Chapter 144: Events At The Bottom Of Mt. Verrater

After climbing toward the upper part of the mountain with the Gale Protection seishin spell boosting his speed and protecting him, Kraftvoll was able to find another hiding spot in the forest. After he conjured the Wind Scan seishin spell, he was able to ascertain that no one was waiting for him that would ambush him so he was kind of relieved.

After making sure that the hiding spot was safe, Kraftvoll decided to climb toward the tree immediately. As soon as he reached the best hiding spot of that big tree, Kraftvoll decided to relax for a little bit because he was running the whole time.

To avoid being ambushed, he decided to summon another shadow familiar. He wanted to have a guard protect him when he started his deep meditation.

He chanted, "As the element who represents fear itself, I command thee, summon those who lurk in the darkness, Darkness Familiar!"

Black seishin essences started to gather around him when he started chanting. A moment later those black seishin essences started to condense into something. At the end of his chant, Kraftvoll was able to conjure a shadow familiar that would protect him...

Before he entered deep meditation, he decided to conjure the Wind Scan seishin spell again to know about his surroundings to make sure that there were no enemies in his perimeters.

He chanted, "Oh ye who represents the breath of the world, give me the ability to feel the world, Wind Scan!"

When he finished conjuring that seishin spell, he managed to make sure that there were no enemies in his perimeters so he started deep meditation shortly after he felt relief in his heart.

Meanwhile, at the lower part of the mountain, all the fights that can be seen were all fierce. Those fights were among the students who belong to the batches that later on entered the fray with the cue of their guide teacher.

Of the remaining first graders, Princess Kyomi and Godwin were at a lot of risk of losing. While they were patiently waiting for preys to target, the two of them encountered a senior from the sixth grade.

Godwin barely managed to escape the grasp of the senior from the sixth grade that he encountered. He was able to escape but he sustained some light wounds and injuries.

While Princess Kyomi managed to escape the enemy that she encountered. On the process of her escape, she was wounded and injured by the senior that she encountered very badly. She was only able to escape her enemy despite the wounds and injuries she sustained by using some of her clever tactics.

The other first graders were lucky this whole time. Most of them only managed to encounter people who were not that much greater than they were.

At this time, the other remaining students of the 210th class in the Battle Royale competition managed to hide very well, unlike Princess Kyomi and Godwin who were unfortunate to face someone older and stronger than them.

At this time of the competition, all the participants from the second grade and third grade were already eliminated. The main reason for their complete eliminations was half of the students from the seventh grade already managed to join the fray at the mountain.

While all of these events at the bottom of the mountain were happening, Kraftvoll was in his deep meditation this whole time. With his shadow familiar at his side, he was able to replenish some of the inner seishin essences that he used up in his previous fights in the Battle Royale competition.

He already managed to forget the bitterness that he felt when his effort against his previous enemy was all in vain when the enemy managed to outwit him. He continued in his deep meditation because his shadow familiar was still not warning him of any intruders.

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Dozen minutes have passed since Kraftvoll entered into deep meditation. Currently, the teachers who were guiding the students already managed to let almost all the contestants of the last competition. This means that the students who were the most senior in Verrater Academy also managed to enter the fray.

When almost all of the batches were already deployed at the fray, the majority of the students from the ninth grade already managed to enter the mountain. The time interval between them and the previous batches of students was just three minutes so it was already the turn of the seniors to join the fray after almost an hour had passed away.

Within these dozen minutes, almost all of the remaining first graders that were remaining in the Battle Royale competition.

The first to be eliminated among the remaining first graders were Godwin and Princess Kyomi. The two of them already had injuries and wounds earlier due to their unfortunate encounter with their seniors.

Right after the first batch of the eighth grade entered the fray, they were found by some of their seniors from the eighth grade. Princess Kyomi was healing her wounds and injuries when she was found so she was defeated by a senior without her knowing.

Meanwhile, Godwin was hiding in the tree when he was found by his senior from the eighth grade. He tried as hard as he can to escape but unfortunately, all of his efforts were in vain. In the end, he was defeated and looted by the plate numbers that he worked hard to get.

Meanwhile, the next that fell upon the enemy's hands was Sabina and Adele. Like Godwin and Princess Kyomi, they were unfortunate because they were found by some of their seniors from the eighth.

Sabina was hiding in a hole that she managed to find while she was running from an enemy. It was truly unfortunate for her because it was the same hiding spot used by a senior from the seventh grade from the previous Battle Royale Competition. The senior used a seishin spell to blow the hole where she was hiding. She was looted after she lost her consciousness.

Adele's defeat was very different in comparison to Sabina's. She did not manage to encounter a senior from a higher grade. She battled against a fourth grader who have the same seishin cultivation as her. She defeated her enemy in the end after almost exhausting her inner seishin essences. When she was looting the enemy she defeated, she was ambushed by a senior from the fifth grade.