Chapter 228
Chapter 229 Back to the Grind
The next day.
The Comprehensive Studies dungeon class continued. New homework was assigned, but this time it was not an open-field dungeon. It was the Cemetery Dungeon. This dungeon had a lot of monsters but very few resources, and large-area bombing skills were restricted as well. Joanna finished the required tasks and stopped, not bothering to keep farming the dungeon.
After that, she went to Public Dungeon Studies, completed the homework there, and also finished her Strategy Group class tasks.
For most students, Strategy Group classes were very hard. For Joanna, they were easy. Strategy Group students did not have strong combat power. They often had to team up with students from other departments to enter dungeons and slowly test monster stats, which took time and came with high risk.
Joanna could test all the data by herself and was much faster than them.
Each semester, students only needed 2,000 credits.
For Hard-tier dungeon guides, every 100,000 views earned 1 credit. More views meant more credits.
For Nightmare-tier dungeon guides, the reward started at 10 credits per guide.
With Joanna’s current popularity, she only needed about 20 guides to max out her credits.
Because of this system, it was said that Strategy Group students often cheated academically or worked with large corporations to boost data.
A few days later, Joanna had fully adjusted to school life.
She spent a lot of time looking for dungeons with the petrification modifier and even wrote several guides because of it.
She didn’t know how things were going on Helen’s side.
No bad news was good news, and Joanna knew she couldn’t rush this.
She had to use her time well-running dungeons, farming modifiers, and improving herself.
She also asked about the requirements to join the Public Relations Club.
First, she had to apply. One month later, there would be a selection event.
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After several evaluations, successful candidates would join the club. Popularity, reputation, and strength all mattered.
Joanna had already submitted her application.
Now she just had to wait for next month’s selection event.
As for Nighthowl, Alwyn, and Lucien, they had finally absorbed the gifts Joanna prepared for them and returned to the academy.
“My queen, give me a kiss,” Lucien said first. “I brought you a huge surprise this time p>
He didn’t know that Joanna’s system had already shown notifications from the other two
contract beasts.
“Joanna, thank you for buying me a star,” Alwyn said sincerely. “It helped me grow a lot p>
“Your contracted companion Alwyn Sharp sincerely thanks you. You receive a companion gift: Vitality +500, Strength +300, Agility +300, Spirit +400 p>
Before this, Alwyn’s bonuses were much smaller.
This huge increase meant that, with the star as support, Alwyn had truly grown stronger.
“I improved too. Thank you, Joanna,” Nighthowl said.
“Your contracted companion, Nighthowl, sincerely thanks you. You receive a companion gift: Vitality +300, Strength +400, Agility +400, Spirit +600 p>
“I received your gift. Good boys. Come here,” Joanna said.
She reached out and touched their heads.
This wasn’t a simple pat—she released an Affinity Aura to calm their restless souls.
Now, calming them once cost 100 million Affinity Aura points. That meant killing 100 million monsters. Joanna had been running dungeons alone these days, saving up 200 million points was very hard.
Now, all of it was gone.
As for Lucien-
“Lucien, if you don’t want to thank me, then forget it,” Joanna said calmly.
“What? No! Don’t do this! I was wrong, my queen! I won’t take credit again!” Lucien shouted in panic.
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“Your contracted companion Lucien Ivoryne sincerely thanks you. You receive a companion gift: Vitality +500, Strength +600, Agility +600, Spirit +500 p>
Alwyn glanced at Lucien and said calmly, “I don’t know the rules where you come from, but here, a Sentinel mustn’t threaten a Guide. Lucien, you’ve threatened Joanna more than once p>
Lucien almost jumped up.
“I didn’t threaten her p>
Nighthowl spoke coldly. “Even if it wasn’t a threat, why do you always hold back instead of giving Joanna everything you earn?
“In my old world, once a contract was formed, everything we earned belonged to the Guide.
“If you are not truly devoted to Joanna, then leave our family. Maybe another guide suits better p>
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Lucien’s face turned pale. “I really didn’t mean it! Bro, I was wrong! I swear I won’t do it again p>
Nighthowl gave a cold glance. “Don’t let it happen again p>
That was for acting cute. That was for your attempt to steal attention. A lesson had to be taught.
Alwyn smiled slightly. “You should remember your place, number three p>
Lucien froze. Number three? We’re ranked already?
“Fine,” Lucien said through clenched teeth.
Then he looked at Joanna with a pitiful expression.
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