Chapter 65: A Beneficial Threat

[ Name: Ren Arken

Age: 14

Race: Human

Strength: 200,000 (+1,300,000 [Mana])

Agility: 300,000 (+2,300,000 [Mana])

Vitality: 800,000 (+1,200,000 [Mana])

Mana: ~~~

Spiritual: ~~~

Intellect: 300, 000

Unique Skills:

-Magic cards -appraisal -evil gaze -strengthen -leap -basic magics -Magic mastery -Grimoire of death -Real Clone [Heavenly Slime] -Eye of Wisdom -Sword God -Fenrir Arken -Predator of the sky -Wild Beasts Skills -Knight’s soul -Defiler of the banished, Ataraxia]

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“Ren, you’re right. Your suspicion about the increasing of the magic beasts is true, this might be a huge threat for us!” Aegir said with a pale face, his shirt had already drenched by his sweat.

“Is it that serious, Aegir? Tell me, what did you found?” (Oz)

Oz never saw Aegir’s face as pale as this, looking at his expression, it must be so serious.

“The magic beasts,” (Aegir)

“Hm?” (Oz)

“The magic beasts, I thought that we’ve managed to cut off their number, but when I asked Brad to check the south, it seems that the reason why we don’t meet a lot of magic beasts back then, is because they’ve moved to the south region, not far from the undead kingdom!” (Aegir)

“How many does Brad found?” Oz asked him with his eyebrow furrowed.

“He only saw the apes and the bears, he couldn’t continue the expedition because the region is filled with the magic beasts, but they seem to have a considerable intelligence, we suspect that there is a king between them,” (Aegir)

“And the worst thing is?” (Oz)

“Their number far exceeds 100,000 in number, and it’s only the number that Brad saw, it’s unknown about whether there are countless more magic beasts there, but one thing for sure, Brad said that they’re preparing for an attack,” (Aegir)

When Aegir reports the news, his face is solemn, both of them know the danger of Everdeen magical forest as both of them are considered the habitant of the magical forest. The magic beasts inside the magical forest are always strong, and their number is what they feared the most, that’s why Brad and his men always hunt every day to limit the number of the magic beasts around them.

“Bear and ape… Had Gareth got informed about this yet?” (Oz)

“Yes, we’ve already told him,” (Aegir)

“Had he prepared?” (Oz)

“I believe he’s in the middle of preparing,” (Aegir)

Oz folds his arms and gathers his thought for some moment.

(It is bad news that we didn’t know the exact number of the magic beasts, but it might be a good chance for testing our defenses) (Oz)

“If they attack, do you think Gareth’s undead kingdom defense will suffice?” (Oz)

“I’m not sure whether it will suffice or not, we have not enough information,” (Aegir)

“I see… Then let’s try to find more information, and don’t panic. I have a plan, but for now, tell Gareth to prepare all the traps I told him to make, tell him to let some of the magic beasts pass to the capital, use this opportunity to strengthen the soldier and give them a lot of experiences. This is also the chance to test our defenses, inform Ibra too, this case will be his responsibility too,” (Oz)

“Ask the other kingdoms to send the soldiers they want to train here, it will be a great experience for them. Since the capital is surrounded by the moat, they will come from all direction, so let the bridge down and open the gate too to make them focus on one passage,” (Oz)

Tarot’s capital, where Aegir’s house is located, is surrounded by a huge moat. Together with the 80 meters tall walls, the huge moat is one of the capital defense Oz came up with. The moat is 30 meters long, and there is a huge bridge to pass the moat.

“But then they will be able to enter the capital!” (Aegir)

“That’s my point, every time some of them pass the moat, start to raise the bridge and close the gate again. After killing all of the magic beasts inside, let the bridge down and open the gate again,” (Oz)

“Ah! I see… So you’re thinking of taking this opportunity to make a real-time defense training for the soldiers, huh. By limiting the magic beasts that entered the walls, the soldiers wouldn’t be exhausted,” (Aegir)

“Exactly, but tell Ibra to let some of the soldiers in patrol in case of a flying type magic beasts attacks too. And there is also a possibility that they will start to swim over the moat and climb from all over the place if the magic beasts do have a considerable intelligence, it won’t be impossible, so don’t let our guard down,” (Oz)

“It’s time for the knights to show up and do what they learn and what they train for. Ask Fedra to support the knights too,” Oz instructed Aegir.

