Everyone Else Has a System

I saw Christian taking a few steps back, and it made me chuckle a little before I spoke,"well, I need to be down there. I just came here because I thought Elizabeth might need my help, but looking at the rest of you now, that doesn't seem to be the case. As for our deal, Professor Christian, let's do it some other time. Not like you or I are going anywhere for the time being, are we?"

Hearing my words, Elizabeth smiled brightly and Christian just kept observing me before I moved away from there under the constant gazes of the other people there… though before I went down, I thought of something and then… I looked up.

'Should I meet that giant right now, or meet him at a later time when he himself will descend?' I pondered a bit before sighing as I decided to move to the 9th floor first. If I remember correctly, Amelia should be there on the 9th floor, watching over everything that is going on here.

Thinking that, rather than going down, I started moving up one step at a time. Though, I felt a surge of mana pushing me down while the will power… hmmm… doesn't seem any pressure of will.

I then nodded before muttering,"Aesteria's True Form," and then my aura changed and so did the colour of my eyes. They were white as snow, right now and all that pressure on me washed away as if it never existed.

Then I began walking up, one step at a time.

Lucas first narrowed his eyes at me before his eyes turned open wide as he saw me, easily going up without any difficulty at all. As for Adara and Hera, they were in disbelief from the point I moved up and not down.

As for Elizabeth, she was simply amazed rather than shocked.

Christian, however, was shell shocked… it's as if he couldn't believe what he was watching. His expression said that he couldn't comprehend what he was watching.

While it may not be known to the public, only 37 people in history have reached the 37th floor. Out of which, only 15 are present in this Academy right now.

Still… no one in the entire history of mankind has reached the 9th floor in just one go

"His badge… it can't be forged, can it? It said that it was his first time in this place… and how old is he?" Christian asked as he still couldn't believe what he was watching and then Lucas spoke with a sigh,

"My intelligence network told me that he is no more than 16… though I doubt it's real for some reason."

By the time they were going through a series of emotions, I reached the 9th floor and saw Amelia looking at me with a fixated gaze before she spoke,"who… exactly are you?"

A bit confused at her words, I tilted my head and asked,"what do you mean by that?"

"The 9th floor… it doesn't just account for Mana and will but one's authority over his desires and mind. One has to reach a higher state of control over his emotions to even think about reaching here. Though that's not all… you also need experience that makes you worthy of being here…" she spoke a bit, lost in her thoughts as she kept gazing at me.

"What kind of experience?" I asked, and she spoke,"one has to face death or perhaps give his own life to protect another. The one who has seen fear with his own two eyes or perhaps lost control of himself out of rage and then gained back control… similar to those."

'Well… I did go through something similar to those before…' I thought before I spoke,

"I am not here for that. I have a question for you."

Snapping out of her daze, she looked at me for a few moments and asked,"what is it?"

"I want to take control of the outer district in 3 months. Will that be fine?" I asked directly, making her eyes narrow at me and speaking,

"Are you asking me to give 50% of this Academy to you?"

And I nodded,"yeah that."

She pondered over it a bit before she asked again,"two questions. One is what are you going to do with that and the other is what do I get in return?"

While the outer circle is wider in area, it doesn't hold much value to the Academy other than generating 10% profit for the whole Academy. Even still, 10% is really something, so one can't complain about it.

"I want to build a barrier to prevent the enemies from entering outside. As for what you get in return, is a magic circle from my arsenal. I was thinking of drawing a particular circle which you can check right now, and then use it to place all around the Academy so that the overall power of the Academy would be enhanced," I spoke with a thoughtful expression and Amelia just looked at me dumbfoundedly.

Not even a moment later, she said,"Show me the circle."

Nodding at her, I proceeded to draw the circle, which took about 20 to 30 minutes, given its complexity, but I made sure it was finely done without anything missing.

"Try standing within the circle and use any manipulation magic that you are having difficulty with," I said, and then I saw her using wind magic… with quite ease.

It was as if she had naturally adapted to use wind magic and she herself couldn't believe that she was controlling wind magic with this much ease. After a few minutes of trial and error, she moved out of the circle and spoke.

"What is the functioning of this circle?"

Well… now that is a bit hard to explain. Still, let's give it a try…

"Explaining it in the most basic form, it allows one to control the mana not only with their own mana but also through the natural mana around them… doesn't seem like you understand. Well, let's just say that it makes controlling mana 5 times easier," I spoke with a smile on my face before asking again,

"So, what do you think?"