August 25,1885
Lucas Troy and Sasha were on the way to school for their last week of the school year. The first years were separated into groups and would be going into dungeons. There were various dungeons spread throughout Namor. There were five of various ranks around the capitol. Dungeons were usually taken care of by adventurers but the school would reserve one of the lower ranked dungeons for various assignments throughout the year.
Dungeons were separated into 7 ranks. S being the highest followed by A, B, C, D, E, and F which was the lowest rank. Adventurers were separated by badge colors themselves. Obsidian, Diamond, Emerald, Gold, Silver, Copper, White. Obsidian meaning capable of clearing a S rank dungeon with a party. Going down from there. The Adventurers Guild did this to limit casualties in the dungeons.
Mr.Aldrich began speaking "Now first years I know many of you are excited for your first dungeon dive but before that you will have to be given a rank and to that you will have to first go to the adventurer's guild I believe by now you are all acquainted with the city to know where that is. If someone doesn't know you may raise your hand and i will show you the way."
After a brief pause of no one raising their hands he began speaking again.
"Verywell then I shall see you here after you are given your rank. If for any reason you are unable to get a rank it will be a failure and you will be expelled immediately. That will be all I will see all of you soon."
Lucas Troy and Sasha didn't leave towards the guild but instead walked up to Mr. Aldrich Lucass spoke up first "What if we already have our rank?"
Turning his head he nodded then said "Well seeing as you three aren't the only ones i supposed I can go ahead and make you eight into two groups of four. But before that I will need to know your name and rank".
Lucas troy and Sasha spoke first
"Lucas White I'm currently Gold ranked"
"Troy I'm Gold as well"
"Sasha gold ranked"
After they finished introducing themselves the other five stepped forward one at a time introducing themselves
"Amanda Vebsper Silver ranked"
"Jayce Hainton Silver ranked'
"Thomas Spenkett copper ranked"
"Seth Argontis Silver ranked"
"Hannah Kilton copper ranked"
Once everyone was finished giving their rank Mr.Aldrich separating them into groups of four.
Lucas Troy and Sasha lucked out all being grouped together along with Hannah Kilton.The four began to get acquainted with each other.
"As you heard my name is Hannah I'm more of a ranger fighting style daggers are my specialty."
"I'm Lucas, I use a Katana. It's a weapon from an ancient foreign land. I would be the main attacker."
"I'm sasha I use an axe as well as a shield"
"I'm Troy I use a claymore I'm the tank"
Hannah spoke up first after the introductions
"It's really nice to meet you three especially you Sasha. I mean everybody i our grade know the Alpha and his guards."
Lucas and Troy exchanged knowing glances while Sasha smiled and moved closer talking with hannah some more.
"It's so nice to meet you too Hannah I'm sorry I don't think we've met and guards? I'm confused."
Hannah smiled warmly and put her arm around Sasha's shoulder. This caused Troy to frown slightly but he didn't do anything rash. "Oh you don't know that's what everyone calls you and Troy since you two are always by Lucas' side. Everyone just assumed that's what you were here for. As for Lucas." she smirked while looking him up and down. "Everyone knows about him, the boys for his undefeated record and the girls well lets just say for other things, mainly girl things."
Lucas did not like how she licked her lips while saying that last part. He could tell that she was gonna be a headache. She's one of those Pack hoppers he heard about from Gregor. "Troy, keep an eye on her, she's a pack hopper."
Troy looked at Lucas confused
So Lucas explained it to him "you know the thing Gregor told us about. It's when a girl is basically looking to get plowed, not interested in anything serious. Just a good time and judging by the way she's acting she goes for both sides."
Troy nodded his head in understanding
The girl were lost in conversation before they were interrupted by Aldrich
"Once you become acquainted you are free to head to the Dim Caves dungeon. It's an E ranked dungeon filled with goblins. Do not underestimate them. Be sure you stick together. As you know, once you enter the dungeon you will be separated if you're not in physical contact with each other. Now go"
With that the two groups parted for the dungeon Lucas and them had been there before even hannah had too as well as the members of the other group. He learned that the nobles of the city would use the guild to get their children battle experience before attending the college.
He still remembers his lesson on Dungeons at the beginning of the year. Dungeons were an anomaly to their world. Once you entered a dungeon you were teleported to somewhere completely different. The beast in them was just that beast who attacked on sight. The beast in them multiplied like a crazy if they weren't cleared a certain number of times then a break could happen. A break could occur when a dungeon wasn't cleared for a while. Once a dungeon was cleared it would reset within a week so currently it was a never ending process.
Although the Mages of Magus were currently studying looking for a way to solve it. On the other hand the materials that could be excavated from the dungeon itself were valuable. With each rank the number of valuables able to be taken increased as well.
That was the basic dungeon introduction. That he could remember at least.
The two groups were now in front of the dungeon checking over their gear.
"So who wants to take lead the walls are narrow so we could at most fit two people shoulder to shoulder but that's not counting having enough room to swing a sword" Hannah asked
Sasha raised her hand saying "Me or Lucas will go first. Probably me since I have a shield in case we begin to get swarmed i shouldn't have a problem holding them off. Troy would be good following up the rear watching our backs. That will leave you two in between wherever extra help is needed sound good?
Lucas nodded his head "I was thinking the same thing
The other two nodded their heads in agreement before the four made their way into the dungeon. Touching one another they were waiting to be teleported when Lucas felt a shove he looked over to see Hannah pushing him away right before they were teleported away in a flash of light.
When Lucas reopened his eyes he cussed because he was alone in a dungeon. So he cussed "Well Sh*t that f*cking pack hopping b*tch.