A/N: From now on, all the images of anything will be attached at the end of the chapter.
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Chapter 651: Howl's Rank Up - 1
"And finally—" Tarun clicked something on his phone, after which both Leo and Lily received notifications.
Ting!
>20 Million AC granted as a reward for compulsory mission.
>Good work!
Ting!
>New balance: 9.85 -> 29.85 Million AC
Both of them received a 20 Million AC reward.
"That's all you are getting for now. You are allowed to leave."
The couple bowed respectfully and turned around to leave. At that time, Tarun spoke from inside.
"Next time, don't forget to file your reports, or you might miss some valuable rewards since we wouldn't be able to figure out what you accomplished."
Both of them flinched, but kept walking until Leo called Agnivar, and they took to the skies to return to the territory.
At that time, Lily held Leo's shoulder from behind. But the hard grip clearly told him that she wasn't doing it lovingly.
"Leo~ Care to explain what happened with whatever this Infernal Serpent is?"
"Ah..." Leo closed his eyes while reminiscing about all the time he had enjoyed after killing the Infernal Serpent.
Because from here on, he would only regret it.
They reached the territory and were about to land when they saw an intense battle going on in the training arena.
It was James, his two beasts, Bigfoot, and Bigfoot's summoned Python.
A towering, almost 5-meter-tall muscular bear with iron claws.
Ironclaw Grizzly (Low 3-star) - Mortal Bloodline
A long, lean, black-scaled serpent with electricity running across its entire body.
Thundercoil Serpent (Pseudo 3-star) - Super Bloodline
The civilized yet wild druid with its similarly 6-meter-tall body.
Forest Druid (Peak 3-star) - Super Bloodline
The now longer—almost 20-meter-long snake with a green healing aura around its body.
Python [Druid's Summon] (High 3-star) – Super Bloodline
By no means should James have been a match for the Druid and the snake, even if his team's numbers were higher, but James was actually managing to go against the duo toe-to-toe. Their battle had already become a spectacle, with many elves, Sera, Zharrissa, and a few more watching with interest.
Crackle—Krraakkk!
James fired a strong lightning bolt attack that seared the Python's scales, making it retreat while Jbear and Bigfoot were locked in their own battle. With a size difference of just 1 meter, their match was a sight to see. But if James didn't occasionally support the bear, it would have already lost long ago due to the power gap.
Even the claw strikes that luckily landed on Bigfoot were simply healed by the Druid, who eventually started to push James back due to his team having no healer.
Leo had to admit, James' experience and battle instincts were simply top-notch to allow him to hold for hours against the Druid and his summon.
"I cannot help but think Brother James can act as a great instructor for our territory members. He even said he used to work as a drill instructor in some academy previously before coming to Kendru," Lily said, and Leo nodded in agreement.
"He has even more experience than us in battle. We just brute-force our way through things, while Brother James can easily defeat us if our strength were equal or even slightly lower."
Lily agreed with Leo's statement as Agnivar made his way down to the arena, where the Druid was healing James and his beasts after the match had ended.
"You are a great fighter, Bigfoot, right? Let's be friends."
Bigfoot clutched the bear's muscular shoulder and started using healing magic to heal the bruised area.
"Gu... you, good gugo, okay—go-ay, gu."
Bigfoot accepted becoming friends. After that, Leo and Lily greeted them again, and Agnivar departed to his place of stay, where Ashira was already resting.
Lily then told the elves to inform all the territory members about the expected earthquake that might occur due to some reason, so everyone could prepare accordingly.
Meanwhile, Leo made his way to the Titanbreath Lotus, where the first thing he did was empty the whole spatial ring.
Leaving aside the huge beastcore, as Tarun had said, there were tons of stat-boosting treasures and consumables.
[Heavenstep Elixir] - High Yellow (5-star) Tier
- Refined from Heavenstep Fruit, this blue elixir rapidly strengthens the body's movement pathways, permanently increasing agility without leaving physical strain.
[Thunderstride Elixir] - Mid Yellow (5-star) Tier
- Refined from Thunderstride Fruit, this golden elixir stimulates the body's nerves with contained lightning, permanently increasing agility and explosive acceleration.
[Swiftwind Elixir] - Peak Purple (4-star) Tier
- Refined from Swiftwind Lotus, this silvery-green elixir floods the body with concentrated wind essence, permanently enhancing agility, reflexes, and movement speed.
The first thing that caught Leo's eyes was the already refined potions.
Hmm, they still don't seem to be aware of my perfect and quick absorption ability granted by the system which even works on unprocessed treasures, Leo thought.
And it was for the better. Even if they were friendly, they shouldn't know everything.
Then Leo's eyes wandered to the natural treasures.
[Stormroot] - Peak Purple (4-star) Tier
- A dark root containing violent lightning energy that stimulates the body's nerves, permanently increasing agility and greatly improving reaction speed.
[Heavenstep Grass] - Low Yellow (5-star) Tier
- A pale-blue grass infused with powerful wind essence that strengthens the body's movement pathways, permanently increasing agility and acceleration.
[Lightning Lotus] - Mid Yellow (5-star) Tier
- A golden lotus surrounded by tiny electrical arcs, whose petals contain concentrated lightning essence that permanently enhances agility and nervous response.
At the same time, Agnivar's talent also responded.
[Hoard Sovereignty] - 7★ - 0.015% -> 0.112% Stat boost across all factors
"Damn, but I need to consume them..."
Leo also had many more things that might push the percentage even further, but due to him being out of the territory most of the time, he couldn't keep them out in the open. In other words, he needed a strong protector to guard them 24/7 when he wasn't around.
Though Howl was there, he was still just a Mid 3-star being and couldn't defend against those who might come to snatch the treasures after sensing the potent aura around the territory.
"Well, I'll look into it after the Inter-academy Competition. Might as well put the Infernal Serpent and Feathered Serpent hybrid as a guard."
With that, Leo put the treasures away back into the spatial ring for later consumption and walked up to the Mountainback Turtle's beastcore.
"Howl, let's see what happens now."
With that, Leo touched the beastcore and activated his talent.
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*Grizzly's image*
*Thundercoil Serpent's Image*
*Python's Image*
*Civilized Druid's Image
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