My Level Zero System

Finally, Kain bought a round shield of the thickest and strongest type, which cost 300 Cents, then added a leather gear set with slots to hang daggers or other small tools, which cost another 100 Cents because he chose the most expensive and durable type.

Shaking the shield in his hand, Kain couldn't help but sigh that being an Adventurer was really a waste of money. Even though he had more than ten thousand Cents that he could use immediately, others might not be as comfortable.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

As for Mera, after a while of negotiating with the shop owner, she finally forced the price back to the original price of 900 Cents, paid, then left with Kain.

Seeing that it was still not late, Mera dragged Kain out to eat.

"Didn't you say to wait until we return together?"

"We ate when we got back, and we'll eat now. Let's go, I know a pretty good place."

Under Mera's silver bell-like laughter, Kain was once again absent-minded, being dragged by her to the food district.

The reason this place is called the culinary district is because it has a lot of shops, with all kinds of food at relatively affordable prices.

Under the bustling crowd, a girl and a boy held hands and walked through the stalls, occasionally stopping to enjoy the food, until they felt their stomachs were full.

"We have to enjoy it to the fullest, from tomorrow we'll probably be back to eating dry rations."

"You're right."

It was not until the sun set and the sky turned dark that they stopped and returned to the academy.

"Good night, Mera."

"Sleep well, Kain."

In a vague nostalgia, the two waved goodbye to each other and then went in two different directions.

Kain kept his hand raised, then slowly lowered it, silently watching Mera disappear from his sight.

The joy in his eyes was gradually covered by a vague sense of worry.

Tomorrow will be a great and dangerous challenge, will he be able to protect everything he wants to protect?

For a moment, Kain did not know how to answer this question.

He knew that human strength was limited, no matter how carefully he calculated, the rate of success would always be close to 100%. So with every plan, every strategy, every move, Kain calculated every little bit, just to make that rate as high as possible.

But failure is always lurking, like a needle just waiting to pierce the paper in front of it.

But then, he was fueled by determination.

He wanted to see if the needle of fate would pierce his paper.

…

Early the next morning, Kain woke up when the sky was just getting light.

Hardy had not returned yet, so the large dormitory room was occupied by only Kain.

However, this morning he did not exercise, but immediately took a shower to wash his body, then checked the necessary equipment to bring.

Once again shouldering his heavy luggage, Kain calculated the time to arrive at the meeting place.

This place is slightly off from the student living area and study area, but still belongs to the Kanzax Academy's boundaries.

It was a very large empty field, where many flying ships, which were originally giant hot air balloons, the fastest means of air travel in existence, landed!

Looking at the vehicle as big as a building before his eyes, Kain couldn't help but feel overwhelmed.

At this time, the students participating in this expedition had also gathered.

The number wasn't too different from what Kain had expected, there were about ninety people in total, and twenty of them were invited support students.

Everyone had serious expressions on their faces, obviously they were quite aware of the danger of this trip.

However, Kain saw something strange.

"Myra, isn't there some outstanding student from the combat department coming with us?"

Asked by him, Myra only responded with a shake of her head.

The outstanding students in Kain's words were truly strong people, people who were even stronger than Mera. According to Myra, they were either in a different course, or had their own training instead of the intensive training course. So on this trip, Mera could be considered to be among the strongest students.

"This is difficult."

Kain thought to himself, he had thought that there would be a mid-class Magus coming along this time, so as long as they could convince the mid-class Magus, their chances of winning would increase even more.

"Okay, everyone aboard the plane!"

On command, everyone moved onto the plane one by one and was given their own room number.

"I'll see you later."

Kain separated from his comrades and went to his room.

There were also a few other people coming into the room one after another. Some recognized Kain, but their faces were as heavy as lead, and they didn't talk to him.

Kain didn't pay any attention, entered the room and lay down on the bed. He wondered how the academy would put them in the Dungeon this time? Would they knock them out and put them in like during the entrance exam?

While he was thinking, Kain felt a slight change in gravity, it seemed like the airship had begun to take off.

However, as time passed, Kain gradually felt that something was wrong.

But the slightly noisy sounds around him seemed to have some kind of pattern, causing Kain's mind to be affected. However, when he focused his ears, there was no sound at all.

"That weird…"

Kain jumped up from the bed, then suddenly he looked towards the table placed on the opposite side of the bed.

Kain approached and began to fumble with the table, even peering into it as if trying to pick out something. However, there was nothing unusual about the table.

That's what the average person would think.

Kain stopped paying attention to the table, not because he didn't get anything, but because he had gotten the information he wanted.

This place... is an illusion.