Chapter 4: Chapter 4: The Boy Who Can See Ghosts

As each student came forward, I used Appraisal on all of them. Apart from the main characters and few others, none of the others had any special abilities or skills. 

 

But while Appraising the students, I gained an unexpected bonus. It happened when I accidentally applied more mana to my eyes than usual.

Name: Richie Addams Rank: E+ Stats: Strength 3.5 Stamina 3.4 Agility 2.3 Perception 2.4 Magic Power 3.4 Intelligence 3 Charm 5.6 Skills: Fortify(B): Forms a layer of mana around the user’s body giving them an almost impenetrable defence.

 

The status screen of one of Luke’s lackeys popped up in front of me. But the real surprise hadn’t even begun yet. Below it was another status screen.

Potential Rank: S Suitable Position: Tanker Mana Compatibility:  Earth: 87% Water: 62% Fire: 45% Air: 19% Darkness: 0% Light: 0%

 

Knowing the Potential of a Hero was so important that the Hero League spent billions upon its research. And my EX Rank Skill had just given me a cheat way. I had severely underestimated the title of EX Rank.

 

If I revealed my skill to the public, I could rake in billions. The Hero League and various Guilds would call on me to appraise their Heroes. Though I obviously wouldn’t do this. A skill like this, if made public, would put a huge target on my back, both from the Awakened side and the Fallen. 

 

And if they deemed that it too dangerous, the Hero League and the Chaos Alliance would put bounties on my head.

 

I used the skill a few more times, including on Rhian, Rachel and Luke. 

Rachel and Luke both had Potential levels of SS Rank while Rhian’s potential reached SSS Rank, a Rank that no human, or any other creature for that matter, had ever reached, except the Demon Lord. He truly is worthy of being the protagonist.

 

It also showed me Rhian’s high aptitude for the Darkness Element. Though that was something I already knew from the novel.

 

I used the Appraisal on a few more students randomly, but none of them reached the same level. They were a bunch of Hero Cadets with Potential to reach B or A Ranks, but these Ranks weren’t much helpful when the Demon Lord’s main army descended on Earth. Right now, the demons that attacked this planet were more like foot soldiers or scouts. The main army was currently fighting orcs, elves and other species of their home planets, the war going on for centuries.

 

Suddenly, my eyes rested upon a single boy. He had long dark emo-bangs that covered half his face, so you couldn’t really see his face. He was sitting alone in a corner, and it looked like all the other students were avoiding him.

 

‘Appraisal’

Name: Rohan Claeg Rank: E Stats: Strength 2 Stamina 2.1 Agility 2.2 Perception 5.5 Magic Power 4 Intelligence 6 Charm 5.5 Skills: Ghost Drain(S): This skill allows the user to channel the ghosts of similar ranked Awakened Beings into their body, allowing access to their skills and abilities. Foresight(B): Allows the user to see things that normal people are not able to see.

Potential Rank: SS Suitable Position: Mage Mana Compatibility: Air: 88% Water: 56% Darkness: 51% Earth: 24% Fire: 23% Light: 22%

 

‘Gosh, where was this kid during the novel? Isn’t he on the same level as the main characters? No! If he played his cards right he might even be able to defeat them in no time.’

 

From what I can see, if someone has Mana Compatibility of more than 50% with any element then you will be able to use it with a bit of effort. This guy had that requirement with three different, one of them being the Darkness.

 

‘I need to bring Rohan Claeg to my side.’, I decided instantly. But before I do any of that, I need to know why this kind of guy was never even mentioned in the novel.

 

Since I still had two hours until my next class, I decided to go do some training in the Teacher's Training Hall.

 

I changed out of my suit and got into a training uniform. It kinda looked like the Spandex uniforms that Power Rangers used to wear. Though these seemed much more comfortable with a breathable and elastic fabric.

 

I took out my Oblivion Steel Sword out of my new dimensional ring. 

 

I scanned through my memories to remember all the sword movements Ray had practised. He had memorised everything about the posture and how much force to be applied during each swing, so as to hurt his wrist.

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But it seems like he didn’t have as much in the brawn department as he did in the brain one. Ray was way too clumsy, getting scolded by his instructor many times. His instructor had once commented that during a fight, a passing bystander would be in more danger than the opponent.

