Versatile System Online

With eyes wide open from shock, Ray sat in silence as he kept looking into the void. Looking at him, one would feel that he was merely shocked or excited by the performance of his team.

However, the truth was vastly different as the reason for his shock wasn't his team doing well or anything as such. Ray was shocked due to another reason and that reason came from his understanding of the magical world.

He understood that the magical world was a place where the Strong Preyed On The Weak and the shock he felt came from the fact the magical world didn't see if anyone was a child or a grown-up, man or a woman, human or not. It didn't see any of this, it only used the rule of the jungle to judge all species as one and didn't favor any.

Understanding and knowing about how the magical world operated, Ray grasped the reason why most of the higher-ups including the dean and other strong personnel opposed the merge as much as they could.

Because, if the merge happened and the world of System Online came to our current world, it would destroy everything that we know of. After all, with everyone awakening magic and with the help of those from System Online, the strong would start to openly oppress the weak while the society that everyone knows of would be destroyed and be left in shambles.

"Hey, Ray! You good," With Ray lost in his thoughts, Aurora jolted him awake by sending a small electric current to his brain. The small current broke Ray out of his trance and awakened him to reality as Aurora continued,

"Whatever you want to think. Think about it later. Right now, you have to focus on your team and find ways to make it improve,"

Listening to her words, Ray nodded in understanding and cleared his mind of any stray thoughts as he started meditating to calm himself down and focused on one point only, and that was his team.

He started observing his team as he saw, every member giving it their all as they fought against the goblins. He observed as he saw Sirius, Tim, and Kid hardly facing any difficulties while Emma and Aella had the hardest time.

Aliya continued to heal everyone while being supported by Elina and Noah constantly as she didn't have to worry about her safety but for Emma and Aella, one had very little combat potential while the other fought best in long range and with the goblins surrounding them from everywhere, it was hard for Aella to find a safe place to attack from.

Not only that, but Ray also saw how Sirius led the team in his absence as Sirius gave orders and supported every member of the team to the best of his capabilities.

Ray continued observing his team members until he understood what each member lacked and needed improvement in.

A few minutes later, the team defeated the goblins as they sat on the ground, exhausted and out of breath since they used a great of physical and magical energy to defeat all those goblins by breaking their encirclement while also making sure that no goblins reached Ray.

"Nice one you all. You guys successfully defeated the goblins and I collected the data I needed. Now, it will be much easier for me to help improve every single one of your capabilities by using the data I collected from the previous battle," Ray stood up and spoke, a smile on his face as he happily told everyone what he observed.

"Hey Ray, what are you? Sometimes you act like a battle freak who battles at every cost while other times you are more of a cunning fox who thinks and plans his every move carefully and sometimes, you act like a teacher who instructs everyone on the best ways they could improve themselves," Aliya questioned Ray in amusement while the other members nodded in agreement as they were also curious to know what Ray actually was like.

"Come on everyone, I am simply like you all. A teenager who is trying his best to fulfill the responsibilities upon his shoulders while thinking the best about those who he is set to lead," Ray replied with a helpless smile on his face as he told them that he was just like all of them.

However, they didn't believe a word that came out of Ray's mouth as Sirius came forward and spoke,

"Nope, there is something different about you. There is not a single person I know, who could do all of the things you do and still be as carefree and down to earth as you are,"

Listening to Sirius, Ray shrugged with a smile as he changed the topic,

"Enough talk, we have a floor to clear. Let's get moving after you all replenish your energy,"

Meanwhile,

Outside the dungeon,

Dean's Office,

"Knock… Knock…"

Old Man Abraham knocked on the door as he waited in front of the dean's office.

"Come in," The dean's voice sounded as the door opened. Old Man Abraham entered through the door and shut it behind him. Walking inside, the Old Man felt a very strange chill coming from the dean's side as he silently stood in the middle of the room and waited for the dean to say something.

The dean sat on his chair as he held a sheet of paper in his hands. The sheet had some graphs drawn on it which depicted the rise in the amount of energy the dungeon radiated.

Reading the data present on the sheet, the dean got a good idea of the situation happening within the dungeon.

"You are five minutes late," The dean said, his voice so cold that it sent chills down Old Man Abraham's spine. The old man gulped as he spoke in his defense, "I was busy,"

"I don't care. However, now that you are here. I have a mission for you to complete. I want you to stay on standby and sense the aura of every single student within the dungeon and report back to me how many make it back alive and how many are missing," The dean spoke as he ordered Old Man Abraham to sense every student's aura and ensure that none of them is missing.

Listening to the dean, Old Man Abraham didn't quite get it. Therefore, he took a seat and asked,

"What do you mean by that? You know that none of the students are in danger. Also, there are the Academy badges with the minor teleportation array engraved on them for such situations. Also, they don't seem to be malfunctioning since some students from various teams have been teleported to the infirmary upon getting heavily injured,"

"No! This is different," The dean spoke, his voice quivering in anger as he continued, "There is a mole in the academy and that mole changed the data specifics of the dungeon. The previous data stated that the dungeon would not evolve for another month and would stay in the Mortal Realm. However, with the data I just received, the dungeon has started its evolution and by the time students reach the boss floor, they would be facing an expert in the early stages of the Magical Realm," The dean spoke, his anger above the roof as he controlled himself enough to not let a catastrophe happen due to his unstable mana running amok in the atmosphere.

"Calm down, I will look into it and look into the student's safety. Meanwhile, you find a way to bring everyone out. After all, we couldn't enter the dungeon since only those of the Mortal Realm could," Old Man Abraham spoke as he stood up from his chair and reassured the dean as he calmed him down.

"I understand, you go and do as I asked you to," The dean said as he took deep breaths to calm himself down.

Old Man Abraham nodded as he left the dean's office and headed towards the dungeon entrance to scan the whole dungeon and keep check of the students.

As the Old Man walked out of the dean's office, he sense another presence outside the dean's office. The presence stayed stationary while its aura was barely noticeable.

However, the Old Man continued to walk as he took note of the strange presence and let it be since he didn't want to alert the enemy and instead wanted to track the enemy without it noticing.

Therefore, he simply did one thing and released a bit of his aura and discreetly attached it to the presence. The aura attached itself to the presence without it noticing while Old Man Abraham left the building.

Meanwhile,

Director's Office,

Moore sat on his chair as he received a transmission on the device placed in front of him,

"The dean has sent out his trusted friend 'Old Man Abraham' to monitor the dungeon,"

Moore massaged his temples in contemplation as he replied to the transmission,

"Okay, continue monitoring the dean's office and keep me updated. Remember not to get caught. If you do get caught, end yourself," Moore ordered and cut the line as he thought,

"The die has been cast Prometheus. Now I want to see how you will face the problem that would arise from multiple students dying due to your negligence," Thinking about it, Moore chuckled evilly as he thought about how his plan would put the dean in shambles and would be the cause of the dean stepping down from his position.

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