I Just Want A Peaceful Life

by Stayrr

( avg 45k ) What if the strongest person reincarnated to another world. Will he keep pursuing his dream to have a peaceful life? “Ding.. The Idle system is fully integrated.” “Wait… Why am I keep getting stronger!” Or will he conquer this new world? Seek and stay tune Angus's adventure in another world.

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"Haa… This is going to be troublesome." said Angus.

At this moment, Mia hugs Millie while crying. Millie herself is excited but she can't move since getting hugged by Mia. Axel is getting paralyzed on the spot and keeps stuttering.

As for Ian, at first, Angus thought he was going to be okay. But truthfully he fainted on the spot while standing. This situation makes Angus helpless.

"It's okay, Jayna. The ghost is already gone." said Angus to calm Jayna.

"Emm… Really??" said Jayna while didn't open her eyes.

"Of course, You can open your eyes slowly now." said Angus.

"Alright... " said Jayna while opening her eyes and looking at the surroundings.

After that, Angus and Jayna help their friend that is still rooted on the spot. Then, They decide to go back. However, Millie wanted to continue searching for the ghost. Fortunately, the others were adamant to go back and end their ghost search.

As for Angus, he is quite exhausted after the familiar contract incident and also decides to go back. So, Millie reluctantly goes back to the dorm with the others.

Arriving at the dorm, the others immediately go towards their room to rest. Angus himself also decided to rest in his room.

While lying down on the bed, he opens his system panel and looks at the new familiar menu. After opening it, he could see the familiar panel. There is only one familiar for now which is the Mundus. Selecting it he could see some information about his Familiar.

Familiar name: ???

Race: Mundus

Grade: 1

Bond: Completely Subdued

There is no other information besides its name, race, grade, and bond status. Unlike his status panel, it is not showing its strength, dexterity, intelligence, and vitality status.

After checking there is no more information Angus called Mundus, "Hey, are you there?" said Angus.

Then, Angus's shadow is wobble and the Mundus appear from it, "Stupid Master, you finally called me out." said the Mundus.

"Alright, stop grumbling. Let's get you a name. Hmm… how about Black?" said Angus.

"Master, although I am your familiar. I am not your pet." replied Mundus while glaring at Angus.

"Hahaha.. Sorry.. Sorry… I am not truly good at giving someone names. Let me think a little bit."

After thinking a little bit, "Hmm.. How about Draven?" said Angus.

"Hmm.. Draven? what's it mean?" asked the Mundus.

"I don't know. It just pops up in my mind. Draven, the one that emerges from the shadow." said Angus

"Hmm.. Alright, from now on. My name is Draven." said Mundus.

"Good, Now I want to sleep. Go back to my shadow." said Angus while back to lying down on his bed.

Few days passed by and Angus managed to learn more about Draven. Like Angus speculated, Draven is a newborn Mundus. He is quite intelligent because of his bloodline.

A legendary creature like Mundus could inherit memory and knowledge from its predecessor through its bloodline. Creatures like Mundus are very infertile. So, to protect the newborn, it usually leaves knowledge and memory through the bloodline.

However, some of the knowledge and memory is locked. It could only be unlocked when Draven evolves into the next grade or reaches a certain mastery of his skill. Despite only grade one, Draven is already a very strong beast.

It could move through shadow and could somehow teleport anywhere within the darkness. Using this ability, Draven could even escape from a seventh-grade combatant. As long as it stays in the darkness or shadow. No one could target it.

The only reason why Angus could catch it is because of Angus's poison. Although it only paralyzes poison, it also disturbs the mana inside Draven and forces it to come out of the shadow.

Draven could also release a black mist that lowers the nearby temperature while it also kind of isolates space. This ability is the reason why Mundus is very dangerous. No one could escape easily after getting caught inside this thick dark mist.

Just by these two abilities, Angus knows that Mundus is a top stealth beast type. These two ridiculous abilities themselves will get stronger for each grade.

Angus also found that Draven could join his fight inside the manual battle system. As a creature with high space affinity, Draven realizes that Angus is entering a sort of special space.

'According to Draven, the manual battle system does not happen in my mind but in a sort of special space that is connected with my body. Haa… I need to investigate this more.' thought Angus.

Now, Angus is inside the library and looking for more information about Mundus. As a legendary beast, there are a lot of references about Mundus. But not all of them are true. Some of them said that Mundus is not a beast but a monster.

Beast and Monster are similar but different. Monster is less intelligent than a beast unless it manages to become a Monster Overlord. As for Beast, they could learn like any living being normally despite not evolving their grade.

In Firuman, the beast is a kind of rare existence almost to the point of extinction. However, a record in ancient times said countless beasts live in harmony with civilization society.

Mundus is quite famous among the beasts. Still, because of its dark nature, many people thought it was a monster rather than a beast. Since its dark mist could easily be mistaken for Miasma.

Moreover, Mundus is a ferocious carnivore beast that likes to hunt any living being. Because of this reason, Angus had a problem getting food for Draven. But, after inquiry more. Angus found that Draven could eat monster meat.

Monster meat is kind of precious but also hard to be processed. So, it is kind of useless for most people. It also easily spoils if not treated carefully. This way the price of monster meat is only slightly higher than normal meat.

Because of this reason, Angus has a lot of monster meat that he didn't sell inside his inventory. As long as Angus keeps fighting and killing monsters inside his manual battle system, he could keep providing Draven's food.

He also found that Mundus is a very dark nature creature. Not only it has a great stealth ability, but it also secretes its own poison in its claw or spike. Some references even say that its breath is also poisonous along with its dark mist.

Fortunately, Draven still could not excrete poison yet. Otherwise, it will be Angus and Jayna that become food for Draven.

After finishing reading about Mundus, Angus walked out of the library. He goes towards one of the abandoned facilities. This abandoned facility is not big but also not small. According to the record, it should be an ex-private facility of one of the masters.

From above, it looks kind of normal. But, according to Draven, there is a huge basement area below it. This is the place where Draven was born. After searching for a while, Angus still didn't find the hidden mechanism to open the basement.

"Damn it, are you sure there is a basement in this place?" asked Angus.

"Yeah, of course. That place is where my egg is stored." replied Draven telepathically.

"But, even with my scanning skill. I couldn't find it. Can you go back to the basement area?" asked Angus.

"Hmm.. That's a piece of cake." said Draven.

Then, Draven appears from Angus's shadow before entering the stone gap into the ground. After a while, it came back and brought a piece of broken black colored egg.

Looking at this, "Haa… Do I need to break it by force? But it may collapse along with the inside. Say, Draven, what is inside of this basement?" asked Angus.

"There are various things like books, some strange tubes, cages, other broken monster eggs, and many other things." replied Draven.

"Urgg.. Now, I want to explore inside of it. But, the hidden mechanism is concealed really well. Alright, let's search for it once more." said Angus.

However, after a long time searching, Angus still didn't manage to find the hidden mechanism. Before Angus knew it, the sun already set, and the darkness shroud the whole academy ground.

"*sigh* That's it. Let's come back tomorrow." said Angus.

Suddenly, Angus hears a soft whisper behind him.

"Get out~ Get out~" said a transparent person in a white blouse.

Looking at this, Angus could only shake his head.

"Alright, miss ghost, What do you want?" asked Angus casually.

"Get out~ Get out~ It's dangerous~" replied the ghost.

"What's the one that is dangerous, miss ghost?" said Angus.

"Bellow.. Deep underground is dangerous.. Get Out~" said the ghost.

"You know about the basement room in this place?" asked Angus.

The ghost didn't reply but only nodded. Seeing the ghost nodded, "Did you know how to get in there?" asked Angus again.

"Yes.. " replied the ghost shortly.

"Can you show me?" asked Angus.

"No.. It's a dangerous place. Get Out~" said the ghost.

"Ohh.. come on. You know I could subdue Mundus before. Could you trust me with this one?"

"I said Get Out~ Get Out~" as the ghost spoke louder, almost to scream.

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"Get Out~ Get Out~" the ghost keeps repeating the same word like a broken recorder.

Hearing this, "Haa… This is why I don't like dealing with spirit. They are too unreasonable." said Angus.

During this time, "Master, the ghost is too annoying. Can I eat her?" said Draven inside Angus's mind.

"Ehh.. You can do that?" asked Angus.

"Of course, this ghost could only run before because it managed to escape my mist. But inside this darkness, I could devour it without a problem." replied Draven

"Err.. that's kind of… Anyway, don't worry about her, I could take care of her." said Angus to reassure Draven.

During this moment, the ghost voice keeps becoming louder and starting to get annoying. Looking at the mad ghost in front of him, "Urrg… this is getting annoying." said Angus.

Angus channels mana into his hand and creates a blue flame on his hand. Using this hand, he grabbed the intangible ghost.

"Alright, that's it. If you don't shut up your mouth at the next second I will burn you to nothingness." said Angus coldly.

Feeling touched and the hot temperature of the flame, the ghost surprised and shut up. Seeing that the ghost calming down, "Good, now show me the way to enter the underground, or I will burn you until you are completely gone." said Angus sternly

The ghost wanted to say something but feeling the hot flame from Angus, she immediately decided to comply with Angus's request. The ghost waves her hand and marks the brick wall with a number.

"Touch the brick according to my mark and the underground shall be revealed." said the ghost while still being grabbed by Angus.

Hearing this Angus still didn't let go of the ghost, "Draven, touch the wall according to the number." commanded Angus.

Draven immediately comes out from the shadow and pushes the brick wall according to the mark number. Looking carefully, the brick that is being marked is forming a sort of word or symbol. However, Angus didn't recognize the word or symbol.

After touching the brick wall, *Clack* *Clack*Clack* The ground is lowered and shown stairs towards the underground.

"Interesting…" said Angus.

Then, Angus released his grip and the ghost immediately became invisible and ran away. Ignoring the running ghost, Angus looks at the darkness below the stairs.

After thinking carefully, Angus touches the brick again with the same sequence and closes the underground stairs.

"Alright, Let's check what's inside tomorrow. I am quite hungry right now. Draven, let's go back." said Angus.

As Angus walked away, Draven went inside the Angus shadow. The night passed by uneventfully. In the morning, Angus wakes up like usual and does his morning routine before going to the class.

Today's class could be said to be one of the hardest courses besides Arithmancy, it is the Science Physic. To most of the students, this course is quite interesting yet also very hard since it has a lot of theory and calculation.

Many students often fail this course's test. Fortunately, there are some remedial tests and practical tests that could increase the overall score. Otherwise, there will be many students that have not passed this course.

It is not because the test is too hard but it is sometimes not compatible with the student's interest. For example, the warrior student class will find this course very boring and hard. However, for the magician class, this course is very interesting and important for them.

Because of this, some students didn't take too much importance about the course which let it become one of the hardest subjects. As for Angus, this is one of his favorite courses.

Through this, he could understand more about nature and physics which could develop his own mind when making his own spell in the future.

With his current enhanced mind, he also didn't have any problem memorizing the theory and doing the calculation as long as he put his mind on it.

Soon, the course came to an end after a few hours. However, these few hours are quite a torture for the other student's mind. In the magician class, the science physics course is more advanced and harder than the other class which is quite hard for the teenage student's mind.

Almost all of Angus's classmates fell into an absent-minded mood after the science physics course. In the afternoon after lunchtime, Angus attended the Ancient Language side course.

This side course helped him a lot to learn another language along with his language creation. Usually, the course is a kind of self-study about the other language for a few hours.

As long as the student managed to do the assignment and keep attending the course class, they are free to do their own self-study.

Entering the class which is quite small and few students, Angus goes towards the teacher's desk. Fortunately, today's teacher is Elis, Angus's former homeroom teacher.

"Teacher Elis, can I ask you a question about a language?" said Angus.

"Oh.. Mr. Victory. Long time no see. What can I help you with?" said Teacher Elis

"It's about this symbol. Did you happen to recognize this language?" said Angus while giving a symbol that he found in the secret underground entrance yesterday.

Looking at this symbol, "T-This is… Where did you get this word?" said Teacher Elis.

"Eh… is there something wrong with it?" asked Angus back confusedly.

"Huft.. If I am not wrong this is not a symbol. It's a word from a powerful language, Did you know about this kind of language?" said teacher Elis.

"Powerful language? Did you mean like the lost language of dragon language, Old Tongue language, and many more." said Angus.

"True, it's about those languages. These languages are so powerful that each word could create a phenomenon. However, along the time, The people who could vocalize these languages perished along the time." explained teacher Elis.

"I see… So, which language does this come from?"

"If I am not wrong this word comes from the Dusk Language, the counterpart of the Sun Language. It means 'Door'. I don't know where you find this word. but, I suggest you do not interact with this place." explained Teacher Elis.

"Err.. Is there something dangerous?" asked Angus curiously.

"Rather than dangerous, it's about the nature of this language. People that use Dusk Language are often involved with something dark and nasty. So, wherever you see this kind of word, you should avoid this place and immediately tell the teacher about the place." explained teacher Elis.

"A-Alright.. Actually, I just found it in some book. But, I don't know if it is a symbol or a word so I asked you about this. So, don't worry about it." said Angus.

"Well, I hope so." said teacher Elis.

"Then, do we happen to have a book about this Dusk Language or the Sun Language in the library?" said Angus.

"Of course not. This is a powerful language, there is no way its book is being put in the library." said Teacher Elis.

"But, since teacher Elis recognized the word, you must have this book, right?" said Angus.

"Yes, but why should I lend this book to a troublemaker like you?" said Teacher Elis.

"Ehh… Troublemaker??" asked Angus back.

"Every time there is a class tournament, your previous class always causes trouble. From the possession incident to the intruder." said Teacher Elis.

"Ehh... That's Jayna's fault. Not mine." said Angus to defend himself.

"Still, This is a powerful language. Many people will not have a chance to study it in their lifetime. It's also dangerous to study it without supervision. So, Why should I lend to a teenage-like you?" asked Teacher Elis.

"M-Maybe because I am your previous homeroom student?" said Angus uncertain.

"Pftt… You and Ms. Heart is the most annoying student that I have taught before. Luckily, I am not going to be your homeroom teacher anymore. Anyway, why don't you tell me from which book you got this word from." said Teacher Elis.

Hearing Teacher Elis's question, "Err… I forgot about it. It's some storybook called sun goes down or something. Anyway, since teacher Elis doesn't want to lend the book, I will do my own study." said Angus while walking away to avoid being interrogated further.

After the Ancient language side course time passed, Angus didn't go back to the abandoned building but back to his dorm and lay on his usual spot while enjoying the sunset.

After a while, "Master, the stalker is already gone." said Draven inside Angus's mind.

"Yeah, I also noticed that. I didn't expect Teacher Elis to follow me like this." replied Angus.

Angus didn't move from his spot and kept accompanying Jayna training [Arctic Heart] while practicing her sword.

After the sun had completely gone, Angus entered the dorm and had dinner with the others before going back to his room. Inside his room, "Draven, clad me with your black mist." commanded Angus.

After that, his shadow trembles and engulf his whole body until it becomes completely black [Shadow Blend]. This is a special skill when he successfully makes a contract with Draven.

He feels like being covered by a thin layer all over his body. Furthermore, Angus could feel that he could submerge into the shadow like it is water.

He also feels that his mana continues to be drained a little bit to maintain this state. Without wasting any moment, Angus went out of the dorm through the window.

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Exiting the dorm area, Angus travels across the royal academy ground under the bright moonlight. Using his expertise and his new skill to hide in the shadows, Angus managed to sneak around silently without being found out.

Although there are no other people that are stalking him, he still needs to take some precautions. Especially after being stalked by teacher Elis for the whole afternoon.

If not for Angus's [Mana Echolocation] and strong perception, Angus wouldn't find out this teacher was stalking him the whole afternoon. Judging by this behavior, she will also stalk him for a few days.

Because of this, Angus could only sneak around in the middle of the night to explore the hidden underground chamber.

Soon, he arrived at the abandoned facility he left behind yesterday. Entering the abandoned facility, Angus draws out the shadow that covers his body. After that, he touched the brick according to its sequence.

Then, once again the floor goes down revealing a hidden stair towards the underground below. Taking out a magical lamp device, Angus descended slowly towards the underground.

Walking the stairs in the middle of the darkness, Angus arrives in front of a big door. Then he looked carefully at the door without touching it using [Mana Eye].

'Hmm.. Like I thought there are various runes hidden in this door. Probably a sort of trap or alarm.' thought Angus.

After thinking a little bit, "Draven, can you go behind the door and open it from the inside?"

"Alright, master." said Draven as he entered the door through its gap.

*Clang* Then, the door opened from the inside easily and disable the trap runes.

"As I thought, the rune is not working if the door is opened from the inside." said Angus while entering the chamber.

The chamber is black colored by its floor, wall, and ceiling which make the room very gloomy. Rather than a chamber, Angus thought it was a sort of storage room since there are many kinds of things inside of it.

Be it deteriorating clothes, ingredients, minerals, books, to dead monster eggs. There are many monster rows of dead monster eggs beside the cracked one which Angus guesses Draven's monster egg.

After checking carefully, Angus didn't find another love monster egg that still didn't hatch. According to Draven, his egg is quite special and needs a dark place and a long time before it could hatch.

Draven is a kind of accidental phenomenon from this abandoned chamber. After looking carefully, Angus found that this chamber is at least a hundred years or older.

After didn't find any kind of special things or item, Angus went towards the desk and the bookshelf area.

On the middle of the desk, there is a piece of paper with a strange symbol that Angus didn't understand its meaning. Angus guesses it is a sentence from the Dusk language that the owner left behind.

After checking the desk for a while, Angus didn't find anything. Then, Angus goes towards the bookshelf to find more clues about the room and its owner. Since the other party often uses powerful language such as Dusk Language, the owner may be some powerful person.

Fortunately, the book on the shelf is not written in the dusk language. Still, it is written in a sort of ancient language. From Angus's knowledge, this is the language of the ancient Dark Elf race.

The Dark Elf race is the counterpart of the normal Elf race. They inherited their strong characteristic of the Elf race but didn't have a long lifespan. The eldest of this race could only live until around 80 years old.

However, unlike the humble Elf race, their nature is more aggressive and specialized in combat. Some rumors said that one of the dark elves could beat two or three normal elves. This shows the terrifying combat power of this race.

Now, their kind is almost extinct since they also inherited the infertility of elves. However, there is a rare phenomenon where the normal elf gives birth to a dark elf. This is also a sign that the world is in danger and needs the help of the dark elf's strength.

In the ancient record every time Dark Elf is born, there will be a calamity that follows them. Because of that, the Dark elf is also the sign of calamity or disaster itself.

Angus still didn't learn the dark elf language but he knows there is some book about it inside the royal academy library.

As the number one private academy in the human race, the royal academy has a great number of book collections from various kinds of sources.

After storing all the books into his wristwatch storage, Angus checks the material and ingredients in the other-self. Some of the material already completely deteriorated while the mineral-type item still could be used.

He also collects all these mineral items since every single one of them is very rare. Just by using this type of material, Angus may create a weapon like his Sky Thorn. His Sky Thorn is made of pure Manatium and has high conductivity with mana.

In a world where people use mana as combat power, this kind of weapon is very rare and precious.

Done with looting everything, Angus checks the chamber once again in case he missed something. Then, he exited the room. Exiting the room, Angus closes the hidden staircase and once again uses his familiar skill to go back to the dorm.

Angus is quite happy about the harvest he gets from the hidden chamber. Just by the rare material he looted, he could already live like a potato in his everyday life.

If Angus's life before this could be said as rich, now Angus could be said as super-rich. This is still not counting the profit he will get when he starts selling his Miasma Cure Potion.

"No wonder, many people like to hunt or search hidden tombs and someone's legacy in this world. Just a small storage chamber could contain many precious things." said Angus while lying down on the bed.

"Still, I need to at least learn about the hidden chamber owner." said Angus before he goes to sleep.

In the next few days, Angus kept learning about the ancient dark elf language while sometimes translating the book he took from the hidden chamber.

During these past days, as Angus thought, Teacher Elis kept silently stalking Angus while being invisible. Fortunately, Teacher Elis gave up after a few days otherwise she would soon know Angus's true strength.

Besides learning the Ancient Dark Elf language, Angus also keeps helping Jayna to create her skill. At first, Angus thought to teach her his skill. But, all his skill is kind of self-created that is customized for himself.

She may use the skill but not as well as Angus. Because of this, Angus didn't teach her any skills but helped her to create her skill.

Since Jayna is using a sword as her main weapon, she is the type with close combat range combatant. This type of combatant needs a good movement skill be it for dodging and attacking.

One of Angus's favorite movement skills is [Beast Walk] that he created based on his inspiration from various animal movements. This skill makes Angus very unpredictable but also very difficult to do.

If not because Angus has complete mastery of his own body, he will never be able to do this movement skill. Now, Angus and Jayna are trying to create a movement skill that is suitable for her.

"So, do I need to observe some animal movement?" asked Jayna.

"Of course not. I created [Beast Walk] based on my understanding of animal movement. So, what you need to do is create movement skills based on your understanding. This is the true way to create a skill for your use." explained Angus.

"Not only will the skill be exclusive to you but you could develop the skill further as your experience accumulated." added Angus.

"Alright, I get it. But, Why do I need to go on this picnic with you in this desolate forest?" asked Jayna.

"Ehh.. Did you not like it?" asked Angus back.

"N-No… It just.. you said you will help me create a movement skill. So, I thought you would train me or something." said Jayna while blushing.

"Well, training is important. But, you also need to relax sometimes and enjoy the surroundings. Besides, one of the best inspirations usually comes from nature itself." said Angus while getting close with Jayna.

Being closed by Angus, Jayna couldn't help but blush. After Jayna learned [Arctic Heart] she could hide and control her emotion better than before. But, she will find some kind of distress whenever being teased by Angus like the current one.

"Ahh… It's better if we are on some kind of beach or ocean." said Angus while enjoying the scenery with Jayna.

"You are right, I hear Sunset city has a nice beach for the vacation." said Jayna.

"Sunset city?? Hmm.. I hear it is the only city that connects with the ocean. I look forward to going there in the future." said Angus.

Unbeknown to them, they may not have time to go towards this city in the future.

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One year has passed since the Monster Overlord attacked and destroyed the Holy Alliance nation. Since then, there is practically no news about the Monster Overlord. Even some of the investigation team could not find it.

It seems to disappear into nothingness. Because of this, the Civilian Society force is turned into a passive state. Their alliance force's purpose is to hunt and kill the Monster Overlord.

At first, they decide to help take over the Holy Alliance nation. However, there are no true benefits except the nation nearby the Holy Alliance for this operation. It is also kind of overkill to use the alliance to just take over the Holy Alliance.

While the Civilian Society searches for the Monster Overlord whereabout, many nations seem not to care about the Monster Overlord situation and still live their daily life.

One of the nations is the Orces Kingdom. It is a kingdom that is smaller than the Heart Kingdom. However, it is one of the prosperous kingdoms in Firuman. One of their major sources of income comes from the East Coast city.

East Coast city is a city that is located near the ocean. Not only could they produce many kinds of vast maritime products, but it is also one of the famous spots for vacation and entertainment. The beautiful white beach and deep blue sea are one of their tourist attractions.

There are also many adventurer guilds inside the city. East Coast city has a deep underwater dungeon nearby its beach which also becomes one of the targets for adventure.

Moreover, the seawater is also connected with the Athan Ocean where one of the Monster Overlords resides. Because of this, the Athan Ocean also became one of the biggest water monster habitats in Firuman.

Many lower-grade monsters often come to the East Coast side and become a source of income for the adventurer group nearby. East Coast city is also near the Dark Forest and makes the best place for a lot of adventure to stay.

Since there are a lot of high-level adventurers along with the kingdom's soldiers, East Coast city is safe for many years which has become one of the best tourist spots in the Firuman.

On this day, East Coast city is still operating normally despite the tense situation in the world. It also didn't get much impact from the world economic crisis. As one of the most prosperous cities in the Firuman, East Coast city could easily avoid the economic crisis.

At the ocean near the East Coast city, many fishermen try to do their job catching some maritime products such as fishes, crab, and many others.

On one of the fish boats, "This is weird?? Is it my unlucky day?" said the fisherman that keeps pulling the empty fishnet.

"Hey, Timmy, what's wrong?" said one of the guard patrols that just arrived on another boat..

"Oh.. Jack, this is weird. None of us is getting a fish today." replied Timmy.

"Ehh… That's weird," said Jack.

Suddenly, Jack looked in the Athan Ocean direction. As the kingdom's guard, he often patrols the nearby water in case of the monster attacks the fisherman. He himself is a grade four combatant that specialized in fighting in water.

"I have a bad feeling about this." said Jack before going inside the boat.

After that, he turns on the detection device and creates a small invisible wave toward the surroundings. Looking at the detection device that is full of red dots from the Athan Ocean direction, he immediately gets out of the boat.

"Get Back!! All of you get back!! It's the monster wave!!" shouted Jack while sounding the alarm.

As soon as the nearby fisherman heard Jack's alarm, the Fishermans immediately moved to the shore. Then, Jack picks his communication device.

"Alert!! Alert!! This Unit Patrol 23, Code 5... I repeat Code 5!!" Said Jack while moving his boat towards shore.

Meanwhile, in the East Coast City near the beach, there is a huge building. This is the headquarters for the kingdom's soldiers in case there is a dungeon break from a nearby dungeon.

Suddenly, one of the intelligence staff got a signal from one of the patrol guards.

"Alert!! Alert!! This Unit Patrol 23, Code 5... I repeat Code 5!! I repeat co.. BZZTT" as the connection is jammed by something.

Hearing this, the intelligence staff immediately go towards the general office. But, before he moves, he already sees the general standing in his way.

"Sir.. One of the patrol guards… "

"Shut Up!! What the hell are you here for? Sound the fucking Alarm already. It's fucking code 5. Call all the nearby adventurers and notify the soldier!!" said the muscular brute general.

"Y-Yes, sir!!" said all the staff nearby.

Soon, an emergency alarm was heard all over the city. *Teng* *Teng* *Teng* While the alarm was heard all over the city, Various kinds of the signal flare could be seen from the Ocean direction. *BANG* *BANG* *BANG*

Looking at the signal flare, "Damn it! Someone please inform the Capital city for help!!" shouted the Muscular general to a nearby soldier.

"I hope we are not too late." muttered the general.

As the alarm heard from all over the city, the citizens and tourists were evacuated immediately.

Near the beach area, "Haa… What now? This should be my vacation day." said the old man while looking at the ocean direction.

Inside one of the big casinos, "Hmm… Alarm? In this city, Is it fate?" said the black-cloaked guy.

Inside the East Coast Mayor's office, "Sir.. There is an alarm from the coast guard." said the guard toward a blue-skinned big man.

The man ignored the staff and kept looking at the ocean. "Notify the capital city for help and evacuate my family along with others," said the mayor.

"Y-Yes, sir." replied the staff before going out of the room.

"May God bless us." muttered the blue-skinned mayor before flying out towards the beach wearing battle armor.

Arriving at the beach, there are already many adventurers and soldiers gathered together in front of the coast guard headquarter.

As the mayor landed on the ground, "General, how is the situation?" Asked the mayor towards the muscular general.

"We lost contact with all of our patrol guards. There is some kind of interference that jammed our device. I guess it's a huge monster wave." said the muscular general.

"Yeah.. I also feel it. It's the same as one hundred years ago where there was a huge monster wave attack coming from the Athan Ocean." said the mayor.

"I hope they won't come into the land." said the general.

"I hope so. Looking at the dark clouds in the ocean far away from them." replied the mayor.

Most of the ocean monsters couldn't travel in the land and made them very passive in the ocean. However, there are many ways for them to attack the city. One of them is to completely flood the city.

