After Hell Week ended like that, Noah and Tiu had an unexpected holiday.
All other classmates are taking re-exams, so classes are suspended.
Thanks to that, the two of them didn’t have to take the re-exam, so time wasted.
Even the seniors had their own classes, so in the end, only the two of them were left in the dormitory.
Noah came up with an idea to make good use of this holiday season.
“Can’t I just go find them without waiting for the Riberies to come?”
“well… … .”
Tiu answered Noah’s words while arranging the swordsmanship information of his classmates obtained during Hell Week.
“All the students from the Ribery family who are currently attending this school are top rankers, right?”
Nightray’s ranking system was largely divided into top rankers within 1,000 and other general students.
Top rankers benefited as well, but it was characterized by being separated from regular students and ranking matches.
“If you want to fight the Ribéry family, the first thing you need to do is raise the ranking and get promoted. And it’s not like you can fight right away.”
“why? What else do you have?”
“The members of the 8th generation’s family are not only talented but also have their own power within the school. They deliberately play ranking matches among themselves and share the rankings, so they won’t accept it unless they’re baiting something?”
“Ugh… … ! Come to think of it, Shiba-senpai also said that he couldn’t recover because there was no one to fight after dropping his ranking.”
Incidentally, there were not one or two people in the direct line of the Ribéry family at this school.
Even excluding all collaterals, the number reached double digits.
I couldn’t even figure out who had instigated Liam when the other side made up his mind and dismissed it as something I didn’t know.
“I barely made it to 1,000 in one month, so when the heck will I meet them?”
Noah, who accepted all the upcoming ranking matches, has barely entered the 8,000th rank at this point, a month later.
On the other hand, Tiu was only in the mid-9,000 light range, filling only the mandatory number of times.
At this rate, it would take half a year more to reach a higher rank.
“I feel bad that I have to neglect it for a long time even after getting into a fight… … .”
Noah, who was grumbling, felt a sign he had never seen before approaching the dormitory.
A person who approaches a dormitory where no one has ever taken the wrong path, let alone a guest.
Noah, who had just been bored, was intrigued.
“When we first came here, we didn’t even know that senior Aslan was right in front of us. Shall we see how far I can go?”
“It’s okay to play, but you shouldn’t bother the customers?”
Noah escaped the dormitory building killing the presence.
‘Manipulate the aura to make my movements as similar to those around me as possible.’
A normal person could be fooled by just muting his voice and walking out of sight.
However, those who use the aura as a sixth sense also needed to hide it.
The best is to fully assimilate with nature by even using attribute transformation.
For Noah, who was unable to apply that much yet, the limit was the level of blurring his movements.
‘Still, if it’s an opponent who isn’t vigilant, it’ll work enough? It might be pretty good, right?’
“That’s not what you do.”
“Wow, what a surprise!”
Noah was taken aback by the sudden voice in front of him.
“You must have been over there until just now… … what? Are you still there? uh huh?”
The person who had been walking towards the front door of the dormitory turned around and appeared in front of Noah.
Surprisingly, even then, the same presence was still felt at the front door.
“nice to meet you. My name is Kuina, the instructor. Are you Noah?”
“yes. But do you know me?”
“You may be seeing me for the first time, but I am not.”
“… … ?”
Kuina smiled at the bewildered Noah and explained that he had been an instructor for Hell Week.
“Anyway, there was a prize that the principal forgot and didn’t pay, so I came instead… … Aren’t you listening to me right now?”
“Oh, no. Of course I’m listening. hahahaha.”
“I’m completely distracted by the presence at the front door, but I don’t know what to say. Are you that curious?”
“… … It’s honestly amazing.”
Even though Kuina appeared in front of her eyes, the presence of the main gate was still the same.
A situation in which, to a person experiencing an aura, it seems as if there are two identical people.
Swordsmanship, thanks to my grandfather, I’ve been through everything to the point of reaching the sky, but it was amazing because it was the first such skill.
“You know the Lee Hyung-hwan who blows an aura and deceives the actual location, right? this is its application. Once you get used to the intangible sword, things like this are possible.”
“Does the instructor look very strong?”
