"What is his problem with me?" He narrows his eyes as he watches the guy leave. He knows for sure that he cannot leave his back open on him, especially in these troubling times. He had sensed the killing intent that he had exuded earlier.
"He is the young master's third cousin; he has always been trying to win over the attention of the higher-ups, but because of the eldest young lady and the second young lady, he has always been bitter. With your birth, his position as the sole male direct descendant has been taken away, causing his importance to be even lower," Elcio explains.
This information would get him killed, but he does not care. Upon seeing his young master save him earlier, he decided to no longer follow some of the unwritten rules.
"Why? Are we the only two male descendants of the Oriend Family?" He is confused; he knows that with the genetic enhancement, giving birth has become more complicated, but this should not cause an entire clan to be that inadequate in that area.
"No, in fact, there are multiple males in the previous generations that are still alive, and many of them are still considered young adults. Unfortunately for them, with the advent of the birth of two prodigies at the same time, followed by a genius, the clan started to put more attention on this year's generation," Elcio carefully explains, looking left and right as he does so.
The earlier information would have angered Ganger; he is still fine with it as the person tried to kill him earlier, but in their next conversation, the information no longer touches a single individual but the entire Oriend family.
'So that is why, that is interesting. I wonder how strong my other cousins are? ' He is itching to find out that, with the upcoming battle, they are definitely going to participate.
He knows that as members of the Oriend Family, they have enough money to sponsor multiple of their descendants into the academy, but they are unable to bend the laws of the academy no matter what they do.
As stated in the history of the academy, those who do not participate in the battle against the Realm outbreak will be kicked out, no matter what their status is.
"Since you have obtained some information from the people stationed here, do you know who the other members of the family are currently present in this base?" he asks, knowing full well that he cannot fully trust his family members as the competition is quite cutthroat.
Ganger is already out for his neck; according to what Elcio had said earlier, only a couple of individuals, such as Flare, actually liked his predecessor, which means that most of his cousins are his rivals or even enemies.
"Since the challenge festival is still ongoing back at the academy, no one else in the current generation is present other than young Miss Flare and young Master Ganger; in the previous generations, master Jerry, Lord Bob, Master Grave, and Master Raymond were present," Elcio reports while reading the documents he has in his hands.
"Are those four my uncles, or can they be considered my grandfathers?" he asks, feeling that it should be the former.
"They are all your uncles; Master Jerry, Master Grave, and Master Raymond are the cousins of Lord Arnold, while Lord Bob is his brother."
'Hmm, if he is my father's brother, he might be young; I hope that they are at least nice; I am unable to put up a fight against the previous generations yet.' He thought, as he truly feels this battle is his chance to catch up to the powerful members of his family.
"Greetings! We are the elite guards of young Lady Flare; we have been ordered to protect you!" A couple of guards wearing red armour appear; all of them seem to be experienced in terms of fighting.
'Finally! I can join the battle! ' His eyes light up, and with the guards, no one will probably stop him from participating in the battle against the army of ants.
He charges towards the frontline; following behind him were the guards and Elcio; the former actually looks down on him, while the latter fully believes in him.
[Dragon Flight]
His speed increases, causing the expressions of the guards to change. He reappears in the centre of a cluster of ants.
[Dragon-tiger Roar]
As he lets out a loud roar, the ants that already have low mental strength start to fall; those from the distance feel the effect of the attack and become dizzy.
He summons Glutton and unsheathes his swords before killing the nearest ants around him; since his roar incapacitated them, they are unable to fight back.
Leon joins the fray and starts attacking like crazy, causing his soul power to increase. Both of them know that the ants are only temporarily unable to move; they need to use this opportunity to kill as many as they can.
The guards were stunned by what they had seen; meanwhile, Elcio also started killing the immobilised ants, hoping that he could get their soul blessings.
[Ding! Congratulations to the hosts for slaying an army ant and obtaining its soul blessing.
He was at first stunned before bursting into a fit of laughter. With an additional soul blessing, he can let Leon equip them.
Leon, who was fighting like a wild beast, pauses, and then, with a flash of light, his body is covered with red armour that makes him resemble a humanoid ant.
"What!?" He is shocked to see that the ants are starting to recover already. His expression changes, and he turns in a certain direction and sees an ant that has a different appearance than the rest.
"F*ck!" Without hesitation, he retreats; he cannot face a supernatural grade right now. Besides, Leon is already an advanced-level pet; once he kills enough genetic creatures, he will definitely rank up to the supernatural level.
[The system has to inform the host that, due to additional information obtained from this world, the clone or the pet called Leon is unable to automatically evolve into a supernatural level being, even if it has obtained more than enough soul power.]