It all went good
We earned there trust
Starting with stamina flowers—
They are flowers that bloom the moment you pass one, and if you smell the flower, it boosts 40% of your stamina.
That means energy drinks aided with mana that give super activity are all gone—
A single flower is enough as long as it blooms.
And who doesn't want to reduce cost by just a flower that anyone can afford by growing it?
Another one is called Jelly Shield,
And it helps get a jelly thing to cover for attacks.
It sticks to the user's back and completely protects from any attack that comes its way as a hand.
It's not a living thing but is made artificially by Beta and the Vamps Lab with our Slime Lab here.
It's a cooperation.
Very interesting, isn't it?
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Well, the other one is scientific.
It's a very tiny robot in the size of a bee.
The moment a dungeon appears, they go in—
Their eyes are cameras, but that's not really the case.
From the moment they go in,
They create a map of the dungeon and cover the whole area.
You may ask how—
Since inside the dungeons that open in random places at random times are from another world,
While this world's dungeons are dungeons that redirect the hunters to another far existing land.
So now, how is it that the signals work then?
If you ask—they don't.
The signal isn't artificial.
The signal itself passes through dimensions.
We can control the signal and direct it to the gate.
They have artificial slime—
These slimes are not like any other slime (a living one),
But they are rather animated by blood magic, using blood "O,"
And they are the ones to redirect and return the signals.
Slimes are slimes—
The moment you cut a slime and burn its half,
The other half gets burned.
Not all slimes—
But certain slimes are like that.
So we used that,
And the moment they all draw the map,
The one outside receives it.
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And there's more we got from the Slime and the Vamps.
Lastly, we got Sigma's treasury.
Sigma has been taking too many unknown dungeons—
Thanks to our system that is completely different than others,
Sigma got so many treasuries.
And lastly, and more importantly—Alpha.
Alpha has what we don't have, and probably never even reached:
The cursed treasuries.
They all are tools that curse—
But thanks to Noa,
She inverted the curse into a holy power,
Which helped us make it.
Though it can't already be reversed because Alpha sucked the curse out of it,
So it's just an ancient weapon made for demons.
And we used that and reversed the vessel of the curse—
That it receives curse and stores it and uses it.
We reversed it using Noa's power,
And now it can only hold holy power.
And thanks to Zephyr, we used his Holy Power Form and aided them with Holy Mana.
So whatever element you use,
The holy power will activate,
Making it immune to demons.
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Then Suzuki said:
> "You will make a fortune with this.
You guys are gonna be super famous for it."
Then we said:
> "The auction is 3 days from now."
He said:
> "Yes, it is."
Then we said we will stay the 3 days here.
After, he said to me:
> "We will inform the news that we are sponsoring only you this year in the auction."
We said thank you and enjoyed the high life.
That night,
We all 5 appeared on the news.
That's when:
Sayaka and Taeyang,
David,
Dante,
Yosuke and Raijin,
Rowan, and Alistar's brat, Thoe, and Lord Alistar himself,
Jain and Mei,
Rim, Faysal, Hana, and Layla,
Grand Magician Fayes and the King himself,
And others...
The whole world,
Plus our final target audience: Talia and Lyra—
All were watching us.
That's what I liked.
Every four years, this auction gets treated like the World Cup.
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Finally, we got it and we signed the contract.
Then Zephyr was the one to do it.
His father was so proud.
He was showing his dominance by politician's steeple hand position,
Straight, with a coat and dark blue shirt and dark red necktie.
He was getting so famous.
After that, we all got invitations,
And when the time came,
Even Lord Alistar logged in.
Then the journalist said to me:
> "How confident are you guys in getting to the academy,
Competing in all assignments,
And winning the final tournament of this year?"
Then I said:
> "Well, it depends on the other students,
Especially the ones you called The Eights.
But I assure you—
We will win with ease."
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So anyway,
We are done.
Then another one asked,
> "How are you going to prove to us that you can do it?"
Then I said,
> "Why should we prove our strength to you guys?
Listen—just wait and see, okay?"
