his palm while using the Divine Art. “Perhaps earth and ice alchemy aren’t what you’re skilled at. How about with the martial skills?” “The same as alchemy. I can perform the moves, but I haven’t found any deeper meaning to them like how Mr. River described.” “Hmph, big sister will help you out! We will practice together again. Come on!” Veronica grabs Regal’s hand and ferociously drags him away to practice their alchemy skills together. Klide and Astore silently watch as Regal is dragged away before they also decide to use their time wisely and start to practice their alchemy skills with each other. Every student is completely out of mana and stamina when they return to class after lunch. The depletion of mana causes the student’s minds to become dull and process information much slower while a lack of stamina makes them feel weary. This situation could affect them in battle, so the teacher reminds them that outside of training they must always be mindful of how much mana and stamina they have. Instead of returning home after class, Regal heads toward the public library on Grand Theore’s first floor. Bluemist Academy’s library is small with only a few books and little more than the very basic of information about skills. The public library however, is a building sixty feet tall with gold plates wrapping around the wall junctions like stitches. A strange clock with warped hands adorns the top of the structure, and transparent reinforced glass reveals the internal cogs and wheels gyrating as it operates. Small clicking sounds can be heard from within the clock late at night when the surroundings are quiet enough. Covering an area of 33 thousand square feet, the interior of the library is quite spacious. The ground floor has rows of bookshelves neatly arranged, along with groups of large tables placed strategically nearby. The floored area of the second to fourth floors are sixty feet wide, and form a ring above the ground floor. From the first floor, it is possible to see a warped mirrored surface on the ceiling that reflects light throughout the building. The source of light is a single chandelier hanging in the center of the building, burning with inextinguishable vigor. This also warms the atmosphere and causes this place to become the destination of many Immortalis when the weather is wet and cold. Regal follows behind a party of hunters as they enter this library, only casually glancing at the few buildings nearby that overshadow this grand structure. He ignores several people who appear to be students from other academies and ascends a thin staircase to the second floor near the back of the room. The second floor is where the majority of information on alchemical and martial skills is stored. He browses through several shelves of books until he finds information books on both ‘Ice Heart Alchemy’ and ‘Vigorous Earth Alchemy’. The books are thin with two pages to introduce each Divine art and describe their strength, weaknesses, and typical use in battle. There are large tables and chairs placed in the spaces between the groups of book shelves throughout the second to fourth floor. Regal sits down at the nearest table and studies the two books carefully. After researching all there is to know about the two skills, Regal decides to continue down the current skill paths from which he chose the Tier 1 Divine Art in order to reach the incredibly useful Over-Tier Divine Arts. By mastering ‘Ice Heart Alchemy’ along his current skill path, he will get three passive Divine Arts that will respectively increase his mana, intelligence, and luck. The bonuses are small as are most passive Divine Arts, but it is an accumulative value. The Over-Tier Divine Art he will get is called ‘Blooming Frost Lotus’, which causes a dozen razor sharp ice lotuses to materialize in his vicinity and tear the enemy to shreds. ‘Vigorous Earth Alchemy’ also has three passive Divine Arts. These give