"I had some errors to correct in my base, Your Majesty," Kayden maintained the highest level of politeness in all his sentences and actions.
"What’s your path?" After seeing how Kayden manipulated his mana and the performance he gave at the academy test, it was obvious that the boy had found his path.
"Monarch of mana", the boy didn’t mind handing over his path to others. In the end, if someone was better than him at something he developed, it was just a sign that it wasn’t his true path.
"I understand, you can start using the imperial library as soon as you want", Kayden still didn’t have time to use the library he didn’t even go back to find out where it was.
Even though it was a completely new path for the king, he didn’t feel compelled to ask more about it.
"Thank you, Your Majesty," before Kayden could say anything, Locke fell to the ground unconscious, it seemed like the heart process had come to an end.
Then, the boy’s body began to release various impurities in the form of a foul-smelling black goo, it was very similar to the one that Kayden released during his advances, the only difference was in the quantity that was coming out.
It was just a minimal volume, Kayden quickly made the connection with the fact that the boy had undergone several rituals to strengthen and purify his body when he was a child, probably using rare and unique materials that only a prince would have access to.
A few minutes later, this whole process ended and the king gave Locke a warm water bath using a floating ball of water, in addition to burning the impurities and changing all the air in the room using basic fire element magic.
"See you later, Kayden," the king picked up his son with a hand of mana and flew out the window, Kayden didn’t even have time to respond before the man disappeared into the horizon.
Shrugging, the boy began to test the limits of his new rank, it didn’t even take a few hits for Kayden to freeze in shock.
"I can’t qualify anymore", he no longer had a comparison to place his level, not even his old self using transcendence at its maximum would come close to the level he was at now.
Probably not even using transcendence at the ninth rank could he match the same strength, slowly but effectively the boy was building a cultivation capable of breaking any existing barrier.
Another thing was that transcendence had become useless in his body at this point, his veins were so strong that just overloading them didn’t increase any real gains in his performance.
Only by using his path combined with transcendence could he hope to see any real results, but this was something he did not want to test all the time, mainly because of the wear and tear generated by this.
Even acceleration became useless to him, but that was something he already expected it lasted much longer than he thought possible, acceleration was just a basic spell that could be used effectively from the 3rd to 6th level of the realm of apprentice.
On the other hand, his concentrated beam spell and Pop flash had a considerable increase in performance, mainly because of the amount of mana he could allocate to them now.
"I need to change my spells," Kayden quickly came to this conclusion after some thought.
"Kayden, stay a little after class", Sasaki’s voice woke the boy from his reflection. The boy just responded with a nod and waited for everyone to leave.
"I see you haven’t chosen any style yet, do you have any of your own?" Kayden nodded and, at Sasaki’s request, began demonstrating the technique he had been refining for years.
His display was impressive and once again Sasaki observed how Kayden seemed to have his movements connected without loss of strength or speed. The first time he observed it was at the city championship when the boy fought against three knights.
"She’s not 100% polished yet, but it’s enough," Kayden made a confused face, what was it enough for?
"I have a special room, show up there at 7 pm every day, you don’t need to come to that class anymore."
Kayden received a paper with an address written on it. Additionally, Sasaki gave a small bracelet with a katana hanging from it. According to the old man, this was so the boy could be identified when entering the building.
After a few minutes where Kayden answered some questions, the two said goodbye. The boy continued his classes for the day normally and once again faced Arthur’s beating without opening his mouth, well... only on special occasions.
"I hope to continue learning from your mistakes, Professor Arthur," the boy bowed before leaving the class and shouted to the man.
A few hours later, Kayden was in front of a huge structure with oriental features. It was a mansion made entirely of wood and with characteristic roofs.
Only when he got here did Kayden realize that he was in the territory of the wizards of the fourth kingdom? This meant that Sasaki had managed to advance one more realm while the boy was in a coma. Considering he spent decades stuck in the third realm, it wasn’t all that surprising.
The boy climbed a small staircase and knocked on the gate that delimited the property. The one who answered him was Sasaki himself. The old man was dressed in casual clothes and had a calm smile on his face.
"Come in, Kayden, welcome", as soon as the boy set foot inside he came across an immense garden that even contained a lake in the center. Further towards the back of the property was the huge house that he had seen from afar.
Everything seemed extremely well cared for and done in a way that fit perfectly with the environment. Even the grass was a similar height at all points.
"I hope you like the environment, I made the furniture and everything in here myself", his sentence took Kayden by surprise. He didn’t expect that the calm old man beside him was also an experienced carpenter and gardener.
Author’s Note: Thanks for the rocks this week guys