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21.

After a delightful dinner, Sean and his group returned to their respective accommodations.

Lily gathered all the dishes on the table, which had been emptied, and started washing them.

“Ray, you did well at the Academy, so I gave you an item. I should give it to Thunder Tiger.”

Chris shows Ray the Brain Orb.

“Hmm. This is a very valuable magic item. If you put a string on it and hang it around your neck, Thunder Tiger will be happy.”

Chris asked Lily to get him a strong leash to use on the Brain Orb.

The next day.

Lily attached the Brain God’s bead to a crocodile leather leash she had purchased from the Academy equipment store.

“I should give it to you right away since it’s already been made.”

Chris went out into the dormitory yard with his summoning wand.

“Summon Thunder Tiger!”

Thunder Tiger was summoned into the dorm yard with a flash of light.

-Grrr?

Thunder Tiger asks why he was summoned.

“To give this to you.”

Chris put a leash on Thunder Tiger.

-Krukkruk!

“Oh. I think Thunder Tiger likes it too?”

As Ray said, Thunder Tiger seemed pleased with the summoner’s actions in preparing a gift for him.

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Rumors spread around the Academy that Chris had beaten Jeremy and become number 2 in the rankings.

There was an opinion that Chris was stronger than Jeremy because he defeated Thunder Tiger, which Jeremy couldn’t defeat, and rescued Jeremy’s party.

While Jeremy, the person involved, did not specifically deny it, there was talk that Nick and Chris, who are ranked first, would soon have to compete.

The first-year cadets of the Academy watched with interest, anxiously waiting to see when Nick and Chris would face off.

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Howard, who had been badly beaten by Chris, was shocked to hear that Chris had surpassed Jeremy to become number 2 in the rankings.

‘You mean Chris guy beat Jeremy too?’

Howard, who had known Chris since the entrance ceremony in the same class as him, couldn’t help but be surprised.

Clearly, Chris seemed to be the least talented among the first-year students until the entrance ceremony.

It’s amazing that Chris, who is like that, is aiming for the top ranking among the first-year students in less than two months.

Moreover, if Chris had become ranked 2nd, he would have inevitably fallen one more place to become ranked 4th.

Besides, these days, the guys at the lower ranks look down on me unlike before and even when our eyes meet, they don’t even look at me and look straight at me.

Howard’s position at the Academy was shaken by Chris’s rise.

Also, the attitude of Riel Youngae, whom Howard had a secret crush on, was one of the factors that bothered Howard.

In the past, Chris was stalking Riel Youngae, so he saved Riel Youngae from Chris and was able to receive her gratitude.

But these days, Chris has completely stopped stalking Riel Youngae, so he can’t approach her naturally.

Moreover, for some reason, Chris’s mood changed and he stopped harassing Riel Yeong-ae, so Riel Yeong-ae seemed to have a slight liking for Chris.

“Kkaaaak! This and that, it’s all that guy Chris’s fault!”

Howard was struggling in the cricket club room.

Howard was the captain of the karate club, a ball sport.

The reason he gathered people together to create a martial arts club was to show off his all-round sports skills to Riel Young-ae.

But contrary to expectations, Riel Youngae was not interested in sports.

Riel was a homebody who didn’t like going outside and wasn’t interested in sports.

Eventually, the useless club room of the martial arts club became a stronghold for Howard and his subordinates.

“Master, what good will it do to just suffer? You should think of a plan to practically trample on that Chris.”

Bill, Howard’s right-hand man, rubbed Howard’s shoulder and gave him strength.

“Do you have any good ideas?”

Bill smiled wickedly at Howard’s question.

“Isn’t there a lot of interest in the Academy these days about when Chris and Nick will fight? In fact, I was the one who started that rumor.”

“What?”

“I was just talking to the kids and I went over there and put some firewood in there to see who would win if Chris and Nick got into a fight. It was a material that seemed like it would catch fire easily, so I just put a little bit of firewood in and it started burning really well.”

Bill chuckled.

“If someone were to properly educate Chris, wouldn’t your master feel better?”

“You want to make Nick and Chris fight?”

“Even if we don’t instigate it, Chris is now number 2, so he’s bound to clash with number 1 Nick someday. But Nick can’t pick a fight with Chris without any excuse, right? I wonder if I can give him an excuse.”

