Another New Age? - 1

"What is this? Who are these people?" Kailar asked Gladiar. He didn't know who the guys on dragon rank were. "Are those people even real?"

Except for Nina, who was on the flagbearer's ranking. But she was only second, and surprisingly, the number-one guy wasn't on the ranking. He was heavily confused.

However, contrary to Kailar's expectations, Gladiar agreed. "I don't know most of the people on this ranking, but I do know about one of them."

"Who?" Kailar's curiosity was piqued after hearing that.

"It is Asahi, the Sword Saint." Gladiar's voice quacked a little. "I met him at a portal. At first, he looked like just an ordinary porter, so I didn't care that much. But when our whole team got destroyed, he suddenly came forward."

"And," From how Gladia was saying it felt that it had made a deep impact in him as he hesitated to say it first."He didn't use anything but just his hand. He used his hand like a sword and cleared the portal easily."

"Why didn't you report it to the bureau then?" Kailar was talking about the Hunter Bureau, which manages all the monster hunters and portals. They record everything that happens inside a portal.

"I didn't want to do anything bad to my savior. If he wanted to be famous, he would have already been known. He might be hiding from someone." Gladiar shook his head.

Kailar thought for a little and agreed with him."You are right. But we might be able to see him again in the future. As you know how arrogant the flagbearers are."

"Those guys are just ignorant. They just got the headstart over others, that's all. They don't have the strength to back up their actions." Gladiar scoffed and showed disgust toward the mention of other flagbearers.

Kailar just smiled, knowing Gladiar would say something like that. Gladiar was known for his strong sense of justice. For that reason, he hated the flagbearers as they abused their power whenever they wanted.

He looked up at the scroll and said, with a slight yearning."I do not know if I can be on it."

"We still don't know about that." Gladiar said as he walked forward. "But we are given some time. So, we should not contemplate about it. instead, try to become better."

Kailar saw Gladiar jump away in the portal's direction. He smiled to himself. "No one has the same strong urge as you to be on that ranking."

After that, he followed his directions.

...

Inside a nicely decorated room, a man sat behind a desk. He was resting his chin on the stand he made with his hand and was in deep thought.

The man had blonde hair and a sharp jawline. One thing would pop out of someone's mind when they would see him-Handsome.

Suddenly, a woman in glasses entered the room. She had an hourglass-like body that would hypnotize anyone. "Principle, We didn't find anyone on the genius ranking from our academy, except Mia."

The one she was talking to was the principal of Great Knights Academy. It is situated in the West Region, in Fankita State. It is placed second in the ranking. Which says how good they were. His name was Taibar.

[ Taibar(Platinum) - Ranked 10th among the flagbearers in the world. He is known for his handsome appearance and is greatly skilled at being a knight ]

And she was the assistant headmaster of this academy, Laila, and she was Peak Gold Realm.

"And did you find out if others were from other academies?" Taibar asked.

"Yes, sir." Laila looked at the papers in her hand and said what was written in them. "Only Cyrus and Jiang Chen are from top academies. While the others are unknown or they are doing normal part-time jobs or studying at a basic school."

"Interesting," He was greatly beguiled by this report. He didn't expect so many geniuses to be unknown to the world.

'And those on dragon ranking...' Despite being a principal and always thinking of helping students, he was at heart a hunter. He was in the top 10 among flagbearers. He had great pride in his heart. And now the scroll in the sky was telling him the flagbearer's ranking was pointless.

Because the real monsters seem to be hiding their identities.

"Sir, do you want to us to make Mia challenge someone higher?" She was asking that because if a student from their academy rose in the rankings, it would also boost their academy's fame.

"No," Taibar instantly disagreed. He stood up and came to his window. He looked at his enthusiastic students of his and said."Everyone is waiting. Waiting for a full belief that they will win."

...

"Brother, what is wrong?" Yuki asked Alex worriedly as dark lines were on his face.

"Yes, is everything alright?" Monia also asked with concern. She didn't know if something serious was about to happen again.

"No, it's alright." Alex returned to normal and smiled at them. "It's alright, I was just thinking how long it would take."

However, inside he was cursing heavily. 'Fuckkk, I should have announced it. I didn't think that guy would do it in such a grandiose way. Now, I will have a hard time picking my sons of destiny.'

He was like this because no one knew him, so if he appeared in front of someone, they wouldn't believe him. Maybe they might think he's a scammer. He missed a chance, as he also had a great treasure that could take people's breath away.

He was gritting his teeth silently and cursed Moltor, his mother, his father, and anyone he could come up with.