SSS-Ranked Skill in a New Filthy World

Victoria wanted to test his reaction speed and spell casting spell but Roman was hitting all the targets, as long as his eyes could see the target he shot a spell towards it.

She knew Roman was struggling but still, she could tell he truly had potential.

"Don't forget," she called, "your Mana is limited—don't waste too much on a single target."

Roman forced himself to control it better, letting smaller fireballs fly, even though he could control it he still wasn't perfect.

The test went on. His breathing grew louder in his ears. The sweat made his shirt stick to his back, and he knew he was running out of Mana once again.

At some point, he almost stumbled forward, but caught himself, gritting his teeth, Victoria wasn't stopping at all, instead the target were faster.

Another target. Roman raised his hand.

[Fireball]

The flame struck, the target vanished, and another rose again.

Roman's heart pounded so hard it felt like it might burst. Still, he kept going. Step by step, spell by spell.

Finally, the last target vanished, and no new shadow rose, Roman looked around and nothing.

Roman's hand dropped to his side, his chest heaving as he struggled to catch his breath.

Victoria stood up slowly, brushing the sand from her dress as she walked towards him. "Not bad, Roman. Your reaction time needs work, and your Mana control is still rough, but you didn't give up. That matters."

She knew he did exceptionally well for a male just learning magic, but tell him that wouldn't make him work hard, Victoria wanted to see how far he could go.

Roman smirked tiredly, sweat dripping down his jaw. "So… do I pass?"

"For today," Victoria said, her lips curling slightly. "Tomorrow, it gets harder"

Roman let out a slow, shaky breath. "Of course it does…so we're done for today"

Roman sat on the sand breathing heavily, she didn't really teach him anything since she was just testing him.

"Roman I have something to ask, why do you really want to attend the academy, it can't possibly be to fight demons?" Victoria spoke as she stood in front of him.

"Why can't it be?" Roman replied looking at her.

"I assure you, it isn't what you think it is, fighting another mage is far better than fighting a demon, there are so unexpected and if you make a single mistake, you'll lost your life right on the spot"

"That's why I'm in the academy, to get stronger"

"With your attitude I truly believe you can be a powerful mage even though you're a male, also you should work on your Mana control, the pressure you felt this morning is going to continue all throughout our training session"

"Huh!"

"Why are you surprised, we should have covered a lot today but you spent the whole time on the ground, if you do that everyday then we'll have no time to train" Victoria spoke as she walked away.

"But you didn't teach me anything?" Roman spoke.

"That's why I said it's your fault, each day we'll train for an hour, and 30 minutes...if you can touch me under ten minutes then we'll have a lot of time to train, bye now"

Victoria exited the building and closed the door behind her.

'What the heck is that, so I have to pass through that each time, haa...' Roman lay down on the sand as he looked around the building.

'I thought we were going to have sex today, at least that way I can get a massive increase to a particular stats, and then I can sleep with Ava again this night'

'It takes time to recover my Mana, I'm just going to rest here for a while, ohh maybe I can train here and test my other spells, since we're training in secret here, I'm sure no one is going to come here'

'Victoria already left so I can just test my spell when I recover some of my Mana, except [Summon] I don't want to end up on a beast's menu, system'

[Name: Roman Quinn]

[Race: Human]

[Level: 2]

[Encounters to level up: 37]

[Ability(s): Arcane Supremacy, Dual Cultivation, Null Effect]

[Curse: Lustbound limit]

[Spell(s): Fireball, Light Rune, Self Mirage, Blood Bind, Arcane Spark, Summon, Minor Enchant]

[Mana: 35/110]

[Strength: 35]

[Agility: 35]

[Stamina: 82]

[Vitality: 102]

[Spell power: 65]

[Charm: 400]

'With all the spells I casted my Mana is still at this level, given all the spell were weak it's expected but still, I didn't count but I'm sure I fired more than 20 spells'

'With Mana control, casting spells is o much easier, but to deal actual damage I'll need to increase the amount of Mana per spells'

'I also can't tell the difference my spell power made, I still have a lot to learn'

Roman stood up and stretched his hands, even though he was tired since his Mana was depleted, he wanted to try out his other spells and see.

'I already tried out the illusion spell so I'll start with the rune spell'

Runes worked a little different from the others since there's no spell circle but instead symbol you draw with your Mana, Roman already had the knowledge of how to cast the spells in his head.

[Light Rune]

Roman infused Mana and draw a symbol in the air and a tiny ball of light materialized in the air, it was directly in front of him but a little higher and Roman walked around as the ball of light followed him around.

Roman stared at the small ball of light floating near his head. It wasn't very bright—just enough to cast a faint glow on the sand around him—but it still felt like an achievement.

Back when he was still in the village, he was afraid of casting this same spell just because he could infuse it with too much Mana and pass out.

'So this is [Light Rune]… it follows me around automatically, not bad.'

He walked a bit faster, turning in circles, and the light moved to keep up, hovering close but never touching him.

Roman reached up and waved his hand through it. His fingers passed right through, only feeling a slight warmth.

'It doesn't drain much Mana after casting… probably because it's a low-level spell. Might be useful in caves, dungeon or at night when doing the deed' Roman smile as he thought of it.

He dispelled it, the light fading into nothing, he could easily dispel it since he knew how.

'Alright, next… [Blood Bind], for this I need a little blood, how am I going to get blood, I don't have something sharp to cut myself with, I should just try it'

Roman closed his eyes, focusing his Mana, he stretched his hands and even without pushing Mana, Mana began moving towards his hands as the spell circle formed in front of his hands

[Blood Bind]

A thin red string of Mana formed in his hand, swirling like smoke before it solidified into a whip-like shape and then curled around itself and hardened.

Roman blinked. He didn't have any open wounds but still blood was created, he didn't want to question it and just simply picked up the hardened blood from the ground.

This spell was currently the slowest spell he had, he couldn't hope to catch anything with it and it wouldn't even be able to bind both of his legs, it also can't be shot.

'It uses more Mana too… pretty useless for a blood spell'

Next, he moved to [Arcane Spark].

Now Roman was more confident as he pushed Mana into his hand creating the spell circle, and small crackles of purple sparks danced across his fingertips.

They felt warm, tingling against his skin and shot forward, the sparks sparked out like a weak jolt, vanishing into the air.

'Not very strong, but quick… maybe good for interrupting someone's spell, and I can fire it in quick succession too'

Roman tried it again, but the sparks barely reached a meter before fading.

His Mana was draining faster now. He could feel the warmth in his chest getting weaker, it was like his Mana core was getting harder and harder to sense as he was running out of Mana.

Finally, the last spell was [Minor Enchant].

The spell was used to strength objects like swords, but there was nothing around him, he was in a large empty room so he couldn't try it, and then a thought came to him.

'What if I try summon but with the smallest possible amount of Mana, I won't be able to summon a dangerous beast that way'

'I can tell this is a bad idea but I so want to do it, and I can't find someone because I'll be exposing myself as a summoner...maybe I'll try it'

Roman sighed weakly, he knew it was a bad idea but he couldn't get himself to stop thinking about it, and suddenly his hands was stretched out.

[Summon]

Instead of the magic circle appearing in front of him, it appeared some few away and from the magic circle a flying creature came out.

'I knew it, with my Mana I wouldn't be able to summon dangerous beasts, it's just a hawk'

The creature was a normal hawk he knew back on earth, but of course this was a world of magic and there was nothing normal, the hawk first began flying around the building in a circle and soon Roman realized he was in the circle.

The next moment the hawk swoop down towards him.