Inside the virtual world.
A thin figure wearing butler's clothing and a silver peacock mask on his face appeared on a grassy terrain. Which would be the battlefield for a ranking match.
'Wow, this guy is huge!' Luis thought in surprise upon seeing his opponent. 'Nah, maybe he looks bigger than me because of the short stature of my avatar.'
Thirty meters away from Luis stood a 2-meter-tall guy showing off his muscles.
'He did a good job, making his avatar look intimidating.'
Luis checked the opponent's level displayed in the corner of his vision.
[Avatar Name: Crusher]
[Level: 07]
[Win Rate: 67.9%]
[Consecutive Wins: 12]
At the same time, when Luis read his opponent's information. His opponent also read Luis' information.
"Hah! Just an overconfident newbie!"
Upon seeing the level of his opponent. Crusher immediately realized that his opponent must have chosen the Insane difficulty for his first match.
"Hey there, little guy. Do you think you are some big shot challenging the Insane difficulty? Unfortunately, you are too unlucky to meet me."
Because of Luis' level. Crusher's arrogance was off the roof as immense fighting intent emerged from inside him. He wanted to crush the little newbie in front of him.
"..." Luis didn't even bother to respond to Crusher's provocation and quietly waited for the 10-second countdown to end.
For his silence, Crusher misunderstood as him being scared by his taunts. Which made him even more unscrupulous.
"What! Scared, you little shit?! Don't you even have a backbone?!"
Luis sighed and looked at Crusher as if he were looking at an idiot.
[Match Begins!]
*Woosh! *
Right when the countdown ended. Under Crusher's surprised eyes, Luis' figure disappeared from his spot.
'Fast!'
That was the only thing Crusher could think of before he crossed his arms instinctively. He received a heavy punch, shattering his chest armor and almost breaking his bone.
*Boom! *
After a loud sound of the collision, Crusher's body was sent flying because of Luis' mana-coated punch.
'Just an E-Rank... Probably a second year... I wonder why he was so arrogant before. When he doesn't even have the strength to back up his words.'
Luis felt very disappointed.
'Is this the Insane level of difficulty? Good thing I didn't choose other difficulties, or I would have been bored to death.'
Although Luis' purpose in coming here is for the rewards. He doesn't want his fights to be too easy.
"Hey, aren't you a level 7? Don't tell me you only have this bit of strength." Luis' tone was full of genuine curiosity. Which made Crusher's face red in anger. He stood up from the small pit created because of his fall and glared at Luis with fierce eyes.
"Seems like I wasted too much time on that strange dude."
Luis mumbled.
'Well, whatever, let's move on to the next one.'
With that thought in mind, Luis clicked on the screen presented in front of him and the next moment, he found himself back in that black space with only a blue screen flashing in front of him.
[You have won your first match in the Insane Difficulty.]
[Bonus experience is being rewarded...]
[You have reached Level 1!]
[Do you want to continue challenging the ranking game?]
[Accept/Decline]
"Hmm, let's try completing as many challenges as I can within an hour before I go back," Luis muttered to himself and clicked on the accept button.
Much to Luis' annoyance. Just like before, once again, a 30-second countdown started in front of him.
"This waiting time is so annoying. If not for this, I might have completed the 100 challenges easily within a day or two."
***
While Luis was waiting for his second match to start.
Inside another VR capsule room, reserved for the second-year students. A girl about 1.56 meters came out of the capsule.
She had peach-pink colored shoulder-length hair, and she wore cute accessories on her head. The cute dress aligned with her cuteness, giving people a very childlike feeling.
This girl's name was Elsa Wrisk. A second-year student in the Fenrir Class.
A cute girl with a warm personality. She is friends with almost all the second-year students. Which explains how social she is.
However, at this moment, that cute girl had a dark expression on her face. There was a gloomy aura surrounding her.
Fortunately, none of her acquaintances were around her. Otherwise, they would have been scared looking at her current expression.
"That damn bastard toyed with me!" Elsa cursed with a fierce expression.
This extremely social girl also has another side of hers that she doesn't want to reveal in front of anyone.
Which is why she uses her avatar to vent out all her frustrations in the virtual world.
"How dare he call himself 'The God of Charm'! What a stupid narcissist!" Elsa snorted, then she thought of something and became depressed again.
"How can I be defeated by a stupid narcissist? What a shame!"
Yes, Elsa's avatar's name is Crusher. She used her merit points to obtain a male avatar. Then characterized it to make it look like a tough character. It took a few moments for Elsa to calm down as she started thinking rationally.
'There shouldn't be any possibility of cheating as the academy manages and monitors the ranking game. Which means his strength is real.'
'So, how can a newbie have such a strength? As a newbie, he should be in his first year. However, his strength was stronger than mine, who is a 3-star E-Rank.'
'Are the freshers so strong this year?'
Thinking so, Elsa felt quite unbelievable. However, those were the facts in front of her.
As she remembered her battle, Elsa once again became annoyed and stood up. She was going to find out who that person was.