Death Mage with an SS-Rank Talent-Chapter 73

"Hello, Senior Reyna", Aaron greeted the girl, as he instantly recognized her.

This was the girl that had given him a tour a week ago. Though he may not have not recognized her voice, he remembered her face.

"What are you doing here?" she asked him.

"Ah, I came here to collect some skills that the academy promised me when I signed the contract to join the academy", Aaron replied to her.

There was no reason to hide such a thing. One can easily determine what he was here to do, as long as they follow his actions. Though it may not be easy, one can find out why he was here if one knew the receptionist well.

After all, everything in an institute goes through the receptionists.

"Oh", Reyna responded as if that was something common, "Come, I’ll help you with that".

She was one of the top rankers last year, and she did sign something similar to what Aaron did before she joined the academy. So, she was not surprised about that.

"Thank you", Aaron replied to her.

Reyna smiled at him and told him to follow her, which he did. He has never been to the resource center before, and with her, it might be easier.

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"Zara, how are you doing?" Reyna spoke to one of the receptionists present at the counter.

The student resource center is a busy place, like Mission Hall. So, there are a lot of receptionists working here.

"Hey Reyna, I am good. It’s been a while. How are you doing?" Zara asked Reyna back.

Both Reyna and Zara were immersed in their chat for a few minutes, forgetting about Aaron, but he didn’t mind the wait.

Aaron looked at Zara, whose skin tone is dusky. Her assets are not as big as Samantha’s or Reyna’s, but they are well endowed, at least her front assets, which are the only visible assets at this moment.

After a moment, Zara asked Reyna, "Who’s the cutie that followed you here?"

She felt Aaron’s gaze on her, but she didn’t mind. If she was someone who would flare up whenever someone lustfully looked at them, she would not be considered fit to be a receptionist.

As long as the other person doesn’t cross the line, she has no objections to what goes on in the other party’s mind.

"Oh, this is Aaron, the top ranker this year", Reyna said as she introduced Aaron to her.

"Oh", Zara immediately felt intrigued by Aaron.

It was not every day that one could meet the top ranker of the alliance exam. There are five top academies, and they could have chosen anyone. So, there was only a twenty percent chance at best for someone to enter the same academy as them.

Reyna continued to tell her what he was here for.

"Okay, I can take care of that", Zara spoke.

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After learning about the reason behind Aaron’s visit, Zara took Aaron with her to the office of the head of the resource center.

Zara knocked on the door of the office

"Come in", a voice came from the inside.

Once the permission was granted, she entered the office along with Aaron.

The head of the center was a middle-aged man with almost a bald head.

"Sir, a junior is here to collect some skills as per the contract signed for him to join", Zara spoke to the head.

"Oh, what’s your name?" the man asked.

"Aaron Skyhart", he replied.

"Oh, the topper, huh. I remember. I can take care of this; you can leave Zara", the man replied, and Zara left Aaron with the man.

"Hmm, you are supposed to get three general skills right?" The man stood up and pulled out a list of all the skills that were available to him.

There were a lot of skills on the list to choose from. Beside the skill, there is a number, which the head of the center replied is the number of that particular skill available.

Whenever one chooses that, the number reduces, and when a new skill copy was added, the number goes up.

"These skills should drop a lot for them to have this many...wait a minute, are there skill dungeons?" Aaron thought for a while but couldn’t remember anything regarding their existence.

"Even if there were, I don’t think that anyone in possession of such a dungeon would announce the details of their existence to the public. It’s a vital resource point for any organization that controls such a place", Aaron thought to himself about the reason why the academy is in possession of so many skills.

Though he thought that there might be a skill dungeon, he was not dumb enough to announce it to others. It is the best way to make powerful enemies, left and right.

If there are such things in existence, then they should be in possession of powerful people. If they wanted to announce their existence to the public, they would have, but they didn’t. So, if anyone announces their existence to the public, that means they are cutting on their profits.

He was not stupid enough to cause problems for himself on purpose so that others may gain benefits.

So, he decided to concentrate on the skills that he has to choose. Other things, they have nothing to do with him.

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After getting the skills that he had chosen from among the available, Aaron said goodbye to Reyna and Zara before leaving for the dungeon hall.

He didn’t use the skills there but decided to do so in a dungeon, where he would have enough privacy compared to any other area in the academy.

Though he made get ’privacy’ in his house, that only held true as long as it concerned other students. Whether the same holds true with lecturers or higher-ups of the academy, no one but the higher-ups know about that.

Though this doesn’t need privacy as they already know that he possesses these skills as it was the academy that gave them out to him.

The reason he chose to activate the skills in the dungeon was that he had this weird thought about privacy while he was walking towards the Student Resource Centre to collect the skills from the academy.

So, he decided to activate them in the dungeon, where there would be no possible surveillance from the academy.

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Dungeon Hall...

Aaron chose to enter a new dungeon that he had yet to explore. As soon as he entered the dungeon, he learned those three new skills that he had gotten just a few minutes before.

With three more new skills in his arsenal, Aaron’s prowess has reached new heights.

"Status"

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Name: Aaron Skyhart

Age: 18

Class/Profession: Death Mage, S-Rank

Rank: 1

Level: 39

Talent: Super Growth (SS-Rank) (Unique)

Vitality: 260

Strength: 260

Stamina: 260

Agility: 260

Intelligence: 310 (+10)

Wisdom: 310

Health: 2,600

Mana: 3,100

Skills/Spells: Summon Skeleton (110/110) (Rank 9); Death Lash (Rank 4); Sprint (Rank 4); Death’s Disguise (Rank 6); Summon Ghost(20/20) (Rank 3); Mana Regeneration (Rank 0); Mana Ball (Rank 0); Dual Cast (Rank 0);

Free Status Points: 432

Skill Points: 33

Items: Wolf Fang Pendant (+10 INT);

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