His goal was quite unrealistic. Probably more than half of his group had achieved five lightning bolts in the first realm, but none had the potential for six. That was until he arrived, with his imbued training and outside techniques, anything was possible.
Furthermore, elven society had several techniques and cultivations superior to those of humanity. Six-ray mages were in Athena’s first-ranked room. Five rays were common and four rays were the minimum for this academy.
Unlike humanity, they already came with techniques and methods proven by millennia of use. It was something completely different. Humanity only began to develop rapidly in recent centuries thanks to the flood of new techniques.
A few weeks later, the administrator called Kayden and all the other teachers into a peculiar space. Above the academy, there was a forest hidden above the clouds.
As soon as everyone arrived, the forest opened up, revealing a clearing in its center. There were hundreds of chairs and sofas waiting for teachers. Kayden didn’t hesitate to sit down in one and start helping himself with tea and some appetizing food.
A few minutes later, everyone was in their seats and waiting for the administrator. As if he had been observing everything during this entire period, he appeared sitting next to Kayden. Most were surprised by his sudden appearance in their spiritual senses, but Kayden already knew it would happen.
This entire forest was part of the administrator’s body. Kayden just sat where he felt the highest level of mana, it was probably the place where he had his core. This different shape made Kayden wonder how many rays the director had gotten. Probably six, that was the ceiling for all normal people.
Kayden had already understood that this was the turning point. Like it or not, seven rays gave you the potential to become a god and that should be something extremely rare. Once Kayden left the third realm, he would need to look for ways to reach other worlds. He no longer could give his opponents strong enough to train with. It would be practically useless.
"Good afternoon everyone, I called you here because it opened up a unique opportunity for exchange between the eleven academies. The rules are simple, the ten strongest teachers can take one student each. We will have a process of individual fights for those classified", the administrator was about to continue talking when Kayden sent him a secret message.
"Assume there are only nine vacancies and I will accept that as a favor to me and consequently to Merlin in the future", Kayden freely used his support as a bargaining method.
The administrator was quiet for a few seconds as he thought. Quickly, he chose to accept Kayden’s bribe. He knew the boy would get the position one way or another, but he still played dumb.
"Sorry, there are only 9 spots. A special invitation was made by Professor Kayden. Sorry for this mistake, let’s continue with the process..." Kayden stopped paying attention as soon as he got what he wanted and started cultivating.
The royal family would not mind this corrupt factor that happened as they also received some invitations. It was practically their joint gain and in the end, they were only in this world temporarily.
Over the next few minutes, several teachers began to face each other in the air. There were several high-level battles taking place. Athena was ridiculously strong, but she couldn’t go head-to-head against some of the teachers.
The academy had several retired teachers who only taught some specific classes without necessarily having any classes in their responsibilities. Many of them came from outside this planet and had superior techniques and a high amount of lightning.
Probably the lightning count on the earth about the outside was one level different. This meant that someone with five rays on the outside could balance the fight with someone with six rays on the inside, all because of the difference in quality between the techniques.
Kayden was slowly converting to the methods he received from Merlin, but it was complex and took a long time. At the moment, he had only achieved something around 50%. The biggest difficulty was because he was learning everything on his own.
"Where exactly are we going?" Kayden asked the administrator at a random time.
"We will go to the headquarters of the elven academies on our home planet," then they would leave the planet. Kayden was excited about this idea. Unfortunately, he couldn’t ask anything else relevant as the administrator was under a heavy contract restriction.
"What is the language of the place where we are going?" Kayden tried to squeeze out some more information.
"The same as ours. This is the universal language that Merlin gave for this solar system," Kayden was surprised for a moment and then recognized that it made sense.
The god was probably the first living and rational being in this entire space. Kayden thought of two options: he evolved from nothing and made this entire empire, or there was life beyond this constellation. By his intuition, he would say it was the second option.
It took about 10 hours for all the teachers to be selected. Kayden didn’t know any of the nine. He never socialized in all his years at the gym.
"Congratulations to all those classified. You will leave in three days with me. Everyone has the right to take a student of their choice, that’s all. Family members are not allowed. In three days, come back here at the first ray of sunlight", with everyone dispersed.
Kayden already knew exactly who he would choose. Only one student had caught his attention in this entire period, and it was none other than Lucas. He just sent an assistant to tell the boy to go to the base of the mountain in the early hours of the morning.
As he did not have access to any type of information about where they were going, Kayden only had the option of continuing to cultivate diligently. The process of advancement was taking time, but it would be worth it in the end.
Three days later, Lucas presented himself at the base of the mountain and waited for Kayden to leave. He still didn’t know why he was there, but as soon as he left, he understood everything through Kayden’s words. His once affection for his teacher turned to adoration.
The two took to the skies and in a few seconds, they reached where the huge forest should be. In its place, there was a ship that looked like it came out of a movie. It was gigantic and easily a kilometer wide, a complete metal monster.
"Come in," the admin texted Kayden. The two floated closer and reached the top of the ship. It had an entrance similar to a well. After descending for a few seconds, they found themselves in a huge blank space.
"Don’t move, it’s just the washing process. We don’t want unknown diseases traveling between planets", the two heard a voice through a loudspeaker and felt the room filling with a white liquid that burned their skin slightly.
It was a kind of general vaccine liquid that recognized all recorded diseases and quickly killed them within seconds directly in the host’s DNA. Kayden felt this because he noticed himself inside his body.
"Three illnesses eliminated in the teacher and 14 in the student," Kayden was surprised, he didn’t remember being sick. "Don’t worry, they are planetary microorganisms that only the Earth has. You are resistant to them, but other planets are not," Kayden understood the situation.
He had studied immunology and understood that beings evolved as they went through a situation or disease and even if they were harmless to them, when these microorganisms encountered unprepared immune systems they could cause real damage.
This attitude was made with the weakest sections of the population in mind, especially children who had not yet cultivated enough to be able to break this barrier of diseases.
As soon as the liquid subsided, a door opened in the wall, and the two were able to leave. Outside they found a small town with some buildings and leisure spaces. It was a really big space, you could practically live in there for years.
"Professor Kayden, welcome to our ship. I’m Vice Captain Kat. Everything is free and you just need to ask one of the employees. We have some other people who came from previous planets and we ask that you maintain order. You have a room in the main hotel, it is in the center. If you have any questions, ask local officials. Have a good trip," the vice-captain then left before Kayden responded.
Without wasting any time, he headed towards the main hotel. It wasn’t difficult to find the building entirely made of navy blue glass in the center of the nave. Kayden identified himself and went towards his room.
"You can go out and do whatever you want. The trip should last around 7 days. Try not to get killed or kill anyone, otherwise do whatever you want", Kayden said to Lucas and sat down on the bed to cultivate.