[The first hero's revaluation test has been scheduled]
[A total of one thousand heroes have registered for the first revaluation test]
[Which Heroes will be tested in the Revaluation Test?]
[One Week Before the Revaluation Test]
[President Heero's Two Disciples Registered for the Revaluation Test]
[Fifteen Emperor Class Heroes Will Participate in the First Revaluation Test]
Heero scrolled through the Star Forum. The forum was filled with such topics after he announced the schedule for the Revaluation Test last night.
Of course, amidst the hot topic of the Revaluation Test, there were also controversies.
[The first revaluation test will start in a week! Where is Ryan White?]
[Ryan White is not listed in the first revaluation test. Is he still alive?]
[Ryan White's whereabouts are still unknown!]
These kinds of topics were, of course, satirized by Heero. He said that Ryan White was still alive, but the person never appeared in public again.
The people who posted such things on the forum should be the rankers or people from the big families.
So far, Heero had not kept his promise to share his secret technique with the Hero League. They kept pressuring him, but they could not refute Heero's reasoning.
He told the executives that he would only share the secret technique with the heroes. Now there were no official heroes among them. If they wanted the secret technique, the heroes would have to pass the Revaluation Test first.
Maybe these people were angry with him, so they tried to throw mud at him. Anyway, Heero was not bothered by this issue.
Another big news came from the Musashi Clan and the Hanzo Clan.
Emperor Class Hero - Rank 4, Musashi Kenzan announced his retirement right after Heero announced the schedule for the Revaluation Test.
Not only Musashi Kenzan, the current head of the Hanzo Clan, Hanzo Yori, Emperor Class Hero - Rank 6 also announced his retirement half an hour after Musashi Kenzan made his announcement.
The Star Forum was buzzing with these topics, and many were speculating about the future of the Hero League with the new reformation and the two great figures retiring.
While he was reading the forum on his smartwatch, someone knocked on the door and entered the office.
Heero looked up, Kang Seo-Yeon entered the office with a worried look on her face.
"What's wrong?" Heero asked his wife immediately.
"Are you in on this?" Kang Seo-Yeon showed her smartwatch. She had also opened the Star Forum on her smartwatch. She pointed to Ryan White's topics.
"What's wrong with this?"
"Shouldn't we solve Ryan White's problem before it gets out of hand? He is fine, right?" She was worried about her husband's public image.
"He's fine," Heero nodded his head, "Mnn, he's fine, and he's training with old man Niadin right now. We better not disturb him."
Kang Seo-Yeon's eyes widened and she asked in a whisper, "Old Man Niadin? The black dragon?"
"Mnn, even if we ask him to come out, I bet he won't show up either. Let's ignore this, it must be the Ranker Alliance's doing," Heero dismissed the matter casually.
"If you say so..." Kang Seo-Yeon could not help but agree.
It was true, Old Man Niadin managed to control Ryan White even though he had lost a large part of his memories.
Of course, the drive that kept him sane was his revenge on the people who killed his family.
After he realized all this, he believed Heero's story completely. Since then, he has focused on his training under Niadin's tutelage. He dedicated his life to avenging his family, that was the drive that kept him sane.
"What about the Moon City Hero League and the Sun City branch? They pressured us to give them all the information about the specter, including the secret technique, or..." Kang Seo-Yeon paused as she hesitated to finish his words.
Heero looked directly into Kang Seo-Yeon's eyes, "Or?"
"Or they will turn against us!"
"Hump, ignore them," Heero waved his hand at the threat.
He did not know who leaked the information about the secret technique, but the other two branches got wind of it and demanded that the technique be shared with them.
They sent an official letter, but Heero refused to share his technique with them unless they followed his reformation as well.
That was the condition he set for them, but they refused, still demanding to share the technique. Since they refused his terms, Heero decided to ignore them as well.
And now, they started to threaten him. Another reason to ignore them.
*** ***
First Dungeon
Ryan White sat under a large tree and watched as Sun Zhou Yi did a push-up with his master on top of him with a boulder in his hand.
"Hah... hah... hah..."
He breathed heavily as sweat trickled down from his forehead. He was taking a break from his training and was surprised by Sun Zhou Yi. He was resting during his break, but Sun Zhou Yi was doing something that amazed him.
Instead of taking a break, Sun Zhou Yi was doing push-ups. He had been watching this for a week.
After a moment, Ryan White managed to stabilize his breathing. He got up and approached the duo.
Old Man Niadin also stepped out of Sun Zhou Yi's body. It was an indication that the break was over.
"Alright, it's break time!" Old Man Niadin looked at Sun Zhou Yi and instructed, "You are not allowed to use your Ki Sword, fight him melee!"
The old man pointed at Ryan. Then the eyes of the master and the student met.
"As for you, try to hold out for ten minutes."
