Following Rogue's signal, the instructors start to move to their respective positions. But, it's different for the students, they're just staying still like a statue. The shock from the earlier event seems to be large enough to make them frozen in their place. Before long, Mrs. Farroh snaps them up and tell them to go to their own teams and instructors. Afterward, Mrs. Farroh, while messaging her temples, also moves toward her spots to observe the student's training.

"Hey, Mr. Pervert, did you really already become a Hunter?"

Mizuha's ask while they're moving toward Rogue's station.

"Yeah, you want to see my card?"

"Definitely!"

Confirming what Mizuha wants, Ryu takes his hand to his pocket and grab the Hunter Card. But it seems that Mizuha isn't the only one who's curious. When he took out the card, Ayano and Verdi also stick closer to him.

"Wow, so this is what they call Hunter Card."

"Yeah, it also has the same design as the one that my father has."

"Oh, the City Lord doesn't get special treatment?"

Hearing Verdi questions, the one who answers wasn't Ayano but Rogue. It looked like they've already arrived at their destination.

"Hunter Association is a neutral group. The only way to get special treatment from them is to raise your Hunter Rank."

"I see if I can ask, what's your current rank, Mr. Rogue?"

"Me? I'm B-Rank!"

"B-Rank!?" Verdi instantly gets slack-jawed in his place.

"As I expected from Mr. Rogue, even my father is only C-Rank."

"Your dad is far stronger than me, it's because he's always occupied with the city stuff that he doesn't have time to explore the Dungeon."

Brushing off the praise with the wave of his hand, Rogue cleared his throat. "Well, let's get things started, shall we?"

"Wait, Mr. Rogue," stretched out his arm, Ryu interjected.

"Hmm? Is there anything wrong?"

"Can I request something?"

"What is it? Feel free to state it."

"I like to pass today's training and borrow Verdi at the same time."

"Borrow me!?" As Verdi is confused about why Ryu suddenly brings his name up, Rogue instantly gives his reply without pondering about it that much. "Well, I bet you have a good reason for it, go ahead and take him. But, don't forget you have bouts to settle after this."

"Yeah, don't worry, it's still around the arena."

Getting permission from the instructor, Ryu takes Verdi by hand and drags him to take some distance away from the team. After seeing off those two guys, Rogue finally explains the rule to the remaining two.

"Now, Ayano, Mizuha, you guys need to destroy this badge to get my approval for the Dungeon."

Rogue points out at his right chest with his thumb, it was the position of the badge. It has a round shape, about 5 cm in diameter. In the middle of it, there's a sculpture of two swords being inserted at a pointed shield. It's the symbol of the Hunter Association.

"Of course, this badge is a fragile thing that can be destroyed with the wooden sword that we'll be using."

"Umm, sir..."

"Do you have any question, Mizuha?

"I'm proficient in using a bow..."

"For me, it's a staff..."

"Ah, both of you didn't make close-distances weapon as your main equipment, huh..."

Noticing that there's no way to conduct a test when there's only archer and mage candidate available. Rogue decided to think about an alternative program for the session. "Then, how about we postpone the match?"

"Postpone!?" exclaimed Mizuha.

"Yeah, for now, we'll only do the training. Because if there's no one to guard you guys. It will end up for your disadvantages."

"I see, but what's the training method?"

Expecting this question comes from their mouth. Rogue has already planned the perfect practice for them.

"Hmm, for Mizuha, your goal was to become an archer, right?"

"Yes, you're right."

"Did you ever try to do an aiming practice with a dummy?"

"That's one of my daily routines."

"How far was the distance?"

"It's about 120-feet away."

"Then, this time, place it at 200-feet away!"

"Eeeehhhh!!!??" Mizuha unconsciously raised her voice when the ridiculous task successfully entered her brain.

"Sounds impossible? But, try to do that first, trust me!"

Grabbing the shoulder of Mizuha, Rogue's stare at her solemnly. In response to this, Mizuha understands that her instructor wasn't kidding around and began to nods her head firmly.

"Okay, I will try that!"

Getting the answer and expression he wants, Rogue began to places the dummy target 200-feet away from Mizuha. At the same time, Mizuha also prepares her bow to performs the practice.

When Rogue's done giving that task to Mizuha, he then shifts his attention toward the other girl. "Ayano, what's the magic contained in that thing?"

Rogue's pointing at the tall wooden staff that Ayano has been holding.

For staff, it has a unique function to cast a spell that contained in it. When the spell was cast, it still consumed the wearer mana, and the power is based on the intelligence of the user.

The quality of the staff determined the grade and quantity of the magic that can be contained inside it. So, although it doesn't have a combat function. It can save a lot of time for a mage class. Because powerful magic tends to have a very complex magic formation that required to be formed under the caster thoughts.

"It's a fireball and ice shard."

"Well, keep spamming that spell until you're exhausted."

"Okay, I'll start right away."

"Hmm? You're not questioning my way?"

