Time passed quickly in the academy.Sara had almost no time left for her daily needs.She used all her nights to cultivate her dantian and body and all her days between the Kesier rune, her martial art, her courses, and the Elemental forging method.She had resumed sleeping only every two days in order to make room for all her exercises and some results were finally shown on her ninth month in the academy.Her mind had grown stronger due to the intensive training in the Kesier rune and the pressure exerted from the "Breath" inside her sea of consciousness.Her body had improved due to the Yin body and had finally entered the middle tier of the third rank, she had broken through the third seal and unlocked more of her bloodline.Her dexterity with the Three forms of the Ashura and the Shadow steps spell had vastly increased thanks to the continuous sparring sessions with Yaoyao, the First form was still her limit though.She had concluded three more missions successfully, they were all
Sara spoke without moving her eyes from the Kesier rune."It's not that, I just don't have time for other people."Her mental sphere was enlarging at an incredible speed, Sara didn't want to waste any of her time inside the Sulfur domain on socializing."What about Murray, Norman, and Scott?"Daniel asked but those names meant nothing to Sara."I don't know who they are.""The three seniors in front of the entrance door."Sara shrugged her shoulders."Oh, them. They allowed me to pass."One of Daniel's eyebrows arched when he heard Sara's words."All they want is to please me. They will never allow anyone inside unless I say so."Sara didn't move at all, her gaze was always on the rune as she answered."So, you do know that your followers are mindless idiots."Daniel chuckled softly."Idiots? Maybe. Mindless? Not at all. It's the nature of humans to stick with the strongest person or the one with the best future prospects. You might not know but I'm the only cultivator of the light el
The week passed quickly.Sara went outside the academy ground donned in her usual reddish gym suit.She had left eight hundred Credits to Ivor and used again the Sulfur domain to make sure that she had increased her power as much as possible.She had only one thousand and six hundred Credits and twenty merit points left, she was in need of the rewards of the mission.However, her headache had vastly diminished in intensity which left her pleasantly surprised.'I should really pay more attention to the faculties of the academy.'Right outside of the entrance, in Arolyac forest, Lady Chen was waiting with three more students."Why am I not surprised that you are here?"One of the students was Yaoyao and she spoke as soon as she saw Sara arriving."We are the best in our class as well as the poorest. It is quite obvious for us to join this mission."Sara answered.During the previous months, Yaoyao had clearly shown her superiority to Justin, gaining the undisputed title of the second st
Nigel asked a question to the captain."Captain, what do you mean by that?"Preston moved some hair away from his forehead before answering."On the first layer, the dimension was an icy field populated by rank 3 Snow bears. On the second one, we were in an underground area against Steeled centipedes. From that, we can imagine that all the other layers will contain a different environment. One thing you might want to know is that they are real magical beasts and not some creations of the inheritance ground."'They actually created real environments and filled them with the magical beasts corresponding to each location. I don't even want to think at the amount of preparation required to set up something like that.'Sara thought, marveled by the Royal inheritance.Nigel spoke again."So, we just need to clear the floor to pass it?"Preston nodded."That's the method that we used and it worked just fine.""Number of specimens?""One hundred on the first layer and two hundred in the secon
The four students neared the mountain of goods.They all had an amazed expression as they looked at the amount of wealth piled on the ground.Errol was the first to speak."Just the value of these Obsidian Credits is more than a million! And there are more than a thousand inscribed items!"There was some greed in his eyes as he kept staring at the rewards.'This is only the reward for one layer and it is worth a ridiculous amount of money. Isn't it way too much for just three hundred rank 3 magical beasts?'Noah thought while keeping his eyes fixed on the items.With the exception of their value in Credits, there was nothing that really interested him.Errol, on the other hand, neared a big metal mace with many runes on its body.He swung it a few times and then inspected it carefully.After a few minutes, he nodded happily and raised his head to look at the others in his group."No one minds if I take this?"All three of them shrugged their shoulders, the Royal family wouldn't really
"Thanks, Sara, you really saved us out there."Sara nodded, sitting on the ground.The effort of vanquishing the fog in the entirety of the fourth floor had tired her greatly, she needed to rest."As for the things that you saw when we were inside the illusion..."Sara raised one hand and interrupted him."Don't worry, everyone has its traumatic experiences."The other three nodded and lowered their heads, they were quite ashamed that they had been seen when they faced their most painful memories.Another pile of goods, bigger than the previous one, appeared in the middle of the layer.Errol laid his back on the terrain and spoke in a calm voice."I wonder why we are given this much time for each floor."Nigel answered."It's probably in order to let the participants safely approach every test. If it wasn't for Sara, clearing this floor might have taken a while.""So, what do we do now?"Yaoyao asked.She was a bit annoyed that Sara had saved her and she kept her head lowered the whol
