6 months later
The news about Arion Von Frostweaver receiving the [Gold] grade spread throughout the empire .
Some people expressed joy in the fact that a new prodigy was born while some who competed with the 'Frostweaver Family' felt chills down their spine . The family's influence is already greater than any other ducal family and the patriarch is the friend of the king himself . That family is a house of monsters where every single member is talented to a high degree which is almost unfathomable .
Some even decided to take the initiative to eliminate 'Arion Von Frostweaver' but they had to decide again before laying a hand on them . If they get caught in the act of injuring or eliminating Arion , then they will lose not only their status and power but a whole family execution isn't difficult either .
The news spread like wildfire eventually reaching the ears of the king 'Marcus Von Eclipsion' and the eldest prince 'Avalon Von Eclipsion' . The king immediately summoned his friend 'Argent' from the ducal family .
Argent Von Frostweaver entered the king's hall . He was summoned alone and so he came alone . He bowed in front of the king who was the same age as Argent . He said .
"Argent , you are my lifelong friend . Don't bow to me"
"It's still inappropriate , your Majesty"
"Fine . Now , tell me about that boy . He is your kid , right ?"
"Yes . He had achieved the [Gold] status in his evaluation which was witnessed by every member of the family"
"I know . The news reached too far even to Solarion"
"Does the 'Black Order' know ?"
"I don't have an idea but I guess its only common for them to receive the news"
"I understand"
"Argent , please take care of two things . First , provide the child with resources as much he needs and Second , protect the child atleast till he admits into the Academy"
"Yes"
"You understand , how much of an important role that child plays to our future , right ?"
"Yes"
"I believe if his prowess spreads outside the continent , then it will be difficult to handle"
"The news won't spread furthur . I will not allow anyone to harm Arion"
"Good , I trust you"
"Thank you"
"Come to my study . I have some important matters to discuss"
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Arion's last 6 months were memorable too . He received more attention than Aurelia , receiving marriage letters from the neighbouring empire as well . He rejected everyone except for one . It was the proposal of the 'Rainhafer Family' . They didn't show interest during Aurelia's time but they want to marry their eldest daughter to Arion .
Arion actually knows this person . Well , it would be wrong to say that he only knows this person . She was the childhood friend of both Arion and Aurelia . She is the same age as Arion and from the main family of 'Rainhafer Family' . She received [Purple] grade in her awakening which was also a big news for the empire . She was 'Ariselle Von Rainhafer' .
This was the first generation in many years to have so many [Blue] and [Purple] graders but the most important news is that a child awakened [Gold] grade powers in this empire which was an unprecedented feat .
Arion was in the training ground training his swordmanship .
Beside him was Aurelia who was teaching swordmanship to her brother . She was a [Sword Beginner] who had mastered the basics of swordmanship .
Swordmanship is divided into 5 ranks --
[Sword Beginner] - A person who just started learning swordmanship but had already mastered the basics.
[Sword User] - A person who can use their [Aether] in a gaseous form to temporarily boost the sword's properties .
[Sword Expert] - A person who can use their [Aether] in liquid form to make the sword more sharper and durable .
[Sword Master] - A person who uses [Aether] in solid form , they can imbue elementals on their sword and use a bit of power of concepts .
[Sword Grandmaster] - A person who reached the pinnacle of swordmanship , they can use [Aether] and use their own self-created concepts in their swordmanship .
Aurelia was a [Sword Beginner] who just stepped into the realm of accurate swordmanship . She can't imbue [Aether] into her sword but she can easily kill any Tier 0 beasts with just her sword . She learnt basic techniques and used them again and again to master the techniques .
Arion was just a few steps from the realm of [Sword Beginner] . It was truly shocking because Aurelia took almost an entire year to reach that realm while Arion was just reaching that realm within 6 months . Is this the true potential of a [Gold] grader ?
No one knew the answer but everyone knew one thing very clearly . Young Master Arion is talented enough to reach a realm which no one in the world except for the 'Demon God' ever reached . That is 'Tier 10' .
An unimaginable realm more stronger than 'Tier 9' which was considered the pinnacle of power .
This was what others thought but Arion himself wasn't satisfied . He needs to grow stronger faster to save the world . He had the system which provided him some boost in cultivation but he still was unable to use the system's full power till he is able to go out in the forest to hunt beasts . His [Aether] had already reached 95 points with being very close to Tier 1 (Intermediate) .
After ascending to intermediate rank in Tier 1 , his combat power along with his strength would drastically increase . Although using [Aether] in sword needed an enormous amount of [Aether] in the core which can only be attained on advanced rank of Tier 1 or beginner rank of Tier 2 .
Arion was practicing the basic techniques time and time again to get accoustomed with the technique . He had some kind of special power in his eyes granted by the system which was allowing him to figure our his flaws and mistakes which he was correcting before again practicing .
His entire brain was utilized the most in this cases as he figured out the flaws and remembered them when executing the techniques again . This led to an excessive usage of mental power at his age and thus , he gets tired before training for long . His mind was simply uncapable in his current age to cope up with his speed of calculation and improving accuracy .
Arion's training was coming to an end as his mental power was almost exhausted . The flaws he received today were much less compared to when he first started . He realised that he was slowly improving in these techniques as the days passed . His mental power is weak right now because of his age or else he would have reached [Sword Beginner] stage long time ago .
Aurelia was watching as Arion's movements were getting sloppier . She was almost sure that this brother of her overexerted himself once more . It was almost a daily routine for Arion to lose conciousness during training and she had to carry her brother to bed . But , this routine didn't effect her one bit .
When Arion trains she trains herself too . She understood at the second day of their training that Arion was capable of improving his flaws and mistakes on his own which is the reason why good tutors are needed . Although , Arion didn't start his magic circle cultivation till now but it won't be long before he does . She herself is currently a [1st Circle] Mage capable of casting basic spells.
She was discovered to have affinity for two elements . One of them is [Ice] and the other is [Light] . There exists 9 types of elements in the world which mages can gain an affinity to . They are [Fire] , [Water] , [Wind] , [Earth] , [Wood] , [Ice] , [Lightning] , [Light] and [Void] .
Although , anyone can awaken any type of element for their magic but some elements are more common in different races . For example , the [Wood] element and the [Wind] elements are awakened mostly by elves , the [Light] element are awakened mostly by Celestials , the [Fire] elements are awakened by humans and dragons , etc .
The demons however are different . They don't awaken any of the elements mentioned . They awaken affinity to a special element known as the [Darkness] element . This element doesn't require [Aether] to be manipulated , rather , it uses [Demonic Energy] to be controlled . This power is also referred to as [Dark] power .
The elements of a person are innate i.e. they are born along with the affinity for those elements . These affinities doesn't necessarily belongs to the genetics but some family bloodline have a certain elemental affinity bound to them . Like the members of the 'Frostweaver Family' is sure to awaken the [Ice] element , the 'Rainhafer Family' is sure to awaken the [Lightning] elements .
Dual elementalists aren't rare in the world but Triple elementalist are much more rarer in the world and the last person to have more than two elements was a long time ago during the beginning of the era . Aurelia wasn't sure of the elemental affinity Arion was born with but he was sure to have [Ice] element in his blood .
Aurelia was looking forward to the day when Arion's elemental affinity would be tested . She was having a feeling that her brother is ready to shock the world once more . She went ahead and gently picked up Arion from the ground who passed out quite some time ago due to excessive mental power usage .
She hung him on her back as she took him to his room . She looked at her brother whose silver hairs were shinning with the rays of the setting sun . A gentle smile spread on her face as she walked ahead .