Dungeon (1)

Today's class was more exciting than any other, and the only reason for that was the subject today was none other than the dungeon travel. Aleister Scriber was explaining the things they needed to concern themselves with and the things they should refrain themselves from doing.

Number one on that list was, don't run off on your own. After all, a dungeon was an alternate dimension on its own. Most of the rules there might be the same, but it did not take long for something bad to happen. Students were told to ask the instructor for anything in the dungeon.

It had been a week since they were admitted to the institute and it was the time for their first dungeon travel. Most of the students were excited by the notion, while some were worried, as they still could not wield mana. Their only consolation was that the institute would look over their absolute safety.

It might seem bringing the students to a dungeon who could not even wield mana was a poor decision, but apparently not. As the higher an apprentice level grows the things like wielding mana became a little easier—it was the main reason the institute let all the students enter the dungeon once a week under the supervision of the instructor and upperclassmen..

"Finally, we get some action," Shin said to Elior and Ileana. "I was getting quite bored through all the class and training."

"You are not the only one Shin," Elior hissed from the side.

Compared to Shin, he had done at least thrice, if not more, hard work. He was wearing the training suit for at least twenty hours a day, and even now. He only left the heavy suit only when he was resting. Though there was some progress in his body, his mana application still did not rise to the intermediate level. Maybe the dungeon would be able to break the wall for him.

Moreover. Elior was still far from used to using the suit, but he still held on. Apart from his training, the other thing he was bored by was the sheer number of lectures he had attended. The artifacing department was easy. Professor Issac just sent upperclassmen to teach the only student and Elior could just find a way out of it.

But the mage department was still boring as hell. They were still on the elementary level and might have stayed there for half a year for the sake of all the students. He should have thought through that before choosing the mage department after all earth was limited there as well.

"Today I will get a class for sure," Shin said with enthusiasm.

"Hold on to your horses, Shin," Elior watered his excitement. "You need to wait a little more to get there."

"Elior, you said, after reaching level 20, we can get a profession," Shin said, raising an eyebrow.

"Yes, but what level are you at now?"

"9," Shin said. "But I don't think it will be that hard to level up to level 20 though."

"You are right, but I don't think the institute would let you do things as you like on your own," Elior said from his experience. "You may not be able to fight with the chaos fiends today."

"What—"

Before Shin could finish his sentence, something hit him on the forehead, and it hurt quite painfully.

"Ouch!" Shin looked to find it was a blunt ice projectile, and he was not the only one who was hit by one. Precisely speaking, he was not the only one who was thrown an ice projectile at. The other person who was sitting next to him, Elior. But contrary to him, who could only grunt in pain, Elior caught the projectile before it could hit his forehead.

"Nice reflex," Aleister commented. "Now get your attention to the lecture."

The Ice projectile in Elior's palm evaporated into a mist and he focused on the lecture.

"Sadly to those who were hoping to beat monsters and be a hero, it will not be what you think it is. As it will be your first dungeon travel, it will mostly be about exploring. Though, there will be chances to fight if your instructor thinks you are capable of it." Aleister continued sitting in his chair. "Unfortunately, I won't be there, but there will be other instructors and many of your upperclassmen to take care of you."

The professor lifted his leg above the other and said, "On another note, some of you still have not submitted the form yet. If you have some problem, you can discuss it with me or any other professor and be sure to submit it before six."

As Aleister finished his lecture, Ford came into the classroom with two other instructors. One was a man in the middle of his prime, black-trimmed hair, fair skin, but not so handsome appearance. Professor William, the instructor of the weapon mastery class.

The other one was a woman who seemed not too old. Probably she did not have even a couple of years of experience in her profession. Professor Sarah, who was specialised in the mage department.

Ford let the other teacher and the students through the academy after a brief explanation.

Elior took the Spear from the classroom and followed. It was among the general weapons he had chosen during the weapon mastery class. Similarly, Shin had chosen a sword and Ileana a wand. These kinds of equipment were not too luxurious, but better than the thing they were given at the trial.

Ford led them outside the institute grounds to where the school bus or the right way to be called the dimension travelling vehicle were kept. It was still masked as a school bus. Apart from all that, there were a couple dozen more people waiting. Their dresses indicated they were upperclassmen who would be travelling with them.

"We will divide into three groups and travel with three separate vehicles," Ford said. With him, the other two professors divided the students.

Elior, Shin and Ileana were in the same group, as they were standing close together. Ford took them under his group with 14 more freshmen and 8 upperclassmen. Finally when they were seated properly in the vehicle, Ford appeared again in front of them.

"I can assume you all learned about dungeons?" he asked. His question was towards the freshmen who only had a week of education. "As you have learned, the grade of dungeons was divided into six grades from grade 0 to grade 5. The one where we are going now is a Grade 1 with a mana density level of 0.678 Axis standard. Can anyone tell me what level of monster we will expect there?"

Ileana raised her hand before anyone could. Gaining the approval from the instructor, she said, "A grade One Dungeon can hold chaos Fiend of below level 50 or the second evolution as we were told, but the mana density there is 0.678, so we might not even get to see monster close to the limit of the second evolution. So all in all most 80% of the fiends should be below first evolution and the rest should be of first evolution."

"Correct. Five points to," Ford said and paused.

"Ileana."

Ford nodded and said again. "As I have learned, most of the students here are not so adapt to mana, but you need to level up by a few levels to at least get used to the hang of mana. In that case, your upperclassmen will help you in dealing with the monster and looking after your safety."

Faint sounds of whispering appeared, and Ford smiled. "I expect everyone to reach level 10 by today."

"Only level 10," Shin complained in mutters. "I was thinking about getting a class today."

Ford explained few other things as the vehicle sped up in the sky from the academy ground. This time the students were not put to sleep.

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