?Rishi and his guild members emerged from the dungeon and decided to spend the night resting. Dev also advised Lalit, Manu, and Jay to rest and avoid training so that they could give their best performance. All of this was in preparation for their first job advancement the following day.


    After a good night''s sleep, Rishi and his friends gathered the following day to teach the members how to make the right decision. Dilip also advised Manu about what should be his priorities when selecting a suitable Job ss and element.


    Jay, Manu, and Lalit listened intently to other guild members'' suggestions. Following that, they all said the word "Awaken," and a screen appeared in front of them, asking, [Do you want to participate in trial 1?" asked Yes or No.]


    They all said "Yes" and were teleported away. Rishi and the other guild members waited patiently for them to finish their first job advancement.


    Jay, Manu, and Lalit gave their best and cleared all trial stages one by one; They appeared one by one after a while. They informed the other guild members that they had allpleted their trials. Jay was the biggest winner because he got a rare job ss on his first promotion.


    "Jay, could you tell me more about your ss?" Dev asked.


    "My ss is called Wind Archer; it is a rare grade job ss that is only avable to people who are exceptionally talented in archery and have a strong affinity for the wind element," Jay exined.


    "That sounds cool," Ajit said.


    "So you''ve awakened the wind element?" Rishi.


    "Yes, my ss would be rendered useless if I chose any other element, and the wind is also the element with which I have the strongest affinity," Jay responded.


    "And how about you, Manu? What job ss did you choose?" Dev asked. Dilip looked at Manu to hear his response.


    "I was given many options, including a rare Grade Job ss called Mana Lancer, but I chose the Spearman ss as instructed by senior brother Dilip," Manu exined.


    When Dilip heard Manu''s response, he nodded and smiled with satisfaction, while everyone else was taken aback by his response.


    "You could have gone with Mana Lancer Manu. It''s a Rare Grade ss with a lot of magic Damage, whereas Spearman is only an Umon Grade ss." Devmented,


    "Yeah, but I think that ss isn''t suitable for me," Manu replied.


    "It looks slightly different at the start, but you get used to it soon enough; You would not have been offered that ss if it was unsuitable for you. You should have given your decision more thought, Manu," Dev said disappointedly.


    "Enough, Dev; you have no right to lecture my follower; it''s his own decision," Dilip said, standing between Dev and Manu.


    "You''re ruining his life, Dilip; not everyone is as talented as you; Life doesn''t give you many chances to seed; this was one of them. He missed it because of you; do you even realize what you''ve done?" Dev asked.


    "It was my decision; Senior had nothing to do with it," Manu exined.


    "Manu, you missed a huge opportunity because you believed his nonsense; you have no idea what kind of guy he is; I''ve known him for two years. Guess how many times I have seen him train?" asked Dev.


    "Never," replied Dev with a pause.


    "He never trains, but when ites to ability, he has even defeated a teacher; he iszy and always sees everything around him as a joke and everyone around him as a follower," Dev said solemnly.


    "He can be a good friend but never a good teacher; how can someone who has never trained teach you?" he continued.


    "You''re crossing the line, Dev; if it had been anyone else, I would have ripped his mouth apart," Dilip said as he clenched his knuckles.


    "You can ask Ajit if you think I''m lying; it''s enjoyable for him to have someone around who praises him and does all of his work. He''ll never be serious about teaching you because he looks for fun and joy in everything; think about how much you''ve learned from him."<novelnext></novelnext>


    "He always assigns you difficult tasks and then enjoys punishing you; he is no less sadistic than Orcs we met at the dungeon; both find pleasure in the pain of others," Dev exined. He wanted to continue when he got pped by Dilip, It shook Dev''s entire body.


    Dev''d words hurt Dilip a lot because somewhere inside, he knew that some things that Dev said about him were true, but only some things were true, not all.


    "It''s up to you whether you believe him or believe me," he said to Manu. "If you agree with him that following my advice costs you ample opportunity, you are free to leave; I will not stop you."


    "But if you trust me even a little bit, meet me at the training hall at 3 PM," Dilip said before looking at Dev onest time and walking away, looking for somewhere to vent his anger.


    Jay gave Dev an angry look; he had no idea his supportive senior could say such harsh words. He was aware that Dilip had been hurt, It was well known that words could sometimes hurt far more than any weapon.


    He decided to leave, and as he turned to go, he heard Dev, "You will thank me one day for what I did today." Manu chose to ignore Dev and leave.


    "Why did you do that, Dev?" Ajit asks after Jay has left. "I''ve known you for long, and you''ve never done anything like that."


    "It was necessary to make Dilip feel some responsibility and be serious about training, or else Manu would have fallen behind," Dev exined. This response increased everyone''s admiration for Dev.


    When Rishi saw this, he smiled and decided to change the subject. "What ss did you choose, Lalit?" he inquired.


    "Mage, I saw a need in our guild and chose that ss," Lalit retorted sarcastically.


    "It''s not the time to joke, Lalit; respond honestly," Ajit said.


    "What would I have chosen if I was only offered one ss? That too, tank," Lalit asked, with a sad expression on his face. This response made everyoneugh; almost all people are given multiple sses to choose from, only a few unfortunate people are given only one choice."


    "Don''t be too hard on yourself. It''s your first job promotion; you can get a better ss next time. What about the element?" Rishi inquired.


    "I had many elements with high affinity, but I awoke the earth element," Lalit exined.


    "What were the otherponents?" Ajit inquired.


    "Metal, fire, and water," Lalit replied.


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    Rishi and his guildmates trained for two days straight, both weekends, so they didn''t miss any ss. After Manu, Lalit, and Jay advanced in the game, their team became much more powerful.


    Rishi even reserved a dungeon for them to gain as many levels as possible; he and the other guild members trained and discussed strategies.


    Ajit has even given Rishi a list of all the powerful guilds participating in the tournament, Rishi was surprised to learn that manyrge guilds were skipping this year''s guildpetition topete in arger inter-academy tournament with a muchrger prize pool.


    ? The news overjoyed Rishi, Now that all the big yers had gone, the situation had changed. It was the best chance to be famous in the academy.


    He knew he wasn''t the only one who thought this; many other guilds would try to capitalize on this opportunity, which meant many more guilds would participate in thispetition, he reasoned before adding, "But that''s good; getting first by only racing alone won''t be fun."