Few days flashed by since Magnus met Monique and much to his relief, she never appeared again. Most of the time, he never left his room in case something like that happened again.
At least before he knew the general strength and talent of the entire outer academy, he had no plans to stand out.
Through the time spent, he used the true ability of the Human System. Its power to communicate had been left untouched, perhaps the most important function Magnus needed.
After some back and forth with Sophia. The state of Earth was on a great path. It also seemed that his lack of presence wasn't too impactful with Sophia taking the reins pretty quickly.
She also received support from Caroline and with the peace restored, Oliver staged a coup. Although that was not too necessary, as the higher ups expected the Beacon Empire to unite the entire planet.
Sophia alone could crush them, let alone the overwhelming amount of S and SS ranks still alive. Good part of the higher ups didn't even need to be coerced as they strived towards one thing.
Power, real power that they could use at any time. In the eyes of many on Earth, the position of leaders had long become a shackle and a liability.
She used this opportunity to unite the planet with little to no strife. They had also gotten millions of captives with most of these being the ex alliance of their world.
Albeit brainwashed, this power weakened with Magnus' presence. If he didn't notice the presence of these races on the grounds of the Chrono Academy, he'd issue a total takeover.
But their presence changed it a bit, and he didn't want to fight some grand*100^50 ancestor of their race that just so happened to have let an elf or dwarf wander onto the planet for some tempering.
For the other races, he didn't care much, however. It was justified to let elves and dwarves off because they stood at the 'good' side.
Others became the perfect workforce, as the gates never left. Under the lead of leaders of various factions, the takeover was pretty much a festival.
Strongest were around B rank and S rank cowards that had managed to hide were little. The brainwashed part had already been taken off as well, with minimal side effects that would go away with time.
The aquatic battle was a bit more active, but soon the waters fell under the Atlantis Divine Kingdom as well.
So far, only good news blessed Magnus' mood, and he hoped it would continue. The system that Magnus first introduced was still there, though the beacons no longer held the shops.
He couldn't do much right now and just had to hope nothing drastic would happen before he could interact with Earth.
The fourth day since he came to the campus began with a pleasant surprise.
[Last participants have completed their examination. The first lesson will be conducted tomorrow.]
The day passed in a blink of an eye with Magnus getting used to the environment. In just five days, he could run normally for an hour, which was considered good progress.
Once quite lifeless, campus was now filled with vitality. All sorts of races were here, and even the higher races suppressed their special passives.
Not long after the last person arrived, a portal appeared, and they poured in.
As he stepped inside, he felt no discomfort and they appeared in a huge auditorium. The seats were all different; he was drawn to one on instinct and sat down.-
To his surprise, it was the only chair similar to the traditional school chair in his mind. Compared to the mighty chairs, some had it was quite vexing...
Just as he sat down did he notice the lack of the roof as a nebula could be seen. Many around him were surprised as well before everyone's attention was taken to the podium ahead.
There was no one telling them what to do. They just acted at once. Magnus noticed this oddity as many did, and yet he felt no shivers and discomfort.
Something much more terrifying was now standing at the center. On the podium stood dozens of people, each of different race.
Some smiled, others grinned with ferocious eyes. Cold eyes weren't uncommon as well. From two variations of elves to a goblin and even dragonoids.
They all stood behind one man. Respect could be felt from deep within their eyes, although he noticed a bit of resignation coming from them.
The man himself was a bit translucent and looked like a titan. Even though his height was no more than 2 meters, everyone knew that he was a titan.
Maybe playing golf with stars wasn't too difficult for that person.
"Welcome, welcome, my dear students. I am the dean of the outer Academy! Many of you might wonder what you will learn here, but no worries. Everything will be explained in due time. Today, you will all be assigned to your respective sectors. Don't worry, it's not hard... .... ..." the dean said as he explained the process.
Two people at a time would arrive on the podium and would be scanned with some basic status and new names appearing on the screen above.
They then were guaranteed access to the teacher of their respective race and, if interested, other races could offer a hand as well.
It began with the top 10 stepping up the stage.
First to step up were top 10 and 9. Their powerful presence exploded once they stood on the podium, forcing many to lower their heads.
Were it not for the interaction Magnus had with Monique, he'd probably be one of those as well.
