"Congratulations to Mylanne High School for winning the group match championship of this Ranked Match!"
On the awards podium, Akura was completely dazed.
In fact, it wasn't just her—the team instructor standing beside her looked just as stunned.
No—what exactly just happened?
So Caelan really did one-shot team after team and bulldozed his way through the entire competition?
That level of strength was honestly beyond absurd.
The instructor subconsciously compared Caelan's performance to his own skills. He himself was already over level 180, yet pulling off instant kills like that was practically impossible.
Unless he used an Awakening Skill—but Awakening Skills could only be used once.
So why was Caelan able to unleash such terrifying skills repeatedly?
Was this something a normal person could even do?
At this moment, Akura had completely turned into Caelan's number-one fangirl.
She excitedly grabbed Caelan's hand, her eyes sparkling.
"Congratulations, Caelan! You're seriously amazing!"
In stark contrast to Mylanne High School's excitement, the teams from the other thirty city-states all shot resentful looks toward Caelan on the stage.
They absolutely refused to accept that the gap between them and Caelan was this enormous.
Instead, they convinced themselves that he must be cheating.
"In the upcoming individual Ranked Match, we'll definitely teach him a lesson."
"That's right—this guy's way too arrogant. He doesn't treat us like people at all."
For a moment, indignation surged through the crowd.
Then, a calm voice suddenly spoke up.
"But… in the individual match, he also one-shots people."
The crowd instantly fell into an eerie silence.
"Is there a chance this guy's using hacks?"
"Hacks? How would that even be possible? Don't forget—this is a special Instance."
"Who cares how he did it? Let's just report him first!"
All of Caelan's defeated opponents immediately filed reports with the referee committee.
But the committee's response left everyone completely dumbfounded.
Caelan had not cheated.
Nor had he used any hacks.
No—was that even reasonable?
If that was the case, then there was no point in holding the individual match at all. They might as well just hand him the championship directly.
Standing in the middle of the crowd, Lory blinked, a sinister glint flashing through his eyes.
"Everyone, listen to me. Let's all go withdraw from the referees together."
"Either revoke Caelan's qualification—or we all quit and let him perform a one-man show."
The others immediately realized how vicious Lory's idea was.
As expected, this guy wasn't a good person either.
But since it served their shared interests against Caelan, no one objected.
So after the awards ceremony,
before Caelan and his team even had a chance to leave, they were blocked on the podium by Lory and the other students.
"Wait—where's the referee committee? We're applying to withdraw from the individual match."
"That's right. What's the point of us competing if someone like Caelan is participating?"
The chief referee stepped forward, his expression turning ugly.
These students were blatantly challenging his authority.
But if they all withdrew, the individual match couldn't continue at all.
As the chief referee, he would inevitably face punishment from higher authorities.
Just as he was struggling with what to do, Caelan's calm voice rang out.
"You bunch of trash would just be free wins in the individual match anyway."
"I didn't expect you to chicken out like this."
"So what—do you not even have the courage to face me?"
Caelan's taunt instantly shattered the students' composure.
"What nonsense are you spouting? You're clearly cheating!"
"We're just protecting the normal rules of the competition—it's you who broke them!"
Before Caelan could even respond, Akura beside him was already furious.
These people truly had no shame.
Caelan, on the other hand, looked utterly indifferent as his gaze swept over the troublemakers.
"Looks like I really left quite a shadow on you all."
"How about this—I'll give you a chance."
"Right here on this arena, the fifty of you can team up and fight me alone."
"If I lose, I'll voluntarily withdraw."
Hearing such outrageous words, not only were the students stunned—even the chief referee frowned in concern.
After thinking for a moment, he leaned closer and spoke softly to Caelan.
"Caelan, don't act on impulse."
Caelan shook his head firmly.
"Cleaning up a bunch of useless trash isn't acting on impulse."
In truth, Caelan came up with this idea purely because his class mutation request hadn't been completed yet.
Winning 100 consecutive matches one by one was a complete waste of time.
He'd even fallen asleep earlier out of boredom.
So he decided to finish everything in one go—wipe them all out at once.
Meanwhile, Lory and the others were clearly enraged by Caelan's arrogance.
They didn't dare challenge him alone—but fifty versus one was a different story.
"Fine—we'll take you on!"
…
Boom!
The familiar miniature sun appeared once more.
Caelan yawned and casually turned around, walking straight off the arena.
As expected, he secured victory once again.
This time, however, he didn't bother wasting time on award ceremonies.
After greeting the instructor, he left the Ranked Match Instance ahead of schedule.
No joke—after finally completing his class mutation request, what could possibly be more tempting than unlocking a brand-new skill tree?
Caelan returned to his luxurious villa.
Staring at the empty house, he felt momentarily absent-minded.
So his lazy cousin really had left…
She actually had the heart to do it?
In the past, she would've tried every possible excuse to stay a few more days.
Caelan smiled faintly and opened his status panel.
[Class Mutation Request ★★ (Completed)]
Finally done.
Caelan let out a long breath and opened his class interface.
Just as he expected, a brand-new branch had grown on his skill tree!
But when he noticed the third skill tree, Caelan froze.
Wait—summoning skills???
I'm a melee swordsman, and you want me to play summoner?
Is that even reasonable??
But the moment Caelan imagined summoning a bunch of minions to grind monsters for him, it suddenly felt extremely reasonable.
Right—having helpers can't possibly be unreasonable, can it?
At that moment, Caelan discovered something even more shocking.
Not only had a new skill tree appeared—
even the existing White Swordsman and Archer skill trees had undergone changes.
Wait…
Did I just unlock multiple new skills again?!
Caelan couldn't help but suck in a sharp breath, his eyes locked firmly onto the newly unlocked skills.