Chapter 281: Dungeon Training

"We are talking about the dungeon we will go to next week." said Jayna.

"Dungeon? If I am not wrong, it is a Deep Hollow dungeon near Savan City. What's wrong with it?" said Angus.

"Well, normally, they use the Ragged Cave Dungeon for the student training ground. But, it seems the teacher wants to test our strength and use the unexplored dungeon." said Millie.

In Firuman, there are two types of dungeon-based on their completion, the conquered and the unexplored ones. The conquered dungeon is the dungeon that has already been completely explored until the core room.

Usually, this dungeon type has a guidebook to help the adventurer and others venture inside the dungeon. With the help of the guidebook, the dungeon will become safer to explore.

The unexplored dungeon is the dungeon that is still not thoroughly explored. This type of dungeon is more dangerous since it may lay various unknown traps. Moreover, it also often causes monster breaks which increase the casualty.

It is also not rare for an adventure to get lost for months inside the dungeon. Deep Hollow dungeon is one of the unexplored dungeons despite being formed and found in ancient times. It even formed before the emergence of the Heart Kingdom.

Deep Hollow dungeon also has many nicknames such as Ancient dungeon, Unending maze, Hellscape, etc. Despite its long age, the monster break it gives could easily be predicted.

A few months ago, Deep Hollow dungeon just released a monster break. Now, it is in the period of buffer time. It is expected that it will not release another monster break for the next few years.

Therefore, teachers decide to use this dungeon for the study excursion to test Angus and his friend's gain from the Endless Battlefield dimension. Although it is a harsh teaching method for Angus and the others, it also improves Angus and the others.

Of course, there is a lot of safety in this training. There is a whole team teaching that will monitor Angus and the others. They also hire experienced adventurers and guides from a big guild in case something is going wrong.

This way, Angus and the others learn about their limit and could get some tips from the adventurer.

"Hmm… Unexplored dungeon? I guess it's better than Ragged Cave Dungeon since only low-grade monsters could be found there." said Angus.

"True, but… I can't help but somehow worried." said Millie.

"Don't worry. We are going with a lot of people this time. Moreover, I bet we will only venture at the surface level. Besides, this is nothing compared to what we were experiencing." said Angus.

"Yeah, Angus is right. It's okay, Millie." said Mia reassuring her best friend.

After that, they begin to talk about various things while Angus goes back to read his book.

"Do you think everything is going to be fine?" asked Jayna in a low voice.

"Of course. Besides, we have a capable stalker that will follow us everywhere." said Angus while pointing to a specific shadow corner.

"Yeah, you are right." replied Jayna before deciding to train.

After returning from the Endless Battlefield dimension, each one of them gets a shadow guard that will stalk them everywhere from King Leon. This is not only to track their whereabouts but also to protect them if they are in life danger.

King Leon realizes that they have great potential, from the beast tamer, soul power user, spirit contractor, to a phoenix. Every one of them has the potential to reach sixth grade or possibly seventh grade in the future.

Therefore, King Leon decided to pay attention to their safety and development. Usually, the shadow guard hides inside the person's shadow. But, inside Angus' shadow, there is Draven. As a legendary beast, it will never want to share a space with a lowly shadow guard.

Then, Angus' shadow guard decides to hide and stalk from nearby. Still, these shadow guards will not act and come out unless there is a real-life danger. They could not rely on the shadow guard to protect them against something simple.

The next day, Angus and his friend started to go towards Savan City. Since they couldn't use the teleportation device to the Savan city, they could only travel by carriage in advance. 

Like Angus said before, few teachers come with them to monitor their safety and strength. Among the four teachers, Angus only knows two of them personally. They are his homeroom teacher called Teacher Elis and Teacher Gustav. 

As for the other two teachers, he only knows them by name. Unexpectedly, there is even Vice-Principal Ellen tag along in this training at the last minute. Among the other teachers, Vice Principal Ellen is famous for her healing expertise.

