Are you worthy of saving the world?

Today's class is an outdoor course of the theology class, which involves visiting the Holy Sword Garden and learning about this past history.

In accordance with the tradition of Saint Cromwell, the Sword Garden is only open once a year.

Furthermore, each student has only one opportunity to enter the Holy Land during the first two years of enrollment.

So today's class was crowded with a large number of lower grade students.

Yuli, Safia, and Maya, the academy's latest hot celebrity, are among them.

For the weapon geek Safia, the garden enshrining the holy sword is simply heaven—

At this time last year, Safia happened to be suffering from the flu and unfortunately missed the Holy Sword Garden open class. In the end, only Ruby and Emerald attended.

Having been looking forward to it for a year, she was very excited and even forced Yuli to come over.

Yuli didn't have any other appointments in the morning, so he came along too.

He had already decided to wait until lunch break to find Principal Joseph and explain to him his promotion to the third rank.

"Look... that's the legendary princess of the Horned Tribe. She's so tall! And she has a great figure!" "What a handsome pair of horns. She's also a beauty..."

The students who were meeting Maya for the first time were talking in low voices.

In the past few days, the rumor that Ulysses performed a miracle and cured the orc princess's curse has spread.

Because Maya became a legendary star known throughout the school, the child of prophecy who cured her also became famous.

"As expected of the Son of Prophecy... As expected, he possesses some special miraculous power beyond the divine system, right?"

"The power of miracles... can it even bring the dead back to life?!" "It wouldn't be surprising even if it could!"

On the other side, Yuli, the topic of conversation, remained calm and listened to the course lecture attentively.

The teacher for today's outdoor class is Irene, the head teacher of the Theology Department.

At St. Cromwell's, where more than 90% of teachers are male, Irene is one of the few young female teachers.

And unlike the mean Annabelle, Teacher Irene is gentle and cute...

Of course, Yuli didn't listen so attentively just to show off in front of her. It didn't matter whether the teacher was beautiful or not. His main purpose was to learn knowledge.

On the chalk altar in the center of the Holy Sword Garden, there is a huge stone with a gorgeous sword half-inserted on it.

The golden hilt and the silver blade sparkled in the sun, emitting an awe-inspiring sacred aura.

"Legend has it that 1500 years ago, demons from the underworld invaded the sanctuary in large numbers, and the Saint of Grace fought against many demons to protect the sanctuary."

Beside the altar, Irene told the history of the ancient past in her clear and moving voice.

"In that battle, the Saint of Grace slaughtered all the demons and exhausted all her spiritual power."

"The last one to appear before the Saint Lady was a powerful demon with an immortal body."

"In order to kill it, the Holy Maiden of Grace threw her beloved sword."

"The golden holy sword easily pierced through the demon's body, ending the demon's immortality. It continued to fly for several kilometers and finally pierced into a huge rock before stopping."

"What we are seeing now is the holy relic created by the Saint of Grace, the Sword in the Stone."

"The once golden holy sword lost its ability to serve as a sacred weapon after being corroded by the devil's miasma, but due to the unintentional act of the Saint Lady, a new miracle was born."

"Unlike other holy swords, its current purpose is neither to kill enemies nor to show off its power, but to "evaluate the weapon of heroes." "

The pink-haired female teacher continued, "I'm sure you've all heard of the Holy Sword Challenge spread by Saint Cromwell...

This holy sword in stone has the ability to measure a hero's caliber. Depending on each person's caliber, the evaluation they can receive will also be different.

According to legend, the only person who can pull this sword completely out of the stone is a hero who has accomplished an unprecedented feat!"

After Irene finished her explanation, the students who were watching the lecture started discussing it.

And Yuri also moved his gaze from the pink-haired female teacher's face to the Sword in the Stone beside him -

【The Sword in the Stone (Fake)】

[Type: Holy Relic]

[Level: Legend (Orange)]

[Attribute: Holy]

【Features: Class Determination】

[Explanation: The total length of the sword blade is 130cm, the length buried in the stone is 100cm, and the length of the part exposed to the air is 30cm. ]

[Rank determination: can give the most accurate evaluation to the sword drawer. Calculate the sword drawer's current rank and the experience points required to advance to the next rank.]

[“This time, he’s not a true hero either.”]

"...?"

Yuli blinked, suspecting that he had seen it wrong.

Why do the instructions displayed by the system seem to be somewhat different from what Teacher Irene explained?

The so-called "assessment of the hero's weapon" is actually to determine a person's rank?

Yuri is the only person in the world who has a system panel. He is also the only one who knows the specific percentage of his own rank experience and can calculate by himself how much experience points he needs to be promoted.

