SSS Awakening: I Can Steal Attributes-Chapter 20: Professional Alliance

The students became busy, filling up the forms with their necessary information.

Desther filled it up with his information as well.

The form asked for their real name, age, address, and some other basic stuff. It also asked if they needed help in what Class they would like to build into.

It also asked if they were comfortable in sharing the details of their Talent for more focused and targeted training. Resources would be provided by the school in such scenarios.

Desther, of course, declined this part.

As they say, with great power comes great responsibility.

However, Desther doesn’t plan on playing the hero.

A hero might sound glorious and all, but as someone who read countless novels and entertainment online, Desther was also aware that it was exactly the hero who would face countless trials and get tormented by the never-ending burden of saving the world.

Desther doesn’t plan on being such a man at all.

Compared to that, won’t reading novels at home be more enjoyable?

Desther also put a check mark on the box to indicate that he wanted to be a Combat Professional.

After he was done, he passed the form forward as his classmates began to pass their own as well.

After a while, he saw Teacher Rosa count the number of forms she received back.

"Alright, I got everything here. I will pass this to the other department. This will be evaluated, and tomorrow or the day after, your Professional Badges should be ready. Anyway, if you’ve already made your decision and you want to change your mind later on, you can just pass the change application to the local Professional Alliance."

’The Professional Alliance, huh.’

The Professional Alliance was founded during the Age of Escape, around a year after the Age of Descent, or when the dungeons descended en masse.

The Professional Alliance manages almost all matters regarding Awakened Professionals.

From what he knew, the Professional Alliance is a separate entity from the local government. They are a neutral organization that was established to make things easier and more convenient for Awakeners.

From trades, missions, dungeon explorations, permits, and some other Professional Awakeners can all be obtained and managed in the Professional Alliance.

The Professional Badge was also provided by the Professional Alliance. According to what he knew, the badge acted as a license of some sort for the awakener, allowing them to do a lot that requires identification.

For example, going out of the settlement to hunt monsters and clear dungeons requires such a badge.

After all, according to the government, in these difficult times, everyone’s life is precious.

Those who wanted to go out and fight monsters must have the capability to do so. And the Professional Badge was an item that could prove that a person has the capability to venture out and explore the outside world.

"Since you guys were not able to get your first kill in that dungeon... we will be going to a new dungeon today."

Hearing that, the class went unusually quiet as they looked at each other to confirm if they heard the same thing.

"Don’t be afraid! I know the incident last week is still fresh in your memory, but you must do this sooner or later."

"You aspire to be Awakened Professionals. You will face surprises, hardships, and threats inside a dungeon. Threats greater than what you had encountered last week."

"So as your teacher, I say it right here, right now. Conquer that emotion, be courageous, move forward, and learn everything you can, as early as you can."

"That way, even when such a situation arises, you would know how to handle it and know how to conquer it."

The class looked at each other upon hearing her speech. Determination flashed across their eyes as they felt a surge of adrenaline hearing her speech.

"Teacher Rosa is right. It’s also better to unlock our Profile Status as soon as possible so that we can begin our preparation for our build."

"Yes! We are no longer in times of peace. We must harden ourselves for our own future. For humanity’s future!"

"Become stronger for humanity’s future!"

Desther observed as the crowd began to agree and motivate each other.

’How courageous and heroic...’ he thought as he noticed a smile surfacing on Teacher Rosa’s lips.

’Well, as they say, ignorance is bliss...’

As someone who lived inside the shelter for a year or two after the apocalypse, he knew for himself the terror of the monsters outside. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

And in fact, they were not the most terrifying thing out there as well.

The general public might think and believe that all humans are united against a common enemy—the monsters and the dungeons—but Desther himself knew that it was not the case at all.

Heck, even Lexie has been targeted, and they were inside a city shelter at that.

One could only imagine what is going on outside the shelter.

These kids who have not experienced life outside would not know the feeling of living in constant fear and vigilance.’

’For humanity’s future!’

Such heroic words. He wondered for how long they would think and act like that.

Of course, not all of his classmates showed such vigor and strong patriotic belief.

Desther also noticed some of them that did not even smile from Teacher Rosa’s words.

If he had to guess, then they might have experienced life outside like him as well.

"That’s the spirit!"

"Now, the dungeon that we will be entering is a special one," Teacher Rosa stated and then explained the dungeon situation.

"As everyone knows, aside from their assigned grades and threat level, there are also different types of dungeons that exist in the world right now."

"First, the dungeon that you were in before was a Single-type dungeon."

"In that kind of dungeon, you will be randomly teleported inside by yourself. To exit that kind of dungeon, you can go to the designated safe area where the Exit Portal is located."

"In this kind of dungeon, if you don’t know where the Exit Portal is located, you can kill a monster inside, and it should allow you to sense where the Exit Portal is located."

"Just a reminder, the first time you kill a monster, you will only sense the portal’s location faintly. However, the more monsters you kill inside, the more you will be able to sense it clearly."

The students nodded their heads in understanding.

Teacher Rosa then continued.

"Aside from this, there is also another type, which is the Group-type dungeon!"