The repairers approached them.

"Ahem! Excuse me," one of the men said.

"Can we know what's happening?" His tone was anxious.

He wanted to fix the malfunctioning quest list as quickly as possible before news of this reached the higher-ups.

They already had issues failing to detect the powerful beasts that had suddenly appeared in this dungeon zone. If news like this were to leak without restraint, then not only would they be punished for their lack of oversight, but they would also be fired.

Getting another high-paying, reputable job like this would become challenging because there would be no one willing to hire them.

They would have no choice but to earn their wages like every other ordinary citizen in the big cities.

"It's a false alarm. There's nothing wrong with the quest list," James responded.

The repairers breathed out in relief.

To them, this was akin to being told they would keep their jobs.

"Does that mean that someone has truly completed the goblin extermination quest?" another man asked, his voice filled with anticipation.

He found it hard to believe that someone among the First Years was so powerful that they were able to eliminate every single monster in this dungeon zone.

The others' expressions lit up eagerly as well.

They were also keen to learn which noble descendants it was.

Contrary to their expectations, James stared at them with a deep frown.

"I'll advise you to forget about everything that just transpired, and return to doing whatever you were doing before you were summoned here," he said.

The repairers' expressions turned pale.

They nodded, turned around, took their equipment, and hastily exited the Dungeon Hall.

They quickly forgot about the scene that had just transpired and the question they had asked.

The last thing they wanted to do was get on the bad side of an awakener, especially one whom they had to meet every day.

"We should also return home so we can rest for the day," James said, turning to Tiana. "I've already conducted the search on my way while surveying the goblin camps, and I didn't see anything else strange, so we're clear for the day."

"Okay, that's good. I was also thinking about turning in for the rest of the day," Tiana nodded.

James turned to the students beside her.

"Don't cause problems like this anymore, otherwise I'll report you to the higher authorities," he warned.

He could tell that they didn't hold much of an opinion about Ezekiel.

They wouldn't be feeling as troubled as they were now if their claims had turned out to be false.

James held a much better opinion about Ezekiel, having witnessed his suicidal training regime and understanding his unique circumstances.

Moreover, even if he doubted that Ezekiel was singlehandedly capable of doing this, he could convince himself that it was the result of his suicidal training.

If put that way, then such a feat was truly believable.

James and Tiana turned and exited the Dungeon Hall.

Sylas, Draven and the others dashed through the door, quickly heading towards the teleportation platform.

Julia didn't follow them.

She was uncertain if she could handle the aftermath of the battle with her own eyes. She chose to postpone it for later, after her emotions had calmed down.

Julia snapped out of her thoughts and rushed back to the robotic receptionist.

She summoned the quest list.

1. Capture ten Purple Armoured Toads: 40 merit points. Additional merit points will be awarded for every extra ten Purple Armoured Toads.

The number one quest had changed to a new task.

Realising that Ezekiel was about to join her class, Julia's heart trembled.

She had thought that only Ivory, Milas, Jaran and the other top rankers would be threats to her, but it seemed that wasn't the case.

Ezekiel was a much greater threat than they were.

Her saving grace was that she hadn't been dismissive toward him or antagonistic.

Nonetheless, that was only because of his background as the Heir of the Zahara Clan.

If it were others with such a powerful background, she wouldn't have even made an effort to be neutral.

At the same time, the others in Class Three present trembled as a similar thought crossed their minds.

Almost instantly, they had forgotten the matter regarding the quest list.

They each began making their own personal plans.

***

Seeing Julia and the other top rankers on the Magical Swordsman Rankings, I realised that they had all figured out I was the one responsible for taking the quest they had been monopolising.

They would also most likely uncover that I had completed the number one inexhaustible quest.

Unless they were dumb, they wouldn't be searching for someone else.

This would make it much harder for them to think about ambushing me without hesitation.

I realised that it would also be much harder to complete the quest I had triggered from Cynthia.

Still, the benefits of taking such actions outweighed the losses.

[ Merits Points: 65,189 ]

I couldn't help but grin at the amount of merit points I had acquired in a single day.

I switched off my phone and slid it into my pocket.

I realised midway through my training that I would rather focus on improving my strength without interruption than continuously gathering merit points to repay the purchase I had made from Chioma.

After contemplating Sarafina's words, I also realised that the only way to force the Governing Council into giving Ivory a proper punishment, regardless of her terrifying talent, was to showcase my own.

Although I couldn't use my sword intent and other enhanced skills for now, I still had my cybernetic beasts.

With the CRs Squad, Victory, and Felix eliminating each goblin camp and setting it ablaze to erase any traces of battle, since everything had been handled in an instant, I was able to hunt down over ten thousand goblins within a day.

All I had to do was switch to my storage ring after my storage bag filled up with goblin corpses, and I earned enough merit points to settle my debt.

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