Therefore, the effect of this (fake) Sword in the Stone cannot be considered useless.

But if it has such a clear function, why use such an ambiguous term as "the instrument for measuring heroes"?

With the church's standards, it is impossible for them to make such a low-level mistake...

Yuli thought about it and suddenly realized: the church must be making things mysterious in order to increase faith.

This sword in the stone is actually a high-level prop for determining rank, and it is not a magical artifact with any particularly great heritage or destiny.

There are actually many holy relics like the Holy Sword Garden that are not worthy of their name in the Vatican City.

Just like the biggest and most unworthy imposter - the Son of Prophecy, Yuli thought self-deprecatingly.

Teacher Irene must also know the true effect of the Sword in the Stone (fake), but she did not tell the truth directly to her students -

On the one hand, this is the requirement of the church, and on the other hand, it is also for the purpose of educating students.

But Yuri discovered something strange: Could it be that none of the students who participated in the Holy Sword Challenge in the past had noticed the truth about the Sword in the Stone? This was impossible!

"Teacher Irene! Can you let us try to pull out the sword from the stone? We also want to try the holy sword challenge!"

The blue-haired girl next to Yuri raised her hand high.

Safia's speech immediately received widespread support from other students.

"That's right! We also want to try to pull out the sword in the stone!" "Yes! Teacher Irene! Since it's an outdoor class, let us try it too!"

In just a few seconds, the quiet and solemn Holy Sword Garden was filled with the voices of the students.

Looking at the excited expressions of the students, Teacher Irene tilted her head cutely and poked her chin with her finger in embarrassment: "Hmm...what should I do~"

"Please, Teacher Irene!"

Amid the students' enthusiastic cheers, Teacher Irene murmured in confusion: "Well, after all, this is a request from our lovely students..."

"Great!" "Long live Teacher Irene!" "I love you the most!"

Amid the students' cheers, Irene's lips curled up slyly.

From the beginning, she planned to have the students attempt the Holy Sword Challenge in this class.

Compared with boring explanations, practical hands-on practice can better stimulate students' interest in learning.

"It's fine to let everyone challenge the Sword in the Stone, but there is one thing the teacher hopes the students will follow~"

The pink-haired beautiful teacher put her finger to her lips and said with a smile: "Don't let anyone know that you secretly drew your swords, okay? Otherwise, I will be dead~"

"...!"

At this moment, Yuli's body trembled slightly and his spine shuddered.

He was very confused at first, and then he immediately realized——

Teacher Irene had just used the "suggestion technique" on all the students, including herself.

After being promoted to the third level, Yuli's inspiration was further enhanced.

He was even able to keenly sense the slight fluctuations in spiritual power when Irene was secretly casting spells.

If Yuri were to go back to the basement of the Black Jack Club the night before, he might be able to detect the enchantment barrier secretly set up by the elves in advance.

"..."

Yuli looked around and found that the other students were indifferent, as if he was the only one who noticed something was wrong.

Teacher Irene is really amazing. She can cast spells secretly on so many students, and the fluctuation of spiritual power is still extremely small.

I became even more powerful after noticing her secret spellcasting, Yuli thought happily.

At the same time, he understood another thing: So that's how it is. Is this the method the school uses to allow students to take on the Holy Sword Challenge while hiding the truth about the Excalibur?

Those who are allowed to enter the Holy Sword Garden are all low-grade students, and are easily affected by "suggestion".

After students leave the Holy Sword Garden, their memories of the Holy Sword Challenge will become vague.

They only remembered that they participated in the Holy Sword Trial, but could not remember the specific details.

Coupled with the confidentiality clause of "Suggestion", students are reluctant to mention the Holy Sword Challenge.

In this way, the hidden truth about the Sword in the Stone would be difficult to spread.

But in the final analysis, the Holy Sword Challenge is something like a school legend.

It's not even a big secret. The teachers all know the inside story, and it won't be a big deal even if the students find out the truth.

In the past, there must have been many outstanding seniors who resisted the "suggestion technique", but they kept silent after they went out because they did not want to destroy the dreams of the younger generations.

Yuli remembered that when he mentioned the Sword in the Stone to Cecilia two years ago, she showed a very subtle expression -

Apparently, Cecilia is the student who resists suggestion and discovers the truth.

Now, Yuri has become one of the talented students who keeps the secret of the Sword in the Stone.

"Although the truth about the Sword in the Stone will not be spread, everyone should be able to find out immediately in class..."

Yuli thought: When I draw the sword later, the Sword in the Stone will kindly display each challenger's specific rank and remaining experience for promotion, right?

Personal ranks are divided into 10 levels from "First" to "Tenth".