Treasure-hunting: Into the Unknown

"I told you not to be impatient. Now see what you have done..." Linda grumbled under her breath.

Alisa was with her.

"Weren't you the one who said that I can do this when I get into the top forty? I'm already among the top thirty now," Zachary replied with a grin.

"Even so, are you sure you want to challenge Alloys?" Linda's eyes narrowed, waiting for his reaction.

"Why not?" he asked calmly.

"I heard about your deal with him. If you lose, you will have to free all your treasure beasts and leave Crane College. This is no joke! I heard that the senior leaders of the college have asked the warriors of Sage Level, including Barnes, to supervise the battle today. And many warriors at the premium stage of Imperial Level will be there to witness your battle as well. If you lose, you really can't go back on your word. You shouldn't be doing this for fun. Think this over. It's not too late to call off your challenge!" Linda said in a desperate tone.

"Did I say I was doing this for fun?" Zachary sneered.

"But..." Linda started, hoping to persuade Zachary to give up, but Alisa chimed in calmly, "Linda. He has made his decision. Just let him be."

"Alisa, you..." Linda's voice trailed off. She didn't expect that Alisa would agree with Zachary on his decision to challenge Alloys.

But Alisa's train of thoughts was different. Zachary was daring enough to challenge Alloys; it meant that he was probably confident about his victory to a certain extent. Although she hadn't spent much time together with him and thus didn't know him well enough to assess his current strength, she always had this gut feeling that she had met him before, as if she was very familiar with this man.

Loud cheers erupted from the other entrance, not too far away from Zachary and the girls. Shifting their eyes to the direction of the noise, they watched as Alloys, Evan and several other Imperial Level warriors of the Kong Clan walked in.

As soon as Alloys entered the Imperial Coliseum, he looked around. Very soon, his gaze fell on Zachary and he snorted with disdain.

Since Zachary and Alloys had appeared in succession, the battle was set to begin soon.

But not long after Alloys' entry, the Imperial Coliseum on

warrior at the premium stage of Imperial Level usually had three or more scarce treasure beasts. This was not a strange occurrence in Crane College.

In contrast to that, Zachary only had the Demonic Emperor Beast, the Thunder Dragon Horse and the Hundred-Treasure Beast. Since the Hundred-Treasure Beast did not have much attacking power, only the Demonic Emperor Beast and the Thunder Dragon Horse could fight the major battles. However, the Thunder Dragon Horse had not even reached the medium stage of Imperial Level yet, so it posed no threat to Alloys' treasure beasts. It was in plain view that Zachary could never make ends meet in a battle royale. The gap in strength between their treasure beasts was too obvious.

The Imperial Level warriors in the crowd began to whisper among themselves, discussing the possible strategies and outcomes. They concluded that Zachary would lose the battle. Although he had the Demonic Emperor Beast, which was at the ninth grade of Imperial Level, it was greatly outnumbered. Once the Thunder Dragon Horse and the Hundred-Treasure Beast were defeated, the Demonic Emperor Beast would have to fight five treasure beasts simultaneously. On the other hand, Alloys' strongest treasure beast was at the eighth grade of Imperial Level. It could easily contend with the Demonic Emperor Beast. In addition, Alloys' other treasure beasts were quite powerful as well. Zachary was doomed from the start.

The result of this battle was too predictable.