CHAPTER 45: CHAPTER: 45, ANNOUNCEMENT

In front of all of their classmates, Aldric and Caspian were exchanging blows with clear intention to harm the other.

Their swords clashed with one another as sparks appeared with each hit. Both of their swords already appeared to melt below the thin but strong layer of sword intent. But even then, their proficiency didn’t waver with the sword burning their hand gloves.

Both of them possessed the passive innate skill, [Swordsman]. With Caspian having [Master Swordsman(B)] and Aldric’s skills being a rank higher than his, [Grandmaster Swordsman(A)].

Their attacks were fluid and only showed the lack of experience as they held a sword for only a little over a week. Their classmates all watched as their fight intensified blows after blows.

Suddenly, a figure came crashing down from somewhere in the middle of their fight. Dust scattered around, making it hard to see what happened. Soon, the dust settled and everything around was visible again. What shocked the others was to see both Caspian and Aldric picked up by the collar like two puppies that were caught doing something wrong.

The man who stopped them was none other than Harold, the knight captain of the Light Legion. He wore his usual cladded armor with now his previous messy red hair tied into a ponytail by a red scarf. He looked at the two troublemakers, clearly annoyed at their previous actions.

"What do you guys think you’re doing? You’re still not on the stage to fight each other, not this recklessly at least. Just what were you two thinking?" He asked the two of them as he put them both back on the ground.

Aldric looked wronged, "But he was the one who attacked me first, I was just protecting myself and even made sure that no one else gets hurt." He stated.

Harold looked at him with a daze, soon as realization dawned at him; he smiled at Aldric and said "Good. At least someone knows about their responsibilities." As he glanced at Caspian

Caspian didn’t offer any excuse as he was aware he was in the wrong, so he just stayed silent, lowering his head.

Harold Shook his head in resignation, he took a deep breath before announcing to everyone, "Everyone move to the Central Hall. Saintess Lily has something to announce.

As for you two, we’ll talk about it later." He said and began to walk away. The crowd of classmates was confused, what might the Saintess announce. They were curious and so they followed Harold.

The three girls showed looks of confusion as there wasn’t any announcement at this time in their previous life. But even in their confusion, they still followed Harold, wanting to know what this could be about.

*

Soon, they were all standing orderly in the grand hall right in front of the main throne. Emperor Ray and Saintess Lily were both already present and were waiting for the ’Blessed’ to arrive. (Yup, replaced otherworlders and classmates to ’Blessed’)

After everyone was present, Saintess Lily took the place and cleared her throat before loudly announcing to everyone.

"Dear Blessed of Imarion, you may be wondering why we have gathered you all. Actually we have received seven powerful skills beneficial for especially your leveling up journey. But though one of the skills can be learned by every one of you, the other six skills can be only learned by six individuals.

So, to decide which six individuals would get the skills, we planned on arranging a tournament among you all and giving the skills to the top six individuals."

As soon everyone heard this, they all rang in a chorus of excited murmurs. Her words clearly made them realize one thing, ’EXP Boosting Skills’. These could help them level up faster and get stronger quickly.

Saintess Lily then added, "The tournament will be held tomorrow morning, so please go to your room and recover for tomorrow. Hm?"

Saintess Lily noticed a raised hand and as soon she realized who it was, her eyes shifted uncomfortably to the side before she asked, "Is anything the matter, Dreamer Dainsleif?"

Every Blessed looked at Dainsleif raising his hand. They were curious as to what he would say. Not wasting their time, Dainsleif calmly said something that took everyone by shock.

"I have an S-rank Artifact that provides Stat boost. And I would like to offer it as a reward for the champion of tomorrow’s tournament."

Emperor Ray looked at Dain with a shocked amusement. He didn’t really care how he got the artifact, but an S-rank Artifact, a Sacred Artifact that even the Empire had very few of in the treasury. Another addition, especially given to one of the potential heroes, was nothing to ignore.

"Dreamer Dainsleif, may we see the Artifact you speak of?" Saintess Lily asked. The Blessed also looked at him with curious gazes. They had a basic idea of what an S-rank artifact might signify, so they wanted to see what that artifact was.

Dainsleif nodded, and reached his hand forward. In front of everyone’s eyes, a shimmering golden crown appeared on his hand with five emerald gems embedded on it. Its design was pretty neat and majestic that exuded the impression of a valuable item.

Everyone looked at the majestic crown, their breath caught in their lungs. Saintess Lily could already sense that the crown was indeed a genuine S-rank Artifact, although it was a weak one, but of S-rank nonetheless.

She was pretty shocked to see Dainsleif voluntarily offer the Artifact to them. Most people would just keep the valuable things for themselves and never expose it to someone else. But does Dainsleif truly wish to offer it because it would be for the greater good of Humanity, or are there any other intentions behind his actions?’ she thought.

The Blessed also looked at him like he had grown a second head. They were jealous as to why it had to be him to find this Artifact and also excited as they had a chance to acquire the majestic crown.

Out of all of them, Hestia’s gaze intensified at the crown as another growing desire added to her heart filled with already unfulfilled desires...

To be continued...