23 Hundred Thousand Beast Fores

Half a year had passed without any obstacles.

Christian, Anne, Pierre, Ayesha and Rose's name began to become more famous for many different things.

Ayesha was the cold beauty that mercilessly rejected the love of many young men that confessed in public, only to have their hearts broken by her ruthless words.

Confessing in public was a common tactic used by some people in which they would pressure a girl into accepting their confession using the public eye however Ayesha didn't fall for that trick.

Humiliation and resentment for Ayesha would be the first emotions for those that were rejected however there were other suitors that believed they could get on her good side and so protected her.

Pierre had an unfortunate event during the beginning of the school.

A young madam had caught wind of the might and looks of Pierre. Desiring to have him betrothed to her, she asked him to become his fiance.

Despite his stance and explanation of having a girlfriend the young madam resorted to hiring a second year student to challenge Pierre.

No one thought at the time that Pierre would accept the challenge let alone win.

He earned his title as a strong Martial Artist and brought fame to Autarch Society after mentioning that was the club he would be joining.

Anne earned her reputation for being the girlfriend of Pierre however she became popular for having absurd skills in Transmutation Magic that was considered to be unpopular.

What she managed to do was what only a few students would dare to do. Using Transmutation Magic, her opponents would have difficulties using agile base skills, giving her a chance to show off her Martial Arts.

The combination of the two was overall dangerous and made the Autarch Society even more popular with two amazing first year students joining.

The creator of the Autarch Society, Christian became the center of attention after the commotion of the two first year students.

Before this he was low key and accumulated praise mainly from his teachersdue to his diligence in after school tutoring.

He had yet to have any awards or remarkable deeds noted down but the one thing that everyone agreed was that he had a good eye for people.

This led to a horde of people suddenly joining the Autarch Society.

Finally Rose.

Her beauty had equal status to Ayesha but after it was learnt that she was dating Christian, no one dared to make a move on her.

She's considered to be one of the best in her classes however some scoff at that achievement as that could be fixed using Christian's reputation to deter talents.

Dean had been cultivating peacefully for over half a year yet he was always on guard

'Where are the assassins, spies or thieves? Shouldn't Rose have told Christian about my existence?'

It surprised him how suspicious this seemed as he was willing to show his might by killing an assassin to warn Christian yet nothing happened.

Shrugging it off, Dean continued his studies in Dark Magic and had the equivalent of a Qi Condensation cultivator, Magic Essence Condensation.

Dean called it slow but accepted the fact that having a strong foundation for Magic would at least be a good back up if there are any repercussions with his Qi.

It would be fine as the learning process for higher level Spells had no problems using his Battle Intent.

His skills in memorizing the passages of the Spells were average when compared to his peers, leaving him to curse at the school for having a rule that wouldn't allow students to borrow books.

Therefore, he spent most of his time trading Beats Cores for Heaven's Authorities and reading books in the library.

Learning that most of his 'friends' had become popular he might as well start make his move.

After school, Dean applied for a paper and signed it off together with Leonard before giving it to a teacher.

What they essentially signed up to was a school event that happened annually.

Hundred Thousand Beast Forest!

The Hundred Thousand Beast Forest was located to the north of the school, where other local schools would also join.

This place was used to hone the skills of students by facing off against actual Beasts that can help with their cultivation.

In order to not attract trouble, the school gave wavers to students that made sure they voluntarily sign their life away, if they get killed with the school not being the reason for that.

A few teachers would follow to make sure the students arrived at the location safely while informing them of the potential dangers that they should look out for.

Hundred Thousand Beast Forest didn't have an exact 100,000 creatures in the hill but rather 100,000 species that are known.

In reality, the number of animals hidden in that hill could amount to millions however the teachers tended to not mention that last part.

Because of the large amount of species there would have to be some way to whittle down the number of beasts.

If this competition was not held then these creatures would have to start raiding human countries to fit their population's increase

Leonard joined Dean on the trip however that was only in name.

There were a few reasons that Dean invited Leonard with one of them being friends.

A few others was that with another person, the trip would be overall more safe when traversing the area.

Other humans and creatures would be awake at night for various reasons such as being nocturnal while Dean couldn't stay awake for the whole trip since he was only human.

Leonard had some areas that were equal to Dean meaning that he was trustworthy with strength to back up that statement.

Setting up a routine where one person can sleep while the other guards would be a common tactic when in a group and if Leonard wanted more Beast Cores then he can fight for himself.

The ideal plan that lured Leonard was that Dean would fight Beasts while he could dismantle their body for any useful items.

If worse come to worst then they could fight a Beast 2v1 or run away.

The last reason was that Leonard wanted to collect herbs and plants.

Hundred Thousand Beast Forest would naturally have a large amount of resources to cover the beasts that were omnivores and herbivores.

For carnivores, this hill was a goldmine with their only worry being any high level Beasts.

Leonard knew that Dean had his own space tool that allowed him to store items but out of worry took his [Space Ring] just in case.

Dreading the life that he was about to return to, Dean made sure to bring a few things that he regretted not bringing last time he went into a forest.

Seasonings

The bland meat that he ate was boring once he had to eat it everyday for 4 years.

This time he would be prepared and brought thyme, paprika, pepper, salt, etc

He left the vegetables to Leonard as he expected him to be quite well versed with vegetations that were edible and those that were not poisonous.

Expecting this competition, Dean had already planned to get a new weapon instead of a branch.

Leonard was well known for coming from a good Clan that allowed him to have special connections with a range of people.

Knowing this, Dean gave him a few metal bars and asked him to get a blacksmith that would create a weapon for him. The pay was enough metal for a sword since Leonard was quite adept at his swordsmanship.

Whatever the blacksmith could create, Dean would accept without hesitation.

The metal bars were of course from his master's cove and Leonard was surprised that Dean still had such precious metals.

With preparation in hand there was one last thing Dean wanted to get.

In the case that human greed over took a person's sanity that caused them to attack Dean then of course death would be the repercussion.

Buying a pair of masks, veils and bamboo hats, the preparation was done.

They would only be worn when killing a person and taken off when hunting.

If Dean wanted to become well known then he had to become well known under his own name.

Magic was weird in the fact that it was too amazing.

Under the Conjuring branch of magic there was a special Spell that could only be learnt by high leveled mages that only few could learn.

Venture - Cast a mark on an individual that records the last 5 minutes of their time before death.

Spending all that time in the library ad paid off with this knowledge.

As long as Dean prolonged a fight for longer than 5 minutes then everything would be fine without offending anybody.

The chance for revenge was inching closer and closer causing Dean to feel a sense of excitement and nervousness.

Doubt would rupture his thoughts but would quickly dissipate under Dean's resolve.