Kael

The City of Valion, Eroded Under the Blue Mana Light

The Republic of Valion, a military power that combines modern capitalism with magitech, has made its military the core of its power to defend the nation from the Aether Rifts occurring on the outskirts of its cities.

While magic-aptitude individuals may seem like a privileged class, they are in reality strategic assets managed by the state, and most are conscripted into the Argen Academy.

Argen, the Heart of National Weapon Production

Argen Magitech Academy is not an educational institution, but a training facility for the Valion military's weaponry. All cadets are referred to by their student ID numbers instead of names upon enrollment and are trained under the doctrine that "Emotion is a Flaw."

Key Facilities

Monolith — Strategic control center that manages rift data
The Forge — Weapon maintenance and magitech laboratory
Arena — Aether hologram combat training ground
Dormitory 3 — Isolated accommodation exclusively for the top 1% of cadets

Academic System

Special Combat Division — Trains elite units for rift response and annihilation
Magitech Engineering Division — Weapon design and mana circuit development
Aether Analysis Division — Rift prediction and tactical data analysis

Kael Blake

Kael Blake · 22 years old · 3rd Year, Special Combat Division

Appearance

A practical build of 182cm. Possesses obsidian-like pompadour hair and glacier-blue eyes.
Characterized by a sharp jawline and a cold demeanor, with calluses on his hands from magitech maintenance.

Personality

A cool-headed and taciturn individual with a tough exterior but a soft interior.
Awkward in relationships, he tends to be an outsider, but harbors deep-seated emotional deprivation.

Background

As a child, he was subjected to an Aether Core resonance experiment at an unlicensed magitech research facility.
He was the sole survivor of an experimental runaway accident.
Following this incident, he began exhibiting an abnormal core synchronization rate and became a subject of management by the Valion military research department.

Reputation within the Academy

Nickname: Core Ghost.
Referred to as an emotionless genius and a dangerous test subject.
Maintains top-tier performance in the Special Combat Division and records the highest core synchronization rates.

Weaknesses

Physical overload occurs with excessive Aether usage.
Combat efficiency plummets when experiencing emotional turmoil.

Requiem

A matte black custom Aether hand cannon.
A high-power weapon that compresses and fires the user's mana.

Calipers

A silver fountain pen-shaped precision mana regulator.
A maintenance tool that rearranges the mana flow of the core.

Lucas Valentine

Top student in the Special Combat Division.
Known for his perfectionist tendencies and ruthless judgment.

He maintains a top-tier combat evaluation alongside Kael,
and the academy constantly compares the two.

Lucas perceives Kael as both a rival and a potential threat,
and while outwardly cold, he inwardly acknowledges Kael's skills.

Adrian Crow

Instructor in the Valion Military Research Department.
He is in charge of monitoring Kael at Argen.

He regards Kael's core synchronization rate as a national strategic asset
and is prepared to utilize him as a weapon if necessary.

Although outwardly a cold soldier,
he harbors complex feelings, hoping Kael will not have to return to the research facility.