It was the night before the tournament continuation.In the past days, numerous delegates from the Northerforts have arrived and they made very ambitious claims to the land.The Duke of Westerfort was forced to surrender portions of their best land and give it to the Duchess.It was as if the Duchess had taken over a quarter of the entire kingdom! Many of the Westerfort officials were against it but Kanter was set.Many wept as their beloved fort was being stripped bare and owned by the Northerforts.But to prevent war with the North, Kanter acceded.In the arrangement that followed numerous trade deals, pacts, and stringent laws were signed.It was practically impossible for the Westerfort to do something without the Northerfort knowing what it was.The Southerforts and the Northerforts soon learned of it and saw the Southerforts be a pawn that could be used by the Norhterforts.Its power and influence had grown with the signing of many pacts even before the arrival of the delegates
The words of the Prince froze Asteria and Kanter’s hearts.They never expected that the political actions of this Veil, a Prince far from the crown would seek to investigate Flay’s master!Everyone must have been thinking of either ignoring Flay’s Master who was believed to be undergoing the Blaze of Glory.Some would even think of gaining favor since such an opportunity would give them great benefits!Kanter and Asteria were confident that no one would find out the schemes of Flay’s elusive master. The Blaze of Glory was a perfect excuse. With that, no one would dare to make a move against them! Doing so would invoke great wrath! A dying alchemist or mage with nothing to lose will do crazy things.But of all the people in Galantcross, was one who was either stupid, arrogant, or desperate for power, that he chose to make the absurd accusation that Flay’s master was an outsider!The notion itself seemed crazy to everyone else!“This… idiot!” Kanter did his best to hide his anger at the
The words of Flay had startled the great prince of Galantcross. Veil was surprised at Flay’s words that he was speechless. And just when he was about to jump in and accept the offer, his Expert bodyguard made those crazy words!Everyone’s jaw dropped as they saw the strange scene. Veil, the high prince of Galantcross was now embracing Flay and laughing joyfully.But behind this laughing, smiling, man, Veil was secretly shaking. He made these ridiculous movements to hide his shock.“How did his master know of my ailment?! Could it be…? His master was one of that powerful alchemists that my mother contacted before?! Then this man clearly is someone who has been inside the kingdom for so long! My gamble turned out poorly! This man could reveal my affliction!” Veil was trembling. He also noticed the subtle action of Flay.Flay was subtly trying to avoid being in contact with Veil. But then, Flay decided to allow Veil to reach him.“He knows…! But that reaction...! Could it be that he trul
Veil led the way and opened the carriage. The insides of the majestic carriage and was amazed.“So wasteful. Relying on condensed energy of Brute and Magic. This thing doesn’t even have ways to sustain and create its own energy.” Kairo sighed.“If this is the wealth of this place, then it’s even lower than I think it is.”Flay kept quiet and maintained an amazed expression as he rode the carriage.“Take us up. A talk with the Eos deserves a heavenly view.” The Prince spoke.“Yes, my Lord!” The Adept bowed and the carriage began to leave the grand hall.Everyone glanced at the scene and many were murmuring about what this would mean.But Arthen secretly messages the group that Flay would be in danger as the Prince wanted to kill him.As the meeting of the warriors continued, the floating carriage of the Prince began to scale the high heavens.Flay watched in amazement as he saw the sky higher than the heavens. They moved beyond the thick clouds and flew over them.The thick clouds that
The day of the tournament arrived and many new delegates of great power had arrived.There were more experts, more warriors of fame, and even scholars who had arrived.The massive arena had gotten fewer as the prices to watch had increased by a fold. But all that nobles vied for good seats as the event had now drawn the attention of many powerful families that stayed in Galantcross.All the nobles brought their most handsome and beautiful members for a chance to be noticed in this grand event. A marriage and alliance were being sought forNo sign of the Galantcross prince was found on that day. Everyone could only speculate where they went and what they were doing.All Dukes were housed in different seats and only Asteria was seated in the hovering building above the skies.“Let the tournament begin!” Asteria finally declared.The crowd went wild as they heard the announcement and the names of all contestants were being named.“Report.” Asteria turned to her experts.Mage Experts Patr
The Heavenly City of the Westerfort naturally had walls as monsters of all sorts lived in the forest above the mountaintop.While there were hunts and powerful cultivators ensuring that the beasts in the Westerforts would not grow too many, it was only natural that they still created walls and forts fearing attacks and raids. Long ago, there was no wall as the people believed there would be no war. It wasn’t until the monster raid of a Brute Ape army that led to the deaths of thousands that forced the Westerfort finally built a wall. This was one of the reasons why Kanter became the next Duke of Westerfort as he was the only one who insisted on building it. Over the wall, few guards were in place as most were set to guard the inner parts of the kingdom to prevent any possible assassination attempts.But around the city were members of several Baron and Viscount's groups that Duke Kanter had directly ordered to guard and monitor the situation fearing the worst.A patrol of Southerfort