This was the seventh day they had sparred, and the result of last week's spar had been a disaster for his student. The best his disciple could do was to stall Sun Zhou Yi for three minutes, so he asked Sun Zhou Yi not to use his Ki Sword against Ryan.
"Alright!" Sun Zhou Yi nodded before turning to face Ryan White.
The purpose of this sparring was to help Ryan White with his training. There was no advantage to him in doing so, as Ryan White was too weak to be his sparring partner.
However, he decided to do the sparring anyway. It was his way of helping Ryan White.
After hearing what happened to Ryan White. Sun Zhou Yi sympathized with him and decided to forget his past grudge against Ryan.
"Have you registered for the reassessment test?" Sun Zhou Yi asked before the sparring began.
"I have no time for such nonsense," Ryan White shook his head. Becoming the strongest hero was no longer his goal. His goal was to avenge his family.
"Nah, you have to if you want to find your enemy. Have you heard of the SES? A specialized team to hunt the specters, if you want to find your enemy, joining the SES is the best choice."
Sun Zhou Yi patiently explained why Ryan White had to take the reevaluation test.
"The SES is temporarily inactive, but it will become active again after the first reappraisal test.
My master will select the squad members after the Revaluation Test, and you must be a hero if you want to join the squad. All information about the specters is held by the SES."
"Alright, enough with the chitchat," Old Man Niadin cut the conversation off, "I will talk to Heero to get you into the Revaluation Test or whatever it is. Don't worry about it, just focus on your training!"
*** ***
While Sun Zhou Yi was doing his intensive training, Musashi Hirata was doing the same. He did not let up and did his best to master the sword art of the Musashi Clan that his ancestor had left behind.
In the middle of a large field, an old man stood still as one sword was placed next to the next.
"Hah..." Musashi Ueno sighed as he raised his hands, "I admit my defeat.
Musashi Hirata took a deep breath and lowered his sword. This was his first victory against his grandfather, although it was not an easy victory for him.
He drew his sword and looked into the distance, towards a large tree. Four people were sitting under the big three.
These four were Musashi Naizen, Musashi Kenzan, Musashi Osada, and Musashi Noboru. All the top people of the Musashi Clan had gathered at this place.
The reason was to help their juniors, Musashi Hirata and Musashi Naizen, in their training.
"It seems that Hirata is going to get his first victory, father," Musashi Naizen commented.
Musashi Kenzan just nodded his head, a complex expression on his face.
"Alright, now it's my turn!" Musashi Osada stood up as he picked up his sword as well.
"Eventually, the young will surpass the old."
Musashi Osada walked forward as he looked around. On the ground, he could see many cuts of different sizes and depths made by swords. All of them caused by Musashi Hirata and Musashi Ueno.
*** ***
In a certain jungle, Kang Dong-Woo and Xu Lingxun were sneaking around the bushes. They were spying on a mutated beast.
The mutated beast was three meters high and five meters long. It had a mane like a lion and horns like a deer. It also had two large fangs like a saber tooth.
Red manes covered its neck, brown fur covered its body, and its tail was made of black steel. Fiendish Mane, that was what people called this creature.
A creature known for its fast movements and its great brute strength. Its steel tail was also harder than enhanced steel, and humans used the tail as material for blacksmithing.
It was a rare mutated beast in the Safe Zone. It was rare for people to come across Fiendish Mane here, but Kang Dong-Woo and Xu Lingxun came across one.
The two of them exchanged a glance. Xu Lingxun could see the desire to fight the mutated beast in Kang Dong-Woo's eyes. However, he was hesitant because Fiendish Mane was a gold-class mutated beast, and it was classified as one of the top ten most dangerous beasts in its class.
"Let's do it!" Kang Dong-Woo tried to ask Xu Lingxun to join him against Fiendish Mane.
If he were alone, Kang Dong-Woo would leave without hesitation. But he was with Xu Lingxun, and he was confident that if they were both of them, they could kill Fiendish Mane.
"Are you sure? We have an evaluation in a week, if we are injured, we might fail later..." Xu Lingxun hesitated.
In a week, they would both have an evaluation. They would sign up for a hero evaluation, and they could join the other heroes for the reevaluation test. He did not want to ruin that by being careless.
"If we can kill this, we might be able to jump up to Gold Class Hero. Let's try and retreat if we can't. It should be easy for us to escape from this big guy, right?" Kang Dong-Woo did not want to give up.
In the end, Xu Lingxun agreed to go after Fiendish Mane. After some hesitation, he nodded.
"Good! I will attack him with my flame to attract his attention," Kang Dong-Woo raised his flame-covered hand.
"You sneak up from behind. If we can take him down with one shot, jumping through the ranks is not impossible."
Kang Dong-Woo smiled excitedly.
"Mnnn, let's do it!"
*** ***
Everyone was busy preparing for the test. Yes, in the last week before the test, everyone increased their training load. They did this in order to get the class they wanted.
Just like that, a week passed and the reappraisal test would start today.