Death Mage with an SS-Rank Talent-Chapter 227

In the morning, the trio, Aaron, Zara and Erika woke up late in the morning.

The previous night, they spent a lot of time together, as Aaron and Erika would soon be deployed. The next few days would be the last they would be able to see each other for a while.

Reyna, who was deployed the previous year, was not seen for a long time. Though she would call from time to time, the group has only seen her once after she was deployed. With ongoing battles, no one would have any breaks. Getting a rest period for once is already a boon.

Zara would be staying behind, as she belonged to the crafting profession, which has no place on the frontlines. Aaron and Erika would be deployed away, but there is no guarantee that they would be sent to the same outpost.

So, the previous night they made a decision.

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The previous night...

"Aaron, you and I will be deployed in ten days. After we were deployed, we don’t know when we would be able to be in the same place again. Zara would remain here, but we two won’t. So, we came to a decision to spend as much time as possible with each other in the next ten days", Erika said.

That morning, they came to know except for the crafting professionals, every other second-year student would be deployed. The war that started late last year was nowhere near its end. It increased even more.

The information regarding the world upgrade has spread everywhere.

Everyone in the alliance knew about this, which led to the rise of a few criminal elements among the population.

Though the law says that the one who commits a crime is the criminal, that doesn’t mean others won’t have the itch to do something bad. There are many who are curbed because they were afraid of the law. They were afraid of what would happen to them when they were caught by the law enforcement teams.

With the world upgrading, there were too many monsters sprouting out of nowhere and the cults had never been this active. The reason, new resource points were being found every day, and many of these resources have never been seen before resources.

So, whether it was the Alliance or the cults or monsters, all are scrambling to get a big piece of pie for themselves. There is so much chaos in society. Though the cities were working normally on the surface, there were many criminal elements slowly rising in the underground.

The crime rate has increased, especially in the wild.

Even though there were deaths outside when one goes out into the wild to hunt for resources, the number was not too much, but that number was slowly increasing day by day.

The students were being deployed earlier because of this.

The original plan of the alliance and the academies was to improve the students as much as possible before they were deployed in the second half of the year, but due to the urgency in maintaining the order of the human settlements, they were being deployed early.

The staff has informed the students that the second-year students would not be deployed on the front lines. Instead, they would be sent to cities, towns or villages, where there is a gap in protection. Though the list was yet to be finalised, this notice was to let them get prepared for the departure, which would be done so in ten days.

The academy was not sending the students without any benefits.

Leaving the academy this early means they can’t be able to level up as they used to before. The academy dungeons are free for its students, but once one graduates, they won’t be able to access these dungeons unless they return to the academy to work there.

Once graduated, one has to depend on the dungeons controlled by others, either by joining the organisation or paying the fee to enter. If neither option were possible, one could go find the dungeons that were out in the wild, yet to be claimed by any.

The Wild Dungeons belong to no one. If one wants to claim them for themselves, they can, but they have to move those dungeons to the lands controlled by them. Only dungeons that are in a private area are deemed private. frёewebnoѵēl.com

Only the Hunters Guild works a bit differently. They would tie up with the local governments, and place dungeons in certain areas, open to the public who can use them for a fee.

Hunters Guild does this because it was a win-win for all.

The Guild would get paid by those who are interested in entering the dungeons. The freelance professionals, called Adventurers, who owe their allegiance to no one, can improve their strength and thereby increase the security of the town or city they reside in.

Even if they don’t pledge allegiance to anyone, they would be sure to protect their homes. That was more than enough in many cases. There was no need for everyone to be on the front lines.

Also, it’s not like the Guild lets anyone not associated with them enter A-rank or above dungeons. Those are exclusive to the Guild members. One can either join the guild or search for one outside in the wild.

Though a number of dungeons sprout every day, not every dungeon that appears is a stable one. Many would disappear after spitting the monsters out. So, they have to find one before they disappear. That was not easy.

The best benefit was that the students could enter the dungeons under the Hunters Guild free of charge. This applies even to the dungeons are actually for the sole use of the members.

Due to the issues around, the guild has opened their dungeons for the students who were posted to the city/town. The only restriction was that this offer was valid only in the city/town to which they were posted. Elsewhere, that offer is invalid.

The main point was that, if the guild has given them access, it means that they might return to the academy for a long time.

So, the girls decided to spend as much time as possible with each other before they were deployed elsewhere.

Aaron has no objections regarding that. Though it might reduce his dungeon levelling time or in some other way, he agreed to it.

Living a long time may depend on being strong, but one has to be living a life to get better motivated for becoming strong. Having strength without actually living a life is meaningless.

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