Chapter 796: New Member In The Team?

Chapter 796: New Member In The Team?

Leo’s territory’s previous location...

"What... happened?" Uraan asked, his mouth hanging slightly open.

He had travelled all the way from his territory—almost 2 thousand kilometres away—just to see what had happened to Leo’s territory after the Ancient Savage Beast crossed the location.

Since he hadn’t visited Aurelius Hall, he didn’t know that Leo’s territory was migrating and had no idea what was happening.

Right now, all he could see was a wide, cleared-out area where Howl had been seated.

"Don’t tell me he relocated the whole mound!" Uraan exclaimed in disbelief, though somewhere in his mind, he already suspected it was true.

First, he headed to Aurelius Hall to find out the current location of Leo’s territory.

"Tsk, I should quickly set up the 10 Million Teleportation Array..." Uraan muttered in frustration, knowing that travelling long distances on his beast was costly, as it required expensive meat to fill its stomach.

Previously, Uraan couldn’t easily afford the 10 Million AC required for the teleportation array, plus the additional costs of Mana Generators and MMCs. However, with the 250 Million AC—1,000 Platinum Coins—prize, he could afford it now.

At Aurelius Hall...

"Migrating?" Uraan muttered in confusion when he saw the migration status. Moreover, the black icon representing Leo’s territory was still exactly where it had originally been.

That meant Leo hadn’t settled in one place for even a day yet, so the territory icon couldn’t jump to a new location.

Realising he had no idea what was happening, Uraan went ahead to get things moving on the Teleportation Arrays.

"2 Million AC for a Low Blue(3)-Tier Mana Generator!" Uraan exclaimed, sucking in a deep breath. He was equally shocked by the MMCs’ outrageous prices.

"Holy moly, I can only imagine how much these things cost outside the academy..."

On Howl’s back...

"I-I can offer a High Blue(3)-Tier Mana Enriching Treasure if you let us go!" Pintu pleaded desperately.

"And its range and mana enhancement are greater than those of other similar treasures—it can easily fetch over 700,000 AC!"

Leo raised an eyebrow in interest. He had been about to crush the remaining 35 or so attacking students when Pintu made his offer.

As for why Pintu had done so, it was because eliminating all his remaining territory members and some of their beasts would result in a loss of more than 4 million AC, coming from the altogether 100,000 AC temple cost for teleportation for each individual .

Therefore, sacrificing a treasure worth 700,000 AC was worthwhile. He had already suffered a loss of 4 million AC when the defeat of his previous territory members was taken into account.

"Show it," Leo said calmly.

Pintu had already recognised Leo and was cursing his luck, but he couldn’t afford to lose his composure in case Leo crushed him with a flick. He felt humiliated at being treated as a training subject, but there was little he could do about it.

"Cough! Cough! If you could loosen the bindings a little..." Pintu pleaded, his face already turning red from the lack of air in his lungs.

Leo loosened the vines slightly, and Pintu immediately scrambled to retrieve the treasure from his spatial ring.

Pintu carefully held out the treasure the size of a human head, its roots embedded in a clump of soil he had scooped up with it.

It was a unique, emerald-crystal-like object with translucent facets and glowing golden veins running through its interior. Delicate roots extended from its base, while green particles floated around it and a faint emerald mist drifted from its surface.

[Verdant Manaheart] — High Blue(3)-Tier Natural Treasure

- A naturally formed emerald crystal that absorbs earth energy from deep underground and converts it into mana and life energy. It increases soil fertility and ambient mana density by 150% within a 150-meter radius, accelerating plant growth, restoring depleted soil nutrients, and creating an ideal environment for cultivating medicinal herbs and spiritual plants.

Leo was genuinely surprised. Pintu wasn’t trying to cheat him with some cheap treasure. If items of the same rank were divided into bottom, medium, and top grades, this was indeed a genuine top-grade treasure.

But...

"Isn’t it only usable deep underground?" Leo asked after reading the description.

Pintu’s heart leapt.

Why did he know about such an obscure treasure?!

The reason Pintu carried it around was precisely that he couldn’t utilise it. The treasure only worked deep underground.

"Well, I’ll still take it," Leo said.

It would still be useful if he planted it in the underground dwellings Howl had created for Zelut and his men.

Leo manipulated the vines to pull the treasure from Pintu’s hands.

"T-then—"

Leo had already turned away.

"You’ve bought your freedom." Saying that, Leo waved his hand.

The vines holding Pintu and his men simply tossed them off from nearly 500 metres’ height.

"THIS IS CHEATING!!!!" Pintu shouted indignantly as he plummeted towards the ground.

All his men were teleported away after hitting the ground, while his Rockarmor Beast was severely injured upon impact. Even Pintu himself broke a few bones.

Hearing the shout, Leo scoffed. He had no obligation to go easy on people who had come to rob him.

Leo went to check on James. Seeing his cracked gauntlets, he promised to replace them soon, then left to continue the renovations.

At that moment, Leo sensed something.

"He reached his location? Seems really happy to me... Must be a female then." Leo smirked.

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A few days earlier, far outside the academy’s territory...

"W-who?!" A female Flame Wyvern abruptly stood up, her eyes widening as she sensed a dangerous draconic aura rapidly approaching her.

She was about 14 metres long from head to tail, and if she unfurled her wings, her wingspan would reach about 25 metres. She looked like a typical Flame Wyvern, but the fiery radiance surrounding her body was weaker than that of Noble Wyverns like Agnivar and Ashira.

Currently, she was resting in a spacious cave before waking up to the presence.

Roooooaaaarrrrrrrrrrr~~~

A chill ran down her spine when she heard the distant draconic roar. Though the being producing it was nowhere in sight, the pressure she felt was enough to terrify her.

She quickly flapped her wings and flew in the opposite direction.

The place where she had lived for nearly two decades, and where she had even built herself a comfortable nest, was abandoned in an instant at the sight of danger. If things went well, she could come back to reclaim it; if not, she would simply build a new nest somewhere else.

In the distance, Agnivar narrowed his eyes as he watched the small black dot flying away, unable to discern what it was.

He needed to roar to scare away some avian beasts, but unfortunately, the wyvern was alerted.

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*Image of Verdant Manaheart*