Abyss Draconis

Chapter 292: Morgaine’s Whereabout

"But then, I resumed class a month later, and after much training, the First Genius Ranking Event started. I moved from my position of 200 to the top 150 on the list."

"That arrested the attention of a pretty high-ranking instructor, and I became a personal intern."

"Of course, classes were ongoing as usual, but after you were declared to be in a coma, there was a lot of panic, especially amongst the humans."

"The academy is filled to the brim with people from the top ten families, so when the only human in the top ten ranking suddenly disappeared, most thought it was an insider job by the academy."

"Well, I can’t say much, but I can say I at least felt like the academy purposely got rid of you because you were human."

"You know that feeling, Ryuk?" Arthur suddenly asked as he was about to continue before Ryuk interrupted.

"The feeling of not being safe in the Ascension Academy anymore? Wondering if you’ll be the next target?" Ryuk asked, and Arthur’s eyes flashed before he nodded.

"Yes, exactly that."

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"After you were gone, I was the next top-ranking human. So, even though it seemed ridiculous, I kind of felt I would be next to disappear."

"The pressure was pretty monumental, and so I had to double my training intensity."

"Most of the time, after I became a second-year, I started frequently leaving the academy, going on quest after quest, just to avoid staying in the academy too much."

"Just trying to hide away while also growing my strength and improving my experience."

"I did it so much that I became the number two student amongst the second years who had gone on the most outside quests, hahaha..." Arthur said, laughing boisterously as Ryuk chuckled.

It truly was funny.

"Anything must be done to survive..." Ryuk complimented as Arthur nodded.

"You’re right because I really did everything I could. I even just came back from a quest yesterday and am already planning to go on another one soon."

"Now that I’m a third-year, it’s easier getting in and out of the academy."

"Seems like a pressured life," Ryuk mused with furrowed eyebrows as Arthur shrugged.

"It wasn’t that bad... for me, at least."

"Remember when I told you a student caused a mini-riot after your disappearance and I ended up second on the Quest Ranking, even though I completed quests like mad due to trying to avoid the academy?" Arthur asked as Ryuk’s eyebrows furrowed.

"Don’t tell me she started the riot."

"Yes, she did. And right now, she’s number one in the rankings. Look..." Arthur said as he showed him his ex-watch, and Ryuk saw the interface.

[Quest Ranking Tab]

[1] Morgaine Dominare – 7,290 Quests Completed

[2] Arthur Pendragon – 1,245 Quests Completed

[3] Alpha Fenrir – 1,240 Quests Completed

[4] Lorien Fortguard – 1,100 Quests Completed

[5] Ray Gotham – 900 Quests Completed

"Wow," Ryuk muttered, his gaze lingering on the rankings.

He could instantly see that even if the top nine below Morgaine combined their total completed quests together, they still might not reach her full number of completed quests.

That was insane.

"Yes. She’s been completing quests like crazy, even since first year when we were still learning in classes. The academy somehow gave her permission to go ahead and complete quests, even though that was something given only to second years."

"That’s half of the reason why there’s such a huge gap..." Arthur explained as Ryuk nodded.

"If my guess is right, she’ll most likely be on some quest right now?" Ryuk asked, and Arthur nodded.

"Yes, although you can find out her quest content in the Quest Halls."

"She’s garnered quite the reputation for taking on only quests at the Insane Level and somehow surviving them so many times."

"I heard her latest quest was on the level of ’Impossible’—a quest meant for instructors. Her chances of surviving are nil, but who knows? She might just be able to pull it off like she normally does..." Arthur said with a shrug, relishing the taste of the food with closed eyes.

But only if he saw the horror that lingered in Ryuk’s eyes as he stared dumbly at his face.

’Oh, shit...’