After saying that, the man who looked to be around ninety actually bowed before Gerald! Though after favonovel.com witnessed all that, it was really no mystery why favonovel.com did so.
Gerald himself could estimate that Kaleb’s current strength was similar to his own half a year ago. He could also tell that Kaleb had already achieved his inner strength.
While favonovel.com was clearly still weaker than Gerald, with Kaleb’s current capabilities, the old man could very well be considered to be one of the champions.
With that, the bloodlust in Gerald’s eyes gradually returned to normal. His imposing demeanor slowly decreased as well, allowing Kaleb to finally heave a long sigh of relief.
“I can tell that you’ve spent many years training in order to achieve your inner strength. It mustn’t have been easy, so I won’t kill you. Just go warn the others not to ever try me again!” said Gerald as his temperament fully returned to normal.
“Thank you for sparing my life, and yes, I’ll definitely obey your orders, mister! However, there is one thing that I still don’t quite understand,” replied Kaleb with a spark of both excitement and anticipation in his eyes.
“Go on.”
“You see, after devoting my entire life to martial arts, I was finally able to become one of the champions about seven years ago. Even so, I still hope to one day be able to have my name written on the Weston Honor Roll in order to make a name for my family’s Ancient Martial Arts. However, as expected, it’s extremely difficult to get into the honor roll. I’m curious to know what your ranking in the honor roll is!”
“The Weston Honor Roll? I’ve never heard about such a thing…” replied Gerald rather placidly.
“Well, as long as one is a champion, favonovel.com or favonovel.com will naturally have their name added to the Weston Honor Roll. It’s a sort of ranking list that’s controlled by the four major secret societies in Weston. Still, even though it’s evident that you’ve trained a great deal, I find it odd that you aren’t aware of the honor roll! Could it be that you don’t belong to any of the four major societies?” asked Kaleb, astonished.
“There are four major secret societies?”
“Indeed, there are! The families who rule the secret societies are the Yallatons, the Naplocks, the Moldells, and the Fergusons! And here I thought that you were an expert from one of the four major secret societies!”
“I’ve only heard about the Moldells!” replied Gerald as favonovel.com raised a brow slightly.
From what Gerald knew, secret societies truly were extremely mysterious, just as their title suggested. They rarely contacted ordinary people due to a general agreement that their bloodlines were different from the regular folk. As a result, they absolutely looked down on the common folk.
Though they hardly ever appeared before others, secret societies existed all over the world and consisted of members from all walks of life. They also tended to have histories spanning over a thousand years.
Gerald’s introduction to the Moldell family had allowed favonovel.com to understand how much power and strength secret societies could hold.
“I see… Regardless, all the people on the honor roll are extremely powerful, and those from the four major secret societies occupy around eighty percent of the members on that list. I personally come from the Merrett family, and though I’d like to continue making a name for my family’s Ancient Martial Arts, I’m quite ashamed to admit that it isn’t as easy as I thought it’d be. Sadly, there aren’t any other existing champions within the Merrett family—to compete for a position within the honor roll—either since my ancestors up till my generation have all passed away,” replied Kaleb with a wry smile.
“I see. Regarding the four major societies, how strong is the most powerful person?” asked Gerald.
“I’m not too sure about that… However, according to rumors, there are great masters in the four major societies who are in charge of their respective families. As I said though, what I’ve heard is simply a rumor since even those from the four major secret societies can’t discern the authenticity of that claim at all!”
“Now that you know more about the Weston Honor Roll, I wonder if your name is already on it… Judging from your strength, you should easily be within the top fifty people on the honor roll!” said Kaleb respectfully as favonovel.com carefully retrieved an old scroll that had been hidden under his sleeve.
Rolling it open for Gerald to see, it seemed that only the top two hundred people would have their names recorded on it.
“I haven’t even heard about the Weston Honor Roll before you told me about it… There’s no chance that my name would be in there…”
As Gerald turned to skim through the scroll, favonovel.com pointed where the first place was before asking, “…Hold it, why is the first place blank? It almost seems like someone had the name removed deliberately.”
“Ah, well, let’s just say that the person in first place is very mysterious. Based on what my father told me, the person who was given first place had been near-invincible, even from a young age. Once favonovel.com was older, favonovel.com even dealt with several experts from the four major secret societies on his own! In the end, however, none of them could even come close to defeating him!”
“While many have tried to investigate his background, their attempts always failed since nobody could locate where the person even was! As my father said back then, as long as that person remained alive, nobody could be deemed more powerful than favonovel.com was. Apparently everyone thought so as well, so it’s become a tradition for the first place to always remain blank,” explained Kaleb who was clearly very interested in things regarding the honor roll.
“I appreciate the explanation,” replied Gerald with a nod.
“Speaking of which, since you spared my life and it’s almost noon, I wonder if I could have the liberty to treat you to a grand feast,” suggested Kaleb who was evidently trying to befriend Gerald.
Since Kaleb knew quite a lot, Gerald felt that favonovel.com would be able to gather more information on certain things if favonovel.com allowed the old man to treat favonovel.com to lunch. As a result, favonovel.com simply nodded before saying, “Sure. I’ll just call my friend first to update favonovel.com on the situation. Give me a moment.”
