As Rhys continued on the hardest trail, he felt mentally fatigued and fearful of what he might face next.First it was the hypnosis python and next a Druid, however, both these monsters were way out of his league to face as a tier1 fighter.If he was still alive, it was only because of his education within the university which prepared him exceptionally well for life as an Ascender, as today he felt like kissing all of his professors on their forehead's once, as the foundation that they had given him as an Ascender had saved his life not once but twice today.As Rhys continued down the hardest trail, unsure of which sentient beast he may face next, he heard a low pitched growling sound come from ahead, as a snarling beast seemed to be approaching him.*GRRRR*From afar, Rhys saw two angry red eyes staring at him from behind a bush, as Rhys did not hesitate at all and unleashed two powerful sword slashes towards that bush, as he attempted to lure out the beast.*Smack*Almost as soon a

Maeve was practicing alone in the swordsmanship hall, when Kael, having just returned from a successful tier2 promotion test, came into the swordsmanship hall looking for Rhys.For a moment, Kael scanned the swordsmanship hall, looking for Rhys, however, when he failed to do so, his eyes were momentarily drawn towards Maeve who was lousily practicing her sword attacks.Kael, who now got to witness Rhys's swordsmanship regularly in action when they were on floor raids together, could not help but compare Rhys's clean swordsmanship to Maeve's lousy technique, as his respect for Rhys only increased the longer he observed Maeve."There's no need to oogle, Kael, it's creepy and I find it distracting" Maeve said after a while as she felt palpable discomfort from Kael staring at her while she trained."Nobody's ogling at you Maeve, I'm assessing how trash your swordsmanship is compared to Sir Rhys's" Kael said candidly as he did not hold back with his choice of words when talking to Maeve at

When Maeve unleashed a second barrage of sword slashes from range, Kael was forced to use the only other defensive spell he knew, the [ Magic Barrier ] spell as he cast small but precise barriers to intercept every single sword strike coming his way, while simultaneously preparing a curse spell to debuff Maeve.*Block**Block**Block**Block*While forced on the backfoot, Kael did manage to block all the attacks coming his way, as Maeve was forced to keep up with the strenuous barrage of attacks that only made the injury to her midsection worse, as she desperately wanted to overwhelm Kael once, even if it was briefly, to assert control over this fight.[ Curse Spell - Stamina Drain ]Sacrificing a portion of his own vitality, causing him to spit a mouthful of blood, Kael cast a curse on Maeve, draining her body of strength.Almost immediately, Maeve suddenly started to feel lethargic as the strain to move her body seemed to increase every second.The speed of her sword barrage slowed

Rhys wasn't really undeterred when facing the massive Polar Bear, however, he pretended like he was.The Transforming Ice Bunny was not a beast that Rhys could fight casually and especially not a mature one that was the size of a small dragon.Rhys would die 100/100 times trying to take on this beast and the only way he could survive this situation was if he showed no weaknesses against the Beast and played the role of a disgusting and ruthless kidnapper, holding her son's life as ransom."I was under my mother, how did I suddenly appear in your hands? Smelly human? Also why is my mother so angry at you?" Little Chun asked innocently as he did not understand the predicament that he was currently facing and how Rhys had altered his life path forever."Chun, that disgusting human has turned you into his slave! Why did you wander off into the wild alone? I told you to never wander too far off without me…. Now see what you have done….*sob* *sob* " The mother bear said as she transformed b

Atop Mama Chun, Rhys had a real smooth time moving down the Hardest Trail, as although there were more sentient beasts that he potentially would have faced had he been traveling alone, while he was atop Mama Chun, none of them dared cross his path as Rhys had a smooth path until the testing site.Having convinced Mama Chun to become his familiar was a master stroke for Rhys as while he might have slipped past Mama Chun by holding Little Chun hostage, he would still be forced to face two other sentient beasts on his road to the testing site, however, because of the massive Polar Bear protecting him, he managed to avoid those unnecessary troubles.'Am I a genius? Or am I a genius?' Rhys wondered, as he felt extremely proud of himself when he reached the testing site where Epita was already waiting for him."Wow, did you just tame that transforming ice bunny mid-way through your trail?" Epita said in shock, as Mama Chun snarled in disgust towards her while Little Chun hid inside Rhys's c