NOVEL NEXT Chapter 101: Failed experiment
<Failed research?>
[Yup, those guys were aiming to have someone like Samuel, but they failed by a margin. Uzino is Low Adamant from the cursed land of space.]
Xane's eyes widened. <What the hell? Doesn't that make him on par with Melina? No… that guy passed the trial of one of the ancient cursed lands, so he's even better.>
Zayn mentally nodded. [Yeah, Low Adamant is extremely high potential. Still, you have to keep in mind that just in our class, there are 3 people with this potential level.]
'3 people', Xane scratched his head, but then it hit him that the black-haired heroine also had the same potential as Melina.
Zayn continued. [Let me tell you, the other classes also have people with the same potential, and that's only counting students from our year. Also, Tenebris Academy is just one of the five academies.]
As Xane considered others, he nodded his head. <Well, if you say it like that, sure.>
Zayn sighed. [Well, that's not the main reason. After all, even as Low Adamant, Uzino was still a once-in-a-decade talent. It's just… that guy only has 2 elements: the advanced element of Shadow and the basic element of Fire. Can you guess how many Mid Adamant potentials exist in the first year?]
Xane took a random guess. <Three.>
Zayn shook his head. [Close, but not right. The answer is 2, and I believe even if you count all five years, the total number would be less than what we can count on one hand.]
[Most batches don't even have a single talent at that level. The top noble households cherish talent of that level.]
Xane rubbed his chin. He understood he could not compare these numbers as simply as talents gathered in some elite school.
After all, these five academies were the concentration of the top of all species. Just getting into the academy made you part of the top 1 percent. And then to be at the very top of these, the chances were extreme.
The disparity caused by even a minor potential difference was too big. He couldn't help but ask, <What about the High Adamant grade though?>
Zayn sighed. [Not sure. Maybe an individual or two are hidden in each faction. Those are the talents that could shake entire factions.]
The more Xane heard, the grimmer his face became.
He knew that Liam and Samuel were once-in-a-millennia talents, so rare that once born, their families wouldn't dare reveal them.
But among them, there were now not one but two anomalies.
Now he kind of understood Melina's behavior. After all, if the House of Zenair formed an enmity with such a talent, then the only solution left for them would be to nip the flower in the bud.
Xane glanced at Liam. So far, he thought this guy was just a simple-minded individual, but now he was not sure. He glanced at Samuel for a moment, thinking maybe it was because of Samuel, but then he shook his head.
After all, even in the novel, when Samuel was not around, Liam still managed to hide his talent until he entered the academy.
From how ruthless those from the House of Zenaris were, he was sure that if Liam were to reveal his talent, then he would have become a lab rat under the family.
In that way, Liam and the House of Zenair did have a connection. Maybe this might be the reason the House of Zenair managed to pull him into Class 2.
Xane shook his head. There was no point in thinking that much. At the end, what mattered was that in the novel, Liam would be the one to initiate his death.
Xane glanced at Samuel and sighed. With how things were progressing, it might be the same this time.
Xane took a deep breath and focused back on Uzino.
Zayn said. [The biggest misery in Uzino's life is that he only has one basic element. For those researchers, it was like Uzino stopped just inches away from greatness.]
Xane just nodded his head as he realized that in those researchers' eyes, Uzino's situation was like a rich man with 99 gold coins.
The lack of one extra coin blinded a lot of people in his past world, and he didn't see much difference here. <So they were unsatisfied?>
[Unsatisfied would be an understatement. It was more like they were furious, and the one who faced that entire lab's wrath was Uzino. That guy faced inhuman experiments from childhood, all in an attempt to remove the Fire element.]
[But if it were that simple, wouldn't the big noble houses do the same? In the end, they failed, and as a result, Uzino's parents' anger turned into resentment. They had already given up on Uzino and now only saw him as a guinea pig to test the limits of their experiments. They sent him onto the battlefield at the age of 10 or something.]
<What! That's plain stupid. What's the point of sending an unawakened person to fight?>
Zayn shook his head. [Oh, there's a misunderstanding. You see, the battlefield I'm talking about is a constant skirmish of those without hex power. Hex master won't join them.]
As Zayn mentioned this, Xane remembered the scene of thousands of kids bowing before the hex masters. Those guys must have gathered there to join another training facility.
But still, he shook his head. <Even then, a kid with no power fighting against adults is plain stupid unless…> Xane paused at this.
Zayn smiled. [Yup. Even though those guys failed to remove the Fire element, their attempts did strengthen Uzino's Shadow element by a large margin. Also, to make Uzino survive those experiments, they even strengthened his body. If the information is correct, then he is physically 3 times stronger than a normal human, even without any hex art.]
Xane rubbed his forehead. He thought the original Viyron's past was bad, but Uzino's experience was a notch above.
Being experimented on by his own family was truly inhuman. Still, there was one more doubt, so he asked, < I mean, I understand, but can't they wait for him to pass the trial? Also, if they wanted to test the limit, then why did they let Uzion join the academy?>