“Hey grand, we already went through the talent test, right? Do we have to take it again at the White Coral Floating Island Academy?” asked Aleen.
Angor listened in as well. He wanted to know it too. What he saw during his test was just too weird. He asked Alan and Aleen afterward. Aleen heard noises while Alan saw another brown bread in the plate. They were “changes” but they were acceptable.
Angor however, transmigrated to another world! He could not understand any of it.
He still believed that it was a “change” during his test, but not fully. This was why when Aleen asked Mara about the test, Angor immediately paid his attention.
Mara stroke his beard with a smile and spoke to Aleen, “The Abelles’ Eye can only tell if one’s talented or not. It can’t distinguish the Art of the talent. Once you’re at the academy, they will give you a more detailed test. You’ll see…
“… Mind this. The test at the academy isn’t a determinant one either. Even if it tells you that your talent leans towards Element, you don’t have to focus your training on the Element Art. It’s all about your own will… ”
Mara paused a little, “… Oh right, you can study any Art despite your talent tendency, true, but certain Arts cannot be learned just because you try hard. For example, there are some special branches from the Occult Art such as Prophecy and Astrology that still require absolute talent…
“I never told you about the Arts of wizards, didn’t I? I’ll explain that today then,” said Mara after some consideration. He then said, “There are many directions a wizard can choose, and different Arts have mostly been established after being perfected for tens of thousands of years. There are many Arts and branches, so I won’t be telling you every one of them. I’ll only explain the three major Arts currently agreed by the world of wizards…
“The Element Art, including the constitution of nature and the source of all. Those who wield this Art are called Elementalists.
“The Bloodline Art, people absorb the bloodline of strong creatures to strengthen themselves. These are called Bloodline Wizards.
“The Occult Art, the aggregation and termination of mysteries. Wizards who learn it are Occultists.
“The Three Major Arts can be used to describe most systems in the wizarding world. Of course, there are a lot of relevant systems apart from them, such as the Alchemy Art, the Summoning Art and so on… Most wizards more or less know some of them. There are also wizards who focus on these supportive systems, but that’s a rare sight…
“… Among the Three Major Arts, the Element Art has the most devotees. Almost all wizards know at least several elemental spells. While the Occult Art has the least followers. Also, the differentiation in the strength of the Occult Art is also the biggest—strong ones are extremely strong, the weak ones are weak beyond imagination. This is mainly because the Occult Art has complicated systems. Two most famous figures from the South are Mandala the Archaeologist and Sunders the Phantom Master. Both are Level-2 Occultists, yet they have completely different levels of strength,” Mara sighed with great emotion when speaking of them.
“As for the Bloodline Art…” Mara sniffed as if recalling bad memories. He then said in a cold voice, “Most of them are able-bodied and bad-tempered. Though they are all strong. Very strong.”
Everyone fell into silence.
“What is grandpa’s Art?” Aleen asked in curiosity.
“Me? Considering the Three Major Arts, I could be considered as a Blaze Wizard from the Element Art. However, most of my studies are about drawing spell formulas, so I’m more like a supportive wizard, a Spell Formula Drawer.”
The conversation lasted for a while. The shade of night became thicker, even the giant mountains and woods in the distance had become obscured shadows, like shifting monsters in the blowing wind.
Everyone was getting tired and eventually fell into a deep slumber.
Angor laid in the simple tent. His eyes were still brimming with intelligence. The conversation tonight touched his emotions greatly. He did not know there were so many paths for wizards. One single branch like Fire Wizards from the Element Art could be further divided into Blaze Wizards, Lava Wizards, Frostfire Wizards… and all kinds of branches mixing a number of elements together.
One could step onto the path of truth either by making it a form of expertise or simply having an extensive read about the branch.
With Jon’s enlightenment, Angor held great curiosity to see to the root of everything in the world, especially when Jon told him about the amazing phenomena in the universe.
Could he explore all these mysteries once he became a wizard?
With the expectancy towards the future, Angor slowly fell asleep.