Sword Rankers
The Others

The man in front of Ran named Madison Bertof introduced himself as a scientist who created many tools for their Guild. He was also the one who helped Aurelia in maximizing her abilities. And he was currently conducting an experiment to create a protective mechanism for the Guild headquarters.

"Haha... Finally a new member, long time no new member." Madison chuckled while patting Ran on the shoulder.

"Hehehehe..." Ran replied to him just by laughing awkwardly.

Tap Tap Tap

Then an impatient footsteps came to them, followed by an upset voice mixed with worry from someone, "Hoi Madison! You're where? Are you alive or dead?"

The alarm bell was followed by the appearance of someone from the direction Madison threw.

Ran looked at the person, from his voice sounding like a woman although a bit hoarse, but his appearance was very much like a man, that person was wearing a dark blue Jumpsuit that metal craftsmen used to wear when welding iron. On his head, wrapped around a cloth that covered the entire top of his head so as to make him appear bald, his entire body looked burly and strong, even though it was covered by his clothes, the muscles in his body were clearly visible to Ran. The most striking thing about him was that he had no eyebrows and no eyelashes, even his hands were strong without the slightest body hair.

Seeing his appearance, Ran decided that there was a man, Yes, he must be a man, just his voice was a little like a woman.

Madison who saw the person coming, immediately greeted him flirtatiously, "Oh sorry my dear, I've worried you well? Here's the hug." Madison said as she approached the man in a hugging position.

Ran was amused at Madison's behavior, Ughhh... It's worth it, Mr. Bon said he was a little crazy.

The person became irritated and annoyed at Madison's flirtatious behavior towards her, her originally running worry-free self instantly turned angry in an instant.

Bhuaghh

The person resentfully punched Madison in the stomach while shouting furiously

"Don't act disgusting like that crazy bastard!"

"Ohokay!"

Madison immediately collapsed due to a crushing blow, he sat down while holding his stomach in pain.

Ran who saw him retreated because he was horrified.

Madison coughed because her stomach was hit, while the perpetrator who hit her looked unapologetic and just put his hand on her waist while looking at Madison like he was looking at dirt on the street.

"Hah~ Basics, this lunatic has never learned well?"

"Uhok, hehehe... It's okay, if it's you, I'd be beaten 1000 times." Madison casually held up her thumb while smiling happily.

His behavior finally angered the person in front of him.

"You like it huh? You like it like this, huh!? Here you are, let me beat you up!!!!"

Unmercifully, the man stomped Madison's head to the floor.

Buk Buk Bak

"ah! Aw! It hurts! But I'm happy as long as you do it ahahahaha."

Ran was increasingly astonished to see the behavior of the two of them, he approached Mr. Bon and asked in a whisper.

"Have they always been like this?"

"Finally, I told you, right? Madison's a genius but a little crazy."

"I can understand that."

After being satisfied to beat Madison, then the person was aware of the presence of Ran.

"Eh? Any guests huh? Sorry, sorry, I didn't realize."

The person with the jumpsuit hurriedly apologized while looking down after giving the final attack to Madison.

"Akhn..." Madison groaned in pain behind her.

Ran replied by coming down while introducing himself.

"Ah yes, greetings, I am Ran Corbin."

"Greetings, my name is Rose Feliyin."

His name sounded incompatible with his appearance, Ran thought in his heart.

Then Mr. Bon came forward to take over the conversation, "Nah Rose, Ran is a new member, I brought him here to introduce the other members. Good with him, yeah."

"Ready sir." Rose said with excitement.

Ran also asked to shake hands, "Then please help, well Mr. Rose."

Dengs

Instantly everyone was stunned to hear Ran's words, Rose who was in front of him suddenly kept silent, she who was originally excited suddenly lowered her head like a depressed person.

Mr. Bon next to Ran held his head in his arms as if he was having a headache and muttered softly, "Had, I should have told you before I was known."

Madison who slept on the floor also behaved strangely, he suddenly laughed out loud while rolling around to and fro.

"Sir?" Rose muttered softly.

Ran was confused as to what was happening exactly, he felt he did not do anything strange and just acted ordinary.

Then Rose raised her face, then Ran could see the expression plastered from her.

