(Day 7)

7.17 A.M.

'I have been in this world for a week now.'

And it's finally time for the class placement test.

For the past two days, I mainly slept, ate, exercised, rested, and then continued practicing.

'Those three potions paid off.'

----Items----

[Main Stats' Growth Boosting Potion] (D-)

Description: Made by a very famous alchemist.

-Growth Boosting

The consumer has a 100% increase in the training speed for the "Main Stats" in 5 hours.

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My body hardens, and I can see a bit of muscle.

My [Main Stats] have increased quite a lot since before.

-Main Stats (!)

[Strength: 6.25 → 7.5 (Unranked)

Endurance: 6.1 → 8.2 (Unranked)

Agility: 6 → 6.9 (Unranked)

Perception: 6.2 (Unranked) → 10.1 (F-)]

My [Strength] increased by more than a point, probably because the push-ups and barbell exercises were more effective than I thought.

[Agility] didn't increase as much as I wanted, it's probably because I didn't practice running a lot, but since my ego was rolling a lot, it still increased a considerable amount. And yeah 6.9, no intention at all.

[Endurance] and [Perception] both increased significantly.

Because of the intense and long training, my endurance increased rapidly, and [Perception] was because of my archery training.

The higher the [Perception] stat, the faster and more accurate it will be.

And thanks to the F-realm [Perception],

[Critical Rate: 1%.]

I got the passive "Critical Rate"!

In addition, because of the good practice of archery, the [Aim Assisting] skill leveled up.

[Aim Assisting (Lv.1 → Lv.2)

Assist aiming for the User and when the User hits the aiming target, increase Critical Rate by (10 → 12%).]

That adds another 3% to the [Critical Rate].

'Maybe I should focus on building the [Critical Rate] to 100%.'

'A very new build that I have never tried before.'

In contrast, the arrow that the old man gave me was also damaged, I broke almost half of it from the adventure in the hidden Temple of the God of Thunder.

'If I go to the academy today, I will probably get more arrows anyways.'

Oh, and also, when I woke up yesterday morning, I went to a store to sell Magic Stones,

[Account balance: 247 RC.]

I earned a total of 194 RC in the hunt the other day.

'Nevertheless, this money is not worth my life.'

I would have died twice if it weren't for the artifact - [Redemption Necklace].

'Low-ranked and high-ranked adventurers both have to take risks, but low-ranked people get way less money.'

Life is cruel.

Sigh.

'It's time to go to Spiral Academy.'

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After 10 minutes on the bus.

Yes, from today onwards I don't have to walk anymore.

'For the first time, I enjoyed modern human civilization.'

The bus here doesn't run on gasoline like before, but they have improved the car to use Mana and it can fly...

Rather, about half a meter off the ground so that the car does not shake more so that passengers do not get dizzy and nauseous.

I'm also a car-sick person so yeah.

'Hail to humanity.'

Suddenly, the passengers on the bus were in awe.

"Is that Spiral Academy?!"

"It looks so big and beautiful."

Yeah, the school grounds are so large that you have to go by school bus. Even walking in the game is exhausting as hell.

"Oh my God, I want to study there too."

"Stop daydreaming, only the very best can get into the school."

"Damnit, that's awful for me."

'Actually, it's not that hard to get into the school...'

I didn't even have Mana before, but I could still enter this school as usual.

The entrance exam here is quite easy, but it's important to enter and actually graduate.

In the first year, there will be a student quality exam, they usually transfer over 100 students each year because of inferior quality.

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Maybe my character is also the type of character that will transfer schools eventually because of his pathetic skills and stats.

The reason for admission is perhaps admiration, delusion, or...

Perhaps is it because of love?

My character is probably quite fond of Charlotte so maybe he transferred to this school because of her.

'I don't know.'

Jokes aside.

'It's important that you can withstand the heat of studying here.'

'At this school, most of the students are prodigies.'

Studying with them will make you feel peer pressure as hell.

Today is the first gathering of the first-year students, including me of course.