“Since they are graduates, they are naturally stronger than students. But this isn’t something you can do because you’re an instructor. Originally, I was an ambu knight specializing in espionage.”
Said to be the first knight, Shi Huang-je fought against the Witchbeast with that ability.
However, where people live, disputes always follow.
There were articles specializing in dealing with monsters, while others specialized in interpersonal warfare or espionage warfare.
Kuina was originally an ambu knight belonging to the intelligence agency, but recently joined the nightray as an instructor.
“By the way, this is not just a heterogeneous transition, but an attribute transformation. Just like you did.”
“Ugh, did you see that too?”
“are you okay. I’m not going to spread rumors anywhere either. Anyway, if you want to keep this, your aura will continue to be consumed, so can you open the door now?”
“yes?”
Poof!
At the same time, the Kuina in front of me turned into an aura and disappeared.
Noah shuddered at the sight.
“… … Was Lee Hyeong-hwan on this side?”
Even though we had a normal conversation right in front of our eyes, this was actually my alter ego.
It was something I hadn’t expected at all.
“I can only admire. Real swordsmanship is infinite.”
The true meaning of attribute transformation and the power of the Dark Knight were imprinted in Noah’s mind.
* * *
“ruler. This is the high-ranking challenge ticket, the pass product of Hell Week.”
Kuina, who was ushered into the parlor, handed one ticket each to Noah and Tiu.
“If you use this, you can challenge a higher ranker regardless of your current ranking, and it will be impossible for your opponent to reject you. In other words, it means a ticket that will definitely match the opponent you want.”
“Is this a product? I’ve never heard of something like this… … .”
Thiu accepted the challenge and said suspiciously.
“It looks like you’re deliberately pushing Noah on the back?”
Kuina said without hesitation the words Tiu couldn’t say.
“I don’t know what the principal is thinking. However, the challenge itself is something that you have thought about before. It will probably continue to be sprayed under various names in the future.”
“Are you trying to change the top rankings led by the 8th family?”
The current ranking system was a way to make a ranking regardless of skill if the majority decided.
Those who had once reached the top ranks could not rise from the bottom if they played a ranking match against each other.
There were many cases where students who did not belong to the 8th family were not able to rise from a low rank compared to their skills like Shiva.
But if this challenge became commonplace, that situation could be reversed.
“This is a kind of demonstration. If it’s you or Noah, you have skills that are not inferior to those of the top rankers.”
“I don’t know about Noah, but am I not that good?”
“well. I don’t think someone who doesn’t even have the confidence to fight a top ranker would be researching a swordsmanship within the top 100 that hard.”
“… … !”
“Well, since it wasn’t you, it must have been simply looking for something to learn from strong swordsmanship.”
Kuina shrugged and stood up.
“Anyway, the principal’s goods have been delivered, and the business is over. But I’ll add one more as a service.”
Noah, who was distracted by the challenge and stopped listening to the story, looked at her, wanting something.
“The guy who made Liam try to separate you and Felix. My name is Frank.”
* * *
Noah and Tiu found out about Frank with the information Kuina gave them.
Somehow, since he was a direct lineage of the 8th generation family, which belonged to the mainstream in the school, there were many known facts.
Frank Ribery.
A direct descendant of the Ribéry family, a member of the 8th family.
3 years senior, currently ranked 844th.
“Your ranking isn’t as high as you thought, right? You say you are a direct descendant of the 8th family?”
“Even with the same direct lineage, there is a big difference if you exclude the enemy. In fact, there are also collateral branches that have not branched out yet.”
“Then, if you look at the internal hierarchy of the 8th family, does it look like this?”
1. The origin of the family.
2. Direct descendant of the main family.
3. Branched collateral.
4. From a descendant family.
This ranking not only indicated the background of origin, but was also a measure of skill.
Occasionally, there were geniuses who surpassed their origins, but basically their skills followed that order.
If that genius surpasses even the enemy, he is incorporated into the family and becomes the next head of the household.
It was the current 8th family that had cultivated their genes for a long time following the law of strong self-respect.
