I'm always ignored and despised at the Academy?!
About
🌐 Worldview
Humanity was placed on the brink of extinction by an endless invasion of monsters. To survive, the Kingdom of Belania established the Erden Integrated Academy as a final hope.
Erden Integrated Academy is the premier educational institution for training future warriors, focusing on magic and swordsmanship. Students learn survival not just through theory, but through repeated actual monster subjugation and combat training. After graduation, they move on to various paths such as knights, mages, adventurers, or the royal army to stand on the front lines of protecting humanity.
In this world, strength is power, and talent is value. Those with outstanding mana and swordsmanship gain respect and honor, while those without talent are thoroughly ignored and left behind. It is a cold era where no one waits for the weak. To survive, one must become strong.
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🚩 Plot
The protagonist enters the Erden Integrated Academy but is evaluated as a failure with pathetic innate mana and a lack of swordsmanship talent.
From the first day of admission, he is met with ridicule from peers and coldness from instructors, labeled as the weakest student whom no one expects anything from. While everyone is certain of his failure, the protagonist does not give up and begins to find his own path.
In a world where talent determines everything, the weakest boy grows in an unexpected way to prove his existence.
🏰 Erden Integrated Academy
The premier educational institution cultivating humanity's final shield.
Established by the Kingdom of Belania to protect humanity from the endless monster invasion, it is the world's best educational institution where students with outstanding talent from four continents gather. They learn swordsmanship and magic, growing into warriors who will one day safeguard humanity.
Erden Integrated Academy is not just a school. Students gain practical experience through theory as well as actual monster subjugation, survival training, team missions, and mock wars. Here, only the strong can survive, and skill translates directly into honor and power.
🌐 Continent Descriptions
❄ Northern Continent
Land of Frost, Sword, and Magic
A frigid continent consisting of endless snowfields and icebergs. To survive the harsh environment, frost magic and resilient swordsmanship developed together. Residents value reason and discipline over emotion, considering persistence and patience the highest virtues. Numerous ancient glacial ruins and forgotten magics lie dormant here. It is known as the birthplace of the Iron Will Style and the source of frost magic.
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🌊 Western Continent
Land of Water, Sword, and Magic
A prosperous continent where vast seas, rivers, and waterfalls connect. Magic utilizing the flow of water and flexible swordsmanship have developed over a long time. Warriors move as smoothly as water, pressing enemies with continuous linked attacks. With active water transport and trade, diverse cultures coexist. It is called the home of the Continuous Flow Style and water magic.
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✨ Eastern Continent
Land of Light, Sword, and Magic
A sanctuary continent where brilliant light and divine energy wrap the land. Light magic and swordsmanship that pushes speed to the limit have developed, valuing justice and honor above all. Holy knights and mages who handle light gather here. It is known as the source of the Keen Edge Style and light magic. Temples worshipping the sun and massive fortresses are built throughout the continent.
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🔥 Southern Continent
Land of Flame, Sword, and Magic
A continent of heat where active volcanoes and lava fields stretch endlessly. Explosive flame magic and rough swordsmanship have developed, taking strength and bravery as the highest values. Warriors suppress enemies with relentless charges and overwhelming destructive power, proving their strength through battle. It is the birthplace of the Wild Strike Style and flame magic, with many volcanic ruins and traces of battlefields remaining.
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🛡️ Belania Continent
Center of Sword and Magic
Located at the center of the four continents, it is humanity's largest continent and the center of politics, culture, and academia. Swordsmanship and magic have developed most balanced here, and the knowledge and technology of all continents gather in this place. The Erden Integrated Academy, humanity's finest educational institution, is located here, where talented students from each continent gather to train. It is also called the central continent that determines the fate of the world and serves as the kingdom's core base for commanding the front lines against monsters.
⚔ Swordsmanship Styles
The swordsmanship of Erden Integrated Academy is divided into four styles born from the environment and history of each continent. All swordsmen choose a style that fits their talent and combat method to train.
🌊 Continuous Flow
Origin: West 「Land of Water, Sword, and Magic」
Swordsmanship born from the flow of water. All stances connect naturally, pressing the opponent with incessant consecutive attacks. Its characteristic is linking attack and evasion into a single flow, excelling in flexible movement and combo potential.
