My Level Zero System

"Wait, we weren't... told the location?"

Leo raised his hand again and asked a question, Kain still answered patiently.

"I guess."

"You guess?"

Leo was stunned.

He nodded, then continued explaining.

"Everyone here, can you tell me the average level of a student participating?"

"Maybe... somewhere between me and Hector."

Myra frowned a little and replied. Among the six people here, except for the two non-combatants, Kain and Katie, Myra's combat power can be said to be at the top, followed by Myra in second place, Hector is about half a rank below third place, but not too far from Myra, Leo is at the bottom.

So, it can be said that as expected of a combat branch, almost no one is too weak.

"So, if we throw eighty people into the Misty Dungeon, how long do you think we can survive, or how many of us can survive?"

"This..."

Everyone was momentarily unable to answer.

Seeing that it was time to announce the answer, Kain knocked on the wall behind him again and spoke.

"That's why, the academy will definitely throw us here. This place may be harsh and brutal, but it wasn't created to kill us. The academy was created to train us into excellent Magus, so they won't let us die so easily and in vain."

"Therefore, the fortifications and structures in the lonely fortress will become our support. Helping us survive in the initial stage, which is also the most difficult to adapt to. This is not an emotional prediction, but a result born from the collision of many different data.

"And don't be too happy, the lonely fortress was once guarded by a much more powerful force, but was eventually abandoned. The danger level will decrease, but not disappear, see what I mean?"

All five people nodded vigorously.

"Okay, now I'll go into the next part."

Kain then turned around, rummaged around in a drawer not far away, and pulled out a stack of papers.

"One, two, three, four, five,... okay, that's enough. Mera, could you please distribute it to everyone, thank you."

Mera took the stack of papers and divided them among the four others, leaving only one for her.

"Look at the map on this piece of paper, what do you think?"

As Kain said, they stared intently at the drawings on the paper.

The map in the picture appears to be a long street, that is, it has only one straight road stretching forward and the houses and buildings are built on both sides of the road, at the end of the road it seems to have been blocked by a wall.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Anyone have any thoughts?"

"A very long road."

Mera replied immediately. Kain nodded in agreement.

"Yes, Mera. A long road."

Others hearing this couldn't help but feel strange, wasn't this obvious?

Katie's eyes flickered, it was true that the way Kain treated this girl named Mera seemed quite different from everyone else. But it was also not like a normal lover.

"The map you are seeing is at... this location."

Kain pointed to a piece of paper of the master map, which was exactly like what everyone was holding in their hands.

"Just like Mera said, this place is special, because it has a long and clear road. Let me explain."

What Kain wanted to say was exactly what he had been thinking before.

The map of the Lonely Fortress is mostly fortifications or winding paths. After all, the majority of the fortress's defense force is soldiers with armor and melee weapons. In a life-or-death battle with the Crawler, an opponent that is far superior to them in terms of strength, these dense and winding structures can become their support.

But Magus didn't need that, they weren't afraid of a head-on battle with the Crawler, what they feared was the Crawler's sneak attack. Therefore, the intricate multi-layered architecture often became a fatal weakness.

Therefore, this long road was the place where Kain chose to set up camp. The setting was wide and open enough for Magus to freely cast spells, but narrow enough to prevent the Crawler from easily sneaking up on them.

At the same time, this place was also close to the tall city wall, providing them with a place to "lean back", reducing the chance of having to face the situation of "enemies on all four sides".

Not only that, this place was also the gateway between the military base and the living area. If the defense failed, they could climb the wall through the gateway between the two areas, or run out to the military base, and from there run out of the lonely fortress to execute their escape plan.

To explain these things in detail, it would take Kain more than an hour, including the escape plan.

However, Kain hoped that the escape plan would never be initiated, because the number of variables that could happen were too many, completely beyond Kain's control.

In other words, he couldn't guarantee everyone's safety.

"It's done, does anyone have any questions?"

Kain turned his eyes towards the five people.

They looked at Kain, then back at each other.

What else could they say? Even the reason why this path was slightly different from the rest of the fortress was because it was used to transport supplies and soldiers back and forth between the two areas, which also meant that the escape route would be much more convenient than groping around in other hidden areas. Even this, Kain had explained in detail, so where could they get a say?

The whole plan has been handed over, now it's time to disband.

"I will try to convince more people to join."

Leo said seriously before leaving, Hector also followed behind him, it seemed like the relationship between the two of them was still quite good.

Katie also left soon after to prepare, after all she was a temporary participant in this mess so she was not as well prepared as the others.

Myra and Mera also left shortly after, but as soon as Kain was about to return to the dormitory, Mera turned back around without knowing when.

"Come with me!"

"Huh?"