Aries was unaware of these discussions . He was advised by his father that he needs to train himself and make himself stronger as fast as possible . Aries naturally knew that as well .
' The strong prey on the weak '
This is a statement which has more than one meaning . One of them is that even if you have qualities better than others but you are weak , no one will save you from being devoured . He also knows that his enemies might not only be people from the other continents but also from the Eclipsion Empire .
The Solarion and Eclipsion are two super giant empires under the human territory . They both have very strong defense and talented people but the Solarion empire is considered more powerful among the two because the Solarion empire has the emperor in the Peak Rank 10 whereas the emperor of Eclipsion is just Middle Rank 10 .
The Solarion also has 5 ducal families where the Eclipsion has only 3 dukes . Their individual strength is also stronger than Eclipsion and thus , the power rating of both the empires are at continuous distress .
The only reason they didn't start a war till now is because of the Representative Magnus Blackthorn . He is a neutral existence and doesn't support war between them . They naturally had to listen to his commands as he is at Rank 12 which is the highest someone has ever reached .
….
Aries was sitting on the hard ground of the training room . It had just been a day since he awakened X-Rank Talent but it was already a news to the world . Every single race on Elyndor has the knowledge of the emergence of an X-Rank Talent in the Humans .
Aries opened his status screen as he was too bored .
[Name : Aries Von Voidhaven]
[Race : Human]
[Bloodline : None]
[Talent : Eternal Void (X-level) , Chaos Lightning (SSS-level)]
[Physique : None]
[Rank : Rank 1 (Lower)]
[Energy - ∞]
[Qi and Blood : 57]
[Spirit : 60]
[Stat Points : ∞]
[Skills : None]
[Magic Level : None]
[Sword Level : Sword User]
[Skill Points : ∞]
Aries looked at the status screen one more time before closing it . For some reason , his stat points and skill points have turned [infinite] after awakening . He still doesn't get it . The system awakened after he reincarnated into this world but it still doesn't understand the purpose .
[Master , this system is here to help you in your path of evolution]
The system voice suddenly rang in his head . His bored expression turned curious .
"Hey , system . What are you ?"
[I am created with the purpose of assessting my host]
"Does that mean only I have this system ?"
[Correct]
"Who created it ?"
[You]
This was the first time his system has said something like this . Before his awakening , everytime he asks it about his creation the system would just keep quiet but today it answered .
"What ?"
[This System was created by your Origin Life]
"You mean"
[Yes , you are the only being who possess this system . It can ascend you to a higher stage from your current route]
"Does that mean I can increase my stats directly to the level of those super beings in the planet ?"
[No . The system arranges an Ascension Trial for you everytime you reach a breakthrough point]
"Hey , system . How much knowledge do you have about this Universe"
[My knowledge is Infinite . There is nothing that I don't know]
"Then , tell me how many ranks are their for evolution"
[From Rank 1 to Rank 20]
"What ?!"
Aries suddenly jumped up . His eyes widened in surprise for the first time . The people in this Aeralion are only at the highest Rank 13 including the Demon God but the highest is Rank 20 which is unbelievable .
"How many Rank 20 are their in the Universe ?"
[96 people have successfully reached Rank 20]
"Among the entire Universe only 96 people have achieved Rank 20 ?"
[Master , do you think reaching it is easy ?]
"I mean , its easy for me , right ?"
[You are an exception and a variable]
Aries suddenly sat down and covered his eyes . He thought that reaching Rank13 would make him the strongest but so many people have reached Rank 20 , which is 7 ranks greater than the strongest person in the Elyndor.
You know , as you ascend higher in rank , your life level and genetic structure changes . A Rank 13 is countless times stronger than Rank 12 and countless times weaker than Rank 14 existences . The gap increases as you go higher up .
For example , The stats of a Rank 9 being is 1,000,000 points but the Rank 10 has stat points more than 5,000,000 which is a huge gap in strength .
