The appearance of the King Class Abyssal brought the everyone to a standstill as both sides froze in disbelief.No one had expected such a monster to appear in the middle of their fight.For a brief moment, even the sounds of battle disappeared.Unlike Rhys and the others, the bandits had spent months hiding in this forest. They understood the Abyssal’s habits far better than the academy students did.That alone placed Rhys’s group at a serious disadvantage.Ned clenched his jaw.This is bad.A King Class Abyssal has entered the battlefield.His eyes darted across the chaotic scene.The bandits suddenly stopped attacking…He understood their intention immediately.They wanted the Abyssal’s attention to fall entirely on the students.At the same time, Gale and Zach still remained.Two enemies of the same caliber were standing right in front of them.What am I supposed to do now?For the first time since arriving in the forest, Ned genuinely felt cornered.Nearby, Zach burst into laught

Laura couldn’t help being impressed by Rhys’s performance, but she also saw the price he was paying for it.Controlling so many bullets at once demanded far more than Mana. Every projectile had to be created, guided, and adjusted in the middle of battle. It placed an unbelievable burden on his mind.No one else noticed it yet, but Leyfon did.If anyone had touched Rhys’s forehead, they would have realized it was burning hot. He had pushed his brain far beyond its limits to maintain control over that countless swarm of bullets. It was only a matter of time before the strain caught up to him, and that was exactly what worried Leyfon.Zach and Gale, however, knew nothing about it. All they felt was frustration.They had been suppressed this entire fight, yet neither of them realized Rhys was already standing on the edge of collapse.Zach remained trapped under the relentless barrage of bullets, leaving Gale free to study the battlefield.His eyes swept across the ongoing fights.His fami

With Gale and Zach finally defeated, the tide of the battle turned completely.Ned no longer had to split his attention between powerful enemies. He immediately gathered all of his familiars and led them against the remaining Abyssals, cutting through them one after another.The monsters tried to resist, but without their strongest Beast Tamers supporting them, they stood no chance. One after another, they were hunted down until none remained capable of turning the battle around.It took another thirty minutes before the fighting finally came to an end.The King Class Abyssal fell alongside nearly three hundred other Abyssals.Meanwhile, Laura sprinted through the battlefield, chasing the surviving bandits who had scattered into every direction after realizing they had lost.Sandra did the same, but unlike everyone else, she still had plenty of stamina left after her previous battle. Seeing that, Rhys asked her to lend Flanders a hand against the only Beast Tamer who was still alive.

Cassius did exactly as instructed. He examined Flanders first, then Sandra. Just as they had feared, both of them had the strange cubes hidden inside their bodies. That confirmed their suspicions, but another problem remained. They still had to find out whether the same thing had been planted inside their familiars.Without wasting any time, Nayla took control of Flanders’ and Sandra’s bodies and made them summon their familiars. The difference in strength between her and the familiars was simply too great. Because of that, neither familiar noticed that the moment they appeared, they had already fallen into one of her illusions.Inside the illusion, everything felt perfectly normal to them. They believed they had never been summoned in the first place. The brief sensation of being called felt nothing more than a passing mistake, something their minds dismissed almost immediately.While Nayla handled the familiars, Cassius focused entirely on the Beast Tamers. He carried out the proced

Rhys reached into his storage and placed a small cube on Carmichael’s desk.“So,” he said calmly, “how much are you willing to pay for this?”Carmichael’s eyes widened as he stared at the object.“This is… the abyssal you were talking about?”Rhys nodded.“That’s right. Your researchers should be able to analyze it, shouldn’t they?”“Without question.”Rhys leaned forward slightly.“What about tracking it? Since it’s remotely controlled, is there any chance you can trace the signal back to whoever planted it?”Carmichael frowned as he studied the cube.“I honestly can’t say. If it were that easy to trace, the people behind this wouldn’t have survived for so long. Even so, I’ll use every connection and resource I have to see whether it’s possible.”Rhys accepted the answer with a nod before returning to the topic that interested him most.“Then let’s talk business. How much is this worth? And before you answer, I’m only accepting payment in king class cores.”Carmichael folded his arms