As time passed, the last batch of lavish students finally integrated with their respective classes.
Numerous whisper of complaints have been going on and this is because of the contribution points that has already ran out from their account.
Almost half of the student population has already dried the contribution points that was allocated to them. The other forty-nine percent are those people who still have their points but in limited amount.
The remaining 1% is obviously Chris who still has 9,567 in his account. The only pricey item he bought will be the port card and the daily rent of the back kitchen.
"Man, just lend me fifty points! I'll pay you immediately once we get the monthly allowance."
"Can you treat me later at lunch? I'm already out of points."
"When will they give us our next allowance!?"
"Big brother, I'm so hungry! Just buy me some food and I'll be with you all night."
Chris just blocked off his senses and walked outside the lecture hall. There's no escape though since this is the trending issue of almost every students.
He can only roll his eyes in frustration and decided to enter the forest outside the castle.
"They should be releasing the so called missions by now." Chris muttered before sitting in a thick branch, mimicking his sissy companion.
Meanwhile, the students are already running their way towards the Mission Hall after a brief announcement by the academy.
The early birds are already discussing amongst themselves while looking at the mission board.
There are multiple parchment containing small details about the issued mission and the contribution points provided for accomplishing the task.
The professors are also present as they give the students a deadpan expression. It didn't took long before a crowd of first year students filled the hall.
Professor Minerva stomped her foot, creating a loud noise of small explosion. Vibrations can be felt on the ground which made the noisy crowd shut their mouths.
They all looked at the curvy professor and watched her puff out a thick batch of white smoke.
"Listen up you brats! You've been here for a month already and by now, I'm sure that most of you are already out of contribution points. As mentioned in the orientation before, you guys will have to take on different mission and once accomplished, you will be paid with corresponding points."
"Your senior's caravan should have arrived in the market by now. You guys can visit their stores and check out the items they put on sale. As tradition, the second years will show you different types of cursed object and you guys can buy them using the outside currency."
This announcement created another wave of whispers from the students and Professor Minerva once again stomped to shut them up but there are students who still voiced out their complaints.
"Are you guys telling us to fight those monsters and hunt them down? That's ridiculous!"
"You're sending us to our deaths!"
"Yeah, yeah! Just give us contribution points and we'll do missions by next month!"
"We're not even prepared! We don't even have experience in real combat!"
Professor Minerva closed her eyes in annoyance before she glared at this group of stupid batch of worms.
"Shut your fucking trap!" She let out an immense amount of bloodlust making the students falter and shake into submission.
"You fucking brats are entitled! We haven't explained everything yet and here you are, yapping and complaining about not being prepared! If you paid attention to your classes then you guys would be prepared for this. You were informed about this in the orientation but all you guys did was to lavishly spend your points and waste your time in nonsensical matters!"
These words struck them like arrows as they are all guilty of everything mentioned. They have known everything from the start but their focus was diverted by something else.
They are indeed guilty as charged!
"Now, aside from the caravan where you can buy numerous cursed objects, there's also the third year who will be the facilitator of this Monthly Assessment. Yes, you heard it correctly, this mission that you will take is part of the school program and you will be graded by the third years. Every grade will depend on your team's performance and is also another perk for receiving contribution points."
"Team?" One student asked
"Yes, you will be divided into a five man team. You will have this week as time for preparation so you are expected to coordinate with each team members. Later at night, we will send you guys the list of members so you can familiarize yourself to them. Back to mission, your team have to choose them wisely but nothing to worry, the third years will lend you a hand if you guys are in a difficult situation."
"There will be no lessons for now and you can visit your senior's caravan. There will be lots of things accessible so you should think wisely on what's important."
After giving lashing out one more time, Professor Minerva walked out of the hall together with the other professors.
The students turned silent as they think about the upcoming mission that they will have to take. It would be a lie to say that they are not scared but other than that, there's also anticipation in their eyes as they look forward to which team member they will get paired to.
After few moments, they all left the hall with different expressions on their faces. The curious ones already left to go to the Senior's Caravan, looking forward to see the so called cursed objects that was only discussed to them by the professors.
Chris who heard this information is already walking towards the Caravan together with Edzel who's currently reading the book titled as Cursed Matter.
"You saved your contribution points just for this day, huh?" Edzel amusedly said after closing the book.
"Unlike you, I don't have real money with me so I'm out of options."
Chris stared at the jiggling pouch carried by the other fellow. It was obvious that it has a lot of coins inside just from the sound it was making.
It didn't took long before they were able to see multiple tents with different types of goods. The senior second years are yelling different promotion for their products and some are even giving some fliers. It was a lively sight with variety of items like fruits, meats, gargantuan fish, and some technoligically advanced item from the outside.
Chris was only able to witness this kind of sight when he sneaked inside the outer city. It was akin to a lively market with people haggling and doing business.
At this point on, his curiosity is already tingling in excitement as he look forward on the cursed object that he might possibly use for the upcoming mission.
"Don't just stand there, let's go!" Edzel snapped him out of his daze and pulled him excitedly towards the nearest tent.