The Tales of Draconic Warlock

Chapter 113: The secret realm opens

In the morning thirty students from the first year gathered in the open grounds, where once the entrance exam took place. They assembled here because today is the day that the portal to the secret realm opens.

They are all waiting for the students from other academies to appear at the moment.

The portal opens in an hour and after another hour, the portal closes its ENTER function and only the EXIT function remains. As long as the students can enter the realm within the hour after it is open, they can enjoy the benefits of the realm.

No one is stupid enough though. They wouldn't want to lose an hour of their time in the secret realm. No matter when you enter, everyone's exit time is the same.

No intelligent person would waste one hour of their time on purpose as it would give others more chances of gaining resources easily. In that hour, a lot of resources would be gone and they could do nothing but cry. Even then it is just useless as the resources won't return.

Every minute after the secret realm opens is important.

Though it doesn't matter who enters first or who enters last, one can't say what can happen inside. The order of entering is mostly a prestige issue and one has to follow that order.

The realm is very big and there would be a lot of monsters to kill and a lot of resources to gain but these aren't always easily gained. Most resources are guarded by the monsters. So when you are fighting others might pick the resource and run away.

This could happen because not always the students that appear in the realm are apart.

When the students go through the secret realm portal, they are transported to different places. No one would be side by side with each other but that doesn't mean that they would be far away from each other. There can be students who appear close to each other.

If there are any assholes nearby, they would fish in troubled waters and pick up the benefits of someone else's hard work. While you are in a fight, they would pick away what should have been yours.

So timing is always important.

If only the fight had ended a minute ago, you could have gained what is yours, instead of ending up in someone's hands. Such things are very common in places like these.

This is why, every minute inside the realm is important. Wasting time inside the realm may lead to losing many resources that could have helped you in your growth.

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A few minutes later, one by one the students and a few teachers from the four academies appeared alongside the teachers of Royal Academy.

As soon as the students of the other academies appeared, tensions appeared between them.

These hundred students are competitors inside the secret realm. They have to compete not only with monsters but also with other ninety-nine students.

There are obviously groups but they are not large. In most cases, even students of the same academy would fight each other for resources. Whoever gets the resources can proceed further in their ranks easily.

As one knows, leveling through EXP is not the only way to increase attributes. There are resources that can do that. In the secret realm, there is the highest chance of them appearing.

With increased attributes the chances of reaching a higher rank increase. So there was always a lot of competition whenever such resources appeared, as they are pretty much rare and most can't bear the cost of buying such resources.

Even the rich and nobles can't get their hands on them easily as every time they appear in the market, they go for sky-high prices. This is because, most of the time, when such resources are found, they are used. Only idiots would sell them or if they aren't effective on them. Only under those two conditions, do these resources appear in the market.

So whenever such resources appear in the wild, fights break out, even among group members. In the face of benefits, even brotherhood would be ignored.

Inside the secret realm, there is no surveillance. Though the academies have warned the students not to fight each other over resources, there is no way that they would listen.

High-level resources can help them become powerhouses and they can settle easily in the future with huge wealth in their pockets.

So when resources such as Attribute fruits (One of the resources that improves attributes when consumed) appear, there would be clashes among the students.

As long as there is no evidence left behind, they would even kill each other. Everyone who can enter the secret realm can be considered as a genius and are arrogant to the bone.

They think that they are the protagonists of the story. They think that they are children of heaven and do whatever they want to do. They would not know how high is the heaven.

There would be always such characters and they all fall down. Some would rise up but many of them would stay on the ground forever.

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After the four academies appeared, so did the staff of the royal academy. The one leading them was the headmaster.

The headmaster went onto the stage and started to chant. The lines drawn on the ground started to glow as the chant continued. After a minute, as portal opened but the chant didn't stop.

This was because the portal is not yet stable. If the chant was stopped, the portal would collapse and the students can't enter the secret realm.

After a minute or two, the portal stabilized.

Once that was done, the head master turned towards the students and said, "Okay, I see that everyone is here. You should all know whatever you need to know. Now enter through the portal in an orderly manner".

After the headmaster spoke, one by one, the students entered the portal starting with the Royal Academy's topper, Magnus Frostwolf.