"This is your first time, correct?" Archmage Arlen asked while staring at the first target board in a daze.
Max thought. I mean, in this life…
He responded with a nod, "Yeah."
Archmage Arlen glanced at Max while tilting his head in confusion.
As Max met his gaze, Archmage Arlen frowned.
He asked, "Then, what did you expect?"
Max was silent. He didn't know what to respond.
Archmage Arlen sighed helplessly.
He turned towards the target board and replied, "In fact, you don't need to hit the bullseye. You just need to hit the target board. I even thought your first mana sphere wouldn't reach the target board, but here you are, showing your astuteness."
Archmage Arlen was utterly surprised by how Max launched his mana sphere. After conjuring the sphere above his palm, Max formed a burst of compressed mana behind it, which pushed the mana sphere forward.
In other words, Max had instinctively applied the Law of Mana Propulsion.
It was the earliest and most ancient method of launching mana projectiles. Before structured spellcasting was developed, mages relied on pure mana compression to propel their constructs. Later, the introduction of spell structures allowed projectiles to follow predetermined paths and be infused with elemental properties.
Archmage Arlen found it funny at first as he really thought Max would attempt throwing the mana sphere, but what he did was out of his expectations, increasing the accuracy on his first attempt.
Archmage Arlen could shake his head and sigh.
He said, "Do it again. The first one was recorded, don't worry. After all, it consumes your mana a lot."
Max nodded. Thankfully, he had 70 mana in total and he consumed 20 mana each attempt.
The two remaining tries were not much worse than the first, but it was not satisfying for Max, who always aimed for the dead center.
He could only grumble in annoyance.
Archmage Arlen rolled his eyes on how displeased Max was.
He said, "Alright. You showed me very… very…. Very satisfying performance. Here's your reward."
Archmage Arlen raised his hand forward and the ring on his index finger glowed a strange white light.
Max wasn't blinded at all, not even blinking throughout the process.
He knew what the ring was. It was a storage ring, similar to a player's inventory.
Four books appeared out of thin air and were being thrown towards Max.
Max grabbed each of them and absorbed it into his inventory.
Archmage Arlen seemed not surprised, as though he had already anticipated it.
After the four books, another badge was thrown to Max. It was the badge with an insignia that symbolizes the Empire's acknowledgement to a citizen who attained the Arcane Caster Class—a Tier 1 Mage Class.
Archmage Arlen beamed a smile at Max, as the badge swiftly passed through Max's grasp and glued to his chest below his name badge.
He said, "Congratulations, you are now officially a mage."
…
Currently, all the players were grinding EXP to acquire their first class advancement. They couldn't help but be excited to finally gain their first class.
Some wanted to become a swordsman, some wanted to become a mage, a healer, and an archer.
Most of them were talented, already almost reaching their first class advancement.
While they were in the middle of grinding, they abruptly paused when a global broadcast was triggered.
Every player heard a voice, every player saw massive texts in the sky, accompanied by fireworks that were so loud they immediately caught their attention.
[World Announcement]
[Congratulations to Player [Max] for becoming the first to awaken a Tier 1 Class—Arcane Caster in the Mage Path.
He earned the following Title: {The First Awakener} and {The First Mage}
A new path has been opened to all players.]
Every player wondered the identity of the first player to acquire their first-class.
Most of the pro players wondered the most, trying to recall if there was someone with the nickname, Max.
There were many of them, of course, but they found it difficult to determine who was the real one.
Unfortunately, out of every Max they knew, Maximus Grant was not included.
His status remained hidden until he would publicly reveal himself.
…
Max, on the other hand, felt smug. Despite being in an enclosed space, the texts above were conspicuous and the fireworks and the voice uttering the texts were deafening.
At the same time, the system's notification continued, but it was now echoing in his head.
The wall of texts began to manifest in front of him.
[Congratulations, you have earned global achievement titles.
Title: The First Mage.
Descriptions: The First Mage Title's effects vary on the class you have chosen. Since you have chosen the Arcane class, the effects will be proportionate to your class.
Effects:
+5% Mana Efficiency
+5% Mana Regeneration
+10% Mana Sensitivity Growth
+10% Arcane Skill Proficiency Gain.
Remarks: This is a one time global achievement for those players who chose the mage as their first class. Congratulations for surpassing them.
Title: The First Awakener
Descriptions: It shows you're better than 99.9 percent of players. You are currently leading them.
Effects:
+5% EXP Gain
+10% Reputation Gain
+5% Skill Proficiency Growth
NPC Recognition (Instant Familiar Status with every NPC you've initiated a conversation with.)
Remarks: Being the First Awakener means having the most potential out of every player to establish a name in the Empire. It's only just for the NPC to recognize your existence.]
Max was not only satisfied from the world announcement, but the effects of equipping a title was more rewarding to him.
In his past life, he never earned a global achievement title.
He might have earned a title, but that was also a title that any player could learn.
The effects were minimal—hell, it only has a single effect.
He smirked. So, this is the effect of earning a global achievement title, huh? No wonder, every organization would go crazy to recruit a player who earned it.
In his past life, Spencer Lewis also gained quite a significant global achievement.
However, that doesn't mean Spencer was the Rank 1 player.
Nevertheless, he was worth to surpass—from every inch of his nerves.