Pieces of Hope
A genius? Which Loser Is That?

On top of the mountain of corpses Xiang Yu stared at the star-filled sky. He had no sense of emotion whatsoever after committing a massacre against the Kobolds.

Sensing the presence of Reedion, he looked to the left under the pile of corpses. Seeing the trembling Rin holding back his entrails from looking at the monster's non-intact limbs and the fishy smell of blood.

His eyes and Rin's eyes were met with a cold expression and an aura of intimidation. Of course when Rin saw Xiang Yu, it was as if he felt a high existence so low that his heart was beating fast.

Rin had fought against supreme hegemony like Behemots, only this time she felt her legs soft as she looked into Xiang Yu's eyes standing on a pile of corpses.

"W-didn't you kill all this?" rin's voice shook in disbelief

Xiang Yu stood up to flick his sword and put it in his sarge. "Did you see anyone other than me?"

Just this time Rin believed Chen Yu's words, her judgment was wrong, all this time she believed

rank is the assessment of one's combat strength. But before Xiang Yu everything collapsed, a thousand ranker before him was a hidden monster.

"N-not so! I just can't believe you did it alone."

"I'm too handsome, obviously I can do it myself." Xiang Yu posed cool while smiling proudly.

Not long bogged down in horror as he looked at Xiang Yu was replaced by outright disgust at seeing the piqueness.

—— after burning the monster corpses with magic Xiang Yu and Rin rush to regroup with his team. The atmosphere was silent for a moment, there was no talk, Xiang Yu was just focusing on riding his horse.

Until Rin looks at him. "If you have that kind of power, why are you at the bottom?"

"Limited you have power or not, rank is the number that the 'old man' is stupid to apply."

"Stupid old man? You're referring to Duke Nie Yan, aren't you?" Rin tilted her head

"Yes, maybe she." Xiang Yu stroked his chin. "With the rank, you can copetition to win the rank with every effort to exceed the limit."

It's a system used to distinguish individual strength, cruel indeed but with this system the high echelons in the School of Magic and Knight can easily identify the geniuses. In addition, they can distribute resources for further development of the exercise.

"What about you? Do you feel strong on that leaderboard?" Xiang Yu looked at Rin

"Mn. enough," Rin replied after a long time of thought. "I get Melissa's mentor who is a magic genius, a few special candlestick scrolls once a month, and more."

"Yes, that's pretty special." He nodded slowly. Not expecting the treatment between an ordinary genius with a supreme genius to be so different. "Unfortunately I'm just a fool, so for such a high rank I don't think I'm a match."

The journey was fast, Xiang Yu could see that he was being waited on by Chen Yu who was chatting with the local security. After seeing Xiang Yu he approached while smiling in relief. Yes, however, he did not underestimate Xiang Yu's own combat power.

The village is the first stop for overnight stays, there are still a few days to reach the main destination. He was led by Chen Yu to an inn room rented privately by Chen Yu herself.

***

As per the scheduled time they continued on to Bai Feng City. Ever since their departure, Annie who was beside Xiang Yu looked with those bright shining eyes remembered her when she first met Yu Ji.

Maybe Rin told him what he saw last night so that this girl's enthusiasm surged like it was going to devour Xiang Yu round and round.

"H-hi," said Xiang Yu. "Is your sleep good?"

"Yes, are you too?" Annie smile. "I heard from Rin, you were able to exterminate hundreds of monsters alone?"

At this moment he was eager to lie, his image as a thousand rank mob would simply crumble. But unluckily, he could not deny just giving an awkward smile.

"Yes, I think Chen Yu's talk is like thin air."

"You mean?" Xiang Yu looked at Annie in confusion

As if displaying a surprised face Annie said. "He just leaked unimportant information, don't think about it." He waved his hand as if nothing had happened.

"Like one of the lowest ranked disciples with 'extraordinary' strength'. I think I missed something, and yes, some genius student hid himself well in the mud."

"Do I have to thank you for that?" Reply while being smirked. "I'm just too lazy to be smart or so-called genius, strongest or*****bale is that."

"Too lazy?" Annie seemed to want to explode. "That's like my rank means nothing to you." He said he took a deep breath. "Let's talk as friends, Mr. Xiang Yu. Let's say I'm the one who knows your little secret."

The tension of the conversation like it would be more heated, Rin followed and then patted Annie on the shoulder. Annie knew it was a gesture to be silent, just that her face had aversion. After all, he felt that the rank he had reached at the moment was not considered in Xiang Yu's eyes.

And Xiang Yu knew, he knew high self-esteem for the top rankers. He did not care, as long as the calmness of his life was not disturbed.

"You're as loud as ever..." Chen Yu was speechless and Xiang Yu simply smiled.

***AUTHOR NOTE :

WAA!

honestly this is a new writing style, and yes, I punks 'Annie' here changed drastically to try a new writing style. Like the previous chapter, this is bullshit...

"LTW!!! THANKS FOR THE LYRICS, ANONYMOUS!!!"

I can't see who likes it anyway.. but the important thing is to keep stay here 😭😭.

LIKE AND COMMENT COK! DON'T GET YOUR THUMB BENT BECAUSE GA PICKER LIKE***