Calamity Upon This World

25th Octobal, 5678

2 months after the double dungeon incident at Adventurers Guild headquarters in Markwhelter Kingdom

"Today it is with great pleasure of mine that I announce to everyone that we now have a new S-rank adventurer among us."

"Everyone, please give a round of applause for Edge Lord" Bella announced with a wide smile plastered on her face and her voice oozing pride at the new S-rank adventurer that their city had birthed.

~clap~

~clap~

~clap

"Man, you're insane. Keep up the good work!!"

"The future of adventurers guild!!!"

Hearing Bella's words, the whole crowd erupted in cheers and claps as they celebrated the man who broke the record of the current sword saint and forever engraved his name in the history books of the Adventurers Guild as the fastest man to become a S-rank adventurer.

"I still can't believe he actually achieved S rank in less than 3 months. Isn't this a new record?"  spoke a man from amongst the crowd, still a bit unsettled by how Edge Lord was basically speedrunning the guild ranks.

He had already started as an A-rank adventurer, a feat that many still had trouble believing.

But they had no choice but to come to terms with it over time.

Normally, it takes a person more than one year to go from A to S rank.

Even Rex Verhein, the current sword saint as well as the strongest adventurer in the history of the kingdom, took 5 months just to reach that level of S rank.

But Edge Lord not only broke this record, he completely crushed it by halving it.

A bunch of adventurers present still had trouble believing how it was possible for someone so young to be able to be this strong.

All of them had been working for years and were yet to reach the prestigious level of S rank.

According to some estimations, more than 30,000 active adventurers were registered in just the Markwhelter kingdom branch, and out of those, only a little over 1000 were registered as S ranks, and most of them were away on one mission or another.

That was just how rare S-rank adventurers were supposed to be, and yet a mere rookie managed to accomplish the feat before them.

It would be a lie to say that most of them present here weren't jealous of him, but in the end, their complaints and whinings would do nothing but earn the ire of the guild and a S-rank adventurer.

So they could do nothing but accept it as it is and just cheer Edge Lord on for his achievement.

Seeing the reaction of the crowd, both Bella and William smiled.

"How about sparing a word or two for everyone gathered here today?" Bella suggested.

Hearing her suggestion, William smiled as he said.

"Sure"

**

For the past 2 months, William has spared no effort in trying to gather as many merit points as possible.

He did one mission after another nonstop, and before long, he had become a S rank.

His initial plan had changed a lot due to everything that had happened inside the double dungeon.

Originally, he planned to take multiple months just doing one mission after another to purchase as many natural treasures as possible.

But for some reason, Zephyr was really persistent about him departing in exactly 7 months.

It had already been 3 months, and now that he had become a S rank, he could spend the next 4 months training under Michael and learn everything that he could from him.

He had already gotten two very powerful chaos servants thanks to the double dungeon, and the opportunity to learn under one of the strongest people alive was probably much more valuable than a few more servants.

And finally, after 2 months, he finally had enough merit points to attempt the S rank promotion test.

As for the S rank promotion test itself, it was extremely easy for him thanks to his improved stats and skill set.

The test required him to fight an evolved version of the thickmatte bear that he defeated for his B rank promotion test.

Depending on the environment a monster grows up in, it is possible for a monster to evolve.

Which is exactly what happened to this particular bear, evolving from a thickmatte bear to a boulder-armed bear.

This evolved version of the monster had even higher endurance than its previous counterpart, and it now even had the strength to crush massive boulders easily.

But despite all of this, in front of William, who was much stronger than in the past, it was helpless, completely unable to resist his powers.

Now that he had finally become a S-rank adventurer, the only thing left to do was make Michael fulfil his promise and teach him.

William still laughed sometimes, remembering how he had managed to scam Michael out of his once-in-a-lifetime chance to take a disciple, but he was getting distracted again.

Bella gave him a ring-like artefact that functioned pretty similar to a mic, with the only difference being that it used mana.

Since Bella wanted him to give a speech, he had the perfect plan for what he needed to say.

William could see the looks most of the adventurers were giving him.

Some were out of envy.

Most of them were out of respect.

And even more of them were in fear of his monstrous talent.

William smiled upon seeing this, finding their reactions a bit funny.

"For those of you who respect me for the strength I possess, thank you."

"But I can see that some of you are envious of me and even a bit scared of me."

"For all of you, the only thing I have to say is that if you truly wish to reach the same place as me, then push yourself instead of complaining about your lack of talent like bums."

"And if you try hard enough, who knows, you just might also reach the S rank."

"However, by then I'll be at an even higher level."

With that, Williams speech finally concluded, and there was silence amongst the crowd after Williams bold declaration of reaching an even higher level, most likely suggesting that he would reach the prestigious SS or SSS.

Most of them were hoping it was the latter, as even now there was not even a single active SSS adventurer in the whole Markwhelter kingdom.

But just based on what he had displayed so far, he definitely had a very good shot at achieving it.

And the thing that really inspired everyone was how he said that even they could reach the S rank level by just trying harder.

Some more logical and pragmatic individuals were skeptical of his claim; however, some people just needed a bit of motivation to fully devote themselves to something, which is exactly what the Williams speech did.

After the silence came excited yells and screams, as the whole hall erupted in cheers and excitement.

However, William didn't care about any of this, as he had already used [Shadow Step] to leave the guild hall after returning the ring to Bella.

After all, today was the day Jasmine returned, and William had no plans of missing out on welcoming her.

**

AN:

Welcome everyone to Volume 3, 'Calamity in the Neutral Continent' I would advise you to strap in and enjoy the ride, because this will be a fun one.

