The Lord Legend Of The Raicarnated Lord
Pawns and Announcements

Chapter 12: Pawns and Announcements

Instructor Claude rushed into the Academy Head's room with a face full of worry.

Sitting behind a large table and looking through the documents, the Head of the Academy raised his head and asked curiously, “What's wrong? You look very anxious. Did a fire happen? ”

“Um, no fire, sir. Head of the Academy, are you going to just let it go? Our three silver-ranked instructors have just resigned today, ” Instructor Claude said.

"Oh, I know that," Levin nodded as he stood up. "Do you want tea or coffee?"

Macks are a very similar drink to chocolate drinks; the beans will give off a rich and fragrant aroma when ground and boiled with water. It was even rumored to be a favorite drink of ancient fairies as well as legendary magi in the past and was quite expensive.

“I'll be fine with plain water. Currently the Silver rank instructor was extremely afraid of being challenged by a duel by Lorist. If this continues, we will be increasingly starved of energy and will find it difficult to maintain our usual class. One thing if the students were just watching the duel, but they also wanted to see Lorist defeat all the silver-ranked instructors in the school. Every day a large number of them would follow him around in anticipation of such a scene; it was quite depressing and embarrassing for the instructors of Lorist's challenge, ” Claude explained.

Levins lifted the silver kettle on the table and poured water for Claude and asked, "Has Lorist lost?"

"No . He fought against his 28th duel today and has never even lost a single match, and I don't think he will lose either. I have seen some of his matches and I believe those Silver ranked instructors will not be able to fight with Lorist at all. Most of them lost ten sword fights during Instructor Locke's duel, ” Claude replied.

“Then there is no need to do anything. We can stop him after he gets the Incador Medal. ”

“But the Head of the Academy, 13 of the 28 instructors he challenged had already resigned in contempt for losing him in public. Even some of those who had yet to accept the challenge from him also went scared. ”

“If they don't even have the courage to face failure, I won't stop them from leaving. We don't need boneless cowards like the ones at Dawn Academy. ”

While laughing bitterly, Claude continued, “Academy Chief, say it's possible, but think about how we should have maintained our regular class with the sudden loss of over 20 Silver-ranked instructors. There were already three classes of swordsmanship that could not be continued anymore due to the sudden void, with the students having nothing to do other than roam the academy. ”

Slowly moving to the window and gazing out, Levins said, "Claude, don't you feel that our academy has stagnated for some time now, like a puddle still?"

"Hm?" Instructor Claude tilted his head because he did not understand what the Head of the Academy said.

“While our academy only has 13 Gold-ranked instructors, Silver instructors rank 129 people surprisingly! Even the other Iron instructors only ranked and the assistant instructors numbered only 42, with the other 31 being non-combatant professors focused on other disciplines. The academy's management staff consisted of 45 people, the Enforcement Department had 68 people, and the other workers numbered 76. Apart from them, there were about 5000 students. Given such a ratio, don't you think a Silver rank instructor has too much influence? ”

Levins turned to Claude and said with a smile, "We always focus more on one's actual abilities when we intend to appoint someone as an instructor. Since when was it based on their Battle Strength? If it is like that, doesn't that mean a cripple like me who can't train in Battle Force should resign as the Head of the Academy as well? As Silver-ranked instructors, not only did they continue to strive for perfection, they harbored jealousy for people who were more skilled than them, they were not, unite and form their own hierarchy and even dare to put pressure on the academy when things start to go against their will . ”

"This time, the reason I let Locke do as he pleased was partly because of Charade's support as well. It's time we wake up the academy's silver-ranked instructors and remind them that their status in the academy does not depend on their War Force rank but their actual skills. If anyone is dissatisfied with this policy, they are free to resign to everything I care about. ”

Wiping the sweat on his forehead, Claude said, "Then, what do we do about the suspended classes? Should we start recruiting new instructors? "

“No need. I have already negotiated with the city's general garrison and will have ten or more retired military officers who are all Gold-ranked to come and become substitute instructors for the time being. If we still lack people, we can appoint some promising students to be our new instructors, but only if they are truly capable. ”

"Necessarily noted . I guess I will move now, ” Instructor Claude said as he placed the cup on the table and turned towards the exit.

"Wait," said the Head of the Academy. “There are still two other things. First, when Locke achieved his 30th consecutive victory, perform a small ceremony to award him the Incador Medal. Second, give a notice stating that Dawn Academy instructors cannot resist challenges from other instructors or students. Those who were disobedient had to leave the academy. Hmph, if I don't force them like this, they won't keep trying to improve their skills. ”

"No problem . It will be done. ”

"Oh, and you mentioned three classes that don't have an instructor in charge at the moment?" Levins thought about it and continued, "When Locke got the Incador Medal, assigned him to take charge of these three classes because they lost their instructor because he was in the first place. ”

"Wow, is that real?" Instructor Claude thought, speechless.

This is the 30th duel. There was a small stage about the height of a person beside the dueling place. It seemed like they knew without a doubt that Lorist would win. Instructor Claude stood quietly beside the stage beside a beautiful female student holding a box that was about 30 centimeters wide, possibly containing an Incador Medal inside.

