"I'll stay outside⦠I guess the small formation around should be your handiwork." Samuel couldn't sense these formations, but he guessed that Riya should have put up some guards around the gym.
The reason why he didn't trigger it might be because Riya added some special rules.
She still allowed him to come close to the main venue.
But she would not let him participate in the core part.
"Yes," Riya replied calmly and with a stroke of her hand, the formation under her was done. She looked at it a few more times before she was satisfied and turned to look at Samuel who was still standing by the door.
"Do you want to watch?"
There was nothing interesting from their advancement ceremony. It was nothing more than the process of integrating their heart, mind, and body with mana, reaching a completely new realm.
The lifespan would also be greatly extended.
People who have reached rank 7 would live much longer than ordinary people and could see several generations of people.
That is if there was no accident in the process.
"Yes," Samuel replied. "I guess it'll be very different from magic warrior's ceremony and I'm interested."
He couldn't see many people's advancement ceremony because these people would always be secretive of that. In that world, competition was even harsher and there might be people who backstab others for various reasons. The laws and regulations were not that strict and many people were willing to bet everything for the sake of a chance to advance to higher rank.
Because in their eyes, power is everything.
Samuel had seen so much people like that in his previous life that he was no longer surprised when he saw the depravity of human beings after the world had changed. How many of them could keep their moral grounds after being tempted so much?
Not everyone has such a firm mind.
Yet at the same time, only those who had firm mind in their ideals, be it crooked, righteous, or even eccentric, could possibly reach the top.
Because the process to reach the top will definitely take a long time and each and every single one of them definitely had to experience many things. If they didn't have something that could keep their mind stable and firm, they would never be able to reach that step.
There were two ceremonies that every profession had to undergo if they wanted to reach the top.
From rank 6 to rank 7 there would be an advancement ceremony.
And from rank 9 to rank 10, there would be another ceremony.
But that was not something for Samuel to concern himself about. After all, it would definitely take a long time for him to reach that rank.
"No one would allow you to get close to their advancement ceremony in normal times," Riya said quietly and then added, "But you should lower your presence and stay quiet."
"I know," Samuel replied with a smile.
He had watched one advancement ceremony, one that was done by his cousin in that world. Even though there were some competition between the family members in that world, but their relationship with each other was relatively harmonious.
To be honest, it might be a bit hard to imagine considering that there were some interest involved.
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