The Novel's Professor

In the observation room, a suffocating silence was present. All of the teachers inside and deputy heads weere wide eyed open in shock, stunned from what they saw.

"Am I crazy...?! What is this?!"

"...What a monster. No—a monster is understatement, such talent is equal to godlike...!"

"Ashen Ataraxia... the Rank 2 of Volund Rankings... was... was defeated by a First Year..."

"This is simply insanity! Is this even real—?! What kind... kind of abnormal talent is this?! What kind of battle between students is this?!"

The silence immediately shattered as all the teachers erupted in chaotic shouts. Even as prestigious people of class and standing, their calm facade and demeanor was easily torn down by the battle they witnessed.

It was a miralous battle. It was amazing—shocking and yet also terrifying. The flames turned asunder and the ice froze everything. In the wake of one student, impossibility didnt exist.

The mood evoked in the room varied, some civilians were relishing in joy and disbelief; some nobles were terrorized, as if seeing their worst nightmares. It was a sea of varying expression.

In amidst this sea of expressions, Brandon was standing still, completely spaced out as he stared at the hologram vacantly. He didn't stop the noise nor anything in the room, it was unknown what he was thinking.

In the corner of the room, Rio shifted his eyes to the largest hologram displayed in the room. Team Kojiro's battle had just ended, however no one in the room paid heed to it.

Perhaps they noticed it, or perhaps not... but regardless their attention were all enamored by the impossible sight they witnessed.

On the largest hologram in the room, an impossible sight was displayed — it was an image of Arcuied, with all his cold indifference, bringing down his sword to a fallen Second Year student on the ground.

With that impossible sight, the extreme shock of everyone in the room was understandable. It was not only understandable, but it was the most obvious reaction.

After all, Arcuied was a mere First Year Rank E and yet he defeated a Rank D Second Year student. The most shocking part was that it was just no ordinary Rank D Second Year—it was Ashen Ataraxia the Rank 2nd in the Volund Rankings.

It wasn't an exaggeration to say such news would invite a restless chaos in the whole Kingdom, once released. In fact, it was probably inciting wide chaos among the guilds right now as they were watching this.

Once again.

It was simply in the realms of absurdity.

Even as Miracle Invokers with high stature, the sight of such miraclous impossibilities still came into a shock to them. In this vast universe, there were plenty of impossibilities—but what they witnessed was one of a kind.

It wa enough to make someone faint in sheer disbelief.

[Is it really that...?] Faust commented while staring at the hologram. [How come I didn't notice it before...? It's really darn hidden itself that even I can't sense it. But it does explain his unnatural talent...]

"What are you talking about, Faust?" Rio asked, slightly confused.

[Arcuied's magical energy.] Faust replied conscisely. [It's the purest magical energy I've ever seen. It's transcendental in a way. It's above human energy or even the world's energy for that sake. I think it comes from.... a special constitution.]

"A constitution?" Rio asked, befuddled.

[Right.] Faust nodded slightly. [There are various constitutions in the universe that grants people different kinds of magical energy and innate abilities. Some of these constitutions are self cultivated and some appeared in birth. For example, the Dragonic Constitution is a constitution of a merge between another race and a dragon. It gives the user the ability to fly, control elements and most importantly, use dragonic energy.]

"No, no. I know what that meant." Rio shook his head. He knew what that meant ofcourse, he read the novel and even knew how rare it was. In out of a million people, only one has a natural born constitution. And this constitution is not only hidden, but also hard to trigger. "What I'm asking is... what constitution is it?"

[How would I know?] Faust snorted. [Do I look like someone interested in others bodies?]

"Nevermind," Rio sighed, feeling tired when talking to Faust.

In a distance from them, the noble teachers or gatherings were in a fumble mess as their expressions constantly change. It was a legendary feat that was only achieved by monarchs and kings.

Rank Overwhelm.

A feat on which one can overwhelm a rank higher than them. It was akin to a stage one fighting a stage two and winning naturally.

Now that it happened, they needed to think of a solution to cover it all up — afterall chaos and instability were their least favorites. In another perspective, they could just change instead of Arcuied, it was Arcuied and his Team that defeated the Second Year.

The noble teachers gnashed their teeth.

That would be easy to say if the battle wasn't broadcasted, but it was. They can't do anything about it. The civilian teachers saw it. The higher ups saw it. The org leaders saw it. The guilds—they all saw it.

News and information was bound to travel in speed, and even with their connections and authority in the kingdom, it was impossible to keep such shocking feat of Arcuied hidden.

It was like a wide open ticking time bomb they had no where to throw else upon..

Ordinarily, these noble teachers wouldn't be filled with rage and abnormal fury even if this happened. In fact, they would most likely even be glad and happy.

After all, in all of the history of mankind, only few were able to bypass the fundamental difference between rank by pure monstrous talent and strength. And those few turned to be the great rulers, and heroes most people know today.

Seeing another person showing such quality, and the person was a student at that. It could be said they were witnessing the birth of a potential ruler of men, and with the student still being a mere child—they all had time to prepare and even plan.

However, there was one problem.

Arcuied Valens — had an unknown background without a noble name behind his back. However... that could be tolerated easily if the name atleast has some form of prestigous reputation.

But... Valens was an unfamiliar surname no one knew about. There was no such surname even known before Arcuied appeared. It was a name that held no significance; hence a civilian name.

It was not a noble name, nor even a prestigious civilian name, but a surname that held nothing at all.

While one might argue it was just a name, but in the Kingdom's status quo... the name a person held immense significance in their future.

At that moment, countless nobles inside the room realized this grave issue. A wary, alerted glint shone on their eyes as they stared at Arcuied in the hologram.

This sign didn't go unnoticed to Rio. Looking at their reaction, he wasn't surprised. In contrary, he easily understood why they were feeling wary and alterted.

Arcuied's rise might be the sign of their ultimate downfall.

In the current state of society in the Arthurian Kingdom, the nobles had the most authority than ever in history. They could do anything they want with few to none repercussions. They held that much power.

And with the Kingdom personally guaranteeing their safety and reputation, most of their actions and crimes went unnoticed to the common masses.

But... not all of their actions went unnoticed. No matter how good and great they cover their actions up—some few were still leaked and snitched by other people.

Because of that a lot of rumors and news still circulate about their tyranny and arrogance until this day. But such news were only circulated on the few places in the Kingdom, it didn't reach far into the Capital nor to other places.

..But what's the relation of all that to Arcuied?

It was simple. Arcuied Valens was akin to a potential flame of hope, or perhaps a star of change. Once a mysterious ordinary civilian with no prestigous origins managed to actually accomplish an impossible achievement... then the flare within the common people will ignite.

A shift would gear society to change as normal civilians might reach to aim for grander dreams and goals.

But a short summary of history will tell you that the people above the hierarchy don't want that. They despise ambition and change. It was uncontrollable and dangerous for them. It could potentially overturn their power and authority.

But it wasn't all hopeless for Arcuied and the nobles—if for example, a noble would personally teach and adopt Arcuied as a heir then...

At that moment, Rio felt countless stares direct towards him. He raised his head, staring nonchalantly at the swarm of teachers with indifference.

The nobles took notice of this, their eyes shining with greed.

Rio closed his eyes and ignored them.

You want my students? I wouldn't even give them to a god much less to people like you.