Absolute Beast Dominion

As they walked around the territory saying goodbye, they noticed an interesting sight near the guest house.

A huge television screen had been set up, and some elves seemed to be busy building an overhead shed to keep it protected.

When Leo was updated on the situation, he learned that Kaelion had built it while they were sleeping so the territory members could watch the inter-academy competition matches.

Leo had to say it was a smart idea. Instead of everybody watching the stream on their phones at an individual cost, Kaelion had bought a 2-month subscription through which everybody could watch whatever they desired, with the only cost being the power needed for the television.

This could once again be covered with Modified Mana Crystals that the Mana Generator at the heart of the territory kept recharging.

With that done, Leo gave the final instructions regarding the restaurant and hot spring construction to James and Sera, who were in charge.

Naelith and Zharrissa were told to guard the territory, while Cindriss was supposed to oversee the training of Arkvyr and Kazz.

As for the other matters, Lyswenna was given command.

The Gnomes had already gotten themselves busy with their facility, built inside the hollowed-out region of the plateau, while Howl was secretly told to protect everybody overall. As a matter of fact, Howl had even been authorized to change places in case someone actually attacked the territory.

Everything was settled now, and so, they got ready to depart.

"How do we take Aeila's Golem if spatial rings are not allowed?" Kaelion asked.

"Don't worry about that," Leo simply said.

He stored it in his spiritual space and then looked at Kaelion's baffled expression.

"What? Having a high-level spiritual space is also my ability. I should be allowed to make full use of it."

"Right..."

Finally, all 8 individuals from Leo's territory stepped into the teleportation array and appeared in Aurelius Hall, where the others were already present.

To their surprise, they found themselves surrounded by professors, both familiar and unfamiliar.

Of course, Gunther, Brant, and Katherine were there as Leo, Kaelion, and Lily's personal guardians.

Other guardian professors were present for the other top 10 students. Meaning, everybody was going with personal, top-tier security.

This also conveyed the fact that the place they were going was dangerous.

But Lily wasn't bothered by those things; she was bothered by her dress. She simply went to Katherine and relayed the woes she had.

"Fufu, we can always provide special privileges to the top 3 students, making them stand out from the crowd. Because in the end, it's the academy crest that matters the most."

Saying that, she lightly tapped Lily's shoulder, and Lily's dress colour-coding, along with its design features, changed.

The clothes were made out of spirit fibres and could be altered anyhow desired with enough mana and techniques.

Lily's expression blossomed when she got the dress she wanted—white with silver trim.

Some professors wanted to object to it, but then they recalled who Katherine was, and they refrained from speaking. This was because her connection was so strong that she could literally delay the competition further. A little change in the dress code was just a minor thing.

Gunther also changed Leo's dress, making the red lining a shade of gold and silver while altering the style to something resembling a military uniform.

Brant proceeded to use a purple lining with a silver-and-white mix and gold trim for Kaelion, which suited his body and hair.

Everybody had a cape in common, which proudly displayed the academy crest.

Other students could only watch with jealousy at how good they looked.

It wasn't that the academy uniform was any less impressive; it was just that the unique clothing made them appear superior.

Not to mention, as they got closer to a 5-star rank, their looks had long since left their previous selves behind. Even Leo, who was technically not as good-looking as them at the start, was leagues ahead now, looking like a completely different person.

After that, all 25 participants had their possessions recorded by the Empire Officials responsible for preventing the use of unfair means.

For combatants, their weapons, and for brewers like Veronica, their apparatus were recorded.

When it was time for Aeila, Leo summoned the 4-meter metal skeletal golem, which took everybody by surprise.

"This... shouldn't be allowed, right?" one official muttered, turning to the other.

But then Leo explained that the golem was a product of his skill, which was managed by Aeila, and that he had a spiritual space to store it, like any beast.

So, this golem was technically Aeila's beast, like a beast master.

"What?! Spiritual space so early! Damn..."

"Yeah... I was only able to form it recently after two year of meditation... that too, its capacity is less than 1 cubic meter by now..."

"He can already store this big golem..."

'Will they be surprised if we say he had like 2 serpents more than 100 meters long already stored inside?' Brant and Gunther joked telepathically among themselves.

With Leo's explanation and demonstration of his [Golem Construct] skill in front of the Empire Officials, the metal skeletal golem passed the test, and Leo stored it in his spiritual space.

They even noted the fact that Leo had a well-defined spiritual boundary that could store things.

"How large is the space inside your spiritual space?" one official asked, which immediately made professors like Brant, Gunther, Katherine, and some others glare.

The other official panicked and immediately rephrased the question.

"M-my colleague means to ask whether more objects can be stored inside the spiritual space. It will help us prepare beforehand in case confusion and doubt arise."

The glares on them immediately vanished as they sighed in relief.

It wasn't that they were weak; all the officials were well within the 4-star ranks, but being targeted by so many high-ranked professionals was scary. Especially from people like Gunther and Katherine.

One of the officials was even screaming inside the 1st official's head telepathically, asking 'politely' whether he had forgotten the training on what should be asked and what should not.

Because asking the wrong question could very well make them appear to be spies collecting information, and that suspicion alone was enough to throw them out of their esteemed positions.

And even though they might not have been spies, everybody had their fair share of shady businesses going on in their lives. If they were investigated under that suspicion, everything would be exposed.

Nonetheless, Leo responded.

"Yes, I can store many more things."

The officials simply nodded and noted it down.

When everything was done, the students stepped into the teleportation array to reach their destination.

30 April 23:30, 500 AA

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*Lily's look*

*Leo's look*

*Kaelion's look*

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