The Conquerors Path

The growth of power isn't easy for anyone in this world. As predicted, the journey of cultivation here begins with the creation of a plate. Different qualities for the plate will be created on your body. It's out of your control and falls under the category of talent.

You will always be forming your plate at tier zero, and the growth would be from there. The cultivation here is of creating plates above each other till you reach the 10th plate, known as the 10th level of the Origin Realm. But the creation of these plates takes time, talent, and understanding of the way of mana or the energy you use.

The stronger and tougher your tower, the better will be your future. So, no one spends time trying to speed up their plate creation to ruin their future. There are also several ways that plates can be created with the nobles and the powerful having their own plate creation technique.

Some techniques increase the speed of creation, some make it tougher, and some provides certain properties. For example, Eleanor had granted me her special technique that helps to create the perfect tower, which will provide sharper mana with more penetrating power. It also has the added bonus of more strength, power, and quality.

A technique created by Eleanor, the once-in-a-million genius, is due to this creation of hers that she was nicknamed the Bow Empress. Only ones that changed the entire field of a profession are granted the right to be called an Emperor in anything.

And speaking of the professions, the entire world has several professions spread around the world.

The differentiation of professions comes to play due to the unique magic path movement and the plate creation technique themselves.

For example, simple bowmen, spear users, or even sword users, each of them has their own profession with their unique mana path movement and plate creation technique. Of course, in sush mundane professions, the mana path and plate creation technique would be common and not that strong.

Hence, this creates the different levels on which your profession in the world can be ranked. They are:

Common

Uncommon

Rare

High-Rare

Legend

Myth

These 6 are the normal rankings that exist within the world, but there are two other special divisions, unique and Inheritant.

The unique being a never before seen profession with their powers unknown to the world, while the Inheritance is the ones only possessed by one person and will only be passed to another.

For example, the profession that I hold is Inheritant, with me being the only one holding this profession after Eleanor.

Though Camel has half of this technique, she hadn't received the full one due to her problems back then. But even then, she went on to complete this technique by herself to create her unique path of the bow. It's not for nothing she's called a genius.

So, getting back to the topic, the profession ranking isn't just marked by strength. Several factors come into play before the final ranking of a profession is determined.

In the case of this world, most commoners will just stop at their own plate creation. Most won't even be born with a plate capable of holding the weight of mana or growth, thus cutting off their path of strength, after all if the bottom is weak there is no way to build a tower.

The ones born with capable plates will be taken into noble families as soldiers or such. If they refuse, common people will just move on living the life of an adventurer, using the mana path techniques available to the public along with the common and crude creation of plates to get stronger. But this will only end up in a mediocre life.

That's how life flows in the world, with power always at the top. Taking that aside, the normal peak a commoner will reach will be Origin Level 3, that too at the age of 60 or something if that person is lucky.

True power rises from above the Origin Level 5, which is the diving mark of power, where true topography-changing attacks can be made. Reaching there is the true mark of a genius.

So if one was to take your talent in power, several categories need to be kept in mind, such as:

Level of Plate

Purity of Mana in creation.

Mana sensing.

The technique used to create plates.

Bloodlines.

Gifted powers.

Innate abilities.

And more, so it's never easy to mark the level of ability within this world. There is a categorized one, but there will always be differences. The normal commoner that you fight might have gotten his hand on a relic enough to beat your ass, or you might have the perfect bloodline to compliment your power or you might have the blessing of a God.

There can be several reasons for power, ranging from getting an inheritance to being born with one or having an unseen innate ability. In this world where magic and Gods walk, trying to measure just the surface-level power of a person is foolish and dangerous.

There exist several powerful students hidden under the guise of normality, ones with their own unique energy or techniques. That's why one must never try to look down on this world for what it holds.

Still, the main dividing line of absolute genius for a person of common will be their ability to fight above their own Origin rank. The funny thing here is that among the capture targets, most of them can do that. But having spent my time and money here, I am starting to discover that monsters above them are lurking within the academy and outside of it.

People of my age or close to me, with abilities that can blow your mind, exist here; masters who gained powers while hiding in the world, taking in disciples; certain energy-using tribes hidden in the world or organizations with unique powers. All of them are there, and for some reason, all of them have started to move.

'I guess he is one among them,' I thought as I looked at the arrogant-looking male in front of me. Beside him, the two adults looked cold and calm. I could easily decipher their meaning through this display. "They are looking down on us!

There is no way that a well-established place such as the War Council will put such a person for a greeting. Just one glance at him shows me that he doesn't have many social skills, indicating that he hasn't lived outside this sanctuary of the War Council. What kind of power would knowingly put such a socially lacking person for greeting? One that wants to oppress...

Moreover, the two people standing beside this male were acting cold and unfeeling, not at all interested in us.

"Indeed, I have been to a much better place..." I responded with a smile while puffing my lips up.

The mask I wore only covered my eyes and nose area, but it had a passive effect of making my face unrecognizable. The smug expression of mine being caught by the rest.

"Really? I never thought that people who dealt with the area of sewers could not understand nobility and power," the male sneered. 'Sigh...looks like he is interested in acting like an asshole,' I thought as I looked toward Ralph, who was biting his lips in anger. The connection of them being connected to the sewers and back alleys is the worst way to call the DarkNight, as in a sense, they do work in the dark.

"Well, at least your head looks like it's being dipped in a sewer," I replied, stunning everyone as they all looked at me. My lips rose into a smug smile.

Here's the question: What's the best way to deal with an asshole?

Answer: Be a bigger asshole.

"What the hell is up with this place? The decorations are richer back in our place," I spoke as I looked at the floor, looking everywhere with disgust. Soon the play will begin.

"How dare you!"

'Yup, let the face slapping begin...'