139 Ambitions (1/2)

Will had designed his area to be like a fortress, but the walls were still strange. What was the point of having stone walls when a person could leap over it?

Modern warfare relied on the power and expertise of users and their abilities. A good example of this is the Samsara sect. Only 5 of its members were World-Class experts. Musashi had at least a dozen and Arthur the same, if not more. Yet, just Genesis by himself was enough to scare the wolves away. That was the power of World-Class experts. There was no formal ranking for fighters except for the ones the IB had, but there was another type of tier system that earth users started to use. From the weakest to strongest they were: Beginner, Amateur, Professional, Expert, World-Class, and Legendary.

It went without saying that this was not about battle power, but how much the user could affect a situation. Eg, some information classes banned the user from learning any battle skills, but there was a World-Class information class user among the supremes. That person could not fight, but their expertise allowed them to become a supreme without a single battle.

To become World-Class, one had to be world-famous for their skill and prowess. To be an Expert, one must be able to defeat 10 Professional users in either battle or their field of expertise. To be a Professional, similarly one would have needed to beat a hundred Amateurs. As for classifying as an Amateur, one had to be able to defeat a thousand Beginners.

It went from 1000, to 100, to ten, to World-Class. To be Legendary, one had to get the public recognition of the two Sovereigns.

Only Genesis, Ezra, and Ten Years Too Early had managed to do so. Hence publicly, Genesis, Musashi and Dragonheart, Ezra, and Ten Years Too Early were the so-called Legendary tier. Of course, the IB did not recognize this system, then again, when it started it wasn't recognized either.

Ten Years Too Early was the head of the first ring in the Nine Rings Clan. He was a quiet man who kept to himself, but one time he fought Ezra to a standstill, gaining instant fame. The world suspected that one or two of the supremes were also legendary, but none had yet done a feat worthy of such. Many believed Arthur might be hiding his cards.

Will arrived and greeted the girls. The crew started walking, which was odd, considering that they could move faster than a modern-day car. Their instructions were to follow Will somewhere and obey his orders.

Will was able to slowly use this to diffuse some of Merlin's hate towards him, not to mention she did feel gratitude for his help in achieving Martial Harmony. This was only due to the overwhelming difference between their mental abilities.

As the trio passed some abandoned cars on a highway the topic slowly shifted towards their ambitions. ”Now you guys know my ambition, pretty cool right?”

Merlin looked at Will disdainfully and said, ”Since when is marriage a grand ambition.”