Chapter 322 The Preparations End
Meanwhile,
The elven settlement had gone into a state of war. The preparations were complete and the warriors were waiting for their leader's order. For most elves, it was a strange sight if they had to be honest. They were raging war against a few hundred humans and even though the number of elves and humans were almost the same, their perception was completely different.
After all, the elves were a race that had lived for hundreds of years and for most elves, living for a century was quite normal while most even considered young if someone had lived just for a century.
Therefore, in their minds; a few hundred humans weren't an issue and possibly a dozen elves were enough to finish them off. Yet, there they were, probably at their strongest; waiting for the order to move forward.
"I guess there are some strong ones amongst the humans as well, or else the chief wouldn't have gathered such a strong force," just like this elf, the same thought went through the minds of others and they were almost right.
Almost that is, they didn't know that there were not just a few strong people but a small army, capable enough to take double the number of elves if given time.
Hence, they didn't know that they had been doomed already and they were just walking towards a slaughter house.
On the other hand,
The human or say, the army Ray had trained was also ready. All the students had gathered around the open area for a debriefing. They had been sent the details before and right now, Ray was giving everyone a final description of what to do. After all, these were the students that had to fight the beasts raging around in the forest.
For the past couple of days, the beasts had calmed down by a lot. They weren't attacking madly but rather, acted in a very peculiar manner. When Ray observed their behavior, he was sure that the beasts weren't doing all this on their own but were being controlled by something.
Though, that worried him even more as after all, an entity that could control hundreds and thousands of beasts wasn't something weak.
"Well, we deal with the elves first and the power behind the beasts later on," thinking this, Ray put that matter at the back of his mind.
Little did Ray know, this choice of his would only serve to bite him back later on.
As everyone gathered in front of Ray, they noticed a menacing look being cast over them. Turning, they found Ray's team standing in the side with their gear all ready. Everyone had not only equipped their best weapons and beast souls but were also at their strongest. Their aura was menacing and the reason for that was simple, they had killed and the amount of killing intent they had in them was probably only lesser to that of Ray's and his mother. Even the head nurse, who was strongest amongst them in terms of Realms lost out in this matter as she hadn't battled much due to her ability being more resource oriented rather than battle.
Still that wasn't the cause of surprise for them, rather it was the person standing at the very end. The person was draped under a black cloak as all his facial features were hidden by a hood with only his eyes visible. The yellowish red tint that shone within them made him even more menacing. It was Sirius and right now, the aura he was releasing was only lesser to that of Ray. In the past few days, he had ventured deep into the forest and sought out multiple strong opponents and defeated every single one of those beasts he fought against.
This caused his power to increase tremendously as he not only increased his tier with him now being in the advanced tier of the Magical Realm but also allowed him to refine the control over his powers. Right now, he had gained what the system stated as [Novice Mastery] when using his shadows and that wasn't just it. He had also unlocked another ability and while it was strange for someone ton unlock another ability all of a sudden, more so in the middle of a realm; Sirius was sure that there was some other factor to his ability. As for what his ability was,
[Devour]
[Description:- Blessed by the shadows, a wolf unlocked the innate ability hidden deep inside it. The ability allows one to devour the life crystals of any entity defeated by the wolf. Given, the wolf is able to handle the influx of energy and the influence of a foreign life]
That was all there was to the ability and the first person Sirius consulted to was Ray and when told about the ability, Ray was sure that Sirius's bloodline wasn't any ordinary one as right after he was told about the ability his friend had unlocked, Mag'ladroth had taken the courtesy to enlighten Ray and though, the Void Dragon hadn't said much, the tidbits it had provided were enough. Mag'ladroth had informed Ray that the devour ability wasn't a common one but rather even more unique than the Void Dragon bloodline because the ability was derived directly from one of the seven sins of the universe, 'Gluttony' and the last person to have this ability was the wolf king. That was all Ray had been told and using this information, he was able to take some guesses. One, that Sirius had the ability due to his bloodline and given how the system had stated in the description that it was an innate ability, Ray was sure of his guess. The other, he was sure that Sirius was slowly unlocking his bloodline, which meant that soon; his friend's strength would sky rocket and thinking of this, Ray smiled as he really missed being able to cooperate with Sirius while fighting different opponents, though due to the recent strength gap; such was not possible but not for long.
"Don't worry, it's an ability and you should explore it and unlock more of your potential. Also, be careful not to overuse this ability as it might lead to something dangerous. Remember to be always within your limits when using abilities, moderation is key to power and control to perfection.
Currently,
Sirius was stabilizing the recently devoured crystal that came from an advanced tier beast in the Mortal Realm and therefore, didn't know the changes happening around him as it required his full concentration to do something of this sort.
"Ahemm," Ray cleared his throat as he grabbed everyone's attention and surely, everyone turned to look at him and distanced themselves a bit more from where Sirius stood. As they looked up at Ray, they realized that Ray was wearing the same leather armor that was previously issued by the academy and seeing this, many couldn't help but wonder if Ray was going to fight like that.
"I know what most of you are thinking but i would remind you not to worry about me and rather focus on the goal," Ray spoke and then continued, "It's been a few days since the beats started attacking and for the past couple of days, they have gotten more and more tamer," Listening, most of them nodded as they also noticed the beasts getting calmer to the point no beast attacking them for hours.
"However, let me tell you all the reality of this. It's not that the beasts have given up attacking but rather, they are grouping together to attack once and when that happens, i am sure you all are smart enough to know what the result would be," Saying that, Ray took a pause as he observed them all and saw their faces going pale after realization hit them, "Therefore, before anything of that sort happens, i have made a plan to take the fight to them and end it while they are still preparing," As he said those words, many had started smiling as even though it was dangerous, using this strategy, they at least had a chance.
Then, Ray took a deep breath and said the last words, "Also, you all should not worry much as the head nurse herself will be aiding you all in the battle,"
These were the words that caused a stir amongst the army as everyone looked around as they thoughts it might be a dream. They all knew how strong the head nurse was and how strong her healing ability was. This caused them all to gain confidence as they all took a step forward and raised their right hand and beat it to their chest and saluted Ray before moving to their positions. The battle was about to start and they all were ready to fight and give it their all.
Seeing them go away for battle, Ray smiled light as he shook his head turned around to face his team, "I guess we should also get ready. The elves will be here any minute,"
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