My Level Zero System

"You really have changed Mera."

Myra stuffed a piece of apple pie into her stomach and couldn't help but glance at her younger sister. In the past, Mera was truly a young lady. Let alone making apple pie, she probably couldn't even make simple dishes.

Leo and Hector sat obediently at the side eating, not daring to imagine that they would be eating cakes made by the infamous Lady Devil.

Katie was also curious to try a piece, it was really delicious, so much so that it made her exclaim in surprise. But then she suddenly wondered.

"But I remember we only brought dry food, right? Why is there flour and apples here?"

Mera patted her chest and replied.

"It was silly who brought it. She thought that since there was fog here, she wouldn't be afraid of monsters noticing the fire, so she brought a bunch of cooking ingredients."

"Oh, is that you?" Katie also realized who Mera was talking about, because that student actually collected the spoils of war by selling food instead of fighting, it could be said that she had seized the business opportunity very well.

In this cheerful atmosphere, only Kain was a bit distracted, he still had a piece of apple pie left unfinished, his eyes were looking down at the table, looking pensive.

Mera saw this and crept behind him, her hands reaching out to block Kain's vision.

"Guess who I am."

She tried to change her vocal cords to be different from normal. But thinking that Kain would still be able to guess it right away, she inserted another request.

"Not through voice, not through hand."

Hearing this, Kain just calmly said.

"Everyone here is sitting on chairs eating cake, only you are standing to see everyone's reactions. If it were anyone else, their actions would make a small sound when they pull the chair out. But you don't, so you can only be Mera."

"Huh?"

Mera exclaimed in surprise, then slumped again. She muttered.

"So easy to guess..."

"No, I made it up."

Kain smiled and said.

Mera stared as he continued to explain.

"Everyone was talking to each other so there was a lot of background noise, and during that time, it was normal for chairs to move around occasionally, and I couldn't differentiate something that complicated."

Hearing this explanation, everyone realized that he was teasing Mera back.

The atmosphere returned to harmony, Kain's expression also relaxed, and he finished the cake when Mera personally fed it to him.

The others, especially Myra, could only turn their heads away as if they didn't see anything. These two people had no manners at all.

At this moment, Mera opened her mouth to ask.

"Kain, if you have anything troubling you, you can tell us."

Kain signed.

"I'm sorry, I made you worry."

He knew how his mood affected the group.

Kain is not alone now, but he is running an entire force, his changes will lead to other changes, this can be good, it can also be bad.

Hesitating for a moment, Kain began to arrange the words in his head, then explained to the remaining five about his speculation.

With each word Kain uttered, everyone went through three stages of emotion, first being stunned, then disbelief, and finally being dumbfounded.

What Kain said was somewhat beyond their imagination.

"Monsters have intelligence? No way..."

Leo blurted out, then he suddenly remembered the sly look the Crawler had given him when it discovered him earlier, which made Leo feel a chill down his spine.

Seeing that everyone's morale seemed low, Kain tapped the table.

"Calm down, things may not be that bad, or I'm just thinking too much."

Everyone knows that Kain's "I was just thinking too much" line is nothing more than a hollow consolation, but at least the previous half of his sentence is true.

Otherwise he wouldn't have had time to ponder here.

The group dispersed in a rather heavy mood, Kain intended to return to his room, but he suddenly received an invitation to meet privately with Katie.

"I have something to tell you."

Katie looked at him seriously.

"I don't know if these things have any effect or help. But I don't want to make people's mood worse, so I didn't say anything."

"You just say it."

Kain calmly replied.

It turned out that Katie had read a lot of books before, including major campaigns from decades ago.

Many years ago, the Akazac Empire revealed its ambition to conquer and exploit the unlimited resources in the Dungeon. The target they were aiming for was none other than the large-sized Dungeons, including this Misty Dungeon.

That's why projects like the creation of the Fortress of Solitude come about.

However, all was left open, the cause unknown.

"Isn't it because of the huge consumption?"

Kain wondered, Katie shook her head.

"That's just a made-up reason in the brochure. I've looked up many different sources, all of which are vague and unclear when it comes to the reasons why these conquest projects ended, with only a few vague reasons that seem to have been made up to cover up the truth."

"I think there might be something hidden in this Dungeon. Something that has caused Akazac to no longer dare to exploit the Dungeon."

"At the same time, I also discovered something suspicious."

"That's an unwritten rule about Grand-class Magus."

Hearing the words "grand-class Magus", Kain's expression changed.

Low-class Magus, mid-class Magus, high-class Magus, grand-class Magus.

These are the four levels of Magus that Kain knows of, whether there are any higher levels, Kain does not know.

But the grand-class Magus, without exaggeration, could be called the pillar that supports the foundation of this Akazac empire.

Currently, there are two grand-class Magus that Kain is "rumored" to have seen.

First, there is the Commander of Kanzax, the true ruler of the entire Kanzax province.

Second, it was the mysterious headmaster of Kanzax Academy who had never revealed his face. Although there had never been any confirmation, even a high-class Magus like Toris had said that once they set foot on the academy grounds, they would be absolutely safe, so this should not be wrong.