Sword Rankers
Family

“Eeeeeeeee.......? Ughhhh..... So hurt. Where are the others?” Ran woke up while moaning in pain.

He looked around the empty, dark gymnasium, looking around for his classmates.

“It looks like they've gone all well? Huffff..... Today it failed again. I'd better go home as soon as” He can only resignedly accept his condition.

He realized that no one had come to wake him.

So Ran could only take it with his chest. Ran goes to her class through the dark hallway of the school to pick up a bag and goes home even though she doesn't want to.

“Sial, if you remember, Michael still has not returned my uniform. Shitty, how do I ask it to try?” Ran recalled the bitter fact he had received.

Michael must have gone home first, Ran's uniform might have been carried away by him. And he knew that it would be difficult to ask for his uniform back.

Michael was the best student in his class. He was the son of an S-level Ranker from the first generation. He inherited a strong ability from his father he also had the highest grade of the class and was even considered by the teachers as a new S-level Ranker candidate.

His abilities naturally gave Michael immense self-esteem and pride.

If Ran asks for his uniform to be returned, Michael will probably feel his pride insulted. With his status and ability, he would be able to easily bully Ran, if that happened, Ran would not be able to fight him in the slightest, at his worst possibility, he had to go through school with memories of being a bully victim.

“Cih, inevitably, I can only wait for him himself to return. I don't know when he'll give it back. Just in case, I'd better wash this uniform, because he might not return my sports uniform. After this stop by Mr. Bon first,” Ran chose to pass through a safer alternative without a big risk.

Ran gets to his class, unfortunately, his class is already in lockdown.

“Sial! Of course it's locked. How about this, all my money for this one week is in the bag.”

Ran tries to find a way to get into her class. He tried to check one of the windows in the hope that there was an unlocked window.

“Good! There is an unlocked window.” Ran was excited when he found a little hope

He rushed to try to enter his class through the window.

“Sial, cramped really” He had a little trouble because the window was too high and narrow

Ran tried as much as possible to lift his body to enter the narrow window.

“Ok, a little more........ Nice!” Ran finally managed to enter his class.

“Ok, now just grab and go from this gloomy place” Ran rushed to his desk to pick up his bag and as soon as possible to go home.

However, an uneasy sight greeted him when he reached his desk

“Yahhhhh.... It's not a strange thing” Ran has gotten used to this and accepted it.

On his desk, there is Ran's sports uniform that is dirty. A lot of dust, sand and soil stuck to his clothes.

He did not want to think complicated, and immediately took his sports uniform.

“Leave washed alone what is difficult”

He only said something to comfort himself, even though in his heart he felt very upset and angry.

But to him, the target of his anger was something too high to reply to, accepting this matter calmly and taking it as a normal thing was better than bothering to take revenge.

Ran immediately rushed away from his gloomy class.

He had exited the building and found the dark and gripping atmosphere, the school looked scary at night. There were no lights in the school. Until the dim street lights that are outside the school, look very bright.

He immediately ran towards the gate and deftly climbed up the gate fence.

The atmosphere outside the school is not much different from the atmosphere inside the school. The streets feel very quiet. There was hardly a single person or vehicle passing through the streets of the school.

“It should be very quiet, it is almost past midnight, you cruel people, at least wake me up, hopefully Mr. Bon still receives guests at this hour

Ran crossed the dark and silent streets alone.

The longer he walked, he began to find some people who were still awake. Whether it's the kids doing the vandalism, or the people who just came home from work.

On the way home, Ran turns into a small shop. The lid is wide in front of the shop. But Ran doesn't care.

“Haloooooooo! Mr. Bon, please open dong” Ran shouted while banging on the door of the store.

“Haissssss, so noisy, who is it?.” Not long after, there was a voice that answered Ran's call.

Ran slightly retreated from the shop door, there were loud footsteps from inside the store, and then the shop door opened violently.

“Hoii! Who'sis that? Why bother on gini nights?.” From inside the shop appeared a middle-aged, fat-bodied man with a bushy beard adorning his face.

“Yooo, sorry to disturb Mr. Bon.” Ran greeted lightly.

“Oalah, it turns out you, let's go in first.” The man allowed Ran to enter as if he had gotten used to it.

Ran lightly entered into the shop belonging to the middle-aged man who was called Mr. Bon. He stepped towards the neatly arranged table and chair in one corner of the store. While Mr. Bon went towards the kitchen of the store to prepare a warm drink.