Another one said,
> "Can we know which dungeons you recently broke?"
Then I said,
> "Seriously? Come on, you have a better question than that.
Well—it's private, and we're not gonna answer that."
Then another one said,
> "Dante recently showed a video of him kicking the ass of demons alone in a restricted place, and that place isn't restricted anymore."
Then I said,
> "What does that have to do with me?"
And he said,
> "What's your response?"
Then I said,
> "Huh… Hello Dante, you did a good job. Great…"
With a cute face—and they all laughed.
Then I said,
> "Is that all?"
Another one said,
> "Do you have a girlfriend?"
Then I said,
> "That's private."
Another one said,
> "When was your first kiss?"
Well... I guess it's because I was the last person to be questioned that they now ask even crazy questions.
So I said,
> "Well, I'm leaving. What's next? You're gonna ask me how to do a French kiss or something?"
I said that with an annoyed, unamused face and got out of there.
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Then the time finally came.
Nao was the one to present—
As we had more chance of getting views because of her undeniable back.
She wore an Aphrodite midi dress and every man was dreaming to get a chance with her.
But things changed when one from the Werde (Al-Masa) Kingdom said:
> "100,000 points."
Then one of the Avanguardians said:
> "500,000."
After a while, we reached 2.5 million, and it was sold to the Verdantia Kingdom.
It was the flower that was sold to them.
We continued and we earned around 30 million points—
That's almost half a country's GDP.
Well, then we got our money and we built a flying castle.
It's invisible 24/7—
Only when we have an exhibition or something like an auction or a black market do we post it 1 hour before we begin, and our location will be exposed.
We take them all one by one thanks to the Suzuki family.
It's one of the most protected, and kind of illegal, but still considered legal—because of them.
The castle is made of slime and barrier magic,
And due to the slime effect, we don't use any form of technology,
So we don't cause failure.
And that's how we began the real game.
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Then that day,
We all won the auction.
We got all the attention.
We went viral.
Sigma already made a video about that—
As if we sponsored him.
And he said he tried out our stuff in the hunting ground.
And everyone wanted it.
His fans wanted it so much that we made a fortune in days.
Then we used slime and barrier magic and made the castle.
And when we began to dance Jersey Dance, we were streaming.
Every other group was jealous as f*ck.
And now we have to get to the academy.
Everything is going well.
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A day later,
Dante contacted me again saying he wanted to meet me
Since he saw me having fun and streaming.
Then I said,
> "Sure, I can book my time for you.
Can you come to Sakura Land?
I'm actually on a business trip there, so I'll be around."
Then he said he will come.
And we waited for him.
Finally, he came.
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It was really heartfelt to see him like this—
So bold, confident, and strong—
With a mana that shakes the ground.
He was just a kid when we were in the mana drainage.
He was so weak that he couldn't even stand straight,
Always exhausted and was skinny.
And now—
He looks completely like someone else.
He came to me and said,
> "Nice to meet you."
And we noticed—
He had a camera and
was streaming our conversation to their own private chat.
Then he said,
> "Wanna come over to a really good place I saw?"
And then she said,
> "What?"
Then I said,
> "Listen…"
"Listen… is there something going on? What is it?
You can tell me.
There's no reason for you to hide a camera and stream it, you know."
He said,
> "Ohh—I'm not! I swear!"
Then I said,
> "You're really not good at lying."
And he said,
> "Sorry. I'm really sorry.
There's this ugly, moldy guy we know. He was kinda a jerk… but I—I kinda liked his style.
And… well… you look like him."
Then I said,
> "Whoever that was, I can assure you… this is my first time meeting you."
Then he said,
> "Okay then… see you at the academy."
And he was about to leave—
But then I said,
> "Nah… come over and see our floating castle."
And I let him in.
Then we opened a quiet song, some background music—
And we streamed me and Dante.
Then Dante said,
> "I remember the journalist who mentioned me at the auction…
So here we are—to properly talk about it."
We had some casual chat.
After a while, Kai butted in, saying,
> "No more boring chat, damn it!"
