Last Updated:
2024-10-29 19:42:56“Almighty Lord, as in the one who created us?”
[Hmm, I don’t think he created you or, for that matter, no one from this entire galaxy either.]
“Then why did you call him Almighty Lord?”
[Hahaha, did you think to compare the Almighty Lord with the mere creators of a few lower worlds? He stands above them. He once was a creator of High planets and galaxies, but now he…wait, sorry, I can’t divulge any more on that matter.]
“Fine, can you tell me about the system, its functions, etc.?”
[Ofcourse, I’ll answer anything pertaining to that as long as such information is restricted for you to know.]
“I understood most of the system, but I don’t understand a few of them. First, there is the shop tab which is showing as locked. How to unlock it and how to buy anything from the shop?”
[It’s so simple; all you have to do is to become a Level-1 magician. Once that happens, the shop will be opened for you. You can buy items from the shop using Shop Points.]
“Shop Points, Seriously? Can’t you have named it something like Divine points or Heavenly points?”
[Hmm, I never thought that?]
I think they call him Mighty Rod because he simply doesn’t use the brain. I shouldn’t waste time since I only got till midnight.
“Forget about it...”
I was about to ask more when the teacher’s voice reverberated in my ears, “Congratulations to everyone, the elder from Association will now impart you some wisdom. So pay attention.”
The Old man moved to the front and spoke, “I would like to congratulate every one of you. You all have a magic affinity; though some of your magic is of low grade, you may get a chance to improve your grade.”
The students started mumbling. Some of them looked at me in disdain.
“Yes, there are treasures to improve the grade of magic. Some appear out there in the wild; they have the greatest impact on grades.
There are some potions like these treasures made by alchemists who are of rank no less than that of a Grandmaster. These potions don’t have as much effect as natural treasures. They are only suitable for magicians with a Yellow grade and below.
As the grade of magic increases, its effects decrease.
There is one disadvantage to it. In a lifetime, any magician can use it only once. You don’t need to worry about it. All I wanted to convey is that work hard, and every one of you has a chance to reach the top.”
With that being said, the old man left the room. The assistant followed him after picking up the awakening stones from the table.
The homeroom teacher spoke, “Now that you all have awakened, you should concentrate on your meditation to form orbit. Without orbit, you can never use magic. So you have a month to do that, or you can forget to apply for magic academies. Now you can leave.”
After the class adjourned, everyone started to leave. When I left, I felt those eyes of disgust and envy on me except for one. It was the same every day; I could feel her eyes on me, Claire, not with hostility like others but something else.
---
I returned home, where I was welcomed by the old butler, Thomas, and the maid, Mary. They have been with me since my birth. Once my parents got married, they employed them to look after the household as hunting sometimes takes weeks, if not months.
I hated everyone else in this city, but I loved these two. Even after those nasty rumors spread about my parents, these two stood behind me.
I quickly explained what happened to them, omitting about the golden goose. Then I went to my room and locked it as its evening and Rod will be gone by midnight.
So I called him “Rod.”
[Yes, warrior.]
I continued the conversation, and we paused, “How do I earn shop points?”
[You have to complete Missions issued by the system.]
“I don’t see any Missions tab here.”
[The tab opens once you reach Level-2. You see a tab named LOCKED. Before that, there was the shop tab, but it was locked. Once it gets unlocked, a new tab name will be shown, but it will be locked until the requirements are met.]
“Wait, if I get shop points after I reach Level-2, what good is the shop unlocking at Level-1. Isn’t it a waste?”
[Oh, that’s my bad. Shop points can also be earned by earning Achievements, completing hidden missions, and you can convert your Mana to points in 1:1 conversion.]
“That’s good to know.”
As long as I get some shop points, I can buy items from the shop. If the novels I read could be believed, these shops have heaven-defying items for one to purchase. I wonder if I can sell any items here and earn some shop points.
“Rod, can I sell items in the shop?”
[You can, as long as those items are listed in the codex.]
“Codex, what is that?”