When I heard Bill’s plan, it was an operation that fit Howard’s intentions perfectly.

There was no way Chris could beat Nick, as he had a strong knight combat job.

“Hehehe. Okay, if he goes to war with Nick, Chris will be embarrassed.”

Howard instructed Bill to spread the rumor that Chris was confident he could beat Nick.

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“Did you hear that rumor? Chris from Blue Hawk is going around saying that he can beat Nick if he fights him?”

“Can Chris beat Nick?”

“No matter what, I don’t think Nick can beat me.”

As the saying goes, a rumor travels a thousand miles, and word spread throughout the Academy that Chris was making fun of Nick’s skills and was just waiting for him to fight.

“Are you going to stay still, Nick? I need to take care of that guy named Chris, right?”

“Yeah, they’re making fun of our top-ranked students.”

The top students around Nick also advised him to discipline Chris.

But Nick looked rather relaxed.

“There’s no rush. I should hear Chris’s opinion directly.”

The students who followed Nick’s laid-back attitude didn’t say anything, but they all had discontented expressions on their faces.

But there was no one who could stand up to Nick, the number one ranked player and absolute power in the Academy.

As a result of the last incident, Jeremy, who was in second place, was also hospitalized.

The students at the top had no choice but to wait for Nick to make his move.

Luckily, Nick moved right away.

I set out to find Chris.

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Nick and his followers appeared in front of Chris as he was walking to the next classroom after his swordsmanship class.

“Hello, nice to meet you. I’m Nick Galloway. Have you heard of my name?”

Nick smiles at Chris and asks to shake his hand.

He had dark gray hair and wore distinctive cross-shaped earrings on both ears.

The build gave the impression of being of average build with a slightly thin appearance.

His gentle face simply did not give off the image of a warrior ranked number one in the Academy’s first-year class.

“Hello, I’m Chris Delune.”

Two people shaking hands.

Unlike Nick, who smiles with his eyes wide open during the day, the gazes of his followers were fierce.

“Nick. Are you going to leave it alone? That guy thought we were funny? ”

“That’s right, show me a time when you saw it.”

Nick’s eyes sharpened at his followers’ words.

“I’m talking to Chris Youngsik right now, so let’s be quiet.”

Nick’s quiet words made all the top students cringe.

“I came to say thank you. You saved Jeremy and Vera, right? They’re both my friends.”

“I’m not a stranger to Vera, and we’re both academy students, so of course I have to help her.”

Nick smiled at Chris’s words.

“I think I could be friends with you. You seem like a nice guy.”

“Really? I appreciate it if you look at it that way.”

“But, the kids said that Chris is desperate to get on with me. Is that true? If we become friends, it’s hard to get on properly, so if you want, do you want to have a go?”

Nick asked with a gentle face, but his body was radiating considerable intimidation.

Chris shook his head.

“That’s all just rumors. I don’t really care about rankings or anything.”

Nick looked surprised at Chris’s words.

“Really? I heard he’s very aggressive, but when I met him in person, he didn’t seem like that.”

The rumor Bill spread was that Chris kept picking fights with Howard and that Jeremy was doing the same.

“Still, I want to fight with you, Chris. I’m curious about your skill level. And… .”

Nick glanced at the high-ranking students huddled behind him.

They were hoping Nick would quickly educate Chris.

“If we don’t make a proper decision, they’ll keep causing trouble. That’s annoying.”

“If it’s a fight in the back alley like slum kids do, I’ll decline, but if it’s an official match at the academy, I have no intention of running away.”

There was no hint of fear in Chris’s attitude.

“If it’s an official match, then it’s okay, right? Okay. Let’s have a fair fight.”

Nick patted Chris on the shoulder and went on his way.

“Chris, don’t be so cocky, Nick Young-sik will break your nose.”

A high-ranking student passes by and taps Chris on the shoulder for no reason.

“Don’t run away.”

A skinny student with his head held up like a broom passed by, giving Chris a mean look.

Chris was dumbfounded.

I’m trying to live quietly, but why are there so many people who keep picking on me?

It seemed inevitable that I would have to compete with the number one ranked Nick Galloway.