Sword Rankers
Turning Point

The first thing necessary to survive in a cruel society is [Self Conscious]. This has been realized by Ran for a long time, even though he has high ambitions, he has been aware of his low level.

‘Not conspicuous, Just silent, Subjecting head, Not raising voice, Not trying to fight’ That's what Ran has been doing so far so as not to be considered arrogant or forget himself with his position.

Although still bullied, at least he was never beaten blatantly by high-level Hyper who was his age.

However, he this time faced an infuriating situation that forced him to swallow everything quietly without having to cross the line.

“Halo Ran, what a coincidence we met here. I gave you your shirt on your desk yesterday, right? Sorry well because the shirt is a little dirty”

Michael swiped his cigarette at the sidewalk while speaking in a friendly and irritating tone.

His friends laughed while whispering

“Hihi, look at her acting”

“Wkwkw, shameless once well he”

Ran only gulped and pretended not to hear their words.

“You to school well eeeee.... Run?”

“Ra-Ran”

“Oh yes, Ran! Aye! Yes yes! Very diligent huh? You were late yesterday, but now you leave 1 hour earlier than school. Hehe, so cool yah” Michael stood up and walked towards Ran while praising him, although the tone used seemed friendly, Ran still felt humiliated because of a little sarcastic tone from Michael.

“Te-Thank you” Ran only answered potluck, a neutral answer accompanied by a humble and slow tone does not make people angry.

“But Ran, you're not going to leak this to the teachers right?. I mean, we're friends, right? You know for yourself what my father's reputation is and the smoking ban for minors right? If the teachers know and report this to my father, I. We will all be exposed to problems” Like a very expert MLM salesman, Michael persuaded Ran to keep his mouth shut, Michael even embraced Ran in a friendly way.

Ran did not need to think long at Michael's request

“I-Yes, I will not pass it on to anyone”

“It's so dong should be a friend, hoi y'all! Here's an example of a good friend knows”

“hehehe, yes, our friend this one is indeed very great”

“Truely True, he is indeed an example of a good friend”

All of Michael's friends praised Ran, in contrast to Michael who slightly hid his sarcastic tone, his friends did not try the slightest to hide their sarcastic tone to mock Ran.

Ran knows that this is the perfect chance for revenge. But who would care? Smoking ban is just a formality, and even Ran's school teachers dislike Ran, for them, Ran is just a failed product with weak abilities that don't even come standard.

Even if someone published Ran's report, Michael and his gang would only receive a reprimand and a light sentence, the punishment would only protect Ran a few days, after the sentence ended, after the sentence was over, they will definitely beat Ran all-out making him a samsak.

Ran is enough if they only bother him a little, although Ran still feels angry, at least they never beat him to death. If Ran reported this, he would be made into a boxing bag and would be bullied out by his classmates.

For Ran who was a low-level Hyper with all his mediocre abilities, it was extremely frightening for him.

“Eh but, less convincing too right? Sorry Ran, I don't want to believe you well, but instead it's better if we hold each other's secrets? Let's be more trustworthy. How?”

“Eh?”

“It's easy, nih, you smoke too, but while we're taking photos too, let us keep each other's secrets”

“Ta-But, I've never smoked”

“Easy, just suck the cigarette, it's finished the smoke throw out”

Naturally, Ran will obey Michael's orders, but this is different from usual, it's because Ran has a commitment to never smoke. He did not want to be the same as his father who became a drunkard and a heavy smoker. If he obeyed Michael's orders, it would be tantamount to betraying himself.

“Hihihi, how cruel the hell are you in”

“Truly, can with friends themselves do not believe”

“Ehhh??? How do you guys accuse me like that anyway? It's called sharing the trust of tofu. That true friend should be like this basic reliability”

“Ow... yes well, this is to prove our friendship”

“Then don't just smoke, nih drink alcohol too, there's half a bottle of” left

“Wah nice idea hehe. Nih Ran's! Drink until it runs out well, this is expensive loh”

Alcohol and Cigarettes, 2 bad combinations that can make humans become trash. Ran could not decide this easily.

His commitment and promise to himself, became a barrier to accept Michael's orders.

“Come Ran, do not hesitate, this starts from alcohol alone is easy, just be graceful. Come friends! Give spirit to our friend this one!”

“Drink! Drink up! Drink up! Drink!”

“Come Ran, once graceful directly outin!”

