Only Wisdom Awakened - Chapter 72

Chapter 72: Instructor?
‘Damn it’ though Kenta.

While Aiden was only happy that his brother was alive, Kenta was already thinking about the future.

The position of branch leader would have been left empty, and an internal fight would have broken out, possibly causing the association branch to crumble, and leave Chicago in the Hands of the big guilds, in a few words: chaos.

He also would’ve had to change identity and residency once again, a real hassle.

It took a few hours for Hans to wake up, and when he finally opened his eyes, the message in front of him didn’t bring him any good news.

[one of your circles has exploded, the mana leaking from it has dispersed all over your body, and is gravely affecting your mana circulation]

[as a penalty for having regressed through one mana circle, you won’t be able to advance for one year, if not with external help]

[having the passive skills {medium body restoration} and {mana route} the time is reduced to six months.

Being that the mana dispersed in your body is disrupting your own mana flow, until recovery from this you won’t be able to use magic above second circle, and the amount of mana able to flow through your body will be reduced to 5%.]

‘What?’ Hans face became desperate, he had been trying so hard just to get to this point, and he now had to wait another year, his circle had shattered from just a single palm? It was just… crazy.

And now, what would be of his work? Losing the position of branch leader was nothing but a pleasure for him, but not being able to live as a hunter for the the time being meant not being able to support himself, his family, Aiden, what could he do now, what did he have to do? Was there even something he could do?

His mind was creating questions after questions, but it was interrupted by Aiden entering inside the hospital room, running towards Hans.

“Brother!! Are you okay brother? I’m glad you’re alive.

Please, please, you must never die, promise me”

“I-I promise”

Hans was caught off guard by Aiden words, but it didn’t take long for him to realize their meaning, without him, Aiden would’ve gone back to being alone, once again, his biggest fear would’ve come true.

‘Maybe I’ll take my time and come back to the awakened world in six months

But stil… I don’t know if I’ll have enough money, and the position of leader will be left empty.

But more importantly.. if I don’t grow strong enough in time, then who’ll stop Elijah?

F*ck, there’s so many problems’

‘The only thing I know is that I can’t stop here, I must grow strong once again, end I have to do it quickly, the next time we’ll meet… I’ll be sure to be able to take that hit’

‘Maybe’

said Hans, still trembling at the thought of that psycho’s palm.

“But .. is there even anything I can do?

…

I guess I’ll figure it out with time”

The news soon became public, and Hans took this chance to retire from his position, stating that he was badly hurt, and not capable of holding that position anymore, he appointed as his successor Kenta, that almost killed Hans when he discovered it, but at the end, maybe because of his righteous spirit, or maybe because of the bother it would’ve caused him to create another identity, he took up the role, avoiding any internal fights in Chicago.

However, because he only upheld the position for less than two years, Hans needed the authorization from the American central branch to retire.

He sent an email, and receiving it was directly a short man, he seemed troubled, with thoughts in his mind.

‘Dammit, the LA branch has asked us to provide the instructors for the academy.

that sly snake..’

he thought at the beautiful woman that led the LA branch, who had previously requested for the establishment of the academy.

‘If I were to hand over someone strong then I’ll just gift them to her, and if I were to hand over someone weak I would just lose face.

agghhh’

Thought the man, biting his pen from the annoyance.

As he was questioning himself about what to do: “ding”

An email appeared on his laptop.

Sender: Hansrichter@meil.com..

“Ha-haha.

Well, now I know what to do”

Said the man excitedly.

“Hans Richter, you are now officially the academy teacher for the mage’s class”

…

Three days later.

“What, the h3ll am I doing here?”

Hans asked himself in front of the huge building in front of him.

“It’s okay, I’ll just have to hang on for one year, then I’ll be free”

Said Hans walking on the only grey path among all the grass.

It was just like a campus, only surrounded by greenery and nature.

The nicely trimmed grass made the whole place look perfect.

The building itself was made out of iron and glass, and had various shapes.

There were five main buildings: the classrooms’ one, the gym, the dormitories for students, males and females, and the dormitories for the instructors.

Hans walked towards the seemingly biggest, hoping it was the one he was searching for.

When he entered, it indeed was: the school’s main building, where classrooms and laboratories were located, and where the main hall was constructed.

Hans walked inside the main hall, and when he finally managed to sit in his spot, he found himself in the middle of a couple of dozen other people.

He watched around the dark hall, trying to identify the place, when suddenly, the lights were turned on.

“Ladies and gentlemen” said an hypnotic voice, belonging to the woman responsible for the creation of this site.

“I welcome all of you to the inauguration ceremony of the American National Academy, all the present members will cover charges of instructors and teachers, while I’ll personally take on the role of the dean.

In case any of you has questions, then you can ask me now.

The little crowd remained silent…

“Well then, let’s start with a small round of introduction, I’ll call out each one of you, and you’ll have to present yourself in front of the others.

The synergy between the professors will affect the whole students’ performance and experience.

First of all…

Many people spoke, but those who left a deeper impression to Hans were two: the scientist called genius of the century, who was an expert at analyzing and predicting gates movements and frequencies, coming in as the science and biology teacher: Lily Adams.

She wasn’t only smart, but also beautiful, even if a little ruined by her dark circles.

And not because of his intellect but because of his muscles, a person he had seen for the first time a couple of weeks ago at the new year’s meeting, the San Diego branch leader: Caleb Harris.

The others weren’t small fries either, just not something Hans wanted to bother himself with.

When his turn came up, people criticized him, even while speaking in a low tone, their conversations were heard by Hans who had heightened senses.

Both the fact of being barely an adult, and having lost most of his powers didn’t really help in raising his reputations

When the day was finally approaching the end, they were sent back to their dorms, where they would spend the next week before the start of the school season.

Hans was forced by the association NY branch leader to come here, since otherwise he would’ve had to work for another two years as branch leader in Chicago.

But the conditions weren’t that bad, not only he only had to teach for a year, but during the summer vacations, the short man assured him he would’ve used his name plaque to call for the best physician in the world, that was apparently a Chinese.

Hans understood nothing about what those words meant, but it was soon translated for him: “I’ll call for the best doctor in the world to come and heal you since he owes me a favour”

This was enough for him, the start of the summer vacation would be during June, in approximately five months he had to purify his body from all the remaining mana, and then the physician would help him to treat his broken circle, advancing once again.

“I only hope Elijah will last all this time, otherwise we might really be in trouble”

In another country, the tv was speaking in a different language:

..Hans richter, once association branch leader of Chicago city, had to retire due to an injury sustained in a gate raid, according to the doctors analysis, his circles were broken, and he won’t be able to return to his former powers ever again..”

The glass in the hand of a woman fell on the floor, shattering in a thousand pieces.

“No- no way”

‘Was that perhaps, Done by me?’

Emma cried as her gripless hand fell to her side.

“We’ll be doomed, what will happen to us now?

If Hans isn’t won’t be able to grow stronger anymore, then.. who will stop t-#%*^•’- .”

A message of warning appeared in front of her:

[information restricted, your unique skill: {???} prohibits you from speaking about it]