And also, please join our discord.

25th Octobal, 5678

2 months after the double dungeon incident at Adventurers Guild headquarters in Markwhelter Kingdom

"Today it is with great pleasure of mine that I announce to everyone that we now have a new S-rank adventurer among us."

"Everyone, please give a round of applause for Edge Lord" Bella announced with a wide smile plastered on her face and her voice oozing pride at the new S-rank adventurer that their city had birthed.

~clap~

~clap~

~clap

"Man, you're insane. Keep up the good work!!"

"The future of adventurers guild!!!"

Hearing Bella's words, the whole crowd erupted in cheers and claps as they celebrated the man who broke the record of the current sword saint and forever engraved his name in the history books of the Adventurers Guild as the fastest man to become a S-rank adventurer.

"I still can't believe he actually achieved S rank in less than 3 months. Isn't this a new record?"  spoke a man from amongst the crowd, still a bit unsettled by how Edge Lord was basically speedrunning the guild ranks.

He had already started as an A-rank adventurer, a feat that many still had trouble believing.

But they had no choice but to come to terms with it over time.

Normally, it takes a person more than one year to go from A to S rank.

Even Rex Verhein, the current sword saint as well as the strongest adventurer in the history of the kingdom, took 5 months just to reach that level of S rank.

But Edge Lord not only broke this record, he completely crushed it by halving it.

A bunch of adventurers present still had trouble believing how it was possible for someone so young to be able to be this strong.

All of them had been working for years and were yet to reach the prestigious level of S rank.

According to some estimations, more than 30,000 active adventurers were registered in just the Markwhelter kingdom branch, and out of those, only a little over 1000 were registered as S ranks, and most of them were away on one mission or another.

That was just how rare S-rank adventurers were supposed to be, and yet a mere rookie managed to accomplish the feat before them.

It would be a lie to say that most of them present here weren't jealous of him, but in the end, their complaints and whinings would do nothing but earn the ire of the guild and a S-rank adventurer.

So they could do nothing but accept it as it is and just cheer Edge Lord on for his achievement.

Seeing the reaction of the crowd, both Bella and William smiled.

"How about sparing a word or two for everyone gathered here today?" Bella suggested.

Hearing her suggestion, William smiled as he said.

"Sure"

**

For the past 2 months, William has spared no effort in trying to gather as many merit points as possible.

He did one mission after another nonstop, and before long, he had become a S rank.

His initial plan had changed a lot due to everything that had happened inside the double dungeon.

Originally, he planned to take multiple months just doing one mission after another to purchase as many natural treasures as possible.

But for some reason, Zephyr was really persistent about him departing in exactly 7 months.

It had already been 3 months, and now that he had become a S rank, he could spend the next 4 months training under Michael and learn everything that he could from him.

He had already gotten two very powerful chaos servants thanks to the double dungeon, and the opportunity to learn under one of the strongest people alive was probably much more valuable than a few more servants.

And finally, after 2 months, he finally had enough merit points to attempt the S rank promotion test.

As for the S rank promotion test itself, it was extremely easy for him thanks to his improved stats and skill set.

The test required him to fight an evolved version of the thickmatte bear that he defeated for his B rank promotion test.

Depending on the environment a monster grows up in, it is possible for a monster to evolve.

Which is exactly what happened to this particular bear, evolving from a thickmatte bear to a boulder-armed bear.

This evolved version of the monster had even higher endurance than its previous counterpart, and it now even had the strength to crush massive boulders easily.

But despite all of this, in front of William, who was much stronger than in the past, it was helpless, completely unable to resist his powers.

Now that he had finally become a S-rank adventurer, the only thing left to do was make Michael fulfil his promise and teach him.

William still laughed sometimes, remembering how he had managed to scam Michael out of his once-in-a-lifetime chance to take a disciple, but he was getting distracted again.

Bella gave him a ring-like artefact that functioned pretty similar to a mic, with the only difference being that it used mana.

Since Bella wanted him to give a speech, he had the perfect plan for what he needed to say.

William could see the looks most of the adventurers were giving him.

Some were out of envy.

Most of them were out of respect.

And even more of them were in fear of his monstrous talent.

William smiled upon seeing this, finding their reactions a bit funny.

"For those of you who respect me for the strength I possess, thank you."

"But I can see that some of you are envious of me and even a bit scared of me."

"For all of you, the only thing I have to say is that if you truly wish to reach the same place as me, then push yourself instead of complaining about your lack of talent like bums."

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"However, by then I'll be at an even higher level."

With that, Williams speech finally concluded, and there was silence amongst the crowd after Williams bold declaration of reaching an even higher level, most likely suggesting that he would reach the prestigious SS or SSS.

Most of them were hoping it was the latter, as even now there was not even a single active SSS adventurer in the whole Markwhelter kingdom.

But just based on what he had displayed so far, he definitely had a very good shot at achieving it.

And the thing that really inspired everyone was how he said that even they could reach the S rank level by just trying harder.

Some more logical and pragmatic individuals were skeptical of his claim; however, some people just needed a bit of motivation to fully devote themselves to something, which is exactly what the Williams speech did.

After the silence came excited yells and screams, as the whole hall erupted in cheers and excitement.

However, William didn't care about any of this, as he had already used [Shadow Step] to leave the guild hall after returning the ring to Bella.

After all, today was the day Jasmine returned, and William had no plans of missing out on welcoming her.

**

AN:

Welcome everyone to Volume 3, 'Calamity in the Neutral Continent' I would advise you to strap in and enjoy the ride, because this will be a fun one.

And also, please join our discord.