The streets of the Ascendans area were wide, at least twice as wide as the ones in the Neer area, yet it got almost filled to the brim with students.


    All of the Neers had decided to leave thefort of their new dorm rooms and explore the area.


    In therge group, almost indistinguishable, was a hooded figure with both hands in his pockets, blending in with the crowd.


    The person was none other than Nn.


    With his runic device in hand, Nn tried to to familiarize himself with areas he knew he would be visiting in a few days.


    That would help him avoid a lot of headaches that would be incurred if he got lost, and might cause him go hete.


    One of those ces Nn decided to check out was none other than his own ssroom.


    In the Ascendants area of the academy, the various buildings that were essible to the students had all been divided into a total of five regions, ording to Nn''s map.


    The first was the Dorm Building Area, where all of the Ascendants'' dorm rooms were located.


    This was the ce Nn had just left from.


    There were close to seven gigantic structures in the Dorm Buildings area, and the number of students that were Ascendants was nothing short of mind-numbing to Nn.


    Formerly as a Neer, he had thought the Neers would have a numerical advantage over the Ascendants, but that wasn''t true at all.


    Based on the dorm buildings that Nn saw, the number of Ascendants was likely twice times the number of Neers. It was a crazy amountpared to what he formerly believed.


    After the Dorm area came the Teaching Halls of the Ascendant''s area of the academy, whose front gate Nn was currently standing before.


    There were various sky-reaching buildings in this area, each one towering over the next.


    The smallest building stood at a full 2000 meters!


    It made Nn wonder just how many steps it would take to reach the top or how long the elevators would take.


    What could they be teaching at the top that required such heights?


    It was like the person who built the academy had a sadistic love for tall buildings.


    Nn slowly stepped forward, wanting to check out the buildings, but as he arrived before therge gate, just 3 meters away from it, a strange dome suddenly appeared in his path, covering the entire gate area.


    "Hmmm."


    Humming slightly as he witnessed the Ascendants easily bypassing the dome as if it never existed.


    It was like they couldn''t even see it.


    All they did was give Nn a simple nce before shing away like phantoms,.choosing to ignore him like normal.


    With curious eyes, Nn moved towards the dome and slowly stretched out his hands, but he noticed how hard the dome was.


    It was incredibly solid, and Nn had a feeling that no matter how hard he tried, he wouldn''t be able to break it.


    "So this is it, huh?" Nn mused to himself as he turned to look at the map on his runic device and saw that the ce he was in was marked with a red icon.


    All of the buildings were in red, and atop the map was the simple word: "Off-limits!"


    Now Nn understood why there was a dome preventing him from entering when others could so easily pass through.


    It was because this ce was off-limits to the Newest Ascendants of the academy, a category he belonged in.


    But it was the Teaching Hall, and not supposed to be off-limits.


    The only reason he could guess was that the Neers had yet to be full Ascendants, and so they were not allowed to check the sses.


    It would probably be open to them once Monday arrived and they were all required to attend their sses.


    That understood, he turned back, finding no reason to remain there.


    While he didn''t get what he wanted, he at least knew the location of the halls as well as the time it would take him from his dorm room to the Teaching Area.


    It was an estimated time of 1 hour and 30 minutes if Nn walked leisurely, without any haste or speed.


    "If sses begin at 8, then if I leave home at 7, I should be able to make it, with a bit of hurry," Nn mused to himself.


    Now that he had checked the Teaching area, the next ce worth checking out was the third most important hall for all Ascendants—the Special Cultivation Area of the Ascendants.


    Immediately, Nn resumed his walking, sightseeing through the various buildings, and at the corner of his eyes, he memorized the various shady shortcuts that he could pick up.


    The majority of which were darkened alleyways, and Nn took note of them.


    He didn''t like walking the normal path that everyone used and instead tried to find shortcuts in everything.


    That was just how he was and the reason why he kept an eye out for such ces.


    But he was quick to realize that the shortcuts were not safe.


    In some of the alleyways, Nn''s nose twitched as he picked up a faint smell that was easily ignored by anyone passing by.


    It was a smell that Nn was used to.


    The smell of… blood!


    Some of the alleyways reeked of a faint smell of blood, even though when Nn looked at them, he couldn''t see any blood stain on the walls of ground.


    He guessed they must have been thoroughly cleaned up, but still, the blood scent was there.


    That showed him the alleyways, though good shortcuts, were not the safest ce for a new Ascendant like him.


    Thest thing he would want was to get himself in trouble by entering Into something that had absolutely nothing to do with him, and therefore, getting himself into unnecessary trouble.


    The thought lingered, and Nn continued on his way before, and after exactly two hours of walking, he finally arrived before the building.