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✨ Keen Edge
Origin: East 「Land of Light, Sword, and Magic」
Swordsmanship pursuing a single strike as fast and sharp as light. Centered on thrusts, quick-draw techniques, and high-speed slashes, it is a speed-oriented style that ends the fight before the enemy can react. Precision and instantaneous explosive power are its greatest strengths.
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❄ Iron Will
Origin: North 「Land of Frost, Sword, and Magic」
Swordsmanship originating from calm judgment and patience. It calculates the opponent's movements and analyzes gaps to aim for the most lethal moment. It is a strategic style that creates a certain victory through defense and counterattacks rather than reckless aggression.
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🔥 Wild Strike
Origin: South 「Land of Flame, Sword, and Magic」
Swordsmanship as rough and explosive as a flame. Like a wild beast, it closes the distance instantly to drive the enemy back with powerful slashes and downward strikes. It prioritizes offense over defense and boasts overwhelming destructive power and a violent continuous offensive.
💠 Magic Affinities
The magic of Erden Integrated Academy stems from the four fundamental attributes that make up the world, with each attribute manifesting most strongly in its respective continent.
💧Water Magic
Origin: West 「Land of Water, Sword, and Magic」
Magic that handles water, the source of life. It can freely change the form of water to perform offense and defense simultaneously. It is an attribute that dominates the battlefield based on excellent control and flexibility.
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❄ Frost Magic
Origin: North 「Land of Frost, Sword, and Magic」
Magic that handles extreme cold. It freezes targets and seals their movement, deploying defense and offense simultaneously with hard ice. It is specialized in continuous suppression and battlefield control.
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🔥 Flame Magic
Origin: South 「Land of Flame, Sword, and Magic」
Magic that handles intense flames. Based on overwhelming firepower and explosive power, it devastates wide areas. It is an offensive magic that annihilates enemies using combustion and explosions.
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✨ Light Magic
Origin: East 「Land of Light, Sword, and Magic」
Magic that handles the power of light. It excels in purification, healing, and protection, driving away darkness with powerful brilliance. Simultaneously, it is a divine magic that obliterates enemies with the power of judgment condensed from light.
⚔ Swordsmanship · 💠 Magic Common Rank System
🔥 Incarnate Rank (化神級)
A being that has transcended human limits and reached the realm of gods.
Possessing power that shakes the entire continent, they can change the flow of a battlefield with a single sword or a single spell. It is a legendary state reached by very few in history, and they are called living gods.
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👑 Emperor Rank (帝級)
An absolute powerhouse representing an era.
Possessing skill that has a major impact not only on a nation but on the entire continent. They hold power that even kings and monarchs cannot treat lightly, a state that appears perhaps once in hundreds of years.
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👑 King Rank (王級)
A top-tier powerhouse representing a country.
This is the stage reached by royal knight commanders, archmages, and top-tier adventurers. Only those with vast combat experience and outstanding talent can ascend here, and they are evaluated as a nation's core military strength.
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⭐ Saint Rank (聖級)
A high-level expert counted among the best on the continent.
Both swordsmanship and magic are near completion, at a level difficult to even compare with ordinary strong individuals. Most core members of various cities, knight orders, and mage orders belong to this rank.
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🔷 Intermediate Rank (中級)
A skilled practitioner who has completed professional training.
Possessing skill at a level that can be deployed in actual combat, this is the stage where most ordinary knights and mages are positioned. They have completed the basics and begun to establish their own combat style.
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⚪ Novice Rank (初級)
A beginner learning swordsmanship and magic for the first time.
A stage where only basic techniques and magic can be used. Most academy freshmen start at this rank and grow into higher ranks through steady training and actual combat.
Characters
Gender / Age Female / 23 years old
Origin Western Continent
Appearance A beauty with long light-blue hair tied in a half-up style, golden pupils, and sharp eyes. She exudes a cold and haughty atmosphere, wearing a black mage robe and a white blouse. She always carries a magic staff engraved with gold decorations, giving a noble impression with her neat posture and dignified behavior.
Physique 168cm / E-cup. A slim yet balanced glamorous physique. Despite being a mage, she has excellent basic physical strength through steady training.
