Chapter 240: Ch-240: Zero Wing
"B Rank, as expected. You can form your guild if you want. B is the minimum requirement for Bronze- and Silver-Grade Guilds," the official said with a smile.
Ellie walked away from the orb, pleased with himself, but did not leave the room. He crossed his arms as he waited for Victor’s turn.
"Who will go next?" The official looked at Victor’s group and asked.
"I will go," Victor said calmly.
"All the best, dear," Rina said with a smile.
Victor nodded and walked towards the orb and repeated the same process as everyone else.
Buzz
The blue light that shone was brighter, and a letter appeared above the orb, and everyone was stunned, especially Ellie, who had his eyes pop out of their sockets as he said in a trembling voice, "S-S Rank...impossible!"
Ellie said with a stammer, and his eyes widened so much that it seemed they were going to fall out at any moment. He even pinched himself to check if he was hallucinating or not because only the direct heirs and a few handful of others managed to get this rank, and now one just appeared just when he had tested his rank. Don’t misunderstand, he had no intention of opening his own Guild but just wanted to increase his worth before joining his sister’s and the family guild.
The others who did not know Victor also looked at him with disbelief.
"S Rank." The officials, seeing the number, were startled and looked at Victor in disbelief and shock before their emotions shifted and turned into greed, awe, and respect.
Victor calmly took his hand away from the orb and thought, ’If I did not control the mana flow, this orb would have exploded into pieces and my identity as Faceless could have been exposed.’
He then turned his head around and looked at the officials who were looking at him with a hungry gaze; it was as if he was a young maiden about to get devoured by big bad wolves.
"I will go next." Amber saw that Victor was done with his evaluation and walked towards the orb with graceful steps.
"What do you think she will get...? I mean, she is an Elite Class student like that man," one of the men said in a whisper.
Amber heard those words but paid no attention to them as she repeated the same process as he did.
She put her hand on the orb and...
Buzz
A blinding blue light erupted from the orb, and the entire surroundings fell into an eerie silence as Amber realized what had happened.
"Look at them. You shocked them too much...you should have held back more," Victor said with an amused smile, and she just shrugged her shoulders.
Everyone snapped out of their daze and said with shaky voices, "T-Two S Ranks...heavens, how is this...possible?"
The officials immediately became excited, and Ellie just stood at the corner of the room, dumbfounded.
Then everyone’s eyes immediately fell on Rina. They could not help but assume that she was also an S Rank, as she had come with the duo.
Gulp
Rina gulped a mouthful of saliva upon seeing pairs of eyes fixated on her but quickly regained her composure almost immediately, as she was raised to handle pressure like nobility.
She walked towards the orb and then repeated the same process as Victor and Amber, and the orb glowed blue brightly but a bit dimmer than Victor’s and Amber’s.
"A Rank."
"Sigh, I thought it would be another S Rank."
"Do you think S Ranks are cabbages that can be found on the roadside?"
"A Rank is still among the top, and only a hundred have A Rank tiers."
The officials chattered among themselves as Victor nodded his head in satisfaction and said, "Good, you suppressed your mana leak more than me."
"It’s only logical. You two have already attracted too much attention. If I was added, there was a chance your Faceless identity would have been exposed."
A middle-aged man then walked towards the trio and handed Victor, Amber, and Rina a form and said in a calm voice, "You can all register your guild here, and we will run a promotion for a month. Normally, only B Ranks and higher get it, and it’s capped at one month."
"Hmm, why are you returning this?" the older man said as he saw Amber and Rina returning their forms.
"Isn’t it obvious? We are going to join his guild," Amber said as she hugged Victor, and Rina also nodded.
"What!" The older man exclaimed and thought, ’Two S Tiers in one guild. It’s like the top guild where Rachel, Olivia, and Andrew are.’ The man swallowed hard as he looked at the trio.
"By the way, as you are the leader and an S Tier, your guild rank will be of the highest grade, which is Platinum. There is still the Diamond Tier, but only the top three guilds will be granted the title after a few more..." The official looked at Victor and reminded him, to which Victor just nodded. He already knew from his last life.
"Do you have a name for the Guild?" The man asked Victor, and he said with a smile, "Of course I do."
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"You should be ready. We’re going to get swarmed by people," Victor warned Rina and Amber, who nodded their heads, but Victor was the one looking at the door to the auditorium with a bit of dread.
"Huff..." Victor took a deep breath as he pushed the door open, and the moment he did that, they were hit by a wave of flashes from the cameras.
"Excuse me, I am from Fox News. Could you please tell me about your feelings? What’s on your mind now that you have become one of the few S Rank Awakeners on Earth?"
"Are these two your women? Are you going down the polygamy road?"
"Ladies, can I interview you?"
"Miss Amber, you are also an S Rank. Any plans on leaving your current partner for a new one?"
"We are from..."
Victor grabbed Rina and Amber, especially Amber, who was close to exploding due to the inappropriate questions thrown at her. Just as they escaped the wave of reporters, they were greeted by a brand-new wave, and this time they were all recruiters from various Gold-Ranked guilds, organizations, and families.
"Excuse me, may I have a moment of your time? I would like to offer a B Rank item if you join the guild."
"I am from Crimson Moon Guild. I would give you an annual salary of 10 million dollars."
"10 million? We will offer him 100 million to join our guild!"
"No, he should join our Guild. We will give him 350 million if he joins our guild."
"Then step aside and don’t react to his offers."
"Excuse me..."
"Please..."
Getting tired of them, Victor walked towards them and finally stood to speak. "I am making my own guild, and the girls will also join my guild."
"What!" Hearing this, the room was filled with gossip and disbelief.
Many of the recruiters’ faces turned unsightly, and they walked toward the exit, but before they could go, one of them stopped and asked Victor, "By the way, what’s the name of your guild?"
"Zero Wing," Victor said with a smirk.
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Headmaster’s Office, World Awakeners Academy.
Headmaster Lance was going through some documents at the moment, and his brows furrowed as he said, "If you want to use your recommendations, at least choose someone who can fight."
Lance became more irritated thinking about this, and suddenly the door burst open and the vice headmaster walked in with a pale face.
"What happened to you?" Lance said with a look of concern on his face.
"Headmaster, quickly turn on the news. A new Platinum Guild has been formed," the vice principal said, and Lance’s eyes widened as he exclaimed, "What, Platinum Rank?"
Lance immediately turned on the TV without asking who the leader was, and sure enough, it showed the news and the faces of Victor and Amber.
"Player Victor and Amber were discovered to be the new S Rank players, while Rina revealed an astonishing potential of an A Rank player, and today, Player Victor has created the guild Zero Wing."
"It’s these two." Lance was surprised but clearly remembered those two, as they were the ones who had beaten their opponents half to death and personally handed him a token to contact him.
"Hehe, I can’t wait to see the looks on the faces of heirs and patriarchs of the noble families as they’re surprised by your book," Lance said with a chuckle, already imagining the shades of red on their faces.
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World Awakeners Academy
The front of the building was decorated with the size of a dragon and equipped with modern technology.
"Woah, this is a cool building," Rina said as she looked at the buildings one by one.