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If-iboth-imana-iuser-ifought-iwith-isame-i4th-igeneration-iartifact,-ithe-imanipulation-iof-iformless-imana-ito-iattack-ior-idefend-iis-ihow-ithey-ifought.-iObviously,-iwith-ithe-ibreakthrough-imade-iby-iAeolia,-ithe-iway-ihow-ithe-imana-iusers-ifought-iwas-ichanged.
The-icreation-iof-i5th-igen-iwas-ialso-ithe-istart-iwhere-imana-iusers-ior-ipractitioners-iare-icalled-i"Magicians".-iIt-iwas-ibecause-iof-ihow-ia-imana-iuser-ipreviously-icontrols-ithe-iformless-iblue-ilight-iof-imana-iand-iwas-ichanged-ito-ia-icontrol-iof-ielements-ias-ipeople-isee-iit.
Magic-iEngineers-iin-irecent-iyears-iaccumulates-iprestige-iand-ihonor-iby-icreating-ia-idifferent-ipath-ior-iway-ion-ihow-ielements-ican-ibe-iused.-iAlthough-ithe-i5th-igen-iwas-iover-ia-icentury-iold-ialready,-ithe-icreative-iway-iof-iusing-ielements-ihas-igiven-ithe-imagic-iengineers-ia-ilot-iof-iroads-ifor-idevelopment.-iCreations-iof-idifferent-imana-iartifact-ican-imake-ithe-icombat-imagicians-icapable-iof-iadapting-ito-iany-isituations-iand-ifight-iin-iany-iform-iof-ienvironment-iwhich-ican-ialso-igive-iadvantage-idepending-ion-ihow-imana-iartifact-iwas-imade.
William-iwas-inow-ion-ihis-iway-ito-ithe-iAcademy-iand-ihe-iwas-ireading-ithe-ibook-iagain-ias-ihe-ifound-isomething-iunusual-ion-ihow-iAeolia-idied.-iHe-ifound-ithat-iAeolia-iseems-ito-ibe-ihinting-iabout-ithe-ipossible-ipath-ifor-ifurther-idevelopment-iof-iMana-iArtifact.-iWilliam-ikept-iit-iin-ihis-imind-iand-istored-ihis-ibook-ion-ihis-ibag.-iHe'll-ithink-imore-iabout-iit-ilater.-i
He-iwas-inow-iin-ifront-iof-ithe-iacademy.-iA-ipart-iof-ithe-ihuge-igate-iis-iopen-ifor-ithe-istudents-ito-icome-iin.
William-iis-ialso-iin-ia-igood-imood-ias-ihe-ialready-ireceived-ithe-ipresent-ifrom-ihis-iparents,-iit-iwas-ia-imemory-icrystal-icontaining-ihis-iparents-iclan's-iknowledge-iabout-isome-ispecific-ielemental-ipathway-ion-imana-iartifact-iforging.-iIt-icontains-iadvanced-iknowledge-ithat-iWilliam-ineeded.
His-iplan-iof-iretrieving-i'his'-ibody-iand-ispaceship-iwill-icompletely-istart-ionce-ihe-iqualified-ion-ithe-icompetition.-i
"I-ishould-istart-iearning-imoney."-i
Apparently,-iit-iwas-icostly-ito-ibecome-iMagic-iEngineer.-iIf-ihe-irelied-ion-iusing-ithe-iresources-igiven-iby-ithe-iAcademy,-iimproving-ito-ithe-ipoint-iof-itopping-iall-ithe-istudents-iwill-ibe-idifficult.-i
It-iwas-ithen-ithat-ihe-iheard-ia-ivoice-iin-ihis-ihead.
[-iPathfinder-itool-ihas-icompleted-iits-iactivation-iprocess.-iWould-iyou-ilike-ito-iopen-iPathfinder?-i]-i
###-iChapter-i5-i--iMagic-iStructure
William-iwas-ialarmed-iby-ithe-isudden-ivoice-ihe-iheard-iout-iof-inowhere.-iHe-ifocused-ihis-imind-ito-imake-isure-ihe-ihad-inot-imisheard.
