Assembly Hall (3)

"First of all, I would like to warmly welcome all of you here. Hahahaha. How are you all doing? Are you enjoying you stay here?"

Looking over the room the guide counted the amount of people in the room. His eyes bouncing from one person to another.

30 of you hmmm…. quite a lot, isn't it? And we have 10 deaths this time?"

A twisted smile rose from his lips.

"What a shame now isn't it. But the fact that so many made it here this time, it makes me so happy. So happy that I might have to increase the difficulty of the exam now."

The guide didn't even take a look at the twisting faces and panic of his audience and simply started playing with a small ball in his hands. Nonchalant and uncaring, that was the attitude that came across from him.

"What do you mean increasing the difficulty of the exam. What exam, just let us into Caldera already!"

"Yeah, you swine do as we say!"

A disgruntled crowd released an onslaught of curses and anger towards the blonde man.

However, the guide ignored this instead deciding to play with his glasses.

"Well, I could certainly just kill all of you right here right now, hmmm. There's always the next group to deal with. It would be a small loss to let go of you guys, however a loss is a loss and only simply that."

After hearing this a deathly silence spread inside the assembly hall. Seeing this the guide simply smirked.

"I'm sure that you're curious about many things. But let us follow the protocol okay. Just think of me as your manager. Round here I'm the boss!"

The room remained silent, everyone deciding to listen to what the dominating man was saying.

"Good. Now everyone present here we want you to all see your beautiful status screens. To do this is rather simple, all you have to do is simply yell Status in your minds. It's also okay to say it out loud, as well. I think that was a rather simple instruction, hopefully your brains can understand a simple instruction such as this."

'Okay let's do this, Status Window. Just thinking about status, well even I can do that', just as Ryuen thought like this….

In the empty air right in front of his eyes, a familiar holographic image along with a landslide of text appeared before him.

[Your Status Window]

[1. General Information]

Sex/Age: Male/16

Summoning Date: September 25th, 2025.

Hunter Level: F-class

Height/Weight: 175.4/75 kg

Current Condition: Healthy

Class: Undecided

Nationality: Japanese (Group J1)

Affiliation: N/A

Alias: N/A

[2. Traits]

1. Temperament:

—Lecherous (Possesses a very high sex drive. Thus, holds an extreme sexual inclination towards women. This sort of temperament can be easily analysed by someone with the analyse skill)

—Resilient (Possesses a conqueror's mindset. Isn't afraid to confront fears and battle onwards. Can face through adversities with a relatively calm mind.)

[2. Physical Level]

Strength: Low (Low)

Endurance: Low (Low)

Agility: Low (Low)

Stamina: Low (Low)

Mana: Beginner (Low)

Luck: Beginner (Low)

Remaining Ability points: 0

[3. Abilities]

1. Innate Abilities (1)

—Accel Forward (Grade S+)

2. Class Related Abilities (0)

3. Other Abilities (0)

[4. Mental ability]

— Will be able to be determined after the tutorial event.

"Woahhh...."

"Wwwwhat, the hell is this?"

"OMG, am I dreaming. Somebody please slap me.... Ouch! No this isn't a dream."

People in the room began gasping in bewilderment everywhere. Ryuen was no exception. Although he had been expecting many things when he gained the opportunity to transfer to Caldera, he didn't expect this. Not in his wildest imagination.

"Yo what's this 'Innate Ability' thing? Hey, Hugo, what does yours say?"

"Look I've got a high mana stat. I'm totally going to become the wizard king!"

"Calm down, Yuno."

The whole room entered a state of disarray as people began discussing their newly found status screens.

"I wonder who has innate abilities here ", Ryuen quietly whispered to himself.

"Not many people have an innate ability you know. Perhaps you have an innate ability?"

The person who answered Ryuen's question was none other than the blonde guide. Ryuen looked at him, rather perplexed.

"Oh, please excuse my poor manners. I haven't introduced myself, silly me. My name is Pildou, Pildou Astenhart. Nice to meet you."

The man named Pildou's evergreen eyes shone with curiosity as they looked deep into the soul of Ryuen.

"Well do you have an innate ability or not. I'm rather interested, please don't keep this one waiting. I'm not a very patient person you see", he stated whilst guffawing loudly without a care in the world.

Ryuen didn't expect these words to be coming to him. Glances from the crowd were starting to be drawn to him yet again, flustered he shook his head in denial.

"N-No sir, I don't have one. I was just curious, that's all."

The blonde man looked at him again this time with more emphasis.

Had he seen through Ryuen's deception.

He concentrated his gaze for a few more seconds, before letting the matter go.

"Oh… I see. Well, it's only natural for you to not have an Innate Ability. That is how most humans who enter the tutorial section are. It's quite rare to have one actually. You don't have to mind that section of your Status Window then."

Pildou smiled brightly as he spoke.

"Well, then. Let's all tell each other our hunter levels. This time, please reveal your hunter level to each other. This is a basic showcase of your potential. It might be quite useful for the trial you are going to face. Just like before, just think about it or speak it out loud, and it will be done. Don't worry, I won't be able to see anything besides what's been revealed."

The assembly hall yet again became quite noisy, everyone looking at their hunter ranks. However, this time Ryuen who was still intensely staring at his own Status Window, remained silent. Looking at his own hunter class.

'F-class, you can't be serious, that's like the worst one'