Ranking System

[Claire POV]

It has been a month since I became the hub's leader. Before I could travel to Earth, the money I had saved had disappeared from my excessive spending. The products of the hub were too great not to buy.

With all of my money spent, I tried to search everywhere for a job I could take. Remembering what had happened back then, many things had changed.

One day when I was searching for a job, my teacher took me as her disciple. At first, I didn't agree since I found her shady. But once I found out how strong she was, I couldn't help but admire her.

"Why did you take me as a disciple?"

Those were my first words before I agreed to be her disciple. When she told me that I had talent in the art of poison because of the attribute of my race, she had immediately chosen me at first sight.

Over the first week, my teacher taught me the basics of poison--the types of poison, the materials, and the ways to apply them.

Learning them at first was hard when new information I had never known had been put in front of me. As I learned more, the process became more accessible, so I thought it was natural for me to learn about them.

Being taught about poison coming from flowers was the easiest by far. By touching their roots, I could tell the plants' properties.

Then one day, my teacher was asked to take a job for the current head group. It was an assassination request to kill their leader. For the rule of killing would be banished, my teacher took the job even knowing the consequence.

I don't know what she had been paid for her work before she left. She handed me all of her information and gave me resources to grow.

Even though we hadn't known each other for a long time, I was genuinely grateful for her help. Our goodbyes were short, but she will be someone I will remember for the rest of my life.

When I returned to do more research, a group of men stormed into my house. Those loyal to the previous boss tried to avenge their boss by taking it out on me. My teacher had already left, so I was the only thing they could vent on.

The house that my master had brought was already planted with poison. When they came and stormed in, they immediately attacked sight. With that said, I had everyone attacked with lethal poison. In the end, their dead body had rotted, which made the bodies hard to touch.

A month passed, and my poison was strong enough to kill people in the third-rank world. When learning everything I needed, it was time to leave. Exiting the door, I stumbled across something.

"What are you people doing outside my house?"

A group of men bowed down as I was about to leave. Did killing their men make them stupid? I didn't intend to mess with them if they didn't come back.

"Please be our boss!"

"..."

"Aren't there other people more capable than me?"

If they searched for a month, many capable people could be found everywhere in this hub. So asking me was unreasonable.

"Your master told us to assist you in any way possible."

"Then why have you showed up now?"

"Those idiots didn't want you to lead, but with information provided by your master, they were bound to die. You also have never left the house once. We didn't want to distract your study."

"..."

Did my master set this town for me to lead? Being told by people who had attacked my house was suspicious.

Even if it was true, I had to get to Earth. I had already stalled enough and wanted to find Charles. If I don't, it will be too late.

"Please reconsider it! If you don't, millions of lives will be ruined! Our previous boss was highly corrupt. We had no choice but to hire your master to eliminate such man."

Using the people of this word against me... I had nothing to do with the people of this place, but if my mother knew what my choices were, she would scorn me.

"Fine. But if there was a situation where I am not needed, I will leave."

Charles, it looks like you will have to wait once again. Your beloved Claire will find you!!! Taking our leave, we went to the base.

The place where I was taken was tidier than I thought. For the following day, I had to finish all the business of what this group had left over. I started to regret coming here, seeing the pile of work coming to the table.

Rather than being a boss, I felt like an employee that is being overworked. Thousands of paper flew right into my brain, and I felt something like this was outrageous.

"Hire someone to do all these paperwork. I'm not going to do it."

I don't know why I wasted time doing this when I could have had someone else do it for me. No one expected such an order but complied, knowing I would leave if I were angry.

"Then, Boss! Let's use your poison to deal with our competitor. We won't kill them, but disabling them for the time being should be a great idea."

If that was the quickest way to deal with them, I better get to poison-making.

"What's your name? I haven't asked."

"It's Connor, Boss."

"Bring me any materials from the list. I will need them for my crafting."

Since the people here would pay for me, why would I use the items my teacher gave me?

Now that I was going to craft some poison, it was time for us to move ahead. It would be easier to leave for every helpful thing I do. With my poison being a primary source of our attack, we settled the competitors quickly.

This is how I, Claire, became the leader of this hub.