Hunting and selling the loot became a daily routine of Aaron. Though the items obtained are exchanged for a very little amount of credits, they are still adding extra to the pocket. Being a hunter is costly and every credit earned or that can be saved is required in this life.
After hunting through the dungeon for a total of twenty days, he had only crossed level-4 and was on his way to level-5. The amount he gained totaled forty thousand credits. This isn't much but sufficient for a normal household to survive for a month, without any extravagances.
Class/Profession: Death Mage, S-Rank
Level: 4 (9250/25,000)
Talent: Super Growth (SS-Rank) (Unique)
Skills/Spells: Summon Undead (20/20) (Rank 3); Death Lash (Rank 3); Sprint (Rank 3);
Aaron decided to keep the attribute points and not distribute them for now. The dungeons aren't much of a challenge for him with his stats. Moreover, he felt problematic with the sudden rise of attributes.
At first, he cursed the school teachers for not teaching the side effects but later realized that everyone would raise an attribute by one point or at a maximum of five points for every rise in their level.
This wouldn't change much and they could familiarize themselves easily. He on the other hand had increased attributes by fifty per level in total. Though he may have not distributed them at the same time, but the improvements are very high. This caused his body a bit out of control.
So for now he decided to let things be until he has better control over his mind and body.
Adding the first two days and the twenty days, he has left with only eight days before the test happens. He wanted to take a rest on the day before the test, which leaves only seven days to hunt.
He decided to go to experience dungeons for these seven days. From what he learned, for one to get a seat in top academies, they should have reached level-12 or above before the test.
This won't guarantee a seat but academies do love talent but also hard work. Talent without hard work is considered the worst.
To reach level-12 in thirty days is no ordinary feat. It requires a lot of work and also a good talent.
Of course, the test would be the major factor in the decision-making of selecting the students but it isn't the only factor.
Aaron had already decided that he would better his circumstances but wouldn't be involved in anything problematic. He already wasted a lot of time, which others usually spent on increasing their levels.
For a spot in a good academy, he needed to at least cross level-10 or everything goes down the drain. The next seven days would solely be spent in the experience dungeons and increase his level.
After leaving the dungeon, Aaron went home as usual, had dinner with his family, and took a rest for the night. There was no need to stress out about his low levels, unlike others. He was using these days to earn loot rather than EXP.
The remaining days are more than enough for him to achieve the level requirements.
The morning he woke and prepared for a day in the dungeon.
He did what he did on the first two days after awakening. Instead of those dungeons that gave loot, he chose the Experience dungeons which gave a lot of EXP but no loot.
For now, he has a minimum balance in his account and his parents thought not considered wealthy or high-earners, they are better off than many. So there was no need to think about money issues at this point.
Moreover, with the exam dates nearing, he needed to reach level 10 or else he might lose his opportunity to a good academy. So he went to those EXP dungeons and started hunting during the daytime and returned home at night.
This routine continued for the next six days and before he knew it, he reached level-10, the requirement to be considered above average.
Reaching level-10 gave him an extra 300 FSPs and 120 SPs. He made use of 39 FSPs making all attributes reach 50, but left the SPs alone. He has plans for them and it is not the time to make use of them as of now.
When he did that he felt some kind of change in him but the status window didn't show any anomaly.
Since the required level 10 was reached Aaron decided to take the last day off. This was a decision that he made days ago but he was not quite sure at that time whether he can reach level 10 or not.
Now, he can do what he actually decided to do.
There is an important exam that would decide the trajectory of his life. So he wanted his mind and body to be in the best condition before that.
He can still hunt and can level up if possible, which would increase his chances in the exam but he didn't want any possible injuries to happen just before the exams. He can't take that risk.
Mary finally did it. Even with the help given by the leaders of the alliance, it took a long time. She finally reached level-20 after hunting continuously for twenty-five days.
After she returned from the dungeon run, she met with the principal of her school and the mayor of the city.
"Mary, tomorrow night you'll be on your way to the capital. Make sure you have a good rest", the principal spoke.
"What about my parents?" Mary asked.
"They'll be going with you. They'll be set up with a small business in the city per their request. Though it would take some time before the documents come through", answered the principal.
"Don't worry about the permit documents Mary. The higher-ups know how valuable you are. This would be a small thing for them. You should rest though. Don't do anything tomorrow, only rest", the mayor said.
"Yes, rest well Mary. Once you reached the capital, it would be hectic for you."
Mary understood what they meant. First, she needs to pass the trial for Rank-1. After that, they would send her through the dungeons as much as they could.
Commoners and low-level Awakened have no idea what is happening across the world.
A new god for humanity is needed to curb the rising chaos or else...