The Tales of Draconic Warlock

I have no idea why that idiot threw us into the dungeon in that way. In fact, I have no idea how he did that. I always thought that there would be a single portal that connects the dungeon, not multiple portals, and definitely not under us.

Something is different about this dungeon. That I am sure about. What it is though, I am not sure but that doesn't matter anyway.

Anyway, it has nothing to do with me. I need to acquire points, a lot of them so that I can be in the top five. Being in the top ten sounds nice but I don't think that the resources tilted toward the top five are the same as the top ten. The top five would have resources higher in quantity and quality.

I need to hunt a lot of monsters to gain such rank, especially when there is a suspected protagonist present in my story. When people like that appear, many unexpected events take place. I can't lag behind or else I wouldn't even make the top ten.

So dungeon monsters here I come. I hope your souls find peace in your deaths.

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Four Hours later...

Ah, finally out of that stupid dungeon.

These monsters are too weak for my taste. I am after all at Tier-4, while the highest of the monster was at Tier-1 level 65.

Most of the monsters present here are at only Tier-0, and only a few reached Tier-1.

So any monster that came at me died within seconds and didn't even understand what happened exactly to them. Even the most powerful boss, which increased my points by a lot. It felt as if I was smashing an ant back on Earth. Except here when I killed a monster there were resources left behind, though not the quality I needed but the quantity is a lot.

Anyway, a problem with this. Since I could solve these monsters in a few seconds, my points started to rise at a fast pace. My points outpaced everyone.

At first, I thought that it may become a problem but then I thought this dungeon would be a good way to improve my skills. So I unleashed a clone to hunt the monsters. Though the pace at which my points accumulated decreased, they were still all-time high.

By the time we exited the dungeon, I stood at the number one position in this dungeon point race.

Unless there are points allocated for the status, I believe that I am now at first rank.

Though it has its own advantages, it has its own problems too but there is nothing that can be done at this time.

The only thing that I could do was to accept the fact and move forward by improving my skills and rank in the future. Only by doing so, would be a deterrence against anyone who has bad ideas about me.

With the top rank, I believe that the academy would concentrate a lot of resources on me. So I believe that it would easier to improve my skills at a faster rate.

With high-quality training resources and me at Tier-4, I can absolutely stay at the top for the full academy term. If there appears someone who can topple me, then I can jump into a dry well.

Though I want a peaceful life, I can't obtain that without sufficient strength and power in my hands. Only when I can control my destiny can I be able to live a life as I wish?

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"Hahaha", my father laughed out loud as he hugged me. This was something that he hadn't done in a long time, at least when we were in public.

He used to hug me when I was a child but that stopped once I reached ten years. Only mother still continued. Unless we were in a formal setting like parties or something along those lines, she never shied away from hugging me.

Though it was kind of embarrassing for my adult soul, I let her do whatever she wanted to, even though I protested a little on the surface. I silently agreed because I missed my time with my mother when I still lived on Earth. When she left me, there was nothing I could do that could bring her back.

So I decided to spend all the time I could here in this world the way I like, without having any regrets later.

"Well done Magnus. you made me proud", my father said as he released me from his hug.

The reason behind the hug was because of my rank in the exam. As I thought I reached the top rank. The father's unbound enthusiasm was because there was a thousand-point difference between me and the next rank.

He went to say what happened during the time I was inside the dungeon. With my fast progress, almost everyone knew who I was and by association, they now know my father and my family.

My father is just a viscount and in the kingdom there are many. Not everyone knows about my father or family. Even if they knew, it was basic. There was no respect back then but now it was different.

When a talented child appears in a noble family, it usually means that their status would improve. So everyone would pay more attention and would try to cozy up with them.

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"Okay, now that everyone has seen their ranks and received the invitation from the Royal Academy can say goodbyes to their guardians. In an hour, you should appear at Gate-1, which is half a kilometer in that direction", the man pointed to his right.

"if you don't appear within an hour at the gate, we will take that you are not interested in the academy and will void your invitation. Others who didn't get the invitation, please stay behind. The other four academies would select a few that they like", he said and disappeared from the spot.

I don't know why he was in a hurry but he probably should.

There were a few angry students and guardians. This was because the man was the same one who threw us into the dungeon.

"Dad, it looks like it is time to say goodbye for now", I said as I hugged him tightly.

He stroked my head, "Don't worry, it was just temporary. You can visit us in the holidays. Oh, don't forget to call your mother now and then, or else she will barge into the academy".

Hearing those words, I laughed, because my mother would certainly do so. In fact, she did that before and that was something I don't want to be repeated.