Ch 15

City E National Academy was a prestigious institution that has given birth to outstanding individuals of various occupations. Among those few were skilled hunters.

Countless young students desire to enter this school, most of them aims to qualify for a place in the famous Mana Sciences. This was the department that trains super humans, capable researchers and other personnels contributing to campaign against the monsters.

Unfortunately, the requirement were almost unreachable for ordinary person. Only those with good grades and sufficient funds are accepted.

Those born with talent are accepted directly.

Young people, fresh from elementary gathered at the entrance of the academy, accompanied by their parents.

A young man walked towards the gate. He wasn't accompanied by anyone. This young man possessed a mature and elegant vibe, separating him from his peers.

He had black hairs and blue eyes, wearing silver rimmed eyeglasses for fashion. A thin smile hung on his face as he walked towards the school.

His black uniform with red stripes at the edges drew the eyes of everyone. They stepped aside and allowed the young man entry.

This was still the enrollment period, wearing a uniform could only mean one thing, the young man was a specially admitted student. The color of his uniform also indicates his department, Mana Sciences.

Young man walked quite a while before he entered a large gymnasium. A few people had already gathered inside. They saw him and called out.

"Areth, what took you so long?"

Areth looked at his watch and he confirmed that he was just right on time.

"I'm sorry, I have to bring my siblings to the school."

Seven years have passed peacefully. During those years, he spent his time most participating in the Guild activities arranged by Anne, bullying his siblings, and teasing Leyfin.

When they graduated at elementary, Richard's father, their sponsor, suggest that they enter the National Academy. Areth had no problem with that, and the others were brimming with excitement. Because they have been training since childhood, their skills are incomparable to their peers and they were all accepted as special admissions.

The school allowed them to use the their facilities even before the school starts and have already reserved their rooms in their dormitories. It could be seen that the school's expectation towards them was high.

Anne had grown gorgeous. Her black hair was tied to a ponytail, her red eyes were gazing with composure. She simply stood there with an imposing aura, wearing a confident smile.

"Have you decided which course to take?" Anne asked them. Hey start to discuss their courses as school would start tomorrow.

All except Areth chose the mana manipulation and combat related courses. These techniques are fundamental for aspiring hunters like them.

Meanwhile, Areth's choice was not surprising to them, as he have been brainwashing them since a long time that he does not want to fight in the frontline.

Hence, he chose the monster studies, rift geography and ecology, and other courses dealing mainly with information.

Anne had been opposed to his choice as she knew that she had the mysterious mage in the ring to teach him, it would be a shame to not become a hunter. Nevertheless, after spending a long time, she had finally been convinced that they needed someone who could take care of the planning and logistics.

Anne took out a stack of of paper with the words Retribution Guild on the front. Anne's face flushed slightly as she distributed the papers to to them. Even Areth felt some shame at the name of their guild, because it really sounds too edgy. The other kids did not mind it though, instead, they thought that their guild name sounds cool.

"Listen, I have registered a club so we can recruit talented students. School officially starts tomorrow, that would be the opportune time to publicize our club. What do you think?" Anne said.

Sheila spoke. "Sounds cool, however, I heard that our seniors already formed many clubs. The competition would be fierce."

Anne smiled fiercely. "Of course, all we need to do is to show off. Lian, Rachel, you two are the mage here. Prepare some tricks tomorrow."

Lian replied confidently. "Sure."

Rachel also nodded.

"Alright, I suppose everyone has no problem with their courses? Good, let's begin training."

The school gymnasium was vast, and possess the most sophisticated training equipments for aspiring hunters. Since they have the status of special admissions, they naturally took advantage of this.

Areth excused himself and returned to his dormitory. It was a room shared by two people, but currently, there was no one.

The ring in his hand glowed and projected Leyfin's image.

"It feels good be out again!" She floated around the room.

"Anyway, why did you not take the class for mage? Did you seriously intend to become a receptionist? It would be a waste of god's gift!"

"Don't worry, if a strong monster came, it would be the time for me to destroy it." Areth said as he jumped on his bed.