“Come Ran, don't betray our spirit. We're friends, right? Let's Drink!”

Doubt still lingered tightly in Ran's heart, however, the cheers of the spirit with a mocking tone from Michael's alley became a lubricant that slowly moved Ran's stiff hands. His fear of being beaten by Michael's gang slowly outweighs his commitment to himself.

Yet.

“Ti-Not” Ran whispered, The encouraging cheers from Michael's alley came to a halt instantly.

“Hah what?” Michael asks Ran to repeat his words.

“Ti-Not” Ran slightly hardened his speech, although still only felt whispered.

“Yang fast dong Ran” Michael

leaning his body slightly towards Ran, and put his ears to Ran's face to make it more audible.

“NO WANT!!!” Ran refused Michael's orders sternly while throwing an Alcohol bottle in Michael's face.

With a short distance, Michael could not avoid being hit by the alcohol bottle throw right in his face. All the members of Michael's gang are shocked, but due to the great shock over Ran's unexpected actions, they just peek in place.

“Ahhh!! BANG!! MY EYES!” Michael cursed and walked backwards in pain, his eyes could not see until it made his balance waver and hit the trash until it rolled over.

Compared to the pain in his eyes, the sense of contempt for Michael's heart was much greater.

“Jon!!! The benito!!! Catch that little rat!!!” One command from Michael, making everyone aware of the shock.

Ran immediately ran towards the direction he came. While the 2 subordinates of Michael chased after him like wild animals.

“Wait for you fucking basics!!”

“Basic do not know thank you, have treated well but instead back biting!!”

Ran did not care at all about their words and ran as fast as he could. Luckily Ran has often passed this alley so understand the ins and outs.

2 meters ahead, Ran looked at the trash can, he directly picked it up and threw it towards Michael's subordinates. Michael's subordinate Jon beat the dumpster down to pieces. But, that was Ran's original purpose.

Jon has the ability to strengthen his muscles, and the trash can in this alley is very old and can be destroyed with just the standard physical abilities of a Hyper.

Jon's muscle-boosting ability can make him have muscle strength 10 times that of normal Hyper strength, so that with just a light pat, he is able to destroy the trash can.

All the garbage in the trash was splattered out, the food waste that had long rotted until the animal feces mixed in it and splashed in various directions including to 2 subordinates of Michael.

“Ahkk, shit” disgust

“Hoek! It smells!!”

Although it is not enough to defeat them, at least Ran can slow them down, his goal is to get out of this small alley. If you are in a crowded place Michael alley certainly will not dare to do bad things to Ran.

The walls of the alley began to turn into one filled with bricks that were not neatly arranged, there were many bricks sticking out of the wall. Here Ran had to be a little careful not to hit the bricks.

“Beyond Jon, let me catch that rat”

“OK!”

In the back, Michael's subordinates are planning something, Jon slows down his run, he starts to move away while holding Benito's right arm, Benito's right arm pulled, extending like rubber.

“It's enough Jon, release!”

“Ready!”

When Benito's arm reaches the desired length, Jon releases his pull. Benito's arm shot forward like a slingshot. However, his hands did not dart smoothly, the narrow alley made his arms rub against the wall in the alley.

“Ukhhh.

Benito grimaced while holding his arm. Ran watched for a moment and prepared to advance to the next step.

On the right and left of the alley wall, there are a lot of bricks sticking out neatly. Ran uses it as a foothold to rise and avoid his hunters

Benito's hand was 1 step late to catch Ran, only the empty air he got. Ran was at the top without being able to be reached by them. But, Ran did not intend to stop there.

Ran creates a small blade with his strength, not so great, but has a better sharpness and durability than the sword Ran created because Ran shifts his size to durability and sharpness.

Ran let go of his footing, he dove freely towards the hand of benito who was still swinging freely, and in the blink of an eye, Ran stabbed the back of Benito's hand with his knife.

“AKHHHHHHHH!!!”

Benito shouted in pain, his balance was lost because it was disturbed by the sudden pain. He ended up falling down with a terrible.

Pork! Jon falls down because of Benito's body.

Hehe, feel that!

A satisfied smile appeared on Ran's face, he felt satisfied after replying to the people who always bothered him.

The exit of the alley is starting to be seen.

Ran was relieved to think this would be over. He immediately stepped out of the foul-smelling narrow alley.

