Calamity Upon This World

Chapter 67: ch-67 A Rank Adventurer

'Phew, that was dangerous,' Michael thought.

The reason why he had gone back on his words was due to how dangerous of a spell Edge Lord was about to cast. Just from what he felt, it would've most likely broken the barrier and killed everyone inside the guild hall, excluding him.

But aside from that, he was now almost certain that the man named Edge Lord would one day become the strongest, just like his brother.

His only real competition in the current generation was probably William Verhein, considering he's as talented as the rumours portray him to be.

It didn't matter who it was going to be, as long as they defeated his brother in the future.

However, while he was very happy with Edge Lords abilities in terms of magic, he couldn't help but find his close combat abilities lacking.

So in order to combat this and increase his chances of defeating his brother in the future, he was going to personally teach him.

With that thought in mind, he unfroze Edge Lord.

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As the ice melted, Edge Lord finally regained his freedom of movement as he gasped for air.

Throughout all 10 years of his life on Astressa, William had prided himself on his talent and affinity for magic, and yet today he was caught completely off guard by Michael's spell.

Even if he was stronger than him, William at least expected to have been able to see the flow of mana.

But no, he was completely helpless, unable to know what had hit him before it was too late.

Even the passive effect of his [Child of Mana] skill, which reduced the effect of all offensive spells used on him by 30%, was useless.

'So this is the power of one of the strongest men in the world?'

He smiled as that thought entered his mind because he knew it was only a matter of time until he had powers that surpassed anything Michael or anyone else could even dream of.

Even now, he doesn't know why he felt such intense anger near the end of his fight.

But it seemed Michael's spells had cooled him off both literally and figuratively, allowing him to regain control over his own emotions.

And as he did, the first thing he noticed was that his mask was destroyed.

Thankfully, it was only the second mask that got destroyed, not his artifact, or else things would have gotten complicated with his identity exposed.

With a single command and a bit of his mana, he repaired his torn clothes and placed another mask on his face that was identical to his previous one.

With his clothes fixed and his injuries healed, no one could guess that he had just come out of an intense fight with one of the strongest humans alive.

Once his clothes were fixed, Michael approached him, as he said.

"Not bad, you exceeded my expectations," a smile forming on his lips.

"Thanks; you're not too bad yourself" Edge Lord replied.

"Hah, thanks, I guess," Michael snickered.

"Anyways, I believe our audience has things to say to you, so I won't take much of your time. However, once you get your licence, come visit me in my office. I believe there are a few things we should discuss."

"Sure" William replied, not thinking much of it.

With that, Michael took his leave.

With Michael gone, he turned around, finally focusing his attention on the spectators who were waiting for their guild leader to leave.

With him now gone, they bombarded him with invitations to join their party and questions related to his origins or talent in magic, while others just congratulated him for officially registering as an A-rank adventurer before taking their leaves.

While William was starting to get a bit overwhelmed by being surrounded by so many people at once, he felt a bit awkward turning down all the invitations to join a party.

It wasn't that he disliked any of them; he just felt that they would slow him down, but at the same time, he didn't want to become a public enemy by coming off as rude or arrogant.

Thankfully for him, Bella intervened and saved him.

"Alright guys, save all the questions for later. First, let's get our new member officially registered."

Bella was a very well-respected person due to her spending most of her day in the guild helping everyone to the best of her abilities as well as being a reasonable person.

While sometimes her words might sound a bit rude, most of the guild members had received help or guidance from her at some point in their careers.

Bella's reputation was the complete opposite of Michael's.

Due to his status as one of the strongest humans alive, paired with his usually quiet and reserved personality,.

Most members were a bit afraid of him, and this image was only further strengthened after seeing his brutality against Edge Lord, a newly registered adventurer.

So when they heard Bella's words, most of them had no choice but to reluctantly agree and wait for their chance.

After all that, William, Bella, and all the other adventurers finally made their way back up, and once they did, they were greeted by the eager expressions of all the unlucky adventurers who weren't able to see the rank evaluation test of Edge Lord.

Seeing their eager looks, the adventurers who were lucky enough to see the test told them about everything that happened inside.

Hearing the things they heard, most of them felt like their adventurer friends were either exaggerating or just straight-up lying to them.

After all, it was hard to believe that someone so young-looking could one-shot the most durable B-rank monster, have the guild leader challenge him, be able to quadra cast, and even succeed in a downright impossible test.

But William didn't pay them any mind, as he just followed Bella to get his much-awaited licence, and after a few minutes, he finally had it.

A dark golden coloured card with his photo and details like his adventurer name, alias, and the branch he registered in a giant golden A symbol representing his rank as well as the 0 merit points he currently had.

Comparing his card with the one he saw the girl named Jasmine receive, he deduced that adventurer licences were different colours based on the rank of the adventurer they belonged to.

After a few seconds of admiring his card, he put it in his pocket.

He wanted to start taking missions today, but he was too mentally drained as well as too low on mana for that.

Right now, he barely had around 5% of his normal mana, but thankfully, due to his passive skills, it was quickly replenishing without him needing to do anything.

So instead, he prepared to go meet the guild leader; he wasn't sure why he wanted to meet him.

But he assumed that it probably wasn't anything dangerous, as aside from his aggressive battle style, Michael seemed like a pretty decent person.

But worst come to worst, he had multiple artifacts capable of saving his life, which, when paired with [Shadow Step], should allow him to survive most things.

With that reassurance in his mind, William made his way towards the guild leader's office.