But it was also a test day to assign students to different classes.

There are 5 classes for each year, ranging from class E to class A.

Class A consists of the highest quality students.

Class E is the contrary, that's all.

The school also offers many departments, such as the engineering department, the emergency department, and the magic department, but the most famous of them is the combat department, where I will be entering.

The fighting ability is the most important factor.

'If you want to save others, you must have the ability and strength to save yourself first.'

'Otherwise, no one will be saved.'

That is the principal's motto.

Entering the schoolyard, I saw a few supporting characters with a lot of extras, but nowhere could I find the main character.

The principal, who had influence all over the world and had the power and status equal to that of the Five Grand Dukes and the Magic Council - Thomas Oliver.

Every step he took emitted a powerful aura.

He stood on the podium and said:

"Welcome cadets, teachers in the school, and special guests."

His words also carried such great weight that no one dared to chat with their friends anymore.

After a moment of silence, he continued:

"Today is not the day of the opening ceremony, so I haven't much to say. I hope you all will find a class worthy of your skills and talents."

"The class placement test will begin."

"Now."

In the spacious schoolyard, they will separate students into groups for testing.

The first test is about the student's physique.

It will give teachers a chance to inspect the overall power of a student.

[Strength] will be checked via a punching bag.

No, it's not like you think it is.

This punching bag is a high-tech machine that can measure the punch in number correctly and it's very sturdy.

Everyone will be called in turn and go up to punch 3 times on it. And the average of all 3 punches will be their official power.

Someone will say that

The first punch is a normal punch.

The second one, cadets may use Mana.

And the last one, cadets are allowed to use their strongest skill.

Oh, and I forgot to tell you guys this.

'Everyone can have Mana as long as their bodies can [Absorb] it!'

'[Mana Core] is obviously important, and some good ones of them are being hidden from the public, such as the [Mana Core] of the Five Grand Dukes.'

However, they can make the official [Mana Core] of the Magic Council!

It's really high-quality and easy to learn.

Thanks to the founding of the Magic Council, not just Nobles can have a good [Mana Core] but everyone can as long as they can [Absorb] Mana into their bodies.

If someone couldn't use Mana, it doesn't matter.

[Mana] is not the most important criterion.

[Technique] and [Strength] are important as well.

Other extras, including Nobles and commoners, are somewhere around 14-18 on average.

It means most of them are still at rank F- to rank F+, regardless of their family backgrounds.

Although the average power of Nobles is higher than that of normal people, some commoners are much stronger than most Nobles.

Take Haruki for example, he is the main protagonist of the game in case you forgot him.

'He is really overpowered!'

However, he was not a Noble when he was born.

But thanks to his diligence, he has become a baron.

"003 - Takahashi Haruki."

"Third place in the whole freshmen?"

"Damn."

"I want to be like him."

When his name was called, Haruki went up there and punched the first one.

"26!"

"Is he a monster??"

It's still at the beginning of the main storyline, and his [Strength] stat is already at rank E.

"The prodigy of a century."

The superintendent stood there looking surprised.

And then when he looked at the stats that Haruki had submitted in the report card...

"!?!"

'Maybe he's shocked because Haruki's [Mana] is at rank SS+.'

Next, Haruki infused Mana into his fist.

A bright aura appeared, blinding those near Haruki.

And when he punched the sandbag, a tremor spread throughout.

"31!"

"What the hell."

His mana is scary, it goes up to rank D with his Mana.

"He even skipped rank E+..."

But that didn't stop there, this time Haruki used his typical technique in the game.

Haruki infused Mana into his entire arm.

Then he closed his eyes and whispered something.

Probably the command to activate the move.

"Sky Splitting!"

It all happened so fast that by the time he finished speaking, the whole sandbag had been split in half immediately.

"39!"

"Now it skips rank D and goes up to rank D+!"

"What the hell?!"

"Is that even possible?!"

The character Takahashi Haruki in the game is the ideal model for the Player to follow and learn from.