[Once the shop opens, you will have BUY, SELL, and CODEX options. Codex has a list of items verified to exist. If you create a new item, you can apply it through the codex option, which checks the item. If it passes the quality check, a new name will appear. Not only that, if anyone creates that recipe and sells it in the shop, you get 10% of the price.]
Wow, it’s an excellent way to earn shop points passively, but once the recipe leaks, its value diminishes.
“Good to know. Now I wanted to ask you most about my Status tab.”
[Proceed.]
Seriously, do I need his permission now?
“I observed there are + and – signs on my status page. Why?”
[Finally, you ask about the primary function of your system. You can alter levels of everything using those signs, but some things can’t be altered so easily.]
“Wait, I can alter the levels?”
[Yes, you can upgrade or downgrade levels of anything.]
“Nice, but what’s the use of downgrade?”
[You can downgrade adverse effects or positive effects of your enemies.]
“Wow, I can do that. That’s such an OP.”
[Curb your enthusiasm warrior; you can see on your page that your magic level can’t be altered for now. Like that, there are some limitations. You can adjust the levels of enemies whose levels are the same as you or below you.]
Damn. I just thought I’m now an OP. AM I NOT OP?
Previous Chapter
Related Chapters
Damon Oswyn, the frost mage Chapter 5: Leveling up the Grade of Magic
Rod’s words made me crash to the ground. It felt like someone poured cold water on me. When I heard that my golden goose could help me alter the levels of anything, I was on cloud nine. I know it’s not worth arguing with him. So I proceeded to ask questions. “Rod, what’s the use of that database? It’s only empty.” [Oh, it sure is now, but it will be permanently saved in the database once you learn something. You’ll never forget anything that you have learned.] “That sure sounds nice, but I don’t think I can learn much in such a short time. Even the magicians at the pinnacle live utmost for two hundred years. So it’s not much use.” [Hahaha, you sure make me laugh. The magicians at the pinnacle live for thousands of years]. Rod laughed as if he had heard the joke of the century. “What do you mean by that?” [The magicians whom you think are at the pinnacle haven’t reached the pinnacle stage, they barely set foot out of the Primary Realm. Hearing when you said pinnacle magicians, I
Damon Oswyn, the frost mage Chapter 6: Magic grade reaching the Peak
Now that I can’t do anything, I’ll just sleep for tonight. Anyhow my original plan didn’t involve me meditating so that I could form orbit and satellite. Now that I need to wait so that my points refill, and then I can check if there are grades above Purple. Now that there wasn’t anything for me to do, I quickly fell asleep on my bed. --- I woke up early in the morning and did my daily exercises. What many magicians do is not work on their bodies. A magician increases his physique whenever he reaches a new level, so that is what everyone does, and this is their weakness. Compared to other warriors, a magician’s body is weak. There are few who use weapons embued with magic, who had to work on their physique. Usually, these are the ones who happened to have low magic grades. When I do these, everyone will be thinking me as someone weak. Either they bully me or don’t pay any attention. I won’t care for those latter guys even if they are dying, but the ones who bully would feel my w
Damon Oswyn, the frost mage Chapter 7: Essence of a magician
What the hell was that? A new mission appeared, but Rod said that missions only appear after the missions tab is available at level-2. I’m happy that a mission appeared before that ridiculous requirement was fulfilled. On top of that, the mission states to inquire about the beast tide and my parents’ death. Does that mean there is foul play? I had my doubts about their deaths. From what I know, they killed a lot of overlord beasts before, one on one. Sure the lord beasts would trouble them with their numbers but for both of them to die at the same time felt wrong. The fight happened right outside the city. Even if one of them were injured, the other would have pulled both to the healers at the walls. They could have been healed and joined the fight again. The members of major families would have filled their spots for a time since the elders of those families are on par with my parents’ strength. Added to that, Thomas found out that the families were behind the rumors about my par
Damon Oswyn, the frost mage Chapter 8: Eye of Vision, Ancient Runes