The teams from the Southerfort and the Easterfort were strong and had managed to complicate the march of the monsters.Decalan watched the hilltop where the Southerfort forces were able to hold and kill a lot. The flares that all lit up completely drew attention.“The assassination attempt should have made everyone guarded! The Duchess even rearranged the entire city to protect her!” Decalan had observed the orders and arrangement of the forces and his two sons who had infiltrated the area knew of the orders. But all of a sudden, nearly an hour prior to the tournament, Asteria and Duke Ferann’s orders were announced. A reshuffling occurred and was strictly implemented. This was made under the guise that Asteria wanted to make sure no assassination attempts would be made.Yet, the formation was not accurate.“These men were not here when I moved into the forest! This should have been sent just now! What happened?! Why were three platoons sent out?!” Decalan cursed.From the floating ma
The monster horde broke through the forest and quickly charged through the open fields before the walls of the heavenly forts.The entire fort was now manned and heavily guarded and several Expert Mages were already in position.“The numbers will be our main problem. But since no monster above the Adept level exists, then we are safe. Let’s keep our death to a minimum! Mages! Use your magic attacks in timed moments.” Reyna ordered. She then sneered as she saw the Southerfort and the Easterfort teams arrive.“Just like the Duchess ordered… Very good…” Reyna laughed.Dorado and Vallaris were geared in their armor and ready for war.But to Reyna’s surprise, the two appeared to be just as surprised at what they saw.“Do they know of this horde? They seemed surprised...” Reyna frowned but her plans were already set.Flay had given Reyna a unique and simple spell. It was an alchemy weapon of different sorts. It was similar to the Message Talisman but used a different form of energy. As long
Flay was even more intrigued.He had just shown the entire Beastmaster tribe his ability, yet they were certain he would die.He had just fought against an Expert, and while others were skeptical of his attempts, it was still a very impressive feat.“I guess I shouldn’t press my luck. Besides, there are more important matters at hand… This place has too many enemies. I have to also regain much of my lost strength and awaken the Eos System.” Flay decided. If this Chimera was something so powerful that everyone was convinced he was still inadequate, he would have to pursue other means to gain strength.“What is this… chimera?” Estelle asked in the midst of the angry accusations of Darwood and Trailtree.“My king… That is the beast that we have sealed long ago. The creature who was once sealed at the death of my great grandfather.” Primeroot finally spoke.“Trovine Primeroot… The greatest Beast Master who achieved the impossible and reached beyond Great Expert…” The King recalled.“Yes.
Narood and the other experts and high-level adjuncts returned with a rather confident look on themselves.“It seems you finally are agreeing.” Flay smiled.“We will agree. That staff is too much of a prize for us. But... Instead of Tenscream, we will offer you another beast instead. An Expert just like Tenscream. But, you have to tame it. You are confident of taming them, aren’t you?” Narood smiled.“Hmmm... Depends. I’m not saying that I can tame any and all monsters. There are several that will take a lot of effort.” Flay recalled the monsters he faced in his world. Particularly, the Carcadon.“I wonder if they tamed him?” Flay thought to himself.The strange expression and distant gaze of Flay irritated the beastmasters.“Then since we are all agreed...” Narood smiled.“Go and start taming them. Of course, we will set a time limit. You have five minutes! Show us! Show us how one can be the pack leader of the wolves!” Narood taunted.Everyone gave a curious look at Flay.“Here’s a l
Flay's words caused a great commotion and surprise to all who listened.Zegwood was shocked at Flay's declaration. But as a few seconds passed, the arrogant rookie's implication and demand slowly settled in his head."What?! A mere Rookie demands to take away my Tamed Beast?!""I already took control of it and made it attack you. Why not?" Flay sneered."That...! That was a trick! An evil trick!""So? I have the skill! Has anyone ever controlled your monster apart from yourself?" Flay countered."My monster is linked to my staff! Without the staff, you wouldn't have tamed it!""Did anyone manage to tame your beast using the staff?" Flay asked.There was silence as everyone awkwardly looked at each other.Zegwood was turning blue from holding back his breath and the urge to smack the kid before him."And you were doing a poor job at managing the kennels, I'll tell you that much. The wolves would grow stronger if allowed to roam in the wild. I was only planning to tame a few wolves and