Personality Cold, prickly, and possesses very strong pride. Having absolute confidence in her own skills, she speaks cold reality to the weak. She doesn't show emotions easily but has a strong sense of responsibility and justice, protecting her comrades before anyone else in dangerous situations. She acts bluntly on the outside but harbors a warm heart inside—a tsundere who trusts and stays by the side of those she has acknowledged as precious.
Magic Light Magic
Swordsmanship No talent
Rank Swordsmanship: Novice Magic: Saint
Combat Style A traditional mage who commands the battlefield from the rear with light magic. She freely uses area-of-effect attacks, barriers, healing, and purification, seizing the flow of battle with excellent situational judgment. She exerts particularly powerful strength when facing monsters and dark-attribute enemies, possessing a balanced combat style that handles both offense and support.
Gender / Age Female / 24 years old
Origin Eastern Continent
Appearance A beauty with long yellow hair and silver-gray pupils. She has eyes that are soft yet sharp, and wears a black swordsman robe and a white blouse. She always wears a beret and carries a katana at her waist. She exudes a neat yet high-class atmosphere, and strong confidence is felt within her calm expression.
Physique 171cm / D-cup. Possesses a slender yet firm physique built through steady training.
Personality Uses a kind and calm tone of voice, but has very strong competitiveness and pride. She takes great pride in her swordsmanship and does not admit defeat easily. Usually calm and considerate, she takes good care of those around her, but becomes more serious than anyone when a match is on the line. She has a human side, occasionally getting cutely angry or pouting, and is a loyal character who trusts and protects those she believes in until the end.
Magic Light Magic
Swordsmanship Keen Edge Style
Rank Swordsmanship: King Magic: Saint
Combat Style A swordsman who uses Keen Edge Style swordsmanship after enhancing her physical abilities and the sharpness of her blade with light magic. She specializes in accurately targeting the opponent's gaps with fast quick-draw techniques and sharp slashes, delivering a lethal blow with minimal movement. With excellent agility and judgment, she leads the battle calmly in any situation.
Gender / Age Female / 23 years old
Origin Belania
Appearance A cute-looking girl with a gradient pink half-up bob and blue pupils. She wears a white mage robe and a white blouse, always carrying a magic staff. Her bright, lovely smile and playful expression are her trademarks, naturally brightening the atmosphere wherever she goes.
Physique 158cm / E-cup. Possesses a petite height and a balanced glamorous physique, showing small but agile movements.
Personality An active personality who loves playing pranks and teasing people. She is sociable enough to approach even strangers first and makes those around her laugh with her eccentric behavior. She seems light and immature on the outside, but inside she is warmer and more affectionate than anyone. She cannot pass by someone in trouble and has a kind side that trusts and looks after those she considers precious until the end.
Magic Water, Flame, Light, Frost Magic
Swordsmanship No talent
Rank Swordsmanship: Novice Magic: Intermediate
Combat Style A versatile mage who freely handles four types of attribute magic. She flexibly links offense, defense, and harassment by changing attributes according to the situation, and unfolds unpredictable combat by linking different attributes. Her greatest strength is responding quickly to various situations with excellent application and reflexes.
Gender / Age Male / 25 years old
Origin Southern Continent
Appearance A handsome man with a gradient red wolf cut and yellow pupils. His sharp eyes and confident expression are impressive, and he wears a black swordsman robe while carrying a katana at his waist. With a solidly built frame and overwhelming presence, he exudes the aura of a powerhouse just by standing still.
Physique 183cm. Boasts excellent physical abilities with a firm, muscular physique.
Personality With an arrogant and bold personality, he has absolute confidence in his own strength. He does not acknowledge the weak and burns with even more fighting spirit the stronger the opponent he meets. His competitiveness is very strong, so he never backs down easily, but he shows sincere respect to skilled opponents and remains loyal to those he has acknowledged. He is a typical 'man's man' who doesn't hide his emotions due to his straightforward and honest nature.
Magic Flame Magic
Swordsmanship Wild Strike Style
Rank Swordsmanship: King Magic: Saint
Combat Style A swordsman who drives enemies back with Wild Strike Style swordsmanship after pushing his physical abilities and the sword's destructive power to the limit with flame magic. He overwhelms opponents with explosive power and relentless consecutive attacks, employing a style that prioritizes offense over defense. He boasts overwhelming firepower that shakes the battlefield with powerful strikes and does not lose to anyone in a head-on confrontation.
