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Chapter 163: Potential Rank
Chapter 163: Potential Rank
Chapter 163: Potential Rank
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"H-hey, Adam, wake up." Terry tried shaking Adam awake as the class had already ended. The students slowly departed from the class but took one last good look at Adam.
After seeing him sleep so carefreely in the class, they thought he was quite the character.
No one else would dare to sleep in one of the lectures, or they might be sent to the Culling. Irene finished up packing her things and looked at Adam, slightly annoyed that he just slept through her lecture. It made her feel like she was a boring teacher.
At that moment, Adam jolted awake and sat straight, looking around him in clear confusion. "Eh?"
"Adam..." Terry breathed a sigh of relief. "The class is over."
"Already?" Adam touched his head and shook it, then nodded to Terry and stood up to leave. As Terry walked past Irene, when it was Adam's turn, she finally spoke out.
"Mister Adam, I-I don't appreciate you sleeping through my lesson." Irene puffed her chest. "I'll allow it this one time, but if that happens again, I'll have to send you to the detention."
"Oh, I am sorry." Adam apologized and said. "I have narcolepsy; I can't control when I fall asleep and when not."
"Eh?" Irene's eyes widened in surprise. "Really?"
"Did I fall asleep suddenly?" Adam asked.
"Uhm, yeah..." Irene remembered him just falling asleep without any warning, almost like some kind of switch had been flipped inside him.
"I'll try to stay awake next time." Adam said, then bowed respectfully and left the class to follow after Terry.
Irene, after hearing the excuse, didn't feel so bad anymore and hummed a song in a soft voice while finishing packing up.
Outside the class, at the corridor, Terry and Adam left and entered the stairs, but then noticed a group of three students leaning against the railing, blocking the path with their legs kicked up.
Noel, Renee, and Jake just laughed with each other, like they were talking about something bad.
Terry wanted to tell them to move, but again felt his words get stuck inside his mouth. "Excuse me, can you move?" Adam asked.
"Huh?" Noel turned to Adam and smirked. "Oh, look who it is, the sleepy king."
"I didn't talk to you to start a conversation." Adam said. "You're blocking the path."
"Damn, not friendly, aye?" Noel asked, a smile leaving his face. "We're classmates; you should talk to me in a more friendly way."
"Adam, we can just use our Floor Orbs." Terry said and wanted to stop Adam before it escalated any further.
"Yeah, use those orbs, like a little bitch." Noel said while looking straight at Terry. "That's what you do best, don't you, Terry? Run away again."
Renee giggled, and Jake's laughter was irritating to listen to.
"Apologize," Adam said.
"To who?" Noel laughed. "To Terry? Ah, I would rather jump off the railing to my death."
"That can be arranged." Adam smiled.
"Don't, Adam!" Terry shouted and tried to stop him. "There's punishment if you fight him!" Noel's grin grew even wider.
'Come on, punch me and see what happens!'
Adam's eyes glowed with a green tint for a slight moment.
Crack...
"Huh, what was that noise?" Renee frowned and turned to look down.
Her eyes widened in terror as the stairs began to crumble beneath her feet.
"A-ahhhhhhh!" She started screaming and tried to escape the crumbling stairs, but then saw even the stairs behind her were falling apart rapidly.
"What the fuck!" Jake quickly grabbed the railing and saw his legs dangling in the empty air with a fall of thousands of meters below.
"Ah!" Noel let out a panicky scream and jumped on the railing.
There was enormous fall under him, and it felt like the railing couldn't handle his weight!
Strangely enough, the stairs under Adam and Terry didn't disappear.
"P-please, don't let me fall!" Noel reached out his hand towards Adam. "S-save me!"
Adam grabbed his hand and pulled him towards him, but then while Noel was dangling off by the edge, he let go of the hand.
"Ah!" Noel started falling down and screamed hoarsely. "Nooo000000!"
The railing also fell apart, causing Renee and Jake to fall. They were crying and screaming while pleading for someone to help.
As the other classes ended, other students came to look at what caused the screaming, and even the teachers rushed in; with them was Irene.
Their expressions looked strange.
Noel, Renee, and Jake were rolling around the stairs, flailing their arms and legs in panic.
The students started laughing, wondering what the hell they were doing.
The green tint left Adam's eyes, and then in Renee's, Noel's, and Jake's eyes, the stairs
returned, and they were back on the stairs, tears on their eyes.
"E-eh?" Noel sat up and looked around in fear. "H-how... what?"
"M-mom..." Renee mumbled, tears streaming down her face.
Jake grabbed the railing so hard that his hands turned white. He didn't want to let go, ever.
Then, they heard laughter, and when they turned around, they saw laughing students and angry-looking teachers who didn't like the commotion that the three had caused.
"You should've stepped aside." Adam looked at Noel and then walked over them, followed by Terry, who tried to muffle his laughter.
"Noel, Renee, and Jake, in my office, now!" Irene shouted.
"B-but, the stairs disappeared..." Noel stammered over his words. "I-I was falling... I was
about to die..."
"Did you take drugs?!" Irene grabbed Noel by the ear and started dragging him back to the classroom. "You are in big trouble, young man!"
"B-but stairs..."
"Hahaha, what the hell was that?" Terry followed after Adam and asked. "Did you do
something?"
"Oh, why do you think so?" Adam asked with a smile while stepping down the stairs.
There was one hour of free time before the next classes, and he wanted to get his books before that; therefore, he was going to visit the library.
"I am not stupid." Terry said and excitedly asked. "Is that one of those skills?"
"Mm, yeah." Adam chuckled. "Illusion skill. In their eyes, the stairs disappeared, and they
started falling down to the ground."
Terry shuddered. "That's scary!"
"Yeah, I might've traumatized them a little bit," Adam admitted with a grin.
"You're scary; do you know that?" Terry said with a slight tremor in his voice. "You think I went too far?" Adam asked and found himself at the doorsteps of the library.
They entered through the door and arrived at the library with shelves filled with books filling up the floor. There was another floor above them, accessible by a winding staircase.
"I don't know..." Terry answered truthfully. "Noel is a complete asshole." "They've been bullying you, right?" Adam asked while going through the books, trying to
find his books.
"Yeah..." Terry scratched the back of his head. "That obvious?"
"I am not blind." Adam said. "If they bother you in the future, I won't help you."
"Eh?"
"Why don't you grow stronger instead?" Adam asked. "It is far more satisfying to beat them
by yourself."
"I..." Terry sighed and looked down. "All the students are ranked in a way. Do you know?"
"No." Adam looked at him. "What do you mean?"
"The headmaster gives each student a rank of their potential talent. He updates those every
month, pretty much.
"Noel's potential is A-rank.
"Renee is B-rank.
"Jake is B-rank.
"I am D-rank."
"D-rank, huh." Adam shrugged his shoulders. "Could be worse."
"Well, the thing is, E-rankers are usually expelled, so D-rank is the lowest you can be here."
Terry said. "I fear that next month I might be E-rank."
"Then you gotta do something about it." Adam said, and then found one of the books on the
shelf.
"That's easy to say..." Terry sighed. "You're automatically S-rank potential."
"You just need to put in the effort." Adam said. "Everything starts from that. When the classes
are done, let's exercise together. What do you say?"
"Exercise?" Terry repeated, puzzled.
"Yeah." Adam said. "This place must have some kind of gym, right?"
"It has..." Terry said and frowned. "Is that really all I have to do to increase in rank?"
"Yeah." Adam laughed. "It's really not that complicated. Show some effort, grow stronger, and you'll move up the ranks quickly."