After that, Souta talked with Jeanne alone. She expressed herself by saying that she also wanted to join the Dark Oculus legion. The other members of the fan club followed their vice-president and said the same thing.
"Please, let us join your legion, Lord Souta!!"
Souta rubbed his chin while looking at them. There's no doubt that these girls will follow his orders. All of them admire him so he could use them. They were better than those adventurers.
'You can train them slowly and they will become loyal to you...' Saya said to him.
'Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. I could train them so they are better than those adventurers.' Souta nodded while rubbing his chin. "Okay, I'll reserve some seat in the legion for you so all of you had to register in the Adventurers Guild."
They were surprised to see that Souta agreed to them. They were happy from the bottom of their hearts.
Souta coughed forcefully to gathered their attention.
"Sorry, we're being rude." The girls quickly apologize to him. They were just happy to the point that they couldn't hold their emotions.
They were thinking about living in the headquarters. Living in this building means living under the same roof as Souta. Just thinking about it made them shivered in excitement.
"All of you, read the rules of this legion. Also, don't forget to register. For those who have an adventurer's ID should help those who don't have one. I will wait this afternoon so you better make it quick." Souta said before he bid farewell and entered the building.
...
One day later, Souta filled the maximum members for a rank 1 legion. They couldn't accept any more members because they reach their limits.
The point system of the legion shocked every adventurer in the whole city. They don't have any idea why Souta created a system where he wouldn't receive any benefits. Jimmy and Francis even question his decision but Souta simply shrugged his shoulders at them.
They didn't know that the point system was for Souta's own benefits. No one knows about it except for himself.
Souta consulted Bargan about Yanagi after their class. He asked to guard her in the next five days because he had a plan and there's a chance that she will shatter his plan.
Bargan agreed to him and said that he will let her free after five days so he should prepare himself to face Yanagi at that time.
After that, Souta begins his domination plan in the institute. He began to challenge the second-year students.
After a few weeks of silence, he finally bares his fangs on the higher year. All the teachers and some of the students expected it. Well, Souta didn't have someone who could match him in his year level so they thought that he would move up to challenge higher year students but he stopped.
He stayed low-profile for a few weeks but now he finally showed himself to the public.
Today, a lot of students and teachers gathered in the stadium. They gathered here to watched the infamous Souta.
Souta was a notorious first-year student. He was infamous for his brutal way of fighting as he maimed most of his opponents. They know that he was an experienced fighter who wouldn't hesitate to decapitate his enemies.
Normal students who didn't experience life and death battles would hesitate if they were going to maimed people or not. It's hard to get past the willingness to brutalize without batting an eye.
Most of the teachers knew this fact. Well, he's a legendary person in the institute because of his deeds in the Ibish village. The one who helped Alex and the corps guardians in fighting the Seven Deadly Sins officers was him.
On the center of the stage, Souta was standing there while he held the neck of a second-year student. The second-year student was the top 82 ranker in the whole second year.
"Tsk!" He clicked his tongue as he threw the girl outside the stage. He then patted his clothes and looked at the referee.
The referee gulped and announce the winner of the battle.
The winner of this ranking battle is...
"SOUTA IESHI!!"
The crowd was silent. They were speechless as they saw the rising of the first-year student called Souta Ieshi. In just one day, Souta defeated dozens of second-year students.
He was the most dominant student in the first year batch.
Some of the second-year students were afraid when they thought that Souta was going to challenge them next. Of course, no one wanted to fight a brutal fighter like him.
Souta looked down at the device on his wrist and checked the points that he received from defeating second-year rankers.
He was going to use these points for Teacher Bargan. Bargan couldn't keep Yanagi all the time that's why he planning to use points to Teacher Bargan.
Just a little bit more time and he will create a place for her to rampage, the noble's territory was a good place.
The plan was perfect.
Souta left the stage while thinking about his vicious plan that will make the nobles trembled in fear.
"That first year is really good. He's going to dominate the second year batch in no time." A man with pair of rabbit ears and tail said while watching Souta walked away. He has messy red hair and his build was average but everyone could see the scars on his arms.
His name is Zac Triton, the top 6 ranker in the whole Ladro Institute. It means that he was the sixth strongest student in the entire institute.
"The Grand Tournament is close. Maybe he's after the seat in the tournament." A girl with long black hair which was tied in a ponytail said from the side. She had pointed ears and chestnut color pupils. Her eyes were sharp and she had white skins. Her loose uniform couldn't completely hide her curves.
She was Laciet Syxn, the top 5 ranker in the whole Ladro Institute.
"Grand Tournament? I think there's no point if we join the tournament or not. Yanagi Shina is enough to conquer the tournament." Zac said with a deep sigh. With Yanagi in the tournament, he didn't have a chance to become the champion.
"That's why you couldn't increase your rank. You give up too easily. Also, isn't this a great chance to test our skills to each other?" Laciet said to Zac.
"That's why you are trash! Trash should just go and rot in hell! You will lose your position in no time!" A man with shoulder-length black hair commented from the side. He has pitch black eyes and pale skin.
He's Rein Ventogram, the top 2 ranker in the whole institute. He was also called Shina's rival but never once did he won against her.
Zac and Laciet turned their heads and saw that it was Rein.
"You're here too, Rein. Are you interested in him?" Zac ignored Rein's words and asked him.
"Yeah, he's better than you trash! He would surpass trash like you if had more time before the tournament!" Rein answered his question.
"As foul-mouthed as always," Laciet said with a sigh.
Although he was foul-mouthed they couldn't deny his powers. He was the man who was just below Yanagi in the top ranking. There's no doubt that he was strong. He always proved it when he fought someone.
"Heh~ I wonder about that. Even if I'm like this, I'm still the top 6 ranker." Zac smiled.
"Top 6 is trash. You're content at top 6, damn! You're a hopeless person!" Rein said in a loud voice.
"It's too early for him to compete against us... He's not Yanagi who could do the impossible." Zac said to him in a calm tone.
"Hahaha, you're underestimating him! That's laughable! Underestimating someone showed how arrogant you are as a person! I'm warning you that if he joins the tournament he will destroy trash like you!" Rein laughed as he turned around. He then glanced at Zac and said, "You shouldn't underestimate anyone number six. I'm telling you this as the top 2, the person who is four ranks higher than you."
Zac squinted his eyes as he looked at Rein's back.
"Ignore him," Laciet said.
...
Souta went back to the HQ of the Dark Oculus. He noticed that his skill points rose. It seems that the newly recruited members of the Dark Oculus began to complete the daily quest of the legion.
He turned his head as Lumilia entered the room with a pile of paper in her hands. She placed it in front of him and said, "I called everyone."
"Good." Souta nodded as he looked outside the window.
After a while, everyone arrived. The original members of the Dark Oculus were inside the meeting room.
The one who started the meeting was Lumilia. "A lot of people are eyeing our legion."
"It's within our expectations. After all, we posted the mana fruits that we have in the public eyes. Mana fruits are valuable resources and everyone wants to get a hold of it." Yujin said.
"We should tighten our guard in the treasury as we gathered the eyes of those criminal organizations," Alice said while looking at Souta.
Souta simply took a sip of his coffee. He didn't say anything as he enjoyed the taste of this delicious coffee that Lumilia brew.
Everyone looked at him as they waited for him to say something.
After a few moments, Souta placed down the cup in his hands. He slowly opened his mouth and said,
"Those twenty mana fruits that I placed in the treasury are bait. Criminal organizations and nobles will come after us and it will bring us countless quests and... in the end, we're going to bring all of them down."