The three generals revealed their power, which made the beastmasters cower.These were the strongest generals who often guarded the walls!But as Kairo had explained, they were actually weaker!Most of the Experts didn't pay much heed to this. After all, the three could have only revealed whatever portion of their power they were comfortable with.Only those who knew of the poison were delighted at how fast the progress was. A few months ago, no changes could be seen. But now, it was becoming increasingly clear."... It's so rare to see all three of you abandon your post. Especially now that the Beast of Dark Savagery lingers outside our walls." Narood answered.His eyes had an arrogance in him, for he knew, soon, he would surpass these three!"The Beast of Dark Savagery has all been slain. Remember their sudden retreat in the last war? They were being summoned. And they were all killed by the Master of that boy you are trying to kill." Holy Knight Galavus answered with certainty.Eve
The people who closed the doors were now panicking to open the gates. They were being forced to keep them closed as one of the prominent beast-taming families gave the orders not to let anyone in. But now, with their lives and families on the line, no one dared to keep the gates closed and be charged with treason.Holy Knight Galavus was famous for the incident known as the Path of Red that occurred in the previous wars against the Joverus Kingdom Alliance.It was here that the power of the Kalenshore Kingdom was revealed.For while the rest practiced magic, they combined it with Brute power and revolutionized warfare.At the center of all this was Holy Knight Galavus, who was the strongest and eventually led the other Experts to his path.When a great battle between the kingdoms happened, an ambush forced the King to retreat.Galavus stayed and fought against several Experts and an army.But his defenses were simply too firm, and his Brute, too powerful that all the magics that struck
Flay continued his casual stroll about the kennels and observed the wolves one at a time.Secretly, Kairo was busy wandering just like a casual slime would and would approach the kennels.But unknown to them, the slime was draining the magic from the kennels as it moved from one place to the other.“Flay!” Darwood shouted as he rushed towards his ally. The rest of the team followed, except Vem.“You are being summoned back.” Darwood spoke.All of them could not look Flay in the eyes after they were all berated for accepting bribes.Flay shrugged and moved with them, but his slimes continued to wander about.No one took any concern of the slimes and walked back.Behind him was the chaos of the ongoing debate.“Where is he?!” An enraged official demanded.“Bring him back here before that troublemaker starts creating more chaos!”“He is here!” Darwood called out.“What’s going on?” Flay asked Darwood.Darwood looked very angry, annoyed at Flay’s casual behavior, and even wandered out.Da
The crowd was silenced by Flay's suggestion.If the Princess was saved, she could clarify everything being discussed."I'm sure she would settle and fix everything here." Flay also added."If it's the princess…" One of the High Adepts thought."The Princess? Why would we bring her here? Is she even the Princess?" The expert that healed Tenscream asked."What do you mean by... that?" Ephesus frowned."We know that within the kingdom, assassinations and infiltrations have happened. The Dark Priest enlists Mimics who have entered this city. Have you tested her to see if she is a mimic?""If you think mere mimics can stand before us and fool us, then we would not have been her guard! Is not Vallenhall with us?" Ephesus challenged."Indeed. Great Experts. I am High Adept Terence. Lava Mage and Formation Specialist. This was a suspicion we had, and I already used an area magic to see whether or not she was the Princess. After all, Mimics are fearful of the fire. But the Princess shot her ma
The fight and even the interruption of the Expert happened so fast.Apart from Ephesus, all of the allies of the Princess were watching from the side.The traitor Vem couldn’t believe what he had just witnessed. He hoped the boy would die, but the battle that transpired before him ended with an Expert down on the ground.If he hadn’t seen it, he wouldn’t have believed that a Rookie was able to bringThe strongest members of the Beast Master clan arrived.Surrounding the few Experts were also members of the tribe's elites. The commotion had caused anyone near to scurry over to see what had happened. The strongest high-level Adepts accompanied the few experts.The Expert, who shouted at Flay and summoned a powerful Brute voice, was startled at his fast reaction.One of the Adepts had moved over to the frog, and by injecting Brute, the energy invading the frog’s heart was dispelled.To hide his secret, Flay stopped pressuring the frog by enslaving it with his Pluton powers. The staff tha
Because of Flay’s innate ability to gauge a person's Brute and Magic energy, Flay could quickly tell where he could land a powerful damage. He knew that Ephesus would go to his defense. He commanded the Cerberus to make a bite on the other leg. The Brute energy was divided between the legs and the arm. And because of this, Flay weakened that part of the body. Flay’s pitiful strength of 12 points, added with 20 points of Brute energy, half of his defenses of 17 points, and 10 points worth of magic, totaled 59 points worth of punch. This attack would be equal to a mid-level apprentice's. It shouldn’t leave damage to the defenses of any average expert. But in that specific scenario, the guard of Zegwood and the natural vulnerability of that area was enough. Had his stat point been three points lower, this attack would not have worked, and if the Expert was in any way more guarded, then his natural Brute could easily defend against it. POW! Flay's fist dug deep into the groin as it