Like opening the floodgates of a massive dam, that shrill shout triggered a deep roar of surprise from the entire crowd!
Bruce Pang!
One of the top cha pilots, and one of the Eight cha Gods of the Federation, actually had a brother?
AND a Whitefrost, at that? Impossible!!
When did the Pang Family and the Whitefrost Clan have such close relations??
"The Pang Family and the Whitefrost Clan are in an alliance? Impossible!! That would completely disrupt the balance of power!!"
"Old man, so you secretly made such a powerful ally through such an earthshaking thod. You're making , the top Diplomat of the Federation, completely embarrassed of holding the title. Sneaky bastard." Secretary Wang looked at Russel Whitefrost and rolled her eyes at him.
"Ah? The Pangs and my Whitefrost Clan are allies? Hahahahahahahahahaha!! Now you know the true power of my diplomatic skills! Whahahahahaha!!" Russel Whitefrost shalessly took credit for the blockbuster move that I had accidentally made.
Of course, that only made the shrewd Secretary Wang realize the truth. She could read Russel Whitefrost, an upright warrior, like an open book.
"Huh? Not even you know what's happening? So what's really happening?" Secretary Wang frowned deeply.
"HAHAHAHA! Shocked? Surprised? Don't be! My brother will be the top student of the first graders, and let assure you, that he would be ranked within the top hundred thousand of the National Pilot Ranking! Within! Six! Months! Hahahahahahaha!!" Bruce Pang shouted with evil glee and sealed my fate as an outcast within not only the first graders, but also in the rest of the academy, and in the rest of the young generation in the entire Federation!
If I wasn't blessed with such great natural skills in making friends, that damned Bruce Pang's announcent would have made my years in the Academy complete hell!
He not only announced our brotherhood, but also made such a high-sounding boast! And all that with his notoriety as a super-stingy-with-praises Principal!
Thousands of youths working extrely diligently day in day out, night and day, desperate to catch his eye and earn a word of praise looked at and saw the most ridiculous thief ever.
They couldn't wait to defeat and show Bruce Pang that they were more worthy than to be his brother!
With just a few words, Bruce Pang had set the stage for my debut into the Federation's spotlight.
His unspoken words for that day was simply "I am sending the entire Federation's strongest and best up against you. Beat them all up. Once you're done, climb up the National Pilot Rank, and beat THEM all up."
Damn you, big bro. I understand what you were trying to do, but… Damn you.
"To the best of the best! I present to you, my dearest little brother, the Crown of this year's Grand lee Champion!!" Bruce Pang roared as he leapt off the stage and within a few seconds, appeared next to a dumbstruck looking .
The massive spotlights swivelled hastily after him and shined down upon us.
Our faces appeared in every single news channel of the country, as well as on every single international news channel who were broadcasting the event.
It was a master stroke from him, of course.
They wanted to make popular, and hide Devour under plain sight.
Nobody but the crazy Bruce Pang would dream of exposing such a critical national treasure to such public scrutiny.
"Congratulations. You did well." Bruce Pang said proudly.
Despite knowing that he had dood to years of conflict with every single school going aged kid, I couldn't help but feel extrely touched by his sincere pride.
Here was a man who truly cared about , truly wanted to succeed, and who saw my victories as his own victories!
He may be as gentle as an enraged bull, but damn it, it felt good to be able to make him so proud.
So I smiled back at him and saved my curses for another day.
He placed the Crown upon my head. And when he did so, a magnificent cha appeared in the sky and quickly landed behind us.
It was covered with thick cream coloured armor, and it wielded a massive broadsword and an equally massive round shield.
It looked brutish, rough, and extrely willing to get into close combat.
"A surprise reward for this year's champion. A Barbarian Class dium cha." Bruce Pang said softly. But his voice reverberated throughout the entire arena.
Like an explosion going off, the crowd roared their approval.
"Barbarian class? Isn't that the newest product offering from the highly prestigious and boutique Soaring Dragon cha Company? I heard that their products are extrely easy to control, and if we can master them, we have a chance of creating sothing called affinity boost with our chas!"
"What?? There's such a marvelous thing? Where is their shop? I want to buy one!"
"Buy one? Dream on! Their products are all sold via invitationals! If you aren't invited to buy, you will never get your hands on one!"
"What about the second hand market? Any sellers there?"
"Zero. When you buy a Soaring Dragon cha, you must sign an agreent to sell the cha back to them if you ever want to sell! There are totally no second hand Soaring Dragon chas available! I heard that a rich young master from an unnad family has a standing offer to buy one, any one, at one hundred tis their purchase price. But there are no takers!"
"Incredible! Damn that cheater. He is so lucky!!"
By just listening to the uproar of the crowd, I quickly understood just how precious the reward was that year.
"This cha will accompany you for the rest of your journey here in this Academy." Bruce Pang continued. "Take good care of it, and make us proud."
The crowd continued to roar out their approval and their jealousy.
Of course, I could also feel four thousand pairs of jealous eyes drilling into from every single direction.
They had to start with practice chas for their first year.
Simply by having my Barbarian Class cha, even if my RPL wasn't that high, I would more or less be guaranteed to win most one on one battles.
My Student Pilot Rank within the National cha Pilot Academy was destined to be extrely high right off the bat!
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