Chapter 80
Five days later, they arrived at the megaruins, its entrance crowded with mercenaries and merchants. From the very second they arrived, the students all felt their eyes drawn to the spires emerging from the ground.
Instead of going straight to a makeshift camp, the professors let them rest in a new camp prepared next to it, where they assigned guides. Most of the groups randomly chose their guides, but some people appeared to already be acquaintances, as if they had coordinated in advance.
Allen was one such case.
"It's been a long time, Allen."
"Alexius, it’s good to see you."
Allen joined Alexius, who had been waiting for him as they’d arranged in their letters.
Looking back in Julius’s direction, he saw Erini greeting others with her spider legs waving about.
After all the guides were assigned, they received a rough run-down of the ruins. Following a refresher on the general precautions and goals they had been told already in class, they were able to enter only upon receiving a map labeled with the locations of emergency escape items.
Several hours passed before they were able to begin searching the ruins in earnest.