The underground laboratory fell completely silent for several seconds after the old man uttered the words, "an astral profession that has been extinct for at least eight hundred years."
Leah stood at the center of the awakening formation, which had yet to completely fade. Specks of silver light still drifted slowly around her, while the three instructors who had rushed in first now looked at her with completely different expressions.
Their faces ranged from fear, shock, and astonishment. There was even an almost uncontrollable fervor in their eyes.
The Royal Starlight Academy had been established for more than four hundred years. During that time, countless rare professions, hidden professions, and even individuals with special bloodlines had appeared.
However, professions that could truly be separately recorded in the academy’s history as "Lost Professions" could be counted on one hand.
The Astral Spirit Envoy was one of them.
"Level fifteen..." The white haired old man quickly noticed something else. His eyes locked onto the fluctuations of mana surrounding Leah.
"Wasn’t she only Level 9 before?" One of the instructors beside him clearly knew Leah, and his expression was equally filled with disbelief.
"Yes."
"During last week’s basic assessment, she was still Level 9."
"Did the awakening cause her levels to increase?"
Even the old man’s breathing grew heavier as he struggled to believe this. Throughout his decades of being an instructor in this prestigious academy, it was the first time something like this had happened.
Naturally, Victor didn’t interrupt them, as it was much better for them to speculate and come up with something themselves rather than him risking his secrets.
Meanwhile, the system panel had already completely refreshed Leah’s current information.
[Name: Leah Vane]
[Level: 15]
[Profession: Astral Spirit Envoy]
[Potential Evaluation: SSS]
[Talent: Astral Resonance Physique]
[Loyalty: 81]
[Current Status: Profession newly awakened. Astral Core not yet stabilized.]
[Investment Value: Legendary]
Astral Core was the name of the new core Leah had just reconstructed. It was completely different from the traditional mana cores of ordinary professionals.
And while Victor was examining it, another set of information automatically unfolded.
[Astral Spirit Envoy]
[Profession Rank: Unknown]
[Type: Ancient Special Profession]
[Core Mechanism: Astral Core]
[Profession Trait 1: Can directly absorb astral energy to grow.]
[Profession Trait 2: Skill system does not completely depend on the conventional elemental structure of this world.]
[Profession Trait 3: Possesses extremely high spiritual growth and long range control potential.]
[Warning: Astral resources are extremely scarce in the current world.]
Victor’s gaze flashed when he saw the final line, but there was no surprise on his face.
An SSS Rank profession could not possibly come without a price. If it had been so easy, this world would have lost its balance centuries ago.
One thing he had noticed about this system and world so far was that it was extremely logical. There were no random asspulls like the ones in some of the brain rot novels he had read back in his world during his leisure time.
Leah’s greatest advantage was also her greatest problem.
’What an irony.’
She could absorb astral energy. But in this world, hardly anyone even knew what astral energy was.
Without the corresponding resources, even if she possessed SSS Rank potential, her growth speed might never truly be brought out.
For others, that would be troublesome.
But for Victor, it was an investment opportunity instead.
At that moment, footsteps sounded from the direction of the stairs once again. This time, they were much steadier and calmer.
Two middle aged men dressed in dark blue academy robes strode quickly into the laboratory, followed by four academy knights.
The moment the man in front entered, his gaze quickly landed on Cecilia, and a brief shock appeared in his eyes.
"Your Highness?"
Clearly, he had never expected the Third Princess of the entire empire to appear beneath an abandoned research building that had been sealed for years.
How did she get here? What business does she even have here in the first place? Could it be that she was the one responsible for the mana fluctuations just now?
’It has to be. Only a genius from the royal family could do something like this.’
"Instructor Roland." Cecilia gave a faint nod of her head.
The middle aged instructor snapped out of his trance and quickly bowed before finally turning toward the others.
"What happened with that mana fluctuation just now?"
The white haired old man immediately spoke.
"It... it’s the astral system."
Instructor Roland instantly stopped moving, his eyes widening.
"This is not the time to joke around."
"Yes, Sir. I dare not joke about something like this." The old man’s voice was exceptionally firm. "I personally participated in organizing the records recovered from that ruin seventeen years ago. There’s no way I could mistake this mana frequency."
He pointed toward Leah and, in a loud voice, proclaimed, "She awakened an astral profession."
Instructor Roland’s gaze finally fell on the girl he had overlooked since he came down here.
The next second, a blue mana crystal floated above his palm.
"Don’t resist."
Leah instinctively looked toward Victor as if asking for his consent.
The subtle action quickly caught the attention of everyone present. It was also the first time Roland had noticed Victor’s presence as well.
"Cooperate with the examination." Victor nodded. It was only after receiving the confirmation that Leah released the restrictions on her mana.
Roland’s gaze alternated between the two, and an almost imperceptible change appeared in his eyes. There were a lot of questions he wanted to ask. However, now was not the best time.
Buzz!
The blue mana crystal hovering above his palm lit up. Following it, a translucent screen of light rapidly swept across Leah’s entire body.
[Level: 15]
[Life Tier: Tier 1]
[Mana Core Structure: Unidentifiable]
[Profession Type: Unidentifiable]
[Mana Attribute: Unidentifiable]
[Threat Assessment: Low]
After seeing three unidentifiable results in a row, Instructor Roland fell completely silent.
This was the academy’s advanced detection crystal. It could identify even many rare hidden professions and had been one of the most trusted go to devices for the instructors.
But now, it could not even read the basic structure of Leah’s mana core, which alone already proved something.
"What about profession skills?" he suddenly asked.
"I don’t know yet," Leah replied in a slightly trembling voice.
She was not lying. Her awakening had only just finished, and she was still trying to fully understand it.
"Since that’s the case, we’ll use the second method." Instructor Roland nodded his head, a look that Leah didn’t particularly like appearing on his face. "You’ll go to the central testing ground. We’ll conduct a complete examination. Your mana capacity, strength, spirit, skill response. Everything will be checked there."
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Thanks for your support Guys! Here is the promised Bonus Chapter. Let’s do another one, it’s another week.
This time 100 Power Stones for 1 Bonus Chapter
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