'It seems the Ancient Behemoth is trying to purge the whole area and turn it into a pure monster habitat. Fortunately, we have already evacuated the whole region.' thought Jade inwardly.
Jade had already read Angus' report about a dozen pocket dimensions inside the Everwhite basin. He knows the beast and Gram could stay safely inside these pocket dimensions until the whole purge finishes.
As Jade observes the distorted misty terrain before him, he notices a large amount of fire elemental pulled into the dimension. The surrounding snowy area suddenly has a drastic temperature change.
The snowy ground turns into a scorched wasteland before completely freezing up the next moment. Such a magical scene could be seen across the whole area. Yet, Jade ignores all this and focuses on the distorted mist before him.
His sharp eyes penetrated the mist and observed the entire Everwhite Region. At the same time, a white Ancient Behemoth stood still on the cracked snowy ground. Various small space cracks erupted in his surroundings.
These tiny cracks immediately disappear as fast as they appear. Still, they cause havoc to the surroundings. Just a single small crack as powerful as a full-powered magic cannon. Now, hundreds of thousands of them appear continuously.
The Ancient Behemoth ignores the mayhem in the surroundings as if it is not his doing. Like Jade, its eyes seem to penetrate everything and meet with Jade.
However, it lacks Jade's solemn expression. Unlike Jade, Ancient Behemoth is used to meeting powerful seventh-grade-level creatures.
There are many monster overlords hidden inside the basin. Few are even stronger than him and can create their own pocket dimension.
As time passed, the shaking slowly calmed down. Jade also noticed the dimension entrance becoming smaller. Just as he thought it would be fully closed, it stopped at the size of the Royal Palace main entrance.
It is still big and tall enough to accommodate a few giants simultaneously, but it looks smaller compared to its previous size. Thick cold mist also slowly spreads around, covering the distorted dimensional entrance.
With the whole situation calmed down, Jade finally felt relieved. *ROOARR* He hears countless monsters roar and Gram from behind the dimension entrance. He knows the monster and Gram has already come out to take over the whole Everwhite region.
'For now, the whole Everwhite should be enough to hold the monster population. Still, I doubt it could hold with that countless monster number. Hmm... It seems there will be a monster wave in the next few months.' thought Jade while thinking for a moment.
Jade knows the monster and Gram will start to look for territory to stay. After that, those who couldn't find the proper territory will be forced to leave. The misty dimension entrance will be their only exit. Then, it will become a monster wave similar to the Dark Forest.
"It seems we really need to give up Everwhite." muttered Jade.
Furthermore, Jade confirmed it is entirely impossible to reclaim Everwhite. The primary reason for this is the number of monster overlords. Through his perception, he could notice more than ten monster overlords with hundreds of high-grade monsters occupying the Everwhite area.
Most overlords come from the Gram-type, which is more dangerous and challenging than ordinary monsters. Such a force makes Jade remember the Endless Battlefield dimension and his struggle to survive during his youth.
"Pavlon, please tell the guards to take care of our new guests." said Angus.
"Certainly, young master." said the head butler Pavlov from beside him.
Angus and his friends do not always stay at the Royal Palace. They often stay at the Victory Manor house. Unlike the strictly guarded Royal Palace, the Victory Manor is less impenetrable in the eyes of everyone.
In fact, Angus knows there is almost no difference between the two places regarding security. Still, most people prefer to attack Victory Manor rather than the Royal Palace.
Still, they stay at Victory Manor because of the Sur Knight and Explosion Squad. These two squads are good training partners for Ian and the others.
Sur Knights have high combat power and are practical in terms of direct confrontation. On the other hand, the Explosion squad often uses various explosion magic items or skills to enhance its fighting capabilities.
With many varieties of battle opponents, Ian and the others gain more battle experience. Now, they can also keep calm when fighting against a new opponent with unknown battle styles.
After taking out some sneaky rats, Angus continues to bully Ian and the others as living targets. Soon, another month passed and the knight competition finally began.
The preliminary phase will be held inside the special build area previously used by King Leon to beat Angus and Jayna. Currently, the area is divided into many parts to hold multiple battles simultaneously.
During the preliminary stage, there is no special event or opening. The kingdom also opens the registration process for a few days. Anyone who comes to the arena can join and participate in the competition.
To everyone's surprise, thousands of people registered as participants. Everyone wants to try their luck and win the prize.
Usually, a competition like this has the grand prize of high-level skills/spells. But, reaching the big 16 in this competition already grants high-grade skills/spells.
Other winning prizes are also something that couldn't be bought with money, such as high-quality magic items, Vigo's Power arm, and even the artifact.
Currently, Angus is sitting inside a room with multiple magic screen projections on the front. The magic screen shows the preliminary battle of the knight competition.
Besides him, some people look at the magic screen seriously. All of them are the hidden juries who decide the battle arrangement. Their current job is to mark a strong participant and prevent them from fighting another strong participant too early.
The preliminary phase has straightforward rules. The participant must defeat the other party to win within the specified boundary.
Killing is not prohibited, but it is not recommended, and the killer must take responsibility. Furthermore, the proctor in the arena also has the authority to stop the fight if it becomes threatening.