I WON'T FALL

"Alder Silver," Jaxon announced the next name.

Alder Silver, trained in the sword arts from a young age, reached the top level in techniques with his unawakened body. His parents and thirty others went MIA while exploring a part of unexplored land, which the Silver family won from the Lian family last year's competition.

Vanessa, his big sister, took over the role of his parents' job to oversee the western border. While his elder brother, Tristen, took over the duty as the commander of the western-guerrilla army. Alder learned his swordsmanship from his brother.

His unique feature is that he isn't so outgoing and always carries a straight sword with him, no matter where he goes. Earlier on Ace's accusation of water supply poisoning, Jaxon investigated Alder, but his strong alibi and eyewitness prevented Jaxon from taking further steps. Without any concrete evidence, he walked free.

Alder took a little bow before Jaxon and began to walk toward the new crystal ball.

"Humm..."

"This is weird. Why is there no angel wing or skull sign over his head?"

"And his heartbeat..."

Ace wondered in confusion as the signs were still floating above everyone else. On top of that, since his hearing got enhanced, he was keeping an eye on Alder from the beginning. He noticed that Alder's heartbeat didn't change with all the things going on around him.

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[System]

[As I informed you before, God's Favor only works on you and people within a certain radius around you who don't hold any animosity against you and anyone blood-related to you, no matter the distance.]

[While the Wisp of Underworld drains your misfortune and bad luck and then fuses it with people with animosity toward you. They get affected whenever they enter within a 100m radius around you.]

[That Alder guy is suspicious.]

[God's Favor didn't work... Then he must be hostile toward you. But then the Wisp of Underworld should have affected him... Yet it didn't. This can mean only one thing...]

[Someone trained him to hide his hostility and killing intent to the point that he doesn't even see his targets as enemies... He is trained in the ways of assassins from a young and a master level at that...]

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"So, if there is no hostility...," Ace thought as his eyes went at Alder's fists, "Wisp of Underworld won't consider him my enemy..." He noticed that Alder's fists have no calluses nor cut marks for a boy who mastered the Silver family's swordsmanship.

Alder stood in front of the crystal ball and touched it.

[Woosh] A pillar of golden light emerged from the crystal ball. But it wasn't as bright as the magenta or the Silver pillars.

"Golden... Not bad," Jaxon muttered.

"Kukkk!!!!" Alder fell to his knees, coughing out blood. His skin was glowing with a yellow hue. But he didn't scream in pain.

"Even now... His heartbeat is steady," Ace thought after seeing Alder's calm expression even during the mutation.

Alder's result was displayed on the crystal.

**Super Grade

**Tracer

**Aura affinity: 10%

He stood up after taking a glance at his result.

[Other members]

Everyone was gossiping after seeing the result. The bad mood from earlier events changed in an instant.