Because of this, the guards ready their force to push the monster back before they completely flood the city. Unlike the battle in the land, the battle in the water is much more dangerous for the land-based people.

They didn't have the fortress to hold the monster that was coming from the ocean. Even there is the fortress itself will soon be flooded by the sea wave attack.

At this moment, a group of green-skinned people with small stature approach the general.

"General Zephir, all the BamBom is ready!!" said the green-skinned people with childish voices.

"Good, now prepare the Mana Machine Gun and ready the weapon prototype 2." command general Zephir.

"Ahh.. you mean the KaBomBom and BadaBom?" replied the green-skinned people.

"Yes, that one." said the general with the green-skinned people's antics.

"Can we really use them for Bom Bom?" asked the green-skinned people again.

"Yes, Now go before I shove your head into his ass!!" shouted the general.

"You hear that boys… It's BomBom time!! Kahahaha.. " laughed the green-skinned people while running away.

"Tch… Gremlin!!" said the general Zephir.

After a while, "Zephir, they are coming." said the mayor.

"Everyone ready for the position!! spread along the beach!!" said the general Zephir.

All the kingdom soldiers and adventurers immediately spread all over the beach while some of the people and tourists looked curiously at the back. Although monster waves are dangerous since they come from the ocean they rarely could travel on land.

This way many people want to see battles between soldiers and adventurers with the ocean monster especially from the tourists.

Soon, the monsters approach the beach area, and its shape starting to show. Looking at the monster, "Shit.. it's Murk.. An Amphibian monster. Citizens go back!! Evacuate now!!" said the mayor.

"It's a Murk. Everyone, attack!! Don't let them enter the city!!" shouted the general

Looking like a Murk monster, every single magician immediately shoots their spell while some adventurer also releases their artillery. The majority of the magicians release lightning-based spells to kill the Murk inside the water.

The nearby mana cannon also fired towards the horde of Murk that was approaching the beach. *BOM* *BOM* *BOM*

After getting blasted, the Murk's increase their speed and approach the land. Looking at the endless tide of the Murk army, "Charge!!" shouted the blue-skinned Mayor.

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"Charge!!" shouted the East Coast city mayor.

The two forces immediately collide one with the others in the middle of the beach. Spells, skills, and various kinds of energy attacks are launched towards the monster army.

The majority of the Monster Army consists of Murk. Murk is an amphibian monster with a body similar to the giant frog. They could secrete some poison all over their body and also could manipulate water to a certain degree.

While General Zephir and the other soldiers fend off the endless tide of the Murk army, rain starts to envelop the whole city. Slowly the rain becomes harder and rejuvenates the Murk. The sea waves also become bigger and deter many of the soldiers.

Looking at this, the blue-skinned mayor, "T-This is… Unnatural. Something is manipulating the weather."

Then, the mayor found one particular bigger Murk among the others. It has black skin and a lot of spikes protruding from its body. The spikes around its head shaped into a sort of a crown.

Unlike the other Murks, this Murk didn't approach the beach like a mindless beast but kept moving its front leg in the air while occasionally letting out some gibberish.

"Grade 5 Murk King!!" said the Blue Skinned Mayor while approaching the Murk King.

Seeing someone want to disturb their king, the other Murk holds the Mayor back. However, Mayor Rasduk is not an easy opponent. Not only is he a come from Mer Race with superior strength, speed, and endurance, he is also a full-fledged six-grade combatant.

Moreover, Mer Race is a race that specializes in fighting in the water. Looking at the approaching Murk, Mayor Rasduk enveloped his hand with water. The water in his hand becomes a sort of sword that cuts all the Murk nearby [Water Slash].

Like an unstoppable force, Rasduk soon approached the Murk King quickly. Before he could slash the Murk King, it stopped its chanting and blocked Mayor'sattack with its palm. The two forces clash and create a huge shockwave towards the surrounding area.

At this time, General Zephir also noticed the Murk King.

"Shoot!! Shoot at that Murk King!!" shouted the General while killing the nearby Murk.

The nearby mana cannon immediately targets the Murk King to shoot it. Noticing this, the Mayor immediately backed away while also launching its attack from his hand [Water Bullet]. [Water Bullet] coming toward it like a cannonball.

However, the Grade 5 Murk King is also not an easy opponent. It raises its hand and manipulates the surrounding water into a whirlpool [Water Wall]. The huge [Water Wall] defended against all the attacks.

Still, the Murk King got injured being bombarded by all of this concentrated attack. But the wound immediately regenerated from all the nearby water. Absorbing the nearby water, Its body also becomes bigger.

Soon, its body became five meters tall. In this shape, the Mayor Rasduk [Water Slash] could only wound its skin a little bit before its wound is closed. Left with no choice, The mayor brings out his trident from his device storage and attacks it.

Noticing the danger from the trident, the Murk King began its counterattack towards the Mayor. Both of them begin to entangle and create a shockwave from their clash. A palm and trident keep clashing one against another.

Meanwhile, the weather becomes more horrible and shows a sign of a huge rainstorm. Although the Murk King already stopped his weather manipulation, the rainstorm is still coming and becoming bigger. Still, the other combatant is not hopeless.

They are already proficient in combating monsters in a water environment. It could be said that East Coast city adventurers and soldiers are stronger at fighting in this environment.

Not far from the beach an old man looking at the battle in the front, "My.. My… What a horrible rainstorm." commented the old man in surfing pants.

As the battle became more stalemate, A loud humming sound was heard from the sea. Then a big water ball launches at the Mana Cannon [Water Blast]. The Mana cannon immediately pulverized its surrounding area.

Looking at this, "Tch.. It's a grade-four Whale Bust." Said the General Zephir.

"Mer Squad move!! Soldiers open the path to the Mer Squad!!" shouted General Zephir.

A group of blue-skinned warriors immediately run towards the sea while the nearby soldier opens a path for them. This group of warriors consists of grade four Mer people. Mer Race is also fast at swimming in the sea and has a major advantage in battle at the sea.

Soon, this group becomes entangled with the Whale Bust and prevents it from creating another [Water Blast]. Whale Bust is famous for its [Water Blast] but it is also slow. Despite that, it also has very thick skin and strong endurance.

However, this group of Mer people's race is enough to push back this monstrous whale. While all of this is happening, a group of green-skinned gremlins is busy themself to assemble some kind of weapon.

"Kahaha… KaBomBom is ready boys!! Shoot to go" said one of the gremlin.

"Alright, let me test it. Kahahaha... " then the leader of the gremlin hold the weapon and shoot towards the Murk army *Bang* *Bang* *Bang*Bang*

Hundreds of small mana bullets launched immediately non-stop towards the Murk Army.

"Kahaahaha… Die you maggot!! KABOMBOMBOM.." while the gremlin leader kept shooting nonstop.

The help from the mana machine gun immediately alleviated the work of other adventurers and soldiers.

"Haha.. Eat that you a stupid frog." said General Zephir.

During this moment, another few loud humming sounds were heard and many [Water Blast] launched towards the mana cannon.

Seeing more Whale Bust emerged from the sea, "Damn.. Just how big is this monster wave?" curse General Zephir while killing the Murk left and right with his greatsword.

"Send all the remaining Mer Squad!!" commanded General Zephir.

But, the Whale Bust number is more than Mer Squad which makes some of the Whale Bust destroy the remaining Mana Canon. As the mana cannon is destroyed, the civilian force is also being pushed back.

At this moment, A gigantic Whale Bust that is bigger than the others accumulated water in its mouth.

Looking at this, all the people immediately became frightened and hopeless.

"T-That's grade five Whale Bust." said one of the soldiers.

Meanwhile on the outskirts of the beach, "Ehh.. that's kind of a dangerous move." said the old man calmly.

At this time, the citizens already evacuated leaving the old man in with the surfing pants and black sunglasses. Just as the old man wants to move, he feels enormous energy from behind.

"I guess it's not my time yet." said the old man.

During this time, the grade five Whale Bust releases [Water Blast] and destroy anything on its path. As the soldiers and adventurer retreat, a man comes in the front [Water Blast] with fast speed and slash it multiple times into nothingness.

"A mere monster dares to run amok in my kingdom!!" said the Muscular Man with a crown on his head.

"I-It's King Nexus." said one of the soldiers.

The civilian force immediately cheers at the coming of King Nexus. Then, King Nexus bites his thumb and slams it onto the water surface [Summon - Familiar].

A bright light came from the sea and a huge roar was heard in the sea. A big blue-colored horse with a horn on its head appeared in the sea. *Roar*

"Silyu, prevent that grade five Whale Bust from launching another attack!!" command King Nexus.

Inside the water, the Mer Squad found the gigantic water horse helping them, "It's Silyu, the familiar of King Nexus. King Nexus has arrived." said one of the Mer Squad.

Hearing this, the other Mer Squad that is passive becomes more aggressive launching their attack. On the surface, King Nexus immediately helps Mayor Rasduk, killing the Murk King.

However, the Murk king has already noticed this and immediately submerges inside the water. At this moment, a loud horn is heard from all over the world. *BOOO*

After the horn is heard, a thick miasma tendril comes from the sky and enters the dead monster. They rise as undead monsters and attack the surroundings aggressively.

Looking at this, "Fall back!! Retreat!! Back to the city!!" shouted King Nexus.

During this moment, a black-colored thing is approaching King Nexus from a different direction. Before King Nexus could react, he was already being hit by the black thing and launched towards the nearby building.

King Nexus kept being flown away until he destroyed a few buildings. However, rather than surprise and confusion, a smile appears on King Nexus's face.

"Ptui.. Hahaha… Finally, you come out!!" shouted King Nexus.

Looking at the black thing in the sky, the old man also gave a smile, "Kahaha… What a day. This should be my vacation day." said the old man happily.

Meanwhile, inside the city, a black-cloaked man looking at the black thing in the sky, "To think it will come here. I guess we need some reinforcement." said the Black cloaked man while opening a special communication device.

As the black-colored aura in the sky subsided, everyone could see the blue-colored hair monster in the sky with thick Miasma on its surroundings.

"It's the Monster Overlord!!"

"It's the Monster Overlord!!" said one of the soldiers as they felt the pressure from the Monster Overlord.

"Leave!! Retread towards the capital!!" shouted King Nexus.

Everyone immediately retreads and goes away leaving the monster behind. In Firuman, the battle between high-grade people could become very destructive towards the surrounding. Sometimes it could even destroy the entire city just from their aftershock.

Now, there's Monster Overlord and King Nexus who is a seventh-grade combatant. Although everyone is curious about the battle, it is still very dangerous to stay behind. Most people choose their life rather than their curiosity.

As the soldier and adventurer move back to retread, the Monster Overlord flared up his miasma aura and roared towards the sky. *ROAARR*

After the roar, a huge magic circle appears in the sky covering the entire city. The huge magic circle makes a disturbance towards the nearby dark cloud. Looking at the gigantic magic circle in the sky, everyone becomes solemn.

Although they don't know what kind of this spell, they still know that it could destroy the entire city from the huge miasma it gathers.

"Kahahaha… What a horrible day. I am supposed in my fucking vacation day." laughed the old man who kept observing the battle from the start.

Then, the old man raised his hand towards the magic diagram in the sky. Exerting his powerful mana, he makes all the nearby ground crack.

Less than a second later, "HAA!!" Shouted the old man.

*Crack* *Crack* *BZZTZZ* The magic circle immediately cracks and turns into nothingness. Everyone immediately looked at the old man in the surfing pants and wearing sunglasses.

"Ohh.. Don't look at me like that. I am quite shy." said the old man

Before the Monster Overlord reacted, King Nexus already brandished his Greatsword towards the Monster Overlord. *BAM* The Monster Overlord managed to parry the king's attack using his spear at the last second.

Just from this clash, it creates a powerful shockwave towards the entire city. The two of them keep exchanging clash and create a shockwave nearby.

Seeing this, "Hurry, retread to the capital city." shouted Mayor Rasduk while holding back some of the Murk.

Still, the mayor is only one person. Even he could barely stop the Murk King, let alone the entire Murk army. Noticing this, the people immediately move again towards the city outskirts.

At this moment inside the headquarter patrolling guard, "You sure about this?" said one of the gremlin.

"Yeah.. Since we are going to retreat, we might as well retreat with BaDaBom!! Kehehehe…" said the gremlin while in a sort of weird object.

After wearing a google, "Alright.. PULL!!" said the gremlin.

"Launch!!" said the other gremlin *Clang* *Clang* *BUSS* the gremlin inside the object launched to the sky from the headquarter patrol guard.

"WOHOOO… I Believe I can fly!!" shouted the gremlin while riding a steel plane.

Then, he pushed a BaDaBoM button inside his cockpit. The plane immediately ejected dozens of objects towards the Murk Army below. *BOM* *BOM* *BOM* *BOM* *BOM*

As the object landed it exploded and killed all the surrounding Murk. The scenery becomes so weird as sometimes the plane itself is not stable flying after ejecting all its bombs. the gremlin itself inside the plane kept singing some song that nobody could understand.

"Kahaha… People call me the mad, but that's some crazy shit you got there." said the old man while laughing.

Still, the dead Murk army rises again as undead from the thick Miasma that was brought out by the Monster Overlord. Looking at this, even Mayor Rasduk could only retreat. During this time, a few of the Whale Bust shoot [Water Blast] towards the city.

"Ohoo.. It seems it's my time." said the old man.

Then, the old man stomps his leg towards the ground and raises a big earth wall covering the whole beach.

"Kahahaha.. a group of fish ruined my day. Die!! [5th Circle Spell - Blossom of the Earth]" *BOMM*

A thousand gigantic earth spikes rose from the ground and covered the whole beach and the water nearby. Every single monster got punctured by the spikes and trapped in it.

"That's King Bulda's signature move. It's the mad earth king Bulda." said general Zephir after looking at the old man's move.

Suddenly, a more ferocious roar came from outside the city.

"Sir, the monster coming from the Dark Forest direction." reports one of the haggard soldiers.

"Then, the Dansel Fortress was already destroyed. Go towards the capital city, regroup with the Royal Guard. I believe the royal guard is already on its way here." said Mayor Rasduk.

As the other civilian army retreads, King Nexus and the Monster Overlord keep clashing harder with each other. Their aftershock attack even cracked all the surrounding buildings.

Still, King Nexus was already wounded internally before and didn't have a strong endurance as Monster Overlord. Soon, he shows the sign of being overpowered in a close combat battle.

During this time, a multiple colored spell enhancement spell latched at King Nexus making him fight back again. Then, a huge earth golem appears from behind the Monster Overlord.

"Did someone forget about me?" laughed King Bulda.

The huge earth golem launches a punch at the Monster Overlord. *Bang* The attack not only covers a huge area but is also very strong and destroys some buildings behind the Monster Overlord.

"Oi.. Bulda, don't you dare destroy my beloved city." said King Nexus appearing near King Bulda.

"Hahaha… I forgot to turn off the friendly fire mode." laughing King Bulda.

The two kings looked at the rubble in front of them. a huge miasma wave comes towards the surrounding *BUSSS* the miasma wave clearing up the nearby rubble. In the center of it, a humanoid monster covered in blue hair and two horns on its head appeared.

"ROOARR!!" roared the Monster Overlord.

As the two kings are ready to fight again, they feel an attack coming from behind them. a gigantic black miasma sword coming toward them.

The two of them managed to get away at the last moment. But, the gigantic sword slices the gigantic earth golem without any resistance like a hot knife cutting through butter.

"Oii.. I am just an old man. No need to seriously attack like that." said King Bulda.

"Bulda, there are more of them!!" said King Nexus as he realizes more undead knights coming towards them.

All these black people are undead that is created by the Monster Overlord from the Champion of Gods of the Holy Alliance nation.

While the two kings get distracted by the approaching black undead people, the Monster Overlord wants to sneak attack them. Suddenly, he feels a sharp pain in his back penetrating its chest.

A transparent short knife penetrated his body. Then, it roared towards the surrounding area and created a big miasma wave. The miasma wave pushes to reveal the perpetrator who is wearing a black cloak with dark mist around its body.

"Tch.. as expected of Monster Overlord, he is still not dead despite getting stabbed in the heart." said the black-cloaked person.

The Black cloaked person was revealed as a woman dark elf. Looking at the dark elf bellow, "Wohoo.. What a beauty!! Kahahaha…" said King Bulda while handling the black undead group.

"Dark elf… It seems the Monster Overlord's luck is truly gone. Still, she is only in sixth grade." said King Nexus.

As for the Monster Overlord, it coughs a lot of black blood. Although it has a great regeneration ability along with endurance, he is still receiving a huge amount of damage as his heart is damaged.

Ordinary monsters will immediately die by this kind of attack, but Monster Overlord is a different kind of being and could survive this kind of attack.

Sensing their master is hurt, the undead knight rushes towards the Monster Overlord. But, they are being stopped by King Nexus and King Bulda.

"Nonono… Why don't you play with us first?" said King Bulda while launching various kinds of earth attacks towards the approaching undead knight.

Using this moment and the preoccupied undead knight, the dark elf launches a spell towards the Monster Overlord.

A black magic diagram appears on the Monster Overlord's body. Then, after a moment, blood is spurted from all the Monster Overlord's orifices [5th Circle Spell - Maledict].

"ROARR..." shouted the Monster Overlord in pain.

"Tch.. Still not dead yet." said the dark elf.

"Ewww… That's some kind of nasty spell." said King Bulda.

At this moment, the undead knight managed to pass the two king entanglement and attack the dark elf. All the undead knight has undead body along with the strength of six grade combatant which is kind of hard to contain even for the two seventh grade combatant.

Noticing the approaching undead knight, the dark elf released a dark mist and disappeared on the spot. At this moment, a strong earth spike coming below the Monster Overlord ground and attack it.

"Forget about me again?" said King Bulda while stomping the ground.

The Monster Overlord managed to react in time and destroy the Earth Spike. Otherwise, his regenerated heart will be destroyed once again. Still, the earth spike managed to hurt his chest.

But, the attack has not ended. Following the first earth spike, dozens of other earth spike coming from the ground attack the undead knight and the Monster Overlord [5th Circle Spell - Blossom of the Earth].

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[5th Circle Spell - Blossom of the Earth] The entire area on the Monster Overlord spot is covered with dozens of earth spikes. However, the undead knight and Monster Overlord already have caution from such attacks and dodge into the air.

"My turn!!" said King Nexus while flaring up his mana.

A moment later, King Nexus strikes all of them with his greatsword [Sword Art - Water Dragon Slash]. His aura resembles a water dragon that maimed all of them. *BOM*

All the undead knights got slashed pretty badly. Still, they begin to regenerate slowly with all the miasma all around. As for the Monster Overlord, it managed to retread back while parrying King Nexus's attack at the last moment.

Looking at the regenerated undead knight, "Urrg.. This undead is really troublesome." comment King Bulda.

"ROARR!!" roaring the Monster Overlord.

A burst of miasma immediately comes out from Monster Overlord's body. Its body becomes bulkier and its wound heals at a rapid pace. Its eyes become reddening and madder than before [Enrage].

Looking at the sudden transformation, the two kings are ready for another harsh battle. They know that it will be a long and hard battle for them. Soon, they begin to clash and create destruction nearby.

During this time, the earth wall that covered the whole beach became cracked from the various attacks of Whale Bust. The Whale Bust keeps coming from the sea towards the beach. They keep attacking the earth wall without stopping with [Water Blast].

After a while, the earth wall begins to deteriorate and is destroyed under the pressure of countless [Water Blast]. *Crack* *Crack* *BAM* like a broken dam, the accumulated water on the other side begins to flood the East Coast city.

Looking at the destruction of his beloved city, King Nexus feels heartache from this scenery. At this moment, his communication device rang.

While King Nexus keeps parrying the enraged Monster Overlord, "My King, there are thousands of Monster Overlords coming towards the East Coast city." a voice is heard from King Nexus's communication device.

Since the accident where a communication device was jammed by a monster last year, many experts have tried to create a special communication device that cannot be jammed. After a few months of hard work, they managed to create this special communication device.

Yet because of their hard production method and resources, the device could only be made in small quantities. Most of the owners are only King or other national leaders along with few important people inside the nation.

Although it is very expensive, a prosperous nation such as the Orces Kingdom still could buy some of them. King Nexus held one of them and gave the others towards his Royal Guards leaders.

Now, they could still communicate one with the others despite the entire area being jammed by low buzzing sounds coming from the sea and the Dark Forest.

Hearing his royal guard news, King Nexus's expression became more solemn. "Let the monster come towards the city, Initiate self-destruct protocol!!" said King Nexus while slashing the undead knight.

"B-But sir??" replied the royal guard leader.

"Initiate the self-destruct protocol!! That's an order!!" shouted King Nexus while holding back the Monster Overlord attack.

"Yes, Sir." replied the royal guard leader.

"Self-destruct protocol?! What's that?" said King Bulda.

"There is no time to explain. Bulda can you hold the Monster Overlord in one place for a few moments?" asked King Nexus.

"I can only hold him for ten seconds." replied King Bulda shortly.

"That's enough. Do it the moment I give you a sign." said King Nexus while clashing with the Monster Overlord again.

Both of the kings keep entangled with the Monster Overlord and undead knight in the sky while the monster begins flooding the city be it from the sea or the Dark forest. The monster wants to help its leader in defeating the two kings.

Usually, at this moment, the Monster Overlord could command the monster army to attack the surrounding. However, it has already lost control to command others properly and got enraged from its injury.

Right now, all it wants to do is to kill the two people in front of it. Even Though the Monster Overlord is quite smart, it is still a monster and it still couldn't fight its aggressive nature.

The monster army that lacked its leader could only follow their previous command to occupy the city and help their leader. Meanwhile, in the outskirts of the East Coast city, there are royal guards that standby there.

"Sir, Are you sure about this?" said one of the royal guards.

"Yes, this is an order from his majesty. Now move!!" shouted the royal guard's leader.

After that, the royal guard leader entered a tunnel towards the underground of East Coast City. Running along the tunnel, he arrives at the big bluish crystal above the pedestal. Without hesitation, he shattered the crystal using his sword.

As the crystal shattered, countless red lines spread throughout the wall and emerged to the whole city.

Above the city, few groups already standby on various kinds of spots at the city outskirts. In front of them appeared a similar bluish crystal that was shattered by the royal guard leader.

After Shattering the crystal, the royal guard leader contacted King Nexus. "Sir, the preparation is complete." said the royal guard through the communication device.

Hearing this, "Hold my signal before launching it." reply to the King Nexus shortly.

During this time, the two kings not only fight the enraged monster overlord but a few grade four monsters that come from the sea and Dark Forest. Suddenly, the two kings feel a dangerous attack coming from behind them.

A dozen of black wooden spikes launch at them. Despite its speed, they still managed to avoid it. Using this opportunity, the Monster Overlord attacks King Nexus. Using his sharp claw on its hand, it managed to tear his armor and injure King Nexus back.

The pain of getting hit by a coated miasma claw makes him scream in pain, "Arrgghh…" screamed King Nexus.

"King Nexus!!" as King Bulda comes to rescue him. while launching many earth spikes towards the Monster Overlord.

But the Monster Overlord immediately backs away from the Earth Spike attack. Using this chance, King Nexus flared up his mana trying to expel all the miasma that embedded in his wound.

"ARRGGHH… [King's Might]" a burst of mana kept coming from King Nexus's body.

Looking at the skill King Bulda knows that King Nexus couldn't fight for a long time. As the Monster Overlord came towards King Nexus again, A burst of water sprouted from below and it attacked the Monster Overlord unexpectedly.

After getting attacked by the water torrent, the monster overlord felt a similar danger from behind it and quickly moved away from its position. Behind his spot, a transparent dagger shows up trying to pursue the monster overlord.

As for the water, it turns into a big horse covered in water and arrives at King Nexus's side.

"Master, you are injured." said Silyu telepathically.

Looking at his worried familiar, "Don't worry Silyu, protect my back. I will show him the true strength of a seventh-grade combatant."

Hearing his master command, "Hieeghh…" said Silyu while begin to hunt all the nearby grade four and five monsters that starting to gather around.

But, more and more monsters are coming to the city at a fast rate. The beautiful city that is prosperous and the source of entertainment becomes infested with various kinds of monsters.

At this moment, King Nexus's speed and strength are doubled than before. He jumps towards the Monster Overlord that is busy avoiding the hidden attack from the dark elf.

Approaching Monster Overlord, "Eat this!! [Sword Art - Wave Strike]" shouted King Nexus.

His sword is engulfed by a thick bluish mana layer and coming towards Monster Overlord. *BAM* the attack leaving a strong mana attack towards the Monster Overlord. It managed to dodge at the last second. But, Half of his right arm was destroyed by the attack.

Looking at the injured Monster Overlord, King Nexus grabs the invisible dark elf and goes towards King Bulda who keeps fighting against the undead knight. Along the way, he grabs his communication device, "Do it now!!"

In the outskirts of the East Coast city, the moment the royal guard leader heard the command, "Do it!! Break the crystal!!" shouted the royal guard leader.

Few groups that stand by on the various spots keep protecting the crystal from the monster nearby. But, after hearing their leader's command, they immediately shattered the blue crystal.

As soon as all the blue crystals broke, a red line appeared all over the city. Less than a second later, the red line became a gigantic magic diagram. The magic diagram has a clock arm that starts to move.

Looking at the magic diagram, "Bulda, Hold the Monster Overlord now!!"

"Alright, cover me!!" replied Bulda shortly while directing his hand towards the monster overlord like grabbing it.

The Monster Overlord danger sense feels tingling looking at the gigantic magic diagram. Before it could move, it felt like being held by a gigantic hand along with the increasing gravity in its surroundings.

"UURRGGGAAAHHH!!" as King Bulda flare up his mana to hold the monster overlord position.

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"UURRGGGAAAHHH!!" Shouted king Bulda.

During this time, King Nexus already slash all the undead knights and rendered them immobile for a moment.

As the clock arm of the gigantic magic circle almost reached 12 positions, "Silyu, come here!!" shouted King Nexus while pulling out a crystal from his storage device.

After Silyu comes towards them, King Nexus breaks the crystal. a strong barrier immediately envelops all of them. At this moment, the clock arm reached the 12 position clock and rang like a clockwork bell. *Teng* *Teng* *Teng* [Super Magic - Desolation]

Then, the whole area was enveloped in bright light without any sound for a few minutes. After the bright light recedes it leaves the King Nexus group inside the cracking barrier. While the whole city has already turned into a dusty wasteland.

There is no sound of roaring monsters left, the only sound it could hear is from the sea wave near the beach. Even the thunderstorm weather has already changed into a sunny day where no clouds could be seen.

Surprisingly the Monster Overlord still survives after receiving this kind of ridiculous attack. Yet its condition is very bad.

There are various kinds of bleeding wounds from all over his body while his breath is very rough. All the remaining people nearby could feel that the monster overlord was already on the loose end.

"Kahaha… Super Magic.. You told me not to destroy your city yet you turn it into dust. Kahahaha… This is madness!!" said King Bulda.

At this moment, a blue circle appeared in the middle of the desolate East Coast city. *BZZTT* three people appeared on top of that. One of them looked very pale and was slumping on the ground after teleporting the other two people.

Looking at the surroundings, "Say Winster, Didn't we go to East Coast City. Why did we arrive in the middle of dessert?" said Vandor, one of the elf leaders.

"He is not wrong. Vandor, there." said the other elf leader pointed at the monster overlord's direction in the air.

"So, that's the Monster Overlord. That's some kind of horrible injury he got there." said Vandor.

Feeling the mana in the air and nature, "Wait this feeling, Super Magic?? Ridiculous!!" said Vandor.

"None of it matters, Our job is to eliminate Monster Overlord." said the other elf leader named Luke.

Didn't waste any more time, Luke flared up his enormous mana and cast spells. [2nd Circle - Lock On] [6th Circle - Starfall].

