It was easy to find the refectory as the watches they wore provided them with enough information on how to get there. Xero had initially wanted to run his way through but he decided not to as he noticed it was only a 5km walk from his dorm.
Besides that, Tenny had decided to tag along so he just couldn’t do his 10km dash now. He would do that later today.
The both of them walked down to the refectory. It was an extremely large hall that had a massive capacity. Xero was sure it was slightly as big as a stadium. He wondered how the large crowd were served their food.
"We go over there for our food then we take a seat there." Tenny said as he pointed at a booth and then at the lower ground of the refectory.
Xero nodded and they went over to the booth. To his surprise no one was there. Only an instruction which said he should flash his watch to access his ID.
Xero did that and it began loading like a normal Internet browser. This amazed him. This was probably built by an awakener. Someone who could build these things as an ability. It was a lucrative ability to have. Could earn lots of money from the sales.
Then the booth open and a plate of a delicious meal slided over to him. A well served streaked meat with chocolate bars and a cup of orange juice.
Tenny did the same thing as Xero only that this time, the booth quickly brought out a plate of chopped vegetables with long noodles. There was no fruit juice for him, only a glass of water.
"Sucks." Tenny cursed as they both went to the lower side of the refectory hall.
The lower side of the refectory hall housed the lower levels. Level 1 and 2 stayed at the bottom as always to eat. Xero and Tenny walker over and took a table for three.
The other lower levels gave Xero their glares as they watched him dish out his premium meal on the table. They were eating poor food while their grade was being served like a king.
"Uhmm...They seem to be kind of angry with you." Tenny said as they began eating. Xero didn’t have time to glance up at him. He just continued eating.
"Earlier they were gossiping you. Some think that you only survived because of luck. Others think you survived because of your teammates. Which ever way they are mad at you because they think you don’t deserve the glory." Tenny explained but Xero kept on eating like his life depended more on the food.
"Are you even listening? I just told you that you are now a common enemy to lots of students and you don’t even seem bothered." Tenny asked a bit concerned about Xero’s welfare.
"I heard you. What do you want me to do? Go over to them and beg them? Or probably share my food with them for each one of them to get a piece while they get happy? I’m not the kind of person who chickens out because of my situation. I will face them head on and I will still survive." Xero said and got back to his food.
Tenny stared at him with admiration. Xero had the kind of confidence that he lacked. A vital piece in his life was what Xero had in excess. Even though Xero was nothing but a level 1, he posses his own kind of charisma and that intruiged him.
"Probably that’s how you survived. Your confidence let you." Tenny whispered to himself.
Xero then passed his plate over to Tenny who looked surprised by the gesture. There was still a lot of streaked meat to eat.
"What’s this for?" Tenny asked confused.
"Eat. At least I have to share my food with a friend right. Eat up." Xero said and smiled.
Tenny then shrugged lightly and began to eat. Xero watched him dig into the food and almost laughed out.
"You know..." Xero was interrupted by a plate of food crashing into his face. The entire crowd began to laugh cruelly.
Xero cleaned his face and looked around the tables to see who it was that threw the plate at him. He clenched his fists tightly as anger began to build up in him.
"Haha. The kiddo is flaming up! Shall we calm his nerves down?!" A bulky guy said and picked up another plate and threw it at Xero.
The plate crashed on his face and blood dripped down his face and lots of it. Xero got up from his seat and walked over to the bulky guy. His was a level 2 so Xero knew he had high chances of beating him up.
"What are you going to do glory eater?!" The man said and laughed. His peers also joined him in laughing at Xero.
Xero decided to play cool. He wouldn’t beat the man here at least not now. All he had to do was to provoke him. Then he picked up the man’s noodles and stuffed a handful of it into his nose. The man choked heavily as the noodles blocked his nasal passage, preventing him from breathing.
His friends then stood up to face him squarely but Xero acted before them. He grabbed the first one’s head and slammed it against the table, knocking him off instantly.
The other two just stared at him in shock. They were both level 2s. The bulky guy then finally stood up and grabbed Xero by the neck.
"You bastard!!" He cursed as he tried smashing him against the ground but a voice tore through the crowd.
"I wouldn’t do that if I were you!"
Both Xero and the man turned to stare at the person who had spoken. It was Lora and she didn’t look mild as she walked towards them.
The boy froze as he noticed that she was a level 5. He quickly dropped Xero on the floor and left with his friends.
"Damn you. Just beware we still have an unfinished business." The guy said and smirked. Xero just clenched his fist as he watched them go away.