However, there is one thing that Ran forgot to take into account.

Damnit damnit! There's no one? How could?

Ran left too early, a seedy and relatively quiet environment, becoming increasingly deserted in the morning.

Ran changed his plan, he planned to run away as far as possible and look for a crowded place.

He had not yet set a course, a large wall made of earth, appeared in front of Ran and blocked him. Ran tried to head to the right, and simultaneously, a wall of earth appeared on Ran's left right and formed a passageway.

Ran tried to jump, but the wall of land became higher even before Ran could reach the end.

Right now, Ran is like a mouse in a trap.

An uncomfortable aura, felt thick at the back. Instinctively, Ran already knew who was behind him.

Michael walked over while rubbing his eyes with a damp cloth, he had recovered using an expensive potion that was equivalent to Ran's living expenses for one week. His subordinates followed behind.

“Halo Bang**t”

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Buk up! Plaque! Cracks!

The sound of punches, slaps to the sound of broken bones, was clearly heard in a dirty little alley, Ran was beaten to a pulp by Michael and his subordinates, his body bruised, all over, his clothes were dirty and tainted with soil and blood.

Ran did not dare to take out another word, the words that came out of his mouth were just moans of pain and coughing up blood.

“Hhhhh...... It was refreshing after finishing off this little mouse. You lowly people, how dare you fight me.”

“Hehe, he needs proper upbringing.”

“Hazard him to mampus bos.”

“Silent you two, catch one weak guy just can't, but a lot of gibberish.”

“Ma-Sorry boss, but she is very agile like a rat.”

“Be-true boss, he is also very familiar with the floor plan of this place.”

“Close your mouth, do not reason much, the fact is you lost and let this boy almost run away, because of you, I had to intervene directly just to beat this lowly boy.”

Benito and Jon fell silent after being scolded by Michael, they couldn't give any more excuses, because they knew, that whatever excuses they put out, would only make them appear weaker.

Ran could only remain silent without resisting, his entire body ached, his vision blurred by blood and bruised. Right now, he could only hope that Michael would soon be satisfied and leave.

“Hey, what was your name? Run? Rin's? Whatever, I don't care” Michael grabbed Ran and pulled Ran's face right in front of him “Listen dirty boy, keep this incident in your memory, don't try again against me, never even in your dreams to fight me. And don't expect your life to be the same again after this. Even if you keep quiet, I will not cross the line, but because of this incident, I am not afraid or care about any boundaries. Do you understand?”

“....” Ran just kept quiet without answering.

“Answers! It's okay, answer if I've been told to answer, but never answer if I don't. Don't think that you can be free to report this to the teacher, because no one will care about someone who has nothing like you. So, answer ‘iya’ If you understand.”

“I-Iya”

“Good, from now on bow your head every time we pass” Michael slams Ran's head to the ground and stands up while cleaning his hands with wet wipes.

“Bardolf!” Michael called one of his subordinates.

“Yes Michael? What was? Are your eyes still hurting? I have still got some more healing potions, these are at least B” grade potions

A tall boy, answering Michael's call, he had long black hair that was straight to his shoulders, his eyes narrowed and always smiling cheerfully.

“Not, my eyes are healed, take care of this boy, whatever you want to do, for sure, give him a lesson that will not make him forget this”

“Hmmm, of course Michael, I will gladly take care of you, you can go to school and rest first.”

“Educate him hard! Although I've given you a warning, but I'm sure he still has thoughts of rebelling”

“Oky, doky, just leave it to me”

Michael and his subordinates besides Bardolf go towards the school, leaving Ran with Bardolf.

Bardolf smiled widely, he smiled like a child when he saw Ran, a wide smile like a child receiving a birthday present. And Ran felt creeped out seeing it.

Bardolf crouched down to be on par with Ran.

“Wahhhhh! You are very badly injured, your shoulders are like shifting, there are 1 broken tooth, your right and left hand also seems to be seriously injured, at least definitely cracked”

“...” Ran was just silent, he did not understand this person at all.

“Hmm? You seem confused, huh? Hehe, just relax relax, I won't hit you kok”

“...” Ran remained silent, he still did not believe Bardolf's words, the one thing he knew about Bardolf, was just about how much he was loyal to Michael.

Bardolf was Michael's most loyal subordinate, even though he belonged to another class. But he faithfully curses Michael because of Michael's strength and the reputation of his father, Lod. He wants to be able to get a connection with Lod by licking Michael.

