The Author's POV

Shortly after Melissa left, I decided to head back to my dorm.

Altough I wanted to meet Amanda as well, after a bit of thinking, I refrained from doing so.

It was better if I approached her once Melissa was done with the project. After all, I don't think Amanda was capable of understanding the concepts behind magic cards yet.

I wasn't saying she wasn't smart. No, that was far from the truth. It's just that Melissa was on another level.

Moreover, it was better if I had a tangible version of the magic card before meeting Amanda.

This way, Amanda would be able to smoothly convince her father and the Demon hunter guild board members.

"Bye, guard named Ron"

Leaving the Leviathan dorm, at the gates of the compound, I made sure to wave goodbye to the guard from before. It wasn't a bad idea for him to remember me. This way, it would save me the trouble of explaining why I wanted to go in.

"hmm"

Indifferently glancing at me, Ron lightly nodded his head and proceeded to ignore me.

Not minding it one bit, I proceeded to head back to my dorm.

"What's next..."

On the way back to my dorm, I could cross the magic card project from my to-do list. Though it would take a while, I was sure Melissa would get it done sometime soon.

Next on my list...

"Should I try recruiting Ava?"

In all honesty. This task was going to be hard.

Not because she had some crazy dealings with some other guilds or that she was currently being held back by something.

...No.

The reason was that I really did not know much about her. In the novel, she could've been considered a low-end side character.

One that rarely shows up. I obviously didn't give her enough character development as a result of her low appearance in the novel.

...In my defense, I was thinking of developing her character when the time she showed up to fight the demon army came...but, well, I died.

Didn't really get to that part...

Thus, I was now facing a dilemma. What was Ava's past like, and what could I use to entice her to join me? Money? Fame? Strength?

I needed to know more...fortunately, I knew someone who could help me.

Taking out my phone I quickly dialed a number.

-Ring! -Ring! -Ring!

—Hello? Ren?

"Yo, Smallsnake"

—What's going on?

"I need help with something"

—Actually, before you say anything, I'm currently in the process of recruiting Leopold, so I might not be able to help you right away.

That fast?

right-hand man. He gets things

Do you think you could do a background search on someone for

background search? Hmmm,

I had previously mentioned I wanted

for a second, a loud sigh could be heard from the other side

—...Sigh, you're in luck

"Hm?"

my head. Did he already do

beforehand so I had taken the liberty to do a

faint smile appeared on my

of you

is thoughtful, it's just that a certain someone seems to love dumping their work on

to Smallsnake, though he wasn't here, I couldn't help but avert my eyes to the right and switch

look up the profile of someone called Benjamin Hor, I found him to

even

you prope-khhh, it seems like the signal is

—Stop pret-

-Tak!

"Dammed signal!"

my phone, I put my hands behind my back

the signal

I was sure he was going to get what I asked

a coincidence that Smallsnake was named the group

...

Monday,

front of the classroom. For the past few days, nothing much has happened. I mostly spent most of my time training and coming up with a general framework for my

how the chain of command would

control of the company too, but I refrained from doing

this company would

at least on

reality, it would be the

manage the company. With regards to whom, I wasn't sure

day that

was confident in my physical score, I wasn't too sure with regard to my theoretical

it wasn't

everyone, please

the classroom, wearing a nice black suit that perfectly emphasized the

tied in a ponytail, and as soon as she raised her

that everyone was finally quiet, Donna

there was an unfortunate event in the

it. After a couple of seconds,

just sent you the results of the practical and theoretical exams. Soon, If you take out

her tablet, frowning slightly, Donna continued

complaints, we will not announce your results out loud. We will, however, not hide your new overall rank, so if you guys are curious about your friends ranking,

was to

rank meant a lot in this

dictated your standing in the social hierarchy. Therefore, though you could hide your scores, you couldn't hide your

don't shout when you get

-Ding! -Ding! -Ding!

about to finish speaking, right on cue, multiple phone notifications resounded

I took out my phone and quickly

...Hopefully, I didn't fail.

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[Exam result]

Student : Ren Dover