The First Legendary Beast Master

Getting them to wait patiently in line was a lost cause. None of the students knew how many of each room were available, and everyone wanted to be the first to choose.

They also didn't know that they were the first bunker to be released, which made it even more fun for Rae and Opal to watch.

Even if they all picked the same one of the warrior focused rooms, there weren't enough of them in this group to use them all up.

The first few students walked in, looking through the open doors until they found one that they thought was promising.

Nobody wanted to waste time and risk the good rooms being taken by the person behind them, so it was a quick glance, and if the room looked good, they would go in and check.

Seconds later, a terrified shriek, followed by the roar of a bear, and then the cheering of a student came from one of the dorms.

"What the hell is that? You can't put that in a dorm room." A mage stammered, clearly rattled.

"Oh, that's a berserker room. If you press the big red button, you get a random monster to fight on the balcony." Rae explained.

"WHY!?!"

Rae shrugged. "The berserker seems happy."

Tank laughed. "Press button, fist fight a bear. What's not to love?"

Rae smirked. "It might also give you a vicious kitten to play with for half an hour. It's good that way."

The big berserker thumped his thigh as he laughed, then shook his head with happy tears in his eyes. "Now that's the sort of random generation that we need. Could be a Dire Bear, could be a Moor Cat kitten. Either way, you get entertainment."

All the berserkers in line began to eye that particular door.

The student who had entered was a Commander Rank senior, so they could only hope that it was available to all of them, and that they would even get a chance to look at it, as the student was still fighting the bear.

After a moment to recover, the mage checked a few more rooms, then settled on one that had a magical whiteboard, where he could write out spell theory and test it without wasting parchment.

That was one down, and more students rushed forward to see if they could get exactly the room they had hoped for.

The old method was both enlightening and disappointing to many of them. This way seemed like it was more fair, as they got a full preview. However, the rooms were still limited, and if they were too late, the good stuff would still be gone, just like had happened to them during their initial selection.

The teachers had no intention of letting that tradition die.

It was the first test that students underwent, and it helped build relationships as well as familiarizing the new students with their first skill.

However, one major thing had changed. No longer did they have to guess what class the students were, or how to activate their skill. The system was much more complete, and they just needed to read the guidelines to see their class name, skill description and other basic information when they woke up on the train.

The location of the Golden Divine Academy still wasn't public knowledge, though it certainly wasn't hidden from any of the other nations anymore.

That was no longer a major concern, as they had larger issues to deal with. Especially after the invasion from the Immortal Realm.

But the mystique and prestige were part of the experience, and they didn't want random visitors showing up. Many of the kids would face no end of harassment from family members who wanted them to immediately start sending extra money home, or who wanted to arrange political marriages in advance.

Keeping outsiders away from the Academy was the reason there were no good roads directly here, and why they hadn't moved the campus closer to civilization.

"Hey, there is a room here that has nothing in it." One of the warriors complained.

"Just turn it on." Rae called.

"How do I do that?"

"That room probably isn't for you."

The mages laughed. The directions were literally written on the wall next to the entrance. But they were written in runes, not common. Anyone with a mage or magic using type class could read them by default thanks to the system, but Warriors could not.

Once you turned the runes on, you got a bedroom in your choice of colour scheme. Or, you could set it up as a lab space. But when it was off, it was an open area for spell practice without risking your furniture.

Remi was particularly proud of that room.

A mage came forward to check it out, and then smiled happily as he realized what it could do.

"Oh, it even works for my Alchemy and herbalism classes. Though, that room with the balcony garden is probably better for herbalism and alchemy students. Why did they do this to us?" He muttered as he examined the space.

Having a clear answer for the housing options was no fun. There were at least two viable options for every class. Even the Berserkers had a dorm option with a training dummy in the corner if they couldn't get one with the push to fight button.

The training dummy room was one of the most common, as they were built with the ratio of warriors to others in mind, so they were unlikely to run out of them, even if most of the combat oriented classes chose one.

However, there was one door that hadn't opened for anyone yet. The students assumed that it was intended for either seniors or teachers, but really it was just reserved for Beast Tamer type classes and there weren't any in this group.

It had sleeping quarters for large animals, an expanded area compared to the other dorms, and a larger than normal bed.

One thing that they had learned from Thor and Cara was that given the option, sleeping next to someone was better than sleeping alone. Plus, most of the Beast Rangers had either Cerro or Moor Cat companions.

If they couldn't come out and relax in the dorm room, they would quickly get grumpy.