When the sun arose, Vale had been checking the situation around the lake using eclotus eyes plants. Eclotus eyes plants seeds just need one or two hours to grow up. So, all the eclotus eyes plants had grown when Vale woke up.
Unfortunately, the eclotus eyes plants cannot record the situation, so Vale could just see what happened right now. He didn't know what had happened last night, all Vale could do was guess from the surroundings.
"As I expected, several students arrived around the lake when I was sleeping," Vale said. He saw traces of humans in numerous eclotus eyes plant locations. Although he could not see which students had come around the lake, he thought they must be the students from class 5A. The students who were coming around the lake were definitely the high-talent ones.
"I must go to the mount now. If I'm late, other students will come and the difficulty to sowing the seed of eclotus eyes plants will increase."
It would take a lot of time for other students to come around the lake, so Vale had enough time to go around the mount and sow eclotus eyes plant seeds.
Vale threw away the plant that covered the hole in the tree. He cast the spider dance magic technique and jumped from the high spot of the tree. Vale was swinging through the forest using spider webs that were coming out of his palms. The distance between the lake and the mount was approximately three or four km.
Vale used the spider web with more experience than yesterday. The swing distance, the trees used to swing, and the timeliness in releasing one spider web to switch to another spider web, all of that ran smoothly compared to yesterday. It sped him up even if he used less effort.
After two hours, Vale finally arrived at the base of the mountain. He was relieved that there were no students here except for him. He hurried to sow the seed of the eclotus eyes plant at the location where the student was most likely to pass by.
15 minutes after he started to sow the seed of the eclotus eyes plant, Vale heard a noise far away from his place right now.
"It's like a noise from high-level monsters. Did some students come to the mountain earlier and fight against high-level monsters? I must check it," Vale murmured.
He used the spider dance again to approach the source of the noise. It took him 10 minutes to come to the place where the noise came from. Vale hid behind the tree and looked at the source of the noise. Vale saw someone fighting against a wyvern.
"If I'm not wrong, she is Frida Inger, the most talented person among fifth-year students. I heard she was just one step away from being a beginner magus. So, the wyvern that she is fighting against was most likely to have the same power as an apprentice magus stage three or more. Their fighting is too dangerous for me, I will just leave this place," Vale admitted.
Soon, Vale began to sow the seeds of the eclotus eyes plant, carefully selecting each location before planting. It took him three hours to finish the task, and feeling exhausted, he decided to take a break. Hunger pangs soon set in, prompting him to declare, "I will hunt some wild beasts."
In this world, there was a clear distinction between monsters and wild beasts. Monsters were creatures with perfect control of nature mana, often possessing magical abilities. On the other hand, wild beasts were ordinary animals that lacked the ability to control nature mana but had incredible physical strength due to natural evolution. Even these animals had to evolve to survive in a world where monsters and magus existed, making them formidable opponents.
Using a magic technique called living tree thrust, Vale managed to hunt a big boar. This technique allowed him to grow a spear from every single tree, making it an effective surprise attack, although it became less effective once the enemy became aware of it. After roasting and eating the soft part of the boar meat, Vale decided to swing around the foot of the mountain.
After swinging around for ten minutes, he finally encountered four other students apart from Frida Inger. He hid behind a tree, observing them as they conversed.
"Our mission is to kill Frida Inger. That girl is so talented, and if we let her live, the royal family will surely rise once again. We cannot let that happen," said a teenager with a silky black beard and shoulder-length black hair that was tied at the ends.
"Holman, do we really have to do this? Frida has been our friend since childhood. I can't bear the thought of killing her," the only girl among the group asked.
"Laura, you know this is a mission from the patriarch. We have no choice but to carry it out," Holman explained.
"Miss Laura, if you don't have the courage to kill her, you should wait here. You may only hinder our mission," said a tall student with a bald head, who was walking behind Holman.
"Thodebald, Dinodas, don't be too soft on this girl. She needs to understand that the patriarch's orders are absolute. Her kind nature will only be a hindrance to her in the future. The three of us will wound Frida to death. Laura, you will be the one to finish her off with your hands," Holman said, glaring at Laura aggressively.
"I… do I have to do this?" Laura's face grew even more doubtful, but Holman's aggressive gaze made her too afraid to refuse. She finally nodded slowly.
Meanwhile, Vale listened intently to the four students' conversation, trying to piece together the politics of this unfamiliar world. He deduced that even though Brenda was of noble birth, she was considered too weak. On the other hand, Frida, who also came from a noble family, was much more talented and came from the royal family. Vale saw an opportunity to start a friendship with Frida, and decided to shift his focus from Brenda to her.
As the four students began to make their way up the mountain, Vale followed them quietly, keeping a safe distance to avoid detection. He watched as they searched for Frida, who was hiding somewhere on the mountain. Vale knew he needed to act fast if he wanted to save her life. With a deep breath, he readied himself to step in and stop the attack before it was too late.