An image of a gate appeared on the screen behind Gilson.
"The first Dungeon appearance is assumed to have happened thousands of years ago. In the records, it was said that humans have never used mana like we do now," Gilson said.
"Mana Core Formation was found too late, and the first dungeon breakout exterminated 90% of humanity at that time. Although we are not sure if all those records are true, we have assumed that as the truth," he continued.
His words were quite intriguing as students from a common background didn't know much about the old records.
"But, Hunters were born, and humans learned about their dormant powers. Although we are still improving till now," Gilson added.
"Moving on to the dungeons, there are three types of Dungeons: Blue, Yellow, and Red," Gilson raised three fingers.
"Each Dungeon is said to have its own unique environment. Although it is said that Dungeons are the epitome of space element, we can't really assume such theories when those Spatial mages can't even live long enough," Gilson threw a remark at Alyssa.
"But Professors, if Dungeons keep appearing, wouldn't the world become full of countless Dungeons one day?" a student asked.
"Good question," Gilson replied.
"Well, even I don't know the answer. But what we do know is that Dungeons only appear in highly dense mana regions. Not like the artificial ones we create using runes and mana stones but the natural ones," he continued.
"But this theory is only valid for Blue Gates. Except for blue gates, both Yellow gates and Red gates are considered one-time dungeons. The equilibrium has been maintained throughout human history, but Yellow Gates and Red Gates are the anomaly that breaks it," Gilson explained.
Gilson went on to explain some other things regarding the dungeons and how each of those gates was different from each other.
"Coming to Bloodline," Gilson's words perked many ears as they were excited about this part.
"Bloodline is a special ability, or you could say innate talent that is passed by blood. In today's world, only elite families and people related to them are said to carry high-ranked Bloodlines. Although very few people actually have bloodline abilities, only some of them carry high-ranked bloodline abilities," he continued.
"Only our Principal has the artifact that can rank the bloodline ability of a person, and it was one of the artifacts that are part of the foundation of World Academy," Gilson said proudly.
Asher opened his eyes as the talk of the artifact came.
'Scripture of Thoth,' he thought in his mind.
<Scripture of Thoth> was an SSS Rank Artifact that was found by Farnus, Principal of World Academy himself. It was said the 10 Rune Masters worked for days on this artifact to exactly know its workings.
Despite its name, <Scripture of Thoth> was simply a red-colored book that displayed the rank of bloodline one carried, but it couldn't name the exact ability the person possessed. Most bloodline abilities worked like passive abilities, like Asher's previous one, where he could control the mana flow inside and outside his body. Each person as they Ranked up could innately feel their ability, but they could never know the rank of said bloodline.
Asher was surprised when he saw his SSS Rank Bloodline ability because it was an active skill, unlike others that behaved passively.
Gilson further explained that each second-year student had to take the test, and it was a great opportunity for those who wanted to make a name for themselves in big guilds. If they possessed a high-ranking bloodline, some influential families even took such children as a member of their branch families.
Gilson's words made some students happy.
If they possessed a high-ranking bloodline, it would be their shortcut to success.
Gilson wrapped up his class and went out, leaving many students who were now stretching their arms and talking to each other.
Class 1 was behaving like a normal class because of fear of Asher alone. Usually, a young master with an ego would pick a fight, but nobody wanted to intrude on the scary red-eyed devil who appeared calm until now. His recordings of his brutal beating of Alan were still spreading like crazy.
Alan . . .
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Speaking of which, in the hallway outside Class 3, a boy with a decently attractive face, with his light blond hair, was sitting with a deep frown on his face.
"Dammit, all because of that bastard," he clenched his fist and cursed in his mind.
From his childhood, Alan had developed a prideful personality. He was praised wherever he went, but now everyone was looking at him with pity. Although it was not a bad thing, Alan took it as an insult to his pride.
He would behave more impulsively if not for Alexander's advice. He was laying low for a while, but he could not stand how everyone looked at him. What frustrated him more was that Alyssa had won the tournament. He had always thought of her as a worthless trash born as a strain of Astaria family's name.