Various bright lights fall from the sky and target the haggard Monster Overlord. Vandor also does not leave behind, he summons his wooden spear that has various kinds of rune and flies towards the Monster Overlord.

Because of its injury, the Monster Overlord comes out from its enraged stage and notices the incoming attack that is targeting him. Feeling the strength of the incoming attack, the Monster Overlord decides to dodge the incoming attack.

However, the [Starfall] keeps following him like a homing missile. At this moment, Vandor appears on his side. Without hesitation, he launches his powerful attack on the Monster Overlord [Spear Art - Wood-Dragon Strike].

A silhouette of a dragon manifests behind Vandor and enters into his wooden spear. The time in the surrounding is like stopping before Vandor managed to penetrate Monster Overlord's vital points at the same time. *BAM*

The concentrated attack is very strong that creates a huge aftershock towards the surroundings. Receiving the blunt force of such an attack makes the Monster Overlord flying away while being followed by [Starfall].

While flying away, another silhouette appeared behind it. Without wasting any moment, King Nexus immediately brandished his greatsword towards the incoming Monster Overlord [Sword Art - Water Dragon Slash].

The Greatsword becomes a countless sword that slashing the Monster Overlord body at the same time. Like a ping pong ball, the Monster Overlord's body once again thrown away towards King Bulda who is already making a huge Earth Golem.

Different from his previous golem, the golem is more detailed and covered with various kinds of enhancement. As the Monster Overlord approached, the golem launched a hard black fist towards it.

*BAM* The attack is very strong and creates another huge shockwave towards the surrounding area. At this time, [Starfall] finally follows up with the Monster Overlord and bombard him on the spot. *BOM* *BOM* *BOM*

The [Starfall] keeps bombarding him for a few minutes until it finally stops. The Monster Overlord is already on the ground covered with the sand from the super magic. Its body is already riddled with many kinds of fatal injuries.

His lower half is already gone, his body has many kinds of slash and holes. The only thing that is still able to move is his limping left hand that is grabbing a horn with a black gem on it.

As he tries to blow the horn, his remaining left hand is cut by King Nexus that appears in front of him. Without wasting any more time, King Nexus immediately beheaded the Monster Overlord's head.

The moment its head got cut down, a flash of miasma wave appeared towards the surrounding area, reaching the whole world. It shows that the Monster Overlord is already being killed.

At this time, all the monster undead in the Firuman turn back into corpses and leave the thick miasma behind. Looking at the monster undead completely dead along with the miasma flash phenomenon, many people near the monster habitat cheered.

The other normal monster also retreated towards his monster habitat while some of them still behave as monsters plunge into the nearby civilization.

The Orces kingdom royal guard immediately cheers and approaches their king from the outskirts of East Coast city. As for King Nexus, he immediately slumps to the ground exhausted from all the fight.

His [King's Might] immediately diminish. King Bulda, who is aware of King Nexus's wound immediately comes to his side.

"Grandmaster elf, he is being wounded by the Monster Overlord." said King Bulda seriously.

The two elf leaders immediately come towards King Nexus to support him. Although they couldn't heal his miasma wound, they still could prevent it from spreading all over King Nexus's body.

The news about the death of Monster Overlord immediately spread throughout the whole Firuman. That day, many countries begin to celebrate and partying all over the day because of such glorious news.

Meanwhile inside the Monster habitat where the other Monster Overlords reside.

Inside the deep Athan Ocean, "HHMMMM... (He falls like the previous one)"

Inside the inner area of the Dark Forest, "GGRRTTGG… (Another fallen one)"

In the peak of the Reese Mountain Range, "KYAAKYAA… (Yet another failure)"

In the deep of Morvo Wasteland, "ROARRR… (Like I thought another failure)"

The other Monster Overlords in many other monster habitats also respond differently towards the death of their youngest Monster Overlord. However, none of them decide to avenge him and receive the news calmly. Some of them even go back to hibernate.

All of these Monster Overlords have a connection with the others, but they rarely move away from their territory and never disturb one with the others.

While the world goes back to their previous life, Angus is still living his peaceful break inside his townhouse manor. After a few months of creating his language, Angus immediately built his automatic production line for processing the Elephant Grass.

Now, he is inside the basement of his townhouse manor. After getting permission from his father, he began to remodel the basement area for his production line.

Most of the production line consists of a few droids. But, Angus needs to make his droid work nonstop with good precision. Droids are usually supplied by the mana core, but Angus decided to use the ambient mana in the air for its energy.

It's quite normal for artificial intelligence such as a droid or golem to have this kind of power source as usually they need to work tirelessly. However, it is more difficult to set up this kind of artificial intelligence.

It needs various kinds of runes, enchantments, calculations and many other things to be considered. This is also the reason why there are only a few artificial bits of intelligence that use ambient mana as a power source.

Although the science physics in Firuman is slightly different from Earth because of the mana and magic presence, there are still few science physics laws that still apply here.

One of them is Energy Equivalence, the principle of this law still works perfectly in this work. People couldn't create something from anything in this world even with the presence of mana. Rather because there is magic and mana, people could create many things.

Because of this, Angus still needed to consider and calculate the present mana in his basement to make his rune. If it is below a certain threshold, he needs to add another mana gathering rune for the production line to continue working.

Adjusting and calculating all of this is a heavy task, but Angus already did it during his free time during his stay inside the Academy.

Now, he only needs to assemble all the droids and along with some runes. The assembling part is also a very delicate task that needs full concentration. Just one single mistake could blow up the entire basement.

After working tirelessly for a few days, "Finally I did it."

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"Finally, I did it." said Angus as he looked at the production line he made.

"Fiuhh… No wonder it is not easy to set up a mass production line or something similar in this world. Just this simple production line needs a lot of planning, time, and resources." said Angus.

Then, he put a lot of elephant grass into one big basket before activating the runes. The moment he activates it, all the droid workers start to move autonomously.

After checking everything seems to be working properly, Angus leaves the basement and lets the droid along with various runes to work.

By the time he goes upstairs entering the townhouse manor, "Brother, are you done with your experiment?" asked Vergil.

As the matter of him creating the Miasma Curing Potion is a very delicate matter, Angus only told his brother that he is experimenting to create a new potion.

"Yep, you seem to be very happy. Is there good news?" asked Angus back.

"Of course, you may not know this since you holed up in the basement all day but the Monster Overlord got defeated. It means father will finally go home." said Vergil.

Since the Monster Overlord incident, Duke Victory rarely has time for his family. Although they often contact one another through communication devices or letters, they still miss one another, especially Vergil who always prioritizes family over anything.

"Really?? That's good news. I bet the whole capital city will also celebrate it." said Angus.

"Yeah, the king himself will give a formal announcement tomorrow. After that, the whole city will celebrate it." said Vergil.

"Hee.. That's kind of interesting. Say, Vergil, why don't we tour the capital city again tomorrow. I need some refreshment after all the experiment I did." said Angus

"I am not sure about that. You know there will be a lot of troublemakers during this time." said Vergil.

"Oh come on, Vergil. we could take care ourself. It's gonna be fun." said Angus.

"Alright, if you said so." said Vergil.

The next day, Angus and Vergil go towards the capital city. To not attract attention, they choose to wear casual clothes.

Fortunately, their mother is already back in the Victory mansion and not creating hassle for the two brothers. It is not that they hate their mother, but sometimes they couldn't stand the nagging from their mother, especially about clothes.

They leave the townhouse manor around 9 in the morning. The King will give a formal speech and announcement at 10. But, the two brothers weren't truly interested in the King's speech and only wanted to enjoy the celebration environment.

As they arrived in the capital city in the commercial section, they could see many people preparing to celebrate. Some people even close a few small streets for some kind of food court event. They put tables in the middle of the street along with many decorations.

Many food stalls have already started to sell their products. The environment is very lively, especially for the adventurer. As adventurer's main job is dealing with monsters, they could get back into their daily life where they could hunt monsters safely.

Previously because of the monster's undead presence, many adventurers couldn't hunt the monster without bringing a priest from a religious group to neutralize the miasma inside the monster's corpse.

However, now the monster undead is gone along with Monster Overlord which makes the life of adventurers become easier especially the ones with low grades. Not all the adventurers are high-grade combatants, most of them consist of lower grades.

During the start of the Monster Overlord incident, these people practically lose their main source of income. Lower-grade adventurers could only hunt a single monster.

However, the behavior of the monster changes, and they start work in a group during the Monster Overlord incident. They were forced to stay back from the monster habitat during this period for safety reasons.

It is also the reason why Dark Forest is closed during the Monster Overlord incident. It is also to reduce the casualty of adventurers.

Although most adventurers are mediocre and didn't get a formal education compared to the noble, they are still a necessary force to be recognized. Not only could they help cut down the monster, but they also the source of income tax for the nation.

Almost 50% of the main source of income tax comes from them. They may be the lower class in terms of social status, but they are also the one that makes the society and economy grow.

Many nations in the past neglected this kind of people and only created internal stability like an economic crisis to civil war. Low-grade adventurers also one of the potential forces that may help kingdom strife.

Because of their job nature, they often fight in life and death situations which easily force them to upgrade their core. So, it is possible that all these adventurers to become high-grade combatants that could help the kingdom.

This is also one of the reasons why none of the kingdoms in the Firuman rarely suppress adventurers. Unless they did not create trouble or break the kingdom's law, the nation usually left them on their own.

Throughout history, it is not wrong to say that most high-grade combatants are born from these adventurers. Although the probability for this to happen is as rare as a phoenix feather.

Soon, time goes by as the two brothers look around the street. After hearing the boring King's speech in the center of the plaza, they immediately try many kinds of different food.

They also visit the tavern bar that sells Fizzy Beer, Angus is kind of addicted to this sweet carbonated drink. He even wanted to create this drink on his own. But, knowing that it takes a lot of time and effort to brew the drink, he immediately gives up his idea.

After touring the capital while enjoying the celebration atmosphere, the two brothers decide to rest on the empty bar at the end of the street.

The bar's name is Crimson Tavern. Despite its menacing name, the bar is very elegant from the outside.

Looking at the bar, "Angus, are you sure you want to enter this bar?" asked Vergil in a low voice.

"Why not? the other bar or restaurant is already full. We just need to rest here for a little bit. Don't think too much about it." said Angus entering the bar.

"Ehh.. Wait for me." said Vergil follow up his brother entering the bar.

Entering the bar which is empty without any customers besides the bartender and the waitress, the two brothers found a luxurious and elegant bar.

Unlike the other bars, taverns, or restaurants, the place is very neat and clean. From Angus's observation, there isn't even a speck of dust inside of it.

'This place… Ah forget it, we just want to rest here for a while.' thought Angus.

Vergil also notices the strangeness of this place, but before he could say anything. the waitress already welcomed them.

"Welcome to the Crimson Tavern, Please take a seat." said the waitress.

During this time, Angus notices the strange movement of the waitress. her movement may seem normal for an ordinary person, but he could feel her movement is similar to his. Not only is there no wasting move but also refined.

'An expert!!' thought Angus.

Being welcomed and already entering the tavern, the two brothers couldn't help but take a seat in the near corner.

"Food or drink?" asked the waitress while giving the menu.

"Errr… " as Vergil didn't know what to answer while looking at the menu.

"What's this tavern specialty?" asked Angus suddenly.

Hearing Angus's question, the waitress startled for a second before returning to her smiling face, but Angus already caught this moment of change expression.

"We Crimson Tavern have excellent quality food. We also serve many kinds of different kinds of drinks. We also sell desserts such as parfait…" said the waitress while showing various kinds of food on the menu.

After browsing the menu for a little bit, "Hmm… I will have strawberry parfait and cold water." said Angus.

"Then, I will have this hot chocolate milk." said Vergil, interested in the drink's picture.

"Certainly, one strawberry parfait, a glass of cold water, and hot chocolate milk. Please wait for your order." said the waitress while picking up the menu from the two of them.

As the waitress left, "Angus, did you think this bar was kind of suspicious?" said Vergil lower voice.

"Vergil, that's kind of rude to say that while inside the bar." replied Angus while enjoying the comfy sofa he sat on.

"But, don't you think that is kind of weird especially because it is located between the commoner and slum area section. Also, there is no other customer beside us." said Vergil.

"Haha.. Relax brother, Don't overthink about it. Besides, we are here to rest and we got a good place to rest now. Anyway, I hear this year you will graduate.." said Angus while changing the topic.

The two brothers soon chat comfortably inside the bar while waiting for their order to come up. Suddenly, the weather becomes more cloudy and it starts to rain.

"Haa.. I guess we will be here for a while." said Vergil looking at the rain through the window.

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After a while, the waitress brings Angus and Vergil's orders. Looking at the parfait ice cream in front of him, Angus began to be more curious about the bar.

Judging by his simple observation, he found that the waitress is an expert. As for the bartender, he couldn't measure his strength. But, his instinct tells him that he is also not an ordinary person.

However, the one that makes him curious is the dessert parfait. Although some technology in this world seems to be advanced, its distribution is controlled by the nation or kingdom.

The globalization speed in this world is rather lacking compared to earth. For modern food such as ice cream parfait, it needs some advanced equipment to make it or at least store it.

A bar that is located between the area of slum and commoner section will never afford this kind of equipment. Moreover, the bar itself is kind of weird. Although Angus doesn't know the price of the furniture inside the bar, he could feel all of them are quite high quality.

Angus also notices that the parfait is made perfectly with a combination of magic since there is a trace of mana on it.

For someone to control mana in such a delicate manner like this only could be done by another expert.

After analyzing all this stuff inside his head, 'Haa.. I hope nothing major happens. At least until we get out of this bar.' thought Angus while eating the very delicious parfait.

Suddenly, Vergil looked at Angus with a frown. Looking at Vergil's expression, "Is anything wrong brother?"

"What's that? Is it delicious?" asked Vergil.

"Ohh this is a dessert called Parfait. Do you want a try?" replied Angus while giving his parfait to Vergil.

"Okay." Vergil takes a mouthful bite.

Vergil immediately feels a sweetness along with the cold like ice inside his mouth and getting toward his whole head. He is getting a sort of brain freeze from eating it.

Didn't expect such a sensation, Vergil could only hold his head while opening his mouth without sound. Seeing the Vergil reaction, Angus could only laugh at his brother's funny face.

"Hahaha…. you are supposed to eat it slowly and little by little not bite a mouthful of it. Hahaha.. your face is very funny." said Angus while keeping laughing.

"Urrg.. Why didn't you tell me about this before?" rebuked Vergil while massaging his head with his hand.

"Well, if I told you, you would not make that funny face. Hahaha…" said Angus while continuing laughing.

"Grr.. Angus!!" said Vergil.

The two brothers keep joking around each other inside the empty bar while waiting for the rain to stop.

"Anyway, you have a weird taste. Now is the rainy season, yet you choose to have this kind of cold dish. Don't you feel too cold?" asked Vergil.

"Ehh.. Really? I never noticed it. But, I prefer something cold over hot stuff." replied Angus casually while eating his own parfait.

While chatting about various kinds of stuff, "Do you think it is okay to allow them here? Both of them seem to be from a high noble family." said the waitress in a low voice towards the bartender.

"Hush.. As a waitress, you should never speak like that about your customer. Besides, this is also good for us." replied the bartender in a low voice.

At this moment, a mysterious cloaked man comes inside the bar. The two brothers also notice the newcomer since the bar itself is empty. The waitress immediately welcomed the new customer.

"Welcome to Crimson Tavern, please take a seat." said the waitress.

The mysterious man didn't say anything and took a seat near the bartender while glancing at the two brothers in the corner for a moment.

"May I take your order?" asked the waitress.

Although the waitress said in a normal voice, since the bar is empty besides the two brothers, Angus could hear the waitress.

The mysterious man didn't reply and only tapped at the menu. Then, the waitress reconfirmed the man's order from the menu. The man only nodded his head before the waitress went away.

The entire time, the man didn't even speak at all like he was a mute. After a while, the waitress brings out the dishes they ordered from the back room. The mysterious man eats silently at the dishes.

After a while, the weather begins to brighten up. The rain is stopping and the two brothers decide to leave this weird tavern. After paying for the restaurant, the two brothers go back towards the townhouse manor.

At first, Angus thought it would be expensive, but the waitress only charged it like it is a normal dish from a normal restaurant. This makes Angus more curious about the tavern, but he immediately pushes this thought away.

As the two brothers leave the tavern, the bartender speaks to the mysterious man, "Shall I take out your regular order?"

The man didn't reply but shook his head then he put a card on the table before going to the back room. The waitress and the bartender didn't stop the man. The bartender looks at the card which shows a picture of a Crimson red star in the middle of the dark background.

Then, the bartender picks it up and burns the card immediately. As for the waitress, she cleaned up the table and took all the dishes.

"Did you think it was okay to let them?" asked the waitress towards the bartender.

"One of them is a cardholder." replied the bartender shortly.

"Really? I see.. So, that's the reason they found this tavern." said the waitress.

The bartender kept silent toward the waitress's sentence and cleaned the glass-like usual. Unbeknown to Angus and Vergil, the two brothers are entering the most dangerous place inside the capital city and safely get out from it.

As the two brothers arrive at the townhouse manor, "Angus, did you think we should check about the tavern we visit today?"

As the sons of a high noble, both of them should protect the citizens and eliminate criminals as being part of the noble. They also could report about some mysterious place or activity like the tavern they visit.

But, not many nobles do this obligation, some of them even completely ignore it. As a young spirited man, Vergil is quite a righteous person. As A noble he feels he needs all this noble obligation.

"Ehh… What for?" Asked Angus back.

"Don't you think that Crimson Tavern is very weird? It's located in the commoner section, yet it's very clean, neat and has high-quality furniture. Yet, no one enters the bar beside the cloaked mysterious man." said Vergil.

Hearing this, Angus thought for a second before replied, "I think they have the same strength." said Angus.

"Huhh??" replied Vergil confusedly.

"Both the bartender and father, they have the same vibe. If I were you, I would leave them alone. Besides, I believe we shouldn't wake the sleeping dragon." said Angus.

"Same vibe? Sleeping dragon?" said Vergil.

"Just forget about this, Anyway.. " said Angus while trying to divert the topic.

While Angus enjoys his school break, the other leaders once again have a meeting through the special communication device from the elf.

"Tch.. See as I told you all, the Monster Overlord is a weakling. We should just combine our forces from the start." commented one of the leaders.

"Easy for you to say that, you don't even fight the Monster Overlord." said another king.

Then, like usual, all the other leaders begin to comment about the death of the Monster Overlord. However, all of them want only one thing, the body of Monster Overlord.

With the right process, the body of the monster overlord could become a legendary item. Especially its monster core. The monster core has a lot of uses from the main ingredient of potion to become a sort of power supply.

A grade three monster core could supply energy to the entire city for a few years. Grade five monster cores could supply for a hundred years. As for grade six, nobody knows how thick energy it contains.

Some ancient records say that grade six monster cores have a kind of endless energy as it is too immeasurable to calculate.

So, now everyone wants to have these pieces of precious monster overlord. As seventh-grade combatants and leaders of the nation, most of these people already did many shady things to get power.

Looking at the precious resources in front of them, they feel like looking at very precious meat. They will never lose this kind of opportunity to get a piece of it.

Just a piece of the body of Monster Overlord already could become very precious material. Unfortunately, the Monster Overlord this time is not with the big body type.

Furthermore, its body was already damaged to a certain degree during the fight. Even the lower half is also gone. Because of this, the leaders come to fight for this piece of the body more fervently.

Some righteous leaders speak to choose to divide the body between the King Nexus and King Bulda as they are the one that fights the Monster Overlord.

Some leaders vote to divide the body to the rest of the Civilian Society nation. Some of them didn't care about this matter like the elf race. Whatever the opinion, all the leaders will have a clash in opinion like the usual.

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As all the leaders argue one with the others, King Bulda himself keeps silent and calm with a lazy expression like this has nothing to do with him. On the other hand, King Nexus listened to the argument between all the leaders with interest.

Since he is the one that gives out the most contribution in defeating Monster Overlord, he knows he will get the Monster Overlord corpse or perhaps the entire corpse itself. Now, he is looking at the greediest leader to trade some kind of benefit from them.

The Orces Kingdom is not only famous as a tourist spot because of its East Coast nation, but it is also one of the international trade hubs in Firuman. As its king, King Nexus prefers to trade the Monster Overlord rather than dealing with it.

Each Monster Overlord is different from the others. Some record even saying that the moment monsters reach grade six or become Monster Overlord they will mutate into different kinds of species.

This makes Monster Overlord very unique between one and the others. Because of this, only experts could process monster overlord corpses. It is also still not guaranteed that they will be successful.

So, King Nexus intent to trade the Monster Overlord rather than keeping it for unknown benefit. Furthermore, the Orces kingdom also just lost one of its biggest sources of income and a city.

While listening to the argument between the leaders that seem to have no end, a private message appeared in front of him.

The communication device that was created by the elf is very sophisticated that could send a private message between one leader to the others without anyone knowing.

At the beginning of the meeting, he already receives a lot of private messages trying to negotiate the Monster Overlord corpse from him. Some leaders even pretentiously give congratulations and other greetings stuff to him.

King Nexus only read all of these messages without replying to any of them. None of these private messages truly give him any interest.

As he thought this is another boring offer message, King Nexus opens the content of the message and immediately surprises after reading it.

The message only held one sentence which said, "I could deal with your wound." Then, King Nexus looked at the sender which was from King Leon.

From King Nexus's knowledge, King Leon is a very serious man that didn't like doing something despicable. It is not like he couldn't do it, but because King Leon is one of the people that believe in absolute power.

As long as there is power, you could have anything doing anything you want. In Firuman where a matter of life and death occurs every day, there are a lot of people who follow this kind of belief.

King Nexus knows that people like King Leon rarely tell a lie, especially in this serious matter. As a King and seventh-grade combatant, he knows the importance of his well-being inside his kingdom.

The wound that he received from the battle with Monster Overlord is already starting to corrode his body. The miasma wound from the Monster Overlord is not something to be underestimated. For now, he could only suppress it with his mana continuously.

Sooner or later, he will only get weaker which will be bad for the Orces Kingdom. One of the reasons why Orces kingdom could establish an international trading hub is because of his presence as the seventh-grade combatant.

The other nearby kingdom didn't dare to create trouble as long as he is still alive. However, without the presence of a seventh-grade combatant, the international trading hub inside the Orces kingdom will naturally collapse possibly along with the entire kingdom.

Judging by the situation of his kingdom, it will take another miracle to have another seventh-grade combatant inside his kingdom.

He doesn't know how long he will survive but he knows that his wound will keep corroding him until he dies. Getting such a message from King Leon is like hope for him and his kingdom.

After thinking carefully, King Nexus replied with the message, "Are you sure you could heal this wound?"

"Yes, I am sure." replied King Leon shortly.

"How certain are you in healing my wound?" asked King Nexus.

"There is no such a thing of certainty in this world, my friend. But from our research it should be more than ninety percent fully healed." replied King Leon.

Hearing this, King Nexus begins to get more hope.

"Are there any side effects?" asked King Nexus.

"So far, there are no side effects. But, as I said, nothing is certain. We could only hope there is no such thing to happen." replied King Leon.

"Alright, what do you want?" asked King Nexus directly.

King Nexus knows King Leon will never give such a thing to him for free, especially inside the meeting where the Monster Overlord corpse will be divided. Even if King Leon says he doesn't want anything, King Nexus will never believe it.

In this world, there is no such thing as a free meal. The political play between national leaders is more intense than inside one kingdom. One cannot show such a weakness if one does not want to be doomed.

After a while, "I want…" replied King Leon.

As King Leon and King Nexus negotiated one with the others privately, the other leaders kept arguing one with the others for another hour while the elf leaders kept silent without saying anything.

After hours of a heated argument, it was decided that the majority of the Monster Overlord corpse would fall into the King Nexus as he contributed the most in defeating him.

King Bulda also got some portions of it but he decided to not take them because he wanted to look at some ferocious beast taking a piece of meat. Some of the leaders know about King Bulda's sarcasm but choose to ignore it.

Getting a piece of Monster Overlord corpse with the price of their pride is quite cheap for some of them. Still few of the leaders realize King Bulda's meaning and reluctantly do not participate in war for getting a piece of Monster Overlord's body.

Meanwhile, the most important piece of artifact that is being used by Monster Overlord to keep the rising monster undead is giving to the elf kingdom.

At first, all the leaders didn't want to give such a precious artifact to the elf. But, the elf leader said they will only keep it for research purposes. After knowing exactly the effect of such a heinous artifact, they will give it to another kingdom that still desires it.

However, if it only brings harm to the civilian society, the elf leader without hesitation will destroy it on the spot. Although the elf race is not a leader of the civilian society, they still oversee any major change.

Since ancient times their life purpose has been to seek the balance of the world. If there is something that will disrupt the balance of the world such as Monster Overlord, they will not hesitate to destroy it.

Furthermore, they also didn't want to see all these seventh-grade leaders killing one another as this only weakened the strength of the whole civilian society. They will interfere if two seventh-grade combatants from two different nations start to kill one another.

A seventh-grade combatant is a very precious force to maintain the balance of the world. They will only interfere in a conflict concerning this powerhouse. Otherwise, they will ignore most of the conflict, especially the internal one.

If internal strife happens in one kingdom where another seventh-grade combatant is born inside one kingdom and fights for leadership, the elf will also turn a blind eye over the matter.

From their countless experience over the years, at most one of the seventh-grade combatants will replace the other one. The seventh-grade combatant is not unlike the other combatant. If they want to run for their life in this world, nobody can catch them.

Even if two or more seventh-grade combatants fight one with the others in a life and death battle, most of them still have a high chance to survive.

Still, to prevent more chaos to happen, the elf kingdom will always mediate a conflict between one nation with the others about the seventh-grade combatant.

Otherwise, there will be a world war happening every time there is a seventh-grade combatant born. World war is the last thing the elf kingdom wants to happen as there is no real victor in this war and decrease the strength of the whole civilian society.

After concluding the meeting, the elf race took the horn artifact for researching it while leaving the monster corpse to other national leaders.

Like King Bulda said, except for the part that King Nexus gets, the other leaders become sort of hyenas that bite over pieces of little meat.

However, that didn't mean the national leaders that didn't participate in fighting over the Monster Overlord corpse don't want it. Some of them even trying to negotiate for the King Nexus portion.

Few of them even plot against the Orces kingdom especially since all of them know that King Nexus is wounded from the battle with Monster Overlord.

Whatever it is right now, Orces Kingdom and King Nexus is the biggest pile of meat for all of them, especially for all the nearby nations besides it.

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Few days have already passed since the last nation leaders meeting. During this week, Angus should be back at his academy.

However, as the creator of Miasma Curing Potion and the only one that could heal Miasma-based wounds, he needed to go to the Orces Kingdom to look into the King Nexus's wound.

As the wound is from the Monster Overlord, many unforeseen accidents may happen during the medication. So, He needs to make sure that his potion could heal the wound.

To hide Angus's identity he will attend as the young assistant of Master Valeron. Up till now, no one knows who is the one that created the potion.

But, one thing is clear is Master Valeron is one of the people that help in creating the potion as the head of Heart Kingdom research center.

Such a big secret project happens in the Heart Kingdom, Master Valeron must be involved in it. Since the cure is still not published yet, no one knows about the cure yet besides the two kings, Master Valeron, and Duke Victory.

They decide to camouflage Angus's identity by emphasizing Master Valeron who is already famous in the circle of researcher and expert.

At first, they planned to announce the potion during the war with Monster Overlord since many people will need such a life-saving potion. However, they didn't expect that Monster Overlord would be killed so early before the true war start.

Because of this, they could only sell the potion slowly like an exclusive item. This way they could bring more profit for the Heart Kingdom.

