"There was no party that violated the contract and it wasn't as if they got anything from the facility that could be converted to gold. Equivalent exchange." Blake ignored the look on Brian's face.
"You know sometimes you should learn how to just go with the flow." Brian said.
"The reward isn't that bad. With the 50k points, we are now a rank C adventurer party. Meaning we would be getting higher-paid commissions." Castiel pointed out.
"Come to think of it, aren't we growing too fast? Normally it takes a long while for a D rank party to be advance to C rank but we did it in only 2 missions." Blake paused for a moment.
"Are we cursed in some way?" Blake's question made Castiel and Brian turn to him.
"In some way yes. From the berserk wyvern to the research facility, these are things that wouldn't normally happen to people." After putting some thought into it, Castiel had to agree with Blake.
[I must say you guys are very unlucky but don't make it look like the world is against you.
Do you know how many people have been killed by morgs or how many adventurers have lost their lives because they entered a dangerous ruin.] The system continued. [Yes you might be unlucky, but note that Infinite realm is a thousand times more dangerous and what you consider as luck on earth could be considered extreme bad luck on Infinite realm.]
This made the trio change how they thought. On Earth, as long as one decided to stay away from risky activities like roof jumping and so on. Things like wars and alien invasions that could be considered as dangerous and unlucky could be counted on one hand.
While as on Infinite realm everything was considered as dangerous. The humans were at constant war with beasts, but battles between high-level cultivators could kill all those around the area.
Even if that didn't occur and humans were to remain in their cities away from danger the enraged and enhanced beasts from the beast tide were the ones to attack the cities and people would end up being killed.
"I didn't sign up for this shit." Brian shook his head as he let out a helpless sigh.
"It's a few days before we head back to school. What are we going to do till then?" Castiel changed the topic.
"Well, I have tested Ebony and Ivory, and we don't have much gold to spend on forgemastery. So I will cultivate and rest." Blake said as the trio was walking back to their room.
"I just remembered how tough school was. We need a lot of rest." The thought alone made Brian feel he was having a migraine.
"Seeing Instructor Zirrack's perfect condition, I don't think he would be dying anytime soon." Castiel said.
"I don't think anything can kill him." Blake said receiving nods from Castiel, Brian, the system, and Zirrack.
"What the heck?!' The trio screamed in shock when they noticed the fourth person who had just joined them.
"Instructor Zirrack… what… are you doing here?" The trio stuttered.
"I will take that as a compliment. Also, Instructor Zirrack is for when we are in school, here I am Kingslayer." Zirrack's said. "To answer your question, I am here to claim my rewards for technically saving you guys."
"Oh…" The trio weren't sure on how to continue the conversation, but luckily Zirrack was already on his way to the Guild master's office.
"Hope you 3 are ready for school because it would be a whole different level." Zirrack said with an evil grin that sent chills down their spine.
"Yup, we are f*cked big time." Brian had his palm on his forehead because he felt his migraine increasing.
"Where the f*ck did he come from?!"
"Why did you not tell us?!"
At this point, they were screaming-whispering at themselves and the system.
[Don't blame me, I didn't even sense him.] The system justified itself. [But I must agree with Brian. You guys are f*cked.]
…
The days flew by and the time for them to return to the magic academy had arrived.
Blake was excited about many things. The new knowledge he was to get, using the point system and his rank to get materials for forgemastery and finally he would get to eat food for free!
They boarded a carriage that dropped them at the gates of the magic school, but those bearing the insignia's of noble families were let into the school.
"The free ride from the Winchester family would have prevented this." Brian said as they ignored the contemptuous gazes they received from the nobles alighting from the carriages.
The previous day the Winchester family had offered them a ride to the school, but Blake had politely rejected the offer.
If he had accepted the offer, not only would it strengthen the relationship between them and the Winchester family, but people will think they had been roped in by the family and these were things Blake didn't want.
The trio went to their rooms and after unpacking their dimensional space, they headed for the cafeteria where they met up with Luciano and Tessie.
"How did your break go?" Blake asked Luciano who had a little smile on his face.
"It was very boring, nothing much happened, just training..." Luciano answered.
They knew about his character so they didn't bother about asking more questions, but something interesting happened.
"But during the last week, I went camping in the forest for some days and I must say it was quite nice." Luciano completed his sentence.
"…"
Everyone was shocked by this and Luciano noticed their reaction. So he quickly changed the topic.
"How was yours?" Luciano asked causing Blake to narrate their entire journey.
…
After lunch, all students proceeded to the hall for the principal's speech, but on arrival the group especially Blake were receiving death glares from almost all noble kids.
"Did you cross paths with any noble?" Tessie whispered as she felt uncomfortable from the glares.