'It seems they take this training seriously.' thought Angus while entering the carriage with everyone.

Soon, the carriage starts moving, and Angus begins to immerse himself in reading the book. In the meantime, everyone talks to each other, ignoring him. On the fifth day, they finally reach Savan City without any obstruction and rest at the city.

The Savan city is quite a flourishing city since it is near the dungeon. In Firuman, the Dungeon is similar to the gold mine. It could produce an inexhaustible core and other monster parts.

Therefore, every city near the dungeon usually gets developed quite well and has many adventure guilds. Be it a small adventure guild or the branch of the big one. Arriving in the city, the teacher immediately brings everyone into the luxury hotel to rest.

"Ahhh… What a great bathroom. It is really good to be back." said Angus while he soaked inside the hot water.

Each student is getting their room with a personal bathroom. This kind of luxury is their privilege since the kingdom itself supports their necessity. After relaxing in hot water, Angus ends his bath and finds Jayna inside his room.

"Jayna is something wron.." said Angus.

Before he could finish his sentence, Jayna immediately ran towards Angus and kissed him intimately.

After a while, "Angus… I.. I.. want you to touch me." said Jayna while blushing.

During this one month, Jayna needs to stay in the royal palace and separate from Angus. Even when they reunited at the dorm, they still couldn't show too many intimate relationships.

They could only be intimate with each other covertly like this. At first, Jayna is worried about the shadow guard that is following her. But, it seems her father didn't refuse their relationship. Still, king Leon also did not approve of this relationship.

From the political perspective, King Leon thought Angus would be an excellent shield for those that wanted Jayna. 

Therefore, he turned a blind eye to these two teenage relationships. Angus and Jayna also realize this and use this chance to become more intimate with each other.

The next day Angus and the others begin to go towards the Deep Hollow dungeon. Before going to the dungeon, they will meet the adventurer and guide from the United guild. It is one of the big guilds that is affiliated with the Heart Kingdom.

"Morning everyone, My name is Raul. I am this group leader from the United guild." greeted a man with many scars on his body.

"My name is Ellen. I am the vice principal of the royal academy. Glad to work with you, Mr. Raul." replied the vice-principal Ellen while shaking Raul's hand.

Then, they start going towards the Deep Hollow dungeon while riding the same carriage they used yesterday.

"Huft… I can't wait to see what kind of the famous Deep Hollow dungeon." said Axel while on the carriage.

"Yeah, me too. I feel like getting rusty after one month doing nothing." said Ian.

'That's because you are weak.' chimed Marko.

Hearing this, Ian couldn't help but become speechless. Fortunately, no one could listen to Marko's remark, or he would be embarrassed himself.

"Haa.. Boys will always be boys." chimed Mia.

"Yeah.. Yeah.. say that after you beat me." replied Ian.

"What did you say?! Do you want me to beat you!?" said Mia.

"Now.. Now.. Let's calm down." said Axel trying to appease the two of them.

Seeing that, Angus and his friend's banter, "Haa.. It's good to be young." commented one of the adventurers.

"What are you talking about? We are also still young." said another adventurer.

"Young? You?! Pfftt… hahaha. I think you should buy a new mirror." replied the other.

"Alright, that's enough. We are in the presence of the client." rebuked Raul.

"Yes, leader.' said all of the nearby adventurers.

"Leader, what do you think of them?" asked one of the adventurers in a low voice.

"I am not sure. They look like complete newbies. I also hear it is their first time in a dungeon." replied Raul.

"Hmm.. Let's just hope they will not pee themself while facing the monster." replied the others.

Angus and his friend could hear them using their sharp perception even though they spoke in a lower voice. Although they seem relaxed and joking with each other, they never let their guard down, which also somehow sharpens their perception.

"Humph.. It seems we are being underestimated." said Ian.

"Yeah, it's your fault." said Mia

"Me.. Why me?!" replied Ian.

Then, Mia and Ian continue to argue with each other again.