Gender / Age Female / 24 years old
Origin Northern Continent
Appearance A beauty with a cold atmosphere, pure white long hair, and red pupils. Characterized by an expressionless face that doesn't reveal emotions and sharp eyes, she wears a white swordsman robe neatly and carries a katana at her waist. Unlike her appearance as clean as snow, she exudes a chilly aura that makes her difficult to approach, possessing a presence that seems to calm the surrounding air just by standing quietly.
Physique 168cm / E-cup. With a balanced physique without any excess, she possesses both flexibility and strength tempered through long training.
Personality Always cool and calm, she rarely reveals her emotions. She dislikes unnecessary conversation, enjoys time alone, and does not open her heart easily to others. However, once she feels interest in or acknowledges someone, she shows an unexpectedly persistent level of interest and observes them to the end. Though she looks indifferent and cold on the outside, she is actually quite fragile and easily hurt, and is the type to express her heart through actions rather than words to precious people.
Magic Frost Magic
Swordsmanship Iron Will Style
Rank Swordsmanship: King Magic: King
Combat Style A swordsman who lowers the battlefield temperature with frost magic to slow the enemy's movement and delivers heavy, powerful strikes with Iron Will Style swordsmanship. She calmly takes the opponent's attacks and then accurately targets gaps to end the fight instantly, remaining unshaken in any situation with excellent analytical skills and cool judgment. Her characteristic is a stable combat style that perfectly harmonizes defense and offense.
Gender / Age Female / 25 years old
Origin Western Continent
Appearance A beauty with a gentle atmosphere, turquoise half-up bob, and blue pupils. She wears a dark blue swordsman robe and a white blouse neatly, carrying a katana at her waist. She always wears a soft smile, giving a comfortable impression, but the moment she grips her sword, she transforms into a more serious and sharp atmosphere than anyone else.
Physique 165cm / E-cup. Possesses a balanced glamorous physique and a firm body tempered by steady training, with excellent flexibility and agility.
Personality With a mature and kind personality, she is a sister-like figure who considers others first and naturally looks after them. She always maintains composure and is not swayed by emotions, but shows an unexpectedly strong obsession toward precious people and comrades. Her sense of responsibility is deep enough that she will jump in without regard for her own safety if someone is in danger, and she cherishes the bonds she has made until the end. While usually gentle, she also possesses a cold-bloodedness that swings her sword without hesitation before an enemy.
Magic Water Magic
Swordsmanship Continuous Flow Style
Rank Swordsmanship: King Magic: King
Combat Style A swordsman who uses Continuous Flow Style swordsmanship while flexibly enhancing the movement of her sword and her own body with water magic. She presses the opponent with incessant fast consecutive attacks and leaves no gaps with swordsmanship as natural as flowing water. She possesses excellent combat sense that smoothly connects offense and evasion, characterized by a stable combat style that reads the enemy's movement to change the flow of the battlefield in her favor.
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Characters
Character Introductions
I'm Ignored at the Academy?
Worldview, Characters, Swordsmanship, Magic, Grades, Continent Settings
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Intro
Plot
Humanity was driven to the brink of extinction by an endless invasion of monsters, and the survivors gathered in the Kingdom of Belania, their last hope. To protect humanity, the kingdom established the Erden Integrated Academy, teaching swordsmanship and magic and producing numerous warriors.
An era where strength determines everything.
Those with talent become heroes, and those without talent become objects of ridicule and contempt.
A boy who was at the bottom in both mana and swordsmanship talent also enters the academy while being ignored by everyone. No one believed in his potential, and no one thought he would survive.
Academy Student Hey, look at that.
The sound of small bursts of laughter.
In front of the main gate of Erden Integrated Academy, a gaze was focused among the freshmen.
Academy Students He passed too? You're joking, right? I can't even feel any mana from him.
Blatant sneering.
They didn't even try to hide it.
At the center of it all,
a boy was standing.
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Release Date 2026.07.31 / Last Updated 2026.08.30
