For anyone who reads this first rather then the actual story, just know the actual action starts at chap 24. the chapters before that include some important plot/characters, and just introducing the MC and bla bla.
Artist & Sword/Armor ranks:
Common
Uncommon
Rare
Epic
Legendary
Mythical
Ethereal
Emperor
Monarch (a lot ik)
Mana core (weakest to strongest)
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Cyan
Purple
Violet
Silver
White
Stages:
Low
Middle
High
Zenith (where they start to change colors/show signs of breaking through, same staging for everything else w ranks excluding ranking of a Knight/Mage/Beasts
Ranking system:
First Force Knight & Mage
So on until Tenth Force. (Same ranking for beasts)