The Kingdom was quite fast in the deployment of forces. Less than a day and William with several were at the engagement zone. The benefit of not having de-escalated the forces from previous matters already.
The Kingdom was slowly turning back into a Military State and Mindset.
William was in a full suit of armor the same as the others in the squad he was assigned to. A mixture of 2nd Years to 8th Year students.
The Health Coordinator, Bailey had provided him with some basic swords fro use. Not showing favoritism to him or any other in the group with special equipment. Literally just grabbing them from a truck while William was securing provisions for the squad itself to make sure it went well.
The fact she trusted him to carry it out tipped the former Lancaster Noble ti her having looked into his background some. The Lancasters were known to have a good handle of Logistics in wartime and out of it.
William mostly relied on what he knew from the Mod
The mana Beasts he dealt with were plentiful but thankfully weak. He found after most of the fighting and checking some bite marks that Venom didn't affect him. Didn't even trigger the Virus Protection or anything like that for his Computer.'Over 13 bites, and nothing. Is it because of my body is so high or because of the Ghoul Mana Beast mana essence I absorbed by the Rat?' William cut down the last of the Vipers taking out the Toxin Sacs while recovering. 'The movement skill needs more work and is not really better than my Body's output itself.'More and more traits were showing for him to become a Body Type Cultivator with the other 2 of the 3 that makes a person stay a grade under it. He still needed to wait for more to really determine since resources will shrink in the future without a lot of funds.Taking out the Bowl from the Dungeon and mixing the Venom Sacs in, he followed the same method as what he learned for the Flesh and Bodies. The bubbling orang
Running was getting to him now. The injuries were starting to bother him. Running smack dab into a patrol for another group was the biggest mistake in moving about so far."Nope!" William darted off the side but not before sending up another flare. If the other members didn't make it towards the mine yet they better hurry the hell up. Passing a few dead soldiers scattered about, it wasn't difficult to gain hold of them for personal use. 'No more cover and now this!'"We have a real prize here!" An enemy soldier said with glee. "A former Seatholder out on his own!" The odds of someone recognizing him as low, but not impossible. Especially with the camouflage of mud and dirt mostly blown and sweated off."Such a shitty way to address someone!" Swinging his arm with the momentum of the run, William downed at least one before he was forced to confront the others. "I am not the best anymore, but I won't go down nicely!"Knowledge System: Overclock Enable
It was a few hours later when the situation became viable to make moves. Some griped the traitors should all be killed or forced to charge forward into the enemy.The few enemy soldiers captured were well behaved for now. Which caused William to wonder if anyone was coming to save them or if they were marked like the armor and gear he had before.It would be a simple logical decision to have someone tucked away with a tracker by the higher-ups."It is up to us what we do Coordinator Bailey." William leaned against the support in the tent looking like a wreck. "The mine entrance has collapsed and the ones there are hopefully burnt up.""We should meet up with another group to increase mission success. Our injured are to many in number." Her second advised quickly. "With a part of the mine sealed, the enemy can not raid it as easy. Once we group up with another squad we can make sure."Health Coordinator Bailey looked amongst those she had and regret
Knowledge System: Body Pillar Realm Rank XII achieved. Overall increase in Blood Energy. Storage Capacity increased by 6. Terrabytes. Mental Pillar Realm Rank V achieved. 2% increase in understanding of Palm Techniques. Soul Pillar Realm Rank XII achieved. Body, Mind, Soul Energy increased."Thanks." William got up shaking the grim off. Coordinator Bailey having a look of astonishment looking down at her hands. Finger flexing in a weird way. "What is it?""Whatever you study has helped me improve." Her mouth closing repeadetly like a fish out of water. "With how your apertures work with the various energies inside, I found myself increasing in strength and understanding. How did you do it?"The woman wouldn't come out and say it, but William's value just increased a large margin."By constantly circulating my mana I guess. I mean all my techniques are at the Akademy to use. I also engage with my students." It wasn't a li
William was a few miles away and only felt more worried about the stream of Essences turning into Mana that started to condense thicker. Running none stop and cultivating was just not in the cards to do smartly. But at least his movement technique grew leaps and bounds.Knowledge System: Talkback Feature enabled Satelite Uplink connected. Autoconnect Incoming transmission...William stopped in place due to pure surprise."William.. Claire... Pete.." The breaking of the voice ended once he moved a little to the left. A quick check to the connection level revealed it had increased two full bars. "..anyone respond.""This... this is Dr.William, I have no idea where the others are. Neither if they have any working gear. In fact.." Looking down at the bomb that was made of stone and glowing Glyphs, he was still trying to figure out how it worked in regards to his computer. "... I am barely surviving now. Attacked by hostiles in great number."A bi
