The Tales of Draconic Warlock

Chapter 61: We were thrown into the dungeon

The status-checking process was completed quite quickly. There are many Tier-0 candidates but there was no mention of failing them at this point.

Even though it was said this was a Royal Academy entrance test, the other academies would also select a few students for themselves from among the group. So the test most likely wouldn't eliminate anyone at this point.

If the Tier-0 awakener shows potential in the next part of the test, then I assume that one of the four academies would select them.

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Now that the first part of the test was over, it was time for the second part to commence.

I only showed that I was Tier-1, which was more than enough for the academy at this point. The second part, which is the Dungeon test part is the most crucial part that determines whether one can enter the academy or not.

The first test was not important at this point. It was more useful after one got into the academy. From what my siblings said, there would be Status Checking every half year. It would be compared to the previous one.

If there wasn't improvement, one would be demoted to a lesser class and vice versa. No academy would want someone who would waste their time. What they need is protectors for the kingdom.

It was not just the monsters that threatened the kingdom. There are enemy kingdoms that surround our kingdom. In addition to them, there are many criminals roaming the lands. Dangers are everywhere.

The graduates of the academies play a major role in that category in comparison to others who were not able to enter an academy. Awakening a profession doesn't necessarily mean that we would get a spot in the academy.

The awakeners that were here belong to the fighting category. The non-fighting ones don't enter the dungeon but instead, they would have to pass another type of test depending on their profession.

There are too many people but too little resources. So not everyone would get a chance to get their hands on quality resources. So most people would not have the chance of advancing easily. Unless they are the children of luck, they can't proceed in their lives.

It was not that the resources were low but if the resources were distributed fairly and equally to everyone, there wouldn't be any top-tier awakeners, and would be destroyed easily. Those top-tier awakeners were the deterrents of destruction.

There are many monsters that are in the top tiers and if they invade human habitats, they will be cleared in a few years at most. the only reason why those high-ranking monsters wouldn't blatantly invade was due to the presence of the high-tier awakeners.

So there was nothing to say, even though I can see that there is no equality in this world. As someone from Earth, many think that they had to bring their ideas into this new world but that would only backlash in a spectacular way.

Change has to come from within and only then can the change lead to progress.

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After the first part of the test was done, we were led to a small hill outside the academy.

A burly man appeared before us and started to give instructions.

"This is where the next part of your test would be conducted. You will enter the dungeon and defeat the monsters inside and for every kill, you will be awarded a certain amount of points. The higher the monster, the higher would be the points".

"The highest monster in this dungeon would be somewhere in the middle of Tier-1. So the candidate who has yet to reach Tier-1, I suggest running away".

"We can't see what was happening inside. So we will give each one of you a bracelet. This bracelet would not only record the number of points you gained but also protect your life. So when you feel that your life is in danger, press the red button on your bracelet".

"This will eject you from the dungeon and that also means that your test has ended. Remember, you have to manually activate the bracelet in order to leave the dungeon. So the only protection that it facilitates is bringing you out of the dungeon".

"Don't waste your life in order to pursue some points. Your life is more valuable than admission to some academy. Now one by one, collect your bracelets", the man concluded.

Wow, that is a very long speech. Though it was said that the academy was tough, they did care about the people. If not else why would they invest so many resources for this exam?

Those bracelets are not cheap. Even with the advancement of technologies, the production of those bracelets costs a lot. Even my family has one or two, I believe. They didn't hand out them when I went out to the wilds.

To anyone who finds a dungeon, you either enter and complete it or die in there. The only other option was to give up entering that dungeon and sell the information about it to others.

If there were some expeditions before, there would be information about it and the casualties wouldn't be likely but that won't apply to the new dungeons.

So when entering a new dungeon, these types of protections are compulsory. However, those devices only offer protection and don't include the number of kills, which was only required by the academies. It means that these are custom-made and would cost more.

After we got the bracelets, we returned back to our positions as before.

"Now the next part of the test would commence. Oh, there is one more thing that I forgot. Candidates can steal points from each other. By defeating them, they would get half the points and the loser would exit the dungeon", the man said as he opened the portal into the dungeon.

No one was able to process what he said as they were busy cursing out loudly in despair.

Even I had to curse the man because the portal he opened, appeared right below us. Instead of walking into the dungeon, we fell into it.

That asshole literally threw us into the dungeon.