Seven packs of monkey-type magical beasts to defeat in six weeks of time.They had all the time needed to carefully plan their approach, they had just to be careful not to cause too much ruckus.In the end, they chose a simple tactic: Sara would be the bait and expose each leader and the other three students had to kill it.Then, they would regroup and apply a different combat formation to better exploit the weaknesses of each kind of beasts.Earth monkeys and Spiked monkeys relied on their bodies so it was better to fight them as a group in a solid and stable formation, using strong attacks to kill each specimen in one strike.Fire monkeys and Toxic monkeys were adept in spells with a large area of effect, the students chose to fight them separately, dividing the creatures' attention into four different areas.Wind monkeys and Dwarf monkeys were fast and nimble, Sara and Errol had to stay in the center of their packs to attract their attention while Yaoyao and Nigel did a pincer atta
The Cloud eagle slowly flapped its wings.It gradually distanced from the ground, staring at the three students at a few meters in the distance.Nigel's body was firmly stuck on the claws of its right foot, he was still alive but blood flowed incessantly from his injuries.There was only one outcome in his situation: death.The youths understood that and hastily turned to continue their escape toward the passage to the sixth layer.However, while he moved his gaze away from Nigel, Sara remembered something that made her curse loudly."Fuck!"Sara turned but not toward the passage, she faced the rank 4 beast, looking at it with determined eyes.She jumped ahead, black rings appeared under her feet and reddish black smoke began to envelop her.'Shadow steps! Bloodline form!'She activated her spell and ran at full speed toward the beast.Errol and Yaoyao noticed her behavior but continued to run away, no matter how frustrated they were about Nigel's situation, they wouldn't risk their l
What Sara did wasn't for the benefit of the her. She had revealed their position, killing only two injured soldiers, the surprise effect could be considered wasted. Yet, she would rather do that then charge alone on the enemies, hoping for the group behind him to follow. 'If they think like me, they will use me to identify their abilities and then charge. I won't risk my life for them.' She had already obtained a headstart , she couldn't care less if it was to fail because she was unwilling to risk his life. Sara didn't believe that this group was the only force deployed by her father. She knew that Alpha Calhoun was a cunning man,he had spies set up after all so there was a high chance that there could be hidden troops too. The soldiers from Alpha Calhoun's pack reacted quickly and set up a battle formation with their bodies turned toward the now exposed cave. They were prepared to attack since their task was to stop Sara from entering and attacking the Alpha. Since they ha
After explaining the final arrangements to Ivor, Sara made her move as they bother rode the carriage out of the Sect's premises and into the gown as they travelled towards the outskirts.Thirty hooded figures exited a tavern together and ran toward the mountain path, outside of the capital.Meanwhile, right outside the city, on the opposite side from where the group from the Royal family went.Sixty men wearing the emblem of the Aldophus pack marched at a steady pace inside the town.Aldophus was in the center of the group, he was wearing an anxious expression and his eyes darted every time he heard a loud sound."Young master, please calm down. It's just a low rate pack it shouldn't be any problem for our team."Lane was right at his side, whispering with a soft voice to his ear.The soldiers around them were simple guards, unaware of the reasons for their being assembled.If they knew that they were against Alpha Calhoun's pack, their determination might crumble and they might even
"You really like being mysterious."Yaoyao sighed, giving up on probing more about her past."When you find out about me, you can give me your opinion on what I should have done."Sara said, receiving another poke from Yaoyao.They continued to talk and drink for the whole night, enjoying their peaceful time together.As the first rays of the dawn entered the room, Sara interrupted her line of thought and focused back on her surroundings.Yaoyao had long fallen asleep on the couch, uncaringly stretching her legs over Sara's waist.'Is this a habit of her? She sure doesn't care about appearances.'Sara shook her head, carefully moving her legs away in order to stand up.Yaoyao didn't wake up, it seemed that the wine had relaxed her so much that she didn't even pay attention to the environment around her.A bitter smile appeared on Sara's face as she stared at the girl quietly sleeping in front of him.'If my situation was different, I wonder how our relationship would have evolved.'Sh
