Fantasy Libary 13

Title: Named Charts

In the dimly lit underground storage room, a large amount of Mana formed a continuous stream of green light that floated endlessly.

Ark held Ser-Veresta in its active state, his eyes closed, bathed in the red light emitted by the Manadyte, appearing quite peculiar.

The Mana that formed the green light stream slowly wandered around Ark amidst the waves of red light and gradually infused into his body.

During this process, Ark could clearly feel his power increasing.

His physical abilities improved, and the Prana within his body also grew stronger, causing Ark to emit a powerful aura he had never possessed before.

And around him, there were still many green Manadytes, indicating that his enhancement process would continue.

If nothing unexpected happened...

“Huh?”

Suddenly, Ark frowned slightly and quickly opened his eyes.

“Stop for a moment, Ser-Veresta.”

He halted Ser-Veresta, allowing it to retract the brilliance of the Urm Manadyte.

The green light stream suddenly disappeared, letting the Manadyte merge with the surrounding space like air.

Ark then raised his hand and clenched his fist a few times.

“My power is increasing too quickly. If this continues, I won’t be able to control my body and Prana.”

The rapid increase in power caused Ark’s control over his Prana and even his body to drop drastically. If he continued to enhance it recklessly, he might lose control over his body and Prana.

“I need to adjust before I can continue to grow.”

Realizing this, Ark wasn’t too attached to the feeling of his power increasing rapidly and decisively gave up on further enhancement.

*ZHENG!*

The Ser-Veresta mechanism suddenly activated, forming a clean white sword body.

Just like last time, Ark injected Prana into Ser-Veresta, causing dense black lines to float out from around the clean white sword body and swirl continuously before sinking into the red Urm Manadyte. Only then was the true power of the Demon Sword released, turning the clean white sword body into a deep black.

Feeling the drain on his Prana, a faint smile appeared on Ark’s lips.

“With me now, even if I increase Ser-Veresta’s output to the maximum, it can only last for tens of seconds.”

If it were him before, even if he increased Ser-Veresta’s output to the maximum, it could only last for a few attacks.

Being able to maintain it for tens of seconds now was a significant improvement.

“However, tens of seconds are still too short. There’s no need to maintain such power all the time.”

After thinking about it, Ark reduced the Prana injection and lowered Ser-Veresta’s output.

In an instant, the deep black blade of Ser-Veresta faded at a visible speed to a purplish-black color and then stopped.

“Is this Ser-Veresta’s power in its normal state?”

Ark murmured to himself as he watched Ser-Veresta turn into a purple-black color.

After the protagonist in the original novel obtained Ser-Veresta, Ser-Veresta also had the same power and appearance. The only difference was that he couldn’t control the size of Ser-Veresta, resulting in him only being able to use Ser-Veresta in the form of a large sword in the early stages, and its use was very limited.

Now, although Ark had adjusted Ser-Veresta’s output to the same specifications, he was able to fully control this Demon Sword, so Ser-Veresta remained the size of a normal sword and hadn’t transformed into a large sword.

“Even though it’s only at the normal output level, not everyone can block Ser-Veresta in this condition.”

The Ser-Veresta sword is said to be able to burn everything. If the sword releases its true power, almost nothing can block its light slash.

Even at this normal output level, Lux would be destroyed upon contact. Only an Orga Lux of the same level could block its attack.

“Enough.”

Ark nodded in satisfaction.

“If Ser-Veresta is in this condition, with my current Prana, I’m afraid Ser-Veresta can be used continuously for over an hour.”

This duration is very long and is completely sufficient to support Ark using Ser-Veresta normally.

“With my current abilities, it should be enough to be included in the Named Charts, right?” Ark thought.

In Asterisk, all academies have a ranking system.

Although the specific rules differ, each academy has a ranking list that clearly distinguishes the strength of the students.

Seidoukan Academy’s ranking list is called the Named Charts. There are a total of seventy-two spots on the list. The seventy-two people listed are the top seventy-two students at Seidoukan Academy. The top twelve are also called Page One because they are recorded on the first page of the Named Charts.

This ranking can only be achieved through duels. As long as one can defeat a student in the ranking, they can take the opponent’s rank, be listed in the Named Charts, and even become one of the twelve people in Page One.

Originally, Ark’s ability at Seidoukan Academy was only average. Not to mention being in the 72nd rank and joining the ranks of the Named Charts, he couldn’t even rank among the ordinary students.

After all, there are already hundreds of students in the senior department of Seidoukan Academy. Adding the middle and university departments, the number of students is even greater. Even if Ark had average ability among them, he would still be ranked outside the top 100, or even the top 200 or 300.

And now, just considering his physical abilities and Prana strength, Ark felt he was already capable of being in the top 72 and entering the Named Charts.

“If I add Ser-Veresta’s power, then I might be able to challenge the twelve people in Page One, right?”

Thinking of this, Ark became excited to try.

He wanted to test his current strength.

“By the way, the official ranking battle this month is about to start, right?” Ark thought.

In Asterisk, anyone can duel fairly, even on campus.

However, under normal circumstances, a duel requires the consent of both parties to be effective. If one party does not agree, the duel will not take place.

Considering that, generally students who have already been listed in the Named Charts and have a rank will not readily agree to duel with others.

Because if they lose, their rank will be revoked.

At Seidoukan Academy, if you can become one of the famous priests, you will have many privileges, especially the twelve people in Page One. They have great status and privileges, and can even apply for an Orga Lux loan at any time. This application will be approved at the fastest speed, unlike ordinary students, who have strict reviews.

Therefore, students who are in the Named Charts highly value their rank and will not easily agree to duel with others.

However, to prevent students from passively avoiding battles to protect their rank after being promoted, the academy holds a ranking battle every month.

In this ranking battle held once a month, a person with a lower rank can challenge those with a higher rank, and the other party cannot refuse the challenge.

This kind of ranking battle is what Ark referred to as the formal ranking battle.

“Let me see...”

Ark raised his hand, opening the projected window from the phone in his pocket, and searched for information on the official ranking battle there.

He also quickly confirmed that the official ranking battle this month would be held in three days.

One day before the official ranking battle begins, all students can register online and determine who they want to challenge.

“Isn’t this a coincidence?”

Ark immediately smiled.

In three days, he would be able to adapt to his current strength and should be able to catch up in the official ranking battle.

“So... who should I challenge?”

Ark opened the famous priest book and looked through the names listed inside.

Challenges cannot be made without limits.

According to the rules, students participating in the official ranking battle can be divided into three levels.

The first level is the twelve people in Page One.

The second level is the students listed in the Named Charts.

The third level is those not included in the Named Charts ranking.

In the official ranking battle, students can only nominate opponents one level higher than themselves to challenge.

In other words, Ark can now only nominate students ranked below the twelve people in Page One to challenge, as he is currently outside the ranking and at the third level.

Then...

“Why not give it a try!”

Ark shifted his gaze to the first name on the second page of the Named Charts.

Immediately he reached out and clicked on the challenge...