"Right now, you should focus all your free time on learning the different concepts of your choice. By the end of the year, everyone should have learned at least one concept."
Kayden had already stopped paying attention and started thinking about different concepts that could be learned and choosing the best one for him.
"We have a book available online that lists all the concepts known to date. Some of them we have teachers who learned them, while others you will have to look for books and other means."
Kayden left with his friends after this short talk full of information and went to lunch. The boy didn’t say a word the entire way and didn’t even respond when called.
His mind was entirely focused on searching for concepts, but even after a few hours, he didn’t get anything relevant. Kayden had never come close to understanding any concept.
His path was something brute and formless. Even though it was strong, it was not refined. There was no concept involved in it, it was just a path.
"My path… is a concept." The revelation hit Kayden like thunder and silenced all his other thoughts. His concept was... he didn’t know. The Monarch of Mana? Could this be a concept?
Countless doubts began to bombard Kayden’s head. For the first time in a long time, he found himself completely at a loss as to what to do next. The boy sat on the bed and began to reflect.
Slowly, time passed and Kayden didn’t even move an inch of his body. His focus was completely on deciphering the doubts in his head. Even if an assassin entered the room, he wouldn’t notice anything.
Which concept to follow?
This question repeated itself in his mind over and over again. This was a decisive moment in his life. The entire basis of your future development will depend on this. He needs to follow a straight line of concepts.
"Straight line?" Kayden caught on to that sentence. Why did his knowledge have to be gradual? His path was not an aggregate of concepts, it was just a raw concept of absolute mastery over mana.
This reflection made him understand that he could learn concepts at levels higher than the basics. For example, he doesn’t need to learn the concept of a drop before the concept of rain, but this would make the process easier thousands of times.
His next thoughts were about what concepts he should learn. Kayden wanted to maximize what he already had. A master of many areas is nothing more than a master of none. His options were to invest in his element and his path.
He still couldn’t find something that would connect the two at that moment and didn’t even know how he should invest in his path, but in the case of lightning, he saw a sequence in the application ready.
Kayden opened his eyes and his first thought was...
"I need to eat." Looking at his cell phone, he realized that he had been in that position for three days. Fortunately, constant advances in his body allowed him to go much longer than a normal person without eating and drinking.
After eating all his meals, Kayden responded to his friends who were worried about the time without contact. They even tried to invade, but the head butler did not back down even under pressure from the British name.
Kayden decided to give the man a generous raise. It wasn’t every day that he found such high-quality employees, especially since he went through the actual training and signed the loyalty contract with Kayden.
Kayden opened his cell phone to see where he could learn the first level of the lightning element concept tree. According to the book made available by the academy, the first concept was called spark.
If Kayden wanted to learn about him, he should go to the alchemy building in the basement. The boy was a little confused, as he didn’t understand how he was going to learn about electrical discharges while being underground.
Without wasting any time, he went to the location. The alchemy building was located inside a huge crater entirely populated with trees and plants for medicinal purposes. The air itself revealed a certain medicinal aroma.
The walk took a few minutes and finally, Kayden came across one of the strangest buildings he had ever seen in his life.
The alchemy building stood majestically, contrasting with the lush vegetation that surrounded it. Its structure did not follow traditional architectural conventions; instead, it felt like a fusion between a tower and a laboratory, blending elements both harmoniously and intriguingly.
The base of the building was wide, circular, and made of a material similar to stone, but with an iridescent hue that reflected soft colors as the sunlight fell on it. As the building rose, it transformed into a slender tower, with translucent glass walls that allowed a glimpse of the interior filled with complex alchemical equipment.
The structure resembled an ever-changing fractal, with geometric shapes intertwined in ascending spirals. Several strategic openings in the glass wall revealed small hanging gardens, where exotic plants grew in crystal vases, and streams of water flowed in elaborate channels, apparently connected to alchemical experiments.
A series of small terraces and balconies extended at different levels, creating an almost organic appearance to the structure. On the edges of these terraces, open-air laboratories were visible, where alchemists worked among plants and natural elements, carrying out experiments and magical manipulations.
Kayden had to admit that it was the strangest and most beautiful building he had ever seen. He gave a real sense of knowledge. As soon as he entered the building, he was greeted by an employee dressed as... a maid.
"Hello, Mr. Student, how could we help you?" His practiced speech and friendly smile welcomed Kayden with open arms.
"I need to talk to Professor Bolt," Kayden said. He found it funny that the teacher’s name meant, in a way, "lightning", and he was someone who taught about concepts related to this element.