"A few weeks tops, I came across a Ghoul Mana Beast in the Dungeon at the Akademy. It did not go well for me. AS far as it being defeated, it was a matter of circumstance and.. some Rat.""Rat?" The third one with features similar to that of a Bat Falcon showed interest. "Did it look no different than a typical Rat Mana Beast? No special hair or anything like that?""Correct. Did some weird movements that seemed to give it the ability to command or influence the Striped Hyena there. The weird Ghoul Mana Beast even talked about vermin in its home. Whatever that meant." William found himself having trouble moving even his head. Something painful passed along the center of the back when he forced it. "How about you just let me get out of here and we go our separate ways?""Nonsense. We have much more to discuss." Captain Colotyl smiled then reached out touching William's face. A brush of the thumb that could cut through wood did nothing of course. "Your Body is com
William was not happy about his current situation. He was stuck in an Auditorium listening to people gripe about students and other teachers causing them trouble. He did his best to focus on the book he was reading that hinted at a set of ruins to the south.Why the Teacher Meeting was carrying on like this was beyond him. The high-up Coordinators were not even in the room anymore. Not to mention the Dean and Vice-Dean did not even enter the room.'Possible Archaeology Dig in a Different Dimension! How exciting!' The smile on William's face caught another student teacher's attention. Not that he paid attention to it. 'After I complete my experiment to fix all the trouble gained from before and those bastards marking me. My back hurts something fierce when I cultivate.'"William," the other student-teacher called out. When he didn't answer they got loud. A few others called out to him."William!" They were still ignored. But he did wave a hand up."
.Disciplining students-.Tempering 3 into 1 gave a good groundwork to use. Especially filling in some of what he was looking for. Abolishing his cultivation to redo it to gain answers was looking better and better.To provoke some and see if there is anything he was missing, William sent a proposal in regards to "Cultivation Swallowing" to the School Board when the Meeting started back up.Of course, it was a subject mentioned before but not a single Faculty member was willing to help in that regard. Over a hundred Teachers and Student-teachers and not a one wanted to study or apply for the course.Teacher Hill along with his students were present as well. Appointed in a dual teacher role by a few who pressured it. Some using the rumors of William's incident with the interogation to cause trouble.Gathered in the field as normal, Williams students were griping and groaning. A few eyed him with looks of frustration between his
Currently, Marisole was surrounded by Library Enforcers after she was pried away from William abruptly. The only good thing is that they acted after he disconnected. The Malware the female librarian was infected with was way lower and weaker than Health Coordinator Bailey."I am telling you all I am fine!" Marisole protests were ignored of course. Held back by the enforcers as her Grandfather had William pinned to a wall. Leading with emotions instead of coming to logical choices currently. "You are making a serious mistake! He was helping me!"The difference in the Body And Mind attainment made things helpless. If not for William's Soul so strong and the Firewall Protection from his Computer System, this would have ended the moment the old man came into the room."Grr!" William had blood leaking from his mouth as he pushed back like a strangled dog. Controlling the remaining Swords from the 36 Strikes striking at the oddly large hand holding him by the throat.
There were so many things that continued to throw William for a loop. Whether it was the customs or the way the people ate, something just kept giving him pause during contemplation.The lack of meat for sale after looking further into it was due to the rarity of Hunters, Warriors, or even Poachers' mind you not wanting to give up the resources.As for sending off the children to the Akademy or the Military itself, it was better than Enduntured Servitude by a large margin. Checks into the other teaching facilities went from promising to overall not gonna happen.'Fees to enter those facilities of better learning. At least the Akademy lets poor people in. Despite how shitty they treat everyone overall.' William leaned against the building waiting for the Library to open in the city. Several of his students talked while waiting on the side. 'If something a little better happens to any student, the various Departments try to recruit them quickly as possible.'
