Full-Time Magician: Demon Mage

Chapter 2 The Beginning of Destiny

Wang Teng followed the group out of the classroom and surged forward with the massive crowd in the hallway.

"Hey~ what's your name?"

"I always feel like you're watching me?"

Xu Zhaoting quietly retreated to the back of the group and came to Wang Teng's side.

Wang Teng frowned slightly; he didn't really want to talk to this rather unlucky classmate.

While the lightning element is somewhat eye-catching, it shouldn't be enough to attract the attention of those terrorists from the Black Vatican.

When he was still weak, he didn't want to get into trouble that he couldn't handle.

"It's nothing, you're overthinking it."

Wang Teng quickly broke away from the two people standing side by side and squeezed forward into the crowd.

"Tch~"

"Just pretend!"

Xu Zhaoting felt a little embarrassed, but he hadn't awakened his magic ability yet, and didn't have many other thoughts.

Feeling bored, he stopped paying attention to the strange person. After all, he didn't want to do something like offering his warm face to someone who didn't reciprocate his feelings.

It's as if everyone isn't a genius; what will become of everyone later is still unknown.

……

On the playground, after the principal's nearly two-hour-long, brief speech, the magic awakening finally took place.

"Quiet!"

The noisy students immediately stopped, especially Mo Fan from Class 8, where Zhang Xiaohou and Mu Bai's underlings had almost come to blows.

Wang Teng had no intention of getting involved, but that didn't stop him from enjoying the show.

"Awakening begins immediately. Students whose names are called, please come forward..."

Upon hearing the words "Awakening has begun," everyone stood on tiptoe or tilted their heads to try and see what was happening ahead.

"Sun Yuan~"

"Water system!"

"Yangxin~"

"Wind element!"

……

"Wang Teng~"

Upon hearing Zhang Jianguo call his name, Wang Teng immediately broke away from the group and walked to the awakening area at the front.

"Come, place your palm on the handprint, close your eyes, concentrate, and feel your spiritual world."

Zhang Jianguo skillfully directed the operation, and he had high expectations for Wang Teng, who was among the top ten students in Class 7.

Wang Teng felt a slight excitement, stretched out his palm and pressed it onto the palm print on the compass, then closed his eyes.

He was already very familiar with meditation; once he closed his eyes, his mental world quickly calmed down, becoming completely still.

An unusual fluctuation traveled along his arm and, in his perception, forcefully entered his mental world.

Wang Teng instantly detected its arrival. The light spot rapidly expanded into a tiny patch of stardust deep within his spiritual world. His heart tightened immediately; he hadn't expected it to be from the magic system.

"W-W-W-W...it's pink! What kind of magic is this?"

Zhang Jianguo was stunned for a moment, his eyes widening. He had actually encountered such an almost impossible magic system.

He rubbed his eyes hard, carefully sensing the faint magical glow emanating from the Awakening Stone, which was almost invisible.

Unwilling to admit defeat, he focused his attention intently on observing, and as the awakening was about to end, a distinct mental fluctuation emanated from him.

"It really is a mind-body type!"

Zhang Jianguo finally confirmed that it was the magic system, and his eyes were practically brimming with excitement. This was definitely going to be a windfall, and the bonus was practically guaranteed.

"What? A mind-body type!"

"What's this 'psychic' magic? Does the magic system include this type of magic?"

"There's no record of elemental magic?"

The students in the front row were all talking amongst themselves, unable to understand what was happening before their eyes, and wondering why Zhang Jianguo was so agitated.

"Old Zhang, you've struck it rich!"

When Zhang Jianguo exclaimed in surprise, Old Xue from next door turned his gaze over and quickly walked over to take a serious look.

Zhang Jianguo was beaming, his smugness undisguised. Seeing Lao Xue's envy and jealousy, he was extremely satisfied.

"Oh, not at all... Your class hasn't finished testing yet. Maybe we'll produce a space science major."

Upon hearing this, Lao Xue rolled his eyes. Space-related? Did he think he was as ignorant as those students?

It's still daytime; it's not time to sleep or dream yet.

"Wang Teng, it's time for you to rejoin the team."

Zhang Jianguo, not forgetting that the test was still ongoing, called out with a friendly expression.

"Next up—Xu Zhaoting!"

Wang Teng returned to the team with joy, brushing past Xu Zhaoting and seeing the disbelief in the other's eyes.

Not only him, but also those around him—envious, jealous, hateful, and so on.

"Psychic type! Wow!"

Mo Fan glanced sideways at Wang Teng, whose face had regained its composure. Wang Teng had recently been cramming on magic theory and already knew a lot of common knowledge.

For example, he knew about the various types of magic. If lightning magic was considered rare among the elemental magic types, then mental magic was the rarest of the rare.

"Mo Fan!"

Hearing Lao Xue call his name, Mo Fan quickly walked up to him, feeling uneasy despite his strong inner strength.

Old Xue had given up hope; he was already satisfied with Mu Bai upholding the class's reputation.

"Come, place your hands on the Awakening Compass and feel the spiritual world."

As they were talking, a dense purple light suddenly flashed from Class 7 next door, and the magical energy fluctuations carrying lightning resounded throughout the Awakening Zone.

Old Xue suddenly felt a chill run down his spine. Damn it, is Old Zhang having some incredible luck this year?

"Lightning element! My God!"

"Spare me! Why am I a light-type?"

"what!"

"what!"

"what!"

……

"Xu Zhaoting, lightning element!"

Old Zhang's face turned completely red, filled with excitement, elation, and pride. Compared to the mysterious Mind-based element, the Lightning-based element felt more directly powerful.

The crowd was in an uproar, with everyone's attention drawn to Class 7's lightning-based skills, while the homeroom teachers of the other classes looked on with envy.

……

After school in the afternoon, the day had passed and everyone had mostly calmed down.

After Wang Teng's awakening ended, he returned to his class, attracting the attention of his classmates, especially him who had awakened the mysterious mind type and Xu Zhaoting who had awakened the lightning type.

Naturally, he became the focus of everyone's attention, and Xu Zhaoting wore an arrogant expression on his face almost all day.

This awakening was truly a life-changing event, and the lightning element certainly gave him enough confidence.

Wang Teng remained low-key. He knew very well what he wanted, and this was just the beginning.

Although he hadn't expected to awaken his mental abilities, after some deduction, he found it quite reasonable, as his mental power was currently too strong.

The Mind Magic school is closely linked to mental power within White Magic. As for the Spatial Magic school, that's really a matter of luck; next time, I might be able to awaken it using a Guiding Stone.

"Let's talk about it when we get home."

Wang Teng started his electric scooter and sped off in an instant.

"Why is this guy rushing home so fast?"

Xu Zhaoting followed him out of the school. He wanted to catch up and invite him to a food stall for a drink to reconnect.

After awakening, he asked Teacher Zhang and learned that the Mind-based element was so rare, even rarer than his own Lightning-based element.

This gave him the idea of ​​competing with him, since only the two of them in the class had awakened a rare element, and Wang Teng was the only one who could catch his eye.

As for the others... he'll choose to respect their individual fates.

Even if you work hard in silence, I will not be inferior to you!

"I can work even harder!"

After muttering to himself, Xu Zhaoting turned and walked in another direction.

Fortunately, Wang Teng left quickly. If he had known what Xu Zhaoting was thinking at that moment, he might have run even faster, wishing that the two would never see each other again.

(End of this chapter)