The Animagus: From Hunter to Monster-Chapter 43: Weekly Quest Unlocked

Buji leaned back on his bed, staring at the blue screen that floated above him. After much deliberation, he made his decisions for the points he had earned.

"Agility should take one point," he said and the system did as it was told immediately.

[Agility: 91/1000 (+1 point)]

"Uhm… strength should take 4, CR (Cognitive Response) should take 5 points. Same with Healing.

The system chimed in response to the instructions given to it by Buji.

[Strength: 64/1000 (+4 points)]

[CR: 85/1000 (+5 points)]

[Healing Factor: 9/150 (+5 points)]

As soon as the points were allocated, a rush of warmth surged through his body, leaving him feeling slightly energized.

He clenched his fists, noticing the subtle increase in strength. His mind felt sharper too, and the dull ache in his muscles from earlier had almost vanished.

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"Well, well, well. What can I say? The system is really, really…"

Just as he was marveling at the changes, a new notification appeared.

<Weekly Quest Unlocked>

[Clear a Dormant dungeon all by yourself]

[Duration: 3 days to go]

Buji blinked at the words, rereading them to make sure he wasn’t imagining things.

"What? By myself? In three days?" he muttered with a tinge of disbelief in his voice.

A dormant dungeon according to the monster world is equivalent to a D-rank dungeon of the human world. Even, judging from what had happened in the A-Rank dungeon, he was not certain of the kind of monsters he was going to be facing.

Not to talk of the monster dungeon itself.

He wanted to summon his book, but on second thought, decided not to. But to think of it, the dungeons of the monster world will be far more difficult to raid than the human world. The idea of tackling one alone, even the lowest ranked, seemed absurd.

Buji began to analyze the situation.

The system would surely not give him a quest if it thought he couldn’t handle it, right? Could he really do it? But even with his newfound abilities, he wasn’t sure he was ready for something so dangerous.

As if the system read his thought, it chimed again.

[The Player should note that the system is doing all it can to enable him to level up in order to meet the requirements for his transformation.]

[The Dormant dungeon is a Level 1 dungeon. The system expects that the Player as weak as he is should be able to clear the dungeon.]

[Prepare yourself.]

Buji mulled at the information being provided by the system. If he was a Player, then he should be probably living in a game. That’s it. The system is treating him like all these players used in games to level up and complete their missions.

This is what it actually seems like.

Buji was still clamoring over the decision to clear the dungeon as instructed all by himself when the loud clang of the bell sounded. It was time to eat.

He looked outside through the window and saw it had become dark. He didn’t realize how fast it was to, maybe because he had been drenched in the short rest he decided to have.

The evening games must have ended a while ago. Students should be making their way to the dining hall now. Buji sighed, setting aside the dungeon dilemma for now.

He rose from his bed and pulled on his robes. As he opened his door, he spotted Kira walking down the hallway toward him. He had noticed her as she was hard to miss.

Kira was a mage, a newly awakened hunter mage. One of the most promising awakeners in their set. Judging from the report on her performance in the test raid of first-year students, she must have mastered elementary magic or whatever magic they used.

’Fantastic.’

Buji had been lucky she had taken a peculiar liking to him. She kept others at a distance. People thought she was fiery, but she wasn’t actually. Or did Buji not notice because of her attitude towards him?

"You never asked to know my room," Kira said with a teasing voice as she approached.

"I didn’t think I needed to," Buji smirked. "You seem to find me just fine."

Kira chuckled, falling into step beside Buji who had just locked his room’s door. Together, they made their way to the dining hall.

"Fair enough. But on a more serious note, you should come by sometime," Kira said, returning the topic to what they discussed. "And besides, I have a few books on dungeon strategies that might interest you."

"Dungeon strategies?" Buji asked, raising an eyebrow. "Do you think I will need them soon?"

Kira glanced at him with her sharp blue eyes. "You never know. It’s better to be prepared."

"That’s right."

Buji got drawn back to the time they were in the hospital. Kira had told him that he owed her his experience in the dungeon raid. She had said that she wanted to know the truth.

’What truth?’

Waking to the present, he had returned not to find the book he left on his desk, the SEA book. And now, Kira is telling him about books that contain dungeon strategies. She even added that the books might interest him.

And it really will.

’Don’t tell me she has found out a little about me. Or, Buji stop the thinking. She has the strategy book because she also went for a raid.’

"That’s right."

"What’s right?" Kira asked.

"Nothing really, just a bit perturbed at what’s in our front."

Kira and Buji had reached the dining hall, and both of them paused in their tracks. The hall was unrecognizable. What was usually a simple space for meals had been transformed into a lavishly decorated venue.

"Yeah. That’s right… wait, is that the right word to use?" Kira commented.

Buji paid no attention. His eyes moved from the streamers hung from the ceiling to the tables which were adorned with intricate centerpieces. Then, there was the soft, glowing light that cast a warm ambiance over the room.

At the students’ section, there was murmur and whispers. Buji could tell they were all as shocked and surprised as he and Kira. They were excited too. It wasn’t every day that the dining hall was dressed up like this.

"What’s going on?" Buji asked, glancing at Kira.

She shrugged. "Is that not a rhetorical question you’re asking? You and I both have the same answer."

"Yeah right, we have no idea what’s going on."

Just as Buji and Kira stepped inside to go and have a sit, they noticed the instructors sitting at the front of the dining hall. Their presence only added sense to the occasion.

Something was really going on.

"Look, they are here too," Buji said to Kira. "What do you think?"

"I saw. Well, let’s find out…"