Shane and Frer emerged outside the Dimension Portal and were immediately eyed by other students and teachers in the Portal hall.

This was not because they were exceptionally beautiful, or handsome but more due to Shane's bloody clothes.

Initially, they were black, but now they turned completely red, drenched in blood.

The bloody stench began to permeate the air inside the Portal hall and both Shane and Frer walked outside it trying to ignore the furtive glances.

Shane was already accustomed to being looked at with all kinds of gazes, but Frer was still forced to use her unique ability to switch off most of her emotions.

Once they were outside, Shane took a deep breath but sighed when he noticed that his world seed had already begun to utilize its stored mana.

Before he entered the Dimension Portal, he regulated his world seed's mana absorption to the bare minimum to prevent the occurrence of any kind of accident on Igra.

Shane wanted to part ways with Frer as soon as possible to make an appointment to enter the Dimension-sphere when they suddenly saw Aisha walking towards the colosseum with Aimy and Olivia next to her.

'Why are they together? What a weird combination!' He thought and glanced at Frer. Shane was sure that her thoughts would be similar to his.

As such, they approached the three who also noticed him and Frer, which was not difficult because of Shane's unique appearance.

"What happened to you and why didn't you change into a clean set of clothes?" Aisha simply asked without greeting Shane beforehand.

Looking at Aisha with squinted eyes, Shane figured out that she had fully recuperated which was a good sign. He answered her nonchalantly.

"All of my clothes look like these. I only have a self-cleaning robe left but its effect wore off after I fought some beasts…"

Aisha averted her attention from Shane to Frer, who looked as innocent as Shane, causing her to sigh deeply.

"How can you be so stingy? You don't even feel the need to purchase normal linen clothes from the system for a few bronze coins?! Would you rather attract everyone's attention instead? Even among weirdos, you're probably among the top 10%!"

Shane didn't understand why Aisha was getting so worked up as he blurted out without thinking.

"Why are you so annoyed? It's not even your business!"

She glared daggers at Shane but decided to not answer him. Aisha turned her attention to the girls instead and asked them to accompany her to the arena. However, Aimy suddenly asked Shane,

"You have entered the 6th Apprentice rank already? Wait, that's not important! Where have you been for the last three weeks? Is it true that you ran away with Frer to spend some time with her as the rumors said?"

Frer, who heard the last sentence, almost choked on her own saliva. She was flustered and was about to deliver a long speech of how the rumor was baseless when Shane simply replied,

"We were inside the Primordial Dimension. Frer helped me to comprehend bloodlust, which was quite difficult! I never understand how such rumors even emerge…."

During the last three weeks, Shane had not only worked hard to comprehend bloodlust, and hunt beasts, but also cultivated, refined his body, and broke through the 6th Apprentice stage from the 3rd Apprentice.

His flawed apprentice physique had also reached the 6th level from the 4th. It was also a decent feat, considering that his schedule was jam-packed, with all kinds of things he wanted to accomplish at the same time.

Breaking through three levels in three weeks at the Apprentice rank was not extraordinary, But, when Aisha heard that Shane comprehended bloodlust in a matter of three weeks, she couldn't help but halt in her tracks.

Turning around, she sized him up several times before she knew that something about Shane had changed.

"You really comprehended bloodlust in only three weeks?" She asked, not sure what to think about this revelation.

Nodding his head, Shane added,

"Yes, and I'm about to go to the Dimension-sphere to reach the required threshold before I can officially claim to have learned the Slaughterer's Path technique!"

When he said this, both Aimy and Olivia suddenly asked him at the same time.

"Are you not on your way to the [Combat] and [Martial art proficiency] rankings?"

He was aware that the monthly ranking would be held now but their question made him shake his head in response.

"I only applied for the [Wealth] ranking. I don't have any time to waste for the other rankings...."

The two girls squinted their eyes when Shane said 'time to waste.' Both Aimy and Olivia felt as if their heart was stabbed by a sharp blade.

Over the last few weeks, they had worked extremely hard to become stronger. They had wanted to show Shane their progress by receiving a good rank in the [Combat] and [Martial art proficiency] rankings, only to hear him calling it a waste of time.

Even Aisha couldn't help but frown at these words, and she reprimanded him,

"Don't be so harsh! These rankings are not a waste of time, but beneficial to figure out how strong you are compared to your peers! You don't have to say that they're a waste of time only because you don't attend it! Aimy and Olivia worked hard to become stronger and even asked me to train them and fix their flaws!"

Nodding his head, Shane realized that they might have misunderstood what he meant.

However, he was amused to learn that Aisha had helped the two girls. It came as an unexpected surprise for him which caused him to grin as he tried to clear the misunderstanding.

"I didn't mean that the rankings are a waste of time. What I meant is that given my current strength, I'm not strong enough to win against a peak-Apprentice stage. He or she might even have an occupation, amplifying his or her strength even more! As such, I can't win or even enter the top 3 to receive a reward!

Furthermore, there are other, more important things I have to attend which I can't postpone! I'm sorry if I created a misunderstanding, that was not my intention."

After Shane cleared the misunderstanding and even apologized, Aisha proudly looked at him which he noticed.

He raised an eyebrow in response to her beaming at him. He had to say that she was even weirder than he was, which was not easy.

Smiling at this thought, Shane was glad that the tense atmosphere created due to his statement had cleared.

However, before they could continue to chat with each other, a teacher walking past them reminded Aimy and Olivia that they should hurry up for the [Combat] ranking.

Apparently, the teacher was their homeroom teacher, and looking at the time, Aimy and Olivia excused themselves before they ran off.

Aisha also excused herself as she smiled apologetically at Shane after noticing that she had overreacted. She turned around and followed the two girls with fast strides, leaving Frer and Shane alone, once again.

Shane was about to say that he had to meet someone when Frer suddenly said

"I'll go now too. If you need help with something else, just contact me. Other than that, you can also message me whenever you want!"

Saying so, Frer rushed off and Shane could see that she stopped exerting her unique ability when her speed increased.

Though, after she ran around the corner, Shane heard her shriek in embarrassment which made him chuckle.

He took his time having a hearty laugh before he looked at himself. The blood dripping from his clothes was already forming a puddle on the ground.

'I should probably change my clothes before I visit Aunt Kia!'

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