Chapter 535: Ways to Earn Merit Points... (1/2)
”Ahaha, sorry. That's a bit too straightforward isn't it?” Raven said as chuckled.
”No, uh. Well, you're right anyways.” Julius replied. ”Our situations are indeed quite miserable.”
”Why is that?” Raven asked, ”Oops, I mean, I won't force you if you don't want to say. Just curious that's all. I haven't in the sect for too long anyway. You can call me Crow by the way.”
Julius sighed and began telling him their story.
”I see, so you must be a newly recruited Inner Disciple. That makes sense.” He said, ”Well, as you've known, the sect isn't really stingy when it comes giving merit points. So long as you show results, then they will support your path to the peak.”
”Being an Outer Disciple is already considered as an honor. It comes with responsibilities but theirs are lighter compared to us Inner Disciples.”
”You've been to Greece I assume? Then you must've already seen how different it is compared to Tartarus. It's very obvious that living there is much better compared to the putrid environment of Tartarus itself.”
”But I advise you to not be fooled by it's beauty. Being an Inner Disciple leads to heavier responsibilities, and if you can't step into to occasion, you'll slowly fall out and will be expelled fro, the sect.”
”It's that bad?” Raven asked, somewhat in disbelief.
”It is. Trust me. Why else would we stake our lives fighting against Devils that are way out of league? Even boredom wouldn't justify that.” Derek replied in a downcasted manner.
”What he said.” Julius nodded, ”As an Inner Disciple, you are required to reach an accumulated amount of Merit Points - personal and collective for those who're still in a Unit. You can spend these Merit Points, what they look at are the records instead.”
”For the first year of you being an Inner Disciple, your quota is to accumulate a total of 100,000 Merit Points, if you're still in a Unit, then it would 50,000 for each Unit Member you have. Which means that a Unit with three members needs a 150,000 Unit Merit Points to pass the Quota. This happens bi-annually and nobody's an exception. Once you enter your second year, then it starts ramping up. Every six months, your personal Quota will rise by 25,000 Merit Points.”
”I am at my fifth year here as an Inner Disciple, and my bi-annual Quota is 300,000. Thankfully, they only implemented it on the Personal Quota, if the raised the Unit Quota as well, then we might've been long expelled from the sect.”
Raven's eyes widened for a bit. This was something that he didn't expect at all. That requirement was a bit harsh.
”The sect's got a clear conscience for this matter. They just wanted us to grow stronger quickly by placing pressure on our shoulders. Without pressure, we'd be lazy and all so this is just right.” Janine added.
”But the ramp up really becomes a bit too much.” Julius had an unsightly smile on his face. ”On top of clearing missions in order to satisfy the Quota, we also needed to train and raise our cultivation as well. We had barely enough time to relax or rest. The pressure keeps stacking up and if we don't do something, then our hard work will be in vain.”
”I've seen some other ways to earn Merit Points though, have you guys tried it?” Raven asked.
”Ah, those. Haha.” Julius laughed dispiritedly, his teammates just wryly smiled as well. ”You see, it's not like we don't want to. It's just that we can't.”
”You can't? How so?”
”You must be referring to the Coliseum of Rome, Hall of Gods and the Olympian Climb.” Derek answered instead. ”You see, those methods are only available to geniuses - Monsters as we call them. Regular people aren't meant to step on those places.”
”So you mean there is a specific requirement for you to challenge those?”
”Well, not really.” Janine replied. ”But like we said, it's only meant for Monsters. We don't have a place in there.”
Raven didn't say anything but frowned under his mask. Kyrie remained silent on the side but there is a visible disappointment on her eyes as well.
”Well, if you guys are rendered like this, then there must be more to the story right?”