Ran was calm and comfortable in this place, this shop was a small shop that specialized in selling various kinds of equipment and weapons commonly used by wild Rankers.

Wild Rankers are Rankers who form their own associations with other Rankers without relying on the government.

Although called Rankers, not all wild Rankers have Ranker titles officially, there are some low-level Hyper who cannot pass the Ranker exam and cannot also get other jobs.

So that they both formed a group called Guilds that worked to close the Gate. There was also a wild Ranker who was a low-leveled Ranker who did not get a decent salary so chose to be a wild Ranker, as well, even according to rumors there were also high Level Rankers who became wild Rankers because they did not like the rules of the government.

The wild Rankers live by relying on the money from closing the Gate and exterminating the monsters that come out, the monsters that come out usually drop various valuable materials that can be used for various things.

For example, to make weapons and equipment for Rankers, or used as building materials. Buildings that use materials dropped by monsters have high quality because they have long durability. The better and quality of the material used, the more expensive the price can be.

It was from this result that wild Rankers could earn income, in contrast to the government Rankers who earned monthly salaries according to their Levels and rankings, they also obtained weapons and equipment directly from the government, as well, although sometimes government Rankers still have to spend a lot of money to buy high-level weapons and equipment provided by the government.

The wild Rankers who can't get weapons from the government, team up with the Hyper with Blacksmith's ability to create their own weapons for their community.

It is also utilized by Rankers with Blacksmith abilities by opening a shop that sells equipment and weapons to wild Rankers.

Mr. Bon was one of them, he was a former government Ranker of the first generation. His great background should make him rich and famous, coupled with his great Blacksmith abilities even when compared to the Blacksmith Rankers of today.

I don't know what he thought until he opened a small equipment store in a remote area that many people didn't know about, and even sold his equipment and weapons at a low price.

In fact, all weapons made by Mr. Bon, have A~S level quality that can be sold very expensive.

However, Mr. Bon instead sold it at a price equivalent to D~C-level equipment.

Though Mr. Bon should be able to get rich easily if selling his products at the original price.

Ran daydreamed about Mr. Bon's reason.

“So, what comes midnight like this?” Mr. Bon's voice from the kitchen broke Ran's daydream.

“Eh? Huh huh? What?” Ran who was conscious from his daydream could not respond to Mr. Bon's question.

“Basic! Hence do not daydream too much”

“Haha, sorry, sorry. So what was it?”

“I asked, why did you come in the middle of the night like this? You come often at night, but never last night? Is there a problem yah?”

“Nothing, just being bored because you can't sleep.” Ran lied because he did not want to make Mr. Bon worried

“Long!”

“Ehhhh?”

“Tell me the truth, you were bullied at school right?”

“A-What does it mean well? At school I was fine, my friends were fine, they were very friendly and often helpful.” Ran is still trying to lie, he still feels if Mr. Bon is just guessing.

“Already, do not lie, it looks clear kok”

“Ehhhh?” Ran was very shocked, his face was deathly pale for fear of being discovered.

Hows it? How could Mr Bon know?

“Ti-“

“Your book!”

“Hah?”

“Your body is dirty, full of cat” stains

“What?” Ran was shocked and checked his clothes, he only realized that he was still wearing Michael's sports uniform that was filled with paint stains

It's worth it, Mr. Bon knows

“Not to mention, you often come up with a battered face, what other reason does someone with the ability of responsibility like you have if not bullied”

“Ahhhhh..... If you already know that much, it seems like I no longer need to kink anymore, it's true, I was always bullied by my classmates. I always come to my father's place as an escape and seek tranquility, because at home, it's the same as at school." Ran gave up on arguing, he explained everything in a soft voice.

“So....” Mr. Bon walked towards Ran while carrying 2 cups of hot chocolate

“Drink first, you must be cold right?”

“Heheh, thank you well pak” Ran take the hot chocolate served and drink it with a calm feeling.

“Oh yes, does it matter if you haven't slept? How's your school tomorrow?”

“Oh it, no problem, tomorrow school holiday”

“Not tomorrow new saturday?”

“Schools today are indeed off on Saturdays and weeks, parents base kolot”

“Hoi keep your mouth that, do not be rude to parents, basic young people today.”

