A crowd of first-year students could be seen inside the Mazar Academy main building. They stood there, lining up in different lines, waiting their turn. There was a strange portal in front of them. The students approached the portal one by one, and before entering, each student was checked to ensure he was not carrying any storage rings.
After checking, the instructor gave each student a gray cloth pouch. It contained food, water, and some essential items useful in daily life. No one knew where the portal led; they were given a sheet of paper on which information like that was provided.
Students discussed what to do after entering the portal, and Rishi was also thinking about it. He was disadvantaged since he had only two contract beasts, but he was not scared. He had a trump card. He could summon the artifact-type Beast. That Owl was powerful and could easily give him an unfair advantage.
After waiting for some more minutes, it was finally Rishi's turn. He approached the instructor and got himself checked before receiving the storage pouch and entering the portal.
Rishi felt a similar presence when he entered the portal. He experienced the same darkness, and soon found himself in a different place. The area around him was covered in thick mist; not much could be seen, no matter how hard he tried. Even his powerful senses were unable to scan more than a fifty-meter area. He sighed and looked at the sheet of paper in his hand.
In it, it was written that this area was Wild Land, and here the strength of the average Creature was Elite Stage level 5. The points rewarded were also explained below.
Elite Stage Monster would give ten points at base, then the points would be added with its level. An example was also given to explain it more clearly: If a student Eliminates an Elite Stage Level 5 beast, he will receive 10+ 5 = 15 total points.
Similarly, Epic Stage Beast gave thirty points, and each level gave two points. So if a student eliminates an Epic Stage Level 2 Beast, He will receive 30+ 4 = 34 points. Rishi looked at it and sighed, as he had guessed that collecting points would not be easy.
He never thought that they would make it so difficult. He then started exploring the nearby area. He soon found that the area near him was filled with Wild Beasts attacking aggressively. The area around him suddenly became filled with the roars and cries of multiple Beasts.
"This is going to be hard," he said, standing on top of a tree; hopefully, he was physically superior to other Beast Tamers. He didn't need to rely on skills to fight weaklings like them. He took out his Book of Counteract and summoned Hansi, his third contract Beast. A large bird with six wings appeared. It flapped its wings and appeared close to Rihsi.
Rishi jumped on its back and started flying. As he went higher, he saw that the whole area near him was filled with mist. As he was exploring the area, he saw a tall hill. He asked his contract Beast to move there. The hill looked secluded from afar, but when Rishi came close, he noticed that there was an Elite Stage 8 Beast there.
A strange bat-like creature appeared. It cried at Rishi. At first, he thought that it would be easy to eliminate it, but soon he heard the sounds of multiple feathers flapping. When he looked again, there were a whole bunch of them. Most were around level 5, but their numbers could still intimidate anyone.
Rishi didn't back down. He could farm many points from them. As they approached, he asked his contract beast to use 'Blizard. The Blue flame in Hansi's eyes grew; It revealed a chilling presence. The long spears made up of Ice showered like meteors on the opponents, and the Wild Beast approaching them froze and blasted them into pieces of Ice.
After the attack was finished, only seven opponents were left, but they too were frozen or slowed down. It took Hansi one more attack to eliminate them too. Rishi approached the strange cave. He decided that this would be his next camp. Rishi's two beasts could fly. He would use this to his advantage and launch aerial attacks on the wild Beasts.
The cave was disgusting. It took him some time to clean it and make it habitable. While Rishi had already found a suitable place to use as a shelter, others were trying to survive. Like Rishi, they were not strong enough to face multiple opponents alone. At last, they started attacking other students to loot their food and water.
These students have formed some small groups. They were targeting weak students. Like Rishi, the other stronger students, like Kajal and Vinay, have already eliminated multiple opponents and are trying to find a suitable place to camp.
Time passed, and only some lucky ones could see the sun moving from east to west. Most students have settled down until now. Many have joined groups and are targeting others. A boy could be seen away from the chaos in other parts, sitting in a cave covered in Ice.
He was eating a piece of bread with his hand and thinking about something. He looked at the area covered in mist below him and said, "I need to look for a source of food and water."
He summoned Vakar and asked him to search where he found water and food. Clouds always surrounded this Beast of his. With the amount of mist here, he was hard to detect. He also had better scanning abilities. The Beast cried and started moving.
A cloud was moving above the mist, scanning the area. No one was able to find it in the mist. Rishi summoned Hansi and started searching for the wild beasts, also looking for epic-grade beasts. He would not fight them now, but it would be better for him if he knew their location.
He noticed that as he was moving, the height of the mist was also increasing. He could sense the presence of multiple flying creatures. He then also continued, anyone who stood in his path was defeated. His Beast was at the Max level with Epic Grade, and not many could face him.
The main strength of the flying creatures here was their numbers, but Hansi was specialized in AOE skills, so it was a perfect counter to them. He fought multiple battles, and as he went further, he found stronger opponents. His contract Beast fought for some time before Rishi asked him to retreat.
The number of opponents here was uncountable; you kill one, and the other one comes next. He will need to use a different strategy to move forward. He was a little disappointed, but when he thought about his other contract beast, his mood improved.
With him by his side, he would be able to go deeper into the mist. As he was exploring the area, He was also getting used to this new environment. He reached the cave and decided to wait patiently for his second Beast to come. In the meantime, he decided to work on his support skeleton.
He had learned this skill to help his contract Beast but never practiced it. This was the perfect opportunity for him to master it. He sat down and activated his 'Extreme Focus' passive; with this, he was able to get better at using his support skills.
When he was doing it, he suddenly got a Brilliant idea: why not create some useful skills to help his contract beasts? While he could not use them directly, using them on contract Beasts was allowed. The first skill he thought about was concealment. This skill would make his Contract beast stealthy; the environment around him supported the stealth, so the effects of this skill would be amplified.
It didn't take him much to create such a skill due to having the Umbrakinesis skill, which allowed him to control the shadow element at his will. His extreme focus further increased his speed. Before the Vakar returned, Rishi had created such a skill. He even added the effect of his 'silence' skill, which increased the stealth of his contract Beasts further.
Vakar explained to Rishi what he had discovered; apparently, he was also discovered and attacked multiple times. Rishi nodded; this made him more motivated to master the 'conceal' skill that could make his contract Beasts stealthy.
After thinking about it some more, he also got an idea about his next skill. He was thinking of creating a skill that could make his contract Beast faster. Usually such skills cost a lot of energy, but here Rishi didn't need to worry about it. He could not use his skills, so all his Shadow Energy and Mana were already wasted. It was better to utilize them to gain an advantage rather than conserve them for no apparent reason.
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