The Tales of Draconic Warlock

Chapter 102: Start of my Second Half of First-year (2)

Angela was pretty pissed because she could feel that the auras around the students had changed.

For an entire semester, she made sure that the students would improve, and due to that their auras started to appear powerful and dangerous.

Now after a month of break, most students' auras became tamed. Only a few kept diligently working while others enjoyed luxurious lives at their homes.

It was like the fire she lit was doused in water. Of course, she is pissed, and moreover, they didn't even react after her appearance.

The academy might be considered safe but threats may appear even in the safest places. It was said that we should be always aware of our surroundings and be alert for possible threats but we didn't.

Even I was not aware and alert. I only sensed her because of my rank and others failed to do so because of their low rank but that was something only I knew, Angela doesn't. It earned me a few more brownie points.

She roared and cursed the students for a few minutes before calming down.

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"Well, it's good that everyone worked hard and didn't lose your class seats to others, though there are a few fluctuations in the ranks. If you continue to slack, then you might end up in the next class, and for students of Class 1-A that is not a promotion but a demotion. Remember that".

"Now coming to the important news. You may already have learned that the first years can enter a secret realm and that is at the end of this semester. Though it is for the first years it's only for some of you and not every first year would be eligible to enter the realm".

"Every year only a hundred people can enter the realm, and that means that there are only a hundred first-year students who can enter the secret realm. Though the entrance to the secret realm comes under the jurisdiction of our academy, the kingdom's rule allows students from other academies to enter as well".

"Since the portal is in our academy, thirty spots are reserved for the Royal Academy. Two of those four academies would get twenty spots and the other two would get fifteen each. To make it fair, the spot allocation rotates every year".

"So the twenty that one academy enjoys this year would belong to another academy next year. We are the only ones that enjoy the thirty spots reservation without any change".

When the students heard about the news they started to chat about it. Everyone was excited about the news and didn't see the obvious problem.

Angela poured cold water on the students, "Don't be too excited. Though it can be said to be an exciting chance at gaining resources and improving your levels, you forgot the obvious".

"In our academy, there are six hundred first-year students, and out of them, only thirty would be eligible to enter the secret realm. It means that more than five hundred would get nothing in this event".

"The spots are allocated according to ranks in the second Half-year exam at the end of this semester. Of course, as going to the secret realm is not mandatory anyone of these thirty can drop out. If one of those thirty doesn't participate, then that seat would belong to the thirty-first ranker but that usually doesn't happen as everyone can understand the importance of the secret realms".

"If there is anyone who doesn't know about its importance, I say go to the library and read a book once in a while. The secret realms are more resourceful than the world and many rare resources here can be found in abundance in secret realms". hosted on m-v_l-e _m-p_y-r

"As they are rich in resources they are also much more dangerous. The monsters inside would be much more powerful when compared to the similar rank and even species on the outside".

"It was said that the bloodline of monsters in there are more refined than the ones outside. So they are more powerful than their counterparts here. If you think that a Tier-1 Swift Leopard is only as swift as the one that you might have encountered here, then you are wrong and would die before you know it".

"The only good thing was that the bloodlines would only improve what their main affinity is, but won't bother about other things unless you meet monsters that have Mythical Bloodlines. They don't follow the norms, so it's best you run as soon as you perceive their presence. At your strength, you can't beat them and even if you do, you wouldn't be in any condition to survive.

Any monster can appear and can kill you".

"As always said, talent and hard work may enable you to reach higher ranks but you have to be alive to enjoy the benefits that come with those ranks. If you are dead, then it doesn't matter whether you are Tierless or Tier-9. In the end, both are the same, dead and useless".

"So what I am saying is, don't slack this semester or you will regret losing such an opportunity. Many of the secret realms are inaccessible to us humans and the ones that are controlled by the powerhouses. Unless you work for that powerhouse, you can't enter those realms".

"That is all. Now move your butts to the training hall", she said and disappeared as she did at the start of the first semester.

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What Angela said was true. Secret realms that are accessible to the public are zero. Unless you find one in the middle of a forest or sea, it would most likely belong to someone. Others have no right to enter those realms.

This secret realm, though is only accessible to the academy students, it allows people from various categories to enter it without any issues. I mean these students are not guaranteed to work for the kingdom or academies.

They can do solo work or they could join some organizations that stand against even the kingdom. No one can know and the kingdom is gambling by allowing the students to enjoy these benefits without asking anything in return or even making an oath.