Just from this deal alone, Heart Kingdom already got a lot of benefits such as money, artifacts, items, part of Monster Overlord's corpse, and other stuff. By dealing like this, the potion will become more exclusive.

This way the potion price will go down very slow. By the time it reached the common market, the Heart Kingdom already got enough profits from it. Because of this, the deal with the Orces Kingdom is very important for the Heart Kingdom.

Unexpectedly, the one that planned this came from a few high-ranking nobles. This shows one of the strong sides of the human race.

Although the human race is not as strong as some species like Demon, Elf, Dwarf, and many others. They are quite versatile and wise in this kind of play.

Even the greediest race such as goblins will never think of such a long-term plan like this. In Firuman, the human race is famous for being average but few people know that they have boundless wisdom in terms of long planning.

This is also one of the reasons why the human race has a large population and occupies many fertile territories compared to other races.

Now, Angus is gathered at the royal palace teleportation device with his father, Master Valeron, and few other high-ranking people.

While waiting for the staff to tune the teleportation device, "So, how is the academy life?" asked Duke Victory to his son.

"Great, make some new friends and learn something every day." replied Angus shortly.

"Making some new friends, huh?" asked Jacob again doubtfully.

"Yeah, is there something wrong with it?" asked Angus back.

"Well, I don't know. It seems that you are the type that is too busy learning or 'creating' something." said Jacob while emphasizing the creating part.

"Oh.. come on. I may be a bookworm but I am still a young man that needs some friends to socialize with." rebuked Angus.

"Hmm… Indeed.. a young man. At least that part is true according to the story that I heard not too long ago." said Jacob in a teasing tone.

"Err… What do you mean?" asked Angus while looking at his father's teasing face.

"Well, I just heard a story from a friend of mine where you asked for someone's hand in front of her father." said Jacob.

"Wait… How did you... Ahh.. Forget it." said Angus.

"Hahahaha… At least you make this old man proud once in a while." said Jacob.

"Hey, since when this is a proud matter." said Angus.

"Well, you usually always create an absurd situation or matter that leads to a headache situation like this time." said Jacob.

"How could you say that? Didn't we only visit the other allied country? Is it not like we will do something heinous or something right?" said Angus.

Hearing this Jacob could only sigh, "Haa… Although the Orces kingdom is one of the allied kingdoms, we never know what the other party thought. Many things could happen when we get there. All we could do is to prepare for the worst situation." explained Duke Victory.

"I see.. Don't worry. If something happens, I'm quite good at running away. I even got the title of untouchable scholar in the academy." said Angus proudly.

"*sigh* Yes, I heard about that title. I also hope that nothing will happen on this trip." said Jacob.

After a while, King Leon came to the room along with a few royal guards. Entering the room, King Leon takes a glance at Angus for a little bit before smiling and waiting for the transportation device to be ready.

At this moment, Angus's instinct once again tells him to go away as far as possible from King Leon like before. He feels that King Leon could take his life just by waving his hand. This major difference in strength makes him fear but also excited at the same time.

Fear of getting killed without properly fighting back and excited to think he will fight against such a strong opponent.

The one that will be going on this trip is King Leon, Duke Victory, Master Valeron, Angus, and two other high ranking personnel for some diplomacy job.

Six people in total will go on this trip. This is also the limit for such long-distance teleportation. Otherwise, the teleportation will become more unstable especially if there is a seventh-grade combatant in it.

After waiting for a while, the teleportation device was finally ready to be used. It takes a long time to tune it since five people will be transported along with King Leon.

So, the staff not only double-check it according to the procedure but also triple-check it or more to be sure.

"Alright, let's go." said King Leon.

The six people immediately step into the teleportation device platform. After a moment, the platform showed a bright light and humming sound. *Bzzt* A second later the group on top of the platform was gone.

Meanwhile, inside the Orces kingdom royal palace teleportation room, a loud buzzing sound was heard from it. *Bzztt* Less than a second later, a group of six people appear from the teleportation device.

Inside the room, there are already a lot of guards in battle armor. In the lead, a person is wearing high-quality clothes with a muscular body looking at the group. This person is King Nexus, the leader of the Orces Kingdom.

As the other party that comes is King Leon, a seventh-grade combatant. It is his obligation to welcome them.

Usually, a matter such as diplomacy never involves the two kings. But, since this is not an ordinary diplomacy matter, the two kings need to be there so nothing unexpected happens.

This is also customary in Firuman. If a seventh-grade combatant comes, the other seventh-grade combatant needs to welcome them, or at least the strongest available people need to welcome them.

Arriving at the Orces kingdom royal palace teleportation room, Angus feels a huge distortion effect shaking his whole body and his orientation. He feels like his head is being shaken countless times at once.

Fortunately, he still could hold his urge to vomit and slump on the ground to not embarrass himself. However, he still has a pale complexion and nausea.

"Urghh… I will never get used to this feeling." said Master Valeron while holding up his nausea.

The only people that seem fine are King Leon and Duke Victory while the other two diplomatic staff already go towards the prepared bucket and vomit all the food they have eaten.

Ignoring the two staff that are vomiting nearby, King Leon goes towards King Nexus's spot. This action immediately steals the attention of everyone inside the room. Then, King Leon stops in front of King Nexus.

The two kings glaring one with each other. The atmosphere becomes more intense and everyone in the room gets a cold sweat.

All the nearby Orces royal guard grabbed their weapon tightly and ready to fight at any moment. Even Jacob at this time also readies his hand to cast his spell anytime.

During this time, Angus speaks telepathically to Draven, "Draven, ready for shadow mode." said Angus telepathically.

"Yes, master." replied Draven shortly.

After a while of glaring at each other, which seems like an eternity for others, both of the Kings laughed.

"Hahahaha… Long time to see, Nexus." said King Leon.

"Yeah, it's been a while Leon." replied King Nexus.

The two kings begin to chat with each other like an old friend dispersing the tense situation before. Looking at the two kings chatting casually one with each other, the other people in the room begin to relax a little bit but remain vigilant.

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Seventh Grade combatant is always famous for their unique personality. Some of them are very moody. Some of them are completely shameless or mad. Some of them like to pretend to be weak and many others have unique personalities.

However, there is one similarity among them. It is their thirst for battle, especially between the seventh-grade people.

Although grade seven is already the pinnacle strength in this world, most of the people in this grade want to surpass this limit like they surpass the limit of grade six.

The feeling becomes stronger the longer they stay at this pinnacle grade. Almost all the seventh-grade combatants will try or search for a method to break through this shackle and upgrade their grades.

One of the easy methods to make progress in strength is by fighting a strong opponent through harsh battles. Because of this reason, most seventh-grade combatants often like to clash with each other without any reason.

Furthermore, unless they let themself get injured or get careless, the chance for them to be heavily injured or dead is very low. Even if they want to run, nobody in this world could stop them. So, fighting between seventh-grade combatants is quite safe.

After chatting for a while about various kinds of stuff, "Alright, let's not waste any more time. Do you prepare the deal?" said King Nexus.

"Straightforward as usual, huh? Well, not that I complain about it. Master Valeron, how is your condition?" asked King Leon to Valeron.

"We can start anytime, my king." replied Valeron while looking at Angus who is getting better.

"Good, Let's go towards the room I prepared before." said King Nexus while leading out the room.

The six groups of people begin to follow King Nexus into one of the rooms nearby. Although they are allies, King Nexus can't possibly let them wander around the Royal Palace easily, especially at this time. Because of that he already prepares a room for the medication.

Inside the room, there are already a few royal guards and priests waiting for them. In Firuman, the religious group is not only famous for their god's unique specialty and fight against the undead. They are also famous for having the best spells, skills, and knowledge in healing.

In important matters such as this, King Nexus also prepares himself and hires a few priests in the case of an emergency.

"I hope you don't mind that these few people will be watching." said King Nexus.

Rather than reply, King Leon looks at Master Valeron to take the lead.

"It's not a problem, King Nexus. Besides, what we are dealing with is something we can't test before. It is better to have a few priests nearby in case there is some unforeseen situation." replied Master Valeron calmly.

"Good, then let's start." said King Nexus while undressing his upper clothes and showing his wound in the back.

Looking at the wound, everyone inside the room immediately had a solemn expression. The wound is made of the shape of four claw marks. Each of the claw marks is in dark black and keeps rotting away.

Not only that, the wound could be seen trying to gnaw at the rest of the body like a sort of vicious cancer.

If it is not for the King Nexus to constantly suppress it with his own mana, Angus predicts that the wound will already spread all over the body. At that time, even with the help of Miasma Curing Potion, it is already too late.

'This potency of miasma is many times higher than the wound from the grade five monster back then.' thought Angus inwardly after looking at the wound.

Feeling being stared at for a while, "So, how is it? Can you heal it?" asked King Nexus.

"According to the theory and our research, there should be no problem. Since our 'precious' potion is made to expel the Miasma itself. Because of this reason, the miasma wound must not be too long otherwise they will be integrated into the body." said Master Valeron.

"I see. Then, let's do it your way. As long as this Miasma is gone, I could take care of it myself." said King Nexus

"Then, let's begin. Angus, bring out the potion." said Master Valeron.

Hearing this, Angus brings out a green-colored potion from his storage device. This is the legendary Miasma Curing Potion. After that, he nodded at Master Valeron.

"King Nexus, you may feel pain during the time we apply the potion. Please don't lose focus and keep suppressing the Miasma like usual." said Master Valeron.

"Alright, I can handle a little bit of pain." replied King Nexus.

Then, Angus begins to apply the potion to the claw mark wound. *Shsss* The moment the potion touches the wound it creates a sizzling sound.

"URRGGHH…" Said King Nexus as he tried to hold the pain.

At this moment, the miasma wound reacts wildly and starts to evaporate little by little. Its color is also starting to fade from pitch black into normal black.

Looking at the wound condition, 'It's not enough, the miasma is too potent.' thought Angus.

Without wasting any moment, Angus takes out the second bottle and applies it to the miasma wound again. This action startled Master Valeron, during the test, they only need to use one bottle of potion.

However, Angus himself is the only one that ever has to cure the miasma wound without the potion, Master Valeron decides to thrust in Angus and not comment on anything.

Getting applied the second potion, "ARRGHH!!!" King Nexus can't hold back his voice anymore.

At this time, he feels unimaginable pain in his back. He even almost loses his consciousness from the pain.

Now, people can see all the veins in King Nexus's body as he holds out the pain. Even the nearby Royal Guard could help but have a cold sweat looking at their king's situation.

As for the wound, its color started to fade again into the dark grey with the mix of some blood. Angus took another potion bottle and once again applied the potion to the wound.

"ARRGGGHH!!!!" screamed King Nexus in pain.

As King Nexus feels more pain in his back, the wound itself starts to bleed out but the Miasma inside the wound begins to evaporate at a fast speed.

After a while, the dark and corroded miasma is gone from the wound leaving a deep dark red wound. King Nexus's complexion also begins to get better as the pain behind his back starts to recede.

Looking that the miasma has completely gone, Angus gives a nod towards Master Valeron. Getting the sign, "Priest, quick try to heal the wound. Now, the miasma is completely gone." said Master Valeron.

The nearby priest immediately moves and heals King Nexus's bleeding wound after getting approval. Feeling the soothing sensation in his back, King Nexus regulates his rough back and circulates his mana to enhance his recovery.

"Haa… Haa… I never thought it was going to bring Ha… so much pain." said King Nexus while catching his breath.

"We also never thought something like that would happen. It seems we still underestimate the wound from the Monster Overlord." replied Master Valeron.

"Haa.. It's okay. Since in the end, the medication already succeeds. On behalf of the Orces Kingdom, we are in your debt Master Valeron." said King Nexus.

"Err.. King Nexus, think too highly of me. I am only one of the researchers during the potion research." said Master Valeron as he could feel an ominous aura behind him.

Before King Nexus could reply, "Nexus, it seems you already fully healed now. Want to have some spar to check up on your condition?" cut out King Leon.

'Dare to poach my men in front of me. I will smack you to pieces.' thought King Leon inwardly.

'Tch… Leon noticed it too quickly.' thought King Nexus back.

At this moment, the two kings once again glaring one with the others. Unlike before, the two Kings release their mana towards the surrounding to pressure one with the others.

"You are right. I still need to test if I am fully healed or not." replied King Nexus.

"M-My King…" said one of the royal guards.

King Nexus raises his hand to stop the other royal guard from talking any further, "Don't worry, my wound is more or less already healed. Now, let's change the place first, Leon." said King Nexus while smiling.

"Certainly, After you, Nexus." said Leon in a deep voice.

The two kings immediately go out of the room while being followed by everyone. After walking for a while in the long corridor silently, they reach a big clearing with a lake nearby it.

"You don't mind we fight in here right?" said King Nexus.

"Like it is going to make any difference." replied King Leon.

Then the two kings release their massive mana nearby. The two different mana begin to friction one with the others and create disturbance in the surrounding.

"Back.. Move back… It's too dangerous in here." said Jacob, reminding the others.

Everyone that hears Jacob's warning, begins to move back in the royal palace direction. At this moment, Angus looked at the two kings with a surprised look while covering himself in the nearby pillar.

'Such thick mana…'

'Such thick mana, they probably have more mana than my chi in my previous life.' thought Angus.

After releasing their mana for a while, both two kings disappear from the spot and clash at the center of the clearing using their own fists. *BAM*

The two fists collided one against another and created a massive shockwave towards the surroundings. The royal palace itself feels like being hit by a huge earthquake.

After the first fist, both of them begin to fight in close combat and create small shockwaves each for each clash. In less than a second, they already exchange thousands of blows.

Fist against fist, kickings, dodging, they didn't even bother to use a skill and only raw power in these thousand clashes. After clashing a while, both of them move back to their previous spot.

"It seems I got a little bit rusty." said King Leon as he flexed his arm.

"Let's take it further, Leon." said King Nexus.

Nexus hand warped with thick bluish mana that seems like a liquid [Water dance - 1st stance]. Approaching King Leon, Nexus's both hands move so fast turn into hundred palm attacks.

Looking at the approaching attack, Leon also takes his own battle stance and coated his two fists with fire elemental mana.

At first, he tried to parry the incoming hundreds of attacks, but all of them were very flexible and fast, making Leon being pushed back by each strike he received.

After a while of getting overwhelmed, King Leon disappears from his spot to dodge King Nexus's punch and appears on his side [Blink].

Appearing on King Nexus's side, he already launched a powerful fist covered in fire elemental towards King Nexus. King Nexus got punched on his side and forced to fly away into the nearby lake direction [Flame Strike]. *BAM*

The enormous fire mana that launched is very thick that burns the surroundings and scorched the Nexus's body trail path until the lake.

"Nexus, don't tell me that's all you got." taunting Leon.

Nexus looks at his side stomach that has a fist and scorched mark on his clothes. The fist mark embedded on his body while there is a trace of a burn mark on its surrounding.

'What a strong punch.' thought Nexus.

"Let me show you the true strength of [Water Dance]." said Nexus while changing his battle stance.

Nexus gathered all the nearby water in his hand and shot it towards Leon [Water Bullet] while doing [Water Dance]. [Water Bullet] that being launched by Nexus has different size, strength, and speed compared to ordinary [Water Bullet]

If an ordinary [Water Bullet] has the size of a ping pong ball or tennis ball at most, Nexus's [Water Bullet] is the same size as a cannonball. As for its speed, even grade six combatants will be having difficulty tracking it.

Despite all these ridiculous attacks, Leon keeps calm and dodges every single one of the [Water Bullet] using [Blink].

"As expected of the strongest human race king to have such mastery of [Blink]. But, keep dodging attacks will not change anything. Eat this!!" said King Nexus.

Nexus compressed a lot of water in his hand and shot it towards Leon. The water turns into a sort of energy beam attack and moves in the blink of an eye towards Leon [Water Jet].

Unexpectedly, King Leon got hit before he could react on his left shoulder. Fortunately, the endurance of seventh-grade combatant's bodies is on a different level. Otherwise, King Leon's entire shoulder will be blown away rather than just broken with some bruises.

'What a deadly attack.' thought Leon.

At this moment, Nexus combines the [Water Dance] while launching [Water Jet] towards Leon. Looking at the Nexus moves, Leon blinks behind Nexus before he could launch another [Water Jet] towards him.

Leon launched another powerful [Flame Strike] to Nexus's back. Noticing the appearance of Leon on his back, Nexus abandoned his current attack and launched his own attack towards Leon on top of the water [Water Dance - 2nd stance].

The water-coated palm managed to redirect the majority of the [Flame Strike] attack. However, [Flame Strike] is a skill to push the entire person or things that are being hit by it.

Once again, Nexus was forced to move backward because of such ridiculous skill and force. Normal combatants will already get blown away into meat paste by such a force.

Still, as a seventh-grade combatant, Nexus managed to resist and was only forced to retread a few meters back.

"Kuhuhu… As expected of King Leon." said King Nexus.

"You are also good, King Nexus. Shall we start getting serious? This warming up begins to get a little bit boring." replied King Leon while taking his sword.

"Yeah.. you are right. Otherwise, this will take forever." said King Nexus, taking out his greatsword.

'That's only warming up.' thought everyone else who spectated the ridiculous exchange between the two kings.

'So, this is the true pinnacle power of this world.' thought Angus excitedly while looking at the two kings above the lake.

After taking their weapon, both of the King's demeanor change and glaring at the other party seriously. Both of the kings know that playtime is over. Once they are careless a little bit, they may get heavily injured.

King Leon once again uses [Blink] and arrives behind Nexus. As Nexus already predicted this, he immediately turned around the moment Leon disappeared.

At this split second, Leon once again use [Blink] and appeared on Nexus side while brandished his sword [King Gladius]

Looking at the incoming attack from his side, Nexus managed to parry Leon's attack in a broken stance. Since he is in a weak stance, Nexus immediately gets pushed back.

Didn't want to let go of such a chance, Leon kept pressuring Nexus with another follow-up strong attack without letting Nexus stabilize himself. *Clang* *Clang* *Clang*

After keep getting pushed back for a while, "Arrghh!! [King's Might]" roared King Nexus.

A blast of mana shot out towards the surrounding area. Using his fast reaction, Leon uses[Blink] to disappear from his spot and appeared a few meters away from Nexus.

However, Nexus was already locked on at Leon's position and pursuing with incredible speed. Nexus brandished his greatsword that coated with blue color [Sword Art - Wave Strike].

Before the attack approaches Leon, he once again uses [Blink] to escape a few meters away from it. Nexus's attack immediately destroyed the nearby hill and decimated its surrounding.

Since Leon only [Blink] few meters away, Nexus immediately pursues Leon again. He believed Leon could not use [Blink] constantly in rapid succession like this.

After being pursued and keep using [Blink] a few times. Leon is sweating and knows he will reach his limit soon. [Blink] skill is a very useful skill but also quite taxing on the user body.

Nexus keeps pursuing him with unimaginable speed. Leon also couldn't use long-distance [Blink] to create some distance as it requires more time and concentration. At this moment, Nexus once again appears in front of Leon while brandishing his greatsword.

'Tch.. I don't want to use this.' thought Leon in a split second.

"[Possesion]" muttered Leon.

A blast of mana came out from the Leon and managed to push back Nexus. Leon's demeanor and aura change. If before it was like a righteous knight, now he feels like a bloodthirsty predator.

Leon looks at Nexus with a crazy smile, "BLOOD!!!" shouted Leon while blinking in front of Nexus and brandished his red blood aura sword [Sword Art - Crimson Slash].

Feeling the danger of the incoming attack, "SILYU!!" shouted Nexus.

A loud horse voice is heard nearby, "Heiighh" and a water torrent envelop the whole Nexus to protect him from Leon's attack [Whirlpool shield].

The two forces collide, one defending and the other is attacking. The blue and red-colored attacks clash and create a devastating shockwave towards the surrounding.

Looking at the incoming huge shockwave, "[3th Circle – Fire Barrier]." as Duke Jacob cast a big fire barrier to the nearby spectator.

The other royal guards also cast their barrier spells to protect themself. Even the barrier defense mechanism of the royal was activated automatically to withstand it. After a while, the shockwave began to settle down.

The view becomes clear and shows the two kings in haggard appearance. Both of them had rough breathing but recovered each second passed by.

"Nexus you are cheating. No wonder you choose this place." said King Leon looking at the water horse beside Nexus.

"Hahaha… You are the one that started it first by using [Possession]. I thought I would get killed for a second there." said King Nexus.

"Like hell, you will get killed by such an attack." said King Leon.

"Still, I never thought you could control that dangerous [Possession] to a certain degree." said King Nexus.

"Well, we all have our own trump cards. Anyway, we should probably end this now." said King Leon while trying to divert the topic.

"Yeah, you are right. We go a little bit overboard in this little spar." replied King Nexus while looking at the surrounding place.

'Tch.. the minister will once again complain about this.' thought King Nexus inwardly.

"Silyu, thanks for the help. You can go back now." said King Nexus towards his familiar.

Hearing his master's command, Silyu went back inside the lake. Then, both of the two kings went back to the royal palace together.

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A moment after the destructive shockwave from the two kings, Angus looks at the two kings standing in the air.

'This is absurd!! How come they could spend all of this enormous mana and standstill with only a little bit exhausted.' thought Angus while looking at the two kings.

Then, Angus notices a blue-colored horse that looks very strong and majestic. Feeling his master looking at the water horse familiar, "Hmp… That lowly horse is nothing to compare to me." said Draven in a prideful tone inside Angus's mind.

Hearing Draven's remark, "Did you get jealous?" replied Angus.

"Why should I get jealous over that stupid horse? If we were in the same grade, I wouldn't even need to move my finger to kill it." said Draven.

"Yes-yes.. You are the strongest." replied Angus to reassure Draven.

Over the time Angus is with Draven, he realizes that Draven is slightly childish over a few things. Sometimes, he is very picky about his food which consists of high-quality raw monster meat.

Sometimes, he likes to prank other students while being invisible or hiding in the shadows. Fortunately, the prank is harmless and nothing dangerous.

At this point, Angus realizes that Draven is still relatively young since he is only a few months old and not genuinely mature despite inheriting a lot of knowledge through his bloodline.

The reason Angus is looking at the King Nexus familiar is that it is unique and rare. According to Angus's knowledge, it is an amphibian beast that should be extinct for a long time, even in the time of few ancient civilizations.

It is called Blascus. A seawater horse that is rumored to become the ride of King of the sea in the legend. At first, Angus almost mistook it as a regular water horse beast, Blue Pegas, a water horse that lives in the ocean.

However, he tossed this idea in his mind since Blue Pegas could only live in the water and cannot come out from the water. Besides that, Blue Pegas only could reach grade four as its limit.

Meanwhile, the King Nexus familiar has the aura of a grade six beast on the border of reaching grade seven.

As for its power, there is no way Blue Pegas could hold an attack of King Leon in his [Possession] state even with the help of King Nexus. It means that the one in front of him is Blascus, one of the strongest horse beasts.

Although compared to Mundus, dragon, or other legendary beasts, it is still weaker, but it is a lot stronger than the ordinary beast.

In the first place, the beast itself is already rare in Firuman. To get a contract with a beast is like winning a small lottery, and getting a chance to contract a strong beast such as Mundus or others is like getting a treasure when people didn't do anything.

The chance is so tiny that it could not be called a chance anymore. So, getting a contract with a beast such as Blascus is already fortunate, especially if it could be nurtured until a high grade like grade six.

Seeing the two kings come back, all the people immediately gather to welcome them, including Angus. Looking at the condition of the two kings, Angus once again surprised. Both of the two kings look fine, like not having a hard battle at all.

Their rough breathing already calmed down and seemed like they could handle another battle like before.

'Such a fast regenerative ability. No wonder the seventh grade is called the realm of legend. With such a strong regenerative ability and strength, they are practically unkillable beings.' thought Angus inwardly.

Feeling Angus's stare, King Leon only smirks at Angus like challenging him. Seeing this, Angus could only shake in excitement while having his own smile. Angus was excited and imagined himself fighting such a powerhouse.

After the two kings come back and celebrate, King Leon's group rest at the nearby guest house inside the Royal Palace perimeter. At the same time, the two negotiators do their job while being accompanied by Duke Victory.

Now, inside the guest house, there are only three people. King Leon, Master Valeron, and Angus.

Master Valeron rests himself in his room while the King sits in the living area along with Angus. At first, King Leon also wants to relax in his own room, but he is curious about the teenager in front of him who has asked for his daughter's hand before.

For a while, the two people looked at each other. It is kind of torture for Angus since he feels like almost being killed every second. He feels like being at the tip of a cliff and almost falls into the ravine, yet he still didn't fall.

After a while, King Leon began to smile, "So, how is my battle with King Nexus? Did you think you could achieve this level?" asked King Leon.

Hearing such a question, "Of course, I could. I may even pass this kind of level in the future, my king." said Angus confidently.

"Hoo.. such a bold claim. Many people also dream and declare such a thing. Let's see if what you said is true or not in the future. However, you do qualify to claim such a thing since you already have such strength in your age."

"I bet no grade one combatant could defeat you even if they are from another race. Even a grade two combatant may have a hard time fighting with you." said King Leon as he saw through Angus's strength.

"As expected of his majesty, to even see through my strength." replied Angus.

"Don't underestimate the perception of seventh-grade people. You may hide it from others, but we seventh-grade people are different kinds of people." explained King Leon.

"Anyway, I could feel your mana core is stronger than an ordinary one. If I didn't feel its aura as a grade one, I might have thought you already a grade two combatant. Moreover, it could hide its aura from others." said King Leon.

"Err.." as Angus didn't know how to respond.

Looking at Angus's expression, "Hahaha… Don't worry too much about it. Still, as a king of heart, I need to ask you if it is possible to share such a forming technique to the kingdom?" asked King Leon seriously.

"I could actually share the technique with you. However, I doubt everyone could form the mana core with my technique." said Angus.

"Ohh.. Is there a harsh requirement?" asked King Leon curiously.

"There are two requirements. First is massive energy to form the core. Second, a body that could hold this massive energy. Based on my research the energy is more or less the same as the energy to supply the whole capital city for years." explained Angus.

"The only reason why I could form my mana core in such a way is because of a certain accident. I even almost lost my life during the process despite having the strength of a peak ordinary human." said Angus.

"Hmm.. so, you could form that kind of mana core because of the factor of luck." said King Leon.

"Yes, because of this, I don't truly want this technique to be spread out. As for a reason, your majesty already knows it better than me." said Angus.

"True, if what you said is true, then it will need a lot of living test experiments to be conducted. Furthermore, one of the easiest ways to gather such energy is from mana core, especially from other combatants." said King Leon.

"If such a technique spreads, sooner or later, there will be a massacre happening, be it used as test subjects or energy supply." Added King Leon further.

In Firuman, other combatant mana cores could also be used as energy supply. However, such an act is very taboo. Not only is it unethical, but it will also only lead to chaos and decrease one nation's strength if being left alone.

Because of this, everyone disdains such an act to use other combatant mana core and a strict law regulating it in every stable nation. Still, this is not guaranteed.

Some power-hungry people who live in the underworld use this mana core from combatants since getting them is more accessible than through monsters. Their price is also lower than the regular mana core from monsters.

"Yes, your majesty is right. Although the mana core produced is very high in quality, it needs to be researched further and needs energy. This may create some problems in the nation even if it is done secretly." said Angus.

"Hmm… To think someone as young as you already think ahead like that. It seems the Heart Kingdom's future is already in good hands." said King Leon.

"This.. Your Majesty has overpraised me." replied Angus

Then, both of them keep talking about various things until Duke Jacob and two negotiators come back.

After checking everything according to the deal, King Leon's party immediately goes towards the teleportation room to return to their kingdom.

Along the way, They found a tall young man, and King Nexus welcomed them along with other royal guards during the journey.

