Even among those usually seen as reclusive eccentrics in the Shadow Stabbing Class, he had the best relationships.
Before Morton entered the affiliated high school, Nording had captured all the glory of the Shadow Stabbing Class and even the entire Warrior Series at that time.
But Morton's addition turned that year's Shadow Stabbing Class from a single king into dual kings.
Morton's Divine Speed Blade was breathtaking.
Though the two had never clashed publicly, it couldn't mask the tension between them.
Geniuses are always eager to compete with one another.
Morton and Nording chased and pushed each other, raising the bar for other students to near their level.
However, in Morton's 17-year-old survival competition, he injured a ligament right from the start.
In that match, had Morton maintained his pace, he could have widened the gap with Nording and claimed his first championship title.
However, shortly after it began, he fell from first to eighteenth.