Rose's expression looked a little complicated, her eyes looking teary like one who was willing to cry, but the sharp corner of her eyes made her look angry. Ran did not understand what made his behavior change in the blink of an eye.

"Sir? You called me sir!?" Rose asked with a trembling voice.

Ran instinctively retreated while putting his hands in front with a position like to push people, when he heard the question.

"Eh? Eummm...? L-yes?"

"Sir you said!?" Rose asked once again in an annoyed tone, he pulled the cloth wrapped around his head violently, looking slippery plontos head that had been covered up all along.

Ran did not need to ask anymore, obviously once Rose was furious, it was clearly depicted on her face.

"E.e...e... L-yes?"

"Ba****n! I am a stupid woman!!!!" Shouted Rose while punching Ran in the face.

Bhuaghh

Ran could not dodge and ended up being hit right on his face.

An Ran floated exposed to Rose's fist and was thrown several meters back.

Buk... Prangs...

Ran could not avoid crashing into the furniture that was behind him, he crashed into the table and dropped some items made of glass.

"Akhs...! Ti..dak mung.kin."

"Hmmmph-g..." Rose snorted as she crossed her arms across her chest, then went somewhere.

...****************...

"Ouch, ouch... Please slow down."

"Sorry, I didn't know she was a girl."

"Relax, calm down, it's only natural that almost every member here has misunderstood Rose like you before."

Madison is currently treating a bruise on Ran's face which is the result of Rose's blow to Ran.

While treating Ran, Madison tells a little about Rose to Ran.

"It's only natural that if you misunderstand me, Rose does look like a man rather than a woman, but make no mistake, even like that, her heart is very fragile and sensitive."

"Why then would he look like a man if he didn't want to be considered a man? Did he wish that everyone would know that she was that kind of woman? It's so annoying, you selfish!" Said Ran with a grumbling tone

Hearing Ran's words, Madison laughed, "Ahahaha... Geez guys, don't draw such conclusions dong, Rose looks like that because of the demands of the job."

"What job?"

"Work as Blacksmith here." Mr. Bon suddenly answered Ran's question.

Madison held out her thumbs to justify Mr. Bon's reply, "That betty, Rose has a job as Blacksmith here, but unfortunately, she's not Hyper, she's not, so he doesn't have the power that Hyper does in general. Therefore his appearance changed over time as he worked as Blacksmith."

"What's? He's not Hyper? Though the punch was very painful, I thought he was Hyper top class."

"Ahahahaha, I thought you thought it was like that, but you were wrong. It was the physical strength he had gained from training during his time as a Blacksmith, working long hours to hit and shape iron had trained his muscles naturally, he was also diligent in exercising every morning, he was also diligent in exercising every morning, oh yeah, the genes of his own parents are good."

"Ehhhh...?" Ran gaped in disbelief.

Ran had always believed he was already trying hard to form a strong physical strength because he was a low-level Hyper. It is very unexpected that there are ordinary humans who have a physical equivalent to Ran only with ordinary training capital.

Shit, I think I'm losing.

"Oh yeah, in addition, Rose is bald because the place where she works is always hot, so her body hair is always burned out."

"I don't need that kind of info!"

"Aahaha..." Madison laughed out loud.

Ran could not speak to Madison anymore. Ran glanced at Mr. Bon to give him the code to pull him away.

Mr. Bon managed to understand the code sent by Ran, "Here you go, about Rose we finish later, come on Ran, we go upstairs, there should be someone coming at this hour."

"Come sir!" Ran replied to Mr. Bon's invitation excitedly while walking awkwardly towards Mr. Bon.

Madison gave a strange smile to see Ran who walked stiffly, then he waved his hand and gave a farewell greeting, "See you guys, stop by here often well, then, there are some things I'd like to try on you later, ahahahaha..."

Urrghgh... I don't want to know what he wants to do. Ran thought in his heart.

Ran and Mr. Bon went back upstairs in the elevator to Aurel's place.

"Who? That's fast, sir? I thought it would be a long time." Aurel asked when he saw Bon and Ran coming.

"Indeed, there are still other members I haven't introduced yet."

Brieett

Right after Mr. Bon spoke, the entrance suddenly opened, 4 people appeared from behind the door.

