walking along the urban streets, I arrived at a residential street that rose slightly upwards filled with ordinary houses, unlike the city center, this area was quieter, walking lightly, office workers and housewives who went shopping occasionally passed by, after walking for more than 10 minutes, many students began to be seen walking casually to their schools, elementary school students, middle school students, and also high school students wearing the same uniforms as me, this area was specifically designated for schools and at the end of the road there was my high school building.

after walking for 20 minutes it made me sweat even though I had increased my stamina a little with status points, walking closer to school, more and more students and high schoolers were walking in the same direction.

"did you see the video last night?"

"Yeah! Dergan looks really cool, right?!" .

"no, what are you talking about, isn't Mr Liam the best?! he's the cutest!"

"eh? What's the point of being cute, Dergan kicks tear dragon scales like tofu! And isn't he the most handsome?!"

"You only like him because he's handsome!"

eavesdropping on the conversation between the two girls in front of me, well, they were the ones talking too loudly, it seems like the video of the 7 strongest stars conquering the 70th floor of the Dragon King dungeon last night became everyone's hot topic of conversation, not only these two girls, even the students around me were also enthusiastically talking about it, whether it's boys or girls, young or old, everyone in this town can't help but get excited when it comes to dungeons.

walking under the cool shady trees, the streets were busy with students and finally, I could see the school gate, even on a relaxed day like this, members of the school's leadership and development organization were standing guard at the gate, they were called Silver claws, why is the name so scary? I don't know either, what is clear is that they have a lot of power in the school and are responsible for developing students and morale, maybe that's why they act more like soldiers even though they are still in high school, they even have golden pins and red jackets that look expensive.

there is also a rumor from the seniors that the inner circle of the Silver Claws is strong dungeon explorers among our peers who were recruited directly by the government who want to find promising talents, well, what I can see is just that most of them have a superior complex, this is one of the reasons I'm lazy to report my job class, fortunately Wood rank doesn't need to report anything.

walked smoothly into the school gates, it seemed like even the Silver Claws understood that today was a holiday, so they didn't reprimand anyone even though some of the students were wearing normal clothes.

greeted by several four-story white buildings, and this is only the front gates, behind is a giant complex of facilities and buildings, this school is called West Aragis High School, it is located in the Lantern district where I live now, has a total of 12.000 students, this is one of the largest schools in Aragis and is pretty famous, while the entrance fee is cheap, but because I am an orphan, I can get in for free.

Entering one of the buildings, I walked down the hallway which had rows of classrooms on the right and left. From the windows in the hallway, I could see other classes busy decorating their class with balloons and ribbons, Arrived in a classroom with the words 1-A above it. I entered the classroom quietly, it seemed that the classroom was already bustling in the morning.

"You are great Leon!"

"how do you do it?"

"To be able to reach level 18 in the first grade of high school is extraordinary you know"

"Aren't you going to be recruited by Silver Claws soon?"

"Ahaha, you guys praising me too much, there are still many who are better than me"

as usual, many classmates were crowding the benches in the middle of the class, in the middle there was a man with golden hair, with fair skin and a refreshing smile on his face, his name was Leon, he was a handsome man who made girls turn around when he passed by in the hallway, he was an adventurer and his body was also well trained, strong and tall, he's almost perfect if you ask me.

but all of that has nothing to do with me, sitting on my desk in the corner of the room, I took out my smartphone and immediately opened the adventure bulletin forum to pass this unclear time.

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"Besides, Leon, if you dive into the dungeon can you take me? Please!"

"It's okay if you trust me"

"Don't be fooled Leon! She only wants to date you!"

"W-what are you talking about?!"

"Let's not fight you two, also, aren't we going diving together in a month?"

"Gahaha! I don't know my job class yet, but maybe I can get a strong job class and become popular among girls!"

"ridiculous Donma, you suck"

"I hope you get the clown job class"

Even on the bulletin board everyone was discussing the 7 strongest stars, but I was just wondering how much they were paid... engrossed in my smartphone, suddenly there was a shadow from beside me "Huh?"

"Ren, good morning"

"Good...morning?" The one who came from my side was a girl with shoulder-length black hair and dark brown glasses with a serious-looking face, Miyura the class president looked at me with her sharp eyes, W-what's wrong? She doesn't usually talk to me.