“Haha kidding, sorry, sorry”

“But Ran, why do you keep staying in that school? You know right, Hyper with low abilities like you are so unappreciated there, why don't you join one of the wild Ranker guilds instead? If you want, I can introduce you to one of the wild Ranker chiefs who comes here often. They were indeed not a large guild, but at least their guild was more solid than joining the government's Ranker”

“ Ran shut up and sipped his hot chocolate “pak, for me, being a government Ranker is not just to make money, I want to graduate and become a Ranker officially as proof that I can also be successful. I will prove to those who demean me that I can too.” Ran answered Mr. Bon's question with great confidence. He straightened his head and looked at Mr. Bon with a confident look.

“Hmmpp.” Mr. Bon laughed a little “But first, conquer the people who bother you first, then you can say big”

“Hehe, unfortunately they are not random”

“Oh yes? Who they are”

“Michael and his gang, Michael Wirtz, he is the son of Lod Wirtz.”

“Lod Wirtz? Lod the Ranker Level S the Master of land? Who controlled almost the entire land in the capital? Why is his son in this remote place?”

“Loh? How did you know about him?

“We both came from the first generation, during the events of Monster Attack, me and him were on the same team, we were guarding serving in the capital to escort the president back then. From the past he was indeed a rotten person, in exchange for his contribution, he asked for the right of ownership of the capital. No one dared to resist because he had a great contribution in protecting the capital."

“Urghh, annoying father and son”

“But there is something strange, given his nature, he should have put his son into the best Hyper school in the capital, why did he send his son to this remote city?”

“Entah, from what I heard anyway, he has a complicated family”

“Ahhhh, I understand the outline”

Ran and Mr. Bon continued chatting until it was past 1 am.

“Lah? Is it 1 in the morning? Time passes quickly, all right, see you Mr. Bon, I want to go home first”

“Hei all stay here”

“No need, I have to prepare breakfast because”

Ran immediately ran out and headed to his house, Ran's house is quite far from the store Mr. Bon, it takes at least 30 minutes by running, but fortunately, he was lucky, thanks to Ran's physique being stronger than the average human, it only took him ten minutes.

Ran arrived at his house, his house was small and filled with garbage.

You crazy people, again they throw garbage in front of my house, they think my house is a dumpster?

Ran grumbled inwardly, this small place he called home, always unappreciated by others. Not infrequently there are those who throw garbage or do vandalism such as doodling the walls of his house.

Ran stepped inside the house, he opened the door slowly and very carefully so as not to cause a rowdy sound.

Open slowly, walk slowly and directly into the room, do not let ‘people it’ woke up, he would have raged if he saw me coming home this late.

Unfortunately, Ran's plan did not go smoothly. Not to mention putting his entire body into the house, a glass bottle was thrown right next to him. The glass bottle hit the wall and shattered with an unpleasant sound.

Ran was surprised to be unable to respond, he looked across, there was a middle-aged man with a shabby appearance and a distended stomach, he had an unkempt rough beard. His gaze was like that of a drunken man, but it felt clear anger from the look in his eyes.

“You.... Hick! From where? Hik!.” The man asked with hiccups, he tried to stand staggeringly while carrying another glass bottle.

“ Ran just silently stared without answering.

“From anywhere you're a fucking kid!!!!!” The man rampages and hits Ran on the head with a glass bottle until the bottle itself is destroyed.

Ran grimaced with pain and upset.

“Until when?” Ran asked in a low tone

“Hah? Hik!”

“Until when do you want to live a miserable life like this old man!!!!” Ran rampaged and cursed the man.

“You! How dare your father!” The man who claimed Ran's father went berserk.

Sharks

He swung the glass bottle that had broken in half towards Ran.

Ran dodged it by looking down, then jumped towards the man's chin and headed it tight.

“Ughhh” The man grimaced in pain and walked to the back with a stagger.

Ran encouraged the man to drop him.

“Do not confess as my father!! You're just a useless drunk man!!” Ran berates his own father and refuses to acknowledge him as his father.

His father only looked at Ran with an annoyed look, but, behind that gaze, there were eyes from someone who was already desperate.

“Cih!” Ran turned towards his room, leaving the man alone. He locked himself in his room.

In her room, Ran threw her bag violently, and climbed onto the mattress without taking off her shoes.

Ran's feelings were getting more chaotic, his resentment and hatred raging more intensely in his heart. And among the feelings of hatred, there was deep sadness as well. Ran was unable to hold it in, and he finally vented his feelings.

“Hiks.... Ibu...... I miss you so much”