Old Wang

When Principal Judas and the old scholar turned their heads towards the sound, they saw a teenage girl leading a two-man line of 7 year olds towards them.

"Sorry for the long wait, principal! We're here." Miss Emelyn gave the teacher of Class 1A a curt nod before giving the principal a deep bow to show her sincerity.

"Eh? Miss Em? Weren't you going to ask Ryuda something?" Principal Judas asked, confusion evident in his eyes.

"Good morning, principal. Indeed, I did have something that needed Ryuda's guidance, but he wasn't around when I visited his class…"

"His class? Oh, oh, oh god, crap! I've completely forgotten about this matter!" Principal Judas exclaimed.

Seeing the frantic expression on Principal Judas' face, the old scholar curiously inquired. "Principal Judas, I can't help but notice that your face is significantly paler compared to just now. What seems to be troubling you?"

"This…since the founding of the Boln Kingdom, ranks have always been important, right? Despite me being the principal of the academy, I am not the highest ranked person here."

"Oh? There's someone in this rural town that has a rank higher than A-rank? Interesting. I assume he's an S rank?" The old scholar mused.

Principal Judas nodded back.

"Interesting, interesting…what's his class then? To reach S-rank in a rural town like this, his class must be unique, right?"

"In a sense, it is unique that the class that the teacher possesses managed to reach S-rank, but the class itself is actually one of the Ten Foundational Classes." [Principal Judas]

"The Ten Foundational Classes? You mean, the ten most basic classes that gave rise to the thousands of advanced and unique classes, sometimes even giving birth to legendary and mythical classes? Those Ten Foundational Classes??" The old scholar exclaimed.

Since achieving an upgrade in his class from librarian to scholar and joining an elite school in the capital as an educator, the old scholar has yet to hear about someone achieving S-rank with the ten most basic classes of the world.

The Ten Foundational Classes, since ancient times, were already acknowledged as the ten most basic classes that represented the progression of the Boln Kingdom.

The Ten Foundational Classes, mainly consisted of farmer, villager, blacksmith, miner, fisherman, hunter, shaman, weaver, teacher, and woodcutter.

"Yes, the S-ranker I'm talking about possesses the teacher class."

"The teacher class? Why didn't that teacher do a class upgrade to scholar first? The experience needed to level up a scholar is less than a teacher after all." The old scholar asked. After all, to stay as one's base class instead of doing a class upgrade is found to be peculiar by most people.

"Beats me. That youngster has always been a peculiar one since 10 years ago." Principal Judas slightly smiled back.

"I see…Now then! Let's get this show on the road!" The old scholar thought that it was up to that S-ranker's fate and decided not to pursue the matter any longer. Following that, he turned towards the students and teachers and bowed once before introducing himself.

"Good morning, everyone. My name is Wang Xuanlu and I'm the Director of Magical Theory and Combat. You may call me Old Wang. Today, I'm here to watch and evaluate the students of Asclepius Academy. If you students show me your best later in the tests, you may be chosen to follow me back to the capital of the Boln Federation to be a student of my school."

"Excuse me, Old Wang. What school are you the director of?" A student from Class 1A raised her hand up and asked.

"Jackie, don't be rude with Scholar Wang." Her class teacher sternly warned.

"Can't I?" The student however, ignored her teacher's words and continued to ask the old scholar.

"Of course you can! It's good that you're asking questions, hahaha! Else, I think I'd be talking to wooden puppets then. To answer your question, I'm merely the director of the Boln Federation's 1st Royal Academy, nothing special, nothing special." Old Wang seemed humble when he replied to the young student.

However within his heart, he couldn't help but boast about his prestigious position to these country bumpkins.

If it wasn't because of his headmaster wanting to recruit some fresh fruits from the wild and instructing him to come here, even if he was paid three times his salary to come work here, Old Wang would still decline.

Asclepius was situated at the very east of the Boln Federation where only reclusive sects and unknown beasts can be found here.

"Oh, okay." The student's dry reply further doused Old Wang's heart to boast.

Not only that, even Principal Judas and the teachers of both Class 1A and 1B had no reaction when Old Wang revealed his origin. The old scholar finally felt that the town of Asclepius was too rural.

Its inhabitants were clueless about the outside world. Nobles and influential people like him would only make a fool of themselves if they were to posture in front of these people.

***

The first event was target shooting.

"The rules were simple. The students of each class have to hit the target 50 meters from them with any projectile magic they can conjure.

As for non-magicians, throwing objects like stones or shoes at the target is fine. The student who can successfully destroy a target earns a full 10 points from me. Begin."

"Boom!" In just a matter of minutes after Old Wang started the event, Jackal from Class 1B conjured up an orb of black liquid before shooting it at the target and destroying it in the process.

"Holy smokes! That's…Heavy Water Ball!" Old Wang shouted in awe.

Heavy Water Ball was an advanced level water spell that gathered the heavy water in the caster's surroundings into an orb before launching it at the caster's target.

Usually, only high ranking classes like the Sage class have enough mana to cast Heavy Water Ball.

Therefore, the surprise on the old scholar's face was normal when he found out that a student no older than 8 years old could use such an advanced spell.

"Yeah, Jackal!"

"Let's go!"

"Yes! Jackal destroyed the target with the basic level water spell, Black Water Ball!"