125 Culling in the World Academy
“What do you think this meeting is for?” A professor asked, but most of them had already learned about the recent incident in the Seminar Hall.
“Let’s wait for the Vice-Principal to come himself,” another professor replied.
The atmosphere was a bit tense, as this was the first time such a thing had happened.
“Hoh, all of you arrived quite early,” Professor Neyman entered and sat on one of the seats.
But before the discussions could begin, Xander entered the room, stopping anyone from talking any further.
“You all might be confused as to why I have called this meeting,” Xander sat on his seat and looked around him.
“A month ago, I received rather peculiar information from an unknown source,” Xander continued, looking around at all the professors.
But he was interrupted by one person, the only person who had the power to interrupt him like this.
“Is that related to your recent offense, Sir Xander Demarcus?” The man didn’t call him by his title of Vice-Principal, which Xander had earned with his own contribution.
The man who could talk like this was the Head of Security of the World Academy and an SS Rank Hunter who was quite popular in the upper echelon of society.
“Well, if you look at their crimes until now, you might change your mind, Sir Zemil,” Xander replied, looking straight into Zemil’s eyes.
Their auras were leaking, making some of the professors quite uncomfortable.
“Well, we should let Vice-Principal Xander present his case before arriving at any conclusions,” Professor Neyman said, and both Zemil and Xander stopped because he was older than them.
Neyman was a respected person, not just in the World Academy but among the elite families as well. He had good relations with the Artisan’s Association’s Chairman and was the best at teaching Runic Arts.
Xander touched a button on his unique bracelet, and a hologram popped up with various faces on it.
“What?” Zemil was the one who spoke out.
“This is!” Other professors also got surprised.
“Those bastards!” Zemil slammed his hand on the table.
What Xander had presented just now was proof of some of the professors accepting bribes and trying to tamper with the results of students from quite a few families. They had even gone as far as to supply GP to them for money.
Each professor was given some GP to award their students to increase competitiveness and the desire to improve, but selling them was against the laws of the World Academy.
“Do you know the source, Vice-Principal Xander?” Neyman asked with a curious look on his face.
“I don’t, and that’s why I took my time to look into this matter personally and ensure that all this data was true,” Xander replied.
The meeting continued, and apart from Professor Argas, many 1 Star Professors were removed from the World Academy.
Although it didn’t matter until they didn’t know, someone unknown having this information created a situation where the reputation of the World Academy was at stake. It was not like most 3-Star professors didn’t know about some of this, but they chose to ignore it.
And if Xander himself had found out about this, he probably would not have removed those professors immediately, but some lighter actions would have been taken.
This was the way society worked in this world, where injustice was ignored until the awareness about it grew so much that it could not be ignored any further.
Argas’s name was not present in Xander’s report, so he was safe, but this sudden purge created chaos in the World Academy.
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In front of the Ranker’s Dorm,
“I welcome all of the Rankers to the Ranker’s dorm,” the staff member welcomed the 10 students in front of him.
Asher and Alyssa were not present, as they had already gone in and were getting the key to the new floor they would stay in.
“This is your key,” the staff member gave a golden-colored card to Asher, and his ID Bracelet lit up as Asher’s name got all the access that came with Rank 1.
“And this is yours,” He turned and spoke.
Alyssa took a similar card and got access to her new floor just like Asher got his.
“There will be a meeting for the Rankers, and you will be informed about the privileges you get and the schedule when it’s done,” the staff member said, stepping aside to allow Asher and Alyssa to go their ways.
Asher stopped before the lift as his body and ID bracelet were scanned.
<Identity Confirmed: Asher Von Raven Greville><You may enter the Top Floor – Rank 1 Access Granted>
The 10th Floor of the Ranker’s Dorm was the most privileged, with all the facilities.
The lift opened up as Asher stepped in, and it went up to the 10th Floor.
Outside the Ranker’s Dorm,
“As you can now see, the floors can change their blocks from male ones to female freely,” the staff member pointed out.