And he opened some hip-hop—a really good one, full of beats.
Then Dante said,
> "Well, I can't miss tonight's dinner here—
So I might as well enjoy my time."
So we began to dance and posted it.
Every social media platform was touched—
A mage and hunter dancing together in unity.
And that's how I got even more fame.
After that, we closed the stream.
I walked him to his private garage and thanked him with a goodbye.
The moment he entered, he called someone and said:
> "The more I look at him, the more he knows about me.
The more… he reminds me of him—Kurai Adegaki.
Listen—I'm feeling like he lost his memories and is now living like this.
And Ebisu Teta might be a decoy name…"
Then the chat responded:
> "Sometimes you're a genius…
Other times… you're just you."
He said:
> "What do you all mean by you?"
They replied:
> "The stupid one."
Then they all closed the chat—
He screamed and shut his phone.
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The last thing left before the academy is:
Zephyr's fiancée meeting his family.
And not just them—even us, his group.
He must introduce us all.
Then his father was called to a banquet.
He got ready and was told to come alone.
He accepted, of course, and headed out.
He was pissed about it but stayed reserved—
As expected of a duke.
The hall was open—
It was quiet and dark as well.
He said:
> "Anyone here?
Did I get the wrong place?
No… I'm sure I'm here. This is the place."
Then the lights came on.
Fireworks and effects lit the hall.
We had decorated the whole place.
We welcomed him warmly.
Then we did the same for Grand Mage Layla's uncle—
And her father, the king.
We also invited Faysal and Hana.
Then we began to enjoy our time—streaming as always.
Every man wore a vest.
Every girl wore a dress.
And we began our celebration dance.
It was so good to be true.
The moment I had there…
It gave me confidence.
And now—I believe I can truly trust them.
So things moved fast…
And I became irregular.
No one chose me—
I chose myself.
That's how it is.
That's why I'm here in the first place.
I gambled—with my life on the line—just to be here.
When I was trapped in the Mana Drainer, I was more worried, more concerned about survival, about how to escape.
It all made sense back then…
But I never showed it.
I always acted chill.
Because reacting emotionally doesn't change anything—
It just becomes a pain in the ass.
After a while, we got out of the Mana Drainer.
But I lost my greatest weapon:
> My body can no longer replenish mana.
So, thanks to that, I had to use my demon mana side—
And I was almost classified as a demon.
I lived among serpent demons, and that's when I found a notebook about slimes.
It explained how they split into fragments, each based on how many elements they can use.
So I did the same.
I split myself into four:
1. Alpha — the one who uses demon mana, sees with demonic perception.
2. Beta — the blood mage, like a vampire. He experiments and searches for a way to get my body to replenish mana again.
3. Delta — that's me. I was supposed to have mana—but I don't. So I became an aura fighter, relying heavily on my body and fighting skills. I can't use much more than small techniques.
4. Sigma — the original aura farmer, the perfected one.
I don't know when I'll return to my original self—Kurai Adegaki.
But for now, I remember someone from the Mana Drainer…
> The head of the building—
He drained countless lives, sucking the mana right out of them.
He worked for the demons.
A promising descendant of a demon king's imperial bloodline.
And now, I must kill him.
That's why I enrolled in an academy—
Where that same old man…
is the principal.
Now the time has come.
We're already prepared.
Everyone is already inside…
We're one minute late,
But they waited for us.
That means—we've earned respect before even stepping in.
Then, the clouds darkened...
And reality itself crumpled like paper—
As a mini castle descended from the sky, with a long staircase.
We walked down—
One by one.
Then all four of my crew stood face to face:
Zephyr vs. Kai
Kazuki vs. Nao
And then, suddenly—
I appeared between them, using my teleportation.
That's when I saw them:
Sayaka and Lyra, standing together.
The first girl who tangled me in her cursed Elfen vessel…
Who kissed me out of nowhere.
And the girl I once loved—
lived with…
And kissed.
> Myself...
Talking to myself...
Well…
Here we are—
The Academy.
I know this will be better than my high school life so don't miss out.