Chapter 139 Ranking points

"This thing measures just the physical strength?"

"Chirp~."

"So you just hit it as hard as you can and it shows how physically strong you are in quantified numbers?"

"Chirp~."

"Wow…"

Strength was one thing, but just physical strength?

There have been various machines in the academy that allowed one to test out how powerful the force of their attack was.

That machine was present on the other side of the room but this thing was pretty different.

When we talk about the machine that measures just the physical strength, then the machine is quantifying the muscle strength, body's core strength, and how well the mind to muscle contraction stands for them.

"The martial artists would love this."

Those who wield weapons also train their bodies. The martial artists of the east who cultivate energy inside of their bodies also show how unique the nature of energy truly is.

I wasn't able to tame beasts but thanks to the unique nature of my Energy decay physique, I was able to learn unique arts that only I could perform.

These techniques had saved me countless times and perhaps they were also the reason I was able to survive for so long.

Well, whatever the case may be, there is a certain chance that this machine only works for people with certain levels of abilities.

"You all go first."

There was no restriction saying only the test taker can use the facilities in this section of the test.

If the test takers wanted, they could test out various machines present with their beasts as well.

This was the only good platform where they would ever get a substantial understanding of the powers that their beasts held.

"Chirp…"

It is also a chance for me to see how strong the beasts that I have worked with all this time actually are.

"What do you mean you don't like this one?"

Nyx didn't step forward even though he made this thing.

I was curious at first, but seeing his frustration while looking at this made me even more curious.

"Could it be that you're super strong? Like super super strong?"

It was a good possibility.

The little creature was an unranked creature with immense limits, but since it was a little bird right now, it cannot use much of its strengths.

We knew Nyx was strong already. But how much?

"Chirp." Nyx shook his head while looking at the big wall of gelatine.

He made it at the request of the headmaster. The machine was made in a way that it would bypass the use of any kind of magic or magical energy.

The results would ignore even the use of magical items to give the raw, unfiltered quantified number of their physical strength.

The techniques that they may have learned would enhance the score, the way their bodies would release energy in that one punch would also determine how it actually works, and lastly, thanks to him, this device was quite good.

-Bam!

When Nyx slammed his head on the thin wall of gelatine, he did not do it with much force behind it.

He did not have to do so in the first place like the machine would scan the impact and various complex elements behind it.

Even I can tell it was something amazing, so why is it that he did not like something so good?

The answer is simple:

"Chirp."

"A man can try, you know?"

"Chirp chirp."

"Yes, I know. That's just a metaphor."

He got a score of 1/100.

That's it.

On a hundred point scale that was determined to be his lifetime physical strength, he was at one point right now.

The machine was telling them that the creature that would come to have a hundred times his current physical strength that can make someone bleed just from an attack of his beak, would grow much stronger going forward.

It was a great statistic. But when they compare it to the rest of his peers.

"Meow~!"

"Felix got a 120/1500. Goodness, that's amazing."

"Miii~."

"And art… ah. A 12/10. Is it because you're a spirit beast that you don't really have much physical strength? And you've already surpassed whatever you would have had?"

This was unfair.

He was simply too weak compared to the others. And the sad thing is that he knew that much already.

He accepted that he was weak but at the same time, he knew he was not going to grow strong enough to rival a physical beast like Felix.

There will be many obstacles in their paths, and he won't be some omnipotent protector of his master even if he wanted to.

"I see what you were so sad about."

Sam smiled at him and patted the little bird's head, knowing well why he was so worried.

But then again, if it's just the physical strength, his partners didn't have to worry about him.

"Huuu…"

Standing before the wall of jelly, he took a deep breath and concentrated his thoughts and mind into one single part of his body.

"Haaaa…"

He calmed himself down, took a deep breath, and looked at the wall as if it were the worst enemy that had taken everything away from him.

"Hyaaaa!"

-Bang!

In a singular release, he punched the wall of gelatine, almost shaking the device to its very core.

-Triiiiiiiiiing!

The numbers that had instantly stopped at certain digits during his companions' turn kept on going higher and higher.

The number did not stop at two digits and it also did not stop at three digits.

-Zaaaaaaaaa…

Finally, the score stopped at (1254/33333). The upper limit being the numerical uppermost integral score set into the system.

…

-Tan— Tang tannnng tannnnnng tang.

Those who were watching the second test in the observation room were stunned by the unexpected result of the boy's performance.

"He's at the master-level?"

"A transcendental potential…"

The fact that he crossed the threshold of a thousand points in physical strength alone proved just how much the people had underestimated him until now.

Also, the fact that the set upper limit was hit also meant the physical body of the boy was far more adaptable than most others in the world.

…

"See? I'm strong~."

Not everyone has the kind of physical and mental potential that one needs to reach the levels like a (Level-7) tamer or an Assimilator.

According to this test and the ranking points obtained from it, he had the physical foundation to reach those stages.

And that fact alone made him a very important asset to the academy and this world…