Lorist was still in a good mood after his victory; he found the duel he had started over the past ten days quite addictive. The feeling of having another Silver rank instructor was really quite pleasant. Perhaps he could negotiate with Instructor Claude about whether he could continue to duel for twenty or more times and set another record in the academy and rename the Incador Medal with him.

Unfortunately, Instructor Claude immediately rejected the proposal and pulled it onto the small stage. All the students cheered as Lorist received the Incador Medal.

During the ceremony, Claude announced two things. He first congratulated Lorist for earning the Incador Medal and its history and explained the tradition behind the medal. After a long speech, he finally said something that had direct relevance to Lorist, that is, Lorist should be treated as a Gold ranked instructor in the academy and would receive the same benefits and rights as a Gold ranked instructor.

The second announcement came directly from the academy administration. From that day onward, no instructor would refuse a duel from another student or instructor for no justifiable reason and the outcome of each duel would play a role in the annual instructor evaluation. If the instructor refused the duel for no reason up to three times or if they lost the duel too much, the instructor would have to release their instructor's badge. The rules and protocols of the duel were also announced to the crowd, that is, an instructor should not challenge a student, someone of higher rank might not challenge those of lower rank, etc.

But the special rules regarding challenges aimed at the lower ranks did not apply to Lorist as he was the holder of the Incador Medal. Because he got it by getting a winning streak against an opponent of a higher level in the first place, he still had to accept the challenge issued by the Silver rank instructor even though his War Force was only at Iron rank. Lorist would lose the Incador Medal as well as the Gold ranked instructor rights should he lose a single duel.

Unbeknownst to Lorist, he served as a pawn in the Academy Heads plan to change the attitude of the academy and as a whip to suppress the Silver ranked instructor. However, he felt that the timing for the second announcement was a bit too coincidental with the acquisition of the Incador Medal.

Initially thinking of bringing his winning streak above 50, Lorist began to understand after the second announcement that there would be no doubt the flock of Silver ranked students and instructors had come to challenge him to take the Incador Medal from him. On the bright side, he would not lack any opponents to fight against. But it was extremely unfair for others to be able to take the Incador Medal from him after winning against him only once when he had to get 30 consecutive wins against an opponent of a higher rank.

Without giving Lorist too much time to know the implications, Instructor Claude went ahead of Lorist and spoke to him sincerely, “I have good news and bad news for you, Instructor Locke. Which one do you want to hear first? ”

Analyzing Claude's behavior but not finding anything strange about it, Lorist said, "Let me hear the good news first. At least it would entertain me a little. ”

“The good news is that during this month, there will be ten retired Gold-ranked military officers coming to the academy to take up positions as Gold-ranked instructors. ”

"Huh? I can understand that this is good news for the academy, but what does it have to do with me? ”Ask Lorist with curiosity.

“Because, the bad news is that you have to take responsibility for three classes that lost an instructor because of you. You will have to handle their swordsmanship classes until the end of this month before a new Gold rank instructor comes along. It comes from the administration so there is no basis for negotiation. Consider this a light punishment for causing so much chaos in the academy. ”

Already devastated, Lorist complained, "Where will I find a place to teach so many students at once?"

“Use only school fields. ”

……

Looking at the noisy crowd of students brought by Charade who easily numbered over a hundred from the stone platform in the school grounds, Lorist exclaimed, “Gosh, didn't you say there are only three classes? Why are there five student classes here !? ”

Charade said with a bitter laugh, “Don't blame me for this. Who asked you to defeat all of the Silver ranked instructors in just three or four fights? Now, the students began to be picky about the standards of their sword instructors and no longer wanted Silver ranked instructors to teach them. That's why they're here now. ”

“Huh, looks like I should be down for a while. They take a long time to get in line, talk about discipline … "

After touring the field, Lorist returned with a few letters of challenge. “I've received more than 20 challenges in one class! How can I survive this !? ”

Looking at him with a sympathetic face, Charade said, "What do you think the Enforcement Division is doing here other than to organize the students and maintain order? Now that you've become a famous figure in the academy, the administration has sent us to make sure there won't be any raids. ”

"I don't think I can live on like this .. Other instructors have almost nothing to do compared to the hundreds of challenges I received in three days … Even the Iron rank students wanted to take part in that, I really could not live like that. Fatty, this brother of yours is starting to regret listening to you from the beginning .. The Incador medal brought me nothing but trouble, ” Lorist said sadly.

Charade replied in an encouraging tone, “Stay maintain, brother. Although you get a lot of challenges, I'm sure most of them are made in the heat of the moment. They are not a threat to you, given that you can easily take care of them in two or three attacks. Even taking twenty of them is just a warm-up session for you. It's just a small fry. All you have to pay attention to are those who have actual skills that will come later. Oh, the students understand. Aren't you going to start your class? "

Lorist looked at the students who were lined up in disarray on the field and ruthlessly barked, "Train the eight basic moves of the sword for a thousand times!"