My Level Zero System

The group of people, hundreds of meters long, continued to advance one after another, like a snake crawling through the entire garrison area.

Compared to the underground tunnel, this hidden path is just a part of the architecture that goes through the houses.

Meaning, if they make a noise and there happens to be a Crawler there, they will be discovered.

Every now and then, Kain would turn his head anxiously behind him, but he could only see a few dozen people before the mist closed in.

Even in a closed space, fog still exists.

Kain could only pray that none of the students made a mistake.

Occasionally, there were sounds of monsters around, some more, some less, but everyone kept their mouths shut, not making any sound, even their footsteps were very light, not making any noise except for the wind.

Luckily, no one was stupid enough.

Because the path was winding, it took the group several hours to reach the end of the path, reaching an area right near the city wall.

"Be careful."

Although he knew that the possibility of monsters wandering around here was quite low, Kain still carefully gave instructions.

Having said that, he first poked his head out to observe the surroundings.

There were no monsters in sight, at least not within his range of perception.

Then Kain stood guard below, and the others climbed up the ladders one by one to cross the wall.

Kain was the last to go.

Throughout the whole process, there were no mishaps, everything went surprisingly smoothly.

So easy that even Kain couldn't imagine it.

But this is also good.

Kain was the last to leave, before he left, he turned to look in a certain direction in the mist.

He seemed to be looking at something, but his eyes couldn't see anything.

Standing there watching for a moment, Kain turned his head without looking back.

…

Coming out of the lonely fortress, the anxiety in the students' hearts began to rise.

Some people even felt regretful. Although the lonely fortress was full of monsters, at least there were structures, fortifications, and shelters.

Out here, they had nothing but an empty lot.

"Form up and move forward."

Kain said coldly.

Although it was certain that he would not encounter any danger, Kain would not let up until he reached true safety.

Very quickly, a formation was formed.

Nearly eighty people were divided into three different rows lined up close together with Kain at the head.

There's nothing special about this formation, but having the students orient themselves with the members in front and to the sides will help keep them from getting lost.

At the same time, an individual being in sight of many people also reduces the possibility of being attacked by surprise and being swapped.

Time passed, and soon the day was over.

"Okay, let's stay here."

"We will continue moving tomorrow."

Seeing that, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. They quickly put down their luggage, gathered into small groups and started lighting fires.

Kain ordered some men to hang bells around their campsite, then he sat down by his group's small campfire.

From the situation, everyone was able to relax a little.

Just as Kain said, they didn't encounter any monsters.

The gloomy scene in the Dungeon turned out not to be so scary.

"Kain, I have a question."

In the dim light of the fire, Myra looked straight at Kain and spoke.

"If there are no monsters here, why don't we... just stay here?"

"I think we've gone far enough, don't we?"

Hearing this question, Kain appeared pensive.

Actually, Myra's question is very reasonable.

Camping here directly would be a reasonable choice if the students wanted to conserve their stamina. After all, there were no monsters, so survival was the same anywhere.

But that's only in the event that this situation lasts forever.

"I saw it, Myra. That thing won't sleep forever."

What Kain was referring to, was obviously the experiences he had undergone in his sublimated state.

The thing in the dark might not have awakened yet, but it was stirring, proving that it was not far from the border of awakening.

In fact, these things have been evident since the very beginning.

The first drop of blood that fell woke up the monsters.

Despite their intelligence, monsters are monsters because they all have one thing in common.

It is the imposition of pure destruction on living beings.
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This will not change because the monster has intelligence, but will only make the monster more dangerous.

Just like the previous Salamander leader, in order to hunt down Kain, he sent his entire Salamander army to search the fourth floor of the Dungeon, only to be unfortunately killed by Kain.

Or like the guardian Pythonel, which creates elaborate traps to kill any Adventurer who dares to enter its territory.

What Kain was worried about was that once "that thing" awakened, it would send out its army of monsters to hunt them down everywhere.

If it had intelligence, it wouldn't be difficult to determine that they had escaped from the lonely fortress.

And once they are hunted down by expanding their numbers, it is very difficult for them to escape. And once discovered, what awaits them will be endless attacks, enough to bring down any Magus.

Of course, it was possible that "that thing" wouldn't wake up within the next two weeks, but for Kain, the odds were so small that it wasn't worth the gamble. And Kain didn't want to take such a risky gamble when he could have a better option.

After hearing the reason, Myra finally calmed down.

Now she felt that asking Kain for help in this trial was the wisest decision she had ever made.

If it weren't for Kain, they would probably still be hiding in the lonely fortress, only able to anxiously wait for each passing day.

Even death is normal.

But thanks to Kain, most of them are still alive, and doing well.

Kanzax Academy is a very good place in every aspect, whether it's protection for students from outside forces or welfare for students, that's not wrong.

You must know, even a powerful noble had hesitated when he learned that Kain was a student of Kanzax Academy, and finally temporarily gave up on revenge, enough to understand how great the prestige of this place was.

But everything has two sides.

Along with the benefits, Kanzax Academy has always been known for its brutal elimination rate, and the academy is not afraid to show it.

That's why, what kind of hellish academy would throw their students into this place.

Myra thought, without a commander like Kain, the road ahead in the academy would be much more bumpy.

"After this semester ends, the final semester of first year begins..."

"It's time to build a team."

Myra thought to herself.

Just like that, a peaceful night passed.

Another new day according to time, everyone's mood although not happy, but less gloomy than yesterday.

The west side of the lonely fortress was relatively towards the back of the Dungeon, so the path they needed to travel wasn't really long.

Even so, after walking a short distance, Kain still had to stop to measure the angle and direction. After all, this place was too large, and the direction that could be determined was almost impossible, so even if he memorized the entire map, he did not dare to be careless.

And after four days of constant movement, a smile finally appeared on Kain's lips.

Because he saw the destination.

It was a stone door, the entrance to the transitional corridor that connected to the guardian monster's room.

Compared to the stone doors Kain had seen before, this one was much larger. Not only in width, but also in height.

"Do me a favor and pull this thing out."

Kain shouted to his back, and several others followed him forward, flexing their muscles and tendons to push the stone door inward. The heavy door gradually opened, revealing a wide and very long corridor, so that the path to the guardian monster's room at the end existed as a small dot.

Kain didn't pay any attention to that, he started arranging for everyone to move in.

Little did Kain know that, at the same time, in the lonely fortress.

At this moment, the entire lonely fortress had turned into a monster's lair, they swarmed out and searched everywhere, destroying everything, even the old base of the students was not spared.

This place has been trampled and filled with monsters.

Unfortunately for them, their target had long since run away.

At the center of the lonely fortress, many horrible creatures were standing around a black thing, unknown whether to call it an egg or a rock.

This thing is cracked.

Suddenly, all the monsters stopped.

The lonely fortress fell silent. And then... a scream rang out.

The monsters, they were looking towards the center of the lonely fortress and screaming.

Because their king, has returned.