As expected, the class was carried out based on the prior education to some extent.
As soon as the discussion class started, Noah, who had already been taken by many students, was bombarded with questions and sank.
“Anyway, you’re only targeting me like that.”
“I didn’t have to worry about you. Was it brutal? If I’m not careful, I’ll fail too.”
“Anyway, this must have hit the bottom of my reputation.”
Even so, the people around me had been whispering as if they were deliberately asking me to listen.
“You shouted loudly at the entrance ceremony, was it just an idiot?”
“It’s worth it. Even if you leave it alone, you will be expelled sooner or later.”
It was foreseeable that he would take liberal arts classes.
Those who regarded themselves as a thorn in the eye naturally knew that they would come out like that.
‘The starting point is different, so I’m behind now, but I won’t be left behind in the future.’
However, it wasn’t all bad things from day one.
After finishing class, Noah bumped into Veronica, who was waiting for him there.
“Hey, you.”
“veronica?”
“Where the hell did you go right after the entrance ceremony yesterday?”
“I was late because I was registering for the dormitory. The competition was huge.”
“Hmm? I’m sure I looked through all the dormitories, but your name wasn’t there… … .”
“You searched for all of them? The number of dormitories is not one or two, right?”
“Anyway, that’s not what’s important! missing child!”
“Yes, Princess.”
When Veronica called her name, a maid appeared in an empty space.
The students, who had been focusing on this side since Veronica’s appearance, were surprised by her appearance.
However, Noah was not taken aback because he knew someone was hiding from the beginning.
‘Did you hide your presence by adjusting the aura itself? It’s not just a maid.’
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Being able to control the aura in the body to that extent inevitably meant that he had mastered a considerable level of rigid body art.
I don’t know what swordsmanship is like, but the rigid body skill alone was already at an average level.
“Take it. This is the sword I promised you.”
At Veronica’s words, Noah accepted Mia’s sword.
The scabbard was luxurious, but it looked sophisticated rather than flashy, and the handle was made the same as the previous sword.
Swoop!
“Oh.”
It was Noah who pulled out the sword thinking of a somewhat luxurious practice sword, but as soon as he saw the sword body, he immediately exclaimed.
On the other hand, Thiu, who was next to him, almost tried to pop out his eyeballs.
“Isn’t it a Holy Spirit Sword?”
“Sacred Sword? What is it?”
Tiu answered Noah’s question as if he was dumbfounded.
“The Holy Spirit Sword is literally a sword made by smelting stars that fell from the sky. It is considered the best sword because it absorbs the user’s aura and grows on its own. however… … .”
“however?”
“A star that has fallen to the ground is such a powerful yet limited material that the country strictly manages it. Without permission from the imperial family, just possessing it would be a crime!”
I didn’t know it well, but it seemed certain that it was a very great knife.
‘But it looks similar to the one my grandfather used, doesn’t it?’
I remembered one knife precisely because I lived in a mountain cabin and it looked so expensive.
‘I heard that he was famous when he was young, but it must have been real.’
“how is it? Do you like it?”
“huh. I like it a lot. Speaking of which, now that you have a sword, why don’t you stick to it properly this time?”
“… … With your ranking, it is impossible to compete with me in a ranking match?”
“It doesn’t have to be a ranking match to compete, right?”
Noah’s words were simply literal, but to Veronica they came a little differently.
‘In this school, where treatment differs according to ranking, everyone is persistently trying to raise the ranking. On the other hand, this man… … .’
Nightray’s ranking system was actually deteriorating contrary to the original intention.
Abusing the ranking system to buy rankings from other students, or attempting to cheat while playing ranking battles with only one’s own faction is common.
Unlike them, Noah considered swordsmanship itself more important than ranking.
“is it so. I wonder how good your swordsmanship is… … .”
“Sleep aaan!”
Veronica was about to agree when someone broke through them.
“Before that, let’s have a ranking match with me! Noah!”
The one who suddenly appeared was a male student who had just been taking the lecture.
Although he was smartly dressed, he wasn’t flashy like the other guys.
Noah first asked Veronica.
“Does anyone know?”
“You are someone I don’t remember.”
“Are you ignoring me!”
“No, I’m not ignoring you.”
The male student introduced himself without being discouraged by the reaction.
“My name is Carlos Go! Noah, you guys obviously couldn’t compete in the dormitory ranking match yesterday, right? Then you won’t have the right to refuse!”
It was a tension that was hard to accept because I had squeezed my head out with a difficult class just now.
Veronica also stuck out her tongue at that appearance.
“If you want to hang out with this person that much, then I’ll let you in for a while.”
“Eh? What about me?”
“I don’t really care if it’s after him.”
Noah turned to Carlos.
He was careful not to avoid the oncoming fight.
“good. Then can we do it right here?”
“As long as there is an agreement on the ranking match, it doesn’t matter where it is. We need a notary from the Registrar, but I’ll do it this time.”
“To think that the princess is watching over me, this fight! You can never lose!”
* * *
There were many people in the hallway, so the group moved to the garden attached to the lecture building.
A garden located in the center of the 口-shaped building. As rumors spread that a ranking match was going to take place in the vacant lot inside, numerous students in the building poked their heads out of the windows.
