what it said.”

“I see… Thanks, William. I’ll have some people pry into it.”

With a nod, William left. He had usually reported to Norgrim every few days; his unique class which was a mix of soul and nature. While he didn’t fully understand one of his abilities, it still allowed him to see ‘important events’ that would most likely affect him somehow.

“I can’t wait to meet that guy…” he thought as he entered the white-stone hallway of the academy. “He surely must be someone important.”

This was called the 3rd academy, as the first two had been destroyed by the safety bearer’s. Thankfully, the constant attacks by the mage hunters caused one of the students to develop their abilities to such an extent that they could create a separate pocket of reality; this was where the school currently operated.

There were 6 academies in total, and the 5th and 6th still operated in hidden parts of the real world.

Of course, not everyone would want to join the academy, and for those who wished for a quiet life, they were allowed to live in a separate community within the pocket dimension, or simply leave to risk getting caught in the real world.

Most people who came joined the academy however, only leaving to join the community to start a family, or after they got injured, or were simply too old.

Norgrim was currently the headmaster of the 3rd academy. One had to have a sharp mind to avoid and scheme against the safety bearers, as well as a powerful class to keep the students in line – thankfully, he fitted both roles.

Oddly enough, his class was not considered unique when it was first discovered: He was a [Mana manipulator].

While nearly every adventurer, mage, hexamist or practitioner of manacraft manipulated mana, Norgrim’s class allowed him to take it to another level.

Mana was like the fuel source for all magic, and before him, magic was helpless.

It would be like comparing someone who could cause a splash in the water with their hand to someone who could stop an entire river from flowing with their mind.

He could not only snuff out spells without a thought, but he could cause mana burn or even fill someone’s mana up.

Constantly emptying and refilling some of his enemies mana pools had caused them to fall into a state of numbness; permanently catatonic.

It wasn’t long before he was branded as a threat. Seemingly overnight, the mage hunters created a way to deal with him.