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Kevin kept looking at the highest floor, which could have been his, but all he could do was watch with a bitter taste in his mouth.
Elena, Eva, Lishia, and Amelia had similar thoughts as they saw the seventh floor move.
For them, a girl like Alyssa, who was seen as a cripple, had surpassed them despite having numerous resources to their names.
But there was another guy who was beyond frustrated by all this.
“F*ck this,” Alan slammed things in his room.
“How is that b*tch better than me!” He shouted, his face turning red.
Being the heir of the Astaria family, he knew very well how many resources he was given and that Alyssa was never given anything. He had always seen her as a stain on his family.
“She can’t be better than me!” He kept muttering the same thing.
Alan’s mental health was not good at all; whenever he slept, he would get nightmares about Asher, and it started affecting his life as a whole.
But a smile erupted on his face as he remembered that the Clubs and Factions would open for the first years, and the duel for rankings would open as well. He could climb up and slowly make his way to the top.
“Yeah, she just got lucky!” Alan told himself.
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Arman walked up to a strange-looking artifact, which was present in front of two massive gates with several runes on them.
The complexity of the runes on those two gates was so high that even several Runemasters could not correctly decipher their functions.
“Let’s start this,” Arman stepped forward, taking a key-like structure and putting it in the hole before him.
*Click*
As he turned the key, the artifact started glowing, and claw-like structures came out of the artifact, going down toward the ground.
“Let’s leave now,” Arman muttered as he left the place.
The artifact started changing its shape as it transformed into a flower, but unlike natural ones, it looked like it was made out of silver. The strange flower had seven petals, and after a minute, a single petal dropped to the ground and got dissolved immediately, sending a wave of mana all around the flower.
On the 10th Floor of the Ranker’s Dorm,
Asher looked around the 10th floor, as it was his first time coming to this floor. Even in his previous life, he had never gotten first place, but looking around, he could see why this floor was so coveted among all the Rankers.
This room was perfect for him to absorb mana; the density was much higher than any other floor in the Ranker’s Dorm.
He turned and looked at the Training Room, which had the best equipment for him to train without having to step out of the building.
As he was talking, a wave of mana pulsed throughout the whole floating island, and Asher looked in a particular direction.
“In a week, huh,” he thought. That was the time it would take for the artifact to fully activate.
Seven pulses – it was the first pulse that began the count for the special week every senior year student was waiting for.
After this week, seniors would be allowed to meet with first years, and moreover, all the Clubs and factions would finally start recruiting talents and members for themselves.
“Time to go out,” Asher said as he texted Alyssa.
After the rankings were out, they were allowed to leave for up to 5 days, so Asher was going to use this time to get some work done outside the World Academy.
After an hour or two, Asher was looking into some stuff on his computer, but he stopped as he heard a noise.
*Ping*
It was a notification on his ID Bracelet from Professor Elsa Robles.
<All the Rankers, please meet me at the Lobby of Ranker’s Dorm in 1 hour>
It was a simple message, and Asher knew what it was all about.
Ignoring it, Asher looked at the list he had sent to Xander through Tom about some professors.
“Now, what will you do, Leon,” Asher smirked as a certain person, who was still unaware of this purge, was in a meeting.
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“I want at least all the Elite family students in the Blood faction. Is that clear?” Leonard said as he sat around the table with other third-year students.
“But there will be a problem with Kevin Whiteheart and his friends, and Elena Rothschild and Eva Williams would probably join Raelyn as well,” a guy spoke out, gathering everyone’s attention.
“It doesn’t matter, Gavin Neville is already confirmed as our member,” Jack Allister spoke out, making Leonard smile at him.
“What about your brother?” a guy asked.
“Him? Don’t worry about that bastard, he will move as I order him to,” Jack smiled and replied confidently.
“What about Lishia Halcyon? Can you convince her?” Leonard asked Jack.
“Convincing her is a bit difficult, but I will try,” Jack replied.
Although the meeting was going on, there was something else going on in Leonard’s mind.
‘How should I deal with that guy?’ He thought to himself as he remembered the face of Asher.