Unsurprisingly,-ihe-iheard-iit-iasking-iagain-iafter-ia-iminute-iwithout-igiving-ian-ianswer.
[-iWould-iyou-ilike-ito-iactivate-iPathfinder-itool?-i]
A-ilot-iof-ithings-ihappened-iin-ihis-ilife-iand-ihad-ian-iadvanced-iscience-iknowledge-iimprinted-ion-ihis-igenes.-iBut-ihe-icouldn't-idetermine-ihow-ior-iwhen-idid-isomething-iassimilate-iwith-ihim.-iYes,-ihe-icould-ifeel-ithat-ithe-ione-iasking-iquestion-ito-ihim-iwas-isomething-iattached-ito-ihis-ibody-ibut-iit's-inot.-iHe-icouldn't-iexplain-ithe-iconnection-iit-ihas-ion-ihim.-i
At-ithe-ivery-ileast,-ihe-icould-isomehow-ifeel-ithat-iit-iwould-inot-ithreaten-ihis-ilife.-i
For-inow,-ihe-idoesn't-iknow-iwhat-iwill-ihappen-iif-ihe-iagreed.-iSo-ihe-icautiously-ianwered.
"I-iwould-ilike-ito-iopen-iit-ilater,-iis-ithat-ipossible?"
[-iAffirmative.-i]
That-iis-iwhat-iit-isaid-ibut-iWilliam-ihad-ino-iidea-ihow-ihe-iwould-icall-iit-iout-iagain.-iHe-iclosed-ihis-ieyes-ibriefly-iand-iafter-ihe-ifelt-ithe-iconnection-ito-ithat-iunknown-ivoice,-ihe-istopped-idazing-iaround-ias-iclass-iis-iabout-ito-istart.-i
He-ihurried-ito-ithe-ibuilding-iand-iheaded-ito-ihis-iclassroom.-iHe-irelaxed-iafter-inoticing-ithat-ithere's-istill-iabout-i10-iminutes-ibefore-ithe-iclass-iwould-istart-iand-ihe-ichatted-ia-ibit-iwith-ihis-ifriends-iasking-iabout-itheir-ivacation.-i
There's-i30-istudent-iin-ithe-iclassroom-iand-i10-iother-iclasses-ithat-imainly-istudy-iArtifact-iForging.-iThey-iare-iall-ibeing-igroomed-ito-ibe-iMagic-iEngineers-iin-ithe-ifuture.
William-iis-ia-isecond-iyear-istudent-iin-ithe-iFirst-iClass-i--iMoon,-ia-igathering-iof-italented-irookies-iaspiring-ito-ibe-iMagic-iEngineers.-iIt-icould-ibe-isaid-ithat-iWilliam-iis-idoing-iwell-ion-ithe-iclass-ibeing-ian-iaverage-iperformer.-iHis-iless-iaverage-imana-iaffinity-idid-inot-iaffect-ihis-imana-iartifact-iprocess-iin-ithe-imean-itime-ias-ithey-iwere-imainly-iproducing-i2nd-ior-i3rd-igen-iartifact.-iMaking-i4th-igen-iartifact-iwas-idone-iin-ia-igroup-iand-i5th-igen-iis-ia-iwhole-idifferent-istory.-i
Apparently,-iartifact-iforging-idoes-inot-iconsume-ia-ilot-iof-imana-iin-ithe-iprocess-ibut-iyou-ito-ihad-ito-imaster-imana-imanipulation-idue-ito-ithe-idifficult-iway-iof-iembedding-imagic-istructure-iin-ithe-iartifact.-iThey-iwere-inot-ionly-icreating-ithe-iartifact-ibut-ialso-iprogramming-ithe-idevice-iitself.