[No. 10 Commander Seven Sins Sloth Demon]
[New name needed to graduate: Sin of Sloth Demon]
[Sex: Male, Age 198]
[No. 9 Eternal Moon's child Essence Vampire]
[New name needed to graduate: Eternal Moon Essence Vampire]
[Sex: Male, Age 94]
As the information projected itself bunch of lights appeared behind most instructors except a select few. Both of them didn't even take a look at others and stepped to the portal of their respective race members.
This continued on.
No. 8 Seven lights World Tree Elf needed World Tree Light Elf [Sex: Female, Age 187]
No. 7 Ice Ocean Blue Dragon needed Ice Blue Dragon [Sex: Female, Age 1244]
No. 6 Flaming lava Red Phoenix needed Flaming lava Phoenix [Sex: Male, Age 1134]
The requirement was gone, though once the top 5 began choosing their factions, they would join. Only their basic information popped up and nothing else.
No. 5 Mana Origin Historian [Sex: ????, Age 501]
No. 4 Time researching scientist [Sex: Male. Age ????]
No. 3 Bone Commanding Lich [Sex: None, Age (Since birth as a lich) 144]
No. 2 Space Shattering Giant [Sex: Male, Age 43]
No. 1 Enigmatic Witch [Sex: Female, Age 29]
From the top 5 onwards, the pressure they exerted had been very close to Monique. And when the top 2 and 1 stepped out, it was confirmed.
Monique was the Enigmatic Witch, someone who could probably enter the inner Academy whenever she wished so.
The Space Shattering Giant was not to be underestimated as well. He was accepted by the dean of the outer Academy himself.
Although this was offered to Monique. She stood aside as if waiting for someone to pick first.
Last sane bells in his mind began to ring in panic as he hoped that she made some friends in the time he hadn't seen her...
Teachers didn't seem to mind, and the selection continued. As strange as it was, they managed to comb through thousands of people without spending even an hour.
He counted each second that was spent for each duo and yet the System clock said that only a second passed since the duo stepped out, got their information shown, and chose their instructors.
After almost three hours, the last few students were left.
[No. 9831] [No. 9832]
He walked up the podium with a rock man next to him. If they weren't in a middle of an important even he would strike up a conversation.
Questions about his anatomy had to be answered later as Magnus took his steps.
The rockman's name showed a dozen long string of names and his mission was to cut that into 6 words long name during his stay in the outer academy.
As for Magnus... [Sex: Male, Age: -6]
Teachers that managed to hold a stoic face, even in the face of Monique, were utterly flabbergasted. Thousands of words appeared on the screen as it represented his 'name'.
At the end it ended with the word human, before it though ranged from random colours, elements, body conditions, some random skills he had and even a musician.
It was the weirdest mish mash of things and the glare of others made him feel very awkward.
Monique's face lit up as, unbeknownst to others, she read the whole name in her mind.
"Youngster, you are quite lucky, aren't you? To bathe in the river takes either a crazy man or a lot of luck. Maybe you can be the one who overturns this whole academy. Hahaha, probably not though. The River of time isn't all that rare." The dean said as he laughed out loud.
Although pretty rare, from time to time people appear where their age is in the negative. And because the River of Time registers souls from 0 when they are born.
It's as if Magnus was yet to be born. He was gathering various small talents which upon birth would become his 'name'.
However, the River of Time isn't so simple and people whose age goes into negative do not get their name turned into a supreme talent.
But into hundreds of smaller ones. The difficulty for Magnus to gain the same level as Monique was quite obvious.
When people's criteria to graduate either out of the outer academy or into inner academy was to shave off less than a few words.
Albeit very difficult, it was also one of the paths towards the general supreme. Some desperate people choose this path to remodel their talent and destiny.
Deviants like him appear once every 100 or so examinations, which weren't too rare, but still a good potential seedling nonetheless.
Most of the teachers didn't signal for Magnus. One did though, it was the goblin he saw before as it was looking at him with hope.
In fact, this goblin didn't light up many times and because no goblins actually were students, this year, he had no student.
There were, however few dozen humans, like celestial, light and even some psychics and such. He was sure that resources were either so abundant that there was no competition or the competition was too hardcore.
If the odds of it being hardcore were even 10% why would he choose the humans? Magnus grinned to himself as he chose the goblin teacher.
"You didn't choose wrong buddy." A raspy voice said as he looked at the goblin. He nodded and greeted him before he stepped in.
The portal was about to close down as Magnus stepped inside as he heard the voice he wished to never hear again.
"Gotcha!" she said as she hugged Magnus, taking both of them through the portal. The expressions of everyone around were quite the sight...