Chapter 311: The One Who Would Dominate The Exam

The two Awakened were dumbfounded at what had just happened. They even rubbed their eyes, wondering if they had been hallucinating. Because the creature, for some reason, didn't target their vitals, the two Awakened were still very much alive.However, if left unattended for too long, they might lose their lives. Still, it gave them a moment to think about what had just transpired.

"Is this a hidden part of the entrance exam?" The female Awakened mumbled to herself in a slightly dazed voice.

"It must be, because why would a beast attack us and only steal our tokens?" The other boy nodded his head, and the previous battle intensity on his face was gone. The two even momentarily forgot that they were about to engage in a brutal, bloody fight. Your next read awaits at мѵʟ

Above them, on top of the branch of a tree that was several diameters wide, even the instructors who had been keeping an eye on the two had a dumbfounded expression as he tried to register what had just happened.

This instructor had noticed the sleek black-furred creature from afar. However, he had thought it was just another creature from the dimensions, so he decided to just watch.

But who would've thought the creature would rub the examinees instead of devouring them and eating their flesh? What would that beast do with the tokens? It wasn't a beast core, the only known object all monsters crave and are willing to murder each other for.

A suspicion gleamed in the instructor's eyes as he narrowed his gaze, pondering seriously with a thoughtful expression. "Is this a hidden addition to the entrance exam to make it more difficult for the examinees to pass, but we weren't briefed about this during the meeting?"

At that moment, the instructor glanced at the distance where the sleek creature had fled to, contemplating if he should follow it and find out what it planned to do with the two tokens. But he couldn't—there were two bleeding students below.

Without a moment's hesitation, the instructor jumped down from the tree, which was about the height of a 12-story building, plunging down with unstoppable force!

BANG!

The air howled fiercely as the instructor made impact with the ground, a powerful bang echoing, and a slight shockwave expanded from his landing point. Then he proceeded to handle the injuries of the students.

Elsewhere...

The same scene repeated itself!

Astralux, hovering in her non-combat form, trailed an inspecting Awakened who was following another oblivious individual. That Awakened's eyes were filled with calculation as he waited for the right time to make his move.

He had been trailing this Awakened for quite some time, even watching as they dealt with two more Awakened, bringing their total tokens to three.

'He's pretty powerful,' the Awakened thought and licked his dry lips. 'I need to find the right time to knock him out in one hit—'

Or what's this sleekly...'

The Awakened suddenly froze in his steps when he felt a squishy thing wrap around him in a tight grip, and before he could act, the Awakened found his feet dangling in the air, still unable to see the one responsible for it.

As if his feet hovering in the air weren't enough, he suddenly found himself upside down. "What the fuck is happening?!" The Awakened cursed loudly as he struggled to glance up. His gaze met a single-eyed creature with several tentacles dangling in the air. S~eaʀᴄh the nôᴠel Fire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Those eyes were innocent yet terrifying at the same time, draining all the blood from the face of the Awakened and making his hair stand on end.

"T-this! I didn't even sense it!" the youth panicked inwardly. The silky grip on his body was fierce; no matter how hard he tried to free himself, it was futile and only served to drain more of his strength.

Rattle! Rattle!

Then Astralux began to shake the poor Awakened as if he were a bag, and she wanted to empty all the contents hidden in his body. One after another, things fell out, like keys, monster cores, and crumpled parchment.

Eventually, a token came out as well. As soon as the token fell on the ground, an excited look appeared in her eyes as she flung the Awakened away, much to the latter's relief, and swiftly wrapped her tentacles around the token, sweeping it away. Then she moved to her next target.

Inside the Academy, Bridget, along with the others, were watching everything unfold. There were different sections in the magical runic screen displaying the examinees and their shuffle; however, most of the staff were only focused on two screens.

Kali and Theo.

As expected, they were doing splendidly well, already stealing about twenty and thirteen tokens each. So far, they had the highest token counts compared to others who only had about five to ten tokens. This further confirmed the belief of everyone there that the ones who would emerge first and second were these two.

Meanwhile, Bridget and Brawn Collins, unlike the others, had their eyes fixed on Nox. Bridget was naturally focused because of her obsession, but Brawn was because his good friend had been singing praises nonstop about his grandkid.

He wanted to know what was so special about the boy who had become a duke. Though it was only in name, he was still a duke, nevertheless.

At that moment, they both noticed the portals opening around Nox, and his loyal pets came out one after the other. The two weren't shocked, as they knew about Nox's unique case, but the same couldn't be said for the others who, by coincidence, saw what had just happened.

Under their confused gazes, they witnessed the panda, jellyfish, cat, and python spread towards different directions in the dimensional realm and start attacking the other examinees.

Every examinee they came across was quickly overwhelmed without putting up even a fight, and their tokens were stolen! The action was almost similar to taking candy from helpless children. The confusion...the confusion on their faces gradually began to fade away, replaced with extreme disbelief!

"Who is that kid?!" one of the instructors couldn't help but cry out, looking at the headmistress, whose lips were curled upwards into a charming smile. "Is this even allowed?"

Bridget didn't respond immediately. The smile on her face seemed to grow more pronounced with each second, and then she spoke in a firm, confident voice filled with absolute certainty. "That's Duke Nox Regis Cromwell, the one who will dominate this exam."