All followed the waiter that continued to climb towards the second floor. This is because the first floor only had rooms with one or two beds while the second one contained large rooms with four beds.

  'Go ahead, sir, these are the keys to the two rooms. May I ask how long you will stay in our hostel?'

  'We will only stay for one night.'

  'It may sound rude, but it is pre-payment, sir, to make sure the customers do not evade payment. Five silver coins for the room'

  Maximus took out his wallet and gave him ten silver coins, as it required.

  'You're right; scammers have been active a lot lately. I'll be leaving early in the morning.'

  The waiter stammered at the beginning of his speech, but he remedied moments later.

  'Early... Morning... N-No problem. There's a night shift to guard, you can leave the keys there whenever you want to leave.'

  'Thank you for your service, come on little ones inside.'

  'Understood, Master.'

  He opened one of the rooms, the teacher entered first, and then the students followed him. Dante closed the door behind them. Maximus sat on one of the beds and ordered his disciples to sit on the floor opposite him.

  'This is my last help in your training, since you have mastered the multi-storage technique. I can give you these.'

  He took out of his magical storage seven crystal balls slightly smaller than the size of a walnut, completely transparent without the slightest distortion.

  'In your opinion, what are these crystals?'

  Each of them thought of an answer, but they did not recognize it except for Dante, who worked for a while as a mercenary and learned about these things.

  'Isn't it the crystal of achievements? A magical masterpiece that has the ability to measure a person's achievements, determine merit and eligibility. Is there any other benefit to it?'

  Maximus smiled and then answered everyone's question.

  'It has another function as I said. Normally, achievements are merely a show value and are not included in an individual's total combat power.'

  Their facial expressions changed in astonishment, even if the teacher went back in time, he knew so many things that he was suspicious.

  "How can someone know all this?"

  'Focus with me and stop making a fuss, it is not as if you are seeing something strange for the first time... You simply have to swallow it whole without breaking it and combine it with the mana center in the heart. Achievements will then count as part of the combat force.'

  In a troubled voice, Mira wondered how to swallow something as big as this without breaking it.

  'It may sound difficult, but think of it as swallowing a candy. I guarantee you won't feel its size.'

  The teacher always made things seem easier than they are but still did not give a sense of comfort.

  'Take it easy, it's not like I asked you to jump into a volcano. We don't have time to waste like this.'

  He gave each of them one and asked them to do it in a hurry.

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  'I'll do it first since you're nervous.'

  Dante volunteered first and then Aliana followed him as the eldest so they had to step forward first to encourage the others to move on.

  The two swallowed the crystal easily... They were surprised how easy it was and the sensations were mixed.

  'Is there something wrong with you, girl?'

  'No, not this. It's much easier than I expected and I feel a significant increase in mana capacity and a strange feeling that I don't understand.'

  The hesitation disappeared and the rest continued successively, all feeling the same way.

  'You are wondering what that feeling is. It is called spiritual pressure and crushes opponents weaker than you thus.'

  Suddenly, without warning, a majestic feeling almost shattering bones fell upon them.

  'So that's how we felt that time.'

  'Stop, Master, it hurts.'

  The pressure stopped, but the pain persisted for a while before it went away completely.

  'When you're a beginner to use it, it doesn't distinguish between an ally and foe, but with improvement, it becomes easier and more precise to control, just like mana.'

  'This is impressive; we're going to be supernatural soon.'

  'I can't wait to get stronger.'

  'What about tomorrow, Master? Where are we headed?'

  Each of them had his opinion on the new leap in their level but they agreed in their greed for more.

  'We'll separate so that each of you can head to his own destination, I'll give you a map and a compass to help you find your way along with a magical storage.'

  'You are the best, Master. What about food? Our trips may be prolonged and it runs out halfway.'

  'In this world, you only need to eat when you are injured because you are from a different world than this world. There is some food in every storage but it is not much, so be careful not to waste. '

  Each opened his own magical storage bag to check its contents, which contained a fair amount of food, a large amount of bottles containing water, as well as bandages and an additional set of clothes.

  'We can ease the burden of carrying these heavy bags with this. How comfortable it would be to travel like this...'

  'What's the use of so much water, Master? Is there a reason behind that?'

  'Little Eric, keen as usual. You won't need to eat, but you will need to drink water.'

  Maximus got up from his place and asked everyone to stand up too, it was a bit late and bedtime was over. He gave Aliana the key to the next room for her and the girls to take and then remembered that he had forgotten two important details.

  'I forgot to mention this, but swallowing the crystal of achievements increases the average person's growth speed by 10 percent and when learning multi-storage technique by 30 percent. In your case, it is 50 percent for some reason I do not know yet. Also, the flow of time varies very differently between inside and outside the corridors and dungeons so try to wrap up things as quickly as possible.'

  The girls left with Aliana for the second room while the boys stayed here.

  There was nothing special on this night and everyone slept peacefully while Maximus guarded them.

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  At five o'clock tomorrow morning, after the sun had risen not long ago, everyone woke up and prepared themselves for the next task.

  'Has any of you seen the teacher?'

  'Maybe he's downstairs, let's go down and see.'

  Tai Min and Eric first went down looking for the teacher who had left no traces.

  'You're here then. Sit down and wait for the rest.'

  'As you ask, Master.'

  .........

  In the absence of the two, the other two boys followed and then the girls did.

  Maximus was sitting at a round table with a large map and next to him the two boys who had previously descended.

  'Since everyone is here, let's hurry up and explain what needs to be done and then go.'

  Everyone took their seats around the table, listening carefully to what the teacher was going to say.

  'Each of you will go to the destination specified on his map, but I will explain to all of you the nature of the places you are going to and the most important dangers, and then we will separate at the entrance of the city by eight in the morning.'

  Maximus magically marked the map for the optimal path to each of them to take in order to avoid unnecessary problems and make collateral profits...