'That should be the important part.' Andrew going through Luke's memories. Luke as expected from his shadow's intel,was a student at the Magical Academy and his attitude and character was definitely not the best of the bunch. He had a lot of cases involving indisciplinary acts which as expected were covered by his father. He almost got expelled a bunch of times but his mother would "fix" that issue. To make it worse, he had an average set of skills which he made up by using artifacts and cheating which the cheating part was illegal but it was power which had the final say, something that Andrew made sure he had so as not to be the unfavorable side. He had a terrible association with any of his classmates due to his coldness but his charisma was on point. It was lucky enough that he got engaged with Ciara as she was the daughter of the advisor of the king but that too he screwed up due to his wretched behavior. To sum it up, he was a straight reject who only got where he was thanks to his parents.
As for the mana pools, Andrew replicated his mana pools to be similar to Luke's in his body. As for showing mana in his attacks would be showcased by his system provided he doesn't go overboard by going toe to toe with a B ranker or higher, then his system wouldn't be able to hide that. 'This guy was a real joke. D rank as most people in the same class were already in middle C rank.' Another problem Andrew didn't want to face when he chose his abilities. He didn't have to deal with the bullshit of ranks on any plane as they would all meet their demise considering his cards. 'That girl he was talking to yesterday was already nearing B rank which is considered monstrous talent. How cute. I should be heading to school anyway, I wonder if the protagonist has appeared yet.' He got off his bed before dressing up by a flick of his fingers before heading downstairs. He had breakfast with his parents who now had dead expressions on their faces as they knew they were in a helpless situation. They both tried to keep their distance but the bind proved triumphant as they forcefully embraced him as their son. "Just embrace it. Besides, it's not like I'm going to make your son's reputation any worse seeing how bad it already is. Well I'm off." He hugged his mother goodbye before going off in his carriage. It was pretty standard and a male coach man was present fully well adorned. They set off with him being alone in the carriage looking out at the city. Most people seeing him gave him a disgusted expression as they all knew his character from the students present. 'You certainly have a terrible reputation but I'm not here to make it any better,only adding fear to it.' The trend continued till the number of people reduced and the number of students walking towards the academy increased.
Looking at the academy, it definitely was a sight to behold if he cared that is. It was big already in terms of reputation but seeing it with his own eyes was something else. It was big with it's size similar to the size of his castle in Darwarke but slightly smaller. It had a European castle authentism to it back in the good old days. It had arrays and barriers all over it covering it from the sky but it was invisible to many but Andrew saw it. What they considered high tier couldn't even be called childs play to Andrew. There was security as they inspected at the gates since each student regardless of their status had one if they were a student here. The carriage dropped him off right outside the gates as they weren't allowed to enter unless it was someone special. Though it was Andrew's first time doing this, thanks to Luke's memories it felt like doing it for the millionth time. A rank guards quickly checked his identity badge before permitting him to enter. Once he got in, he looked around seeing the unpleasant gazes shot in his direction but he didn't bother and continued to walk ignoring them before walking a few steps in. " Hey, Luke it's been a while,hehehehe." A new sound unknown to him reached his ears. Looking back he saw three tall scrawny students with mocking expressions all over their place. Recalling Luke's memories, these were his bullies. They liked targeting him as he was a D ranker whereas they were late C rank not to mention they would often extort money from him as his father was a noble not to mention he was all bark and no bite.
Andrew stopped before looking at Bernard, the leader of this little posse. Killing on school grounds was highly forbidden and would result in severe consequences so he couldn't do that. "What do you want Bernard?" He asked nonchalantly. Most of these students had seen this scene one too many times as it wasn't the first time happening. It always had one ending in which they were happy with at least considering what Luke had done to them even if not personally. "It may be a new year but I believe you know what happens,right?" Bernard putting on a hedious face of laughter. This would be normally the part where Luke fought back and get severely beat up but Andrew had another thing in mind. "Where are our gold coins, Luke?" Bernard's lackey asked and to their surprise, Luke threw them three platinum coins at their feet. "You are picking that you ..." He would have continued if not for the supervising teacher had not shown up. "What are you doing here and why are you not in your classes?" He furiously asked making the students who were gathering around Luke and the bullies disperse. "Same goes for you four as well." He said with disgust in his voice. This wouldn't be the first time this had happened and as regular Luke would tell his father who would pressure the school but to reprimand the bullies, they would get verbal warnings at most or went completely unpunished. Liam couldn't do anything more as even he knew what position he held as a noble.
The bullies picked up their platinum coins before heading inside. Ciara who had arrived knew what happened and along with the daughter of the king Elaine were well aware of the situation. "I'm glad that you terminated your engagement with such a stain." Elaine proudly commented seeing Luke walk away. "Me too." Ciara said before they went to their class. The supervising teacher didn't bother with the duo as he knew damn well who they were and quickly changed his expression to a warm one welcoming them. "Right this was, your Highness and my lady." Their parents held high statuses in the kingdom so treating their offsprings the same as the rest was definitely not the way to go. Elaine and Ciara walked together towards their class. They were the last to enter already considering the teacher was already in class but she overlooked it and she began the class. She was human in her thirties with a stern face wearing a white shirt and a short dress with her hair braided up in a bun. Seeing the class already starting,she began her lesson about mana pools and cores. Luke was seated at the far back of the class as he was already segregated by the rest of the class. There were classes of the higher class such as the son's and daughters of nobles together, the middle class and the poor who few since they would usually receive sponsorship from the school but nothing fancy.