"You're our instructor, you must have thought what's the best approach for our growth."

"I see, well, I guarantee that the result will not disappoint you."

"Yes, sir!"

While Rogue gives those two impossible tasks. At the same time, Ryu can also be seen interrogating the other party solemnly. "Verdi, got any Class that you already set your mind into?"

"As I said to Mrs. Farroh before, I didn't."

"Is it because the choices are limited?"

Verdi nodded his head to the statement that Ryu just made.

"Yeah, I don't think that I'm fit into those three types."

"Then, We're at the same boat."

"Why you say it like that?"

"I also think that I'm not suited to those Classes."

Hearing this, Verdi can't help but to wears a confused expression.

"But, you already distributed your free points to agility, doesn't that mean you want to become an archer?"

"Tell you what, my main weapon is a dagger."

"Isn't dagger a sub-weapon for an archer? Why make it your primary?"

"It's because my goal is to become a thief, not an archer."

Since Verdi wasn't in the same number Division as Ryu before, he appears to get more confused instead as he tilted his head to the side. "Eh? Do we even have that Class?"

"Maybe it's hard to believe, but there are indeed 3 more options for you."

"And that's?"

Knowing that his company was interested in the topic, Ryu began to hook up on him more as he begins to smirk. "What do you want?"

"A Class that purely specializes in strength?"

"Or maybe, a mage that specializes in healing?"

"What if... There's an all-rounder Class? Imagine... The 3 core stats grows with the same amounts every time you leveled up."

"Are you interested in that sort of thing?"

Ryu somehow can hear the sound of Verdi gulping his throat down.

"So, what's your reply?"

"... Is that even possible?"

"It is! If you're interested in it, I can tell you the required stats to do so."

"What if it turns out you just want to use me as your guinea pig?"

Being offered something that seems to be too good to be true, it's natural for him to feel suspicious about the topic. Hearing this, Ryu firmly places his hands against Verdi's shoulders.

"Dude, we're teammates. Your growth is also an important aspect of our whole team."

"Can I think for it for a bit?"

"Okay, but, here, you can take this note."

Ryu inserts a piece of paper inside Verdi's pocket.

"The note contained the required stats to take that Class. The Class name was Druid Apprentice. Don't forget to notify me if you decided to take the offer."

"Yeah..."

Following Verdi's replies, Ryu starts to walks back toward the ladies, but he suddenly turns his head to Verdi again.

"Oh yeah, just a little bit of advice, there's no rule that states you must advance your tier once you hit level 10."

"Really!?"

"Yeah, even I planned to reach level 100 first before evolving my novice Class."

"Isn't that impossible?"

"Hh, who knows? There's no wrong for trying it first."

Somehow, hearing the reply. The hesitation that Verdi felt just now seems to disappear out of nowhere. His mind also appears to be more open.

Why did he even hesitate?

If he knows that the available 3 choices are not suited well with him, why doesn't he take a risk then?

Ryu already gives him another path that he can try on. It's the Class that interested him the best. Even if the result is nothing, he thought for sure that he'll not regret trying it. As Ryu said, it doesn't necessarily need to be level 10 sharp. Resolving the decisions, he then runs toward Ryu, closing their distance again.

"Ryu, no, brother, thanks for showing me my path!"

Taking the note that Ryu gives out earlier, he said confidently;

"This guy, I'll try it!"

"I see, you're not as coward as I originally thought."

"Aw, you're so cruel, brother."

Hearing the change of Verdi's speaking behavior. Ryu slightly furrowed his brows.

"Brother? You're surprisingly like Mizuha, huh."

Listening through the remark Ryu just uttered, Verdi starts to laugh instead.

"That was because I'm afraid to become a burden to the team, after all, I still didn't allocate my free stats at all."

"Well, now you can do it."

"Yes, wait a minute."

Following that, Verdi opens the note and casts a spell to open his flame. He then mutters word by word in his mind to allocate the free stats according to the requirements.

"I'm done, brother."

"Okay, let's head back to our team."

"Yes!"

With that, both of them continued to walks toward Rogue's direction.

"After all, I got a promise to fulfill!"

Dragonewt Member Stats:

Name: Takazaki Ryu Class: Novice Free Stats: 0 Res: 10 Level: 10 Total Level: 10 STR: 20 VIT: 10 AGI: 70 PER: 10 INT: 20 MANA: 10 Name: Ayano Lestanya Class: Novice Free Stats: 0 Res:8 Level: 8 Total Level: 8 STR: 16 VIT: 10 AGI: 16 PER: 8 INT: 46 MANA: 16 Name: Mizuha Nana Class: Novice Free Stats: 0 Res:6 Level: 6 Total Level: 6 STR: 12 VIT: 6 AGI: 30 PER: 18 INT: 12 MANA: 6 Name: Verdi Boch Class: Novice Free Stats: 0 Res:8 Level: 6 Total Level: 6 STR: 20 VIT: 8 AGI: 20 PER: 6 INT: 20 MANA: 8