"Come back so soon, Leon" said King Nexus.

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"Come back so soon, Leon" said King Nexus.

"Nexus, of course. Since our dealing has already concluded, we will go back now. I still have something to deal with in my kingdom" said King Nexus.

"Well, it's a shame you could not stay longer. Still, on behalf of Orces country, I thank you once again for such treatment. I never thought I could fully recover after getting injured by Monster Overlord." said Nexus.

"Your welcome. It is also for our benefit. Besides, as our neighbor kingdom, Orces kingdom is also one of our allies." said King Leon.

As the two kings keep talking, they walk towards the teleportation room. Arriving at the teleportation room, the expert is already doing their job tuning up the teleportation device.

While waiting for them, "Anyway, this is my youngest son, Nexar." King Nexus introduced the tall man beside him.

"Greetings, King Leon." said the young man while giving a salute towards King Leon.

Looking at the tall young man, "Hmm… How old is he?" asked King Leon.

"Despite his appearance, he is still 15 years old. He is one of the prodigies even among my sons. He managed to form his own mana core at the age of twelve years old." said King Nexus proudly.

"Really?? it seems Orces kingdom will have a bright future." said King Leon.

"Hahaha… Nothing is certain. Nexar still has so much to learn. Anyway, I hear you have a daughter. How about.." said King Nexus.

Before King Nexus finished his sentence, "Nexus, Don't try my patience. I hope you don't mention this kind of thing in front of me again." said King Leon coldly while glaring at the young man beside him.

Being glared at by King Leon, Nexar immediately has a cold sweat and trembles on his spot. Looking at the trembling young man, King Leon scoffed at him before looking back at King Nexus.

At this time, Nexar already slumps on the floor and needs to be helped by the other royal guard as he got a sort of panic attack.

Looking at this, King Nexus could only sigh silently, "Take him to his room." said King Nexus.

The royal guard begins to help Nexar get out of the room. Looking at this, Nexus knows that the chance of his son being accepted by Leon is almost none. As someone who believes in power, King Leon will never tolerate such weakness, especially those who want his daughter.

"*Sigh* I apologize about this matter, Leon. I just hoped we could continue our alliance."

"As long as the Orces Kingdom didn't try to harm the Heart Kingdom, The Heart Kingdom will always be your ally." said King Leon.

Soon, the teleportation device is ready to be used. King Leon's group immediately steps on the teleportation pedestal.

After that, the teleportation device released a humming sound and shone brightly. *Bzzttzzz* Less than a second later, King Leon's group arrived at Heart Kingdom royal palace.

Arriving at the royal palace, the group diminished and went towards their respective place while Angus and Duke Victory returned to their townhouse manor to rest.

During the way towards the townhouse manor, inside the carriage, "So, how is it? feeling pressure to take the King's daughter?" teased Jacob towards his son, who kept silent.

"Huhh.. What are you talking about?" asked Angus confusedly.

"You know, there will be a lot of geniuses like Nexar trying to get their hands on the fourth princess." said Jacob.

"So?? Is there a problem?" asked Angus again.

"A problem? Didn't you feel some kind of pressure?" asked Jacob.

Hearing this, Angus thought for a second before replied, "Nope. Besides, they should become stronger. Otherwise, it will be too boring." said Angus as he released his mana core aura.

"T-This… Since when did you form your mana core?" said Jacob.

"At Eleven, but don't tell others. It will create too much commotion." as Angus decides to say truthfully to his father.

"Eleven?? T-That's kind of.. I don't even know what to say. *sigh* Since you hide it from everyone, then I will not reveal it to others. Who else knows about this?" asked Jacob.

"The old dwarf Balrug, Jayna, and the King himself." replied Angus.

"Not many people know about it. Alright, I will keep it a secret for now. But, you need to reveal it sooner or later." said Jacob.

"Yeah, I planned to reveal it next year." said Angus.

"Good choice, It is not too old and not too young. The majority of the royal academy students also formed their core at this age." said Jacob.

Then, they continue to talk about various things until they arrive at the townhouse manor. By the time they arrive at the townhouse manor, it is already in the evening.

The next day Angus went back to the royal academy to continue his studies. Since his project of making Miasma Curing Potion is done, now he has a lot of free time to focus on another thing.

Angus planned to improve himself like usual and learn the powerful Dusk Language that he delayed before. He still wants to reveal about the mysterious chamber under the abandoned facility.

A person that could get a Mundus egg must not be an ordinary one. So, Angus feels that there must be something else hidden inside the chamber besides the rare ingredient.

However, before learning about Dusk Language, he needs to be proficient at the Dark Elves's ancient language. The book that he had about the Dusk Language was written with Dark Elves's ancient language.

Dark elves' ancient language is quite simple yet also complicated. Angus needs a lot of time to learn about such a complex language. Although the vocabulary and words are not much, it is still very complicated.

Besides that, Angus also increased his body training in preparation for opening the Gate of Life. Few weeks before the break, Balrug, the old dwarf, told him that he was ready to open the first Gate of Life as his body was already mature enough.

He needs to be in the best condition, be it mentally or physically, to open the Gate of Life. Opening the Gate of Life is a difficult task. There is no such thing as a second chance since if it fails means death.

Now, Angus is inside the basement below the smithing facility, meditating to calm his mind. Opening his eyes and ending his meditation, "Alright, I am ready."

"Brat, are you sure about this?" asked Balrug worriedly.

"Of course. So, what should I do?" asked Angus.

"Well, To Open the Gate of Life, you need external help and stimulus to find the gates of Life. The Dwarf race has a special way to help you find this Gates of Life. " explained Balrug.

"What is it?" asked Angus curiously.

"By iron and fire." said Balrug with a smirk.

"Sorry??" said Angus.

"Like a weapon, you need to be cast by iron and fire. You will be going inside this special smelter along with the molten iron." said Balrug while pointing to the black smelting tub.

"Err… Did it really work?" asked Angus worriedly.

Hearing Angus's question, "Hahaha…Well, if you are going inside without any preparation, you will be dead any second. So, to be safe, you will be going inside while holding this." said Balrug while showing a black crystal.

Looking at the particular crystal, "I-Is that the rare Heart Obsidian?" asked Angus.

"Good, you seem to recognize this crystal. However, this is no ordinary Heart Obsidian crystal. This crystal is imbued with a special spell from the elder of the dwarf community just for this occasion." explained Balrug.

"The spell will be active while you are inside the smelter tub along with the hot molten iron. All you need to do is to preserve until you find the Gate of Life." explained Balrug more.

"How long will I be inside of it?" asked Angus.

"That depends on yourself. The longer you take to find the Gate of Life, the longer you will be inside it. Some people only need a few hours, but others need an entire day." replied Balrug

"There are no exact measurements for the time since the Gate's test will be different for each person. However, focus on finding the Gate first. As for passing the test, you will be passed as long as you are worthy enough." explained Balrug

"My advice is don't overthink about it and let everything go. The more you resist, the longer the time you find the Gate of Life." said Balrug.

"I see… Then, let's do it." Angus begins to undress all his clothes.

Since he will be inside the Molten Iron to know how long, he will go inside it naked to not destroy his clothes. While holding the black Heart Obsidian Crystal, Angus goes inside the smelting tub.

After calming his excited mind and breathing, "Alright, let's do it."

"Yosh.. Bail, raise the furnace's temperature." shouted Balrug.

Bail, who is on standby near the furnace, begins to control the furnace temperature to the maximum. Then, without wasting any moment, Balrug pulled up the furnace using the prepared pulley and poured the melted liquified iron inside into the smelting tub.

As the liquified iron pours into the smelting tub while Angus inside it, he feels his body is burning for each second passed.

"ARGGHH!!!"

"ARGGHH!!!" screamed Angus.

Angus felt being burned alive. The Heart Obsidian in his hand shattered and released a dark black fire towards the surrounding.

Like a chemical reaction, the liquified molten iron is starting to turn into a colorful color instead of a red molten one, while on top of it, there is a pure black flame that keeps burning.

The scene is bizarre yet also majestic. However, the two dwarfs ignore this and look at the smelting tub in solemn expression.

"I hope you survive, kid." muttered Balrug while looking at the smelting tub.

Inside the tub, Angus feels the hot iron molten destroying his body slowly by melting it. At first, he feels hot and pain all over his body, then the next moment, he feels a weird cold sensation while the pain is still there. After a while, he feels hot and painful again.

Angus feels time moves slowly during this vicious cycle. Soon, he forgets about the time and starts to lose his mind in this endless torture. Angus wants to get out of the tub and run from this eternal torture. But, he remembers Balrug's advice to let everything go.

When he gives up to struggle, the pain itself suddenly goes away, and his mind becomes clear. Before he knows it, he is inside darkness.

Slowly he regains the feeling of his body inside this dark space. Angus didn't know how much time passed by, but he felt inside this space for a long time.

Soon, he could regain control all over his body. But because of the darkness, he couldn't see his body condition. He could only feel it through his senses.

Angus tried to walk forward and found the darkness suddenly dimly brightened up. He could see a vast, majestic black-colored gate in front of him.

When Angus sees the gate, 'Why is the gate so damn huge? Did any giant pass through it?' thought Angus inwardly.

Suddenly, Angus hears a voice from his surroundings, "No, is it not. The gate shows that only the worthy one could pass through it. So, Are you a worthy one?" said the voice.

"Okay, How do I prove that I am worthy?" asked Angus while trying to locate the source of the voice.

"You know exactly how to prove it." the voice coming in front of him.

Angus could see a cloaked man with the same height as him. He didn't know why but his instinct told him to beat the cloaked man in front of him.

Angus approaches the cloaked man using [Beast Walk] and punches through him without wasting any moment. Before Angus's fist reach the man, the man redirects Angus's hand using his own [Yin-Yang Balancing].

Looking at the familiar skill used by the cloaked man, Angus immediately stomps the ground hard [Force Stance] to rebalance his body. Then, Angus stepped back a few meters away from the cloaked man.

"I see you are me. This is going to take a long time." said Angus in a lazy expression.

The cloaked man revealed his hood and showed a clone of Angus's face without any expression. Its eye is pure black, like the darkness in the surrounding.

Angus didn't truly surprise looking at the clone in front of him, "Well, At least I will enjoy this fight for a while." said Angus excitedly.

Suddenly, the two people using [Beast Walk] launch punches towards one another like a mirror [Dynamic Punch]. Dozens of the punches clash in less than a second. *Bam* *Bam* *Bam*

During this exchange, 'Our power and skills seem to be the same. He could also use [Yin-Yang Balancing] before, which means he is not a mindless puppet that only mirrors my skill. So, the only way to beat him is by overpowering him.' Angus begins to analyze his opponent.

Soon, both of them begin to use the same skills for a few minutes. Angus keeps launching attacks and tries to lead the clone into a trap many times. Yet, the clone begins to use different skills and adapt to Angus's tactic like himself.

After fighting for a dozen minutes without gaining the upper hand, Angus stopped attacking. He noticed the opponent didn't feel tired while his stamina was getting worse every time he clashed.

"Huff… It seems I don't have any choice but to use those forbidden skills. To win this trial." said Angus.

Like noticing Angus's intention, the clone in front of him nodded at Angus. In his past life, there is a reason why he was called the strongest person even before he got the heritage chi. He has superb adaptability and is a master at controlling his body.

Combined with his talent in insight as a martial expert, Angus could copy any kind of skill or technique by looking at it once. Given enough time, he could even improve them into better skills or techniques.

With this kind of talent, Angus has the upper hand against the other martial experts. Among all the skills he knows, some are categorized as forbidden skills because they could harm the user physically or mentally.

Angus didn't want to use this skill because he feels it is unnecessary since his life goal is to have a peaceful life. However, ever since he declares his love for Jayna, he knows that it will take a hard road to achieve his peaceful life.

Sooner or later, he needs to use all these forbidden techniques and skills. Thinking about this, Angus begins to realize the trial itself seems to want to push him and make him go all out without any shred of hesitation.

He began to remember when he was still young in his previous life, where he pursued power and strength without hesitation. Ever since he was born in this world, he constantly contradicted himself in wanting to get stronger.

He fears that he will be too powerful, like in his previous life, and betrayed by his loved one. As someone who stood at the top, he knows that power brings happiness and peace. It also brings sadness, hatred, and resentment leading to betrayal.

Angus is afraid of all of this happening again. He is worried that his lover and family will betray him if he gets too strong, like in the past.

On the other hand, he also wants to stand at the peak as the strongest. This contradictory feeling haunted him. But, he chose to ignore it and run away from it.

During his time thinking all of this, Angus didn't realize that the clone in front of him didn't move or attack him like he knows that Angus has an inner struggle.

Inside the dark space, Angus's contradictory feeling that he always escapes from amplified many times more vital inside the dark space. He could even see some of his fear inside the darkness.

While his mind becomes more chaotic, the dark space shrouds him like going to swallow him. After a moment, all his fears are gone while Angus's demeanor is changed.

"Hahahaha…. " Angus began to laugh madly.

"This is very funny. A mere trial like this, trying to hold me back. Weak.. So.. Weak. It disgusts me. I Am the strongest person on Earth. Nothing is going to stand in my way to reach the peak!!" shouted Angus like he was declaring himself.

Then, Angus knocked his chest with his finger and continued towards his neck and finally his shoulder [Forbidden Art - God of War Point]. After doing all of this, Angus feels a surge of power inside his body.

He feels like having enormous power and is ready to fight countless battles like a God of War. Couldn't withstand the strong force, the dark space itself starts to crack.

Meanwhile, outside the tub, an enormous amount of energy comes out from the tub. The tub itself begins to crack.

Looking at this, "Boss, what happened?" said Bail.

Seeing the crack on the smelting tub, "I don't know what happened, but since the dark flame still flares up brightly, the test is still going on. We need to prevent it from cracking any further."

During this time, the energy wave keeps cracking the tub. Looking at this, Baldur immediately brought a big chain and wrapped it around the tub. Without wasting any moment, he began enchanting the tub with the help of the chain.

While Balrug and Bail prevented the tub from being destroyed, Inside the dark space, "Come, let's end this trial." said Angus with a crazy smile.

Soon, the two people begin to clash again. However, unlike before, the clone of Angus was entirely overpowered by Angus. Like Angus thought, the clone could not use the forbidden technique like him.

"Tch… Weaklings…" said Angus while his fist was covered with dark red fire.

Angus fist immediately strikes at the clone in front of him [Flame Strike]. The enormous force from the [Flame Strike] forces the clone to fly towards the gate and embedded on it.

Then, Angus approached the clone's body slowly. However, with every step he takes, his contradictory feeling amplified more until he couldn't even make a single step.

Angus stops in front of the clone, his crazy smile already exchanged with an expressionless face.

"I.. Angus Victory... will stand at the top. Nothing.. I mean, nothing will hold me back from it, even my past and the world!!" Angus throws a punch towards the clone with everything he got.

[World Punch]

[World Punch] A single punch from Angus that holds everything about him launched at the clone. *BAM* *Crack* *BOOM* The clone, along with the black gate, was destroyed into pieces like fragmented glass.

At this moment, the clone whose personification of Angus smiles at him seems to say something without any voice before disappearing into the darkness. After that, Angus's consciousness comes back to his real-world body.

The moment Angus launched a [World Punch] towards the clone, the smelting tub was already in the sign of breaking despite Balrug's attempt to hold it. Fortunately, the black flame flared up as a sign that the trial finished at the last moment.

The smelting tub is immediately destroyed into fragmented small rocks while a rainbow-colored glowing orb appears from it. After a while, the rainbow glowing orb turns into Angus's body. During this moment, Angus sees a few warning signs from his system.

"Body reconstruction is successful."

"System back online."

"Warning!! The Heritage Chi going wild"

"Warning!! The Heritage Chi going wild"

"Warning!! The Heritage Chi going wild"'

Looking at this warning log, "Old man, hurry!! Knock me out!!" shouted Angus as his consciousness started to fade and half of his face created a maniac smile.

Hearing this, "Knock you out? Gladly!!" replied Balrug eagerly

Balrug immediately brought out his hammer and slammed at Angus's head, totally knocking him out before he entirely went berserk. *Bam* The knocked-out Angus immediately slumps on the ground, unconscious. On the other hand, Bail looked at this confusedly.

"Err.. Boss, Why did you suddenly attack him?" asked Bail.

"He said to knock him out. So, I just knocked him out. What's wrong with that?" said Balrug

"Ehhh… But didn't…" said Bail.

Before Bail finishes his sentence, "Hush.. Bail, don't overthink about it. Now, help me dress this brat and send it to the infirmary facility." said Balrug.

"Err.. Alright." said Bail while doing as he was told.

After dressing Angus, Bail sends the unconscious boy towards the infirmary for a body check-up if there is some problem after the trial side effect.

Fortunately, today is the weekend day, so Angus didn't need to worry about attending his courses. After a few hours, Angus finally woke up.

"Urrghh…" Angus wakes up while feeling a little bit of muscle pain all over his body.

By the time he woke up, he could see that the sky was already dark through the nearby window, and the room was brightly lit up with a magical lamp.

Hearing Angus's groan, "Angus, you finally awake." said Jayna worriedly.

"Jayna, why are you here?" asked Angus.

"I hear you are entering the infirmary unconscious. Of course, I will come to see you." said Jayna in a worried tone.

"Ahh.. I see. Sorry, I make you worried." replied Angus.

"Hmph… it's okay, just don't do this again." said Jayna

"I will try it. Anyway, how long did I fall unconscious?" asked Angus.

"According to Millie, you got into the infirmary this afternoon." said Jayna.

"This afternoon? It's still Sunday. right?" asked Angus

"Yeah, it's Sunday. Are you sure you are okay? Old man Bail only says that you are too exhausted during the training." said Jayna.

"Ahh.. Yes, I am okay. Anyway, how come Millie knows about my condition?" said Angus trying to divert the topic.

Seeing Angus changing the topic quickly, Jayna glared at Angus, "It's about that secret training you have done, right?" asked Jayna.

"Ehh.. W-What are you talking about?" said Angus while trying to give an innocent face.

"Angus, you are a terrible liar. Huft… If you are not going to tell me about the secret training, that is fine. But, at least tell me when you are about to do something dangerous." said Jayna.

Hearing this, Angus felt warm in his heart. "Jayna…" said Angus.

Before he could finish his sentence, *Knock* *Knock* Then, the door opened. At this time, Millie, who is wearing medical attire, comes in.

"Evening Lady Jayna, ahh.. Angus, you are awake. Hold on, I will call the teacher." said Millie while she was leaving the room.

"Err… Why is Millie wearing medical attire?" asked Angus.

"Millie has joined a medical course since the first year. However, it is just now that she is doing the practical part as she just formed her mana core during the break. She also happens to be on duty this evening." explained Jayna.

"Really? How come I didn't know about this? I thought she was going into a gardening course or something similar." said Angus.

"It's because you never pay attention to this and focus on who knows what it is. I bet you don't even know what side course I am entering." said Jayna.

"Silly girl, Of course, I know about your side course." said Angus.

"Then, what is it?" replied Jayna.

"It's about…" as Angus tries his best to remember Jayna's side course.

"You don't know, right?" said Jayna in a cold tone.

"It's…" said Angus.

Then, by some coincidence, Vice-Principal Ellen entered the room along with Millie at this moment.

"Evening, students. Mr. Victory, I am glad you are already awake. May I check you a little bit?" asked Vice-Principal Ellen.

"Yes, please." said Angus while feeling some kind of relief.

"Alright, just stay still while I cast the diagnostic spell." said Vice Principal Ellen.

Then, the Vice-principal cast a spell towards Angus [2nd Circle - Body Check Up]. A flash of green light envelops Angus's body and probes his condition.

After doing the spell, "Alright, there is no problem with your body. You just need to rest a little bit. Are you feeling any discomfort? such as a headache or anything?" asked the Vice Principal.

"I just feel a little bit of muscle pain in my body. But, I can tolerate it." replied Angus.

"I see.. It's probably the side effect of whatever training you do before. I advise you not to overwork yourself for a while, or it may inhibit your growth." said Vice Principal Ellen.

"I will keep that in mind." replied Angus.

"Is there anything else? If not, you could go back to class tomorrow, but I suggest you rest in the infirmary for tonight in case something happens." asked the vice-principal.

"Alright, thank you, Vice Principal Ellen." replied Angus.

"Then I will excuse myself first. Student, don't stay up too late." said Vice Principal Ellen before leaving the room.

"Angus, Are you really alright?" asked Millie worriedly.

"Yeah.. Of course, Is there something wrong?" asked Angus.

"Well, when you came this afternoon, your skin was red like some kind of blemish. So, I am quite worried about you getting a strange disease. But, the dwarf that brings you says that it is a side effect from training." explained Millie.

"Really?? I guess I overwork myself. But, don't worry, I am fine." said Angus.

At this moment, Angus feels a cold glare from his side, which he tries to ignore.

Noticing the tense atmosphere between the two couples, "Alright, if you need anything, just call me. Then, I will leave the two of you. I still need to check the other student. Evening, Angus, Lady Jayna." said Millie while leaving the room.

After Millie got out of the room and closed the door, "Are you really okay?" asked Jayna coldly.

"Yes, I am fine now. See, nothing is wrong with me." as Angus is flexing his muscular hand.

While flexing his hand, 'Wait a minute, why is my hand bulkier than usual?' thought Angus inwardly.

Before Angus could check his own body any further, he feels an incoming hand from Jayna. Using his instinct, he managed to avoid it with a hair breath.

"Since you managed to dodge it, it means you are okay." said Jayna with a smile.

"Err… How come you can conclude something like that?" asked Angus.

"Well, the only time you get hit by me is when you are sick. So, I guess if you are healthy, you will easily dodge my attack." explained Jayna.

Hearing this, 'Doesn't that mean she will hit me every time to check my condition? Did I choose the wrong girl as my love?' thought Angus inwardly.

"You must be thinking something bad about me, right?" said Jayna.

"Ehh.. No, of course not. I didn't think anything. Hehehe..." said Angus.

Glaring at Angus, "Somehow, my intuition tells me you are lying again?" said Jayna.

'How come she could be susceptible to this matter?.' thought Angus inwardly.

After that, the couple begins to chat about various things. Not wanting to make Jayna more worried about him, Angus avoids talking about opening the Gate of Life since no sane person will be alright after soaking with molten iron.

So, Angus begins to tell her about his time at the Orces Kingdom. Since he is back at the academy, he rarely has time for Jayna to have a personal conversation.

As a girl who obsesses with fighting and power, Jayna immediately forgets about the matter before and focuses on listening to Angus's story about the two king's fight.

Jayna often hears the fight about her father from himself and other people. But, she never gets bored to listen more since every battle is always different and somehow inspires her. After chatting for a bit, Jayna decides to let Angus rest and go back to her dorm.

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After Jayna returns to her dorm and leaves Angus inside the infirmary room alone, Angus checks his body.

'Judging from the last system log, my body is reconstructed. I hope there is no problem inside my body after the reconstruction.' thought Angus inwardly before beginning a complete body check-up.

"Internal organs work normally, blood circulation seems fine, no problem on the mana core, heritage chi silent and mysterious as ever…" as Angus checks his condition body one by one.

After a while, "It seems that the one that changes is my bone density and muscle." concluded Angus after checking all over his body.

Angus found that his bone density is increasing at a rapid rate. His muscles also become more flexible and compact. Moreover, it seems like his muscles are still in development like a muscle in the growing child.

Before opening the Gate of Life, his muscle density had already reached the limit and hardly could develop more. Now, his muscles show a sign of growing like a newborn baby muscle.

This discovery elated him since he finally could train and surpass his previous body limitation. Then, Angus double-checks everything in case there is some hidden danger inside his body. Fortunately, he didn't find anything strange and decided to check his status panel.

Host: Angus Victory

Age: 13 Years Old

MP: 203/203

Heritage chi: ???

Strength: 30

Dexterity: 28

Intelligence: 42

Vitality: 40

Soul Point: 489

Looking at his status, 'No wonder, I feel weird in my body. It turns out my strength has increased by five, and dexterity has increased by three. Haa.. this will take a long time to adapt and completely control my body.' thought Angus.

Angus also found that his strength and dexterity could be enhanced through the system again, which means he finally broke through his previous body limit.

After checking everything and making sure his system went as usual, "Draven, are you there?" said Angus.

"Stupid Master, finally remember me." said Draven inside Angus's mind.

Previously Angus left Draven at his dorm before opening the Gate of Life. From Old man Balrug's explanation, he needs to come alone when opening the Gate of Life without interference.

Angus didn't want to take a gamble, so he leaves Draven behind and commands him not to leave the dorm room until he summons him.

"I am sorry. It's just that I can't take a gamble by bringing you. Did you find any discomfort during the trial?" asked Angus.

"Discomfort?!! Do you say that discomfort??! I thought I was going to die at one moment from the contract!! You know what, do what you want. I don't care if you are going to kill yourself!!" said Draven angrily.

Hearing this, "Err… sorry-sorry, I don't know that you are going to be affected like that." Angus tries to calm the grumpy Mundus.

"Hmph… " said Draven.

"Alright, how about three days' worth of grade two monster meat?" said Angus.

Hearing this, the Mundus familiar immediately appeared in front of him. "Make it one month, and I will forgive you."

"No way, that's too long. one week is the maximum I can give you." Angus tried to negotiate with the spiky familiar in front of him.

"Hmm.. Alright, deal. It's one week." said Draven.

Although he could supply grade two monster meat with Angus's current own money for years, he decided not to give it easily to Draven. It was because Angus didn't want to spoil Draven too much.

From some of the books that mentioned Mundus, Angus found that Mundus is a very ferocious beast despite its cunning mind. However, Draven, who becomes his familiar, is quite spoiled and begins to lose its vicious nature.

Angus didn't want Draven to become too spoiled and lose its fang. So, he decided to make Draven a little bit aggressive by regulating its food.

So far, he managed to make Draven a little bit more aggressive than usual. It also begins to become more cunning to get more low-grade monster meat.

The next day, Angus goes to his class as usual as nothing is going wrong. Luckily, the class course is Combat Training and doesn't have any important activity besides Angus trying to learn a new spell.

During lunch, he joins his brother Vergil who keeps nagging him about his injury. It seems that Vergil also just heard about his condition going into the infirmary.

"Are you sure you are okay?" asked Vergil for the fifth time.

"*Sigh* Yes, there is nothing to worry about." said Angus.

"Well, if you said so. Just don't overwork yourself…." Vergil starts to lecture Angus.

As Angus couldn't stand Vergil's nagging, "Yes-Yes… Anyway, when are you going to do the graduation quest?" asked Angus, trying to divert the topic.

"Ohh… Why? Did you miss me already?" asked Vergil.

'More like I don't want you to keep nagging me.' thought Angus inwardly.

"No, I am just curious." replied Angus.

"Well, I plan to take the graduation quest tomorrow." said Vergil.

"Ahh.. that's so soon. I heard last year students usually take it one or two months before the final exam." said Angus.

"That should be the normal case. But, I have a special quest which will take some time to finish." explained Vergil

"What's the quest?" asked Angus.

"That's a secret. You will know it after you reach last year or wait until I finish it." said Vergil with a teasing smile.

"Haaa… Alright then, good luck, brother." said Angus.

"Don't worry, I will finish it as fast as possible." said Vergil.

Then, the two siblings keep chatting for a while before going back to do their own business.

As time went by, a few months passed since Angus opened the Gate of Life. During these few months, Angus could feel his body getting stronger at a fast rate and led him to some problems in controlling his strength.

At some moment, he even managed to break a glass just by gripping it. Fortunately, it didn't give a significant change during the battle. He couldn't hold back his strength.

Furthermore, Angus is in the magician class, and he didn't need to get a frontal physical battle. The only physical training he got is only by trying dodging or running exercises.