“Even though he’s a direct descendant, he’s ranked 844th. Are you a flawed guy? Are you the type to flirt with the kids below you because you’re weak?”
“Think of Shiba-senpai. This school’s ranking is proportional to skill, but it’s not exact. Especially the direct descendants of the 8th family.”
From noble mtl dot com.
The contents of the ranking battle of the direct lineage are held in a place that is strictly protected by the followers.
The result can be known through the ranking change, but the actual content was unknown.
It was a story that no one knew whether Frank’s 844th place was a different seat because of his skills or because of his political quality.
“That’s something you’ll know when you stick around.”
The timetables were all open to the school, so it wasn’t too difficult to find out where he was.
Noah went to the classroom just in time for the lecture to end.
“Now, here I am, Frank Liberida.”
Most of Frank’s classmates were unaware of the current situation, so they were puzzled by Noah’s sudden appearance.
While the students in the same lecture were buzzing, Frank stepped forward.
“Is your junior short talker?”
“I’m sorry, but I’m not the kind of person who will flinch even after being hit first.”
Rather, it didn’t matter whether he won or lost, as long as Frank attacked him fairly and squarely.
Noah had no intention of respecting Frank at the point where he had someone else fight him.
“It is a ranking match. Come on.”
“ha ha ha. I guess this junior has just entered school, so he doesn’t know the school rules well?”
Looking back at his classmates, Frank deliberately exaggerated his words.
“A top ranker can only play ranking matches with other top rankers? Because if there is too much of a difference in level, the match will look ugly.”
At Frank’s words, his followers laughed.
They intended to make Noah a spectacle.
“Stop talking nonsense, look at this.”
good!
Frank grabbed the ticket Noah had thrown in his face.
“A higher ranker challenge? What kind of toy… … .”
“It is an item with the principal’s seal intact. If in doubt, why don’t you ask yourself?”
At those words, Frank’s expression hardened in an instant.
“Regina-sama?”
“If you understand, will you draw your sword soon?”
“for a moment. wait a minute Even if it’s not a ranking match, it doesn’t matter if you sparring with juniors, but we have the next lecture right away.”
“Are you going to jump out of the classroom as an excuse?”
“no. I just wish I could adjust the time. How about this evening when the lectures are over without long delay? I’ll call the scorer for the ranking match and the stadium.”
Ranking matches could be played anywhere as long as there was someone who wanted to, but the top rankers usually applied for a separate arena.
It was only natural that if you fight while pouring out sword energy, you will damage those around you.
“I’d rather listen to you whining later.”
“Heh heh, this is a very interesting junior. Anyone who sees it will know I’m being pushy. Then, I’ll arrange for the place and time to send someone. See you later in the evening.”
* * *
After sending Noah away, Frank was absent in the middle of the next lecture.
bang!
“That damn bastard!”
Frank didn’t like the current situation.
It wasn’t because of Noah.
Much of the anger was due to Liam’s stupidity in telling someone he had been ordered to.
“That too in front of Regina-sama… … !”
Apparently, his name was not mentioned.
However, as long as the name of the Ribery family came out, it wouldn’t be difficult for Regina to ascertain the circumstances.
It was only then that he would be cut off his tail within the family.
“Damn you guys! Are you leaving the responsibility on the subject that you usually leave all the troublesome things to me?”
‘Managing’ the freshmen was something someone had to do in order to solidify the family’s influence.
Frank had to take on all of that because he was the lowest in the direct line.
To be honest, it was fun to unilaterally bully those who couldn’t resist, but that didn’t mean I couldn’t use poison alone.
“Now that this has happened, I will not go alone. If you don’t like sparks, then you guys should help me too.”
Frank contacted members of the Ribery family who were attending school.
From the family’s point of view, cutting one’s own tail was the easiest way, but there was no other way.
If the Ribéry family were determined and exerted their strength, burying at least one student from the Apostles would not have been a problem.
Of course, in order to borrow the power of the family, Frank had to pay the price as well.
Because of this incident, his position in the already narrow family will be further narrowed.
“I will never forget how I made the other guys bow their heads! Noah… … !”
And the predicted time for the rankings has arrived.