Author Of Worlds: I Reincarnated Into My Novel As A Random Character
Chapter 18: Mission: Infiltrate The Academy Treasury Before Dawn And Take The Upgrade Crystal!

Chapter 18: Mission: Infiltrate The Academy Treasury Before Dawn And Take The Upgrade Crystal!

[Mission: infiltrate the academy treasury before dawn and take the upgrade crystal!]

[Reward: ascend to a Rank 8 Esper.]

[Penalty: suppression of ability for a week]

Leo, who had been peacefully resting, stared at the notification in shock.

"System, are you trying to kill me???" His expression changed drastically as he read through the notification again.

"Why the abrupt notification?" Leo was confused, as this was unlike the system’s usual behavior.

Besides, the system had never given him such a crazy mission before.

Who could possibly steal from the academy’s treasure?

’But I can’t let the chance to become a Rank 8 Sleeper go away just like that...’

Leo clenched his fist and made his decision inwardly.

Not only was the reward extremely beneficial to him, but the penalty was also something he couldn’t afford to risk.

Not while staying in the same dorm room as Grati, who was like a knife hovering over his head, ready to strike at any time.

Tracing his steps lightly, Leo quietly slipped out of his room.

...

Meanwhile, elsewhere, a flawless beauty was also stunned by the new mission given by the system.

She read it once more just to confirm she wasn’t seeing things.

Her multicolored eyes flickered with thoughts and emotions as she slowly sat up from her bed.

’How stressful...’ Sylvia muttered with a frown, then quickly dressed up, covering herself completely before quietly slipping out from the room.

Thankfully, she knew where the academy treasury was, so it didn’t take her long to get there.

Besides, as someone who belonged to the Ability Origin Path and awakened a terrifying S-rank ability, it wasn’t at all difficult for her to reach the treasury undetected by the guards.

...

"Shhh, lower your voice. What if the guards hear us?" Matthew was slightly nervous and quickly hushed him.

Axel just chuckled as he stared at Matthew, but he also quietened his movements.

In a low whisper, he asked, "So, you were going to leave to find the treasure that could help you without informing me, and you didn’t think I would know?"

Matthew let out an exaggerated sigh.

Of course, he knew Axel would follow him, but he hadn’t been completely sure of it.

After all, in the original novel, Axel didn’t have a childhood friend, so he didn’t perfectly understand what Axel’s true feelings toward him were.

’Now, I understand that he is willing to go through thick and thin with me...’ Matthew was pleased with his discovery.

Withdrawing himself from such thoughts, he turned to Axel, then asked with a raised brow, "Seeing you here, you must have copied an ability. What ability did you copy? Will it be beneficial in taking the treasure?"

Matthew’s eyes were filled with curiosity as he stared at Axel.

Axel just let out a light laugh. "I’ll show you..."

After speaking those words, he placed his hand on Matthew’s shoulder.

In the next instant, they both vanished.

Matthew felt his perception distort. One moment he was hiding behind the wall while talking with Axel, the next moment he had appeared in front of a monolith.

He felt the urge to puke. This was his first experience with spatial travel, and because of that, his body could barely handle it.

’So that is how traveling through space feels like...’

Matthew mused, slowly regaining his composure.

Because he hadn’t experienced spatial travel before, his description in the novel had been somewhat vague. However, experiencing it now, he had only three words to describe it.

Magical. Miraculous. Incredible.

Using three words, Matthew completely described the sensation, which felt like his body, mind, and everything else was rapidly twisting and shifting, as though being reshaped forcefully.

Just then, Axel’s playful voice resounded near him.

"How’s it? What do you think of this space movement ability?"

Seeing the smirk on Axel’s face, Matthew just rolled his eyes, refusing to respond.

But he couldn’t lie. The spatial ability was incredibly useful.

Previously, he had been wondering how he would escape once he obtained the treasure. Now, Axel had solved the issue.

Axel noticed the look of appreciation in Matthew’s eyes and quickly joked.

"We make the perfect duo. With my ability, we can infiltrate anywhere, and with yours, we can break any lock holding the treasures."

Axel’s eyes widened as though he had come to a sudden realization. "We’ll be unstoppable!"

"Haha..." Matthew could hardly control himself and quickly burst out laughing. Axel was truly amusing.

However, since Axel had thought of the idea, it now firmly took root in Matthew’s mind.

’Using this... won’t it be quite easy to obtain some of the protagonists cheats?’

Matthew felt his breath quicken at the thought, but he quickly calmed himself. Now wasn’t the time to think about those things.

Axel was right. Using his ability, they could break into places.

Matthew’s gaze turned solemn as he spoke, "You know this is the academy treasury. Entering with a spatial ability is basically impossible."

Axel stared at Matthew, stunned. Not fully believing him, he quickly used the spatial ability to try phasing into the monolith in front of them.

However, to his surprise, he realized that although his origin energy had been consumed, he had not been teleported inside.

His mouth hung open in disbelief. "In that case... how do we go about this? Seeing that you came here, you must have had a plan."

Matthew nodded, then walked toward the monolith.

Trailing his hand around the surface, faint lines of decay began spreading rapidly through the stone structure.

After moving his hand across the monolith a few times, he finally encountered a slight disturbance on the surface.

’There...’ Matthew’s eyes lit up with realization.

No longer dragging his hand around, he pressed it firmly against the dark spot.

Slowly, that part of the wall seemed to encounter something horrifying and, without hesitation, began decaying.

Axel, who stood by the side, still had a look of apprehension as he watched Matthew use his ability.

Soon, a hole formed in the wall, and after reaching the weak point in the formation that protected the door, Matthew felt a subtle resistance.

’This should be the advanced formation set up. If I just use my ability lightly on it, there shouldn’t be any problem...’

Matthew didn’t want to risk triggering the formation alert buried within the monolith’s mechanics.

Settling on this thought, he placed his hand again. Soon, the formation’s weak point began to decay slowly and silently.

...

Meanwhile, one young man who had just left his dorm room to complete the system’s mission had encountered a slight trouble...