"William,-idid-iyou-ihear-iabout-iwhat-ihappened-ito-iSheryl-ithe-iFrost-iQueen?"
His-ifriend-iGilbert-iasked-iin-ia-isoft-ivoice.-iHe's-ione-iof-ihis-iclose-ifriends-iin-ithe-iacademy.-iHe-iadjusted-ihis-ieyeglasses-iwhen-ihe-iasked-ithis,-ihe-iis-ione-iof-ithose-idedicated-istudent-iin-imagic-istructuring.
Although-iit-iwas-inot-ia-isecret,-iGilbert-ichose-ito-ibe-idiscreet-iwhen-igossiping-ihence-ihis-ilow-ivoice.-iWilliam-iremembered-ithat-iSheryl-iis-ia-i2nd-iyear-istudent-iof-iFirst-iClass-i--iSun.-i
Their-iacademy-ioffer-i2-ipathways-ias-ia-imagician.-iThe-iMoon-iClass-iwhich-ihas-i10-iclasses-ithat-istudy-imana-iartifact-iforging-iand-iSun-iClass-iwhich-ihas-i30-iclasses-ithat-iallows-istudent-ito-ifocus-ion-imana-iusage.-iThis-iclass-imainly-istudies-iextreme-imana-icontrol-ithat-ican-ibe-iused-ifor-icombat-iwith-ior-ieven-iwithout-ithe-ihelp-iof-imana-iartifact.-iThey-iwere-ibeing-itaught-ifrom-iold-iway-ito-ithe-ilatest-iform-iof-iusing-imana.-i
After-iall,-iby-ipossessing-ia-imana-iartifact-idoesn't-imean-ithat-iyou-ican-iutilize-ithe-iembedded-imagic-iwithout-iproper-itraining.-iInvoking-imagic-iisn't-ias-isimple-ias-itriggering-ia-igun.-iIt-ineeded-icalculating-ipower-iof-ihuman-ibrain.-iBy-istudying-iin-ithe-iacademy,-ithey-iwill-inot-ionly-ibe-itaught-ion-ihow-ito-iuse-iall-ithe-imainstream-imana-iartifact-ibut-ialso-ito-ihave-ia-ivery-istable-ifoundation-ifrom-iusing-ilow-igen-ito-ilatest-igen-iartifacts.-i
"I-iknow-iher.-iShe-iwas-ifeatured-iin-itop-i100-irookie-imagicians-iafter-iall.-iWhat-ihappened-ito-iher?"
William-iwas-ia-ibit-icurious-ias-iwell.-iHe-iremembered-ithe-ilist-iof-itop-i100-ithat-icame-ifrom-ia-imagazine-i--i"The-iFortune-iin-iMagic"-ibut-ithis-ican-ibe-ieasily-ifound-iin-ithe-iinternet-ias-iwell.-i
Aside-ifrom-ithat,-iWilliam-iremembered-iSheryl-inot-ionly-ias-ia-istudent-iat-iSun-iClass-ibut-ialso-ibecause-ishe-iwas-ia-ischool-ibelle.-iShe-iwas-ian-iattractive-iteenager-iwith-iblonde-ihair-iand-iblue-ieyes.-iShe-iwas-ia-imember-iof-ithe-iillustrious-iVermont-iFamily,-ia-imilitary-ifamily-iwho-ihas-iadapted-iRed-iFrost-iVI-iArtifact-ias-itheir-imain-imana-iartifact-iweapon.-iThey-iwere-ipopular-iin-ia-iway-ias-itheir-ibrilliance-iin-iusing-ithe-iartifact-imade-ithem-ione-iof-ithe-ipowerful-iclan.-i
