As Dream had guessed, Riddick did indeed get scared.As soon as the mana wave hit, he popped out of bed."...A class 3?"Riddick was put on full alert, though when he remembered where he was, he calmed down a bit. There was no way those foxes could've tracked him here."Where's the boy?"Riddick walked outside the house and could sense a huge source of mana a little ways away. He hadn't really noticed it before since his mind was on other things.He walked around the workshop and saw a big capsule made of intertwined roots. The mana fluctuations came from inside.He walked up to it and pressed his hand against the roots. This was when he felt the true extent of the mana being moved."...Good god. What are these roots? Are these for the trees? Why is there so much mana moving through them? And...Boy? You're in there?""Old Man! Don't come in here!""You are in there!"Riddick exclaimed as Dream's voice came from inside the capsule. He was in the center of those mana fluctuations!"I'm

Dream walked over to the building and went through the open gates. When he got inside, a large plaza greeted him.The plaza had a few hundred people in it. On one side, it was filled with tables and doubled as a restaurant. Dream could see food being served, and the people at the tables looked like hunters with their armor and weapons. It reminded him of the Mountain, just without the food.On the other side were different reception stations where people did some business. Dozens of people were coming and going with different papers in their hands.Since Dream needed to register, he went over to the reception area and found an open lane. He walked up to the man at the counter."Hi, how can I help you."The greeting from the man was a bit bland as he had probably been working for a while. Dream got to the point."Hi. I'm wondering where I can register for the academy. I was told to come here.""That won't be necessary.""Hm?"A voice suddenly came from behind Dream. He felt it was awfu

Dream and Riddick left Amitel's office together."So that's it? Barely an hour and I'm a student?"Dream spoke to Riddick as they walked. He nodded."That's what happens when one of the top counselors personally admits and sets you up. Otherwise it would take longer, but even then not more than a day.""Huh. Alright. So how's this house of mine going to be?""Don't expect too much. It's not bad but not as comfortable as our cabin. Definitely not as big.""Oh. I'll make it work. So what about you? Where will you be while I'm here?""I'm going to be developing myself over in another Spire. It actually isn't far from here. If you have time, you could visit my research area.""I see. Maybe I will.""We're here."Dream looked up and saw a massive building. The place they were at was a bit away from where all the classes and other school buildings were. It was the dormitory.They walked into this building and went over to a counter where a woman was sitting around. She saw them approach."C

To finish the drills, Dream had to do a sprint from one end of the stadium to the other, then back.This actually caused him to get a bit excited. It had been a long time since he'd done a proper sprint. So as he approached the starting line, his heart began to beat a bit faster in nervousness.'It's like a habit, getting nervous before a sprint. I was never able to control that.'It felt like butterflies were in his stomach. Though before the nervousness made him feel weak, his mind unconsciously eased and the tension naturally dissipated. This was the subtle change that more power would bring about. Since his power came primarily from the mind, it meant his psyche was naturally stronger as well. He wouldn't get nervous, fearful, or tense as easily anymore.When Dream stepped to the line, he instinctively took a starting stance. His left foot went forward, right foot back, right arm down, and left arm back. The people around him looked at him weirdly, wondering why he was in such a c

Merlin moved onto the topic of the acoustic spell that Dream used on the poison."In regards to the sequence, we would like to buy its usage rights. It would be taught to all staff and even be passed to the guild to notify hunters about this potentially life-saving method. Hunters constantly run into this type of poison when hunting those crawlers, and many are lost. But not only would this be able to extend their life, but it can also allow much faster and thorough recovery.""That's fine. This is just a spell I know, not some trump card of mine, so I don't care how it would be used.""Very well. Now in terms of payment, it would be hard to calculate so I would need to pass it over to the people who handle it, but it would be at least 1000 gold. What are your thoughts on that?""Oh, I mean...""Too low?""No. I just don't have problems with money, so I guess I don't need it. Especially if it's a troublesome process. I'll just give you the sequence and payment can be taken care of lat