Limitless Ascension Supremacy

Recruiting More Talents

After the strenuous class with Lynx, Arthur who was as hungry as a wolf dragged himself up to the school cafeteria.

He pushed open the steel doors, maneuvered around the maze of a school then arrived before a set of double doors with the words "Cafeteria" printed on a piece of paper that was hung at the top of the double doors leading to the cafeteria.

The students who had been freed from the tiring teachings of Sir Lynx and the other teachers barged into the cafeteria with grumbling stomachs.

One particular student with a tall bulky frame let out a hungry roar as he stretched and twisted his body to loosen up his muscles. After loosening up, he approached his predetermined seat.

Arthur made his way to his seat, quietly sat down, and opened his storage space. As a wild list of his belongings appeared before his eyes, he smiled faintly.

[Storage Space Grade 1 (8/15)]

[Locked Chest(3)] [Ice Claw Wolf Fang(24)] [Goblin Junk(40)] [Black Eye(3)] [Icelandic Lion Hide(8)] [Warm Glow Pepper Soup(1)] [HP potion(10)] [MP potion(12)]

Arthur skimmed through the list and the images accompanying them, his eyes finally resting on the image of a grey flat plate covered with a small silver scale shaped like the lid of a pot… his warm Glow Pepper Soup!

As he brought it out of his storage space, the exact object depicted in the image appeared before him in a blink. The scale was unable to soften the alluring scent that wafted through Arthur's nose immediately after the plate was taken out.

Arthur coughed back his drool as he lifted the scale from the plate to reveal a bright red soup with sliced glowing pepper floating on top of it. He first looked around before lifting the plate with both hands and bringing it to his lips.

"So you're a half-dragon, huh? No wonder I've never seen you ordering normal food."

Arthur was spooked by the voice of the intruder and his brows knitted together. He turned around to glare at the modest beauty behind him, and his knitted brows relaxed.

A round spotless face, gleaming blue eyes, cherry red lips, glimmering eyes, and an air of nobility around her. The runic marking on her forehead pulsates in a faint light, and her identity was not concealed. She was a Dragon Mage.

Unlike the average mages, dragon mages were born with these strange markings that boldly portrayed what elemental affinity they had.

It was an emblem that decided their fate the moment they are born. It was somewhat they were unable to do away with or eliminate.

"Hello I'm Lilith, I think we've met before. Do you remember the time when you bumped into me at the Awakening Ceremony… You're Arthur right?"

"Um… yeah. Could you— ahem! Move back a bit? You're too close to my face."

Arthur gazed into Lilith's eyes and spoke out in a soft, but slightly cold tone. He wasn't too sociable around his kind and didn't mingle with too many dragons. Besides didn't the lady know what 'personal space' was?

Lilith broke into a charming grin as she drew her head back, and slowly sat down on the seat right beside Arthur's who impatiently gulped down his plate of Glowing Pepper Soup before shifting his gaze to the series of system messages appearing before him.

[Glowing Pepper Soup consumed!]

[Chance of making a breakthrough to the next rank increased by 10%!]

[Rank C: 70/100]

[Health depletion due to internal damage being caused by consumption of Glowing Pepper!]

"Arthur, let me cut to the chase since I don't have all day. I heard you're recruiting some warriors to help clear a B-ranked dungeon… I'd like to sign up since you'd give me an invitation anyway."

Lilith said as she took out a bottle of water from her storage space and handed it to Arthur, "Here drink, I know what effects that soup has after consuming it… your eyes must be hurting from all those system notifications."

Arthur gratefully took the water and gulped it down. His vigilance was still at its peak though, he knew nothing came without a price.

The Glowing Pepper Soup was like a potentially stimulating drug that could increase one's chance of breaking through to the next rank, but it still had its downsides which summed up to— Overheating one's supreme core, and only a source of water could quench the internal flames.

[Internal damage being caused by Glowing Pepper has been resolved!]

[HP: 780/800]

For someone he was barely familiar with to help him with such a problem, he knew better than to drop his guard and let himself fall into a trap.

"You just want to be on my team right? What's in it for you, don't tell me you're just trying to help me because you barely know me enough to help me with such a great problem."

Arthur said as he leaned back and gazed into the calm and serene eyes of the dragon before him, his entire body radiating a cool and collected aura.

"I just want a favour… I will help you now and you'll help me later. As of now, I'm bored. You seem to be the only one venturing into a C-ranked dungeon in the entire academy." Lilith said with her expression carefree and relaxed, very unlike most stern and fierce dragons.

"Do you know about the next people I plan on recruiting? Don't tell me that nosy Little Witch Rosella with her annoying Augury spell didn't break the news to you."

Arthur said with a smile that brightened as he mentioned Rosella, then dulled as he mentioned 'Augury Spell' — one of the most annoying spells a white mage could possess.

Although Rosella was a powerful white mage with amazing protective spells like Deflect, Heal, and so on, her divination spells and extreme caution make her a real pain in the backside during an extremely dangerous dungeon conquest.

"That thieving human, the handsome warrior, and that enchanting elf? Rosella isn't stingy with information if you put a few gold coins on her lap." Lilith said as she tilted her head to the side and flashed a naughty smile at the calm-looking Arthur.

But, it wasn't difficult to spot the annoyance in his eyes. He simply shook his head, and sighed. Those kind of people were truly very annoying.

Arthur shook his head as he registered it at the back of his mind to visit Rosella when he is less busy. Maybe give her a long lesson about… privacy!

"I've sent an invitation to Felicia and Drake. I'm a bit familiar with Aaron, and he has made it clear he won't miss out on the chance to break locks, although he is a bit shrewd and untrustworthy when it comes to treasure."

The thought of Aaron's face when he saw a chest full of gold made Arthur smirk. The guy would look like someone who was climaxing anything he broke into a room with true treasure — sometimes, he'd even go crazy.

The greedy boy would look like he was climaxing when he broke into the treasure room- he only had a 5% chance of being able to stand still after opening the doors to a treasury.

"When are we going into the dungeon? I hope it's not too far ahead…" Lilith said as she lowered her head and then brought out her meal. It was a plate of sliced fruits and vegetables, nothing overly special, but…

Each of them had a special lustre that differentiates it slightly from a common fruit. They seemed to have been dipped in some strange liquid minerals or farmed in an area with high levels of Supreme Qi.

Arthur gazed at the fruits in a daze. Only a master farmer could cultivate and harvest such amazing crops… eating a basin of such fruits supplied enormous nutrients to any creature.

Seeing Arthur staring at her meal, Lilith grew slightly uncomfortable. Did he also want to eat?

Offering Arthur a chopped piece of an apple with her fork with hesitation, Lilith was met with a confused glare that read,

'Do I look like a beggar to you? Get lost with your fruits.'

Lilith gave an apologetic smile as she put the piece of apple into her mouth and chewed swiftly. Her face was calm, but there was a fire in her eyes.

'If you don't want to eat then stop staring at my meal!'