Connor was guiding the class around the dungeon Hillsborough ’s Grasslands, one of the first dungeons to appear during the Magic Revolution, located in the city of Hills The Healers were wearing Healer Robes, the Attackers were wearing leather armor, and the Defenders were wearing heavy armor. Oswald was taking in the view and seeing how different this dungeon was from the Linda Beach Dungeon. The other dungeon was a beach and jungle combo dungeon and this one was only grassland.
“This should be your first time in a dungeon, for all of you. As you saw in the entrance, this is a G-Rank Dungeon. G rank is the lowest rank. The ranking for adventurers and dungeons is the same: G-S.” Connor explained. “The only way to get into a dungeon is by using your Adventurer’s License or using a Blank Dungeon Pass. Since you guys don’t have your license, you had to use the Blank Dungeon Pass, please don’t lose it, they are valuable and the school only gets a certain number of them. Let’s continue, once you get your Adventurer’s License you’ll start at Rank G and can go into G-Rank and F-Rank Dungeons.”
“Mr. Johnson, how is a real dungeon different from an artificial dungeon?” Emma asked. “Because so far I haven’t seen anything different.”
“The main difference you’ll notice is that the monsters who are in the dungeons have Magic Stones, while the ones in artificial dungeons don’t. We bred the monster for the artificial dungeons, but can’t still explain why they don’t have Magic Stones, since we started out by using monsters we caught from the dungeons.” Connor explained. “Also, Mutant Monsters can appear inside dungeons, which are stronger versions than their regular counterparts. Once you can detect Magical Power, you should be able to tell them apart if they look the same. Most times, Mutant Monsters are just bigger.”
As they walked a group of Super Moles, 1.5 meter long moles, came out of the ground and ambushed the students. The students formed teams composed of a healer, an attacker, and a defender. The students quickly fought the Super Moles and quickly finished the fight. AFterwards some of the students started to cut through the monsters’ bodies as Connor instructed and retrieved the Magic Stones.
“As you can see, these red little spheres are Magic Stones.” Connor said as he held a red stone the size of a marble. “The small size and the transparent color signifies that the monster was weak. The deeper or the bigger the size the more powerful the monster who had the Magic Stone was. We use these to make Magic Tools and power up our Energy Grid. Magic Stones are great at storing and conducting Magical Energy. We re-engineered how the electronics of the Old World worked to be able to be used with Magical Energy, so we use the Magic Stones to make them and to power them.”
“Why don’t we just use the electronics of the Old World?” Jack asked.
“They should’ve told you about the Magic Wave that destroyed all of the Old World’s electronics about 1500 years ago.” Connor responded. “Electronics can easily be destroyed by magic interference, so we found another way to replicate all the electronics using Magic Technology. I don’t know too much about how that works, I am just a combat instructor. Adventurer’s mainly make money by selling Magic Stones.”
What is that? Why are so many monsters heading this way? Oswald's thoughts were full of questions as he detected the many monsters heading their way. Isn’t this supposed to be a beginner dungeon? Unless someone did something.
“EVERYONE BRACE YOURSELVES!!” Connor shouted. “Something is wrong. I can detect the Magic Power of many monsters heading this way! Get ready for battle! I’ll send a message to Principal Lambert! I won’t let any of you die here!”
Something is coming from above. Oswald thought as he looked up and saw a Celestial Eagle, a 3 meter eagle. It’s heading this way too quickly, but a Celestial Eagle shouldn’t be in this type of dungeon.
Connor became frightened once he spotted the Celestial Eagle. He unsheathed his swords and took a stance to fight the Celestial Eagle.
“What is an A-Rank monster doing here?” Connor asked himself as he glared at the Celestial Eagle. “I am just a B plus Adventurer, but I can’t let my students die.”