It fucking hurts. Damn, I forgot about that. They give us incredible power but only after causing the MC pain. How the hell does one survive such pain? After a few minutes of tormenting, the pain finally subsided, and I fell to the floor. When I woke up, it was already late evening. Damn, I was unconscious for hours; if this happens out in the wild, I sure will die. It’s better to use any reward when I’m in a safe zone. Now let’s check what the eye does. I went and stood in front of the mirror. Hmm, there is no change. If I remember, eye color changes but not necessarily. From the description, the vision gets enhanced; let’s check. I went to the window and looked at the city. There is nothing new. Did the eye fail? Maybe I have to say magic words? I started to say some random words. ‘Activate’ ‘Begin’ ‘Open Sesame’ Maybe I should say the name. ‘Eye of Vision, activate.’ Suddenly the vision changed. I could see through the walls and see what people could do. I shifted my sig
Damon Oswyn, the frost mage Chapter 9: Formations
The book is divided into three parts; low level, mid-level, and high level. The low-level part is for beginners, and from the description, mid and high levels are out of my reach for now. I should concentrate on the low-level part of the book, which is meant for beginners like me, or I may become brain-dead if I try to read the levels which aren’t meant for me. As I got immersed in these two books, time flew by. Nine more days were gone before I even got to start my meditation to become a magician. That means I have twenty more days to become a magician and learn a skill to perform on recruitment day. This made Thomas and Mary worry about me. They only calmed down after my assurance that everything would be fine. I know they only appeared to be calm, but their hearts were not. During these nine days, I used the points to increase my Essence and Intellect while trying to understand the magical formation. Yes, Essence stopped increasing after reaching the value of nine. I solely use
Damon Oswyn, the frost mage Chapter 10: A Magician
Ten days later Ah, finally, I’m now a magician. I left the formation and pulled out the cores. I felt some energy still inside the cores. It seems Level-1 cores can be used once as the formation needs a lot of energy to start. Once the formation was released, the energy dispersed, and everything became normal. I released my aura to see if there were any differences, and indeed there were. My aura seemed a bit stronger than that of others I felt before. It felt as if I broke to Level-3, probably because of my grade and essence. I shouldn’t flaunt to others as it only invites trouble. For now, I should keep my aura in check. It would be a trump card to be used on my enemies. Suddenly a notification sound came. Ding! ‘Congratulations, you completed the hidden mission, BECOME A MAGICIAN.’ ‘Congratulations, you are rewarded 20 shop points. ‘Congratulations, you are rewarded the EYE OF POWER.’ ‘Congratulations, you are rewarded Book of Ancient Bloodlines.’ ‘Congratulations, you ar
Damon Oswyn, the frost mage Chapter 11: Pseudo level-4 Magician
Tonight I need rest; I’ll think about what to do next after I wake up. With that, I fell into a deep slumber. --- “Amerus, are you sure about this?” “Yes, Markus. As I said before, we are here to choose champions who would stand above all. What you lot are doing but spoon-feeding your candidates.” “We do know that, but what can we do. We don’t have much time. He is coming.” “Exactly, for that reason, our champions had to be strong and independent. I’ll show my champion a path to become strong. Nothing more, nothing less.” “Whatever, it is your champion. I agree with you, but you intend to go extreme. It may hinder your champion.” Hearing them, the old man Amerus snorted. To him, someone to reach the peak of existence has to be strong and independent without help from anyone. --- ‘Yawn’ It was noon when I woke up. My body felt relaxed, and the stress was gone. For ten days, I didn’t have a good sleep. Some consider Meditation is better for the body than sleep, but I contradic
Damon Oswyn, the frost mage Chapter 12: Unbelievable SHOP##
Now that I escaped the horror narrowly, I should check what the shop has for me to buy. ‘SHOP’ What the Damn Hell? Why are these so costly? The moment I opened the shop section, I felt like I was cheated. The items looked good, but the prices were unbelievable. The Cheapest items are the Bronze class weapons, and they cost no less than 100 points each. I only got 40 points in total after completing two hidden missions. If this goes on like that, I need to complete at least 5 missions in order to afford a Bronze class weapon. I’m sad not because I couldn’t afford those Bronze class weapons but thinking about the rates of Silver class or Gold class weapons. Their prices would for sure reach the sky. Moreover, from their descriptions, the quality seems to be very high than those of weapons I have seen before. They also offer buffs to the wielder, which only armors did. Weapons are for ignoring the enemy’s defense and killing, not increasing the wielder’s power. I need to get my han
