As they walked through the sidewalk, Lilia ignored him as he tried apologizing. When an ice cream seller rode to their side, he bought one and gave it to her.
"Here, princess, why don't you accept my apology? " he said with a sorry face, passing him the ice cream.
Lilia just snorted but took the ice cream in his hand, "So, do you forgive me now?" he asked.
"Hmph, just don't do it again, or I will not talk to you again," she replied as she licked the cream.
Seeing her cute appearance just now, Asher smiled and lamented not having a little sister.
"Alright, I will not do it again," he promised, which made Lilia smile in approval as she forgave him.
For your information, they attend the same school. He left early in the morning because Lilia's first class was canceled, so they did not go together.
They then separated and went to their respective rooms. When he arrived at his classroom, he saw that only he and the blonde girl were there.
"Good morning, Ish," he greeted her. Since her name was very long, she called her 'Ish' for short.
Ishnehaya nodded her head. " Good morning," she replied as she sat there waiting for the class to start.
Asher was already used to it because this female classmate of his was not talkative; she was more of a loner.
As time passed, more and more students came to the class, but this time, only a few attended.
Some of their purpose was to become awakened, but now their dreams were shattered.
Then, at the door, a familiar face appeared. The guy, who had a fat, round face, smiled at him as he smiled in reply.
Seating beside him, Krieg looked at him. "So are you okay now? Look, if you want to help awakeners, I can use my family status to help you, like being a crafter, engineer, analyst, scientist..." he kept mumbling, giving him a bunch of professions to help his only friend.
Asher felt warm about how nice this buddy of his was. "Don't worry; I'm fine. I will give you a big surprise one week later. Just be prepared for that, my brother," he whispered, making Krieg's to furrow his brows.
"What kind of surprise? Can you stop giving me suspense and tell it to me directly? " he growled because he hated being left to think if he could just say it.
Asher just chuckled as he looked at him, "You will know sooner," he replied.
"You-you, hayss. Forget it. As long as you're not depressed, then it's good," he said, shaking his head.
Then the two of them had some conversation about the news yesterday, the other classmates in the classroom topic was also this.
The birth of a new disaster level is no joke since humanity is going to suffer again. Asher and Krieg were talking about this topic when he asked Fatty.
"Fatty, what about your dad? Is he back now?" he asked, having heard these words from Fatty's mouth a month ago about his father guarding a dungeon and slaying beasts so there would be no outbreak.
Krieg, hearing this, shook his head as he looked at him sadly.
"He hasn't visited for a month now. He was pretty much busy guarding that dungeon since, you know, what would happen if he didn't. He said he would be back in two weeks since another 6th order awakened group will replace his job so that he can rest." He said this, filled with smiles in the end since he misses his father very much.
Asher nods his head, knowing that if a dungeon is left unattended, an outbreak will occur.
That can cause bloodshed since the dungeon his father was assigned is classified as a high-class dungeon.
If it causes an outbreak, it would be a Regional Disaster Level.
Imagine the damages and deaths it will cause to the people. This is the disaster level classified by the Aeges Dominion.
Aeges Dominion is an organization that protects the country from dungeon outbreaks, safeguard its citizens, and manages dungeon resources to strengthen humanity's defenses.
Disaster Level:
Village Disaster Level: Small villages or hamlets are at risk. Low-tier dungeons with weak beasts that threaten small, isolated communities.
Town Disaster Level: Small towns are vulnerable, slightly more dangerous dungeons with mid-level creatures.
City Disaster Level: Entire cities can be destroyed by high-tier dungeons producing advanced creatures capable of large-scale destruction.
Regional Disaster Level: Regions (provinces or states) within a country are at risk. Dungeons that generate large, powerful beasts capable of destabilizing economies or wiping out multiple towns.
Country Disaster Level: A country is in danger.
National Disaster Level: Entire countries are in danger. A dungeons with catastrophic beasts could destroy cities and disrupt the country's stability.
Continental Disaster Level: The entire continent is at risk. This is the current highest recorded by humanity if the dungeon opens on Lulu Island.
Massive dungeons produce legendary beasts capable of reshaping landscapes and wiping out nations.
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(I hope this gives you an idea of the difference in disaster level)
When the two of them were having a conversation the topic is still the lulu island, the door of their classroom opened and it was their teacher.
Standing in the front, his face was solemn as he looked at his students.
"I believe you have watched the news last night right?" Allan uttered to the whole class, and what received him was silence.
Allan sighed before continuing, "Due to the emergence of a higher-level disaster, the country urgently needs more Awakeners to be trained within the next three years. That's why early applications for the university have been opened to accelerate the process."
Hearing this all of the students was stunned from the announcement, one of the student then raised its hands to asked.
"Teacher how can we get this application?" Jeff the motherfucker asked the question.
Allan hearing his inquiries responded.