It was a perfect chance for him to go and kill that monster once and for all. And yet the scrolls never mentioned where he went, as if the dark masters got relieved for getting rid of that nuisance and the scrolls returned to talk about war preparations and other stuff.
William didn't lose hope to find any mention of his nemesis' location, but he was destined to get disappointed in the end. The scrolls ended by the middle of the war events, without any additional information about that monster.
"It's blessed with damn luck that I don't know where it got… Damn!" William was quite frustrated by this. He didn't know why that monster turned on its people, but it was the golden chance for taking it down.
What he didn't know was that he was the root of all this. The Nightmare monster was well aware of what happened to William, and knew about him going to another realm.
So if that war happened, the contest would be over, and it'd lose its chance to kill William. And so it decided to start a tough battle against the dark forces in the region, ending up losing quite badly in the end.
William had no reason to go and look for the monster anymore. As he lost his target, he decided to start training.
The journey of training to reach the pinnacle would be quite long, but he had lots of things at his disposal. He decided to check the loot he gained from the other world, hoping it'd help him in crossing a stage in the dark gold realm at least.
William kept training, locking on himself even when his friends asked for him. After the festival, everyone slept for a long time, almost two days straight!
They were stressed out, jumping from one battle to another for a long time. So it was expected how they slept and relaxed for two days straight.
Yet when they woke up, they got a severe headache that lasted for two more days. They tried to find William but he told them to remain inside the destroyed capital and help masters there.
In one week, everyone was ready to move out. When William joined them, he was surprised to see three more members going into the dark gold realm.
"Berry, Sara, and Ro…" William muttered while looking at the three who accompanied him for too long, "that's great news! I want all of you to be prepared for a long-term, and very harsh training program I'll set for you…"
He said this to his Black Tails team and the young prodigies sent from the other world.
He didn't check them up yet but planned to do so when they'd go back.
"What about me? Huh? Will you train me as well?" As he finished his words, someone jumped all over his face, making him unable to see anything but hair dancing left and right.
"Karoline, you know I will," he rolled his eyes as if he needed to specify her in person to know that.
"How about me then?"
"And me?"
As the girls saw how Karoline got an answer from him, they started to speak up, ending with him raising his hand to stop them.
"If you have such energy, use it to fight monsters on our way back."
Yet what he expected never happened! As they started walking towards Lara's city, they ended up meeting not a single monster on the way there!
Monsters seemed either to go extinct or were retreating into deeper parts of the forest, evading humans passing through.
As for the dark masters, they seemed as if they never existed in the first place!
"I never thought I'd clean up this big area in the continent…" William knew this was all thanks to him and his efforts during the past time. He started all this five years ago, back at the Scorching Lands battle.
The world then went on a spree to hunt down dark masters, yet the most affected by his actions was the area of the kingdom. Then he started cleaning the monsters and dark masters around Lara's city, ending up clearing the enemies from the capital.
He didn't aim for any of that to happen, and yet he was very proud of what he did. The entire army of masters marched towards Lara's city, while the latter kept convincing William to stay there.
"If you don't stay, I won't!" she said at the end of the long discussion that took over many days already.
"Fine! Do whatever you wish!" William gave up on convincing her to remain in her city. She was very excited and curious about the special training others spoke about.
According to his close friends, the ones who accompanied him for the longest period, this training would change anyone's life! Be it special ways to assess one's power, passing through tips and advice about training, and even providing special training manuals suiting everyone… The team spoke richly about everything and William didn't interfere to stop them.
Everyone wanted to experience this training, even the old geeks who reached the high stages of the dark gold grade. Even Sloth wanted to experience what William's special training was.
In the eyes of the youngsters, these words made William look like a superhero. But to the old ones, they thought of the legendary and world-famous masters, ones who would change anyone's life once they adopted them as their disciples.
No one of these old men ever realised that William was much higher in status than any of these. He didn't just have extensive knowledge, but he had knowledge that bypassed the boundaries of this world.
William listened to the long chats that erupted between his close friends and others, even listened to the soft whispers between the ones following him.
This wasn't bad. After all, the first and foremost important rule for a master was for the disciple to honour his teachings. William would exert more effort to convince any of his friends back then because he lacked enough capital to do so. But now he didn't need to take such trouble.
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