Latest Chapter
- Damon Oswyn, the frost mage
Chapter 17: Academy Begins
The Next Morning I woke up early to do routine body exercises. Though I can increase my stats with points, if I stay lazy and don’t do things, my body will go stiff. I’ll become a statue that moves in one direction. I would be the easiest moving target in history. It’s not the only reason, I should keep up appearances. If I appear lazy and suddenly grew stronger, everyone will suspect that I have treasured. All eyes will turn towards me. Before becoming strong, I need to keep the stronger eyes away. If they see that I was improving like every other magician, they won’t pay much attention. When I become the strongest, even if they think that I possess treasures, they can’t hurt me in any way. After my exercises, I took bath to clean myself and put on the new academic wear. The clothes have runes, which adjusted to our bodies pretty easily. This would reduce the need to buy new clothes every time the body has slight improvement. This is one of my recent concerns. After I started
- Damon Oswyn, the frost mage
Chapter 16: The Headmaster
When I looked around, I saw that everyone was getting into formation. While this was happening, I saw that there is an old man standing in front of us. Seeing them both Claire and I followed suit. As everyone stood in formation, the old man spoke, “Welcome to the THORN HILL MAGICAL ACADEMY. My name is Rupert Dyne and I work here as the HEADMASTER.” When the students heard that everyone gasped. Rupert Dyne is one of the legends that are alive. He is a Level-9 Magician but some say he crossed that level. There are rumors of levels that are beyond Level-9 but they remained rumors. No one came out and said that they crossed to a level beyond Level-9. So the realms that lay beyond stayed in the rumors realm. I shouldn’t think about that for now. The only way to confirm is to first become a Level-9 Magician. Anything else can wait for now. “I know many of you have arrived from far places and you are tired, so I’ll keep my speech simple. We all know that weakness is a sin. There may be s
- Damon Oswyn, the frost mage
Chapter 15: Leaving and Arriving
I told Mary and Thomas to be careful on the morning of my departure. One reason my home was safe was because of the association. It’s not like they cared about my safety, but they didn’t want the city to think that the safety of the people was compromised. Even though there are many who see me with disgust, there are few who don’t believe in those rumors. If something happened to me in the city, a small spark could burn the image of the association. Now that I leave for the academy, they don’t need to be concerned deeply about my safety. I repeatedly told them not to wander far and never at night. If someone comes to visit, don’t let them inside at any cost. They understood my concern. Even for others, my grade is Yellow; my performance has definitely caught their eyes, though I tried to avoid that. If they see me as a threat, they would certainly make a move against Mary and Thomas or against me. I need to control what others could be able to see. I think I shouldn’t have increas
- Damon Oswyn, the frost mage
Chapter 14: Recruitment (2)
I walked to the open space to demonstrate what I’m to these buggers so that I have a chance to be recruited by the top academies. I walked back to my position, I could hear everyone mumbling, but many were surprised that I could seamlessly use a skill. It is not something many achieved at this point in time. As I returned to my position, the day progressed without many excitements. At the end of the day, the principal posted our names list with the academies that were interested in us. I checked mine first and saw that only one academy was interested in me, and it was not even in the top three. I checked other student names, and though the top academy recruited fewer students or no students, the other two were eager to get many students. Pearl City Magic Academy, I can understand, but what about the other two? Why didn’t they offer to recruit me? It wasn’t my grade because one of the students with a grade the same as me got the offer. I even performed better than him, better than
- Damon Oswyn, the frost mage
Chapter 13: Recruitment (1)