"Hhmp! So confident. You have yet to completely master the different variations or my fireball spell."

"Alright alright." Areth said. "I promise to learn it master."

"Child, don't get overconfident, if the demons found this world, it would be over."

Leyfin was intent on lecturing him, but she found that he had already fallen asleep. Pouting, she could only sigh and return to the ring.

Areth entered the virtual cube in the dream world. Compared to before, the bar was now surrounded by many islands. Needless to say, this was the result of him spreading the method to craft the virtual cube.

The lonely dream world had somewhat turned into a small town. He could see people strolling around.

When he entered the bar, he saw many people indulged in drinking. There was no one in the counter so anyone could just take a bottle freely. The contents would never ran out as it was an illusion.

Areth was also contributing to humanity in a subtle way. One of his accomplishment was the library.

Behind the counter, there was a door that leads to the library. Areth waved a golden badge to the door and it opened.

The badge was distributed by him as Mr Adam to a select few. Only those who possess it could enter. The people drinking at the bar turned sober upon seeing the mysterious person walk inside the door.

Having earned the right to access the dream world was a sign that they were capable and decent people, nevertheless, the library was the most mysterious place in the dream world and it was off limits to them.

They only knew that it contains vast knowledge regarding magic, sword arts, fighting techniques, and all kinds of mystical knowledge. The largest organization in the world has allegedly worked together to compile their knowledge into the library. These organizations include the Light Temple, the Burning Clan, Mystery, the guild Guardian as well as some of these higher ups in the Hunter's Association.

Areth entered the library and saw people browsing the the shelves. All of them were presumably VVIPs in the real world. Those inside adhered to a rule of non-interaction. No one would ask for someone's identity or anything of the sort.

Looking at his work, Areth felt accomplished. The first people he invited to the dream world confirmed the existence of demons and they reported it to their respective organizations. These organizations found out the threat demons possess towards mankind. They then set aside their differences to create a global organization to unify their efforts against the demons.

Dalia suggested that they use the dream world as the headquarters and let it be known only to a select few. They also agreed to combine their knowledge.

With Areth's help, they were able to create this vast library and fill the books with helpful contents. It took many years to make these books.

They have also established a system similar to the Hunter Association in the real world. They offer missions from the dream world, but all the missions were related to demons, which is currently a top secret information.

Some books containing precious martial arts or magic would serve as rewards, those who earned enough contributions would be granted the golden badge and would be able to access the library.

It could be said that the dream world has become the most powerful force in the world due to this.

Areth looked around and found a long desk. Several hooded figures were seated on it, holding small cubes in their hands. The books lying in front of them originally had empty contents, but a few moments later they would be filled with letters.

These people were the scribes from the various organizations supporting the dream world. Areth could be considered one of them since he was also transferring knowledge to the books.

Manual writing would not work on the dream world as it was already fixed, just like how the bottles of drink in the bar would never run out of contents. The only way was to use virtual cubes to create new illusions and engrave them on the books.

These scribes were dressed in the same way as him, wearing black robes and black mask that covered their faces. Everyone has different emblems on their attire, Areth's emblem was a set of interlacing circles, creating an image that resembles a flower. In some culture, it was know as the flower of life.

Areth say down and began his job of saving the world.

When Areth was learning Leyfin's fireball spells, he never slacked. He memorized them and even asked Leyfin for permission to distribute them.

She was excited about it, she agreed as long as the authorship was named after her, she had long wanted to pass her legacy of thousand fireballs and of course, she wanted to be remembered as the one who pioneered the development of the spell.

Areth naturally complied. Fireball spell was not much of a use for him, but it might be different for others who are weak. Fireballs have low requirements, it can be easily learned and used. It was a very suitable spell for war for its long range and fast cast speed.

Leyfin's fireball spell might as well be the most precious spells in the library. Areth sincerely admired the young lady who persevered in developing such humble spell into something really powerful.

He carefully materialized the formula for the Burning Heavens Fireball and other variants in the book. He added Leyfin's name in the cover and placed it to the right section.

"Job done." Areth smiled.