“You guys, relax, I just want to ask you a few things. Are you having trouble talking? Just put on my potion, this might not be an A grade healing potion, but it is still a B grade healing potion. Here I pour” Bardolf poured a bright white potion over Ran's head.

Potion water flowed on Ran's head, passing between his hair, flowing all over his head to the bottom.

"But lick yourself well, I'm lazy to help you gulp it."

Ran knew if this was an insult, Bardolf intended to have Ran lick the Potion he had shed like a dog.

But Ran has no better choice at this point. So he licked all the potions he could lick.

slurrpp.

Ran licked the Potion that was flowing on his cheek, even he licked the Potion that had already spilled onto the ground.

And sure enough, Ran's wounds became healed, the bruises on his cheeks began to disappear, his torn mouth healed again, and the pain in some of his body also began to disappear, although there were still many wounds that did not heal because he could only drink a little potion.

“Show? Take it easy, I don't intend to hurt you, after all I'm not the type of fighter. But sorry well, I can't heal your whole body, because this B class healing potion is very difficult to make”

“Ja-So, what do you want to ask?” Ran finally responded to Bardolf despite being insulted.

“Woahhh! Finally you want to talk too well, ok ok, make yourself relax first.”

“Already, don't waste time”

“Hehe, you are impatient well, alright, alright. So, your name is Ran isn't it?”

“Iya”

“You know Ran? When you were chasing, I investigated you a little, because I remembered something when I saw you.”

“What do you mean?”

“The bottom line, from what I found, I know a fact about you, you, the traitorous child ‘Kylie’ right?

“You? How do you know?” Ran was stunned and shocked that Bardolf knew about it.

“Haha, right? Kylie the traitor, one of the S Rankers who staged a rebellion in the capital in 2008. And ended up being killed by Ranker Taylor.”

Ran was speechless, he felt a huge sense of anger when he heard his mother was accused of being a traitor, however, the pain prevented him from resisting.

“So, tell me Ran, how do you feel having a traitor mother, she's a fool, committing treason while having a lot of honor for participating in stopping Monster Attack.”

“Shut up!”

“Hah? Whahuh? What's up Ran?”

“Say silent!!!! My mother is not a traitor, she was framed!!”

“There's proof?”

“....”

“Nothing right? In fact, your mother killed many innocent people, she was a traitor, a murderer and a stupid loser”

“Not!!!!!!!!!!!!” Ran shouted loudly and grabbed Bardolf's leg.

“Heh. Foolish well, even though I'm not the type of fighter, you think I'll lose in physical strength with Hyper the weakest in school?” Bardolf belittles Ran and tries to release Ran's hand.

But he doesn't know one thing.

“Eh? Whatisthis? Why is it so strong?”

“Will not lose in physical strength you say? let me tell you one thing, there's not a single day where I don't practice Ran”'s physique

tightened his grip until the sound of a broken bone from Bardolf's leg was heard.

“Arggghhhhhhhh, damn boy!!! Let go of me!” Bardolf screamed in pain while holding his leg.

“Fucking boy? Your words are not suitable for this time”

Ran uses his ability, he creates a small knife, but not in his free hand, but in his hand that grips Bardolf's leg. The knife appeared through Bardolf's legs, the sound of flesh and bone being torn sounded tight.

“Akhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!” Bardolf yells increasingly louder, he hits Ran's hand brutally, and Ran is forced to take it off.

Bardolf dragged his injured leg away from Ran, he reached into his bag and took out his healing potion.

Not yet had he healed his leg, Ran immediately chased after him.

Ran dragged his battered body to where Bardolf was. Ran overstretched Bardolf's body with his own body. Bardolf fell down and took off his potion.

“You? How bi-kekkk!” Bardolf had not yet finished his sentence, he was struck by Ran right in his face.

“Not a traitor! Not traitors! Not traitors! My mother is not a traitor!!!!!” Ran shouted in defense of his mother. Bardolf no longer heard it because he had fainted.

Bardolf was battered, his face was bruised, his nose was broken, and his legs were bleeding profusely. Ran looked up into the sky while propping up Bardolf's body.

“Now how should I? Nah! Why should I be afraid of them? I won't let anyone insult my mother! I'll clear my mother's name, and I'll beat up anyone who insults her name”