Unfortunately,-ithis-iartifact-iwas-ionly-iavailable-ifor-ithe-ifamily.-iThe-iMagic-iEngineer-iwho-imade-iit-ionly-iallowed-imembers-iof-iVermont-ilineage-ito-iutilize-ithe-iartifact,-iwhich-iwas-icommonly-ibeing-idone-iby-ithe-ipowerful-ifamily.-iAnd-iof-icourse,-ithey-iwere-iable-ito-ilicense-iit-iwithout-iany-iproblem-ifrom-ithe-igovernment-ias-itheir-iprivate-imagic-istructure.-iThese-ipowerful-ifamily-ior-ipeople-iwith-iconnection-iin-ithe-ihigher-iup-ican-ieasily-ihave-itheir-iartifact-imagic-istructure-iprivately.-iBut-ibear-iin-imind-ithat-ithe-ithing-ithat-ithe-igovernment-itightly-icontrol-iwere-ithe-imagic-istructure-ior-ithe-imain-iprogram-iof-ithe-iartifact.-i
The-icomponent-iitself-iof-ithe-iartifact-idoesn't-ihave-itoo-imany-istringents-ias-ilong-ias-iyou-idon't-iuse-idangerous-imaterials-iin-imaking-iit.-iOnly-ithe-imost-isensitive-ipart-iof-iartifact,-iwhich-iis-ithe-imagic-istructure-ihas-irigorous-irequirement-ibecause-ithe-istructure-iitself-iis-ithe-ione-iconnecting-iwith-iMagicians-imind-ito-
icontrol-ithe-imana.-iThis-ivery-isensitive-ipart-iof-iartifact-iwas-ibeing-iclosely-imonitored-iby-ithe-igovernment-inot-ionly-ito-icontrol-iit-ibut-ito-iprotect-ithe-imagicians-ithemselves.
This-iis-ito-isafeguard-ithe-imagicians-ifrom-igoing-icrazy,-iout-iof-icontrol-ior-ieven-ifrom-ideath-iin-isevere-icases-iof-iunrefined-imagic-istructure.-i
Only-imana-iartifact-iand-imagic-istructure-ithat-ihas-ipassed-ithe-istrict-istandard-iof-iNational-iMagic-iTrade-iand-iIndustry-ican-ibe-iused-iby-imagicians.-iOf-icourse,-iyou-imay-iuse-ithose-ithat-ididn't-ipassed-iNMTI-ibut-iif-iyou-iused-iunlicensed-imagic-istructure-iin-iyour-imana-iartifact,-iyou-ican-ionly-iblame-iyourself-iif-isomething-iuncanny-ihappened-ito-iyou.-iThe-igovernment-iwill-inot-ihelp-iyou.-i
The-istandard-iprocess-iof-iregistering-iyour-iartifact-iin-iNMTI-iwould-ibe-ia-ilong-iprocess-iand-iyou-iwill-ieven-ihave-ito-ireveal-ieverything.-iThe-iRed-iFrost-iVI-iof-iVermont-iFamily-iwas-ifocused-ion-iice-ielement-iusage,-ithe-imagic-iengineer-iwho-icreated-iit-ihas-iquiet-ian-iaesthetic-ias-ihe-iforged-ithe-iartifact-ito-icreate-ia-icrimson-iice.
It-ihas-iits-iuniqueness-ias-ithe-iice-imagic-ithis-iartifact-icould-icreate-iwill-inot-ionly-ifreeze-ithe-ivictim-ibut-ialso-iburn-ithem-iinside-iand-imost-isurprisingly,-ithe-ipeople-ithat-ihas-ialready-ibeen-iaffected-iby-iRed-iFrost-iVI-ican-ibe-ihealed-iby-ithe-isame-iuser.-iIt-iwas-isuch-ia-icomplicated-imagic-ithat-iwill-ichallenge-iany-imagic-iengineer.
"Yes,-ithat-iis-ithe-iFrost-iQueen.-iIt-iseems-ilike-ishe-iwould-ilike-ito-itransfer-ito-iour-icurriculum.-iAnd-iif-ithat-iis-itrue,-ido-iyou-ithink-ishe-iwill-ibe-iour-iclassmate?"
