The next day I walked into class ready for the day only to be met by the pompous boy whose father is an earl and ratface boy.
"I challenge you to a duel of honor!" the idiot shouted at me before pulling out a broadsword.
"Wait wait wait if we fight in the classroom we will likely get in trouble by the teacher. I'll tell you what, meet me outside in the plaza we can duel there just let me drop off my bag at my desk." I tell the pompous boy who stops and thinks for a moment not wanting to get in trouble with the teacher again.
"Fine be prepared to taste defeat this time you won't get me with a sneak attack." he says walking out the classroom door being followed by ratboy.
I head over to my desk and just sit down for a short nap before class started.
I hear a voice beside me.
"Aren't you going to fight him?" it was heal boy from yesterday.
"Is there some rule saying I have to waste my time arguing with a dumbass?" I ask with a raised eyebrow.
"I don't think so but it's a duel for honor isn't it?" he asks in confusion.
"Whose honor?" I ask.
"His i believe?" he says it more like a question.
"Exactly his honor. Now tell me why I should care?" I ask before setting my head back down.
This stumps all the other kids as well. Why should I care I already knocked him out twice and got him in trouble with the teacher and now the idiot was standing in the chilly morning air out in the plaza while I was warm and napping at my desk. I was the ultimate winner here.
Soon the teacher made his way into the classroom and everyone took their seats.
"After the fiasco yesterday I've received permission to take you all to see a couple of real fights at the arena." the teacher said as the kids all cheered.
"Now before we head out Ryan please come up front." he says towards me.
I stand up in confusion and walk to the front of the class.
"From now on you'll be the class representative and help me out." he says.
"I reject."
"I'll pay you 20 gold a month."
"I accept." after a tough negotiation I gave in.
"Basically you help pass out papers, keep fights from happening, and inform me of troublemakers. You can hand out detentions in my place if you see in wrong doing but you'll have to inform me of why they received it." he says giving me a little power.
At this moment rat face and pompous open the door with a slam. He points a finger at me and shout. "You bastard!"
I point a finger back at him. "Two detentions one for being a potty mouth and one for disrupting the class two days in a row!"
"What you can't do that?!" he shouts.
"Since you where late you missed the part where I made Ryan the class representative and he can do that so long as I agree. I must say shouting bad words and being late is indeed bad enough for detentions you are a child where did you even learn words like that. I'll be talking to your father after school." Mr.Vector says with a stern look. "Now get to your seat before you get another detention."
After that little fiasco all the kids were lined up with the teacher in front and me in the back and we slowly walked out of the school towards the massive arena a few blocks away.
"Now children the arena is a place of great fame and glory. You can register to battle opponents of your level for cash prizes and to practice your moves against real people. However there is no killing or crippling your opponent allowed." he explains the basics.
"There are often competitions held by the kingdom for prizes such as rare magic books or gear or vast amounts of money." he continues. "There is gambling allowed however you guys won't be able to go to the arena for quite a while as your not even proper mages or fighters yet." he tells us.
There are of course different mage ranks. Right now we are students and to become a basic mage we must learn at least 10 basic spells and be able to cast them perfectly. Next step up is an apprentice mage. You have to learn intermediate level spells and be able to cast at least 5. After that is a mage. To become a mage you have to either make your own original spell or learn 10 intermediate spells. There are more ranks after that like archmage, grand mage, and so on we can talk about those later.
Fighters rank up a different way. They must go through a beginner dungeon with a teacher or registered kingdom official. You may only use melee weapons and make your way down multiple floors. The first five floors are basic slime monsters. If you complete those floors solo you get a certificate stating your a basic fighter. The next 5 levels are goblins, goblins have basic weapons and if you solo them you get the apprentice fighter certificate And finally the 11th floor has a boss. The boss is a massive club wielding ogre you have to defeat to get the fighter rank.
We arrived at the arena and are let in after Mr.vector shows his teacher ID to one of the staff members and explain we are let in for the day so we can watch fights which is fun and he even bought us snacks.