Noah looked around and asked Thiu.
“Hey, are you interested? Is the old family also one of the eighth families?”
“no? I memorized all the famous families and swordsmanship, but I’ve never heard of an old family.”
“Then why did you all come together like that?”
It was Carlos who answered the question.
“I’m angry, but it’s because of you, Noah.”
“Is it because of me?”
“It is famous that in the entrance exam, Veronica-sama dropped candidates from various famous families and put two countrymen together. And you even said that to Regina-sama at the entrance ceremony.”
As soon as Noah entered school, he was receiving the attention of Regina and Veronica, who were respected by everyone.
From the standpoint of the other students, it was a country bumpkin who had never even heard of the name, so Sam made me feel better.
Whether jealous or acknowledgment, everyone was curious about Noah’s skill itself.
“I will defeat you, the hottest freshman, and spread the family swordsmanship!”
“Hmm. You mean that?”
It was Noah who was in a bad mood because his sparring with Veronica was interrupted.
Carlos’ lively entry ticket made Noah a little more motivated.
“I’m sorry, but I don’t intend to be a stepping stone for others either.”
“Then, Noah VS Carlos, the freshman ranking match, let’s begin!”
Upon Veronica’s declaration, the two fired their swords at the same time.
Carlos’s sword is a common type of longsword.
Judging from his aggressive stance, it seemed that he intended to come out strong from the start.
“I heard the story of the entrance exam. Can you guys use sword skills? Pull out the sword! I will fight with all my might!”
Carlos’s sword was already tinged with an orange glow from his blade.
A first-level sword technique, strong sword, characterized by the color of the sword being dyed along the orange color.
It was only after he said that he would do his best that he had no choice but to lose his energy.
“Take it, this is the Chamcheolsword, the vision of the late family!”
An intense strike whose purpose is to slash the opponent as a defense.
However, a one-hit deathblow meant that there were just as many loopholes.
“shut up.”
Dang Gung!
A blow that Carlos unleashed with all his might.
It was Carlos’ own sword that was blown away by that attack.
“This is good.”
Noah confirmed the power of the newly acquired Holy Spirit Sword and smiled in satisfaction.
“If you have that level of skill, it’s perfect to go somewhere and get hit. My grandfather told me not to bully the weak, so I won’t.”
The sword, which had become even sharper through the Seongryeonsword, was shedding a series of gimmicks that seemed like it would cut you if you touched it.
“What the hell is it to split a sword covered with sword energy into its entirety… … !”
“One thing is certain about the performance of the Holy Spirit Sword. If you have this, you can dismantle the prey without sword skills.”
“You mean you only use sword skill to dismantle prey?”
“The things that live near my house can’t be dismantled without a sword, right?”
“Nonsense! Where is the beast that can withstand the sword?”
Noah’s swordsmanship could cut through even steel.
It was natural that he couldn’t understand the saying that he could dismantle the prey only at this level.
Veronica didn’t take it seriously either.
“You know how to joke. Anyway, the ranking match ends here. Noah your victory.”
“No, I’m not kidding… … .”
It was unfair to Noah, but no one took seriously the saying that wild beasts withstand the sword.
“Are you satisfied with the sword?”
“huh. Well worth the wait.”
“The more you use the Holy Spirit Sword, the more it will accept your aura and become stronger. But don’t rely too much on the sword’s performance. Some of the students from the 8th generation have already developed a lot of Seongren swords.”
“You mean that?”
Noah’s swordsmanship, which he learned from his grandfather, was, so to speak, close to that of an apostle.
As Shiva said, if the members of the 8th generation who belonged to the path hated the apostles, they would be itching to step on them by now.
“Okay, so I have a lot of eyes to see, so I’ll tell you at this point.”
Noah declared to the other students who were watching the ranking match.
“Anyone who wants to compete with me can apply for a ranking match! I promise I won’t use the right to refuse!”
“Noah!”
Tiu dissuaded him, but this was a decision he had made since he first heard about the ranking match.
“Since you’ve come to a school like this, shouldn’t you try all the other guys’ swordsmanship?”
* * *
“Yeah, you mean that?”
Shortly after Noah’s declaration of unlimited ranking battles spread.
A man was listening to the story in the upper ranker dormitory.
“Good. It was troublesome to educate the new apostles every year. This year, we can use that thunder-naked guy as an example.”
“As a result of encouraging one of the students of the 899th class to play a ranking match, it seems that his skills are in the upper ranks among his peers.”
“Hmph, that’s not the case with Frank Ribery, a member of the 8th family.”
A high-ranking member of the Ribery family.
Frank, who belonged to the mainstream faction in the academy, took advantage of that and took the lead in persecuting the students belonging to the Apostles.
“But I’m a top ranker, so I can’t directly deal with the rogues outside the top 1,000.”
“You can mobilize the lower rankers who are loyal to the Ribéry family just by saying the word.”
“No, but it’s not fun to just trample on them. To set an example, you have to step on it thoroughly so that it never lifts its head again.”
Night Ray was a school for raising knights.
Of course, during the intense training, there were no choice but to get injured.
“A month later. Hell Week is held to finally weed out the 899 students who have become accustomed to school life. There, let’s make sure that guy can’t hold a sword again.”