Sol stood at the peak of one of the four great hills surrounding the examination area. From this place, he could easily see the landscape of the entire exam area and this made him extremely happy.
He found out that these four hills housed the four most powerful beasts of this terrain. Around these four hills and the valleys below was the location where students were spawned.
"My lord…" a seductive voice rang from behind, shattering Sol's chain of thoughts.
After spending an entire day with her, Sol understood her condition perfectly. Her alter ego of a Wimpy girl was her past life when she was little and this version of her is her current personality.
It seems that she suffered a blow to the head during the greatest battle in the history of Hallow mountain.
Sol turned to meet her gaze and he had a calm smile on his face.
"Speak…" Sol said indifferently.
"I have spotted a team. They have been surrounded but they are still holding strong" Alicia said with a deep bow and Sol frowned.
"Let's go!"
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Additi of the fifth tribe was seated in a cross-legged position as she calmly muttered some strange words.
The team was surrounded by a circle of fire which prevented the beasts from getting close. While she was calm, she seemed traumatized. Two male students could be seen on the floor, dead and in a pool of their own blood. Right now she had three more people with her.
Amongst the two that were dead, one was a fox spirit while the other was just a victim of a sneak attack from the fox spirit.
"Aditi… We need to leave this place. They are coming. More are coming!" Theresa Vlad said with a deep frown on her face but Aditi simply ignored her and those around her. The other two were members of the Ark family but had different tribes.
Even if they wish to run, where can they go?
They were already surrounded and unfortunately for them, they didn't have someone strong enough to act as a vanguard.
Soon the four of them were trapped at that spot with more beasts emerging. All these beasts gazed at them skeptical but none seemed willing to approach the ring of fire for some strange reason
......Academy of Guardians, Council tower.......
"If that is what happened then I have no problems with the fact that my brother is dead. But his son must not be punished for the actions of their father. That child has shown nothing but loyal to Hallow mountain. Remove the seal" Darth Ark said coldly as the tension in the room was at its peak.
It looked like an interview with the employees at the other side of the table while he sat alone.
If the former sixth tribe chieftain was a sovereign, Darth Ark was a tyrant.
"That child is an abomination and should have been killed a long time ago…. We clearly know the rules about interbreeding… the only reason he was left alive was that the sixth tribe had no one else. Now you are here, we have no reason not to kill him" Tulic Vlad said with a cold look and Darth smiled crazily instead of frowning.
"If you wish to kill him, be my guest but I will assure you that before you can get to him, you must have lost your head to me," Darth Ark said with a cruel grin as he revealed his claws and darkish green flames surging around it!
Blegh!
As if in reaction to the Hellfire, everyone in the room spat out a mouthful of blood and retreated. Seeing this Darth Ark burst into a burst of terrifying crazed laughter which sent shivers down the spine of everyone present.
"Good! Good! It's nice to know my brother did not leave without giving you all a parting gift. It's no wonder you all are so scared of his son" he said with a crazed grin.
Bang!
Darth Ark stood up and turned around walking away without hesitation.
"Darth Ark has returned. Darth Ark will take the place of the chieftain and Darth Ark will protect his own alongside the hallow mountain. Any more threats directed toward my nephew will not be tolerated! Now come, some rats have sneaked into the academy…. We must deal with them first" Darth Ark said leaving the other leaders stunned.
A rat?
Sneaked into the academy?
They soon remembered the fox spirits they killed who hurt Sol. Does that mean things were far more complicated than they looked and the enemy was planning something bigger?
The examination!
Suddenly their body shivered as they understood what may be going on. If the enemy really sneaked into their midst and has never shown themselves until now, it meant their targets were never the leaders but the students!
Buzzz!
Quickly all of them chased after Darth Ark. They agreed that saving the younger generation of Hallow mountain is far more important than anything else at the moment!
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Aditi, Theresa Vlad and the other students watched in horror as the beast surrounding them were getting bolder and made more attempts to break through the fire circle.
Some even began tossing stones into the fire circle in a bid to prove it.
Rumble!
Rumble!
Rumble!
The world began to tremble as the lush green forest ahead of them seemed like it had been torn down by a massive beast.
Aditi and the rest paled in fear and couldn't move as a mighty green serpent the size of a castle emerged with someone standing on its head.
His robes fluttered in the wind and his eyes seemed as calm as the ocean even after seeing a massive amount of supernatural beasts present!
Upon their arrival these beasts fearfully ran to the other side, gathering together while he hissed and growled at the mighty Basilisk as if asking it why it had betrayed them.
Woosh!
Following a massive cloud of smoke, two figures emerged and walked toward Aditi and her group. It was Sol and a bursty, curving lady dressed in green tight and seductive robes.