The fishy smell of blood poured out into the corner of the room when the 4 people entered.

"Huffd... Finally clean it up, too."

"Ack, my body is sore."

"Mending sleep directly time yeah? Males shower here."

"Don't be slovenly, no matter how tired you are, a bath still has to be done."

The 4 people chatted casually without realizing the presence of Ran and Mr. Bon. They were all covered in blood that looked fresh.

"Hello everything." Mr. Bon greeted them casually, without regard for their appearance which looked to be scraping with all the blood that was all over their bodies.

Mr. Bon's brief greeting immediately attracted their attention, they immediately looked at Mr. Bon and replied to Mr. Bon's greeting in different ways.

"Well hello, Mr. Bon, it's been a long time since you've been here."

"Ack, why are you here?"

"Ergh... You're not here to do any more sudden evaluations, are you?"

"Oh, it turns out that you, Mr. Bon, should have told us before you came, so we can get ready to look more appropriate."

They responded differently, from the expressions on their faces it was seen that they looked at Mr. Bon in different ways.

Some look cheerful and happy as if meeting an old friend, some look surprised as if afraid of Mr. Bon. Also looks lazy like not to think Mr. Bon is an important person. There's even a clear look of great respect for Mr. Bon.

"Well that's how it is, the point is I want to introduce a new member, take care of him." Said Mr. Bon while pushing Ran towards them.

Well, how's this? Ran complained in his heart, he was awkward and confused what to react to in the presence of these strangers.

The 4 people stared at Ran intensely like they were seeing a rare animal in a zoo.

"Wahaha... There's a new young man."

"eekkkkp... His eyes look scary."

"Ukhn... Just an introduction, right? I'm tired."

"Hooo's... It's been a long time since we've come to a new person."

Ran scratched his head while turning his gaze the other way, he pretended not to hear their words.

Their intense gazes made Ran become frightened, lucky Mr. Bon mediated.

Clap Clap Clap

Mr. Bon clapped his hands to get everyone's attention, "Already, already, don't be stared at so constantly, later he was afraid. Don't shut up, introduce yourself quickly."

The intense gazes that had been aimed at Ran finally ended, they then introduced themselves one by one.

"Ahaha... I'm sorry, I'm too happy that there's a new member, I'll introduce my name Rodri Flare, just call me Rod, I'll teach you interesting things." Rodri was an energetic looking young man, he looked to be in his early 20s with curly black hair, a wide smile always plastered on his face from the start, small fangs visible at the tips of his lips. Rodri wore a long thick coat of black with a circular fire pattern. Inside his coat was a black you encircled by a small chain. He also wears a jet-black fingerless glove with the same fire pattern as the one in his robe.

"Eee.eee... My name is Ribben Robben, just call as you like." Ribben only wears long-sleeved shirts with black stripes and matching-colored pants, with the addition of a pair that is also in line. He somehow looks scared when dealing with Ran.

"Otto, Otto only. I can go, right?" Otto, from the looks he looks the youngest here, he looks like a mischievous student with blond hair painted and tied with rubber back. He wears a white shirt wrapped in a black-collared grey vest and gray school pants.

"My name is Yamaguchi Tanaka, I'm 34, but you're free to talk informally if you want. As a new member, I'll tell you a few things like curfew here, and there's also a cleanliness rule because there's going to be room inspections every few months, and there's-" Yamaguchi still rambled long even though Ran did not hear it completely. Yamaguchi has the appearance of a middle-aged man with glasses mines. It has hair that is combed neatly back which has a black color that some of them have been whitened due to age. Yamaguchi wears a brown coat in which he wears a black tightsuit.

Looking at Yamaguchi who continued to babble, making Mr. Bon forced to stop him, "Have, already, later let me tell him, you guys take a bath there."

"Ah sorry sir, I'm letting go again." Yamaguchi finally stopped talking.

"Well, that's how our members are, there's actually one less person left, he's on the floor above us, but no one here wants to deal with him, that's why we'll just skip it first."

I'm curious, but it seems dangerous, so I'll just hold back my curiosity. Ran thought when hearing about the rest of the members he had not met.

Ran looked at the 4 people who had walked away towards the elevator with an intense look, From now on, they are my comrades.