Central University:
The first-year students started making preparations for tomorrow's trip. The whole campus seems to be vacant as everyone returns to their dormitories from class.
The department instructors didn't stop them. They had to get ready as well. Things can go wrong in the wilderness very quickly, so they had to prepare for every situation.
Time passed.
At dusk, Jeremy exited the joint training facility. He saw that there were only one or two people training in the whole facility. The rest of them seemed to have disappeared.
A look of understanding dawned on him.
He realized it must be because of the educational trip. Everyone seemed to be pumped up. Jeremy shook his head before leaving.
Soon, he reached the dormitory, and then he returned to his room.
His whole body was drenched in sweat, so he entered the bathroom to take a shower. The bath lasted for 20 minutes before he stepped out.
Jeremy then changed into comfortable clothes. He sat on the sofa bed and started browsing news online. The news from City A appeared in his feed.
Apart from small crimes reported, there weren't any big issues. Unlike others, he was not excited about tomorrow's trip. He wanted to hunt the corrupted beasts in secret.
Otherwise, everyone would know that he is a Tier-2 Beast Tamer. But he had no choice but to participate.
Earlier, he received a message that it was mandatory for all the department representatives to join the educational trip tomorrow.
Jeremy pushed down the thoughts before continuing his reading.
...
The Beast Taming Families were trying to disrupt tomorrow's educational trip. Their primary target was none other than the STRIKER Department.
For their plan to succeed, they had contacted the Mercenaries again. But not all the Mercenaries were willing to do the job.
They were not crazy enough to go against the Central University's people. Otherwise, they would be declared criminals across all the zones.
Then it would become impossible for them to make a living. But the families were not outdone. They knew there were people who were desperate for money.
More importantly, their aim was not to kill the Central University 14's students and instructors. They merely wanted to inflict damage on the STRIKER department students so that they could be bedridden.
Not long after,
Finally, they found people who were willing to do the job. The Mercenaries accepted the request after learning about the job. There was no need for them to get directly involved.
They could use corrupted beasts to attack them. As long as the university team met a group of corrupted beasts, it would cause great damage to them.
Not only would the intended target suffer, but others would also be injured. The Mercenaries didn't share the plan, but they had accepted the money beforehand.
...
The following day,
The Mercenaries entered the wilderness early in the morning. They were going to camp in the wilderness until the university team arrived.
Central University 14:
Jeremy got out of bed early in the morning. Then he spent his time doing his morning routine. It took him one hour to complete it.
Then he found a good place to sit cross-legged on the ground. He started practicing the Inner Healing Method. The natural energy from the surroundings entered his body not long after that. Sёarch* The Nôvel(F)ire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.
He began to circulate the natural energy according to the method. Whenever the energy passed, it was being absorbed by the cells. They were getting stronger.
He was aware that he had a self-healing ability. The Supreme Combat Body could cure small injuries. But with the help of the Inner Healing Method, the effects could be maximized.
So far, he hadn't suffered any life-threatening injuries, but he knew that if he encountered similar danger in the future, the self-healing ability would come in handy.
At the same time, he noticed that the usually quiet unknown egg lifeline beast egg began to vibrate. It started to absorb the natural energy from the surroundings.
Though its quality was not comparable to the forbidden area surroundings, it seemed to be hungry.
Jeremy's eyes flickered. Soon, he would go to the 10th zone. He couldn't wait to see whether his lifeline beast would have any changes there.
Then he collected his thoughts before repairing the process. He wanted to see whether he could store refined natural energy in this mental zone.
To be honest, he hadn't paid attention to the breathing method because every time he had a breakthrough, it was due to the lifeline beast's feedback.
He hadn't practiced the Inner Healing Method that much, but he thought that for today's trip, the healing energy would come in handy.
So he continued the process. But soon he found out that most of the energy was absorbed by the cells. Not much was left after that to store inside the mental zone.
Jeremy felt that this situation was troublesome. If it were yesterday, he could sit all day to experiment. But he couldn't afford to waste time right now.
So he stopped practicing one hour later. Jeremy then found a small layer of impurities covering his body. He stood up and went to the bath.
After spending half an hour in the bath, he walked out and started to get ready. Jeremy wore a basic combat uniform instead of the university uniform.
He also took his necessary items. Then he checked his storage ring and found that a basic knife, a poison bottle, and sensory gadgets were there.
He didn't think there would be any use for them since instructors were accompanying them. He believed they would take care of any problems.
About an hour later,
He walked out of the dormitory after getting a call from Instructor Jacob. Daniel and Betsy seemed to have arrived earlier.
Jeremy didn't know what was going to happen, but he had trust in his abilities. His mental zone was filled with starlight liquid. He wouldn't use it unless it was necessary.
Soon, he reached the department building. He saw that two department students were gathered in front of the building: the Medicine and Machinery Department.
Upon seeing them, he felt a headache. He thought the instructors were going to get tired after this trip.