Medical-.Health Coordinator Bailey was in her office talking to her "close" students. The room was sealed up pretty nicely and was not opening up anytime soon. The regular students would take care of the day to day issues that pop up if treatment is needed."Regina.. why did you put that ribbon in his hair?" One of the older students asked. Curious about what happened the day they checked William over."To keep people away from him. Big sis Bailey needs to make her move before it is to late. Someone might snatch him up before she knows it." Regina gave a sly grin and the idea of someone caught the older woman's eye was appealing. "Keep it up and the others will think you are a Sapphist like aunty.""I told you it is not like that." Coordinator Bailey leaned in her chair reviewing the notes William gave her once more. They were so detailed that she couldn't quite get over the fact it didn't show a trace of sabotage or anything like that. "Surely h
William was currently giving a lecture on the Method of a Basic Heart Method. The "Stifling Anger" could either help change the heart into a mana-producing organ or make it eat the mana in the body to help with healing.He lost two students in the last week to them giving into challenges. No assistance or intervention was done by him. True to his word in regards to his students who didn't listen.As for those that declined and then harassed, well those people found themselves in trouble further with the Health Department, Military Department, and Disciplinary Department. Not to mention William himself reported each of the students that harassed them formally.Few people took kindly to this. Citing he went above his station to protect those students. But as a Military Officer, even a low-ranking one, William could make it really bad if they go against him for upholding the law."Each of you has the perfect fuel for this. The Mana Essence should be detectab
.Disciplining students-.Tempering 3 into 1 gave a good groundwork to use. Especially filling in some of what he was looking for. Abolishing his cultivation to redo it to gain answers was looking better and better.To provoke some and see if there is anything he was missing, William sent a proposal in regards to "Cultivation Swallowing" to the School Board when the Meeting started back up.Of course, it was a subject mentioned before but not a single Faculty member was willing to help in that regard. Over a hundred Teachers and Student-teachers and not a one wanted to study or apply for the course.Teacher Hill along with his students were present as well. Appointed in a dual teacher role by a few who pressured it. Some using the rumors of William's incident with the interogation to cause trouble.Gathered in the field as normal, Williams students were griping and groaning. A few eyed him with looks of frustration between his
William was not happy about his current situation. He was stuck in an Auditorium listening to people gripe about students and other teachers causing them trouble. He did his best to focus on the book he was reading that hinted at a set of ruins to the south.Why the Teacher Meeting was carrying on like this was beyond him. The high-up Coordinators were not even in the room anymore. Not to mention the Dean and Vice-Dean did not even enter the room.'Possible Archaeology Dig in a Different Dimension! How exciting!' The smile on William's face caught another student teacher's attention. Not that he paid attention to it. 'After I complete my experiment to fix all the trouble gained from before and those bastards marking me. My back hurts something fierce when I cultivate.'"William," the other student-teacher called out. When he didn't answer they got loud. A few others called out to him."William!" They were still ignored. But he did wave a hand up."
"A few weeks tops, I came across a Ghoul Mana Beast in the Dungeon at the Akademy. It did not go well for me. AS far as it being defeated, it was a matter of circumstance and.. some Rat.""Rat?" The third one with features similar to that of a Bat Falcon showed interest. "Did it look no different than a typical Rat Mana Beast? No special hair or anything like that?""Correct. Did some weird movements that seemed to give it the ability to command or influence the Striped Hyena there. The weird Ghoul Mana Beast even talked about vermin in its home. Whatever that meant." William found himself having trouble moving even his head. Something painful passed along the center of the back when he forced it. "How about you just let me get out of here and we go our separate ways?""Nonsense. We have much more to discuss." Captain Colotyl smiled then reached out touching William's face. A brush of the thumb that could cut through wood did nothing of course. "Your Body is com
William was a few miles away and only felt more worried about the stream of Essences turning into Mana that started to condense thicker. Running none stop and cultivating was just not in the cards to do smartly. But at least his movement technique grew leaps and bounds.Knowledge System: Talkback Feature enabled Satelite Uplink connected. Autoconnect Incoming transmission...William stopped in place due to pure surprise."William.. Claire... Pete.." The breaking of the voice ended once he moved a little to the left. A quick check to the connection level revealed it had increased two full bars. "..anyone respond.""This... this is Dr.William, I have no idea where the others are. Neither if they have any working gear. In fact.." Looking down at the bomb that was made of stone and glowing Glyphs, he was still trying to figure out how it worked in regards to his computer. "... I am barely surviving now. Attacked by hostiles in great number."A bi
Knowledge System: Body Pillar Realm Rank XII achieved. Overall increase in Blood Energy. Storage Capacity increased by 6. Terrabytes. Mental Pillar Realm Rank V achieved. 2% increase in understanding of Palm Techniques. Soul Pillar Realm Rank XII achieved. Body, Mind, Soul Energy increased."Thanks." William got up shaking the grim off. Coordinator Bailey having a look of astonishment looking down at her hands. Finger flexing in a weird way. "What is it?""Whatever you study has helped me improve." Her mouth closing repeadetly like a fish out of water. "With how your apertures work with the various energies inside, I found myself increasing in strength and understanding. How did you do it?"The woman wouldn't come out and say it, but William's value just increased a large margin."By constantly circulating my mana I guess. I mean all my techniques are at the Akademy to use. I also engage with my students." It wasn't a li