Flashy Adventurer System : Show Off to Get Stronger!

Chapter 129: Newborn Calves Are Not Afraid of Tigers

Everyone was stupefied for a few moments before all four deans suddenly stood up from their seats, obviously shaken by the news, especially Dean Snowcrest, the warrior course dean.

"Where?! Where is Crowley?!" Dean Snowcrest disappeared from the stage and suddenly reappeared in front of the staff member, looking all worked up as he gripped the staff member's shoulders with a little too much force.

Naturally, Maia and Shirley also reappeared beside the staff member, looking just as worked up as the dean was if not more.

"Where?! Where's big brother?!"

"Where is Crowley?!"

The staff member started to feel dizzy, evidently overwhelmed by the presence of three well-known people in the academy namely: Dean Snowcrest, Maia Crowley, and Shirley Locke.

Fortunately, the staff member's suffering was short-lived as a voice familiar to the dean, Maia, and Shirley, sounded from behind the crowd.

"D-Dean Snowcrest, Maia, Shirley…I'm back…" Shye said awkwardly as he tried to maintain a straight face. He wanted to cry and hug his little sister and his girlfriend but this wasn't the right time to do it.

Maia and Shirley couldn't care less though as they immediately threw themselves into his embrace.

"Big brother…Uuuuhh...It's good that you're back…It's good that you're back…"

"Crowley…I was so worried…"

Shye didn't even notice the envious looks of the first-year students, especially the top-ranked first-year students who grew more arrogant after almost one year of training inside the academy.

They felt stronger than ever to the point that they thought they could take on this so-called legend, Shye Crowley and at least fight him to a draw.

During the most recent end-of-semester tournament, one freshman warrior course student stood out even when compared to the champions of other courses.

The talented freshman student, Tyson Lee, was the son of two diamond-ranked adventurers who settled down in Colzen City a few years ago.

Labeled "The next Siegfried Lionheart", Tyson grew more and more arrogant after repeatedly being told that his talent was comparable to their great senior, Siegfried.

Naturally, he idolized Siegfried and over the course of one year, he slowly increased his interactions with his idol.

Watching him defeat the third-ranked Shirley Locke every time he was challenged to a duel by Shirley, Tyson's respect for Siegfried grew tremendously to the point that he would never believe that his idol has never won a single duel against the so-called legend, Shye Crowley.

In his inexperienced mind, Siegfried was the epitome of a warrior, fighting with both brains and brawn. Not only was his idol's combat skills refined to perfection, but he also had outlandish strength rivaling those of brutish creatures such as an orc grunt.

Thus, he refused to believe that his idol would lose to Shye Crowley if the two of them fought again.

Since Shye was gone for one and a half years, someone like Tyson would naturally not respect him as thoughts of challenging Shye slowly formed in Tyson's mind.

A few seconds later, the top-ranked freshmen students gathered together and whispered something in Tyson's ear, making his urge to test himself against the legend grow stronger and stronger.

Finally, the words that came out of Shirley's mouth made Tyson decide to go through with his challenge.

"Deans…Since Crowley is already back, I believe there is no reason for me to represent the academy." Shirley said as she respectfully bowed towards the deans before slowly returning to her seat while holding hands with her boyfriend, Shye.

Over the years, Maia and Shirley grew closer so such an affectionate display didn't make Maia jealous instead, she even felt happy for the two of them as she slowly returned to her seat, knowing that this wasn't the right time to catch up with her big brother.

Naturally, the sophomores, the juniors, the seniors, the staff members, the instructors, and the deans felt that her decision was sensible as Shye was just too famous in the academy to ignore.

Not to mention, he was the one who helped Shirley grow alarmingly stronger, thus, everyone except the freshmen felt that it was only right for Shye, the leader of this batch of students, to represent the academy, in fact, no one was more fitting than him.

'Just like that, he's chosen as a representative? You've gotta be fucking around with me!' Tyson inwardly thought as he gnashed his teeth and clenched his fists in anger.

He saw how his senior, Shirley, worked her way up the rankings so he couldn't accept that some random guy who returned after pathetically getting trapped inside a labyrinth deserved to represent the academy.

With indignation and fury written all over his face, Tyson stepped forward and said in a loud voice:

"Your Excellency, If I may be so presumptuous, we, the freshmen students, refuse to accept such an arrangement. If some random guy who comes back after a long absence from the academy can become a representative just like that, then what's the point of climbing the rankings?"

"If Senior Crowley wants to represent the academy, shouldn't he at least prove to us freshmen that he is reliable?"

Naturally, the deans, the instructors, the representatives, and the other students on the smarter side immediately realized what this guy was aiming for.

Siegfried, who took a liking to this guy's talent but disliked his arrogance almost bursted out laughing upon realizing what the youngster's plan was.

However, he wanted to see his rival's progress as well so he kept his mouth shut and watched the proceedings with intrigue.

The deans also felt that they needed to see Crowley's progress over the past year so they were willing to let this kid challenge him.

This way, not only would they see Shye's prowess, but they would also be able to curb the arrogance of this freshman student as early as now, not needing to wait before the guy becomes a third-year student before doing so.

Thus, Dean Privett pretended to not notice the youngster's plan and asked:

"Oh? Tyson Lee, first-year warrior course student, correct? Tell us, in what way can Crowley prove himself to the freshmen students?"

Seeing that the developments were going the way he wanted them to, Tyson smiled and replied:

"Simple, let me, the overall first-ranked freshman, fight him in a duel!"