The assistant promptly replied, "Professor, his name is Marko Gage."
"Marko Gage..." Hector repeated the name, as if etching it into his mind, and excitedly continued, "You must immediately go to the border! Host his interview—"
Halfway through his words, he suddenly changed his mind, unable to mask the urgency on his face, and stood up with a flourish of his sleeve.
"No, I'd better go personally!"
He was already eager to discuss the theories about the Void Realm face-to-face with that candidate!
Hector could even imagine—when the legendary Professor Hector stood before him, inviting him to join his research team, how ecstatic that talented youth who yearned for the Academic State would be!
...
A perfect exam paper, submitted by a candidate named Marko Gage, had stirred a small wave in the highest levels of the Tower of Sages.
Professor Hector Rain had already decided to go personally to the border to welcome this once-in-a-century talent.