The Celestial Eagle quickly descended and grabbed Oswald. The Celestial Eagle quickly flew towards the forest located within the dungeon. Oswald had an expression full of dread and froze up unable to think of what to do. Aria quickly came out of hiding trying to catch Oswald, but all the other monsters arrived, so now she had to fight the hundreds of monsters who had surrounded Connor and all the other students.
“OZ NOOOOOOOOO!” Oswald could hear Hannah’s voice as the Celestial Eagle carried him away. “Aria do something. AREN’T YOU OZ’S BODYGUARD!?”
“I wish, but we are surrounded by hundreds of ministers and many more are on their way.” Aria responded in an annoyed tone. “Even for me this will take awhile before I can give chase. FUCK! WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO SAY TO JOSEPH!? I have to give chase as quickly as possible. Damn you MONSTERS!!”
After a few minutes the Celestial Eagle started to descend in the forest and dropped Oswald in the middle of it. Oswald began to look around and instantly knew he was completely lost.
“At least it just dropped me off, but why? What is that monster planning?” Oswald said to himself. Oswald started to walk towards where he thought the exit was. He started to observe the Mana Flow in his surroundings in order to evade the monsters. He found a strong Mana Flow close to him.
“Graar!” A big golden bear appeared from the bushes and locked his gaze onto Oswald.
“A California Bear, why is this monster in this dungeon? Should it be in the Redwood Dungeon?” Oswald was panicking. “Another A-Rank monster and I am by myself. I wish Aria was here.”
Oswald was shaking as he looked at the California Bear. He knew that Aria would be searching for him as soon as she could. Oswald took out his knives and assumed a fighting position. He was going to be on the defense as he knew he couldn’t outrun the California Bear. Oswald quickly focused his Mana around his body mimicking Two’s armor he had observed when he fought him. The California Bear approached Oswald and he responded by focusing his Mana on his left arm and throwing his knife at the California Bear. The knife hit the California Bear on the forehead, but that caused no damage. The California Bear swiped at Oswald and Oswald concentrated his Mana on his right arm and parried the attack with his knife. The impact was great, Oswald could feel pain and dropped his knife. Now he had no weapons.
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Damn it. Just keeping up the Mana around my body is tiring me out. Oswald thought as he maintained a clear view of the California Bear’s whole body. Do Lunarian Rankers have lots of Magical Energy to keep up their armor? Or are they more efficient?
The California Bear swiped once away and this time Oswald dodged. Oswald began to concentrate his Mana at the palm of his right hand.
I should gather more Mana. So, I should drop the Mana around my body and only use it when necessary. Oswald thought as he dropped all the Mana surrounding his body.
The California Bear swiped once again. Oswald concentrated Mana on his left arm and parried the attack and that little opening left by the California Bear, Oswald used his right hand to unleash a Pure Mana Blast. The Pure Mana Blast hit the California Bear. The California Bear became enraged as the blast had hurt it and quickly swiped again Oswald quickly defended himself by blocking the attack with both arms and concentrating his Mana. The blow was so powerful it sent Oswald flying back and he hit a tree. He could feel his arms were numb and he was bleeding from both of them. He quickly sat up and concentrated his Mana on both of his palms and started to throw fireballs at the California Bear. The California Bear became even more enraged and roared before running towards Oswald. Before the California Bear could reach Oswald, a woman wearing a black armored bodysuit and a helmet appeared and slashed at the California Bear with her great sword.. Next thing Oswald noticed was the head of the California Bear next to him. As soon as the woman faced Oswald he spotted the Roman Numeral VII.
“It looks like Two was right about you, Young Deus!” Oswald could hear the voice of an elderly woman.
“Seven!!” Oswald still had an expression of dread. Now a Lunarian Ranker was in-front of him and he couldn’t even move properly.
“Don’t worry! I mean no harm.” Seven said. “I can’t detect any trace of Magic Power, yet you used Magic against that California Bear. You really are like him.”
“What do you mean? Aren’t you guys just killing for fun?” Oswald asked.