Even that is only a fundamental thing since magician class students need to know how to avoid or run away.

Although Angus has decided to get stronger and stand at the peak, he still chooses to become low-key as the current him is too weak compared to other powerhouses.

Now, Angus is inside the clearing nearby the lush vegetation inside the academy ground. Not far from him, Jayna is practicing her swordsmanship while trying to create movement skills.

Unlike Angus, who is a genius at learning and creating a skill with a lot of experience, Jayna still needs to learn independently by doing trial and error.

After coming to this place a few times, Angus and Jayna decide that this place is their secret training place. Now, Angus is standing on the spot without moving while closing his eyes.

After a while, "Draven, let's do it once again." said Angus.

Hearing Angus's command, Draven spread a black mist from inside Angus's shadow. After a while, Angus opened his eyes.

Looking at the thick mist nearby, "Shadow mode!!" said Angus.

Angus immediately got wrapped by his own shadow. After silent for a moment, "Now!! [Shadow Blink]"

Angus's appearance disappears before appearing a few meters away while inside the black mist. Then, Angus releases his shadow mode and commands Draven to retract his black mist.

"The mana consumption is still enormous. But it's better than the first time." muttered Angus analyzing his current condition.

Angus was trying to replicate [Blink] with the help of Draven. He still remembers how valuable and overpowering skill was when King Leon used it against King Nexus in their spar.

At first, he was interested and trying to learn this skill that King Leon often used. But, Angus knows he needs to be familiar with space itself and its fluctuation first before starting training on it.

As modern human Earth, he knows the concept of space and its definition. However, to feel the space itself is a different matter. The only experience he had about feeling space is when he used a teleportation device before.

Even that was very instant and fast. Angus didn't feel anything else besides getting disoriented and shaking. Then, he realized that his familiar also could do teleportation inside its own black mist.

After a few more tests and inquiries, he found that Mundus could do teleportation at their discretion but easier when they're inside the dark place and the destination also needs to be in a dark place.

This kind of ability is quite absurd since unless it is a specially made room or place, there will always be dark places such as shadows in everything. Wherever there is light, there is also shadow.

Still, Draven is very young and only in grade one. He can't go far away without getting exhausted. Not only that, but he also couldn't go into the place where he didn't know or could not feel.

Before someone could do [Teleportation] or [Blink, they need to know about the place and feel it by their sense or perception.

To feel it, the user usually enlarges their perception with the help of mana or something like Dark Mist. After perceiving it, they just need to 'jump' or teleport to the location they want.

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Angus planned to train his sense of space by using the [Shadow Blink] with the help of Dark mist. At first, Angus finds it difficult to do it alone and needs complete help from Draven. After a while of practice, he managed to do [Shadow Blink] alone while in shadow mode.

As the dark mist is gone, Angus's body is once again entering shadow mode. After silence for a while, he opened his eyes [Shadow Blink].

His body disappears on the spot and appears in the tree shadow nearby. Appearing in the shadows, Angus immediately vomited all his food before getting on his knee.

'Damn, the disorientation is worse than the last teleportation device I took. The mana consumption is more or less the same as using it with the dark mist, but the disorientation is worse. Urrgh...' thought Angus before vomiting again.

After a while and trying to calm his breath, "Haa.. Haa... how come King Leon could do [Blink] in succession without getting nausea. Just doing it once already makes me feels the world is upside down." commented Angus while leaning on the tree.

"Angus!! Are you okay?" said Jayna while approaching him.

"Urghh… I am.. No.. Not okay. So, don't attack me." replied Angus hurriedly as he could feel Jayna wanting to attack him.

Hearing this, Jayna stops her hand from attacking Angus, "Haa… Did you practice [Blink] again?" asked Jayna.

"Yes, I managed to do it without dark mist this time. But, the disorientation is so great I could barely stand on my feet." said Angus.

"Haa.. you are really absurd. But, I guess you will still do it even though I told you to stop, right?" said Jayna.

"Stopping learning a skill when I could appear anywhere I want? You are kidding, right?" said Angus.

"Okay-Okay… Just don't overwork yourself and take it slowly. Anyway, I already asked my father before. He said that you need to take it slowly to familiarize yourself with the disorientation and the fluctuation." said Jayna.

He also tells you to learn on your own. So, I don't know if what you are doing now is right or wrong." said Jayna.

"Don't worry about it. Besides, I already got his precious daughter. There is no way I could ask him to teach me using [Blink]." said Angus with a smile.

Hearing this, Jayna begins to blush and doesn't know how to respond. Looking at Jayna's reaction, Angus smiles happily and begins patting her head.

After the couple enjoys their time together for a while, they decide to go back to their dorm. During the journey, Angus found Vergil at the entrance of their dorm. Looking at Vergil, Angus immediately came towards him.

"Vergil, you are back." said Angus as he noticed that Vergil is somewhat becoming more mature.

"Angus, you are finally here. Ahh… Good afternoon, Fourth Princess." said Vergil while noticing Jayna also with Angus.

"Afternoon, 2nd young Master Victory. Please call me Lady Jayna." said Jayna.

"Then, please just call me Vergil. Lady Jayna." said Vergil.

"Alright, I leave the two of you first. Afternoon, Vergil." said Jayna, leaving the two brothers alone.

"Hey, since when you get close with the Fourth Princess?" asked Vergil.

"Since the last term. Why is there anything wrong with that?" asked Angus back.

"What?? last term? Why didn't you tell me??" asked Vergil.

"Ohh, I forgot to mention it before. It's nothing to worry about. Anyway, how is the quest?" said Angus trying to divert the topic.

"Wait.. Wait.. what do you mean nothing to worry about. She is the fourth princess of our Kingdom. THE FOURTH PRINCESS, and you just became somewhat close with her. Haa… What else have you done that you didn't tell me?" said Vergil in a hysterical tone.

"Err.. I ask for her hand from her father." said Angus as he uncovers this matter to his brother.

"You What!! Damn!! You are kidding right??" said Vergil.

Angus only shakes his head.

"H-How come you still survive? Did his majesty accept your proposal?" said Vergil.

"Of course not. But, he also didn't blatantly refuse me. So, I don't know." said Angus.

"Err… I know you have been invited to the royal palace a few times before. But, to think you will become the fourth princess's boyfriend. You are truly an amazing brother."

"Alright, enough of me. Anyway, how is your quest?" asked Angus.

Hearing Angus's question, Vergil got his bearings before saying, "Of course, I passed it with flying colors." said Vergil.

"So, what is the quest?" asked Angus

"Ahh.. Have you ever heard about the fire squad?" asked Vergil back.

"Isn't that the squad that focuses on fire spell or skill under the Duke Blue?" said Angus.

"Oh.. you know about it." said Vergil.

"Yeah, father told me about it a little bit. Don't tell me you are joining the squad?" asked Angus.

"Hahaha… Of course not. After the attack of the monster wave before, father decided to train a squad under him like a fire squad. But more leaning on destruction and lethality. It's called the explosion squad." explained Vergil.

"And you are joining this squad." said Angus.

"Bingo. But that's also not right. During the quest examination, I am doing a sort of internship in this squad. After I graduate, I will officially join this squad." explained Vergil.

Although the squad is still in the preliminary phase, it already teaches me more than the one I learn from the royal academy. I feel I have become stronger than before." said Vergil proudly.

Hearing this, Angus silently thought for a moment. "Say, brother. If I somehow am stronger than you, how are you feeling?" asked Angus seriously.

"Ehh.. What are you talking about?" asked Vergil back.

"Ahh.. It's nothing. Forget what I said." said Angus trying to divert the topic.

Looking at this, Vergil frowns at Angus. "If you are getting stronger than me, I will be glad since it means I don't need to worry about you anymore. But, don't think you could surpass me easily. Hehehe…" said Vergil while laughing.

Hearing this and looking at Vergil smile, 'Yes, this is not my past life. I will not repeat the same mistake.' thought Angus.

"Then, brother. how about we spar a little bit." said Angus.

"Err… Are you sure??" asked Vergil.

"Yep, I know a place for us to have a spar. Follow me." said Angus before walking away.

"Alright, then lead the way." said Vergil.

After walking for a while, the two brothers arrive at the smithing facility. Entering the facility, "Angus, are you sure this is the right place?" asked Vergil.

"Yeah, don't worry about it, just follow me." said Angus while going into the deeper area.

"Brat, How rare of you to come at this hour?" said Balrug from his quarter.

"Old man, I will borrow the training area." replied Angus.

Hearing this, Balrug looked at Vergil. "I see. Don't forget to lock it back after you use it." said Balrug while throwing the key.

Catching the key, "Yosh, follow me, brother. This way." said Angus while going down towards the basement.

After arriving at the basement training area, "Wow, I don't know that there is this huge room below the smithing facility." said Vergil.

"Yes, this is the training area that I used. Inside here, we could go all out without minding our surroundings." said Angus.

"That you used, I see, so you are also doing some secret training. Alright, brother. I will take this spar seriously." said Vergil excitedly.

"Glad to hear that. Otherwise, it will end before you know it." said Angus while flaring up his mana and revealing his first-grade mana core.

Feeling Angus's mana, "T-This is first-grade mana core. Since when?" said Vergil.

"Enough talking, brother. Let's start." said Angus.

Looking at Angus's serious face, "Alright, then." said Vergil that also flared up his mana.

'His mana density is the same as mine. I need to take this seriously.' thought Vergil.

Suddenly, Vergil shoots two [Firebolt] at Angus from both of his hands. Looking at the approaching [Firebolt, Angus sidestepped and dodged the [Firebolt] easily.

During this time, Vergil approaches Angus and starts attacking him in close combat. However, contrary to his expectation, Angus could dodge all his attacks effortlessly.

After dodging Vergil's attack, Angus shoots a [Firebolt] towards Vergil while dodging. Because of such close range, Vergil couldn't avoid it but managed to put up his guard.

"It seems the rumor you are good at dodging is true. Alright, I will show you what I learned during my internship." said Vergil.

Then, Vergil jumps charge at Angus again. He launched his punch towards Angus. Unlike before, he gathered a lot of mana on his fist. But Angus could easily dodge the attack by a hair breath.

During this moment, the concentrated mana in Vergil's hand exploded [Explosion Fist]. *Bom* the small explosion makes a small shockwave and disoriented Angus a little bit.

Taking this opportunity, Vergil launched another attack at Angus. But, all of them could be dodged by Angus despite Vergil trying to disorient him few times. It feels like all Vergil's attacks are already being read before he launches them.

To his surprise, [Explosion Fist] also not working anymore as Angus began to take some distance before he exploded it.

After fighting for a while, "Alright… I surrender."

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"Alright… I surrender. Haa… Haa..." said Vergil while trying to calm his ragged breath.

While Vergil was sweating heavily, Angus didn't even break a single sweat or have rough breathing.

"So, who do you think is stronger, brother?" asked Angus with a teasing smile.

Hearing this, Vergil rolled his eyes, "Urrgghh… How come you didn't even break a sweat? are truly still a grade one?" asked Vergil.

"According to Father and the king himself, I am still a grade one combatant. Though they might say that I may defeat a grade two combatant if I try." replied Angus in a thinking pose.

"Ehhh.. Damn, that's kind of cheating. How could you even get that stronger?" said Vergil.

"By training and a little bit risking my life." replied Angus.

"Training? Risking your life? Fine, keep your secret to your lovely brother." said Vergil in a sarcastic tone.

"Alright, then I will keep it to myself." replied Angus blatantly.

"That's supposed to be sarcasm!! Huft.. Anyway, you said that father and the King himself also know about your strength?" said Vergil.

"Yep, though it is more likely to be found by the king himself rather than I revealing towards him." said Angus.

"Hee… When did you have time to meet the King?" asked Vergil.

"Ohh.. It's when I... " said Angus as he told Vergil about his experience in the Orces kingdom.

However, Angus only says that he is only becoming part of Master Valeron's assistant rather than telling Vergil he is creating the potion.

Since King Nexus's miasma wound fully healed, the Miasma Curing Potion began to sell like a hot cake. Many nations offer enormous prices to the Heart Kingdom to buy the potion.

Although the war with Monster Overlord is over, such a life-saving potion is still useful, especially knowing that it could heal Miasma-based wounds. All the nation didn't even bat an eye for paying a huge price to buy this potion.

Because of this reason, even the Heart Kingdom itself wants to reduce the potion circulation in the market will be difficult. The Heart Kingdom couldn't refuse such an enormous offer from another nation.

Accepting these deals from various nations from the last few months is almost the same as Heart Kingdom's total income in ten years or more. Moreover, it only comes from a few nations.

There are still many nations that are waiting to buy such a legendary potion. Many of them are trying to wait until the price to go down a little bit before buying. However, all of them also want to procure such a potion.

As for Angus, the creator, he also got some of the benefits. Although most of the precious material and profit went towards the Heart Kingdom, Angus still gets some part. It could be said he is the wealthiest young high noble in the Heart Kingdom.

Furthermore, he also gets many privileges from King Leon himself inside the Heart Kingdom. In terms of merit and contribution to the Heart Kingdom, he also already surpassed many other nobles.

After chatting a little bit, the two brothers went back to their dorm. Looking at Vergil's same attitude, Angus feels relieved that his brother is not jealous like in his previous life. He honestly didn't want to get another bloody brotherly fight again.

Thinking about his brother, he also remembers his oldest brother Jason. Although Angus's relationship with him is not good, he also still cares about him. He is still a little bit afraid about Jason's reaction when Angus shows his true strength at a later date.

However, he already decided to stand on the peak. So, he will not back down even if his oldest brother disapproves of him.

Soon, time goes by. While Angus is enjoying his peaceful life inside the academy, he enters the age of fourteen. During all this time, Angus finally managed to learn the Dark Elf language. But, learning the Dusk Language is another matter.

To be exact, he could learn it but not vocalize it. According to the book that he found in the hidden chamber, powerful languages like Dusk Language need many requirements just to vocalize one word.

After researching it for a few months, Angus found few basic requirements to speak or vocalize the Dusk Language. First, it needs enormous mana.

Powerful languages such as Dusk Language consume huge mana just to vocalize it. This is also the reason why this language is dangerous. Some words could even affect the world itself or create strange effects like spells.

Second, it needs knowledge of the word, such as the intent and own understanding about the word. The more substantial and profound the knowledge of the word, the stronger its effect.

Then, it needs specific requirements such as time, location, or other particular conditions. In the Dusk Language case, it could only be used after the sun goes down.

After trying it many times, Angus still couldn't vocalize in one word of Dusk Language. At first, he didn't know the reason, but he could feel it because he lacked mana.

According to some book and teacher Elis's explanation, powerful language will consume mana with the same amount of casting four or five circle spells.

At first, Angus thought to trade all his soul points into his slow growth mana. But, he noticed that his body would soon reach a bottleneck again. He needs to upgrade his mana core to enlarge his mana reservoir further.

Upgrading mana core is almost as complex as opening Gate of Life, however, with less risk since it only upgrades into grade two. If it is an upgrade such as a high grade like getting into grade six, it will take time and risk death in case of failure.

Furthermore, upgrading into grade two is more complicated than upgrading into three. Although there is almost no risk in upgrading into grade two, it is the phase where people upgrade their mana core for the first time.

There are various kinds of ways to upgrade the mana core. The problem is people need to find the correct route by themself among all of these ways. This is why second-grade combatant is low in number while first and third-grade combatants are pretty abundant.

Since Angus knows it will take some time before entering the second grade, he decides to give up learning the Dusk language and unraveling the secret of the hidden chamber for a while.

He will get back to it later when he could use Dusk Language or have time in the future. Besides learning the Dusk Language to deepen his understanding, Angus also improved his body by continuously practicing and helping Jayna's training.

The relationship between the two is becoming more profound as they can understand each other's personalities better. Although Angus wants to stand on the peak, he also likes to take things easy. If he couldn't enjoy his current moment, it is not different from being dead itself.

As for Jayna, who keeps pursuing power, she is more calm and mature to enjoy her everyday life. Because of her practice in [Arctic Heart, she also becomes colder towards others besides a few of her friends like Millie, Mia, and of course, Angus himself.

Now, the two couples are enjoying the sunset like usual inside the Spring Dorm garden.

While enjoying the sunset, "Angus, what happens if there is another strong man that wants me?" asked Jayna out of nowhere while sitting beside Angus.

"Isn't that obvious? I will beat the crap out of him, especially if he tries to hurt you." said Angus back while keeping reading a book.

Hearing this, Jayna could only nod blushingly. "T-Then, I will continue my training. I can't have the other men getting killed by you." said Jayna returning to her training.

While the two couples enjoy their time inside the academy, inside the Roundel city where the elf race leader resides, one of the elf leaders opens his eyes from his meditation.

"I see… It's finally that time again." said the elf leader.

The other elf leaders in the room also opened their eyes, "So, it is that time again. I wonder if there are notable youngsters that will survive this time." said Vandor, one of the elf leaders.

"If I am not wrong, many of the last survivors could reach the seventh grade now." said Luke.

"Whatever it is, there will be a lot of casualties as usual. I hope they don't become too greedy." said one of the elf leaders.

"Alright, Let's send the notice to all the nations first." said Vandor.

"Yes, let them know that the Endless Battlefield dimension is going to open." said Luke.

Soon, news about the Endless Battlefield dimension spread across the world. In Firuman, there is a lot of secret dimensions that are left behind from the ancient civilians.

The Endless Battlefield dimension is one of the oldest dimensions that exist in the Firuman. Not only the oldest, but it is also the most dangerous because of their rules. Some ancient secret dimension like Endless Battlefield has a law or requirement for a person to enter it.

One of the Endless Battlefield dimension laws is no more than fifteen years old to enter the dimension.

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The Endless battlefield dimension only permitted fifteen years old below to enter it. Because of these rules, many youngsters died inside the Endless Battlefield since it is a vast dimension containing high-grade beasts and monsters.

However, Endless Battlefield is also a kind of opportunity for people that search for power, fortune, or opportunity.

It is not a secret that many of the survivors of Endless Battlefield could become major powerhouses with at least become grade six while some of them become grade seven in the realm of legend.

To ordinary people, this is a kind of enticement where they could change their fate and stand among the other significant powerhouses. Still, the death rate of exploring Endless Battlefield is so high that it is almost uncountable.

Combining this with the dimension portal opened in various locations randomly, making the nation unable to control or restrict who is going into the dimension.

As long as they are below fifteen years old, they could go inside this secret dimension. However, entering the dimension and getting out is another matter.

The rumor said that to get into the exit portal of the dimension. Many people need to pass through harsh environments or fighting powerful monsters. This deterrence also the reason why there is a massive casualty.

Soon, the news about the Endless Battlefield dimension comes towards the Heart royal academy. As one of the best academies in the human race, the Royal Academy will naturally send a few volunteer students into the Endless Battlefield.

Unlike the other youngsters, many of the fifteen-year-old students already managed to form their mana core and have more chances to survive inside the dimension. The news about this dimension also reaches Angus and his friend.

Inside the dorm garden, "So, what did you think about it?" asked Jayna while sitting beside Angus.

Hearing Jayna's question, Angus looked at her, "About what?" asked Angus back.

"About the Endless Battlefield dimension that everyone talked about." said Jayna looking back at Angus.

Looking at her round blue eyes, "Silly girl, did you think I let you go inside the dimension alone?" said Angus while patting her head.

While enjoying the patting, "B-But, I hear from my father that the dimension is very dangerous." said Jayna.

"And? Besides, if it is dangerous, you are the one that should not go, not me." replied Angus.

"Ehh.. Of course not. I will go no matter what. Even if my father stops me, I will still go by myself." said Jayna.

"See, then I will just come along with you." said Angus.

"Didn't it better for you to stop me from going?" replied Jayna.

"Stopping you? Pfftt… Like I will do that. Jayna, you are already mature enough to know about the consequences of what you are doing. Besides, I am also interested in this secret dimension." said Angus.

"Ehhh… But you could get yourself killed." said Jayna.

"Hmm… three times." said Angus.

"Sorry?" asked Jayna.

"Three times is the number where I almost died to get my current power. Not to count on all the fights I have been doing till now. Heck, even I risked my life in sparring with the old man Balrug every time." explained Angus.

Hearing this, Jayna couldn't help but be shocked. "And so far, I am still alive. Besides, there is a phrase 'what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.'" said Angus.

"That's absurd. And why didn't you tell me about all of this?" asked Jayna.

"Don't worry. It's all in the past now. Anyway, I also did some research about this Endless Battlefield. Apparently, you could enter the dimension as a group as long as you entered the portal while holding hands or doing something similar." said Angus.

"Should we make some groups?" asked Angus.

"It's better that way, but I don't know other people besides us that will enter the dimension. Furthermore, most students don't have a favorable impression going inside the dimension." said Jayna.

"That's because all of them are weakling." said Ian from far away.

Angus and Jayna already notice his presence a long time ago but decide to ignore him. Both already have a tacit understanding to ignore this prick that always disrupts their time by challenging them to fight.

Ignoring Ian, "So, that means it is just the two of us." said Angus.

"Well, I think that's the best. Since it is not like we need a large group to survive." said Jayna ignoring Ian.

Being ignored by the couple, "Oii.. Stop ignoring me!!" shouted Ian.

"Hmm.. Jayna, did you hear something? I swear I hear a ferocious beast just now." said Angus.

"Yeah, you are right. Maybe we should move to another spot. We don't want to get entangled by a weird beast." replied Jayna in a cold tone.

As the couple moved away, "Oiii.. Where are you two going?" said Ian.

Suddenly, Millie comes towards them.

While looking a little bit nervous, "Umm… Angus, Lady Jayna, are you going to enter the Endless Battlefield?" asked Millie, who is alone without Mia nearby.

Hearing this, the two couples looked at each other, "Yes, we are entering it. Is there any problem, Millie?" asked Angus.

"N-No.. It's just I need… No, Can I come along with you?" asked Millie.

Before Angus and Jayna could answer, "Millie!! There you are. Why did you leave me alone suddenly?" said Mia while approaching the group.

"Ehh… M-Mia.." said Millie.

Looking at Millie's surprised face, Angus feels there is something wrong with this.

"Alright, Millie, why don't you tell us the reason you want to go into the Endless Battlefield?" asked Angus towards Millie.

"Ehh.. Entering the Endless Battlefield? Millie, why did you not tell me about this?" said Mia.

"I-It's…" Said Millie.

Being pressured by everyone, Millie decides to tell all of them the truth. Apparently, Millie's father, Count Golberg, has been getting a rare disease for a few years.

The disease is called Frozen Sleep. This is a rare disease that will erode people's bodies with cold mana every time they sleep.

The body produces the cold mana itself and harms the body slowly. It's a sporadic disease that will torture the patient until they become entirely frozen.

Because of this, Millie's father is already in a precarious state since there is no notable medication available for such a disease. The only reason her father is still surviving all these years is that Count Golberg himself is a powerful grade five with a strong body.

However, his body is also deteriorating over the years while the disease is getting worse. Now, he could only sleep for a few hours. Otherwise, most of his internal organs will be completely frozen.

After a few years of research, Millie found a case for this disease to be cured in some ancient records. According to Millie, there is a herb called Fire Dragon Tongue that could completely heal this disease by consuming it.

However, such a plant is scarce and can be called extinct from Firuman. But, during the last Endless Battlefield, some people manage to procure this extinct herb and sell it for hundreds of thousands of gold coins.

As the news about Endless Battlefield spread around, Millie decided to enter it as her last ray of hope helping her father. She wants to get the herb by herself to cure her father's rare disease.

However, she also knows about her current strength. She is not a battle-oriented person. In fact, She didn't fight the others. So, forget to get the herb by herself. She may get killed the moment she enters the dimension.

In her last hope, she could only ask Angus and Jayna to accompany her as she knows a bit of these two-person powers.

Jayna is already famous for her prowess in the academy and as the first ranker in their year. As for Angus, Millie may not know Angus's true strength, but she knows Angus is not weak as he could easily avoid Jayna's attack in their spar.

So, she is pretty relieved that the couple also decides to enter the Endless Battlefield dimension. She also didn't want to tell Mia about this as she didn't want her best friend to fall into danger. Hearing Millie's story, Mia immediately hugs her best friend.

"Millie, Didn't we have a best friend from childhood. There is no way I will let you go alone." said Mia

"B-But…" said Millie.

"No Buts.. Besides, I also want to enter this secret dimension to improve myself. It just happens you also have a necessity inside the dimension." said Mia resolutely.

Hearing this, Millie knows that Mia actually said this not to make herself more guilty. Soon, Millie's eyes begin moistly, and tears come down from them.

"Miaa…" said Millie while being hugged by her best friend.

Looking at the two girls, "I guess we don't have any choice but to accept them as our party." said Angus while looking at Jayna, who replied with a nod.

"Of course, the more, the merrier, right?" said Ian, who kept listening to the story.

Hearing this, "Say, Jayna, did you hear someone talking?" asked Angus.

"No, but it's possibly the same ferocious beast that we heard last time." replied Jayna.

"Oii.. don't ignore me. I am also going into the Endless Battlefield dimension." said Ian.

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"Oii.. don't ignore me. I am also going into the Endless Battlefield dimension." said Ian.

The other students begin to look at Ian, "Say, Angus, I didn't hear anything wrong, right? The ferocious beast also wants to enter the Endless Battlefield." said Jayna.

"Nope, I also heard it. He probably wanted to find another prey to challenge them. Well, you know, typical of a musclehead." replied Angus.

*Gigle* *Gigle* "Musclehead. Hahaha..." said Mia.

"Mia, you should not laugh at that. Although Ian has a hard rock dumb muscle brain inside his head, he is still a good person." said Millie.

Hearing this, the others couldn't help but laugh hard. As for Ian, he already got a mental breakdown from all the harsh words of his dormmate.

During this time, "Hey, everyone is here." said Axel approaching from far away.

Arriving at Angus's group, "Huh.. Why does Ian look like having a mental breakdown?" asked Axel, who just came.

"Don't worry about it. Ian is in the middle of questioning his life as a muscle brain. Anyway, what's that in your hand?" asked Angus, who noticed a brown parchment in Axel's hand.

"Ahh.. This is actually the reason I come here. Anyway, did any of you go into the Endless Battlefield dimension?" asked Axel.

Hearing this question, the Angus group looked at each other before answering, "All of us will be going. Is there anything wrong?" said Mia.

"As expected.. it's only… E-Ehhhh… All of you? Even Millie and Mia, too?" said Axel.

The Angus group nodded their head in reply to Axel. "Whaatt!!! I thought it was only Jayna, Ian, and maybe Angus accompanying Jayna. How come you two are also going into the Endless Battlefield?" said Ian.

'Oii.. what did you mean maybe accompanying Jayna' thought Angus inwardly.

"Well…" Millie tells Axel the story of his father.

"Frozen Sleep, huh?? That's a very rare disease, especially in the Heart Kingdom. I also hear that Fire Dragon Tongue herb could be found inside the Endless Battlefield." said Axel.

Then, Axel begins contemplating for a moment before saying, "Yosh, I already decided. I will also join you guys entering the Endless Battlefield." said Axel.

"Ehhh… But, it is dangerous. Weren't you afraid of death?" asked Mia

"Of course, I'm afraid. But, I also don't want to stay mediocre. Besides, my dream is to become an adventurer and see the wonders of the world. Sooner or later, I will explore dangerous places by myself." explained Axel.

"Moreover, I am also the second son in my family. So, you know they will not bother if I am truly gone." said Axel.

In the Heart Kingdom culture, the second or third son usually will not be chosen as the head of the family unless there is some accident with the firstborn son.

Because of this, some of the noble or wealthy merchant's sons didn't have a good relationship with the others, especially if they found their brother was mediocre.

A close brotherly feeling between Vergil and Angus is rare inside the Heart Kingdom or other similar nation cultures.

