One of Three Departments

Escaping from the pursuit, Technos got no other choice but to run like no tomorrow. Even a Medan-Material Short Sword will start to get blunt the more he strikes against the monsters. Left with no other choice, he runs from Zone 2 into Zone 1, where it was mainly populated with Red Ruby Lizards.

When he noticed the number of chasing Red Ruby Champion reduced into only three left, Technos guts returned to him. The Flying Knife went straight into the one of the torso of a Red Ruby Champion and left that beast to fall down on the ground.

As for the two remaining Red Ruby Champion, Technos charged forward to met their attack face on. The sword strike deep into the body of the one in the right, and against the left, he can only rely on his Old World Steel Equipment to take that bite.

The bite destroys his Shoulder-Armor, but it allows him to escape from the next attack. While the Red Ruby Champion continues to chew that armor, Technos charged at the injured Red Ruby Champion to land a lethal strike. And it was successful when the head and body separated from each other.

But the moment he moved his attention at the chewing Red Ruby Champion, the one slightly injured with a flying knife on its body lunge itself on Technos and knock him down on the ground. He rolled on the ground few time to escape from their next attack, and it was a success when the two monsters failed to bit their target.

Technos stabilized his position once more before he launched an attack. A swing struck the neck of one Red Ruby Champion, leading it to bleed furiously before that monster fall on the ground. With only one opponent left, he charged. It did not take him too long to defeat all three opponents and stored them into his Left Elon Bracer.

After picking up the collectibles around where he stands, Technos returned to the Dominus Forest. Few students that saw him once more were surprised with his tenacity to survive like an Obsidian Cockroach.

He went straight into his house and collapsed on his bed. After sleeping for many hours, he wakes up once again to find several changes occurred on his body. The scars on his body were wiped away like blemishes and his breath no longer felt short.

"Did the Blood Rejuvenation Stimulant Vial changed my body?" he flexed his body and cracked his shoulder bone. Putting on a new set of clothing, he finally noticed the large patch of blood-red stain covering his back. No wonder he felt something weird when escaping.

In fact, his body undergoes a layer of cleansing to remove the residue of filth corrupting his body. With some of the pollution discharged from his body, part of his arteries and veins, muscle and organs are now operating better than how it was.

Perhaps, with another ten to twenty vials of consumption, it will renew his body entirely into their purest state. Although he got no idea what is all about this Blood Rejuvenation Stimulant, he knows that it was something good to his physical body.

With this mindset within him, his expectation towards the Strength Stimulant Vial is higher than before. By processing the three corpses in his Left Elon Bracer, Technos input a stack of Ruby Scarab Shell Powder together to begin his craft.

Unlike the human, the monsters like Red Ruby Champion do not possess too much blood to start with. An adult human is estimated to have 4,500 - 5,700ml of blood, but an enormous sized Red Ruby Champion only possess 1,200ml of blood, which is about 24,000 drops of blood if following the Old World method of calculation.

As of now, each drop of blood equals to 1ml in measurement. Added with the fact the 1,200ml of blood is not all usable. A regular Red Ruby Champion only provide 400 drops of Blood at most, which is not too impressive considering the remaining 800ml of blood is useless.

The three corpses provide with only a thousand drops of blood. But luckily, the thousand of them are enough for 100 vials of Strength Stimulant. But according to the amount of Ruby Scarab Shell Powder in his hand, five is all he can do. After everything is done, he left his house and went to the class.

"Corias."

"Technos."

"Messiah."

"Vector."

"Adrian."

"Rexxon."

"Samuel."

"Benyamin."

"Yen."

"Quin."

"The ten of you, good job." the teacher praised the ten of them once again for their results. Although all of them only collected 20 pounds of the Ruby Spider Silk, their appearance is much better than the others who were either injured or provided more than 20 pounds a person.

And their 196 students in a class is now only 188 students remained. It was an unexpected result of eight death in this task. Quietly, their lesson continues. It was until the end of the day all students are allowed to leave except the ten top students.

"The academy proposed a plan to me two days ago. As the ten best students in the class, I wanted to see where is your mind stands. So, for the next few questions, answer me carefully." the three teacher's expression turned into a serious one.

"As all of you know, The Dominus Fortress comes in five different layers. And in each layer, residents with different social standing resides. In every layer starting from the Outer Dominus Fortress, they're further divided into eight sectors."

"In each sector, they're three different departments. Pioneer Hunters, Guard Hunters, and Commercial Hunters. Some of you might know about it already, but I will explain this once more to make sure everyone understands enough."

"I will begin with Pioneer Hunter's Department first. Their main job in this department is not to hunt monsters ferociously, but instead, they're the people that organize expeditions for the sake of the Dominus Fortress. Here, it was free, lack of supervision, and you may follow your own way in many things."