"Lets take it slow . I am not even in the Middle Rank 1"
[A wise decision]
"So , system . What is the max stat cap for lower Rank 1 ?"
[100 points]
Aries was in thought . He will be admitted to the Astralis Academy and has to leave in two months . The Academy has strict curriculum for 4 years and attending it was the dream of many people .
Astralis Academy
The only Academy of the Athalos and one of the Six Academies of Elyndor . This Academy belongs to the Human Race and admits noble as well as commoner students with enough talent from around the continent . These are one of the three superpowers of Athalos and sides with neither the Solarion nor the Eclipsion Empire .
These Academy not only has a strict curriculum but also a strict hierarchy between students .
For example - The dorms of noblity are on a different level compared to the ones for commoners but even then the commoners have the chance to stay there if they have high grades and talent . Even among the nobles , every one receives their dorms according to their status in the Empire and their Talents .
Every descendant of nobility who reaches the qualifications has to be admitted to the Academy for their courses . Naturally , as one of the five ducal families and the top among them , every descendant of the Voidhaven family who awakened Talents higher than B-Rank are to be admitted into the Academy .
Rena Von Voidhaven is a senior student of 2nd year in the Academy . She was admitted late not because of her qualifications but because of her quality . She is an elite student who achieved Rank 6 before her 3rd year . According to the rules of the Academy , any student who fails to achieve Rank 5 within the 4 years of their courses needed to drop out of the Academy .
….
The reason why he needed to grow strong faster is because the continents cannot be trusted . The elves are trustworthy as they haven't yet shown any distress against the humans but the continents of Celestials , Mythical Beasts and Dark Elves are definitely an issue . The Demons are even more of an issue .
After some thought , Aries realized his purpose right about now .
"System , increase my stats to 100 points"
[Okay]
Aries suddenly felt his body to become stronger . His muscle , bone and even his tissues had started to strengthen. He felt his muscles being torn and regenerated becoming stronger . After about 20 seconds , the process stopped . Aries looked at his status screen .
[Name : Aries Von Voidhaven]
[Race : Human]
[Bloodline : None]
[Talents : Eternal Void (X-level) , Chaos Lightning (SSS-level)]
[Physique : None]
[Rank : Rank 1 (Lower)]
[Qi and Blood - 100]
[Spirit - 100]
[Energy - ∞]
[Stat Points : ∞]
[Skills : None]
[Magic Level : None]
[Sword Level : Sword User]
[Skill Points : ∞]
[You have reached the required level]
[Tower of Ascension is now opened]
[You can ascend to the next level through the Ascension Trial]
[Do you want to enter ?]
[Y/N]
"Yes !" Aries said without any delay . His goal was to reach atleast Rank 1 (Upper) before the Academy began .
[Teleporting you to the Ascension Tower]
Aries felt dizzy for a moment and his eyes became blurred . When he regained his conciousness , he found himself standing at the entrance of another dimension . This was a dimension full of fire , blood and heat .
Volcanos covered the entire place and the floor was full of lava and magma . Hot air filled the surroundings and the temperature reach hundreds of thousand degrees . It was like a furnace in which he was standing . Aries took out his sword from his inventory and hanged it on his waist .
This place was full of dangers and he was afraid that he won't even notice the beast who killed him . Suddenly , he heard a sound from behind him . Aries instinctively raised his sword and slashed .
Shing—
He felt his sword piercing something as he turned back . He saw a red-skinned demon lying in a pool of its own purple blood . His neck was slashed and Aries's sword was dripping the same blood . Aries raised his hand as a bolt of lightning struck the demon and charred it black .
Suddenly , he felt the ground tremble as he turned his head . He saw many demons rushing towards him from front . Aries's expression became excited . He clenched his sword in his right hand as his body started releasing sparks of lightning .
Crackle—
Sparks of black lightning with blue outline started to spread through his body . He opened his closed eyes as his gaze fell on those creatures . A grin slowly formed on his face as he slowly whispered :
"The game is on"