10 seconds have passed since Soo Hyuk put his hand on the crystal ball. He knew that it would only take around 10 seconds to be assigned a quest. Why hasn’t the crystal ball stopped yet?
There was a tiny crack in the crystal ball. Soo Hyuk knew the process of becoming a Magician. Everything that happened so far had gone along according to an article on the Pangea homepage, but it was the first time he had seen a crack form.
The first time he became a manager, Konten was elated. His status and pay were good even if he didn’t have any talent for magic, but now he felt that every day was extremely tiring.
People couldn’t become a Magician just because they wanted to. They had to have talent and luck. The crystal ball was a device that could help check their talent through measuring their wisdom. The actual name was the [Wisdom Marble]. People could only become a Magician after having enough wisdom, doing a task, and being at a certain standard. More exactly, after going through a magic course at the Magic Institute of Matab so that Magicians could at least have basic knowledge about magic.
It was the first time Konten had seen lights so bright. The brighter the lights, the more wisdom a person had, but the lights before couldn’t compare to this young man.
Konten was sure after he saw the crack. The ball was definitely broken. It was probably spewing blinding lights like a miniature sun because it was broken.
The Wisdom Marbles were known to break when dropped. But it was the first time they broke while being used. Konten spoke to the man with an awkward voice.
Konten hurriedly shouted. The young man quickly pulled his hand away as if startled by the sudden shout. But could it be because the ball hadn’t cracked yet? The wisdom marble kept glowing radiantly although it wasn’t getting brighter.
Looking at the stable light, Konten took out a piece of parchment. It was because he needed another tool to record the information inside the wisdom ball.
The tool was the piece of parchment that Konten just pulled out. Of course, it wasn’t ordinary parchment. It was made from the skin of special beasts and it could record the magical information inside the wisdom marble.
Konten stuck the parchment onto the crystal, then the calm lights around the ball started to be absorbed into the piece of parchment. While watching the characters form on the parchment, Konten wondered,
The amount of light coming from the wisdom marble, Konten had never seen anything like it. How much talent did he have for the wisdom marble to glow that brightly?
The man had seen that there wasn’t much written onto the parchment. But that didn’t stop the young man from wondering why Konten had such a weird expression on his face with his mouth open.
SSS, that was all the parchment contained. Just the three letters. But the consequences of them were something that he didn’t dare imagine. After all, something like this had never happened before. The SSS grade was somewhat of a joke until today. A fiction. And it was understandable as……
Immeasurable, the SSS grade signified immeasurable potential. What sane person could believe in unlimited talent and potential? Konten tore his eyes from the parchment and forced himself to stare at the young man and spoke,
If you had just enough talent to be a Magician, according to the rules, you were required to bring monster parts to be registered as a Magician. If you had above average talent, you were told to bring a certificate from the Magician Institute in which proved that you completed the advanced course.
It was the first time Konten saw someone with immeasurable talent. He had no idea how to proceed further. Introduce him to the Magicians? It was SSS. Who would he introduce him to?
If he introduced this young man to the wrong person, he was sure to get swept in a storm. A storm that was unprecedented. Konten thought that it was better to ask other people and possibly push the responsibility as well.
Kerza asked as he received the piece of parchment, but Konten didn’t answer as he would know straight away. Hearing no answer, Kerza looked at the parchment in his hand.
Konten replied to Kerza. His expression was full of certainty. Kerza looked over and saw an average looking young man staring absentmindedly at the people around him.
Konten confidently answered Kerza’s question. The wisdom marble wouldn’t work if magic was applied on it. It was because it directly measures the wisdom stat.
Kerza concluded. Unlimited potential. Anyone the young man was introduced to, would jump with joy. But what about the other people? Wouldn’t they be dissatisfied? And if he was introduced to everybody, they would openly start fighting over him. Order would crumble in the face of immeasurable talent.
For people confused about the wisdom ball, apparently the magicians at the tower, treat wisdom and talent as the same thing. And Sorry for the delay, as the proofreader was unexpectedly really busy over the weekends and the situation in India made it so that we couldn’t communicate w/ Asada well😓. Thanks for all your appreciation for Reader! We’ll continue to work hard! ~ ManicFishCat