“Roger that, are you going?” (Aegir)

“Yea, I don’t have much time,” (Oz)

“Then I’ll report to you on your next return, your majesty,” (Aegir)

“Oh please, drop the honorifics when we’re alone old guy,” (Oz)

“Heheh, good luck on the other side, Ren,” Said Aegir with a grin.

“You too, brother,” Oz said and he called back Fenrir and Reo to his mind, and the huge wolf and the huge black lion disappeared together with Oz’s consciousness, leaving the goblin [King] clone standing like a robot.

“Brother, huh…” Aegir muttered to himself while staring at the distance.

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“Mr. Ren! Mr. Ren! Please wake up! It’s almost your turn at the 3rd test!” (???)

“Hm?” Oz slowly opens his eyes, his body could finally take some rest, but his mind still hasn’t got any rest at all.

Oz could feel someone is shaking his shoulders, the shadow of a figure slowly got clearer, and the female staff that led him to this room appeared at his sight.

“Um… Hi?” Oz said with a wry smile.

“Finally! Let’s set aside the greetings, it’s almost your turn at the 3rd test!” The female staff protested.

“I’m sorry, I got that a lot,” Oz could only maintain his wry smile while apologizing to the female staff.

“Now please, follow me,” The female staff said after wiping the sweat at her forehead.

Oz followed the female staff that walked so quickly as if they’re getting chased by something.

(Time flows really fast, huh. I thought I only went there for a while) (Oz)

(As if fighting with the dungeon floor boss, and then traveling back to Tarot, and talk with the prime minister is a while) (Fenrir)

(Indeed…) (Reo)

(You two…) (Oz)

“Geez, Mr. Ren. You really sleep like a log! No wonder the headmaster return so fast! I never thought you’ll sleep there, did you get a lack of sleep last night?” Asked the female staff without turning her head.

“Yea, something like that, wait, the headmaster visited me?” (Oz).

“Yea, he did. Ah! we’ve almost arrived!” (Female Staff)

They could see a huge colosseum-like building near the training grounds from the distance. Even though they’re still quite far, Oz could already hear the voices of countless people from the distance.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

“Whose voices are these?” Oz asked the female staff.

“It’s the voice of the spectators from the kingdom, the building we’re seeing right now is called ‘The Magic Arena of Grandaria’. Every 3rd test of the magic academy is held here,” (Female Staff)

“Um… Why does a 3rd test have these many spectators?” (Oz)

“We’ve eliminated those who didn’t have enough power at the 1st and the 2nd test. While there will only strong kids left at the 3rd test, this set up is also good to promote the students to the queen, generals, and nobles that will get interested to recruit them when they’ve graduated,” (Female Staff)

“I see… So it’s held to give the students an opportunity to show their skills and get sponsored, huh. The fight they perform will give benefits to both students and the magic academy, while the queen, generals, and nobles get their part by getting an opportunity to reap some potentials,” (Oz)

The female staff finally stared at Oz once more when he said that.

“You have a sharp mind, you’re exactly right,” (Female Staff)

“Well, it’s not that hard to guess,” Oz set it aside with a smile.

“So, what is the 3rd test? Will I be facing another student candidate?” Oz changed the topic.

“For the others, yes. But for you, nope,” (Female Staff)

“Um… What do you mean?” (Oz)

“You’ll know later, there it is, let’s go there, all of the student candidates wait there before they fight, it’s the fighter waiting room,” The female staff pointed at the passage beneath the spectators’ seat.

“Wait-” (Oz)

“Ren! Where have you been!?” Edreale’s voice suddenly appeared from nowhere.

“Hm? Edraele!” Oz called Edreale when he saw the half-elf girl running to him.

“We’ve searched for you for ages! Where are you? We thought you went away because your name isn’t on the board!” (Edreale)

“Yea, you missed all of our fights!” (Albus)

“Sorry guys, the academy staff suddenly led me to somewhere to wait, and I got overslept there,” Oz said with a wry smile.

“The academy staff brings you where? You overslept?” (Alfred)

“More importantly, let’s watch Peter’s fight, he’s the one who panicked the most when you suddenly disappeared, Ren,” (Sen)

“He panicked?” (Oz)

“Not only him, but all of us did,” (Albus)

All of them went up to the student candidate seat above the fighter waiting room. All of them took their seat and Oz finally saw two figures in the arena.

One of them is wielding a sword with dense wind mana surrounding him, while the other is using a spear with a weak earth mana surrounding him.

Oz observes the arena, and at the vip spectator seat, Oz saw a throne with a woman sitting on top of it, looking at Peter’s fight with a frown.

“Hm…” Oz slightly grinned