Chapter 13: Exorcist Ranks

Chapter 13: Exorcist Ranks

Junior Exorcist

Senior Exorcist

Expert Exorcist

Elite Exorcist

Special Exorcist

The Sage

These were the exorcist rankings. Every student here could be considered a Junior Exorcist. Once we create our ability and master it somewhat then we can become a Senior Exorcist.

Senior Exorcist was the rank where most people stayed at. To become an Expert Exorcist there was an exam involved, which not a lot could pass. Also, the exam was a death sentence for many.

Elite Exorcist was someone who had proven his talents and could likely take a high-class demon one-on-one. Which was considered monstrous for a human to be able to do.

Elite Exorcist was a stage I needed to get within a year or two at most. Though the more it approached the two-year mark the more dangerous it would be.

"You did good and showed your guts out there," Mr Fort came and put a hand on my shoulder as encouragement. That hand also had a white glove in it. "You get eighty out of a hundred points for ingenuity and effort. Also, another ten points will be added because of taking initiative. Showing the exorcist spirit of how despite how many physical advantages demons might have over us, we would still win in the end."

My score was 90/100. But things like that didnt matter. I was still waiting for any attacks to come. During the fight, I tried to show as little of my abilities as possible. But I wasn't skilled enough to hide certain factors like how my main weapon was a sword and I don't have a familiar despite being a beast master.

It didn't take long for more low-class demons to show themselves. Two-headed snakes, floating heads, only two shoes walking on their own.

This place lived up to its name as the Haunted Forest. Some students attempted to go out, but by now there was more than one low-class demon outside the barrier. They weren't skilled to handle a battle on two fronts like that. I wasn't that skilled either.

Amongst the scared students, there was one who stood out. Anika, the silver-haired girl. The so-called heroine of the shonen manga. Of course, as the heroine, she was quite special.

She put her hand just outside of the protective line, and multiple demons swarmed toward her. Wanting to rip her arm off, and drink the delicious human blood.

But what they instead got was laser beam-like blasts to the head. Her precision was out of this world. Each shot was a headshot. Her talent as a Blaster was something that almost made me jealous.

She had a big smile on her face and seemed to be living in a high. Mr Fort went and pulled her back. "Careful. I told you before not to assume every low class demon out there isn't intelligent. If there was a beast like Miss Rana's frog, who can extend her tongue and grab into your arm. You would have been pulled away and ripped apart by the demons. Even we as teachers wouldn't have been able to do anything fast enough to save you"

Anika clenched her teeth, and her face flushed before she stormed off.

Some of the students looked at me. I wouldn't be surprised if she had bullied some of them too.

Fuck, I need something to occupy my mind. Waiting for the enemy to show up was nerve-wracking. It felt like every little thing could be dangerous. In the Manga, such details would just be skipped over.

On the corner of my eye. I saw Mr Fort teaching a nervous female student. She was plain looking, with dark hair and brown eyes, and a bit chubby.

Her Ord was gushing wildly out of her as she had a concentrated look in her eyes. Small wisps of her Ord manifested into her hands but they scattered not long after.

Anika of course takes this chance to go and play her role as the mean girl. Telling her something. I couldn't hear her that well from here due to the growls of demons from outside the protective barrier.

Mr Fort waved Anika off with a frown, and she didn't challenge the teacher's authority. She still had a smile on her face while walking away.

From what I remember the chubby girl wasnt in the Manga. So it's safe to assume she died here. Though I do remember from the tests that she had a 62% Blaster.

Quite good. But her nervousness was creating some performance anxiety. In cases like these anxiety was harder to overcome and probably more dangerous than not having talent at all. Because in cases of anxiety, an exorcist could manifest an ability without even meaning to. That's dangerous for both the user and everyone around her.

Though for someone like that to manifest a special ability they would need to be both talented, and also have a lot of Ord. She checked all the boxes. Better keep an eye on her just in case.

I decided to approach her a bit to try and hear what Mr Fort was telling her.

"Take a deep breath, and keep calm. Don't worry about what others say. You're talented and with so much Ord, your potential is high," Mr Ford said.

He wasn't necessarily wrong. Because talent might show how fast one would grow. It didn't necessarily mean that their potential was high. That race might be fast but was only a hundred-meter sprint while some other people might walk slowly but their race was a marathon.

Usually, the potential for a Blaster was determined by Ord, since with it one could make more dangerous abilities.

Just as I was about to walk away. Suddenly a hand was on my shoulder. It was Mr Ford When did he move from the plain girl to me in an instant?

"Did you want to talk about something?" He asked with a smile on his face and looked like his usual confident self. You seem nervous. Something bothering you?

Now that I looked closer, there was a certain edge to his eyes I might have missed before.

Shit! Did the nervousness make me look suspicious?