Dragon Master: The SSS-Ranked School Belle Asked Me To Contract Her

Chapter 39 Choosing Spells

For the next class, the students were taken to higher floors in a room filled with mechanical displays. As they entered the room, they could only see a vast number of screens all over the place.

'This looks like a sci-fi setup, but this world is clearly far behind in technology,' Veer thought, looking around. 'They have barely managed to make a proper AI, so it will take some time.'

After arriving before a wall-sized display, the professor stopped and turned around. He was a middle-aged man with a robust figure and short white hair done in a simple style.

"I believe everyone has been practicing their Mana Circulation Technique for a while now and should have gotten decent Mana control for your level," the professor named Lucas said. "So, we will take it to a new level today."

He crossed his arms over his chest and said in his neutral tone, "After so many days, you must have come to a decision on which class, or as we say, path you'll choose. So, take one display and choose some spells or techniques."

Smiling, he said, "You have the Selections in less than a month, so I think it's a good time we give you some techniques to fight. Choose what you see fit and master it before the Selections so you can get in your desired department."

Remembering something, Lucas added, "Oh yeah, make your team soon and give the team information to me. The last date will be the day after tomorrow."

With that, he left the room as other students began to choose displays to get their techniques. Curious, Veer and his group also went towards one display and stood before it.

In it, they found a total of six options to choose from, namely Fighter, Mage, Assassin, Marksman, Tank, and Support. They were classes and were derived from the Warrior and Mage path.

As he looked at them, Veer felt wetness in the corner of his eyes, as he thought, 'Damn old man! You didn't even give me any good techniques, and now I'm forced to choose from their F-Tier techniques.'

Veer had access to the huge library back in his home, but that library mostly contained theoretical knowledge. Precious things like techniques or spells were kept in a different place, and he was never allowed in them.

So, he was really poor in this aspect.

"Do you want these techniques, or should I give any to you?" Liliana asked, narrowing her eyes at the display. Since the majority of students had not even formed Mana Cores yet, the Academy also didn't bother with giving them higher-tier techniques or spells.

All of them were F-Tier, which were mostly suitable for Beginner Stage people.

Shaking his head, Veer replied, "There is no need for now. You will probably give me higher-tier ones, and they'll just harm me. Let's just choose from this!"

Liliana nodded, as she was indeed about to give him some A-Tier Battle Techniques. She focused her attention back on the display and chose Mage Class.

Instantly, pop-ups opened before them, displaying several Tier 1 Spells. One by one, she began to look through them; unfortunately, she didn't find any of them worthy, so she quickly looked away.

'I always hope for him to get stronger quickly, but I'm also trying to spoil him,' Liliana scolded herself. 'He needs to grow both physically and mentally. I need to let him grow at his own pace.'

On the other hand, Veer was also looking at the various spells, and after sorting out the useless ones—or at least the ones he considered useless—he found a few good ones.

[Firebolt - Launches a small, fast-moving fireball at the enemy.]

[Type - Spell]

[Tier - F]

[Range: 15 meters.]

[Effect: Deals moderate fire damage and has a 10% chance to ignite the target.]

'Good one!'

[Mana Pulse: Emits a wave of mana that damages enemies in a small radius.]

[Type - Spell]

[Tier - F]

[Radius: 5 meters.]

[Effect: AoE magic damage, weakens magic resistance for 5 seconds.]

'Hmm, I can use this!'

[Frost Grasp: Freezes the ground beneath a single target, slowing their movement.]

[Type - Spell]

[Tier - F]

[Duration: 3 seconds.]

[Effect: -20% movement speed.]

'How do these things even work?'

[Arcane Shield: Forms a protective shield around the user.]

[Type - Spell]

[Tier - F]

[Effect: Absorbs a small amount of magic damage.]

There were only four spells that caught his eyes from the many. Looking at them, Veer wondered which he should choose as he would need to practice and learn them while also working on his body.

'I will never understand how these game terms even work here,' Veer sighed, still as confused as the day he reincarnated in this world.

It was a real world, but somehow, skills worked similarly to how he used to play in games. Some were logical to understand, while some went over his head.

'Then again, magic itself is like that,' Veer thought. 'It has its own principles, and I just need to find them.'

Somehow, this excited him as his inner explorer roared to solve the mystery behind the spell workings. Magic was always interesting to him, especially how it worked.

"What are you choosing?" Elara asked, nudging his shoulders.

"I will probably choose all of them and try each one," Veer replied after some thought. "I will need to see which is suited more to me."

"That aside, you two don't need to choose anything?" Veer asked, as he noticed how the two were just helping him and not choosing anything.

"Why would I practice these techniques?" Elara tilted her head slightly. "My father knew I would Awaken a flame-based Aspect, so he already prepared a whole arsenal of Battle Techniques for me."

"Same here!" Liliana said from his other side.

'Damn! And people say the world is a fair place and everyone is equal,' Veer wanted to cry, and his resolve to punch his father grew stronger.

"Hmm? Why do I suddenly smell something burning?" Elara rubbed her nose and looked around.

"I don't smell anything, though?" Liliana decided to play along and said.

Veer smiled and said, "You two are now ganging up on me? Sure, sure. I'll see how you win against me in bed."

Even though he said that, he also felt as if he could smell something burning. Turning his head to the side, he found several dangerous pairs of eyes looking at him.

He felt a chill and coughed lightly, "Let's choose the Spells before they kill me with their glares."

"Good for you," Elara smiled. "You have us."

Veer rolled his eyes and ignored her, clicking on the chosen four spells. Next, the content on the screen changed.

[Put your hand on the marked area!]

Veer did as the words said and put his hand on a square marked area beside the text. In the next moment, he felt an electric current passing through his body, numbing his finger.

He didn't notice it as he was closing his eyes and focusing on the new information added to his brain. Having experienced the pain from the S-Rank Mana Circulation Technique, they posed no problem for him.

After some moments, he opened his eyes and exhaled, "Now, this is interesting."

"Boss! What should we do?"