According to the data Kayden collected, he was the first to max out the apprentice level and one of the last to undergo awakening. This demonstrated that his experiments of mixing mana into his diet were productive. The boy sat in the center of the material and began advancing.
He was given a pill that had the effects of inducing a state of super focus and ease in learning concepts. In just a few seconds, the sky turned dark. The first beam fell and was easily defended by a cut from the redhead’s sword. He had no elements and followed the doctrine of pure knights. The second beam was also easily defended by him.
In the third, everyone’s emotions were in their mouths. For those citizens, the third ray represented the peak of society. Anyone who got that amount would be able to reach the top and be successful. The third ray was easily defended. The room took a while to arrive. The redhead was already injured all over his body and continued. His display of resilience impressed Kayden.
The fourth bolt fell with a bang and... was parried by the boy at the edge of the limit. His life hung in the balance when several of his organs were turned into liquid. If Milena hadn’t instantly come out to heal him, the redhead would be dead. At the same time as he was healed, he went through the process of advancement, and within a few minutes, the first wizard and son of Kayden opened his eyes to the world. His strength was frightening and his genes superior.
"The heavens gather the first wizard of the first generation into their arms. From this day forward, your name will be Ryan Heart," Kayden chose him directly. His choice was because he knew the boy had a different story. He was born weak and worked harder than everyone else.
His body was the only thing that put him on a higher pedestal. He was completely crushed in his first ten years of life, but his hard work slowly overcame the rest. He only had four concepts, it wasn’t something that particularly caught Kayden’s attention, but with time and the right nutrition, this boy could reach a great level of strength.
The next one was the true strongest wizard of this generation, he was 001, son of Kayden and Milena. The woman, even though she was a total psychopath, presented herself as a strict mother, and Kayden didn’t care about her request to maintain contact with her son. The boy wore an ancient wizard’s outfit from fairy tales, his hair was purple like Milena’s, and he carried a staff demonstrating that he was a wizard.
His element was wind, and he used lightning as a secondary element. The boy was the only one who had achieved the incredible mark of five concepts, entirely thanks to the constant treasures that his mother invested in him. His body was on the same level as Ryan, and yet he was not a physical wizard.
Four rays fell quickly, and even though the boy was in a state of near death, he defied the heavens and called for the fifth ray. At this point, even Kayden was taking this seriously.
The fifth bolt struck with ridiculous force and shocked everyone. Even so, Kayden, who was a flea behind, realized that his fifth ray was much weaker than his own. Leaving that aside, Kayden permitted Milena to help him.
The first five-ray mage appeared in the abyss at this moment. Once again, Kayden welcomed him into the government to Milena’s happiness. His name was Astolfo Heart. Kayden would give names after people he knew if people showed they deserved it.
After that, there was no one else he handpicked. The rest got somewhere between two and four spokes. Those who got two were marked for use as labor by Kayden.
Three spokes were chosen for some government institutions. Those with four rays were just three more people, and they were placed in the talent division that Milena controlled.
There was a difference between the reception by Kayden and the division of talent. The former would be defended by Kayden himself even if they were wrong on some issue, would be given full access to the library, and would be enslaved by Kayden. It was a small price to pay for all the benefits they would receive.
The reason Kayden didn’t directly choose the other three who got four lightning bolts was because of their personalities. They were talented and arrogant. That was the problem. They weren’t power-hungry like Ryan. The strength they were in was enough for them.
Kayden hated this kind of people, that’s why he didn’t welcome them, he just promised that everyone who strived to reach the second realm in less than 20 years and succeeded and demonstrated talent would be recruited.
Kayden also did a little purging of those he didn’t consider worthy of remaining in the city. Some were adults, but he also got rid of some of his children. Seclusion also made Kayden realize something. No matter how much he trained someone with six rays, it would be practically impossible to build someone who could catch up and go head-to-head with him.
His strength increased with each passing day. Even if someone managed to get six lightning bolts in the second realm, it still wouldn’t be enough to face Kayden. This caused his plans to change slightly. Instead of having people confront him, Kayden would just produce future slaves.
In case he was lucky enough to get someone with an incredible seven lightning bolts, but the chance of that happening was slim. Even if he tried to advance now, he wasn’t sure if he could obtain seven lightning bolts, it was a very large number.
Each ray above four was a bizarre watershed, practically no one with five rays could face a person with five, likewise, no one with five could face someone with six.
Time flew by again, the children had already grown to ages over 18 and were approaching 20. Kayden decided to choose this moment to start the next generation.
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Once again Milena accepted being a mother without any problems, meanwhile, Kayden began to choose the people who would have her children. From the old generation, only a few people were chosen.
The majority were from the new generation, which had greater talent; In fact, two of them had four spokes. Kayden hoped to taper the generations more and more as the years went by, perhaps reaching a point where everyone had four spokes.
His time in the abyss was just to train and improve himself. He would only leave here when he reached the peak of the third realm, it would probably take a few more centuries. Kayden had been in here for approximately 45 years.
Kayden began to disconnect from the normal world, only going out to perform some actions. Control of the city was completely in the hands of Milena, Julian, and Felix. His outings were usually just to kill some people or rest his mind. His departures became less frequent.
Previously, it was one hour a day, but currently, it was only 3 hours once a week, 1 hour for administrative purposes that consisted of making decisions and killing people, one hour for him to walk around the places, and another for he surrendered to carnal pleasures.
The problem was that these hours would be reduced even further in the future. Kayden recognized the value of giving his mind a break, but it was something he didn’t have much interest in doing. Disconnecting from learning or cultivating was like losing the meaning of your life.
Advances towards the second kingdom of the first generation occurred over the years. The fastest was Ryan, who managed to advance again with four lightning bolts and, oddly enough, five concepts. Astolfo maintained an average of five spokes and five concepts, standing out from everyone else. Kayden wasted no time in enslaving the two and turning them into people of power within the city.
More than a decade later, Kayden found himself having a memory lapse. He was in the same circular stand with a platform in the center, this time it was to witness the second generation going through the ascension process. Some of them had real talent.
Kayden only collected one person this time who got five rays, the rest were distributed between three and four rays, with more than 10 reaching four rays, surpassing the first generation. He decided not to choose other children, as he wanted to keep those in government only with high standards. With this new amount of children, he could kill a few more people and further reduce the quality of his city.
Currently, Milena was at the fifth level of the third realm and Felix had incredibly reached the eighth level. In just a few more years, perhaps Kayden would have his first slave in the fourth kingdom. At this point, he would no longer be able to face his slaves. Fighting Felix had already become difficult, requiring him to use all his strength and still resulting in a 50% chance.