Ross Merlin

Born in the side branches, he didn’t have powerful backing or outstanding talent. At 24, he was only a 5th Rank Mage. That power wasn’t enough to enter the Gilded Rose’s Mercenary Group. Who knew the name Ross Merlin back then?

But after he was 24, Ross Merlin rose up like a comet.

It only took him one year to reach the Great Mage realm. Five ranks in a single year, this caused a sensation in the Merlin Family.

But it wasn’t over yet.

After rising those five ranks in one year, Ross kept quickly progressing and advanced even more ranks in another year, becoming a 5th Rank Great Mage. After two years, he stepped into the High Mage realm, and his Magic Conducting Rune was the Endless Spring that no one in the Merlin Family managed to form in five hundred years. Santon Merlin was the last person to form the Endless Spring in the Family, and was known for his endless reserves of mana.

After fusing Nine Endless Springs into one, Ross’ mana reached a realm that a High Mage could never dream of. Just by relying on that Magic Conducting Rune that had never appeared in five hundred years, Ross sit at the number one position of the younger generation despite being a member of a side branch.

And this wasn’t self-proclaimed…

Three years ago, Ross went deep into the Raging Flame Plane and single-handedly charged into a Crimson Fort occupied by over a thousand Raging Flame Beastmen. He fought for seven days and nights without rest before taking back the Crimson Fort.

After this fight, Ross’ position in the Merlin Family skyrocketed, becoming one of the powerful contenders for the Successor position from his previous position as a mere side branch member.

Even his fellow contenders, Aube and Leon, were speechless about this.