"Where… where am I? What…what happened to me?" Grey said as he slowly opened his eyes that were a bit blurry and then he could see a sea of white in front of him.
There were no trees like before, no forest, no beasts or anything, just white all over and He was now wondering if he was dead or not.
"What even happened?" Grey asked himself as he tried to recall what happened and he could finally remember all the details of everything that happened from being bullied as usual, then his father's death, and finally his move to kill himself in the forest when something unnatural happened and he found himself here.
"Hello! Is there anybody here? Where the hell am I?" Grey shouted out loud while turning around trying to see if there was anybody around.
On hearing is name, Grey quickly turned around to see a man standing in front of him. The man was dressed in pure white without any stain on it. Then he also had white hair and white beard on his face.
"Who are you? And how do you know my name? Were you the one that brought me here?" Grey asked while feeling dreadful.
"Easy with the questions boy. Which question do you even want me to answer first now?" The man asked with a chuckle.
"How about starting with who the hell you are?" Grey shouted.
"A fiesty one huh?" The man chuckled again. "There's no need to know my name, all you have to know is that I was the first mage to ever exist on Earth and I was the strongest."
"First mage?" Grey asked again feeling doubtful as he stepped back a bit to examine the man a little.
"Young ones and being doubtful all the times." The mage said while shaking his head like he was disappointed.
"Since you don't believe I was a mage, how about I prove it to you." The mage said and instantly, for Grey, it felt hotter and hotter and then all around the man, a fire erupted.
"A… a fire mage?!!!" Grey screamed in shock.
A fire mage was quite rare and considered precious at that. With the amount of power surrounding the man, Grey wasn't doubtful again when he thought back to when the man called himself most strongest as he could feel the amount of power pouring out of him.
Which could only be possible by those with high enough affinity and mage color. Right now, the man was exhibiting enough amount of power to be a golden mage.
The different types of talents under the affinities were graded by colour.
There were five colours that the different talents could be graded under and they were: Red, yellow, blue, purple and Gold. With red being the lowest while Gold was the highest.
Below were the colors and their uses.
- Represents minimal talent in magic.
- Mages of this grade often struggle to cast even the simplest spells.
- Most common among the general population.
- Indicates average magical ability.
- Suitable for basic magical tasks, and most mages fall into this category.
- Represents exceptional magical talent.
- Mages with this grade often excel in academies and are sought after by elite factions.
- Denotes rare and extraordinary talent.
- Purple-grade mages are revered as prodigies, capable of mastering advanced spells and techniques.
5. **Gold (Highest):**
- Reserved for legendary-level talent.
- Mages of this grade are so rare that they are considered mythical figures.
- Known to redefine magical laws and shape history.
And now with how powerful the amount of fire this man exhibited, Grey knew his fire affinity was that of a Gold colour. And immediately he came to the realization of this, Grey fell on his knees while planting his face into the ground.
"Oh great one! Please forgive my behavior of earlier." Grey said while still keeping his head lowered.
"Haha!" The man laughed as he quickly extinguished the fire that was surrounding him with a click of his fingers.
"Relax young one, don't go treating me like a god of some kind. Although I'm technically a god. Haha!"
"No! I'm not worthy of looking at your face oh great one." Grey said.
"Will you stop being dramatic and get up?"
Hearing the mage ordering him, Grey quickly got up and looked at the mage.
"If I may ask, why was I summoned here like that?" Grey asked.
"Because you were about to do something stupid back there."
"I wasn't being stupid, I was being considerate!" Grey said.
"You were being considerate? In what way? Please enlighten me." The mage said as he clicked his fingers again and a chair appeared behind him while he took a seat arms crossed looking at Grey.
"My life was useless, I couldn't help my parents do anything tangible. I always got bullied and hated by everyone around me just because I wasn't like them, a mage like them. Just because I didn't have an affinity, I was discriminated on." Grey said with a trickle of tears running down his face.
"I wasn't useful to myself or even my parents. If only I had an affinity, I would have being able to help one way or the other. I would have saved my dad before he got killed by beasts!" Grey shouted in frustration.
"So you decided to end your life because of all these? You said you were being considerate? Then what about your mom? Did you even think about her? What she would go through if she found out you died. Poor woman! You lost her husband today and was about to lose her only support; her only son."
"Did you think about that? No! Because you were childish and foolish."
Hearing the mage speak, Grey knew he was right and couldn't help but feel sad as he felt like he was totally abandoning his mom in this perilous times and he felt ashamed of himself.
"But what can I do? I don't even have an affinity, I'm totally useless to the world, myself and my mom. So how the hell am I supposed to protect her?" Grey asked.
"What if I told you, you have an affinity?"
"What!??!?!!!!!!" Grey said in shock.