Tyler knew that Daren King would attend the academy, he just hadn't tthought that he would be in the same classroom as him.

Once Daren stood up, the whole room turned silent and everyone watched him walk to the assessment table.

His extremely handsome features made every girl's stomach excited with butterflies and the boys jealous. He had emerald green eyes but with a deeper shade that made them look like were almost glowing. His tall figure lean figure added to his attractiveness.

Tyler considered himself handsome but compared to Daren King, he paled greatly. Daren King had the looks of an idol!

But the most shocking thing wasn't his good looks, rather it was his ranking.

Daren had worn a thin black sleeveless hoodie that showcased his emblem for all to see. It was a weird-looking flame emblem. Numerous miniature sword symbols extended all around his emblem downwards and covered 3 quatres of his upper arm making it look like he had a stylish golden tattoo all over his arm.

That particular length of his emblem extension left everyone shocked out of their senses because it indicated he was around D rank! There were only a handful who had reached there! On average, most people were around rank E! Yet this monster was in rank D! It was simply unheard of.

"Speak of showing off....!!!!"Tyler also gulped in shock.

"Surprising, rank D+! That's rare!," Elara commended Daren then handed him his name tag a short while after imputing his name into the system.

Every boy was dying with envy! Daren had the best looks and strongest rank and he had even received praise from their hot teacher! Who wouldn't be jealous?!

Daren rubbed the back of his head and smiled embarrassedly. Being the center of attention wasn't his thing. If it weren't for special circumstances, he wouldn't have worn such a revealing hoodie.

He walked back to his seat silently and uncomfortably before sitting with his gaze on the ground. He dared not to look up because if he did, he was certain he would meet everyone's gazes again.

The exercise proceeded smoothly and it soon came to an end. Everyone left knowing the name Daren that day!

Elara was left alone in the assessment room, in the comfort of silence. In her hand, she held a tablet showing two names,

"Daren King, and Tyler Vonstriek. One is the highest ranking fresher, the other the lowest. But the one thing they both have in common is an abnormal flame emblem. Just what are you both hiding?"

*

At the same time in his room, Tyler also held his phone and stared at 5 names displayed on it.

[Daren King: the King of Flames and Shadows]

[Amanda Walner: Water Queen of Daggers]

[Kyle Leeway: Moon Assasin]

You might be reading a stolen copy. Visit Royal Road for the authentic version.

[Edwin Cloud: The White Shadow of Death]

[Charlotte Mendawal: Harbringer of Rain]

All these were names that would cause a stir in the future and they were all his class!

Swiping left, another list of names was displayed.

[Jack Doe]

[Yvon Stan]

[Felicia Warmer]

[Summer Field]

This was his hit list. And the names he was looking at were his first targets - a group of racists who were making fun of Aurora during the assessment.

Outside the academy, Tyler mainly depended on animal fear for his dark energy. The taste of fear was intoxicating. Just thinking about human fear made his mouth water. He was determined to cause the most fear on the people on his hit list.

He was going to scare them to point they wet their pants. Of course, he wouldn't forget Alysha and Kevin and all his bullies from ordinary school. He was going to inflict all the negative emotions he could on them. Hate, anger, fear and finally regret. They already hated him so he was already on the move. Next thing he wanted to do was anger all of them, mostly Kevin. He bet Kevin's hate for him was enough to increase his dark energy pool. Then the reall fun would begin- fear and regret!!!!

-If it weren't for the voices in my head, being a demon would be so much easier than being a vampire.

That was true, the voices in Tyler's head always probed him to kill and make people suffer. He hated violence and he couldn't forgive himself if he really killed someone. But the more days passed, the voices became irresistably pleasing. They were a constant reminder that he was no longer human. They were a constant reminder that he had a short time left to increase his mentality rank otherwise he would lose control and become a violent beast. But it was his choice to become a demon, so he had to be ready to brace all its downsides.

"Ramiel," Tyler called out after opening the book.

[Yes]

"Is there a way for me to increase my physical attributes and rank faster?"

[Unfortunately increasing your ranking will be extremely difficult from now on given your growth spurt has ended. I know of a technology you could use. Sadly I lost half of its manual. Have you heard of a system? If you know anyone with a system then maybe you can copy its design and mechanism...It is more versatile and utilizes the equivalence law of the universe.]

Tyler did not know whether Ramiel was being sarcastic or not. He sounded serious but his question ought to be the most ridiculous question he would ever ask.

He knew about the system. It was quite a famous cheat a protagonist had in the web novels he used to read. But that was the problem, it was all fiction! There was no way he was going to start believing that systems existed.

[Tyler where do you think inventions began from?]

Tyler was surprised by the sudden question, "Inventors created them?"

[No! Do you know where they got the idea to begin making that invention? Take Isaac Newton for example, do you think that an apple falling on his head was all it took for him to discover gravity?]

Ramiel's questions in his deep angelic wise voice made Tyler unsure of every answer he was thinking.

"Now that you say it that way, I don't think so?"

Tyler was proud of his high IQ but at this moment he felt stupid under Ramiel's questions. He was starting to doubt everything he knew and was ever taught.

[Well, where do you think he got the idea from? How did the first iron toolmaker know that there was iron underground? How did he know how that iron was supposed to be extracted? How did he know that it was supposed to be melted into shapes and tools? How do you think the pyramids were built? Where do you think mathematics and calculations came from? Where did numbers come from?]

Tyler:"..."

[Let me tell you a little more about inventions. Everything you see, and every technology you are using and will use in the future already existed even before the earth was created. It had already thrived in the world of celestials. When the earth was created, it was our duty to provide these ideas to humans- slowly and steadily. However, the balance was disrupted when some of us provided technology way more advanced than that time's era and everything had to be restarted. Ideas were given to inventors slowly and steadily once again until this point. So systems might be fiction now, but they already exist. There might be one or two left behind before the world got reset. You would be considered extremely lucky if you got one]

Silence!

Everything was a lot to digest for Tyler... So basically, the ancient times were more advanced than the present. Heck would believe that!