Book 2: Chapter 3.2: Unabashed Opinions Part II


    <strong>Scarlet Asger</strong>


    Now, moving onto the System itself, or rather the automatic management of the System, Nautical continues as if he hadnt just said any of that. Many of you already know of the Systems voice that echoes in your head when you kill a demon or level a skill. What you dont know is just how this automatic management system works. And that is arge part of what you will be learning in this ss.


    Someone raises their hand after he finishes that statement, surprising me for a moment. But not as much as the sight of the professor actually pointing at them and saying, Speak, Ripple.


    The student  whose title is apparently Ripple  quickly asks, Sir, what exactly is it that stops higher ss Guardians from simply babysitting and power leveling their lower level and lower ss Association members?


    Good question, Nautilus says, once again surprising me. To answer that, Ill have to get a bit into how the automatic system works, but to keep it simple for now, I will just say that the System does appear to be able to read our minds. It can tell apart everyones intent and factors it in whenever dishing out EXP and achievements to any involved individuals in a demons  or humans in the case of the demons  death. And never has a single person ever been able to fool the System. Not forck of trying though.


    He pauses for a second as if waiting for other questions before continuing, Over the years, weve been able to learn more and more about the System both through personal experience and what weve managed to get out of the fae, and its clear it was designed to not have any freewill or ability to make decisions outside of its, lets say, programming, meaning it will always make the fairest decision at the time. Even if that decision may not seem morally correct to some of you.


    Yeah, that I can tell already. Just from the System rewarding me for almost dying over and over again while also warning me about risk. Rather two-faced, if you ask me.


    <strong>Well, no System is perfect, </strong>Tar says, a hint of amusement in his voice at his own joke.


    I dontugh though. Partially because it wasnt that funny, and partially so that I dont get stabbed by a re from this rather intimidating man standing at the front of the ss.


    Moving on, Ill be going through our vocabry for the semester, and then Ill be walking you through a brief rundown of the various penalties that the System applies, he says before tapping on his terminal. So I do the same to expand my notes and prepare to start taking them.


    This is going to be a long ss.


    -and moving on we have the penalty for killing a demon fifteen levels below you, he says, and I cant help but smother a yawn. Because this really is one of the most boring sses Ive ever seen, beaten out only by Guardian Law.


    Right as Im about to nce at Belle though, the sound of ss shattering echoes across the entire campus as the air bes tinted with red. And I immediately see Nautilus frowning as he stops talking. He then begins emitting steam again and says, The rest of the ss will be pushed back to next week, added onto the end of the next ss. Make sure you read the first chapter of the textbook and remember the terms that were discussed so far. Thatll be all. Now go out to the Fractures.


    The man vanishes in a bout of steam as all of the students get up from their seats, myself doing the same.


    I look down at the device only to find that apparently it had automatically disconnected my terminal from it, likely some sort of protocol built in at the start of a Demonic Assault. Then I focus on Belle to find her typing away at her terminal, likely calling for the others.


    We both quickly leave the lecture hall before leaving the building entirely and immediately finding a limo sitting there waiting for us with the others there. And everyone quickly looks at me for directions, so I show them the alert that I got while we were walking over here, and they pick the closest ss I Fracture for us to head to.


    As we drive though, I cant help but think of the professorsst words. About the ss being tacked onto the end of next weeks ss.


    I was really wondering how theyd handle Demonic Assaults here, but I guess they just move the remainder of any ss interrupted by a Fracture to the next week. Which also exins why each day only has a single ss except for Mondays. And even Mondays only have two sses, each only two hours long.


    It was rather confusing, since from what Belle had told me, the sses for her old university were much more frequent through the week and also a lot longer. But this system makes perfect sense when you factor in the Demonic Assaults.


    Although it was a big deal back in Rothwell if a Demonic Assault ever urred, since they were rather infrequent. And they also appeared most often in the orphans district since we had the most people there. Even if it only happened like once every couple months or so.


    The only reason I had never been caught in one beforeing to a Tier 1 city.


    That aside, I focus on the window of the limo for a moment, only to nce at my terminal to look at the map around the ce were headed to. Which this time is not a mall or a hotel.


    Its a park.


    A wide open park with a massive, shielded dome around it and quite a bit of wildlife and greenery inside, along with ponds and paths through a small mini-forest.


    This is going to be interesting. And the first time I wont be fighting in an enclosed space, the tournament not withstanding on ount of it not being in reality.


    I quickly feel adrenaline fill me at the thought of fighting again and earning more EXP.


    Maybe now Ill finally be able to get some of those Epic skills that have been sitting in my Skill Store for days now?