Chapter 45 Rain Violetstar

Chapter 45 Rain Violetstar

On a massive island, within a vast forest filled with tall trees and large colorful mountains, a figure walked out of the narrow trees.

It was a young man with soft, purplish hair and a gentle, effeminate face. An air of kindness and generosity seems to spread around him, as though he was profoundly harmless.

He was Rain Violetstar.

"So this is Arcane Academy, huh..."

Rain strolled through the vast forest. Right now, he was finding his way through this massive island full of dangers.

This massive island was Arcane Academy itself.

Arcane Academy was not located in either of the two main continents, the Remnant Continent and the Astral Continent.

But rather it was situated outside the two continents, in a large unmarked island far from human society and the six cities.

This has to do with the extraordinary origin of Arcane Academy. The academy was not built by a single force but rather by a cumulative effort of all forces in the world combined.

As the chaos caused by dungeons and monsters ensued, all forces in the world made a temporary truce and cooperated with each other to create an institution that fosters future heroes of humanity. n0VelUsb.c0m

Of course, to prevent the academy from being controlled by a single force, it wasn't situated on either of the two continents but was built on this unmarked massive island instead.

That was the origin of Arcane Academy.

Thinking about something, Rain paused for a moment and looked at the sky.

"I have at least seven days to find the academy. I have no clue where it is... but according to simple logic, the academy should be in the center of this island?"

Before they were whisked away to this island, the academy staff gave them the details of the examination and a wristwatch to record their location.

The Arcane Academy entrance examination was rather simple; find the academy in seven days, failure to do so means disqualification.

However, it was not as easy as it sounded.

The Arcane Academy uses its massive territory to its advantage, creating an artificial large-scale dungeon on this island.

On this massive unmarked island, there were countless strong mutated beasts, poisonous traps, and dangers that could kill a person.

If one was not careful, they could die.

For an academy, it sounded quite cruel and uncaring to its students. However, that was not the case. The academy was very blunt about the examination's risk of death, those who died could only blame themselves.

To some extent, even Rain agreed with it.

It was training Heroes of Humanity, Rankers of Tomorrow—not hot-blooded children who don't know their own limits.

Although Rankers were very idealized by the masses, it was a profession that resulted in a lot of tragedies and death.

"I should go to the center of this island then, perhaps along the way I could also meet with other people and team up with them."

While walking around, Rain pondered with a small smile. Besides him, the other examinees in the plane were also thrown on various corners of the island.

Upon landing, he immediately set off and explored the island.

Along the way, he had a rather smooth journey and saw interesting sights, but so far, he hasn't encountered anyone at all.

it was best if he met someone so he had a teammate to rely on.

While he was thinking of that, he suddenly felt a strong sensation of danger fill him.

Growl~!

Rain abruptly stopped his steps. He raised his head and saw a large mutated beast eyeing him from a distance.

It was a large lion with nine eyes on its face, with each of its eyes flashing with different and distinct colors.

"This is... a beast king? A nine-eyed lion king!"

Rain squinted his eyes in surprise, his expression turning very heavy.

Mutated beasts have different categorizations, common mutant, uncommon mutant, and beast king.

There were still more, but a beast king was known as a strong mutated beast with high-D Rank strength.

Seeing that it noticed him and was itching to devour him, Rain's lips curled into a helpless smile.

It was not a problem for him at all to kill it but to kill it, he was going to have to use some of his strength and skills.... which he preferred not to.

'Should I fight or retreat...?'

Rain thought quietly in indecisiveness. Before taking any action, he looked at his surroundings silently, trying to ascertain if there was anyone around.

After seeing that no one was watching him, Rain took a deep breath and reached out to the sword on his waist.

'...I'll kill it. If I don't, it might attract attention to other beasts, which will make me use my strength even more.'

Subconsciously, his hands trembled as soon as he held the sword. It was unknown if he knew that or not.

"..."

"GROWL...!!"

Upon seeing the human assume a stance, the lion king roared in extreme delight. It immediately pounced on the human, making its blue pupil glow.

Woosh!

Rain's pupils shrank rapidly. He immediately leaped away and drew his sword in a graceful arc, deflecting the icicle coming his way.

What differentiated mutated beasts from normal beasts?

It was their use of mana!

While humans managed to obtain mana, beasts also obtained them and mutated, gaining immense strength and strange magical abilities.

The world was impartial to its inhabitants after all, whether man, beasts, or plants, they were all affected by the change of the world.

Nine-eyed lion kings had immense physical strength, but they were more famous for their signature colorful nine eyes.

According to some information he had read, Nine-eyed lion kings contained a magical spell in each of their nine eyes.

After deflecting the attack, Rain's eyes turned extraordinarily cold. It was as though time paused, and before the lion could react, a sword suddenly appeared in front of it.

[Absolute Sword Strike]—!

Without it understanding anything, the lion king could only see blood suddenly spurting from its neck and splattering on its nine eyes.

After a few seconds, its large body fell to the ground.

Thud!

It was dead.

"...."

Just like that.

There was no climax, struggle, or anything. It was not even a fight. It was an execution of life. It was just one strike to kill a beast king.

"Huff..."

Rain took a deep breath, his eyes returning back to normal. Behind him, the nine-eyed lion king died with an incomprehensible expression.

Very slowly, he returned his sword to his waist. He looked down and saw his hands shaking strongly, faintly he saw an illusion of blood on them.

'Monster... why? how could...'

'..Why? Why?'

'Plea...no...snap..out...'

Rain shivered, but no sound escaped from his lips, only a trail of fresh blood caused by biting it too strongly.

Rustle—!

At that moment, rustling echoed on the trees and bushes near him.

Rain's pupils shrank as he held his sword again instinctively. His entire face was twisted while sweat poured down his back.

"Who's there?!"

Moments later, a golden-haired man with a callous and cold expression walked out of the bushes and trees.

"Your voice is too loud, cur. My name is Lance Schultz, stick it into your mind."