Treasure-hunting: Into the Unknown

"You can call me Jerome," the man in black responded at once. Seeing Zachary boldly chose to challenge him, he thought him reckless.

Zachary then turned around and went to the registration office to sign up for the next challenge. He had hoped to challenge Alloys directly, but chose not to. Since he had promised Linda that he would do so later, he kept his anger towards Alloys inside him for a bit longer. Now that the man in black was provoking him per Alloys' order, he would use him to retaliate.

After Zachary left, the man who went by Jerome, and the other Imperial Level warriors, exchanged puzzled looks. At a loss of how to respond, they walked to Alloys and Evan and said, "Sir, you predicted everything entirely. You are so smart. The guy was bold enough to challenge me!"

"He is a conceited man. I'm sure you'd be able to use that against him. Thank you for accepting his challenge, Jerome," Alloys said, giving Zachary a sidelong glance.

"It would be my honor to help you in any way I can. I promise you that I will make his remaining treasure beasts suffer today!" Jerome laughed sinisterly. "Serves him right for strutting around Crane College as if he owned the place!"

"As an outsider, he should show some respect. He needs to be taught a lesson!"

"Of course we should teach him a lesson! But doesn't he own a Demonic Emperor Beast?"

"Yes, he does. I've heard that the Demonic Emperor Beast hasn't shown up since it got hurt last time. It's probably still recovering."

Other Imperial Level warriors gossiped among themselves over what was going on.

Before long, a staff member came by. After looking around and making sure no one was watching, he said to Alloys, "Sir, Harley has registered two treasure beasts to fight in the next battle. They are the Thunder Dragon Horse and the Demonic Emperor Beast."

"What? The Demonic Emperor Beast? It appears to have recovered. Alas, things may be a bit troublesome for us," Evan immediately said to Alloys upon hearing the information.

"Although the Demonic Emperor Beast is powerful to some extent, it has a fatal weakness. You can easily make it go berserk. Once it does, it will lose its mind, making it go out of control. In that case, even its master will have no hold over it. Jerome, when the battle begins, you can..." Alloys turned to Jerome and gave him

er ranked among the top twenty ordinary treasure beasts. To be fair, it was quite strong. However, compared with the Thunder Dragon Horse's current state, it stood no chance. It didn't take long for it to be lying on the ground, lifeless before being lifted out of the arena.

Seeing how quickly his treasure beast was defeated, Jerome looked a little unhappy. "Though I hate to admit this, this thunder beast is indeed quite powerful. It defeated my King Level treasure beast so quickly. But if it meets my Demonic Bat, it won't stand a chance."

Then, he sent out his second treasure beast, the Demonic Bat, onto the stage without delay. The Demonic Bat was at the fourth grade of Imperial Level, even more powerful than the Thunder Demonic Bee Zachary had come against the other day. It had a unique fighting skill enabling it to pierce through any of its opponent's defenses, killing them with one blow. The only drawback was that such skill could only be used once a day. But it was almost impossible for any treasure beast on the same level to counter it. So, the Thunder Dragon Horse which was weaker wouldn't be able to face it.

After the Demonic Bat came onto the stage, a well-matched battle began. If the Demonic Bat defeated the Thunder Dragon Horse, then Zachary's Demonic Emperor Beast would replace it in the following rounds. No matter how powerful the Demonic Emperor Beast was, it would be difficult for it to fight many rounds when Jerome had two more treasure beasts to fight. So, this battle would determine the outcome of the whole challenge.