Matthew, who was with Sam, saw Alan Astaria outside the hallway as it was not that crowded right now.
"He still comes to the Academy?" Matthew muttered with a genuine look of surprise on his face.
He thought that Alan would have been traumatized by the way Asher had beaten him, but seeing him still attending the Academy normally surprised him.
"Pftt, don't tell him that to his face," Sam laughed as he looked at Matthew's expression.
Sam in public always maintained a bright look on his face despite his feelings, but he had somehow become friends with Matthew, who was talented but came from a normal family. Usually, Sam would not associate himself with Matthew, but getting beaten black and blue by Asher together made a special bond between them.
As both of them were in Class 5, they were just walking through the hallway of Class 3 to go to their dorms.
Sam was laughing when he saw a green-haired boy coming out of Class 3. He was Gavin Neville, and Sam could see he was messing with another one of his classmates. But Sam just ignored it, so did Matthew.
"Sadistic bastard," Sam thought in his mind, looking at Gavin.
Although Gavin was a lot weaker than Sam, he was smart enough not to mess with people with more influence than him. He would carefully pick his targets that did not have a similar or rather powerful backing.
Matthew, on the other hand, could stop Gavin, but he didn't want to mess with a person from an elite family. He had a secured contract with World Association, and all he needed to do was join the Blood Faction made by Leonard Tarvian, who was the only son of World Association Chairman, Osbert Tarvian, one of the 11 SSS Rank Hunters in the world.
"Tomorrow is the Aura Creation class, right?" Matthew asked as he got up from his seat.
"Yeah, did something happen?" Sam asked Matthew.
"Nothing much, Professor Erwin was mad when Asher Greville didn't show up to class. Apparently, he had chosen elemental theory," Matthew replied.
"I mean, why would he learn from Erwin when he can just learn from his Grandfather?" Sam shrugged it off, as he didn't care what anyone else did if it didn't involve him.
His father had specifically told him to live inside World Academy without causing any sort of trouble, and he didn't want another session of scolding again, so he was avoiding anything that sounded like trouble to him.
The next morning, Asher woke up and saw a text message from Tom.
<Boss, I have found the route that they will use to take the artifact, but it is around 5 months later that they will move it out for the Auction House.>
<And do we really need to recruit these people in our teams? I don't mean you are wrong, but who would even agree to break inside that Prison to help them escape?>
Asher closed the message after he sent a reply to Tom to carry on with the plan. Right now, Asher's focus was to take out the Elixir by accumulating 10,000 Fate points.
Asher got up and tried to imitate his sword art. Every time he did so, he would need to imagine an imaginary opponent to see the nodes on their body.
"I need real targets," Asher sensed the wall he needed to surpass.
He needed that slight push, and he would reach the next level of mastery in his sword. Although <Novice Mastery> didn't sound great, Asher knew that it was far more powerful than other sword arts.
*Ping*
He stopped as he received an announcement on his ID bracelet. He touched the bracelet, and a notification popped up.
〈 Change in class schedule: Duel Class will happen together with Aura Creation class. 〉
'Chance,' Asher thought in his mind.
Although not much, he could use this as a chance to gather some fate points. He just needed 770 more fate points to take out the SSS Rank Pure Healing Elixir.
Two hours later,
In the middle of a big arena, Asher was standing in a stadium as Kevin, who was on the ground, glared at him with eyes full of anger. It was not just Kevin, but various students including Sam, Matthew, and other male students were on the ground just like Kevin.
"Asher Greville has won the duel," the referee announced. Suddenly, a voice came that surprised everyone.
"I heard that you are not attending the Sword class. Do you mind if my friend here has a friendly duel with you?" The identity of this student shocked all the first-year students.
"Student Leonard, he is a Third-Year Student. You cannot-" The referee was speaking, but he was stopped by Professor Erwin.
"Why not allow it? It's just a friendly duel, isn't it?" Erwin said with a smirk on his face.