You-icould-ihear-iexcitement-iin-iGilbert's-ivoice-ias-ihe-iasked-iWilliam.
"Why-iwould-ishe-ieven-itransfer?"-iWilliam-idid-inot-ianswer,-ihe-idoesn't-ihave-ian-iidea-iand-iinstead-iasked-ianother-iquestion.
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###-iChapter-i6-i--iPathfinder-i(Part-i1)
It's-inot-iimpossible-ifor-ia-iqualified-icombat-imagician-ito-ibe-ia-imagic-iengineer-iinstead,-ibut-iit-icouldn't-ibe-isaid-ithe-isame-ithing-iotherwise.-iMagic-iengineers-iwas-inormally-ibeing-ichosen-iby-imagicians-iwith-ilower-imana-iaffinity-iafter-iall.
Although-imagicians-iwith-ilower-imana-iaffinity-ican-ibe-iin-icombat,-ithey-iwould-inormally-ifailed-ito-ibe-ia-ilicensed-icombat-imagician.
"I'm-inot-iquite-isure-ias-iwell,-ibut-iI-iheard-iit-ion-ipassing."-i
"I-isee,-ibut-iour-iacademy-idoesn't-ihave-ithe-ibest-iquality-iof-iequipment-iin-iartifact-iforging,-iif-ishe-ireally-iplans-ito-ibuild-ifoundation-iin-imagic-iengineering,-iI-ibelieve-itheir-ifamily-ican-iafford-iher-ito-istudy-iat-iMystic-iGate-iAcademy."
It-iwas-itwo-icities-iaway-ibut-ithat-ishould-ibe-iminor-iconcern.-iWilliam-iadded-iit-ion-ihis-ithought.
It-iwas-inot-ibizarre-ifor-i2nd-iyear-istudent-ito-ichange-iits-icourse.-iAcademies-ipermit-ithis-ichanges-ias-ithey-ilet-ithe-imagician-idecide-itheir-icareer.
It-imay-ialso-ibe-ithe-ireason-iwhy-iduring-ithe-ifirst-iyear-iin-ithe-iacademy,-ithey-iwere-ibeing-itaught-iof-igeneral-iknowledge-ifor-iboth-icourse-iwith-ionly-ifew-idiscrepancies.-iIn-ithe-ifirst-iyear,-iboth-icombat-iclass-iand-iartifact-iforging-iclass-iwere-ibeing-itaught-ion-iits-ifoundation-iand-icompleting-ipractical-iclasses.
Combat-imagicians-iwas-irequired-ito-iat-ileast-ihave-igeneral-iknowledge-iof-iartifact-iforging-ias-ithat-iwould-iprove-ihelpful-iin-ithe-ilong-irun-ias-ia-imagician.-iThere-iwas-ieven-ia-isaying-ithat-ia-igood-icombat-image-iwould-ibe-ia-igood-imagic-iengineer.-iIt-ican-ibe-itrue-iin-isome-ipart,-ias-ithey-iwere-imostly-ithe-iuser-iof-icomplex-imagic-istructure.-iUnfortunately,-istudying-iboth-iwill-ionly-ihinder-iyou-ireaching-ithe-ipeak-iof-iyour-iability.-iMagic-iengineering-iconsumes-ia-ilot-iof-itime-ito-icompletely-igrasp-iand-isometimes-ican-ibe-iboring-ito-iothers.-iSo-ithose-icombat-imagicians-iwho-ihas-ia-ichance-ito-ibe-ilicensed-iwould-iquickly-iseize-ithe-iopportunity.
Both-iof-ithem-iwere-inot-iaware-iof-ithe-ireason-iwhy-iSherly-iwill-itransfer-ion-idifferent-icourse.-iBut-isince-ishe's-ipopular,-ithere-iwould-idefinitely-ibe-imore-inews-ilater-ion.
