Chapter 176: The Currency of Power
Adam’s main goal for now was to make his new group The New Warriors stable and self-sufficient.
He wanted it to be strong both financially and in terms of its resources. He had to do this within the complex competitive ecosystem of the United Academy.
The Principal Logan was also quite surprised by "Eric’s" audacious demands.
He understood immediately what the boy was doing. He was a very clever boy. Adam had asked for two things that would secure his new group’s future for the next four years.
While the members of a group could to a certain extent handle their financial condition by completing missions the real currency of power within the Academy was not just money. It was resources.
And resources—access to the best most advanced training grounds privileged sections of the libraries priority access to the mission building and even the ability to take on high-ranking dangerous missions—were not easily obtained.
Each of the four major groups used its influence its connections with powerful professors and important staff members its network of powerful noble families to gain an advantage.
These valuable resources were not distributed equally among all the students. They were hoarded by the most influential factions the ones with the most power and connections.
Currently the Golden Group with its long history of success and its powerful noble backers possessed the most resources by far. They had the favor of the most powerful professors at the Academy like Professor Margaret.
They had priority access to the best training grounds the ones with the most advanced features.
They had unrestricted access to the most esoteric hidden sections of the libraries where the most powerful and secret knowledge was kept.