Old man Alderic finally arrived at the Dean’s peak, just as the alliance between the War God Mage Academy and the Battle Mage Academy was nearing completion, the dean had summoned him via sound transmission to serve as an elder witness for the final signing of the agreement between both academies. However, upon realizing that Alec was nowhere to be seen, Alderic’s mood soured. He had hoped to see the boy and continue persuading him to produce some spirit equipment sets like the ones that had been auctioned off at the Gordons Clan auction house for the institute. But with Alec absent, that plan quickly fell apart, though Alec always gave the same evasive answers, Alderic never stopped trying his luck each time they met. “If I knew Alec wouldn’t be here, I wouldn’t have even bothered to come. As the current leader of the War God Mage Academy student body, shouldn’t he be present for something this important? Why didn’t you call for him?” Alderic questioned sharply the moment he

Approximately thirty minutes after that little discussion, Alec and his team were now deep underground, surrounded by sand as they used their earth element to dig further down.Arthur kept snorting every few minutes, unable to believe how a mighty Tier 6 mage like himself had been reduced to a glorified labourer, when Alec had first mentioned stealing, this was definitely not what he had imagined in mind that he would be doing.Alec had come up with the plan: they would take turns using earth manipulation to burrow underground, aiming to break into the mine from below and steal right under the nose of the lion pride that controlled it, and it also happens to be the first time that they were using earth manipulation in such a way, and it was far more stressful and exhausting than they had expected. They had to carefully maintain the tunnel's shape while forcing the digging forward, and as the sand was pushed back, the other two would take turns clearing it to keep the path open behind

The fight outside was nearing its conclusion when a deafening boom suddenly erupted from within the cave, even Damien, still levitating in the air like a vigilant scout, couldn’t maintain his composure. The explosion’s sheer intensity told him instantly that something incredibly bad had happened inside the mine.—Meanwhile, inside the mine, Arthur and Brandon stared at Alec in disbelief, they had been mining for over twenty minutes, and with the assistance of the golems, they had successfully extracted over three hundred massive power stones. These were all high-grade stones, capable of being refined into smaller pieces for creating High rank cultivation pills, r used as high-rank materials for alchemy, forging, or even being used directly for cultivation.However, only high-rank mages could safely utilize the raw energy inside it for cultivation; as it was far too volatile for anyone below Tier 7, even for those capable, absorbing raw power stones came with risks, as residual

The moment Damien heard the roar, his body tensed, as a flash of fear crossed his face before he quickly masked it with an angry scowl.“Make sure those boys die the most painful death imaginable. Don’t you dare return if they’re not dead or if you fail to retrieve my holy pool!” Damien ordered coldly, taking to the air to face the approaching threat.Almost instantly, the snow-furred overlord lion appeared, its towering figure radiating a terrifying primal aura as its booming voice shook the surroundings. “You dare steal from me!” it roared.Though the explosion had happened deep within the mid-region, however the overlord, which was all the way in the High regions, had somehow sensed it, so it was clear now that it had planted some form of detection within the cave, so the moment the cave’s mana veins were disturbed, the overlord lion had raced to the scene, extending its powerful Tier 9 mental senses long before its physical arrival just showing how much stronger it’s mental pow

All seven golems Alec had summoned hardly seemed necessary—as Legion alone had stolen the entire kill. Far behind, the Red tree’s Treant warrior group had lagged due to their limited mobility, and by the time the explosion occurred, they were still trying to catch up.Alec wasn’t entirely sure how the Red tree had managed to survive despite the fact that it was holding all of the five cards, but one thing was certain to him—it was definitely injured, as Alec scanned the area, he noticed significantly fewer Treant warriors, leading him to believe the Red tree had a way to transfer most of the damage done to it towards to its subordinates, sacrificing them to survive the blast.Though it lived, the Red tree wasn’t in any condition to fight despite the fact the plant race was known for their healing abilities, its Tier 7 aura fluctuated weakly, and after witnessing how effortlessly one of Alec’s golems had executed the priests, it realized just how close it had come to death. All thi