Everyone-iin-ithe-iclassroom-iwas-ichatting-ihappily-ias-ithey-italked-iabout-itheir-irecent-ivacation.-iExactly-iat-i8AM,-ia-istocky-imiddle-iaged-iman-iwearing-ian-iinstructors-iuniform-ientered-iand-ieveryone-iwas-iconfused-ias-ithis-iguy-iwasn't-ione-ithey're-iexpecting.-i
"Miss-iTales-iwon't-ibe-iable-iguide-iyou-ithis-isemester-iso-iI'm-ihere-ito-iguide-iyou-itemporarily-iwhile-ishe's-iout.-iFor-ithose-iwho-idoesn't-iknow-ime.-iI'm-iGaren,-ia-inew-iinstructor-ihere.-iI-imainly-iteaches-icomplex-imagic-istructuring.-iSupposedly,-iI'll-ionly-iteach-i3rd-iyears.-iSigh...-iOn-iyour-ifirst-isemester,-iyou-ialready-ilearned-iand-icompleted-imultiple-iartifact-iforging-itask,-ibut-iyour-i4th-igen-iartifact-iwas-imade-iby-igroup.-iThis-isemester-iwe-iwill-ihave-ito-ifocus-ion-ipractical-iexams-iand-ithis-itime-iyou'll-itry-ito-icreate-i5th-igen-iartifact-ialone."
"Eh?-iSir,-idid-ii-imisheard-iyou-isaying-iwe'll-icreate-i5th-igen-iartifact-iand-iwe'll-ido-iit-ialone?"
"What-ihappened-ito-iMs.-iTales?"-i
They-idon't-ieven-ihave-itime-ito-ilament-iabout-iMiss-iTales-istory-iof-ileaving-ithem-iwhen-ihe-imentioned-isomething-iridiculous.-iThough-isome-iconcerned-istudent-iasked-iafter-ithey-iremember.
"I-ijust-idid.-iAbout-iMs.-iTales,-ishe-ihas-isome-ifamily-iconcerns,-iI'm-inot-iquite-isure-ias-iwell-ibut-iyou-ican-iask-ithe-idean"
Instructor-iGaren-ianswered-iwith-ia-igrin-ion-ihis-iface.-iAs-iif-ithey-icould-imeet-ithe-ielusive-idean.-i
Everyone-ithought-ithat-ithey-imisheard-ihim-iabout-icreating-ithe-i5th-igen-iartifact.-iHe-ijust-isaid-ihimself-ithat-iwe-icreated-i4th-igen-iby-igroup-iof-istudents.-iIt-iwas-isix-ipeople-iin-ia-igroup-iso-ia-itotal-iof-i5-igroups-icreated-ifive-i4th-igen-iartifact.-iNow-iyou-iwant-ius-ito-icomplete-ia-i5th-igen-ialone?-iThey-icould-inot-ibelieve-iit.-iAlthough-ithey-ialready-ilearned-ithe-itheory,-iwithout-ienough-ipractice-iit-iwill-ibe-idiffcult-ifor-ithem.-iEspecially-inow-ithat-ithey-icreated-ia-i4th-igen,-ithey-iknow-ihow-idifficult-iit-ican-ibe.-i
Majority-iof-ihis-iclassmates-iwas-idumbfounded-iwhen-ithey-iheard-iit.-iIf-ihe-ihadn't-iconsumed-i3-imemory-icrystal-iprior-ito-ithis,-ihe-iwould-ibe-iraising-ia-ifuss-ias-iwell.-iWilliam-inoticed-isome-iof-ihis-iclassmates-iare-iuninterested-ieven-iafter-iInstructor-iGaren-ideclared-ihis-iintention.-iHe-ithought-ifor-ia-ibit-iand-irealized-ithat-ithis-iseven-istudents-ihas-iprominent-ibackgrounds.