A typical overpowered and good protagonist.

"Haruki cadet, you averaged around 32, rank D-."

The teacher smiled brightly.

"You did a great job, keep it up!"

"Yes, sir!"

Then, he followed the teacher's instructions and went to the next test site.

Because he is so strong and good-natured, many people hated him from the cadets to some teachers in the school.

Most of them were the ones who were jealous of his outstanding talent.

'It's not strange either.'

'This school is one of the most competitive environments that ever existed.'

His life is also quite turbulent because of that.

The heroines and other characters are in a different group so I don't know what their situation is.

'Probably do as well as in the game, anyways.'

"500 - Amemura Ryoshu."

When it was my turn, the teacher looked at me with a little pity.

It's probably because I don't have Mana according to my report card or maybe I ranked nearly last place on the entire list of freshmen.

"Woah, that guy must be so weak that he ranks that low."

"I'm even higher than him by about 100 ranks!'

And like I was saying, the reason that many people don't have a [Mana Core] is because they can't absorb Mana into their bodies.

[Absorb] is just that important.

'If you can't absorb Mana, you can't make [Mana Core] either.'

'Should I use Mana or not?'

'Hmm. Let's just punch first.'

I punched the punching bag with all my strength.

"8."

The crowd went dead silent.

"Pfft. What the hell."

"I kept worrying that I was at the bottom."

"You are lucky, dude."

Sigh.

'Knew it.'

"He looks ugly and weak as hell."

Most of the people here are young men, so instead of focusing on their work, most of them prefer to offend weak people.

Bully here are typically the ones with their Noble background, the ones with dominant strength, or both.

Sigh.

'Whatever.'

For the second punch, I can use Mana as the rules have stated.

'But I won't!'

I punched again with all my strength.

[Host got extreme luck!]

'What the hell-?'

'Sometimes I just got lucky in one of the most stupid situations.'

["Critical Hit" has happened with only 1% "Critical Rate".]

[Condition has been fulfilled.]

[Achieved new talent "Weakness Detection" (A-).]

[Due to the talent "Weakness Detection", "Critical Damage" increased by a half.]

The punching bag immediately flew backward and slammed onto the wall.

'Fantastic, it's only 1% so I expected little.'

'Not only did it happen, but it also gave me a new talent. Sweet.'

"22!"

'So it's tripled instead of doubled!'

'That's huge!'

Everyone around me immediately fell silent.

'I'll be able to use the ultimate this time, right?'

'Charged Attack. (0.5% x 35s = 17.5%)'

'Aim Assisting. (12%)'

'Stab. (5%)'

My body quickly grew stronger over time.

"Why is he standing there like an idiot?"

"He must have been using steroids just now, so perhaps he's numb now."

"Haha, it's possible."

Sigh.

After setting up, I immediately punched the sandbag.

'Don't forget 1% of my own "Critical Rate" too.'

When I was close to touching it, I activated the last move of the combo.

"Re:Counter!"

["Critical Hit" has happened.]

[Due to the talent "Weakness Detection", "Critical Damage" increased by a half.]

People around me screamed.

"31!"

But I didn't even look back at them and just went to the teacher.

"Amemura cadet, I'm sorry that I had a critical opinion of you at first!"

He bowed his head apologetically.

'Hmm. This action looks familiar…"

'Ah, this is the homeroom teacher of Class A in this class!'

That's right, this is Takagi Kenzo, a hero of Japan.

He is currently working at Spiral Academy to learn more about England's heroes.

"I was wrong about you."

"You have an excellent technique."

"But try to practice more to improve your bare strength! From there, your overall strength will also increase!"

"Thanks, sir." - I speak slowly and humbly.

The teacher pointed behind him and said:

"Now let's go this way to proceed with the next test."

A girl with jet-black hair smiling proudly entered my eyes.

'Oh, it's Esther... again.'

Sigh.

'Whatever, I will give her a lesson.'

"Yes, have a nice day, sir."

I went to the next test.