Chapter 3

GOJO POV

As i stood in the group of E ranked, i could not help but look at the students who did not seem to have any thoughts of going together like Jin, Amanda, Emma, Han Yufei or even yours truly.

Nearly all the students of this ranked had confidence in clearing the dungeon.

As i was looking at all of them, unsurprisingly Jin is the strongest here, followed by Amanda and surprisingly Han Yufei is not even third strongest here, it seems at this point Emma is third strongest, followed by Han Yufei.

In the memories implanted, Ren mentioned that Han Yufei was someone who considered Kevin as his rival but seems to me that info is false.

Maybe in future he will get stronger at very fast pace.

Speaking about getting stronger at fast pace, i am once again nearing my breakthrough to <D+>. I should be able to have a breakthrough in few months.

That is not a problem for me cause of the gains i got from the Fight with IFER really was helpful.

During my awakening stage, i was able to gain control over other energies too.

While using demonic energy is not gonna be my priority cause it will slowly corrupt my brain but playing around with aura should be helpful.

While i can't use it to the level of orcs, i can still use it to constantly get stronger with passive use of it at all the time.

Meaning aura should be able to either rank me up to <D+> in one fell a swoop or provide me the stats of <D+> ranked individual.

In the matter of increasing my strength, i just tricked the orb by changing my flow of mana.

Once I get to a certain level, i will most probably leave the Lock as it might be restrictive for me.(He won't go with ren.)

"Alright, everyone please pay attention to me"

Snapping me out of my thoughts was the loud shout coming from the professor.

"I will now open the portal. Once you enter, you will automatically be transported towards your designated post. At the entrance of the dungeon, there will be another instructor that will give you some equipment and another short briefing on what to do and what not to do"

Pausing, glancing at every student present, the professor's tone became incomparably grave.

"Please make sure you listen to whatever they say as it may save your life…no human is perfect. We may not be able to save you on time, thus you must listen carefully to what they tell you as it might save your life."

Glancing at every student present to make sure they understood, the professor nodded

"Have a nice trip…"

Finished with what he wanted to say, glancing towards a staff member wearing a black Lock uniform on the right, the professor nodded in his direction.

Nodding back, the staff member pulled a lever.

-Vuuuuam!

Right after the lever was pulled, the glow around the portal intensified as the residual magical power being emitted from the portal quadrupled in magnitude. The air around us solidified due to how thick the mana in the air was.

Staring at the massive portal before him, the professor moved to the side and gestured towards a certain group not so far from where I was.

"G ranks first…"

-Vuuum! -Vuuum! -Vuuum!

On cue, after seeing the portals light up, the students standing in line for the G ranked section entered the portal one by one.

As I stared at the students entering the portal, I couldn't help but notice how their group was much bigger compared to the other groups.

It seems like there were a lot of <G> ranked students present…

Like that, for the next five minutes, students would enter the portal one by one in a single line.

"Looks like everyone entered… please change the dungeon level"

After making sure that every student had entered the portal, glancing towards the left, the professor gestured towards the staff member on his right to once again switch the dungeon grade.

Nodding his head, the staff member once again pulled the lever

-Vuuuuuuuuuuuam!

Soon after, the blue hue surrounding the portal intensified. The air around the portal further thickened, and solid threats of mana slowly sank their way into the portal. It was obvious that the portal difficulty increased.

Without glancing at the portal, the professor glanced towards his tablet and said

"F ranks, off you go…"

-Vuuum! -Vuuum! -Vuuum!

Right after his words entered the student's ears, one by one, the <F> ranked students entered the portal.

"Looks like everyone entered… please change the dungeon level"

After making sure that every student had entered the portal, glancing towards the left, the professor gestured towards the staff member on his right to once again switch the dungeon grade.

Nodding his head, the staff member once again pulled the lever

-Vuuuuuuuuuuuam!

Soon after, the blue hue surrounding the portal intensified and changed into a green hue. The air around the portal further thickened, and solid threats of mana slowly sank their way into the portal. It was obvious that the portal difficulty increased.

Without glancing at the portal, the professor glanced towards his tablet and said

"E ranks, off you go…"

-Vuuum! -Vuuum! -Vuuum!

Right after his words entered the ears of students of our group, one by one everyone entered.

-Vuuuuam!

Taking a step into the dungeon, I felt the world around me twist like when i use Teleportation but to a higher degree.

It first started with my eyesight…everything became black.

Then it was my hearing, my sense of touch followed soon after…thereafter all my remaining senses disappeared.

I felt nothing.

I soon after lost my sense of time.

…What may have been seconds felt like an eternity.

-Vuuuuam!

"Fuuuuuu…"

Finally, after an unknown period of time, hearing the faint sound of my breathing, I knew that my senses were returning.

Because I had been through Teleportation on nearly daily basis for more than a month this was nothing.

Opening my eyelids, I found myself inside of a damp and dark environment.

Instantly, a heavy scent of granite invaded my nostrils. Soon after, a cold gush of air brushed against my skin.

Glancing around, I found few students grimacing and holding onto their stomachs—Trying their best to not puke.

With dungeons being off-limit to people who didn't have Hero licenses, apart from a few, most of the students present had never been inside of a dungeon. Their reaction was understandable.

But with everyone being <E> rank, there were somewhat able to hold off vomiting.

After sometime a third year moved came toward us.

<D> rank

I thought, as i observed his power level.

With a smile he introduced himself, which i did not bother listening to.

"On my left over here, are a bunch of clothes that you will need to wear when crossing the dungeon."

"They are equipped with a tracking device as well as a defense mechanism that is able to withstand blows coming from E ranked monsters at least once. This way we can preserve your life in case a dangerous situation arises."

Pausing, and glancing at the students to make sure they understood what he had said, the third year, whose name i did not bother to pick up, who now shall be referred to as unnamed smiled

"After I finish briefing you on a couple of more things, you will be given a couple of seconds in order to change into those combat clothes. Please make sure you wear them as they are crucial in keeping you safe…"

…and like that, Unnamed briefed us on a couple more things, which i could not care less about.

The unnamed senior just continued sprouting the rules of the dungeon.

After sometime finally when he stopped talking. Everyone got ready after getting dressed to start the raid.

"Alright, it seems like everyone is here"

Standing by the side of the cave, unnamed glanced at the students who were waiting behind the starting point of the cave.

Pausing, and after seeing that everyone was ready, raising his hands, unnamed slowly said

"On your marks get set…Go!"

-Beeep!

-Swooosh! -Swooosh! -Swooosh!

Like a chain reaction, all of the students started sprinting forwards.

Even though it was dark no one seemed effected by it.

Which was true only for some students as some started getting ahead of other.

Jin was leading while sprinting in nearly his max speed, while Gojo was running at a speed which felt causal to him but to others it looked like huge nearly max dash.