They-iperhaps-iconsumed-imemory-icrystal-ias-iwell.-iWilliam-ishook-ihis-ihead-iand-ithought-ithat-ihe-iwas-isure-ithat-ithey-iconsumed-iit.-iAfter-iall,-ithis-iseven-istudent-iare-ithe-itop-iperformer-iof-ithe-iclass-iand-iare-iall-iaiming-ito-ibe-iincluded-iin-iTwelve-iMagic-iAcademies-iCompetition-ior-iTMAC.-iI-ican't-islack-ihere,-iwith-i4-imonths-iuntil-ithe-iselection,-iI-ineed-ito-ihave-iopportunity-ito-iprove-imy-iskills.
He-icouldn't-ihelp-ibeing-inervous.-iThe-imemory-icrystal-ionly-iprovides-iknowledge-iand-inot-ipractical-iexperience-iafter-iall.-iBut-iexcitement-ialso-ishows-iin-ihis-iexpression-ias-ihe-iwants-ito-itry-ihis-iskills.
When-iInstructor-iGaren-ifinished-ianswering-isome-idoubt-iof-ithe-istudent,-ihe-ifurther-iexplained.-i
"Although-iI-isaid-iyou-iwill-icreate-i5th-igen.-iIt-iwill-ijust-ibe-isome-ikind-iof-isimulation-iwith-ia-ireadied-idevices,-ibut-ibefore-ithat-i--iI-ineed-ito-iknow-ihow-ifar-iyou've-ialready-ilearned."
Their-iexcitement-idied-idown-ia-ibit-iafter-ibeing-itold-ithat-iit-iwill-ijust-ibe-ia-isimulation.-iImmediately-iafter-ihe-iannounced-ithis,-itheir-idesk-iall-ilit-iup,-iquestions-iappeared-ion-ithe-idesk-iand-iwith-ia-itouch-ion-iit-iusing-itheir-ipalm,-itheir-istudent-iinformation-iappeared-iand-itheir-iexamination-ibegan-ias-ithey-ianswered-ithe-iquestions.-i
This-ilasted-ifor-ithree-ihours.-iYou-icould-ionly-ihere-ia-itapping-ion-ikeyboard-iduring-ithis-itime-ias-ithey-idiligently-ianswered.-iQuestions-inot-ibeing-itaught-iin-ithe-iacademy-iappears-iquite-ia-ilot.-iAs-ia-imagician,-ithey-ihave-ibetter-imemory-iand-icould-iabsorb-ia-ilot-imore-iknowledge.-iSo-iwith-ia-ifree-iaccess-iin-itheir-ilibrary,-ieven-ithough-isome-iquestions-iweren't-iparticularly-ibeing-itaught-ithey-icould-istill-ianswe
r-iit.-i
But-iwhen-iquestions-iabout-i5th-igen-iappeared,-itheir-ipace-iclearly-islowed-idown.-iQuestions-irelated-ito-iMana-to-Element-icompatibility,-iMana-iConversion-iTheories,-icompound-imagic-istructuring-iand-ieven-imana-iparticle-iemission.-iWith-iall-ithese-idifficult-iquestions,-ithe-iinstructor-ireally-iwants-ito-isee-ithe-ilimits-iof-ieveryone's-iknowledge.-i
Instructor-iGaren-icollected-ithe-iresults-iin-ihis-idevice-iand-ihe-idismissed-ithe-iclass-iafter-itelling-ithem-ithere-iwill-ibe-ipractical-iability-itest-itomorrow.-iThey-isomehow-iexpected-ithat-ias-ipractical-iskills-iwere-istill-ithe-ibest-iway-ito-ihave-ia-igrasp-ion-isomeones-iability.-i
Homeroom-iclasses-ionly-ihappens-iin-ithe-imorning-iand-istudents-iwill-ibe-iallowed-ito-iuse-ithe-ifacilities-iin-ithe-iacademy-ion-ithe-iafternoon.-iOf-icourse,-ithe-iMain-iArtifact-iForging-iroom-iis-inot-iincluded.-i
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