My System & My Academy of Superpowers

The atmosphere in the infirmary was not right. It was bitter.  Ryan didn't like it but he didn't like the way they fought for him, "Can we make it up?" He asked.

"Yes,"

"Hm. this is awkward," Doc replied. She just got to know Ryan's feelings for her and that Ryan knows her feelings for him too.

"Good. let's go to my house then," 

"First you," 

The trio walked out of the infirmary, they reached the school's gate. It was a big gate with few guards on the gate. Whenever a student or a teacher has to leave the school premises, they have to mark an entry.

There are records of each and every student, teacher, guards, wardens, everyone. Before the school's gate, there is a cabin that handles this process.

There is a big digital screen fixed on the cabin. You have to input your name, it will show. Then input today's date in front of your name in the 'Exit' column.

It will save the data then you will be able to leave the Academy. The gates will open, guards will check your IDs to see if they have the 'Exit' mark on them or not.

Yes, the IDs are digital too. An ID is a rectangular card that has digital numbers on it, it is covered with a thin layer of fiberglass. The trio showed their cards, the gates opened. They were free to step out.

As soon as they step out of the Academy's premises, their life is not the Academy's responsibility. That's how things are. So if they don't come back by evening, or by tomorrow, the Academy won't give a shit. 

"Will we have to take a city bus or is it close?"

"No. it's close. I used to walk home by myself after school." Ryan told them.

"Must be pretty close then,"

"We will need to stop by a shop to buy luggage bags," Ryan said.

"Oh, there's no need to," Doc put her hand in her lab coat and took out a small cube that sat perfectly in her hands.

"What's that?" Gwen asked. 

"Right. Students don't know about it," she answered, "This is a dimensional void. A storage void. It's created from the monster's core."

"What?"

"Yeah, what?"

"What's a dimensional void?" Ryan asked.

"What's a monster? What's his core?"

"Yes, what's that?" 

"Okay. calm down. I might get punished for this," Doc muttered the last words, "I should not be telling you this. Students who graduate the high school are the only ones who were taught about this."

"What? What's just-"

"Stay silent for a while. I know this is…. Whatever the right word is. But let's listen to her first," Ryan interrupted.

'This must be one of those beast-tier weapons.' Ryan thought. He was exposed to the Beast equipment since his fight with Ainz… 

"So this. If you touch it two times on the top, a dimensional space will appear. It will allow you to dumb things to a limit. The higher its price is, the more it can store. Higher price means it is built from a King-tier monster. The one in my hand is a King-Tier item.

"Now to monsters. As you already know about the portals. Nobody has seen the 8th and 9th tier portal, that's not the point here though. These portals are not used for just attacking enemies, to spy on them, to teleport from one place to another in seconds.

"With the help of portals… with the help of the 6th and 7th tier portals to be precise, the government made it possible to teleport to different planets other than earth."

"Hah? Do you mean- planets other than earth and moon? L- like without even using rockets and space science?!" Ryan was surprised and found it hard to believe it. 

"Yes. to different plants out of Milkyway. On planets far away, scientists discovered aliens. Some are humanoids, some are beasts, some are animals, some are micro-organisms, some are monsters, there exist demi-humans too. Some plants have oxygen enough for humans to live. 

"Thankfully we have not discovered aliens smarter, stronger, braver than human beings. Neither did they find us but there is a strong belief if we use the 8th and the 9th tier portals, which are not limited to few neighboring galaxies only. With those two, we can discover the whole universe… but unfortunately, we don't have those users."

"Damn. space always gets me excited to learn more and more about it."

"Well. some Trait masters decide to become travelers, expeditors, quest hunters, or simply freelancers who go to different planets to hunt down these beasts who have a core inside their bodies.

"There are, of course, ranking between the monsters too. Basic, intermediate, advanced, king, and lastly, the emperor-tier. As their ranks go up, their power and intelligence go too. They don't have emotions, they don't have organs like that of animals of the earth do. They are strange-looking, their reproduction process is different. It's impossible to kill a king-tier and above alone. They send units to hunt these beasts. 

"As soon as their core is taken out of the body, they die… but that's not with king-tier and above.  You have to kill them no matter what."

"Are these… cores expensive? How do they look?"

"One emperor-tier core, in this time, is worth over 3 million." that brought Gwen's popping out, "No one would risk their life for 3 million. So it's hard to get. The rates go up like gold rates. A king-tier core is worth over 1 million."

"Wait. does that means the cube in your hand is worth over"

"No, Ryan. for making weapons, gears, items, the blacksmiths have to melt these cores, which is illegal to do. Only the military can make them. So they melt the core and make things out of it which brings the price down. If you buy a sword made from emperor core it will be somewhere near 1 million."

"Then the cube in your hand, how much is it worth?"

"It's the basic item so it's just ten thousand dollars."

"What the fuck...?" Ryan's mouth dropped open.

"It's given to me from the military. They don't charge money. They charge money to individuals and private companies."

"Thank god. I felt like I will have to pay you $10,000."

"Even if that was the case..." Doc winked at him, "You didn't have to pay,"

"W- we.. we reached my house… that's it," his house was in the view but still was meters away.