Seeing my confused expression, Miyura's face didn't even twitch before she flatly spoke "Can you help me carry that stack of papers to the teacher's room?"

"Eh, why me?"

"Why not"

That's true, but there are many others....

Walking heavily while carrying a large pile of papers out of the classroom, I walked towards the teacher's room with Miyura following behind me.

"Aren't you pretty strong, Ren" Miyura said from behind me, Hm? Is she complimenting me?

"Although not as good as Leon"

What does she mean?! Praising me just to bring me down! glancing back, but she didn't even change her face, walking down the hallway in silence, I finally replied "Aren't your standards too high?"

"No, I think you're up there, you're in the top 10 from the voting" Miyura immediately replied without missing a beat, I replied to her words just to fight her insults but she praised me instead? Wait a minute, what does she mean top 10 from the voting?

"What do you me-"

"We're here" Looking ahead, we arrived at the teacher's room door and before I could say anything, Miyura immediately opened the door.

"Ren, please put the paper on Mr. Daniel's desk"

"understood"

putting the paper on the desk, I still wanted to ask Miyura but she was talking to one of the teachers, huh? Isn't she avoiding me?

"BZz~BzZ" Feeling the vibration on my smartphone, I saw a chat notification from someone, so everyone has gathered? maybe I should go, besides I've been wanting to escape from the class for a while, quietly leaving Miyura, I walked down the hallway and out of the building.

walking through the school garden, looking to the right there is a giant Stadion that looks out of place and in front there are a gymnasium and swimming pools, behind that gymnasium there is an old unused building that has been abandoned for a long time, walking around the abandoned building to the back, I set my feet on the messy ground full of dry leaves and plastic waste, inside the building I could hear some people talking and laughing, after all this building is where the delinquents in this school gather, and behind this building is where my friends gather.

"Oh he finally came" said a big man with short blonde hair and earrings in his ears while sitting on a torn ugly sofa that was found who knows where.

"Gehehe you look lethargic today Ren" a short man with a sly smile said to me, his smile would make some people uncomfortable, I asked him once about it, but he just said that's how his smile is.

"Are you thirsty Ren?" a girl with a white mask said to me while offering me her drink, but I politely refused.

Sitting on the sofa beside the big guy, I looked toward them "So what's up today?"

"what? what do you expect? every day we just play around here" the big man with earrings said, his name is

Gordon, a thug with a giant body and a scary face, I myself can't believe he's a high school student.

"Maybe we can challenge another group? we can't keep doing this right?" a short man named Gako said while sitting cross-legged on the ground with his oversized pants.

"But last week we lost... My face really hurts from being hit by a senior," said the girl with blonde hair and a mask on her face named Kita, looking as shy as a cat, she stood up while looking down.

sighing tiredly, I spoke "That's why you guys lost, because you challenged the big group without any reason, and also without me, we have to start from the small group first!"

"oh I like your spirit!" Gordon said cheerfully.

"okay, so it's decided we will fight today!" Gako stood up excitedly.

"Is this okay?" Kita said worriedly.

These three people are my friends, for one reason or another we formed a gang to increase our social status in school, for example Gordon, even though he is big, he becomes an errand boy in the senior clan and is often the scapegoat so he decided to leave but he ended up being targeted by that clan.

Gako is a ranked student who always ranks first in his class, but maybe because people are jealous, he gets bullied.

And Kita, well it's the same, because of her appearance she often gets bullied, but what's worse is that the bully is her own sister who is a member of the Silver Claws.

Meanwhile, I just followed along because I happened to help Gordon escape when he was about to be beaten by that Clan that was targeting him, so he invited me to join and after hearing their story and for my own agenda, I became friends with them.

"It's okay! With my muscles we can win, especially with Ren this time!" Gordon laughed with his scary face, this guy is quite innocent despite his appearance, so he is often taken advantage of.

"Yes, Gako, do you have the information I asked for?"

"Of course!" Gako said and opened his laptop screen to show it to me

"Wait, what's this?" I asked confusedly, didn't I tell him to find information on small Clans that we can fight?

"I've made a slide show presentation about several small clans on our level"

"You're an exemplary student, put the laptop on the sofa"

"got it!"

"Now I will explain the information that I have collected this week"

With the laptop on the sofa, Gako prepared to start his presentation, while I, Gordon and Kita clapped our hands while sitting on the ground.