James responded to the second year with absolute kindness as well as he extended his arm for a handshake. The watching audience, especially the second years were in a state of confusion.
"My name is James Avion, and I am looking for any sword technique above B grade." He casually blurted the words that shocked everyone since as per knowledge only the school's top rankers and those from very high backgrounds.
"So, you are the top ranked first year?", a boy said as he approached both James and Andrew. He was very tall and had a very big physique. Not even the tiniest of hostility came from him but that could not hide his overwhelming power and aura.
Andrew could immediately recognize who it was, and he whispered to James "That boy is Derik Ray and is a level 7 second year. He is the first ranked second year as well as ranked 28th on the national leaderboard. The reason he is in the treasure room is because most of the goods in here are sold to the school by his family.
Derik put on a satisfied smile as he took out a mini safe that contained a sword technique which was of Grade A. In a humble tone that lacked all sorts of disclamation Derik said," as of now this is the best technique we have, and it goes for the price of 2.4 million aries."
Andrew who stood on the side in silence was shocked by this exorbitant price which he had never seen before. With this much a normal person could live for a hundred years without doing a single ounce of work.
"If by any chance James could have this much money for disposal, I am afraid I might have to investigate his background." Derik thought as he showed James the technique.
James did not pay attention as he went to his smartphone and opened his bank account. For a second he thought to himself, and sent a message to a contact saved as aunt.
[James: Hi, aunt school's going well but there is this emergency that I came across]
[Aunt: As long as it involves money, I can help you.]
Before he could even send a reply, a message appeared on his phone about how 10 million aries were sent into his bank account.
[Aunt: I think that should be enough for a school like Levianth]
[James: Yes, it's more than enough thank you aunt👍👍👍]
"I got the money and would you please add a few more goods on top of that." James said as he took out his bank card and paid for all the goods. Derik felt absolutely defeated as he saw the successful payment.
Andrew and James walked to their dorms and Andrew did not ask any questions despite him being the most curious. They arrived at the dorms, and they were escorted to their room. They expected a small room that they would be placed in small, dilapidated rooms but instead they were placed in a nice-looking room.
The room had its own bathroom and also was perfectly designed in a manner that was fitting of a hunter. The two boys were enjoying the luxury and then they began training until two hours later they had a large announcement.
"All first-year boys please report to the dining room by the end of ten minutes!"
James although he had a sweaty appearance, he listened to the instruction and wiped of the sweat preparing to go and see what they had in stall for them. Andrew quickly followed James as per what he knew, there was no better path than following James.
It only took them about three minutes to refresh and get back their fresh forms. They then went to the dining and were the last ones to arrive and saw that the second years were fighting the first years.
The main instigators were their rank 20 and rank 27 while the person attacked was Evan and the others. Andrew, who was a natural mage, used fire magic to intercept their attacks. This was still not enough to stop them as they were very strong possibly stronger than James.
Stats were important but so as are techniques as they are the essence of how one manipulates those stats.
Now that thanks to the loan system, James had been got loaned another 120 points in order to learn the sword technique 'Great Martial Sword' to mastery rank. Thanks to the plus three he had got to all stats he could handle at least the first form of the strong the strong technique.
As of that moment the dining was filled with silence as an incredible amount of aura busted from James's body. This was the stage that all sword men wanted to reach as the aura that came out of his body was not just normal aura but instead sword will.
He extended his arm and what followed were two great swords made of pure will. This was the great martial sword's first technique named swords of sword will. Each sword could easily injure the two second years, but the consumption of aura was strong enough to make him bleed from his nose and totally disappear.
So, the second years took the chance to attack James but before they could reach him, he had reverted back to using the Sheman Sword Technique. He saw their advances as a massive threat, so he went all out from the start utilizing the second even though it had little effect.
James made a loud sigh as he dropped his wooden sword to the ground and finally decided to use his trait's skill (Darkness). He was covered by a dark ominous type of mana and his blue eyes turned black. A smile perked on his face as to the second years they could see the abyss.
In that moment all skills that James had were now purely accessible. The one ranked twentieth tried to make a run for it but using abyssal walk James was beside him and punched him in the stomach.
As for the original second years who were not leading feared more than anything and prepared to run away but a sharp voice made them freeze in shock.
" I don't remember allowing anyone to go away so where do you think you are headed."