I used all the points I acquired during these ten days to increase my Mana capacity. After all, the more Mana one has, the more spells one can cast. Above that, there isn’t a device to determine one’s Mana. Only the magician can estimate the number. I’ll be safe as they won’t check the number of spells cast. Of course, casting powerful spells requires a large amount of Mana, but as far anyone knows, there are only one or two Level-1 spells that require huge Mana and none of them are of Ice element. I want the attention of recruiters, not everyone’s attention. If I perform too well, it would be like I’m inviting problems myself. ‘Status’ -- Name: Damon Oswyn Age: 16 Race: Human Shop Points: 40 Level Alter points: 0; Cool-down: 24 hours Level: 1 (Locked) Orbit-1: 1 Affinity: Ice Grade: Black Innate skill: Ice Dragon Level-1 Skills: Ice Breath Level-1 , Ice Field Level-1 Weapons: None Health: 32 (+10) Strength: 16
- Damon Oswyn, the frost mage
Chapter 12: Unbelievable SHOP##
Now that I escaped the horror narrowly, I should check what the shop has for me to buy. ‘SHOP’ What the Damn Hell? Why are these so costly? The moment I opened the shop section, I felt like I was cheated. The items looked good, but the prices were unbelievable. The Cheapest items are the Bronze class weapons, and they cost no less than 100 points each. I only got 40 points in total after completing two hidden missions. If this goes on like that, I need to complete at least 5 missions in order to afford a Bronze class weapon. I’m sad not because I couldn’t afford those Bronze class weapons but thinking about the rates of Silver class or Gold class weapons. Their prices would for sure reach the sky. Moreover, from their descriptions, the quality seems to be very high than those of weapons I have seen before. They also offer buffs to the wielder, which only armors did. Weapons are for ignoring the enemy’s defense and killing, not increasing the wielder’s power. I need to get my han
- Damon Oswyn, the frost mage
Chapter 11: Pseudo level-4 Magician
Tonight I need rest; I’ll think about what to do next after I wake up. With that, I fell into a deep slumber. --- “Amerus, are you sure about this?” “Yes, Markus. As I said before, we are here to choose champions who would stand above all. What you lot are doing but spoon-feeding your candidates.” “We do know that, but what can we do. We don’t have much time. He is coming.” “Exactly, for that reason, our champions had to be strong and independent. I’ll show my champion a path to become strong. Nothing more, nothing less.” “Whatever, it is your champion. I agree with you, but you intend to go extreme. It may hinder your champion.” Hearing them, the old man Amerus snorted. To him, someone to reach the peak of existence has to be strong and independent without help from anyone. --- ‘Yawn’ It was noon when I woke up. My body felt relaxed, and the stress was gone. For ten days, I didn’t have a good sleep. Some consider Meditation is better for the body than sleep, but I contradic
- Damon Oswyn, the frost mage
Chapter 10: A Magician
Ten days later Ah, finally, I’m now a magician. I left the formation and pulled out the cores. I felt some energy still inside the cores. It seems Level-1 cores can be used once as the formation needs a lot of energy to start. Once the formation was released, the energy dispersed, and everything became normal. I released my aura to see if there were any differences, and indeed there were. My aura seemed a bit stronger than that of others I felt before. It felt as if I broke to Level-3, probably because of my grade and essence. I shouldn’t flaunt to others as it only invites trouble. For now, I should keep my aura in check. It would be a trump card to be used on my enemies. Suddenly a notification sound came. Ding! ‘Congratulations, you completed the hidden mission, BECOME A MAGICIAN.’ ‘Congratulations, you are rewarded 20 shop points. ‘Congratulations, you are rewarded the EYE OF POWER.’ ‘Congratulations, you are rewarded Book of Ancient Bloodlines.’ ‘Congratulations, you ar
- Damon Oswyn, the frost mage
Chapter 9: Formations
The book is divided into three parts; low level, mid-level, and high level. The low-level part is for beginners, and from the description, mid and high levels are out of my reach for now. I should concentrate on the low-level part of the book, which is meant for beginners like me, or I may become brain-dead if I try to read the levels which aren’t meant for me. As I got immersed in these two books, time flew by. Nine more days were gone before I even got to start my meditation to become a magician. That means I have twenty more days to become a magician and learn a skill to perform on recruitment day. This made Thomas and Mary worry about me. They only calmed down after my assurance that everything would be fine. I know they only appeared to be calm, but their hearts were not. During these nine days, I used the points to increase my Essence and Intellect while trying to understand the magical formation. Yes, Essence stopped increasing after reaching the value of nine. I solely use