To create an inscribed item with the Elemental forging method, there were many hurdles to surpass.The cultivator had to endure the absorption of the "Breath" with his sea of consciousness that comported a big risk for that center of power.Then, she had to set her will on a specific meaning and imbue the "Breath" with that, otherwise there would be no effect attached to the finished product.After that, it was time for the choice of the materials.The compound had to be something that didn't conflict with the element of the cultivator and that could sustain the activity that it was meant for.For example, you couldn't use a hard material to create a whip, it would simply conflict with the purpose of the item.At the same time, you couldn't use something too soft either, a whip forged that way would just fail to inflict any damage when wielded.The last hurdle was its form.The item had to be shaped according to its future usage: you could forge a sword but, if you didn't manage to sh
'What the fuck is that?'The guys had an excited smile when they looked at her.One of them gathered courage and stepped toward her."Ehm, dar-, Lord Sara, would you like to accompany me on a trip to Arolyac forest? I'm willing to give all my merit-"He couldn't finish her phrase since Sara interrupted her with a cold answer."No."Silence enveloped the area.Sara uncaringly passed the boy and moved through the crowd to reach her habitation.Yet, she couldn't help but hear the whispers of the boys as she walked through them."Kyaa, have you seen how cool she is! It's the complete opposite of Lord Daniel!""Yes, but Daniel was unreachable for us. Lord Sara doesn't care about noble status.""I want her to scold me so badly but I can't even face her, I feel like fainting every time I look into her eyes."'These boys are crazy!'Sara thought as the unlocked the door of her house."Dark Queen! Would you mind if I came inside and served you some tea? My family is famous for-"Sara didn't wa
It's not that Samuel didn't have techniques or spells to avoid the attack but the surprise effect paired with the fear that he felt due to Sara's presence left him defenseless for a moment.And that moment was exactly what Sara exploited.The head of the noble dug the terrain and a faint trace of blood came out of it.Sara raised Samuel's head from its hair and waited for his reaction."Why did you do this!? Who the fuck do you th-"His phrase was interrupted since Sara smashed the head back in the ground.She raised it again and waited."You better be care-"Sara slammed it back in the pit and pulled it out."Wait! I'm sorry! I will never talk behind your back again!"Samuel's face was covered with blood and terrain with some trace of tears in his eyes.Sara released his hair and smiled toward him, lightly patting his shoulder."Was that so hard? Next time I catch you doing something like this, I will gladly test at what depth the ground becomes harder than your head."Samuel shivere
'This should be the best that I can hope for with my current experience.'Sara thought, analyzing the "Breath" in her sea of consciousness.'Let's try to forge with this.'Another bone of Sun tiger appeared in her hand.Sara carefully manipulated a small part of the "Breath" in her mental sphere and slowly inserted it in the bone.It immediately started cracking, the piece of the beast was opposing that foreign substance.However, Sara controlled the "Breath" to force the item to stay still, using her mental energy and "Breath" in the dantian to envelop the bone.A black membrane appeared around the item in her hand.That was one of the incubating methods described in the forging procedures.With the membrane around it, the bone could not break toward the outside and was forced to mix with Sara's "Breath".Its color changed, from a pale white with shades of red, it became darker, turning gray with purple tones.Sara then controlled it to change shape.Inside the incubating membrane, i
She had a lot of memories of her battles.From the first time when he fought the rank 1 Four-eyes wolves to her recent fight in the arena, her combat style has always focused on two qualities: speed and sharpness.She tried to imprint her meaning of sharpness on the dark lake, concentrating on the memories where she killed her enemies in one blow.The refinement process took a long time.She had to first synchronize her mental energy with her idea of sharpness and then mix more mental energy in the dark lake to align the nature of the "Breath" with the one that she had set.Another week passed, with Ivor calmly standing right next to her, waiting for the results of her refinement.On the night of the seventh day, Sara opened her eyes and stretched and her arms in front of her.Over her palm, a blue liquid floated peacefully.Every drop in the small pond resembled a small blade and a faint sense of sharpness was exuded from it.Ivor immediately neared the liquid and carefully inspected
Manuel was astonished!'How did she manage to hit me through the barrier of lightning?!?'His martial art focused on defense, logically speaking, it had to match Sara's attacks.However, Sara still successfully hit him.He didn't know that after her second time witnessing that technique, Sara could clearly see through its weak spots.'Being a rank 2 beast is wonderful. The speed of my thoughts increased drastically and I can notice details that I was completely ignorant about!'She felt that he could see through everything!Some merit must be addressed to her battle experience though, seeing a weakness and exploiting it were two different things after all."Do you surrender or you want to see if my "Breath" will last till I hit your throat?"Sara mocked him with his own words.She was holding back, not using any of her new spells.Sh was sure that, after that match, her name would be widely known so she wanted to hide at all cost her power and, most importantly, the nature of her elem