"Alright, enough about this. Since you want to enter the Endless Dimension, that means you need some kind of guide. Otherwise, you will enter a dangerous environment without knowing." said Axel while opening the brown parchment.

Looking at the brown parchment, "T-This is.." said Angus.

"Yes, it is the real magical map of Endless Battlefield. Most of the reason why there is a heavy casualty when entering the Endless Battlefield is that they couldn't find the exit or enter a dangerous environment blindly." explained Axel.

"By using this map, we didn't have to worry about losing our way. At first, I just wanted to sell this to you. But, since all of you are going, there is no way I will waste this kind of opportunity." said Axel resolutely.

Looking at this, Angus looks at Jayna, and she is just nodding her head. "Alright, then welcome to the team.

"However, you are wrong about being mediocre, Axel. You managed to get this magical map. As the fourth princess, I only have a normal map from my father's last journey. But, you even got the magical map that's even more valuable." explained Jayna.

"This already shows how capable you are. As the fourth princess, I will gladly accept you in our team." said Jayna.

"Ahh.. T-This is.. I just got lucky to get this map." said Axel embarrassingly.

"Don't worry about it. You are even more useful than Ian now." said Angus blatantly.

"Oii.. What do you mean by that?!" rebuked Ian, who is recovering from his mental breakdown.

"Yeah-Yeah, say the musclehead who fell unconscious after meeting the ghost." said Angus.

"Ehh.. t-that's because…" Ian couldn't say anything to rebuke Angus's statement.

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but laugh.

"Alright, since we are going to enter the Endless Battlefield as a team. We need some preparation first. Fortunately, there is still one month before the entrance of Endless Battlefield. Jayna, could you train them for a while?" said Angus.

"Ehh.. Why don't you be the one that trains them?" said Jayna.

"That's because right now, you lack insight. One of the ways to gain insight is by training others. It also stabilizes your foundation as a combatant." said Angus.

"Then, What are you going to do?" asked Jayna.

"Me? I will go shopping for a lot of material. Since we are not only fighting other people but also higher grade monsters and probably beasts, we need to be properly ready for the worst case." said Angus.

Then, the group diminishes to do their own things. The next day, the group sent an application to become participants in going into the Endless Battlefield.

At first, the headmaster immediately rejected Jayna and Angus's application as they part of an essential noble inside the Heart Kingdom. But, after saying that they will still go with or without the help of the Royal Academy, the headmaster reluctantly agrees.

However, they will be trained specially by the teachers of the academy during this one month. Angus at first wants to refuse, but he thinks there is no problem accepting it and is more beneficial to others.

He could also ditch the teacher anytime, so he didn't have any problem accepting it. After finishing applying as a participant of the Royal Academy entering the Endless Battlefield dimension, Angus decided to leave the academy ground.

As the participant, he had a little privilege not to attend the course for a while. They also will be exempted from the final exam. As long as they survive the Endless Battlefield, they will get the highest score for their exam.

One of the privileges is also to go out and in the academy freely. Angus planned to buy some material he ordered before with the help of Ernest. Since he will fight higher grade monsters or beasts, he needs to prepare some trump cards.

Angus planned to create rune magic. It is a branch of magic where people seal or imbue spells into an object with the help of runes. However, creating sealing magic requires a lot of solid and rare material. Sometimes, it also needs some alchemy.

Basically, this is a money-burning technique. Fortunately, One thing that Angus didn't lack right now is money. Like a particular phrase from Angus's past life, 'Money is power.'

Arriving at the Golden Trade merchant guild, Ernest is already waiting for Angus at the entrance. Since the last transaction and deal with Angus, Golden Trade merchant guild already got a lot of profit.

Angus already became sort of a VVIP member for the Golden Trade merchant guild. Of course, by bringing the golden trade a lot of profit, Ernest was also promoted into a higher position inside the guild. Because of this, Ernest put a lot of effort when dealing with Angus.

Few days before coming here, Angus ordered Ernest to procure a lot of rare material for rune magic's requirement. Usually, all the material Angus orders immediately sent to him through courier.

However, the number and the value of the items are too huge to be entrusted to a courier. Both parties will not feel safe giving such things to the other person.

Just by the price of rare material Angus ordered, it has already reached around one million gold coins, almost the same as the price of ten rare artifacts.

This kind of enormous deal is crucial for the Golden Trade Merchant guild. After entering one of the private luxury rooms, Angus begins to get to the point like usual.

"So, has my order already arrived?" asked Angus.

"Yes, everything of what you order is in here." said Ernest while giving a space pouch.

Unlike the regular space pouch, this extraordinary space pouch with a few hundred cubic meters of space. This is a unique space pouch that is very rare in the market.

Accepting the pouch, Angus began to check the material he ordered inside the bag slowly. It is not because he didn't trust Ernest, but he also needed to check the condition of the material in case some of them didn't meet his requirement.

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After checking all the material as Angus ordered, "Alright, it seems there is no defect for the item. Oh yeah, here's some monster parts and my payment." said Angus while giving Ernest another space pouch.

Catching the space pouch, Ernest immediately gave the space storage to his trusted employee to check it.

While Angus's space pouch checked, "So, is there anything else you need?" asked Ernest.

"Yes, I forgot to mention this in my order since this item is scarce and expensive. Is there any high circle rune magic?" asked Angus.

"High Circle Rune Magic? Unfortunately, even with our connection, we could not get such an item within a short time." said Ernest.

"Right, Then, if you could get such an item, please procure it for me. As for the money, use the excess money in that pouch storage I gave you." said Angus casually.

Hearing this, the other staff inside the room couldn't help but be surprised. Looking at his staff expression, Ernest already speculated that the excess money inside must be humongous.

This also means Angus already trusts Ernest to handle his money. But, it is also a sort of test to Ernest and shows confidence that Angus does not lack money.

As people working at the merchant guild for a long time, they always worship the power of money.

Since Angus seems didn't care about the money, he has a lot of money which also has enough power to silence them if they backstabbed him. Along with Angus's identity as the son of Duke means he has a strong backer.

While trying to keep his calm face, "Alright, I will immediately notify you in case there is such an item in the market. However, I can't just receive your money without giving you some guarantee. So, how about we give you a promissory note as a guarantee?" said Ernest.

"Hmm.. Do as you fit." reapplied Angus.

Then, he called the other staff to make a promissory note for Angus. After everything concluded, "Is there anything else you need?" asked Ernest.

"No, That's all. Now, if you excuse me. I still have some matter to attend." said Angus.

Then, Ernest guides Angus to the outside while exchanging some pleasantries with Angus. After Angus rode back to his carriage, Ernest immediately called all the Golden Trade branches to procure high circle rune magic.

After leaving the Golden Trade merchant guild, Angus didn't immediately go back to the Royal Academy. He is going to the townhouse manor basement to get the Elephant Grass solution before going to the research center.

He planned to borrow the facility in the research center to create his rune magic. Using the high-tech equipment in the research center, Angus could easily cut down the time in making his rune magic.

Fortunately, one of the privileges he got as the creator of Miasma Curing Potion is using all this high-tech equipment in the research center. Soon, Angus arrives at the research center, which is more secure than before.

Because of the popularity of Miasma Curing Potion, research centers have been infiltrated a few times in the last few months. Since then, they upgrade their security tightly until not letting an insect pass by without being detected.

After going through many tight inspections a few times, Angus finally entered the research center.

He immediately goes towards one of the empty workstation rooms while being guided by the staff. Since Angus has a high-level pass that is the same as the Vice Head of the research center, he also gets personal assistance to help him procure something during his stay.

Entering the concealed white room with a bright magical lamp, Angus ordered his assistant to bring him the latest alchemy and rune scriber equipment.

Fortunately, these two pieces of equipment are available and ready to be used anytime. Since it is a portable type of equipment, it is not as sophisticated as Angus uses when creating the Miasma Curing Potion.

However, it is already good enough for him. Besides, Angus is not doing too much-complicated stuff or creating something new in the alchemy part.

After getting everything ready and setting up the high-tech equipment, Angus began to synthesize a few materials using the help of the high-tech equipment.

Usually, it takes some time to synthesize some material, especially the rare one like Angus has. However, with the help of the high-tech equipment, Angus could just leave them to work on their own.

"Manatium, Red Clove, Glasium…" as Angus takes out the material from the space pouch he got from Ernest before putting them into the alchemy equipment to synthesize them.

Rune magic needs a strong material as a base. Otherwise, it will be destroyed during the process of rune scribing. However, Angus didn't want to create a base that will be destroyed after one use as the usual rune magic.

He wants the base to be reused many times. Because of this, he needed to synthesize some material to create a strong base material named Roden Alloy. This material is one of the most robust materials in Firuman that could be made by fusing few rare materials.

He didn't think to create new strong material as it will take time. He only has one month to make all this rune magic as much as possible. He barely has enough time to create rune magic for everyone, much less researching another material by his rough calculation.

While waiting for the material to synthesize, Angus took a few books about rune scribing and rune magic to review what he would do.

Scribing rune magic is a delicate and precise job. One wrong move will destroy the material base or create a small explosion. Furthermore, he needs to do all of this by himself, which has more chances to make a mistake than letting a droid make it.

He couldn't make the droid make it since it will also take time to create them. Just making the Elephant Grass solution production droid, he already needs about half a year or more.

Not to mention droids for such delicate tasks as rune scribing. It may take years or at least one year if Angus gets lucky.

After a while, some Roden Alloy finally fully synthesized. Angus makes it in the form of a thin square block the size of a card.

Angus realized that the usual Rune magic didn't have a good appearance and was too conspicuous like a magic crystal, gem, magic scroll, and many others.

So, to make it less attractive, Angus made the shape of a card that could be hidden and easily used with the hand. Combined with his wristwatch storage, he could always reach it in any emergency situation.

However, because of the small shape of the card, it will increase the difficulty of scribing on it. Fortunately, there is high-tech scribing equipment that is specially made for this occasion.

As the first test, he created a [2nd Circle - Fireball] rune magic. First, he needs to scribe the spell diagram on the Roden Alloy card. Then, he imbues it with mana to make it functional.

To activate the spell, Angus only needs to wield it using his mana. Finishing imbuing the mana, Angus goes towards a practice area and tests the card.

Angus shows the card to the front and wields with mana to activate [2nd Circle - Fireball] inside the testing area. A yellowish ball of fire appears from the card and shoots towards the target dummy.

After that, Angus recharges the card with the mana before trying to cast it once again. He managed to do it a few times until he almost exhausted his mana. Apparently, recharging the rune magic needs almost twice as much mana as casting the original spell.

However, the recharging mana accumulated slowly and stopped. This way, he could let his own mana regenerate before recharging the rune magic card.

He also intends to create rune magic that stores more mana to be used a few times, but it seems he needed more research before he could make it.

There is already some product about this in the market, but it could only consist of low circle spells. The creator also hides the method of production along with its material. So, he needs to do his own research to make the high version of it.

He also found that rune magic could only activate spells and not control it. He could use the [Fire Wyrm] spell to shoot it in one direction but not like his father did to control it and make it alive.

The spell will only shoot in one direction or do specific things as the rune works. After testing a few more rune magic cards, Angus went back to his manor to rest as it is already late in the night.

Scribing rune magic is more tiring and takes time than he thought. However, this is the first time he created rune magic. As he becomes more proficient at it, his scribing speed will also increase. With that thought, he immediately rests as he is too tired mentally.

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Few days passed by after Angus managed to create his first rune magic card. Since then, Angus has become more proficient at producing the rune magic card and cutting down production time by half or more.

During the past few days, he kept focusing on making the rune magic card. He didn't even have time to do some light training. He still communicates with Jayna through the communication device.

From Jayna's story, it seems the others receive hellish training from the teacher. Fortunately, Jayna was exempted from it since she could manage to spar with the teacher for a few minutes.

However, all of that changed since the news about Jayna's application is reaching King Leon. After arguing between the father and daughter, King Leon decided to send his Royal Guard Leader, Roy Flamberg, to teach them to 'survive'.

If they don't reach the criteria that Roy already decided, Angus and Jayna will be forced to house arrest until the secret dimension closes.

Because of this, Angus is forced to stop making his rune magic card and go back to the royal academy since the royal guard leader Roy is coming today.

Arriving at the royal academy, Angus immediately heads towards one of the private training areas inside the academy. The royal academy has few private training areas for personal use. While Angus is absent, Ian and others are having hellish training inside this training ground.

Arriving at the private training area, an extensive empty gymnasium facility, Angus found the others already training with the academy teacher. Meanwhile, Jayna is meditating at the corner.

Seeing Jayna meditating, Angus goes towards her and sits next to her. Feeling someone approaching her, "Angus, you are back." said Jayna.

"Yeah, so when will this royal guard leader come?" asked Angus

"They should be here at any moment." said Jayna.

"Ahh, I see... This is going to be troublesome." said Angus as he feels someone coming.

"Huhh.. What do you mean?" asked Jayna confusedly.

Before Angus could answer, he suddenly moved away from his location. *BAM* "Kid, you are getting strong!!" said Ban while brandishing his sword at Angus's current spot.

"Well, I just got lucky." said Angus.

Looking at her sword teacher, "Teacher Ban, why are you here?" asked Jayna.

"To test you two. Actually, it should be just me. But, somehow this person heard about this matter and decided to come along." said another person with a bulk appearance.

"Master Roy" exclaimed Jayna while looking at the appearance of the new person.

Before everyone could react to the sudden situation, they felt mana from Ban.

"Eat this [Sword Art - Air Pierce]" Many invisible air bullets shot at Angus in the blink of an eye. *Bam* *Bam* *Bam*However, like predicting it before, Angus dodges every single of them easily.

"Stop dodging, kid." said Ban while continuing his attack.

"Then, stop attacking me like a crazy maniac old man." rebuked Angus while keeping dodging.

"Hohoho.. Such spirited youngsters." said the headmaster Antonio who appeared out of nowhere.

Because of the commotion Angus and master Ban make, the other students also notice the arrival of everyone.

"T-That's swordmaster Ban, the All-Seeing Swordmaster." said Axel, who noticed the person who kept attacking Angus.

"Ehhh.. you that master Ban that is one of the strongest swordsmen in the human race?" asked Ian.

"Yes, he is the one." said Axel.

"Then, how come Angus could easily dodge his attack?" asked Ian.

"If I am not wrong, it's because that kid, Angus, already grasped master Ban's fighting pattern. I don't know how he did it, but it seems Angus could completely read master Ban's fighting pattern, which should be impossible." explained the leader of the royal guard.

"Kukuku… As expected, this kid is truly talented as a warrior." said the headmaster looking at Angus's performance.

"Oii.. Old man, stop this. You will never hit me unless you get serious." said Angus.

"Alright-Alright, you win, kid. But, how come you could get that ridiculous strength in such a short time?" said Ban, stopping his attack.

"Don't know. Puberty, I guess." said Angus casually.

"Puberty, your ass!! If everyone gets strong through puberty like you, the human race will become one of the superior races in the world." rebuked Ban while completely losing his calm.

"Ehem.. Master Ban, please mind your manner." said Roy.

"Oii.. Roy, you may didn't noticed this since you don't have these magic eyes of mine. But, this kid's physical power already surpasses the human limit. I bet he even goes toe to toe with a grade two monster using only his physical power." said Ban.

Seeing that nobody believed him, "Kid, why don't you show what you are capable of? Since you have decided to go into that secret dimension, why not show them a little bit of your strength?" said Ban.

"Hmm.. I guess that's true. Headmaster Antonio, did you have something to test my physical strength?" asked Angus towards the old headmaster.

"Yes, we have. You can use this punching machine to calculate your strength by punching it." said the headmaster while bringing the machine from his storage device.

Looking at the punching machine, "Is it okay if I somehow destroy it right?" said Angus.

"Hooo… Such a bold claim. Don't worry. We have some spare of it. Just go all out." replied the Headmaster.

"I see… Then, Let me test it." said Angus approaching the machine.

At this moment, everyone is looking in Angus. They want to know the true strength of this famous mysterious lazy student.

Arriving in front of the machine, Angus touched the device using his fingertip like stabbing it. Then before anyone could blink, he hit the Machine hardly [1-Inch punch]. *BAM*

The machine couldn't hold Angus's force and cracked before being disassembled to pieces. Everyone who spectates this immediately surprises, especially the teacher and other students in the room since they had been using a similar machine a few days ago.

Looking at the destroyed machine, "Err… I guess I put too much force in it." said Angus.

Seeing at everyone's expression, "See.. I told you this kid is absurd." said Ban.

"Hohoho… such a strong physical force." said the headmaster Antonio.

"Interesting.." said the royal guard leader Roy.

'I am sorry, my King. It seems I can't prevent them from entering the secret dimension.' thought Roy inwardly.

"Well, since I already show how capable I am. I will excuse myself." said Angus as he wanted to go back to making rune magic cards. Every single second is precious for him.

"Wait for a second, young master Angus." said Roy, stopping Angus from going.

"Emm.. Is there anything you need, Mr.." said Angus

"Roy, I am the leader of the royal guard that is supposed to train you. Although you have strong physical strength, you still need to learn some skills to survive. So, I can't just let you go." said Roy.

Hearing this, "Pfftt... Hahaha" laughed Ban and Jayna at the same time.

Looking at both Ban and Jayna laughing, everyone feels something is missing.

"*Giggle* *Giggle* I am sorry, master Roy. But, Even teacher Ban is lost to Angus when it comes to combat skill mastery." explained Jayna.

"EHHHH!!!" shouted everyone.

"Well, I hate to say this. But, this kid uses many weird skills with superb mastery. Not only that, as you can see before, his battle instinct is also already above mine. Basically, he is the only one that may survive inside that dimension." explained Ban.

Hearing this, Roy finally understands something. 'Wait, don't tell me his majesty once again trolling me. There is no way with his majesty's perception, he will not notice Angus's strength. I guess he still has a grudge when I disturb his bath time.' thought Roy inwardly.

"Alright, then. If there is anything else, I will excuse myself." said Angus.

"Wait, where are you going?" asked Roy curiously.

"I am going to create some rune magic and probably a few potions. You know, as a magician, I need to prepare for the worst before entering dangerous places like Endless Battlefield dimension." said Angus.

Hearing this, everyone immediately thought, 'Magician!! you are a full-fledged warrior type!!'

After that, there is no one hindering Angus from leaving. As Angus leaves the private training area, "Alright, since all of you already see how strong your friend is. I believe you all need some special training not to hold him down." said Roy while smiling at Ian and others.

Looking at the smiling Roy, Ian and others didn't know but somewhat had a bad feeling for the rest of the month.

"Now, what are you standing here for, maggot? Continue your previous training!! After that, you will get extra training from me." shouted Roy

"Y-Yes, sir." replied Ian and the others.

While everyone is doing their hellish training, "Alright princess, it seems now is time for me to impart some of my skills." said master Ban.

"Although you may not fully utilize my skill, it is better than having nothing and will increase your chance of surviving that dimension." said Master Ban to Jayna.

"Teacher Ban, you always say that dimension. Do you by some chance ever enter it?" asked Jayna.

"Not me. I only hear it from my father. But, I will say that my father is many times stronger than the current me, yet he still always thought he would never survive inside that dimension if he is going inside it again." explained Ban.

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Another two weeks pass by since Angus showed some of his strength to others. During these weeks, Ian and the others undergo hellish training from Roy, the royal guard leader, and the teacher.

Ian, Axel, and Mia got personally trained by Roy while Millie was trained by the headmaster Antonio. As for Jayna, she is learning some of the master Ban's sword skills.

Meanwhile, Angus managed to create rune magic cards set for everyone. During these two weeks, he found that he could not create rechargeable high circle rune magic. He discovered that Roden Alloy is not strong enough to contain the activation high circle spell.

It is still possible to create ordinary high circle rune magic using Roden Alloy as a base. But, to make it rechargeable is a different matter. Angus found that the higher the circle spell, the greater the recoil towards the base material from various tests and experiments.

Roden Alloy only could hold until the third circle spell. After that, it will be nothing different from ordinary rune magic that could only be used once. Using Roden Alloy material to create one time use high circle rune magic is too overkill and wasting resources.

There are other cheaper materials that could do the same thing as the base material for one-time use rune magic. It is better to use the remaining Roden Alloy to create more low circle rune magic.

Besides finishing the Rune Magic Card earlier than he expected, Angus managed to procure high circle rune magic from Ernest. There are many kinds of shapes and forms of the high circle rune magic, such as sealed crystal, magic scroll, rough diamond, etc.

Most of them are in the form of raw crystal and magic scrolls made of high-grade monster skin. Angus also managed to procure a lot of necessary potions and supplies for the others. He also creates his own potion and poison for his personal use.

Now, Angus is staying at his townhouse manor inside his room. He is sitting in the bed while closing his eyes like he is meditating. However, instead of meditating, he is practicing using the battle system function.

Occasionally, Angus will be sweating all over his body. Some bruises and minor wounds also appeared on his body.

After a while, Angus opened his eyes. "Huff… Finally, I managed to defeat that damn assassin. Fiuhh… Frontal battle with them is more dangerous than I thought." said Angus while inspecting his status panel.

Host: Angus Victory

Age: 14 Years Old

MP: 257/257

Heritage chi: ???

Strength: 34

Dexterity: 34

Intelligence: 41

Vitality: 43

Soul Point: 124

His strength and Dexterity already need 160 soul points just to increase one point. As for Intelligence and Vitality, he needs 640 soul points just to raise one point.

The requirement for the soul point started to burden Angus even with his seven soul points per day from the automatic battle system.

However, the increase also boosted his combat capability many times more than before opening the Gate of life. Now, he could kill the assassin leader inside the manual battle system, which is supposed to be around the border of third-grade combatants.

He could also kill teacher Oswalt, a spy from the Nergal kingdom, in a frontal battle. However, it took longer to defeat teacher Oswalt than the assassin leader since teacher Oswalt is proficient in barrier spells.

On the contrary to the advancement in status, Angus's mana started to slow down in growth after reaching the 200 point mark.

He only increased around 50 points in one year despite his unique breathing technique and powerful mana core. He speculated that it would reach the limit at the 300 point mark.

After checking his stat, Angus goes towards the bathroom to refresh himself. At this moment, Angus feels a strong mana fluctuation in the air.

Not only him, but all the combatants in the Firuman, especially the one with the sharp perception, also feel a strong mana fluctuation in the air.

Suddenly, a bluish-black portal appeared all over the Firuman at a random location. Some of them inside the sewer. Some appear in the middle of the street. Some appear inside the house. Some even appear inside the sea or above the sky.

At this moment, everyone knows that the portal of Endless Battlefield is finally open. Many of the youngsters were excited at this news. At the same time, the older ones feel sad as they couldn't enter the dimension.

Many of the national leaders are only silent at this news while the survivors of the previous Endless Battlefield reminisce about their past experiences.

Endless Battlefield is an ancient secret dimension that is very vast, like another world itself. The Endless Battlefield dimension will open its portals randomly inside the Firuman every 100 years.

The last time it opened the portal was 100 years ago, when some of the current national leaders were still in their teenage years.

Because of the long period, many people often forget about this dangerous dimension except for the elf race, who lives for a long time. They constantly monitor the survivors of the Endless Battlefield or artifacts that come from it.

The Endless Battlefield portal will stay open for around a year. After that, it will be closed permanently.

According to the survivor, any person entering the Endless Battlefield will need to reach the exit before the portal closes. Otherwise, they will be stuck there for a hundred years.

Fortunately, there is a time difference between the real world and Endless Battlefield. One year in the real world is the same as a few years inside the Endless Battlefield.

The problem for those who enter the Endless Battlefield is not only surviving but finding the exit and passing through it.

However, it is not simple to reach the exit since the people will be randomly teleported after entering the portal. Some may be teleported far away from the exit, while some lucky ones may teleport near the exit.

According to all the survivors that managed to reach the exit, the exit was always guarded by high-grade beasts or monsters. This is the majority of the reason why there is a lot of casualty for the participant.

Because of this, the Endless Battlefield dimension is also called the Monster Belly dimension. Once inside, you need to go out alive or become a nutrition for the other living being inside the dimension.

After the opening of the dimension portal, Angus immediately got contacted by Jayna to gather at the Royal Academy. As Angus speculated, there is no other student that wants to enter the Endless Battlefield dimension.

Usually, those who enter this dimension are in desperate situations, searching for power, proving themself, looking for a challenge, or other unusual reasons. No other sane person will enter this Monster Belly dimension without a firm conviction or reason.

Despite the news of the dimension portal finally opening, Angus still retains his calm and refreshes himself while soaking in warm water. After that, he changed his clothes to the royal academy uniform before going towards the royal academy.

Arriving at the royal academy, Angus found that the others were already gathering inside the private training area.

Looking at Angus's arrival, "Alright, since everyone here. I will start to announce the one that qualified to enter the Endless Battlefield dimension." said Roy.

Hearing this, everyone besides Angus and Jayna becomes serious and pays attention to Roy. After silent for a moment, "Ian, you have incredible talent in wielding spells and skill, but you lack experience and sometimes are too emotional." said Roy.

"Axel, you have great sense towards surroundings and good in close combat battle, but you are weak at dodging and lack reaction speed. Sometimes you are also overthinking.

"Mia, you have great power and are also good at close combat, but you never pay attention to the surroundings and are easily provoked by others."

"Millie, you have a great talent in healing spells and magic, but you are too soft-hearted and sometimes indecisive."

Hearing all Roy's remarks, all of them couldn't help but feel down.

"Based on your performance for the past weeks, all of you are still not qualified to enter the Endless Battlefield." said Roy with a stern face.

After a moment where everyone is feeling down, "However, no one also qualifies to enter the Endless Battlefield. All the ones that enter that dimension have their own reason with strong conviction.

"I already heard all of your reasons and decided it is silly and not worth it to trade with your life. But, all of you show a strong conviction."

"Despite the hellish training that you take every day, all of you never give up. This is already enough for me to let you enter the Endless Battlefield. So, students promise me to come back alive." said Roy.

Hearing this, "Yes, we promise to come back alive, teacher Roy," said Ian and others.

"Now, for Lady Jayna and young master Angus. Truthfully, I can't let you go since both of you are important nobles for the Heart Kingdom. But, I know you will find a way even if you get into house arrest."

"So, I can only say, may your heart guide both of you." said Roy.

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After a small celebration for being permitted to go to the Endless Battlefield, Angus and the others begin to prepare themself starting from the supply. From the record and the magical map, the Endless Battlefield is almost half of the Firuman itself.

Furthermore, some areas could not be printed or covered in the magical map as the site has high space turbulence. The magic map that Axel had only covered the stable region.

Still, based on this information, they know that some of this area is very desolate. If they enter this area by some chance, they could die of hunger if they do not prepare a lot of emergency supplies.

Fortunately, Angus and others are pretty wealthy and could procure all of this supply easily. Angus also uses this chance to distribute some of the rune magic cards he made for the last few weeks.

Looking at the rune magic card, everyone looks at Angus gratefully. They know that rune magic is quite expensive and rare, even the low circle one. Not to mention the one that could be rechargeable.

One of these rune magic cards alone could cost more than a dozen of ten thousand gold coins which none of them could afford at such a price except Jayna. However, Angus didn't care about any of these since he still has many spare rune magic cards in his storage.

Moreover, he feels that all of them could have more chances to survive inside the Endless Battlefield by giving this card. After preparing themself for a few days, they are ready to go towards one of the Endless Battlefield portals.

One of the portals happens to be found at one of the cities inside the Heart Kingdom. The City's name is Liben City. It is located quite far from the Capital city. However, they somehow got permission to use the academy teleportation device to save some time.

Since Lisben city is part of the Heart Kingdom, it does not take a long time for the teacher to tune up the teleportation device.