"Next, the Guard Hunter's Department. They're the protectors, guardians, and also the Law Enforcers for the Dominus Fortress. Do not underestimate this position because their job scope allows them to possess and utilize best weapon and tool we never saw before. And of course, the rescue and escort missions are under their responsibility too."

"Last, the Commercial Hunter's Department. You may already know this, but they're the businessman of the city. Open trading and business opportunity are given to people in this department. You're allowed to utilize any resources in the Dominus Fortress as long you're wealthy enough to build your rapport inside this department."

"If you choose to follow the Pioneer Hunter's path, come and stand in front of me. I, Terrorian, will not make you disappointed." the first teacher explained his department background.

"And if you fancy the high and respectful path of a Guard Hunter, the come to me, Rolando." the second teacher state his standing. The action is followed by the third teacher.

"If you prefer to use your mind and expertise in your path, then come to me, Daguza. I will make sure you're a thousand times wealthier when you graduated." the way he speaks is almost like...

"If you follow me to find money, you won't have an issue to book a girl to serve you daily."

The students take a glance at each another before decided their path. Unexpectedly, six of them chosen the Pioneer Hunter Department, with three on the Guard Hunter Department. As for the Commercial Hunter Department, only Technos picked this department.

"Impossible... Don't tell me all of them have no money... Oh, wait... All of them are Inner Fortress Society members... No wonder they don't even take a look at the Commercial Hunter Department." Technos understand the reason none of them selected where he stands.

"Teacher Daguza, I hope you won't mind Technos bothering you." he greets the teacher properly for the first time, and this gesture just bought himself a good impression. With only one student participates in his department, won't he put all his attention and time to nurture him?

"Good. At least I still have one student following me." while the other two teachers are busy handling their students, Daguza praised the youth in his manner and also felt happy for still having a student following him. Looking at his teacher's smiling face, Technos decided not to mention his reason to join the Commercial Hunter Department.

"No matter what, I am still a human. How can I tell my teacher that because I'd live in poverty for years, and nothing is more important for me than getting rich?" Technos keep this secret hidden inside him and followed Daguza. When they reach a smaller classroom, Technos is surprised by what's placed inside.

"From tomorrow onwards, this will be your classroom for additional studies. Classes will proceed as usual, if you're not tasked with any missions, this will be your monthly timetable." Daguza left him a note stated that for every 5th, 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th, 30th, 35th, 40th, 45th and 50th of the month, he's expected to come here to attend Daguza's lecture.

Additionally, Daguza gave a Technos a beautifully made Doomsday Century Calendar. They called the calendar the new Moon phase, where each month contains 5 weeks. In each week is ten days, which totaled up to 50 days in a month, five weeks, and in total, one year is 500 days or ten months.

The changes begin similarly with the calculation of the First day, First Month, First Year of the Doomsday Calendar, which was then followed by the Dominus Fortress since. Inside the calendar was only numbers and date, but not any holiday.

As it was already the 47th Day, First Month, 715th Year of Doomsday Century, his extra class is expected to start in the next three days. For him, this three is the most extraordinary moment in his life. Taking the Strength Stimulant Vial, he obtained a small increment in his physical strength.

Although their increment is a mere pound of strength, that 500gm of differences is crucial when one facing a battle in life and death situation. But their increase is inconsistent. From the five vials, two increases his strength by 2 pounds and the other three increases 300gm in total.

Bringing the little increment close to three pounds into battle, Technos chose to fight using his Old World Steel weapon. The two weaponry he bought from the store cost him 10gm of Mineral Salt, but it wasn't an issue for him, especially when he's counted as wealthy due to the existence of 180gm of Ruby Salt inside his Right Elon Bracer.

Without a hint of difficulties, he went past the barricades formed by the Red Ruby Lizards and entered the location he found the nest for the Ruby Scarabs not long ago. With an additional amount of Ruby Scarabs in his inventory, he can continue with the production of Strength Stimulant Vial again.

But the lady luck wasn't standing by his side today.

He walked toward the nest built from piles of decomposed leaves. He was shocked to see an empty nest, but after the pulse further confirming that there's no longer any Ruby Scarabs left behind, he gives up on searching and left the nest.

Luckily, not far from where he's located, the pulse found another nest. This time, it was a much bigger nest compared to the one he went earlier. The pulse confirmed there was a total of hundred and sixty Ruby Scarabs here, with one extra guest greatly attracted him.

The moment he reaches the location, his expression becomes happier as he looks at the Six-Legged Weaver Scarab! With its quality collectibles priced similar to the Ruby Salt, how can he be not pleased with this encounter?

"The hell! I am looking at Ten Dominus Coins sunbathing in front of my eyes!" Technos took his Medan-Material Short Sword instantly and attacked.

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[Author's Note]

Well, Thursday is coming, which means, I got another three days to try grabbing as many readers as I could. Hopefully, it goes well. Do you think its a good piece of work?