Nori asked Gerald three questions in succession.Gerald’s lips curled upward, and he said to them, “From now on, this place will be our residence. I am now the student of the dean!”Hearing this, the three were even more amazed.“Brother Gerald, are you kidding with us again? Are you really the student of the dean?” Cyril asked, looking at Gerald suspiciously.“Well, I know you won’t believe me right away. Here, let me show you something. This is the special wooden token the dean gave me. If you still don’t believe me, you can go and ask Master Ykink!”As Gerald was talking, he fished out the special wooden token Sumeru had given to him from his pocket and showed it to them.Now, Nori, Zelig, and Cyril finally believed him. No wonder Master Ykink was so respectful toward Gerald. Evidently, this was the reason behind it.“Gerald, you’re so cool! You actually become the student of the dean, plus, you get to live in such a good place!” Nori praised Gerald and looked at him with adm
“Kid, you must be tired of living!”The man said furiously.As he said that, he slammed his fist toward Gerald.Boom!Before he could touch Gerald, Gerald gave him a swift slap and sent him flying out.The man fell heavily on the table, splitting it into two halves.“Stop!”Right then, a serious voice was heard.The master of the voice was Master Ykink.He came in through the door and walked toward Gerald in quick steps.Seeing the arrival of Master Ykink, everyone fell into silence and dared not act hastily. The few elite students even lowered their heads.“Master Ykink!”Everyone at the scene greeted him.Karsten approached Gerald and asked with a serious face, “What’s going on? Who let you fight in the canteen?”Although Gerald held a special status, he still had to act stern in front of other people.“Master Ykink, it’s those elite students who started it. We were having our meals here, and they chased us out right after they came in, saying that it was the elite stu
However, this contest was not that simple.The academy would hold this event every year after the enrollment of new students. This was also to test the students’ true ability. It would be carried out in the form of a duel between students from the beginner to the elite classes.Soon, two days had passed.And today was the very day of the contest at Leicom Academy.Everyone in the academy gathered in the square. The beginner class sat in the east corner, the intermediate in the west corner, and the elite class in the south corner.As for Gerald, he sat beside Dean Sumeru.Seeing Gerald sitting beside Sumeru, everyone was in shock. They were curious about what his status was so much so that he was receiving such good treatment.“Fellow students, today is the annual martial arts contest of our academy after the enrollment of the new students. As always, the students from three different levels will join the contest and duel with each other!”After that, Master Ykink came forward a
“I will do it!”Suddenly, a voice rang out from among the beginner students.Gerald found the voice very familiar, so he looked in the direction of the voice immediately.It turned out to be Zelig.Gerald didn’t expect that Zelig would dare to come forward, knowing that this match was between a beginner and an elite, whose level of strengths would be apparently wide.“What’s your name?” Master Ykink looked at Zelig and asked.“Zelig Lear!” He blurted out his name.Then, a student from the elite side came out. He was none other than Lev Bayfield, who had recently joined the elite class.Lev Bayfield and Zelig Lear were both from Jaellatra, but Lev was slightly stronger than Zelig.Zelig was currently in the Rune Realm, whereas Lev had already broken into the Sage Realm. Hence, there was a big gap between them in terms of power.Lev’s lips curled upward into a wry smile, thinking that he had finally gotten the chance to torture Zelig.Although they were both people from Jaella
Zelig immediately shone his sword to shield himself.“Cascading petals!” Lev yelled.This was the name of Lev’s move, and the sword’s shadows cascaded everywhere from the sky like flower petals, rendering Zelig unable to determine which one was the real sword.After a few seconds, Zelig’s shirt was already torn and ripped up with marks from the sword everywhere, and he seemed to be extremely battered and confused.At this moment, it was already known who had won and lost—it was obvious that Lev had won this round.“Alright, both of you can stop now. We already have a winner!”Master Ykink instantly yelled and announced the result of the battle.“Lev Bayfield from the elite class won the second round!”Although Zelig was unsettled and unwilling to admit defeat, his ability was indeed not as good as Lev’s, so he could only accept the result.“Hmph. Zelig Lear, I’m telling you, you’re going to lose to me forever, so, from now on, you’d better scram whenever you see me around the
Under everyone’s gaze, Lev stood up slowly.Lev walked right toward Gerald in front of everyone.“Who would have thought that you would choose me. Looks like the position as the dean’s selected student will be mine for sure!”Lev ridiculed Gerald with utmost confidence.They hadn’t even started the battle, and Lev was already acting so arrogantly.Gerald, on the other hand, wasn’t really bothered by it. In his eyes, Lev was just a buffoon, so he didn’t really have to care about his arrogance.The strong ones always held a low profile instead of showing off in a high-key way. If not, that would be stupid, and that referred to none other than Lev himself.“Both sides, please get ready!”Master Ykink spoke up and signalled at Gerald and Lev.Hearing Master Ykink’s instructions, Lev immediately entered a fighting stance, waiting to attack anytime. Once the start was announced, he would immediately attack Gerald.Gerald was as calm and composed as he had ever been with his eyes cl
After discovering the owner of the voice, an uproar appeared amongst the crowd again.The man who was being discussed by everyone was Ray Leighton, the best student in the elite class. His ability had reached the Seventh-soul-rank in the Sage Realm.Ray got up and walked out of the circle coldly toward the center of the square to stand before Gerald, and he pointed at Gerald icily as he said, “I, Ray Leighton, want to challenge you. If you win, I will willingly listen and follow you. If I win, you have to scram from this position of yours and be my underling!”Ray’s words were extremely arrogant with a dominant vibe.After listening to him, Gerald wasn’t angry at all. On the contrary, he thought that Ray was very interesting.Someone like Ray was direct and straightforward, and he would express his dissatisfaction outright instead of doing something dirty behind one’s back. This deserved other’s respect.“Okay, I accept!”Gerald didn’t reject him and accepted it immediately.Wi
“Okay, that’s the end of our battle test today. Tomorrow will be the practice test in Heaven Tower, I hope everyone can get a good rest tonight!”After the end of the day, the sky had begun to turn dark by the time Master Ykink made this announcement.Then, everyone left the scene.Heaven Tower was the most powerful challenge in Leicom Academy, and there were twenty levels.Up until now, no one had been able to reach the top successfully. Even Dean Sumeru had been halted at the eighteenth level while the four grand masters had stopped at the seventeenth.Every floor had different challenges for different people, so no one knew exactly what kind of challenge would be given by Heaven Tower. Hence, no one knew how to even cheat.That night, Gerald was called to Sumeru’s bedroom.“Dean, you wanted to see me?”Gerald entered the room respectfully as he asked Sumeru, who was meditating on the meditation deck.Sumeru opened his eyes slowly and looked at Gerald with a smile on his fac