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Chapter 4: Awakening of the Magic Element

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The awakening is conducted simultaneously for 20 classes.

Frank Morgan is number 48, which means he will be the last in the class to receive the blessing of awakening.

The homeroom teacher, who is also everyone's magic mentor—Steven Shaw—was already standing at the very front of the class. The awakening would take place in front of everyone, and what the students needed to do was, when their name was called, to step forward, place both hands on the awakening stone in front of the magic mentor, and quietly sense it.

"Hey, you who got in through the back door, you won't fail your awakening, will you? I heard that some people who are really incompetent can actually fail the awakening. Someone like you shouldn't waste the precious energy of the awakening stone," said Frank Morgan's old classmate Samuel Carter from another line.

Samuel Carter is Brian Murray's lackey. Brian Murray himself feels that picking on Frank Morgan would lower his own status, so he usually lets Samuel Carter do it.

What Samuel Carter said about failing the awakening does happen, and actually, Frank Morgan is quite worried about it. Strictly speaking, he is... well, considered to have transmigrated here. If his physique is different from the people here, that would be a huge joke!

"Frank Morgan bro, don't pay attention to that ****. Just awaken a fire element and show him what it means to look down on others!" said Howard Bolton, the mud monkey who was assigned to the same class as Frank Morgan.

Frank Morgan didn't say anything. In the past, he would have used his unmatched cursing skills to roast this lackey Samuel Carter, but today he just wasn't in the mood. On one hand, he was really nervous, and on the other, for some reason, the black pendant he wore around his neck kept vibrating strangely.

This black pendant was a relic from the old gatekeeper Mr. Wynn at the back door of his middle school. Frank Morgan highly suspected that this thing was the culprit behind the world's great change. That day, Frank Morgan was wearing this pendant while sleeping on the back hill of the school.

This morning, the damn pendant was acting possessed, vibrating nonstop, making his hand tremble endlessly.

Damn it, why the hell are you shaking? You're just a pendant, can't you just behave and be a proper pendant!

"Brian Murray!" The homeroom teacher Steven Shaw called out.

"Wow, that's Brian Murray. He's really handsome, and he's top of the class too."

"Yeah, yeah, I saw him first thing this morning. I really like him. I wonder which element he'll awaken? Hopefully not something useless like water or light in the early stages?"

As soon as Brian Murray stepped forward, he immediately heard a few girls in the class chattering, and even some fangirls from other classes kept glancing over.

Brian Murray acted as if he didn't care at all, but his eyes clearly enjoyed being the center of attention. He walked up to the homeroom teacher, wearing a humble yet confident smile.

"Brian Murray, you're from the famous Mu family of the Ice lineage, right?" the homeroom teacher Steven Shaw asked with a smile.

"That's right."

"Good. If you awaken the Ice element, you should be much more advantaged than others. But don't forget to keep working hard—talent doesn't decide everything," said the homeroom teacher Steven Shaw.

Brian Murray nodded, but secretly thought: Yes, talent doesn't decide everything, but without talent and family background, you'll always live at the bottom of society!

With the teacher's permission, Brian Murray slowly placed both hands on the floating awakening stone.

The awakening stone was shaped like a thick star compass, with a clear handprint on it. Brian Murray appeared calm, but inside he was just as nervous and uneasy as anyone else as he placed his hands on the awakening stone...

Given his bloodline, the chance of awakening the Ice element was highest, but there was still a possibility of something unusual happening. If he awakened the Water or Holy Light element, the Mu family probably wouldn't value him as much, since they wouldn't waste resources to find matching attributes for him.

Right hand placed...

Suddenly, the awakening stone emitted a starlit glow. These lights connected into star marks, crawling up Brian Murray's right hand like special veins.

This was everyone's first time witnessing an awakening in person, and all the students craned their necks to watch Brian Murray.

Brian Murray stood there motionless, as if receiving a sudden enlightenment, his head slightly raised...

"Creak, creak, creak~~~~"

Suddenly, around the awakening stone, a chill of frost began to swirl.

The frost grew stronger and stronger, slowly freezing the edges of the awakening stone, forming a layer of ice!

"Ice element, it's really the Ice element!!!"

Suddenly, someone behind shouted, accompanied by some girls' screams.

Brian Murray heard the commotion and opened his eyes in delight!

As expected, it was the Ice element. With the Mu family's original element, he would be even more easily accepted by the family. The day of his rise was not far off. Dealing with small fry like Frank Morgan would be as easy as crushing an ant... Wait, no, now that he had awakened the Ice element, he was a true heir of the Mu family. There was no need to stoop to the level of that little nobody.

He needed to have greater vision, yes, greater vision. Who knows, maybe he'd even get the chance to train together with Nancy Murray!