Chapter 947 - Capítulo 947: Different Opponents.

Capítulo 947: Different Opponents.

Despite keeping his eyes wide open and trying to understand how the teleportation device worked, Alec still couldn't grasp the mechanism behind it.

One moment he was in the Royal Fighting Arena of the Northern Capital; and the next, he had been teleported to a new environment he felt oddly unfamiliar with.

The instant he arrived, he surveyed his surroundings and just as he suspected, there was also a light-gem behind him like the one he'd seen on the water screen before he activated his Badge.

"Survival mission: Defend the Tower."

A loud voice rang out, hearing "defend the tower," Alec took his time to study the terrain he'd been sent to.

As he noticed a scatter of broken bricks and rocks placed almost purposefully, as if to allow the enemies use them for cover.

He swiftly activated his Energy Eyes and looked ahead, as a blue hue lit his iris and as expected he realized the areas within the gem's light-radius were densely packed with… something.

"Hm. Why do they look more like robots?" he muttered, noting their bodies were built like machines rather than any living lifeform he knew.

Another clue was because despite the fact that they moved, there was no "life flame" inside them.

Normally, Alec saw a flame-like aura in every living being when using his Energy Eyes.

And since these figures moved without any such flame, he concluded they had to be robots, golems, or puppets.

Without hesitating, he summoned Legion, his best golem for detection.

Legion glanced once and barked, "Get down!" The very next second, Alec felt a shift in the air.

Bullets whipped toward them from multiple directions, however while Legion had already dropped into a crouch; Alec was still parsing the mission objective, and had reacted a heartbeat slower.

That instant of delay was enough to clarify his objective, protect the gem, the source of light illuminating the area around his tower.

【> Mid-Tier Spell — Gravity Push Mid-Tier Spell — Gravity Pull Mid-Tier Spell — Earth Fortress Attack-Class Ability — Bastion's Blast Shield <]

However, weapons weren't the only thing he prepared; he also set up a defensive counter against any attack the ground-level cyborgs might have.

A light-blue spherical barrier snapped into place around him, a full 360-degree shield.

—

In another zone, the War God team materialized around a similar gem that cast a tight circle of light around them.

The moment they arrived, a voice spoke into each of their minds, instructing them to defend the tower.

Immediately, waves of beastmen surged toward them from every direction:

—from the north, wolfmen (a lesser bloodline than werewolves) charged;

—from the south, salamander demonic beasts crawled and leapt;

—from the east, catfolk warriors sprinted low and fast;

—and from the west, minotaurs thundered forward.

This was a completely different setup from what Alec was facing in his own trial grounds.

Because unlike the cyborgs in Alec's trial, which used the boulders for cover while attacking through gaps, these beastmen didn't feint at all, they charged the tower house at the center with fury and rage.

Seeing the massive horde rushing them, the War God Mage Academy team didn't need to be told twice; before they knew what they had to do was cut the enemies down.

Lucas reached for the sword on his back, but before he could draw it, Pale caught his hand and shook his head.

"There's no need for either you or Beatrice to step in, I believe the rest of us can finish this round without our vice-captains showing their hand this early."

"Don't forget—people are watching outside, and this is just the start of the tournament," Pale said, glancing around at the others.

They nodded at his suggestion because it made perfect sense, after all it was just the second trial and they didn't see any reason for their vice captain to give out information about their increased strength now.

However there was an ulterior motive to what pale did, the main reason he had said it was exactly because people were watching; he wanted to show off, and he knew that if Lucas or Beatrice moved, they would overshadow him and steal the spotlight.

So, to keep the attention on himself, he chose his words carefully. Lucas agreed to the plan and folded his arms, while the rest of the War God Mage Academy team got to work as Beatrice looked uninterested in what was happening.

With all that settled Pale was

the first to leap off the tower, arms spread, diving straight into the wave of oncoming enemies.