Dungeon Raider System

Chapter 164 Teacher's pet

After her brief introduction Nika took everyone to their new classroom. It was nothing like Pangeotis' lecture hall but, given the small amount of students, it was more than enough. Students chose seats to their liking and, oddly enough, male students fought over the first row seats.

Nika stood awkwardly in front of everyone without knowing what to do, it was her first time giving a lecture and she had no idea on how to start a class.

"Any questions?"

"Professor Nika, how can we have any questions if you haven't started your lesson yet."

"So, no questions. That's good." She nodded.

Uriel couldn't think of anyone less qualified to teach, no matter how much he wanted to giver her the benefit of the doubt, Nika just wasn't cooperating.

"What is the most important thing to have in mind when fighting?"

"Your rank!" Said one student in the front row.

"Weapons!" Said another.

"Don't be stupid, the most important thing is to have a lightsource, everyone knows cryptids are too troublesome to deal with in complete darkness." A girl with a know it all attitude said.

"Wrong, wrong, wrong. Sage, come here." She gestured him to come using her index finger in a seductive manner, triggering everyone male student's envy, though he would have much preferred to stay as far away from her as possible.

"Dude what are you waiting for, don't keep her waiting!" Someone nudged him on the ribs a bit too forcefully.

"Yes..." Uriel said disgruntledly as he stood up and stepped right besides her.

"It can't be a test, we haven't learned anything yet."

"Oh! But it is a test and if you haven't learned anything today, then you're in the wrong classroom. I'm not afraid of failing worthless students."

While it was true that most male students chose Nika as her tutor because they thought she was pretty, the rest of them chose her because of her carefree attitude that made them think her class would be the easiest.

"I want everyone to write the your name and the name of the person you would like to face in combat, after that we'll be holding a 'friendly' competition outside. Since you don't know each other yet I want everyone to stand up and say your name out loud in order."

The students were beyond flabbergasted to say the least, including Uriel, no one had ever been in a course as strange as this nor had a teacher as eccentric as Nika. Even though most of them didn't agree with her teaching methods, no one wanted to risk getting failed before the course even started and they promptly began writing the name of the opponent they wanted to face.

Nika received all the pieces of paper and started reading them out loud. Discover hidden tales at My Virtual Library Empire

"Sage, Sage, Sage, Sage, Sage..." The list was long and monotone, everyone wanted to fight against Uriel except for one person, which was Uriel himself. "That's it, everyone wants to face against Sage, except him who apparently wants to fight against me."

At that moment, Uriel finally understood why she showed favoritism towards him. He also understood why did she made sure to make him stand in front of everyone and said his nickname out loud. She wanted to stage things so everyone would choose him as their opponent, that was clear, but something troubled him.

"Hey Moonlight... you too?" He asked, feeling betrayed by her short friend.

"Uhm... I- don't know anybody else." She kept her gaze low and held on tightly to Mr. Wabbit in a shy manner, though her facial expression remained the same.

With that done, Nika asked everyone to follow her outside the classroom towards an open space.

"Traits and weapons aren't allowed. The objective is to land a hit anywhere, the first blow will count as a victory. Come here Sage, I'll try not to hurt you too much so you can face your new classmates."

"Why are you doing this?" He asked Nika in a whisper.

"Tsh, you'll get it soon enough." She replied to him and then addressed the whole class. "Try to learn as much as you can. I'll give a single lesson after each combat and I hope you engrave them in your minds, hopefully the pain will help with that." She put on a wicked smile to her face and took a battle stance.