Arcanum - Chapter 59

Chapter 59






"Hey S'ffa . . . do you think you're gonna be safe down here??? . . . . " I asked as we all made our way back to the main entrance .

"We take extra care when expanding into new caverns . . . . making sure we don't open ourselves up to many predators . . . . " she explained .

"Ohhh . . . . . What sort of creatures roam around here?? . . . " I asked .

"Well we are currently still in a relatively shallow depth but deeper down . . . . there are Slimes, Umberhulks, Elementals, Dark Elves, Mind Slavers there's many dangerous creatures once you go deeper . . . . " she explained .

"How do you defend yourselves? . . . . " I asked .

"There are some of us . . . . that can fight . . . . but generally we just hide . " she answered .

"Ohhh no . . . . " I replied worried for her

"It's okay . . . . . Atlantais has given us a way to contact them in Emergencies and there's an Emergency Response team if anything bad happens . " She answered .

"What sort of relationship does Atlantis have with you guys? . . " I asked a little curious and slightly relieved

"We supply Atlantis with subterranean Reagents, and in return they help and assist us if we are in need . " She replied .

"Ohhh that nice . . . is it . . . . . Okay? . . . . . " I asked feeling a little insecure after hearing all the news about Zessia .

"Yeah . . . . Life before Atlantis was a little rough . . . alot of Running and hiding . . . . " She answered .

" . . . Yeah but Atlantis doesn't take advantage right? . . " I asked again in another way .

"Ummm no . . . . we still live a quiet peaceful life . . . . we do try to fill our quotas but nothing strenuous . . . " She answered .

"Ohh that's . . . . nice . . . " I answered feeling a reassured .





"Don't worry we are in good hands . We keep growing and growing instead of struggling for survival . " She tried to reassure me .

"That's Great" I replied with a smile .

"Yeah . . . . life is alot better for us now . " She said with a smile .

"I think we gonna need to speed up guys . . . . . I think they are waiting for us . " Jay said as we approached the pedestal we arrived at with a large number of students shuffling in to the portal .

"Ahh crap . . . " Grace said starting a jog causing us all to begin a small run to the school group .

"Come along children! It's getting late!" The Deputy Headmistress yelled out to us .

Arriving in the queue I held S'ffa in my hands, "Thanks for today S'ffa!" I said with a giant smile .

"It was great to meet you, I had a great time . " She said with a smile .

Hugging her like a small pet I placing her down on the floor, "I'll try to keep in touch!" I said bidding her farewell .

"Bye Emilia! I hope we can meet again!" she said with a smile waving .

"Take care! Look after yourself okay!" I said to her .

"Of course!" She smiled .

"Good bye!" I said following the students into the portal giving her one last look and wave before entering . In an instance we were transported back into the courtyard of the school, the World Tree glimmering in the sunset .


"Come along children let's head to the dining hall for dinner . " The Deputy Headmistress instructed us .





Slowly the whole class began making their way to the dining hall . "Man I'm starving!" Daisy said to us walking and stretching .

"No surprise there . . . . you did alot to help them out . " Grace commented .

"By the way what did you do Grace? . . " Helen asked .

"Me? . . . I just taught them how to make bows and arrows and how to shoot them . . . . . Simple boring stuff . " She said with a big yawn .

"YOU guys excited for tomorrow???!!!" Grace asked us excited .

"Of course! We get to see other students duelling each other!" Jay replied .

"What is so important about these "Ranks? . . . " I asked feeling a little uneasy .

"Well firstly it's like a status symbol the higher rank you are the more respect you get!" Daisy replied .

"Yup . . . . Also you can take up bounties and missions that pay better at a higher rank . " Jay replied .

"Hmmmm . . . . . come to think about it . . We are pretty tight on gold ourselves . . . " Helen replied looking at Grace .

"I thought you both were royalty? . . . or Nobility . . . . " Jay asked looking a little confused .

"Yeah but remember our families didn't like out decision . . . so we are basically on our own . . . . " Helen replied .

"Yeah . . . . . We also went to a human School . . . instead of an Elven school . . . . so that made it much much worse . . . " Grace added .

"Why did you go to a Human school? . . . " I asked looking a little curious .

"Well . . . . it's because we wanted to see the world with our own eyes . . . . " Grace answered .





"Yup . . . . we didn't want Elven prejudices to influence us . " Helen replied with a giant smile .

Making it inside we quickly took the seats that were left free for us eagerly waiting for our dinner . "These reserved seats are so continent! Even arriving late they were still free" Daisy said with a giant smile getting ready for dinner .

"I know right . . . . . " Jay added patiently waiting for everyone to get their food before quickly scoffing down food .

"So are you guys going to challenge someone or wait to get challenged first? . . " Daisy asked while eating .

"I'll probably wait to get challenged first . . . I don't even really know who I should face off with . " Grace replied .

"How does the ranking system work? . . . . " I asked .

"From what I understand . . . . . You're ranked by position in school . . . say . . . 600th . . . . you jump positions based on who you beat that is higher than you . . . . you ascend one rank higher than them . " Grace explained .

"You also don't get anything from beating unranked students or students below your rank . " Helen added .

"I see . . . . . Can you just remain unranked? . . . " I asked feeling unwillingness to hurt someone .

"Yeah . . . of course that's fine . " Helen smiled .

"It might be harder to get into certain groups and Jobs but it's completely fine . " Grace added .

"Yeah I'm the same . . . . . I'm not really fussed with these 'ranks' either . " Jay said taking a pause from his eating .

"This may sound selfish or shallow . . . . but I wanna be highest ranks as possible!" Daisy said with a giant smile holding up a balled fist, "Maybe I should challenge Calista!" Daisy yelled causing several students to turn their heads .

"You shouldn't be so cocky . . . . she's apparently very adept at spell casting already . " Grace said .

"Yup . . . . . She would have received prior teaching and training . . . . " Helen added .

"Yeah so have I! and I'll still kick her butt!" Daisy replied dismissing their warnings .

"How do you challenge someone? . . . " I asked .

"In the Colosseum there will be someone there who you can talk to and issue a challenge . . . " Jay explained .

"And how do you know if you've been challenged? . . " I asked .

"Generally you will have been given 1 weeks' notice before you have to participate to you know . . . do some training and studying . . . . But I'm not sure how they issue it to you . . . " Jay added .

"Can you refuse or decline the duel? . . " I asked .

"I don't think so . . " Jay answered .

"Well that sounds a little stupid . . . " I replied .

"Well you can just forfeit the duel once it's started . " Jay explained .

"Can I just not turn up? . . . " I asked uninterested in this silly little popularity contest .

"I guess? . . . . " He answered .

"I'm not too fussed about this whole duelling thing . . . . I'm just here to learn magic and have a good time . " I answered .

"Ummm it's not all bad . . . . duelling is a great way to gain insight into fighting other people and style of fighting . . . . . You're not only going to be coming across creatures outside these walls . . . " Grace explained .

"True but I'll still rather study first and fight later . " I explained .

"You do have a point . . . . . And you'll be unranked so no one will gain anything from duelling you so you should be fine . " Helen added .

As soon as we finished eating five blue rectangles began manifesting themselves one for each of us .

"What the . . . . " I said in shock .

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