 

Thankfully, I wasn’t as big a klutz as Ray seemed to be. Before I got a job, I had participated in quite a many games. I wasn’t an athlete or a physical mutant like the Heroes of this world, but I was rather confident that with enough training I could reach their level.

 

I positioned my feet as I repeatedly swung my sword, in the way I remembered. Each time I swung, I tried to apply some mana to my sword. The Brahma Sword Art’s main factor was to materialise mana into tangible forms, but Ray had never used that function, despite having his 4.5 ★ Art for many years. But I wasn’t going to waste this opportunity. 

 

I practised for an hour and half before I stopped to get ready for my next class. 

 

My next class was the Omicron class. They didn’t have any role in the novel. A bunch of extras, not even worth mentioning. I lectured them the same thing as I did to the Alpha Class, after examining their Element Compatibility.

 

Unfortunately, I had used up all of my mana during my training, so I wasn’t able to use Appraisal on the students of this class. But I might miss out on an undiscovered gem, like in Rohan’s case, so I decided to Appraise them at a later date.

 

For the next two months or so, I studied the notes on Mana Theory in my office and taught classes, adding upto 20 hours a week. 

 

Ray’s personal insight was really helpful in teaching even me, a complete stranger to the concept of mana. Though having Ray’s memories surely contributed a lot. 

 

I also faithfully continued my practice with the sword. I was finally able to materialise mana at the tip of my sword. I don’t know if it was because I transmigrated into this body or Ray already had this, but I found out except Darkness and Light, all of Ray’s Mana Compatibility were maxed out at 100%, the other two being at 0%. 

 

One more unexpected thing I found out was that I couldn’t see my own Potential Rank. When I Appraised myself, the result was…

 

Potential Rank: ?? Suitable Position: Swordsman Mana Compatibility: Air: 100% Earth: 100% Fire: 100% Water: 100% Darkness: 0% Light: 0%

 

Since I couldn’t see my own Rank, I just decided to set this matter aside for later and kept practising my Sword Art. It really was quite powerful.

 

At the beginner stage, Elemental Sweep, I could destroy all the training dummies in one swing. 

 

After being able to perform this action with all four Elementals, I decided to visit a Gate. Foremost reason I wanted to visit one, was to gain practical experience. But there was another important reason I needed to go. 

 

In the novel, around the Human Continent, various islands had popped up. This group of Islands spreadly randomly throughout the wide ocean, and were collectively called The Sanskriti Archipelago. Each island represented a major country in my previous world.

 

But that wasn’t even the best part about them. On these islands, many Gates had appeared. But since these Gates didn’t bring in any good Items that usually Gates rewarded the Heroes that entered them, The Hero League completely abandoned them. The natives were forced to fend for themselves.

 

But what The Hero League didn’t know was that these Gates had much more amazing Artifacts in store, if you just knew how to find them. This fact wasn’t discovered until two years later, when a S Rank Hero found a secret passage in one of the Island Gates. The Hero League later sent in many exploration teams consisting of both Heroes and archeologists to research into these Gates.

 

My plan was to go to these Gates early and swipe in a few Artifacts that would otherwise fall into the hands of the Chaos Alliance. I had my eyes on a particular Artifact that I believed would  be most useful to me.

 

I was sitting at my desk in the staff room, as I sent an email for a Request for Absence. After that, I went to the Alpha Hall for my class.

 

The past two months I observed the main characters interact with each. Rhian and Rachel slowly got closer to each other. Luke’s hate for Rhian kept increasing. It was going exactly like in the novel, so I decided to not interfere at all. Even if I had tried to interfere, I would then have been dragged into Academy politics, something I wasn’t ready for.

 

So, instead, I decided to shift my attention to Rohan Claeg. I pulled up his documents to find that his family owned a small Guild in Capital City, only consisting of D and C Rank Heroes. His family had taken out quite a large loan to fund Rohan’s tuition at the Academy. 

 

But contrary to everyone’s expectation, Rohan’s Rank was #1227 out of the 1500 first-years. Not to mention his timid personality and the rumours about how he could see ghosts, stopped him from making any connections.

 

I tried to approach Rohan several times, but he would always weasel his way out of meeting me. 

 

Soon my weeklong vacation approached me. I decided to talk to Rohan after my trip to the Gate.

 

Packing all my necessities, including the sword and dagger as well as Ray’s special potions, I headed to the Academy’s exit, where a portal would take me to Portal Station.

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