"Then I accept the challenge," Zachary said after giving it some thought.
"Okay, I'll arrange it right away," the staff member said, and then quickly left.
Not long after, the man returned and took Zachary to the training area to draw lots.
In the drawing area, Zachary caught sight of his opponent. It was a common-looking middle-aged man in a grey robe. Judging from his aura, he should be at the third grade of Imperial Level, not that powerful.
"Lind." Zachary nodded in greeting.
"You are Harley? You are so young! As they say, the world belongs to the youth," Lind said, studying Zachary with ease.
"I'm flattered. I'm actually new here. I hope you can show me mercy in the coming competition!" Zachary said modestly.
"Of course, I don't want to bully the younger generation," Lind said with an amiable smile.
As Zachary and Lind exchanged greetings, the result of the draw came out. It was a one-blow battle.
Zachary's treasure beasts would go against Lind's two treasure beasts. They were the Blistering Poisonous Fire Beast at the peak of King Level and the Thunder Demonic Bee at the third grade of Imperial Level. The Blistering Poisonous Fire Beast ranked seventh among Crane College's common treasure beasts. Everyone knew its strength. As for the Thunder Demonic Bee, it was powerful, too. Zachary and Lind entered the cage-shaped arena and summoned their treasure beasts.
The Blistering Poisonous Fire Beas Lind summoned had amazing speed and was good at offensive attacks.
Zachary summoned the Blazing Roc and the Thunder Dragon Horse. He knew their collective strength was weaker than that of their opponents. However, his purpose today was to get familiar with the rules here. As such, the results were not that important. Naturally, if Zachary had a chance to win, he would take advantage of it.
After releasing their treasure beasts, Zachary and Lind left the cage-shaped arena.
Zachary went straight back to Linda while Lind walked around the arena before he reached the other end of it. Afterward, he walked up to two men.
Zachary would have immediately recognized them once he saw them. On
Level beast tamers could do that. She began to look at Zachary differently.
Hearing that, Zachary just smiled and said nothing.
Since the Blistering Poisonous Fire Beast and the Thunder Demonic Bee couldn't find the horse, they split up. That immediately gave the roc and the horse a chance.
Now that their opponents had separated, the roc howled. The horse immediately understood what the roc meant through the howl. In response, the horse suddenly appeared in front of the Blistering Poisonous Fire Beast.
As soon as the Blistering Poisonous Fire Beast saw the horse, it let out a roar. The Thunder Demonic Bee immediately rushed to it, only to be intercepted by the Blazing Roc.
Soon, all four treasure beasts had formed separate dueling battles. That confused all the Imperial Level warriors around them.
In their opinion, the Thunder Dragon Horse should face off the Thunder Demonic Bee while the Blazing Roc should fight against the Blistering Poisonous Fire Beast. This way, Zachary's side would be at an advantage. But now, the situation was the opposite. No wonder everyone was confused. Those around didn't know that yesterday the Thunder Dragon Horse had relied on its soul power to win. Today, without it, at most, it might be able to fight against the Blistering Poisonous Fire Beast. But against the Thunder Demonic Bee, it would have no chance to succeed. Therefore, such an arrangement was reasonable.