“That's mainly Four and the Leader, although Three and Ten occasionally kill innocent people. I am just trying to kill the Captain of the Holy Knights, he deserves to die. I’ll never forgive him.” Seven responded. “I am not a fan of killing innocent people. Those guys are just monsters.”
“Aren’t you Lunarian Rankers all the same?” Oswald questioned.
“You may see us as a monolith organization, but us Lunarian Rankers actually are not in agreement. Four really wants to kill you just like he killed your grandmother.” Seven said. “But I want you to become my disciple. You’re the only one who can help me and the Lunarians get revenge for our world.”
“I won’t. Why would I want to learn from a Lunarian Ranker?” Oswald glared at Seven.
“Because the only one who knows that you can use Magic is me.” Seven responded. “Besides, how are you supposed to become strong enough to kill Four and the Leader?”
“I don’t understand.” Oswald said.
“I want you to stop the Lunarian Rankers.” Seven said. “You must kill the Leader and the Pope or there will never be peace among the Earthlings and the Lunarians.”
“Then do it yourself.” Oswald said.
“After taking revenge for the events here on Earth. I’ll be gone.” Seven said. “I need someone to stand up to him or Earth might be destroyed like Lunaria.”
“Who are you referring to?” Oswald questioned.
“The man who destroyed Lunaria.” Seven said. “If we want to stop him and his sister, we need both Lunarians and Earthlings united. Only me and Two are concerned with this. The others have forgotten the fear and powerlessness we felt when he faced him back on Lunaria. They believe he won’t show up in this world, but need to be prepared. They are only concerned about taking revenge for what was done to us here on Earth.”
“What do you mean? What happened to you guys?” Oswald asked.
“Become my disciple and I’ll tell you someday.” Seven responded,
“I’ll … become your disciple. I need the power to stop you guys.” Oswald said with a determined expression.
“Then just ask to meet with the best Magic Engineer from Lunaria.” Seven said. “I’ll be waiting for you!”
“Wait, are you her? The famous Magic Engineer.” Oswald said upon realizing Seven’s true identity.
“I should be going now. My granddaughter should be here soon. I wouldn’t want her knowing my secret identity! And I am sorry about doing this, but I needed to see your potential!” Seven said as he used Shadow Magic and disappeared into the forest.
Oswald could feel Aria’s Mana Flow off in the distance, so he stood up and started walking towards where he felt Aria’s presence. After a couple of minutes of walking Oswald spotted Aria. Aria quickly ran towards him and hugged him.
“THANK GOD YOU’RE ALIVE!!” Aria was relieved. “But you’re injured. Everyone else is safe. Sorry for making you wait. I failed at keeping you safe.”
“It’s not your fault Aria!” Oswald said as the pulled away from Aria. Aria's suit was now stained with blood. “No one would have thought this would happen.”
“I might not be a healer, but I know some healing magic. Let me heal your arms.” Aria used a minor healing magic to stop the bleeding and alleviate some of the pain. “That’s the most I can do.”
“Thanks, Aria!” Oswald said.
“Follow me, everyone is waiting. Especially Hannah.” Aria said. “She was so worried about you. She was in tears asking me to quickly look for you. She is a good girlfriend, Ozzy, so treat her well.”
“I know, why do you think I fell for her?” Oswald said while smiling. “I want to make Hannah smile.”
Oswald and Aria started to walk back towards the others. Oswald was still thinking about what Seven had said to him. He wondered about the man she mentioned who like him possessed no Magic Power, but could still use Magic. He wondered about the true nature of his existence and whether he could defeat that man if he ever came to Earth.
I guess I am not the only one in the Universe who others could label as Magicless for not having Magic Power. Oswald thought. But when should I tell other people that I can use Magic? Only Two and Seven know that I can use Magic, but why do they keep it secret? No matter what I must continue to grow. It hasn’t been a month since I discovered how to use Mana to mimic Support Magic and now I can use Elemental Magic. I wonder how much I can grow and how fast.