Luke was as expected in the noble class which was expected to be the creme de le creme of the students in the kingdom and now he was paying close attention which surprised the teacher momentarily before resuming with her class. Andrew wasn't paying attention, he was busy sparing with Bill in his mental fortitude while his system took over portraying as him paying attention. "Did he arrive yet?" Andrew asked taking a break from sparing with Bill.
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One of three people who called Andrew by his name but then again were they people. One was his system, the second was Bill and the last was Omniphinx. "Let's continue then." Bill said with a smile on his face. "Beside this is kind of reinvigorating from what I usually do." Summoning an antimatter sword and so did Andrew before resuming their match. Bill was the only one who could give Andrew a proper fight as the victor most of the time was Bill not him. The day was concluded with Andrew sparing with Bill. 'Time to take care of a little problem.' He said as he left his classroom. There were rumors circulating that there would be a fight between Luke and the earlier mentioned bullies. "Serves him right." "Why don't you call for your father this time? hehehehe." Most of the students joked as they saw him walk out of the class. "We might as well watch." Elaine said telling Ciara who was busy in her books. The two were nearing B rank and they were planning to reach it early at the year. The both of them went to a window which had a birdseye view considering it was already high up close to a three story building. They saw Luke walk out the gates and not far from him were the bullies stationed. They were off school grounds and he could finally get his hands dirty.
A group of students had huddled up to see the fight up close. There were some teachers who were far off but they were well aware of what was going on. The reason why they didn't intervene was because it was happening outside of the school and involving themselves would be a waste of energy. "So it's that kid again involved in a fight,huh." A teacher who had a cold expression wearing red robes and had black hair spoke. He went was known by the name of Scott. "Yeah, pretty much." The teacher who was supervising earlier chimed in known as Lawrence. "Honestly why does he even try when the outcome is set." He continued looking at the fight. Seeing what seemed a D ranker fighting three late C rankers, seemed like a match set in stone in who would win. "It's all for laughs, isn't it? Besides it's not going to escalate to any precarious extents as the three boys know they can't terribly injure him." "What if he injuries the three?" Luke's teacher who was quiet suddenly spoke up. "I doubt that would happen but if it did, he's only D rank. Nothing special." Lawrence said before resuming watching the fight. "I almost feel bad for him. Almost" Ciara said in a mocking tone before bursting into small giggles with Elaine. "I'm so sorry that we got interrupted earlier. But don't worry. Now no one can interrupt us." Bernard spoke in a menacing voice. Combined with his huge stature and raggedy voice, he did look rather menacing.
'I still can't believe that this loser was getting bullied by three middle class students but they shouldn't be any problem. My carriage is already here.' Without wasting any time, Luke brandished his B rank sword sine he couldn't use his blood sickles. "You're actually fighting back, but still that's not going to get you far." The third lackey spoke. Since he couldn't use his irrelevant speed or moves on these students, he could only use swordsmanship to get around it. 'System, limit my ability to a early B ranker.'
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With his movement adjusted, he quickly cut of the heads of the two lackeys as they were absorbed in their mocking session and showing of to the crowd. Suddenly screams filled the air as blood covered the students expecting a good show. Bernard was visibly shocked with what had happened but he quickly adjusted removing his bronze short daggers. Looking all over the place he couldn't see Luke who had appeared behind him cutting his tendons rendering him unable to walk. The students backed away from the sight as the teachers were shocked with what transpired. They never thought that Luke would be able to start butchering his fellow students. Bernard who was on the ground facing upwards writhing in pain ,"Let's not get hasty here. We're all students here and you know the penalty of killing another student." He pleaded at the man hovering above him but his peas went unheard. Luke started cutting his fingers one by one before proceeding to cutting his arms off. It truly was a grotesque sight to behold with blood gushing everywhere covering him in blood. The students similar to the teachers watched the torture session go on till it reached it's climax. "I'm going to make a small cut in your leg and if you survive, then I'll leave." Luke spoke in a jestering manner before proceeding to make a small cut on Bernard's leg. He laced his sword with antimatter but only to a small fraction as he didn't want to start corroding reality. Bernard along with his pals shortly started corrupting as their body started turning to a bloody pulp with Bernard giving off inhumane screams.
The spectators watched the sight of their fellow classmates who were the highest rankers in middle class decay and turn to a bloody mess till Bernard took his last breathe looking at Luke who was squatting infront of him with a devilish smile before he died. Luke stood up and using his mana to wipe the blood of him, holstered his sword back before getting on his coach before leaving. 'He should arrive tomorrow.'