The first name that appeared was naturally Karl, as he stood at the very front.
[Name: Karl Rosen]
[Level: 16]
[Profession: Shield Warrior]
[Potential Evaluation: B]
[Loyalty: 91]
[Investment Value: Relatively High]
...
[Name: Bruno Kane]
[Level: 17]
[Profession: Berserker]
[Potential Evaluation: A]
[Loyalty: 98]
[Investment Value: Extremely High]
...
[Name: Jerome Fain]
[Level: 18]
[Profession: Spear Knight]
[Potential Evaluation: C+]
[Loyalty: 72]
[Investment Value: Average]
...
[Name: Milo Anderson]
[Level: 15]
[Profession: Wind Ranger]
[Potential Evaluation: B+]
[Loyalty: 79]
[Investment Value: Relatively High]
...
Victor calmly continued looking down the line.
Most of their evaluations were concentrated around C Rank and B Rank, which was normal.
If randomly gathering ten people from the roadside could produce several A Rank or S Rank talents, then the entire potential rating system would be meaningless.
Then his gaze reached the very end of the formation.
Standing there was an unremarkable looking youth.
He was only around one meter seventy five tall. His build was thin. His short brown hair was somewhat messy.
His academy uniform had been washed so many times that the fabric had begun to fade, and he did not even have a proper weapon hanging at his waist. There was only an ordinary iron sword that had clearly been used for a very long time.
Victor remembered him.
Noah Green. He came from a commoner background and was seventeen years old.
Among the twelve people, he was almost certainly the one with the weakest presence.
The reason he had started following the original Victor was not admiration, nor was it because of any relationship between their families.
When Noah had first entered the academy last year, he had offended a noble student.
That noble had been preparing to hire someone to cripple him when he happened to run into Victor, who already had a grudge against him.
The original Victor had not been trying to save Noah at all.
He had simply disliked that noble and conveniently beaten him up.
But after that, Noah had continued following him.
He rarely spoke, and whatever he was told to do, he did.
Placed inside a crowd, no one would even spare him a second glance, but now...
[Name: Noah Green]
[Level: 14]
[Profession: Apprentice Swordsman]
[Talent: Low Level Swordsmanship Perception]
[Potential Evaluation: S]
[Current Loyalty: 84]
[Current Condition: Long term malnutrition, old injury to the right shoulder, congenital defect in mana circulation]
[Destiny Trajectory: Withdraws from Starlight Royal Academy two months later and returns to his hometown; dies four years later while protecting his younger sister during a monster tide.]
[Hidden Information: Requires 1 Investment Point to inspect.]
[Investment Value: Extremely High]
A glimmer of excitement appeared within Victor’s gaze when he saw this.
S Rank!
He had only just discovered the SS Rank Cecilia yesterday. And now, hidden among his own twelve subordinates, there was actually another S Rank?
Moreover, he was only Level Fourteen.
At Starlight Royal Academy, the average level of second year students was already close to eighteen.
What did Level Fourteen mean?
It meant he was practically standing at the edge of elimination.
According to academy regulations, if Noah still failed to reach Level Sixteen by the end of the school year, he would not even qualify to advance into the third year.
No wonder his name had never appeared in the original storyline.
Before he ever had the chance to truly enter the main plot, he had already withdrawn from the academy because of insufficient strength.
But someone with S Rank potential. Why was he this weak?
Victor looked toward the line displaying hidden information.
[Spend 1 Investment Point to inspect the target’s hidden information?]
Yesterday, altering Bruno’s destiny had only rewarded him with a single Investment Point.
Victor had originally planned to save it. But now there was nothing to hesitate over.
"Inspect."
[Investment Point: 1 consumed.]
In the next instant, Noah’s panel rapidly changed.
[Hidden Talent: Sword Heart]
[Quality: S]
[Current State: Unawakened]
[Awakening Condition One: Swordsmanship proficiency reaches Advanced.]
[Awakening Condition Two: Repair congenital mana circulation defect.]
[Awakening Condition Three: Condense an embryonic form of Sword Intent once during a life and death battle.]
[Description: The target was born with exceptionally powerful perception toward the sword path. However, due to damage to his mana circulation during childhood, he is unable to properly mobilize his mana, greatly reducing his leveling speed and leaving his true talent dormant.]
Victor’s eyes lingered on the final description.
Now it made sense. It was not that Noah lacked talent. His body simply prevented that talent from being expressed.
In the original storyline, this was practically the most classic useless genius template imaginable.
If Noah were the protagonist, perhaps one day he would fall off a cliff, encounter some mysterious old grandfather, or pick up a bottle of ancient medicine capable of repairing his mana circulation, then soar into the heavens from that moment onward.
Unfortunately, he was not.
So all the way until he withdrew from the academy, no one ever discovered his true value.
But now Victor did. He suddenly smiled.
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