"Edward Sir, I can play piano to level 4." A student said.
"No, too bad." Edward immediately shut him down.
"Edward Sir, I won first place in the school singing contest." Another student said.
"School singing contest? No."
...
With Miles's start, many students raised their hands to tell him about their achievements. Students in the class 9 of grade 11, who didn't like to attend classes. How could they not go for it when they have the chance to do what they love? They love all things except studying.
But one by one, they were all directly rejected by Edward ruthlessly.
"You guys, so far, other than Keith, there isn't anyone else who can impress me with their talent. So, in the future classes, you guys have to be honest with me." Edward said with a smile.
"Sir."
In class 9 of grade 11, there was a sudden voice.
"Edward Sir."
Another student raised his right hand to get Edward's attention. Edward fixed his eyes on it and soon the system panel displayed his information.
[Name: Mike Colon]
[Age: 17]
[Height: 170 cm]
[Weight: 65 kg]
[Talents: English (Excellent), Math (Average), Chemistry (Poor)... Writing Novels (Heavenly)...]
[Mentality: Excellent]
Real-World Effectiveness: 20%]
'A student with a heavenly level of novel talent. And he had a RWE of 20%.' Edward thought in his mind.
"Student Mike, what do you have to say?" Edward asked with a smile without showing the shock on his face.
Mike silently looked at his classmates and then at Edward. He was hesitating to say it out loud in front of all the students.
"Mike, say it out loud if you have any accomplishments to tell us. If it's outstanding enough, I'll support you all the way." Edward said, encouraging him.
"Just think about a month without worrying about classes and teachers. Say it dude." His deskmate said.
"Now that small dick will say something. Looks like I have to teach him a lesson." Another student said, mocking Mike.
"Well he looks cute though." A girl said.
.....
Edward was also curious about Mike as from the system he knew that Mike had a heavenly talent in novel writing but he wanted to know did Mike find out about his talent or was he just like Miles who hasn't found his talent.
Mike hesitated for a moment but his eyes gradually became firm and he said in one breath. "Edward Sir, I like writing novels. And by writing novels, I've already made a lot of money."
"Wow." Edward said.
Hearing Mike's words, the students of class 9 of grade 11 burst into talking with each other.
"Did I hear it right? Mike said he writes novels? Hahaha. And he had already made a lot of money from writing? Quite a lot, how much? A few dollars or tens of dollars from begging readers to give you donation?" A student said making fun of Mike.
"Don't laugh, isn't Mike usually quite good at writing essays?" His friend said in favor of Mike.
"Yes, the English teacher even praised him several times. He says that Mike could even get full marks in his subject if continue to perform like this."
"Holy shit. It can't be true, can it? I don't believe it." Another student said as he realized.
"Writing an essay isn't the same as writing a novel. You should understand that I can even write an essay better than him." The first student who made fun of Mike said again.
"That's right. But no, no-one can write better essays than Mike in our class. The English teacher confirmed himself. And you should know how the English teacher is?"
...
Edward was also surprised when he heard Mike's words. Mike was only 17 years old this year, and he was really already making money from writing novels? Even though he was able to see Mike's heavenly level of writing novel talent, Edward still had some disbelief.
Having talent was one thing but being able to use it was another.
Like sports special enrollment Samuel Brown, who obviously had a good academic talent, but his results were still a mess. This was the best example.
Other than Edward, no one could see someone else's talent at a glance. Some people have talent but they can't discover it. Some people became famous at a young age when they discovered their talent early.
Some people are late bloomers who don't realize their talent until they are in their thirties or forties or even middle age. Some people waste their talents while some don't even know what talents they have.
"Mike, is it convenient to tell us about where you published your novel and how much money you made?" Edward asked with a smile as he knew that some students will continue to make fun of Mike if he didn't tell them the truth.
Since Mike had already planned to say it, he was mentally prepared. He opened his mouth with confidence and said, "Edward Sir, I serialized a novel on the End Line Novel Network, and I made over three thousand dollars last month."
As Mike replied, the whole classroom turned silent from the shock Mike gave them but students soon came out from the shock.
"Holy shit! More than three thousand dollars?"
"It can't be over three thousand Zimbabwean dollars?"
"Hahaha, stop it."
"Is it serialized on the End Line Novel Network?"
"Really?"
"I don't believe it."
"I don't believe it either."
"Bullshit."
The class students murmured. Edward's eyes shone. 'Good lord, earning over three thousand dollars a month? I only make three times of 3 thousand dollars a month as a physical education teacher. Mike is only 17 years old this year, and he can earn more than three thousand dollars a month?'
Not only the students but even Edward didn't dare to believe. Edward was also a bookworm and had read many of the various online novels. As long as the novels are to his liking he will read them whether they are written by a top writer or a new writer.
Action, Fantasy, Isekai, Reincarnation, Harem, and many other types of novels had been read by Edward.
End Line Novel Network is claimed to be the largest and most authoritative novel serialization website in the industry. It is a merger of the three top novel publishing websites in the world. It was created to give everyone the same opportunity. Still there were many novel publishing websites but they wouldn't be able to compare themselves to End Line Novel Network.
The top authors in it can be said to be the best author in the entire world. The number of novels serialized on the website is also the largest in the entire world.
The head authors of the End Line Novel Network easily earn over a million dollars a year. Various movie, television adaptations, anime adaptations, and game adaptations have been from the books of the famous authors from this platform.
'Mike is actually serializing a novel on End Line Novels Online? And has already achieved notable results? If it was really like what Mike said, and his novels were able to earn more than three thousand dollars a month, then he would indeed be able to call himself a great author. He should be in the top 500 authors on the website.'
"Mike, is it convenient to reveal the name of the novel you wrote and published on the End Link Novel Network?" Edward asked with a smile.
After hearing Edward's question, Mike confidently replied, "The novel I have written is called 'Fighting Heaven and Earth."
As Mike was done speaking his novel name Edward could see his eyes which were full of confidence.
"Holy shit."
"Fighting Heaven and Earth."
"I've read it."
"Yes, I've read it too on the End Link Novel website."
"The one that's number 399 on the list of top 500?"
"Yeah, It's only been up for two months since it was released."
"This month or next month, it'll definitely be able to rush to the top 350 or even the top 300."
"Yeah, is it that awesome?"
"Then, Mike is author Keon?"
"Really?"
"The forums are saying that Keon is going to be the next Emerging Author of End Line Novel Network next month."
"It's rumored that 'Fighting Heaven and Earth' is his first novel."
...
Mike turned out to be the author of the recently smashing hit novel on the End Line Novel Network 'Fighting Heaven and Earth'.
There were quite many students in the class 9 of grade 11 who were fond of reading novels. End Line Novel Network was no stranger to them as it was one of the most popular novel reading and writing platforms.
Many of the novel-reading students had heard of the name of the novel 'Battle Heaven And Earth' many times in their forum discussions.
But how could they know that the famous new author Keon was their classmate? This was like a dream come true for many of them.
Just like students their homeroom teacher was equally shocked.
'Mike is Keon? Wait a minute Keon is made up from his name Mike Colon.'
Edward is a fan of Keon. He's a genuine reader of the End Line Novel Network website. He had also sent rewards to Keon showing his support to him. He was also very optimistic about Keon as an author. A talented author whose first novel, "Battle Heaven And Earth", was able to become a huge hit on the End Line Novel Network.