After waiting for a while, all of them say goodbye to Headmaster Antonio, Roy, Ban, and other teachers before stepping on the teleportation platform. After a moment, the teleportation platform begins to hum and shine brightly. *BZZTTZZ*

Before anyone could blink, Angus and others already got teleported into Lisben City. Arriving at Lisben city, everyone immediately got an urges to vomit except for Angus and Jayna, who had already experienced such slight distortion before.

After stabilizing themself, they could see a few groups of people waiting for them. This group of people is none other than the family of Ian and others.

Looking at their family, Ian and others immediately go towards them. Then, a group of people using royal guard armor approach them.

"Secure the area!!" said one of the royal guards.

Before everyone could react, a person appeared in front of Angus and Jayna. The person is none other than King Leon himself.

"So, both of you still decide to enter the Endless Battlefield?" said King Leon while releasing massive pressure towards Angus and Jayna that even made the ground below them cracking.

At this moment, Angus and Jayna feel massive pressure on their body forcing them to kneel. Before Angus and Jayna kneel, Angus flares up his mana to diminish the pressure for himself and Jayna. Noticing this, Jayna also flares up her mana to fight back.

"Hoo… So you want to fight back me, the seventh-grade combatant, and your own father, Jayna?" said King Leon while increasing the pressure on both of them.

At this moment, Jayna couldn't help but feel like being crushed by her father. She couldn't even open her mouth to say a single reply to her father. Suddenly, Jayna feels mana protecting her, and a person stands between her and her father.

The person is none other than Angus himself, who gave all his mana to protect Jayna and stand in front of King Leon using his sheer will and physical strength.

"Such a strong body you got there. But, how long could you hold on?" said King Leon, flaring up his mana to increase the pressure towards the two kids.

As this happens, Ian and others want to help them but are prevented by their family and the royal guard. Feeling the pressure, Angus knocked his neck and shoulder with his finger [God of War Point].

A burst of mana erupted from Angus's body and negated the pressure release by King Leon. At this moment, Angus feels like an embodiment of the mighty God of War and releases a colossal killing intent nearby. *Boom*

The surrounding ground was immediately destroyed from the clash of mana between Angus and King Leon. Unbeknown to Angus, he releases a strong killing intent towards the surroundings as the effect of his forbidden skill.

But, he forgot that his killing intent is far from the ordinary one. Before Angus ended his life in his past life, he already killed countless other experts that came towards him for six days.

Combined with all the killing when he is practicing inside his manual battle system, his killing intent already reaches unprecedented levels.

All this killing intent was already embedded deep into his soul and released when he used [God of War Point].

Feeling such enormous killing intent, even King Leon couldn't help but have a cold sweat while looking at the teenager in front of him. He even pushed back a little bit by it.

'Such a strong killing intent, how is this possible?' thought King Leon.

As someone who has a bloodthirsty [Possession] form, King Leon knows that this kind of killing intent could only be created from killing an enormous number of people through the battle of life and death.

Angus himself didn't expect him to release all this uncontrollable killing intent as it is the first time he used [God of War Point] in real life. Soon, his killing intent begins to affect him.

During this moment, his calm heritage chi is somehow affected, and Angus gets a warning panel.

"Warning!! The Heritage Chi is going wild."

"Warning!! The Heritage Chi is going wild."

"Warning!! The Heritage Chi is going wild."

Another burst of violent chi immediately released towards the surrounding area. Unlike the mana, Chi is more destructive in nature and creates more destruction towards the surrounding. Even King Leon managed to be pushed back by this Chi.

"Hahaha… I will not let you obstruct my way!!" said Angus in a crazy tone.

A moment later, Angus's face contracted like he was holding back this personality.

'Possession?? No, this feeling is different.' thought King Leon while observing the teenager in front of him.

Looking at this, Jayna could feel that Angus is fighting back to suppress whatever is inside him while getting hurt. Without wasting any moment, Jayna hugs Angus from the back.

"It's okay, Angus. It's fine. No one's going to obstruct us anymore." said Jayna while hugging Angus.

Feeling hugged by Jayna, Angus's heritage chi suddenly calms down along with [God of War Point]. All the pressure towards the surrounding has gone like it never existed before, leaving only destruction towards surroundings.

"I am sorry, Jayna. I lost control a little bit." said Angus

"It's okay. As long as you feel better." replied Jayna.

Looking that his daughter kept hugging Angus, *Cough* as King Leon faked a cough to remind Angus and Jayna.

At this time, Angus's upper clothes were already destroyed from his sudden chi burst, so Jayna is actually hugging Angus's naked upper body.

Realizing her action, she immediately pulled out her hand while blushing embarrassingly. Angus himself didn't care about this and paid more attention to the King in front of him.

"So, did both of us pass?" asked Angus as he knows that all of this is a test.

"Tch.. cheeky kid, If you are not passed, then nobody else will pass. Though this is more reason for me to detain both of you as King. However, I also understand the drive in searching for power through the Endless Battlefield." said King Leon

"So, I will speak this as a father, promise me to protect Jayna even if it costs your life, brat." said King Leon.

"I will do it even without promising you." replied Angus resolutely.

"Good, Jayna, catch this. May your Heart always guide you. Take care, my daughter." said King Leon while giving Jayna a bracelet.

Catching the bracelet, Jayna found that the bracelet is a type of space storage. Inside it is already covered with many kinds of supplies, rune magic, defense items, etc.

Looking at this, Jayna immediately replied, "May your heart guide you too, Father." said Jayna while bowing.

As royalty of the Heart Kingdom, she knows the meaning of this phrase. This is the phrase that is often used for Heart Kingdom soldiers before going to the impossible battle. In other words, it is a way to say goodbye to one with the others.

Then, King Leon nodded his head and disappeared from his spot. As the royal guard started to scatter around, Angus found his family approaching him from far away. He found his parents and his two brothers coming towards him.

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"So, are you also going to test me, father?" asked Angus towards his father.

Hearing this, the duke shook his head, "No, I trust you will survive." said Duke Jacob.

After saying that, "Jacob, this is not what we are talking about before. You promise to detain him before he goes into that dimension." said Cecilia, Angus's mother.

"Well, what else can I do? Even his majesty permits him to go into that dimension." replied the duke helplessly.

*Sigh* "Angus, my baby boy. Ignore him. You don't need to go into that dimension. You have already proven yourself enough." said Cecilia while trying to change Angus's decision.

During this past week, Angus had a clash with his parents about going to the Endless Battlefield dimension. Apparently, Duke Jacob's older brother is one of the participants of the Endless Battlefield. Yet, he could not come back until the portal closed down.

At that time, Duke's older brother Jacob sacrifices himself to make King Leon retread, which is also why King Leon and Duke Victory had a good relationship.

"I am sorry, Mother. But I have already decided on this. I feel I need to do this if I want to stand on the top." said Angus resolutely.

Hearing this, Angus's mother couldn't hold herself and tear up before going away.

Looking at Cecilia going away, "Don't worry about her. I will talk to her later. Here, this is for your protection." said Duke Jacob while giving Angus a pendant with the Victory emblem.

Looking at this, Jayna feels mixed emotions between sadness and delight. She is sad about forcing Angus to come into a dangerous location and away from his family. She is also relieved to have such a caring boyfriend.

In the end, she could only be silent and give Angus some space with his family. While Jayna has mixed feelings, Duke Jacob goes away to follow Cecilia after giving the pendant.

After looking carefully at the pendant, it is another storage device containing many supplies, weapons, armor, rune magic, and many more like Jayna's bracelet.

"I know you will still go despite my dissuasion. So, I can only say good luck, Brother." said Vergil while hugging his little brother.

"Don't worry. Besides, you know I am stronger than you already. I could take care of myself." said Angus.

"Tch.. Not for long, brother. Just you wait after I upgrade my grade, I will definitely beat you." replied Vergil.

"Then, you need to work hard, Brother." said Angus.

"May your heart guide you, Brother." said Vergil.

"May your heart guide you too, Brother." replied Angus.

Then, Angus looked at his oldest brother, Jason. After looking at each other for a while, "older brother Jason…" said Angus.

But, Jason cut out Angus's sentence. "Hush.. You better come back alive with the fourth princess. Otherwise, I will personally kill you." said Jason coldly.

Hearing this, Angus couldn't help but smile, "Sure, that's what I intend to do." replied Angus.

Before Angus turned back to Jayna, "Angus…" called Jason.

"Yes, brother?" asked Angus.

"May your heart guide you." said Jason while giving a formal Heart Kingdom salute.

"Yeah, May your heart also guide you too, brother." replied Angus while also doing the same thing to Jason.

Then, Angus comes back to accompany Jayna, who is feeling quite sad right now. Except for her father, her siblings didn't even come to see her.

Although she knows the relationship with her sibling has been quite distant in the last few years, she still hopes that her sibling or mother to show up. Looking at Jayna's silent expression, Angus knows that she is in some kind of low mood.

"Don't worry. I will never let you go even if you want to." whispering Angus to Jayna's ear.

This sudden action makes her startled and blushing while looking at Angus. However, Angus's upper body is still naked, and she becomes even more embarrassed looking at him.

"A-Angus.. How long will you stay half-naked like that?" said Jayna, who closed her eyes with her finger but still could see through the gap she purposely opened.

"Ahh.. No wonder it's kinda chilly." replied Angus before taking other clothes for him to wear.

After saying goodbye properly to their family, Ian and others go towards Angus's location with more determination, especially Millie, as she found that her father's condition is getting worse.

'It seems meeting their family increases their resolution more.' thought Angus silently.

Then, all of them move towards the dimension portal, which happens not far from their current location. The dimension portal happens to open in the middle of the highway. It is not big but also not small in size.

Because of the restriction to enter, it will repel anything except people below fifteen years old. King Leon applies a policy not to obstruct anyone who will enter the portal, so it is left with few soldiers to guard it.

Their job is not to guard the portal but notify the higher-ups about anyone that comes back from the Endless Battlefield dimension.

Since the portal's opening has been a few days, no other people will enter it besides the Angus group. At this time, even ordinary people and civilians will stay away from the portal because of its rumor and nickname as Monster Belly dimension.

Looking at the black-bluish portal that kept emitting strong mana, Angus looked at the others before nodding a silent reply.

"Yosh.. Let's enter the portal together." said Angus while holding Jayna's hand.

The others also start holding hands together, looking everyone ready. "Alright, on the count of three, we will enter together." said Angus to others while stopping in front of the portal.

"1.. 2… 3.. Now!!" said Angus while stepping inside the portal.

The moment everyone touches the portal, they feel a strong attraction force inside of it and immediately disappear from everyone's sight. *Zzzttzz*

Looking at his daughter entering the dimension portal, King Leon could only sigh silently in the air before disappearing towards the capital city. The other family also starts to be dismissed into their respective place.

On the other hand, Angus and others who go through the portal feel a strong distortion before slumping into the middle of the prairie. All of them feel nausea except for Angus, who has already got used to such distortion.

Arriving at the prairie, all of them immediately feel very thick mana in the air. The mana directly enters their body towards their mana core. All of them immediately felt hurt from the sudden gust of mana entering their body.

Instinctively, all of them sat on the spot and focused on stabilizing the chaotic mana inside their body. After a while, Angus opened his eyes as the first one that managed to stabilize his mana.

He immediately looked at the surroundings but found nothing but an endless green grassland. Without wasting any moment, Angus directly uses one of his signature skills [Great Mana Echolocation].

An invisible wave burst out from Angus towards the surrounding area. The waves keep going until a few kilometers away. Receiving feedback from his skill, Angus began to be solemn. But keeping his calm as the others are still trying to stabilize their condition.

After a few minutes, the others managed to stabilize their chaotic mana, starting from Jayna. Before they could feel awe at their improvement in mana, "Axel, what is our current location?"

Hearing this, Axel took out the magical map, and it immediately showed a blue dot that showed their current location. The magic map could only truly work after being inside the Endless Battlefield dimension.

Looking at the map, Axel immediately replied, "We are inside some kind of Grassland near the monster den."

Before going towards the Endless Battlefield, they already learn a few dangerous spots from King Leon's experience through Jayna. They managed to match some of the locations with the magical map.

"Right, Where is the exit?" asked Angus.

The magical map also shows the location of the portal exit with the red dot. However, they could see some of them are inside dangerous places like in the middle of a beast or monster habitat.

After a while, Angus and others decide to take a long route towards the farthest exit, but its location is more desolate than others.

Although their priority is finding the Fire Dragon Tongue herb for Millie, they don't know its location. So, they could only search for it while moving towards the exit.

Besides judging by the location, it will take a year or more to reach the exit if they didn't encounter anything on the way.

"Alright, now we will move in spearhead formation. Jayna will be in the front, Ian and I will be in the rear, Axel, Millie, and Mia will be in the middle back." command Angus.

"We will move slowly according to the route on the map. Also, I already scan the nearby. It seems some of the low-grade monsters are already detecting our location. We will avoid any confrontation with them unless it is necessary." explained Angus.

"Now, is there any question?" asked Angus towards the others.

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"Now, is there any question?" asked Angus towards the others.

After showing his strength in front of everyone, Angus became sort of their leader. This is also fundamental knowledge when forming a team in Firuman. The strongest person usually will become the leader and decision-making person.

Unless there is some dispute or conflict with the leader, everyone usually just uses this way to select the leader. Then, the team member will reselect another leader if there is more problem in their leadership after a few confrontations.

In the case of the Angus team, everyone already knew and trusted Angus, so they didn't mind Angus taking leadership, especially after Angus's act to push back King Leon.

After looking, there is no question. Angus immediately tells the others to move out. He could feel more monsters coming towards their place because of the space fluctuation from the portal.

Being in the lead, Jayna moves as fast as possible following the route. Judging by Angus's tone to make everyone hurry, she knows that danger is coming towards them.

Fortunately, everyone's training paid off, and they managed to follow Jayna's speed. After running for a few kilometers, all of them hear a fighting and growling sound of a monster behind them. *RROOAARR*

Judging by the mana fluctuation in the air, they could feel a few high-grade monsters clashing one with the others.

This kind of thing is quite normal inside the monster den or habitat. Monsters of different species often clash with each other, especially if they have the same strength. Only under Monster Overlord's rule, all these monsters will not fight one with the others.

Hearing the sound of the clash, Angus and the others subconsciously increase their speed. After running for a few hours, they finally left the grassland and entered the thick forest.

Entering the forest, Angus decides to slow down their speed as this forest is the border between Monster and Beast territory. According to Angus's knowledge, both of them are hostile towards each other.

However, there is no other safer route than this. It is either they are going into the monster den or the beast territory. So, to keep their presence low, they decide to slow down and walk through the forest.

Angus and Jayna also noticed that the others were also exhausted after running full speed for hours, especially Millie, since physical strength is not her forte.

Now, everyone knows how dreadful the Endless Battlefield dimension is, especially with their current strength. Just after they enter the dimension, they need to run for their life.

On the other hand, the Endless Battlefield environment also helps them. All of them could feel their mana reservoir increasing at a fast speed from the thick mana in the air. Combined with the pressure, they could feel they will upgrade their mana core soon.

After walking for a while, they found a river. Angus decided to take a break for everyone to recover their stamina. Going further without stamina is the same as suicide.

As everyone starts to relax, Angus looks at them, wanting to say something but chooses not to say anything in the end. During this moment, Ian approaches the river to wash his face.

While washing his face, a jaw with a sharp tooth came towards him from inside the water. Fortunately, Ian managed to react fast and dodge the sharp jaw. From the river, a bipedal crocodile appears and attacks Ian once again. *Roar*

However, Ian managed to retreat backward in time. Hearing the commotion, everyone begins to look at Ian, who is retreating from the sharp jaw.

Seeing Ian fighting against the crocodile, Axel and the others immediately want to help him. Jayna also wants to help but is stopped by Angus.

"There are others." said Angus while looking in the forest direction.

Seeing Angus's direction, Jayna managed to perceive a few vague life presences from the forest. Looking at this, Jayna begins to pull out her sword, ready to battle.

"Kill them quickly without wasting too much mana." said Angus before taking out his Sky Thorn.

Then, Angus uses [Beast Walk] and instakill one of the hidden snake monsters on the nearby tree. While Angus and Jayna fend off the monster that hid near them, Ian and others fight the bipedal crocodile.

Looking for its prey multiplying, the crocodile roared with joy before shooting a few small [Water Bullet]. The approaching few water bullets managed to graze everyone and create a minor wound.

Because of their hellish training, they managed to ignore the slight pain and become more serious. Ian immediately shot a [Spark] and electrocuted the crocodile. But, the crocodile managed to resist it.

Mia and Axel use this opportunity to confront the crocodile in close combat using their weapon. Mia using her sword, and Axel using a battle axe. They managed to draw some blood from the crocodile, but it moved very agile in the water.

After a few confrontations, the crocodile moved back to the river to run away. Before it managed to run away, Ian cast a spell towards it.

"Wanting to run? Eat this [2nd Circle - Lightning Bolt]." said Ian after chanting the spell.

A bolt of lightning approached the crocodile at fast speed and electrocuted it until it was dead. After looking at the dead monster, they begin to feel relieved, but they hear another monster roar from behind them. *Roar*

In the meantime, Ian fights with a bipedal crocodile, Angus and Jayna hunt down a few hidden monsters. This monster is the only grade one monster that specializes in sneak attacks while hiding.

Angus already notices the monster approaching them stealthily, but he decides not to tell everyone to make them experience this. As an expert, he knows that the greatest teacher is the experience itself.

He also didn't feel any high-grade monsters among these monsters. Angus and Jayna managed to clear up the monster easily using their combat prowess and sharp perception.

Although Jayna's perception is not as sharp as Angus's, she practices [Arctic Heart] and increases her perception of other living beings around her within a certain distance.

Since the monster is weak even among grade one monsters, both of them quickly kill all of them by the time Ian and others back from the river.

Looking at the corpse of many death monsters, Ian and others could stomach such a scene and didn't feel well.

Some of them even vomit on the spot. Even Though they already expected this, looking at such a gore scene and hearing it from others is a different kind of thing.

As for Jayna, she didn't feel anything about it since her [Arctic Heart] could help to calm her mind. Angus himself was already used to such a scene.

After everyone calms down, they decide to move to another spot not to attract another monster. During this fight, they realized their shortcomings and decided to improve. However, right now, all of them are exhausted. Not physically but mentally.

Except for Angus and Jayna, all of them feel overwhelmed by such situations they experience in the last few hours.

After walking for a while, they decide to rest while keeping vigilance. Their last experience already teaches them constantly to keep their guard.

Angus also decides not to say anything about their performance. If they are compared with Angus's standard, all of them are fighting poorly. Even Jayna is barely acceptable in Angus's standard.

However, they learned from their mistakes and didn't complain, which is an excellent thing for teenagers.

After resting for a while, everyone feels a drop in temperature in the air and surroundings. Noticing this, Angus immediately uses [Great Mana Echolocation]. He perceives that the cold air is coming from one direction.

But, even with [Great Mana Echolocation, he still didn't find the source of the cold air. At this moment, they hear a roar that reverberates all over the forest. *ROOAAR*

They could feel the temperature drop at a fast rate, along with the roaring sound. Even the river nearby becomes wholly frozen.

"Everyone wait here" said Angus before climbing the tall tree.

Angus decided to see what was going on from the top of the tree since his [Great Mana Echolocation] couldn't even perceive the source.

Arriving on the top of the frozen tree, Angus found a massive monster made of ice completely walking in another direction. On the opposite of it, another gigantic Ape with a long claw coming towards it.

Angus didn't recognize the two of them, but he knows the two of them are on par with Seven grade combatants and hostile ones with each other. Looking like they will clash anytime, Angus climbs down the tree.

"Angus, what is it?" asked Jayna.

"two massive monsters or beasts that are on par with seven grade combatants fighting each other dozen kilometers away from here. One of them even radiates cold air that changes the surrounding temperature."

"We need to get out here now to not get in the middle of their clash." said Angus.

Hearing this, everyone immediately packed their food back. Although they don't know how strong the seven-grade combatant is, since it managed to change the climate, its strength must be disastrous.

"Axel, take out the map. We need to change our route. Now, everyone, where should we go? Beast or Monster territory?" asked Angus to everyone.

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Since the two colossal monsters or beast are fighting each other in the middle of their way, Angus's group decide to reroute their path to enter either monster or beast territory.

After thinking for a while, they decide to enter the beast's territory, hoping some high-grade beasts ignore them. Unlike the beast, if they choose monster territory, they are bound to have many fights on the way.

Monsters react aggressively towards a being that possesses mana core no matter how small it is. This is also the reason beast and monster always fight each other despite not having any major conflict.

Angus group also chose to enter the beast territory based on this knowledge. Fortunately, they didn't need to enter the territory too deep and just passed through on the outskirts of it.

Without wasting any moment, they immediately go into the beast's territory to avoid the two colossal monsters or beasts battling one with the others.

However, they found a dozen Icetooth monsters fighting a beast on the way to the beast's territory. It is a low-grade levitating monster that is entirely made of ice.

They often use ice elemental attacks when fighting. They are also called Ice spirits monsters since they are similar to it.

Commonly, Icetooth could only be found in the coldest place. However, somehow this herd of icetooths managed to live with the help of the gigantic ice monster's cold aura.

If it is only one or two, Angus and others could just kill them. But, Angus could perceive there are hundreds or more of them scattered in the surrounding area. So, they decide to walk slowly while avoiding these Icetooth monsters.

At this moment, a vast explosion sound was released from behind them. *BOOM* The explosion sound was also followed by a massive tremor towards the surrounding area.

'Damn... They start fighting already.' thought Angus while trying to stabilize himself.

At this moment, Angus could feel hundreds of Icetooth coming into their direction to avoid the clash of the two colossal beasts and monsters.

"Shit, a horde of Icetooth coming this way. We need to run towards the Beast territory now!!" shouted Angus.

Icetooth monsters radiate a chilling aura towards the surroundings. Hundreds of Icetooth monster waves are the same as a tide of freezing wind that will freeze anything on its path.

This kind of thing is almost the same as a natural disaster. So, Angus's group couldn't help but run for their lives to avoid being frozen to death. They at least need to get into the area where it is not frozen to avert this disaster.

Icetooth monsters could only live in the cold area, so they will not go into the place where it is not frozen from the colossal monster chilling aura.

However, Angus and others underestimate the length radius of the chilling aura. They already ran at full speed for a dozen minutes and passed a few kilometers away, yet they still didn't see the end of the frozen ground.

They also found a few lower-grade beasts along the way but chose to ignore them and continue running into the deeper area of beast territory.

'At this rate, we will enter the high-grade beast territory.' thought Angus.

"Draven, ready to show yourself in case of emergency." said Angus telepathically with Draven.

According to Draven, who hides in Angus's shadow, the Beast has their rank. Lower rank beasts will be forced to obey their higher rank beast, even though the higher rank beast is still a lower grade than the inferior rank beast.

As Mundus, Draven rank is on the top on par with dragons and other legendary beasts. However, this will not always work for every beast.

Few of the beasts even do the opposite thing and try to kill the legendary beast to improve themself and their bloodline. So, Angus will only reveal Draven at the last moment.

*RAWWRR* another roar came in front of them. Angus could feel some of the high-grade beasts fend off the incoming Icetooth wave.

'Damn… We couldn't avoid this.' thought Angus.

"Everyone, there is some high-grade Beast in the front. Keep running and prioritize to escape no matter what." shouted Angus to everyone.

At this moment, *RAWWRR* another roar coming again from in front of them. Suddenly, a huge white lion with a height almost the same as the two colossal monsters clashing behind appeared a dozen kilometers in front of them.

The appearance is so sudden, along with the colossal mana pressure towards the surrounding. Everyone couldn't help but stop their move because of the sudden mana pressure. Even Angus couldn't help but stop at his spot and fight the mana pressure.

Less than a moment later, the pressure was gone, and everyone could move again. Before they could feel relief, concentrated mana was coming from the front. Countless small flaming rocks are coming from the front direction [Meteorite Shower].

The [Meteorite Shower] true aim is the Icetooth Wave behind them. However, Angus group just happens along its path.

Looking at the large scale of the attack coming, "Everyone scatters around!!" shouted Angus while immediately dragging Jayna away to avoid the flaming rock that was coming towards them.

Then, using his Sky Thorn, Angus immediately deflected a few small meteorites and destroyed the bigger one while dragging Jayna. Sometimes, he will use [Beast Walk] to avoid the sizeable flaming meteorite.

Jayna also didn't want to be dragged down by Angus and keep up with Angus's speed using her movement skill. Unlike Angus, she only needed to follow Angus's path while deflecting a few small meteorites.

Under the pressure of life and death, Jayna finally gained some insight and perfected her movement skill [Fiery Burst]. Using her new skill, she could boost her speed multiple times in one moment, like an explosion.

Unlike Angus's strange footwork [Beast Walk] that focused on fluidity and speed, Jayna's movement skill is rigid but gives her more explosive acceleration. Furthermore, she also uses[Fiery Burst] multiple times to change direction.

Feeling that Jayna's managed to keep up with him, Angus increases his speed to avoid the incoming meteorite. Now, both of them could focus on dodging the meteorite without the need to destroy the enormous meteorite.

The [Meteorite Shower] keeps happening for dozens of minutes and sets vast fires in the original frozen forest.

After the meteorite stopped, both Angus and Jayna rested on the ground exhaustedly. Keep using movement skills for dozens of minutes while dodging the small meteorite exhausted Jayna both physically and mentally.

As for Angus, his condition is even worse than Jayna's. Not only he need to keep looking out for Jayna's safety, but he also needs to search for a safe route in the middle of a meteorite storm. He also needs to destroy some of the giant meteorites to open the path.

There are even a few burning marks all over his body. If it is not because of high endurance, Angus himself will already burn to death.

Looking at Angus's appearance, Jayna approaches him, "Angus…" said Jayna.

But Angus stopped Jayna, "Haa.. Ha.. We need to keep moving. Haa.. We are still not safe yet." said Angus while forcing his wounded body to stand.

'The hell with this dimension, each of the movements of the colossal beast is enough to create a disaster. I hope everyone still survives that crazy attack.' thought Angus while searching for a place to rest using his [Great Mana Echolocation].

Fortunately, they manage to move quite far away from the confrontation between the beast and Icetooth monster horde.

Running for a few minutes with their last stamina, they finally found an abandoned hidden cave.

"Haa... Haa... Let's rest here." said Angus as he tried to calm his rough breathing.

Jayna's condition also didn't look any better than Angus's. The sole reason she could keep up till now and not fall unconscious is because of her sheer willpower. She is already exhausted both physically, mentally and on the brink of mana deficiency.

Angus checks the cave with [Mana Echolocation] and finds it relatively safe. Angus set up a magic barrier in the cave entrance to camouflage and give a minor illusion towards others using the tools he prepared before.

Angus tells Draven to keep up guard towards the surroundings. Then, he hugged Jayna, who had already fallen asleep the moment she sat inside the cave. Soon, Angus also fell asleep as he also reached his limit.

After a few hours of sleep, Angus finally wakes up and sees that Jayna uses his body as a body pillow. He couldn't help but smile, looking at Jayna's peaceful sleeping face.

Angus also could feel his small wound and pain already fully healed. Furthermore, his stamina was also rejuvenated. This shows how ridiculous the effect of his high vitality is.

'If forty-three-point vitality has this magical effect, how about if I have one hundred or more in the future. Didn't that make me invincible?' thought Angus inwardly.

After brushing this thought, "Draven, is there anything wrong during my sleep?" asked Angus telepathically. Although he also kept alert during his sleep, he still couldn't observe the surrounding place.

"Besides the sound of battle that happens far away and a few beasts that pass by, there is nothing important." replied Draven inside Angus's mind.

"Alright, keep vigilance." said Angus as he closed his eyes, meditating to regenerate his mana.

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