Instructors, awakeners and staff stood outside the dungeon portal arguing rapidly. They had been trying for the last twenty minutes to enter but they couldn't.

The dungeon seemed to have locked itself from the inside and they couldn't get in no matter what they did.

" How did it advance so fast?"

" It takes hundreds of years for dungeon bosses to advance, "

" The dungeon anomaly, it's affecting the monsters... "

" Something is interfering from the inside!"

" It's closing, Why is it closing. "

The portal surged violently as it started to reduce in size rapidly. The awakeners and instructors tried to attack it in desperation since the students were still inside but it just kept reducing.

Then when they started to give up hope a defeating boom sound filled the dungeon room and a white light filled the whole area blinding everyone.

When the light reduced and disappeared a bunch of students were left lying on the floor in a huge tumble. Some were consciousness while others were groggy and groaning on the floor.

Everyone in the room froze as they looked at the students who were alive and non were missing.

The dungeon shut down after spitting out the students inside leaving no evidence of it's existence except for a small crack on the floor. The forest dungeon was gone just like that.

Researcher Hale's jaw dropped open. With all the dungeon anomalies going on this is the first F class dungeon to be affected plus closing down in that style.

Instructor Sera , the dark skinned instructor,sprinted forward, scanning the students worry in her eyes.

" Is anyone fatally injured? Speak now!" She commanded them her voice masking her worry.

Weak groans came from the students answering her questions. Most of their injuries were from small splinters and hitting the ground. Just flesh wounds.

Healers and medics rushed in each trying to heal some of the students with more visible injuries.

Alaric was sitting next to a barely conscious Jezebel who was still disoriented but doing fine.

When the medic reached him and knelt before him, he stopped. Because Alaric wasn't unconscious or groggy like the others, he was just sitting there with only a bit of heavy breathing.

He checked him for any injuries but found nothing, he only had a small cut on his hand that was covered in monster blood.

Alaric had summoned his weapon back the moment he noticed he could breath fresh air. When the white light enveloped him he had only been blinded for a few seconds before he found himself sitting on the floor with Jezebel who had started stirring in his arms.

The medic looked at him weirdly before moving to check on Jezebel who was now leaning against him.

Alaric felt into his pocket and touched the awakening stone he had managed to snatch before the dungeon closed and put it back in his pocket next to his phone.

The stone will be helpful when he increases his rank to C.

" What happened in there?" Hale , a researcher,asked after they had all been treated and we're seated with blankets on them.

" A Goblin chief appeared when we were about to leave and broke the exit button and platform," a girl said explaining everything in a thin but steady voice.

Hale nodded, he already knew the chief had escaped and increased it's rank unexpectedly.

" How did you survive that?" Sera asked, she knew they had little combat training since all of them were in their first year and had just joined the University.

The dungeon certification was just a formality for the awakeners guild to monitor them.

" We fought together," the displinary committee girl said, then turned to look at Alaric who raised his eyebrows.

She continued," Alaric distracted it while we gathered ourselves...." He explained everything they did without filtering anything.

Sera turn to Alaric," what's your class?"

Rude. But Alaric answered her," E."

She looked at him in surprise," thank you for saving my students."

Alaric nodded, at least she didn't ask questions he had been dreading that.

" Can I leave?" He asked since he needed to buy protection seal and a mana seal for the basement to keep the manner at a steady flow.

" Sure if there is any questions,we will call you," one of the staff members said.

" Just go to the end of the hallway, you'll find a room with certificate on the door and entere you name into the machine inside. The certificate takes two seconds to print.

Alaric did as he was told and found the room. He put his name on the machine that looked like a normal printer and it silently produced a small ID card with his name and picture on it.

The picture was the same one as the one on his identify card. He left the room and headed to the direction of the lobby.

When he arrived he walked down another hall way across the lobby from the place he came from.

He arrived at a huge hall arranged into a sort of free market with vendors putting their items in organized stands.

All of the people who sold in the awakeners association were certified and if one found to be in violation of a rule they will be kicked out and the association will revoke their rights to sell anything related to magic.

Alaric walked directly to the shop that sells seals. There was an old man sitting there reading a news paper.

" What do you need?" He asked him nonchalantly.

" A protective seal mainly a shield and a mana restraining seal," he said waiting to be told the price.

" How large?"

" The protection is for a huge estate so I want the largest, for the mana give me an average sized one."

" That would be five hundred thousand," the man said as he started to pack what he needed.

Alaric paid the money without complaining. He'd though it would be more expensive than it is.

He left the association satisfied and he needed a bath .

....

The word of the dungeon never spread from the doors of the association and Alaric never got any call. It was as though the incident had disappeared. It had been a few hours since he got back and had gone to sleep just to get the exhaustion out.

Alaric sat on his bed looking at the system notification. Forty eight hours had passed and since the main quest and Alaric decided to check the rewards since he knew he had completed the quest since he didn't get the punishment.

He opened the panel.

(QUEST COMPLETE: PUBLIC DESIRE)

Description:

Your existence has been revealed and both Desire and dislike has spread. A part of the world has acknowledge your presence.

Objective:

Reach 50,000 likes on your photo (Completed)

Attract 1000 new booking requests (Completed)

Trigger emotional response in 10 awakened viewers (10/10)

Sleep with 1 awakened client of B-rank or higher( completed)

Survive the next 48 hours( completed)

Time limit: 48 hours.

Reward.

Skill: Charm Field (Passive)

Your presence subtly alters emotions around you at a one meter radius.

Title: The Desired jewel.

Increases influence over awakened individuals.

Bonus reward:

Hidden Protection: Desire's Veil

The system protects its "asset."

Effect:

Once per 48 hours, the system automatically redirects an unavoidable fatal attack, turning it into a near miss.

Alaric smiled when he saw the bonus reward. At least now he has a small guarantee to his life. The extremest planning on killing him were still out there.

A protection from the system was enough payment for the pictures he had posted. Maybe he should create an account for himself. It might trigger more quests like that.

He threw that at the back of his mind and looked at the reward he got from the dungeon.

( Reward)

Temporary Skill Gained!

Temporary Skill Acquired: DEFYING INSTINCT (Lv. 1)

Type: Survival / Adrenaline Burst / Improvised Combat

Duration: Temporary (Expires after a life and death situation)

Trigger: Facing lethal danger with zero preparation.

Description

Activates when the user's life or someone else's life is in immediate danger.

Effects

1. +200% Reaction Speed (momentary bursts).

2. Improvised Weapon Mastery .

3. Fear Override: Fear is felt but doesn't stop movement.

4. Pain Delay: Pain registers a few seconds late.

5. Enhanced Target Prediction: Reads an enemy's next motion based on micro-expressions and body tension.

6. Movement Flow: Helps you duck, twist, and strike instinctively like you are dancing.

Weaknesses:

1. Burns stamina rapidly.

2. Causes shaking and weakness afterwards.

3. No conscious control , it activates on its own.

4. Cannot be used repeatedly.

Alaric felt like the system was warning him or something. From the looks of it all skills he got revolves around saving his life. This made him cautious since he knew his name had probably spread through the awakened community by now.

He just hoped the response would be positive.

(Stats reward:100 Eros points)

He distributed his stats evenly around his status bar . He felt like he needed to increase all his stats with no bias.

Alaric fell back on the bed and closed his eyes just to rest when he felt someone touch his cheeks. And a voice came.

" I heard you cleared a dungeon. Mr hero."

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