Into The Portal: Monster Invasion

Chapter 375: Contending Academies

Miles, Eddie, how are you two? Milosh ran in panic as he checked their arms.

We are okay, Dean. Eddie nodded towards Miles, The Healer of Cross Family patched us up. We will recover in no timel.

Good! Milosh patted the duo's shoulders and looked them in the eye, This year, we have to crush everyone to show why they shouldnt mess with us.

You dont believe Cross Academy did this, like the other fools, right Dean? Eddie asked with a whisper.

Of course not, Milosh said with a serious face. But other academies arent as honorable.

For a second, Miles saw fire in Miloshs black eyes. And realized that Milosh was also suspicious of the new academy. He always had mistrust towards Mother AI, and one of the biggest reasons why he left the walls was about that. Miles felt this in his time in the academy. Most of the staff would show their dislike when they talked about Mother AI. In his first class, the Tutor was so angry at Mother AI, that she would blame her for everything. Although it was true that the serum Mother AI developed limited the possibility of superpowers humans could awaken, it wasnt entirely her fault. Other AIs wouldnt share their secrets, and each only knew what other races could awaken. That was all.

Miles, you are the leader of the first years. You will assist Eddie to lead the students within the new facility they are transferring the students to. Milosh looked at Miles who was lost in thoughts. Miloshs next words pulled him out of his stupor, I want you to stop anyone from doing anything stupid. Since they are gathering all the students, some of them will try to provoke us to get us eliminated.

Got it, Dean. Miles nodded. He understood where Milosh was coming from. If an unimportant, weak student from a random academy, were to provoke Eddie and had a brawl with him, they would both get eliminated. That random academy would lose that weak member, while they would lose the ace.

Good. Milosh nodded contentedly. Eddie, Miles is your Vice now. Get along.

We were saved because of Battle Beast, Dean. All the students respect him already, me included. Eddie said with a smile.

Good. You two rest for a while to heal your arms. When competition begins, we will rain calamity upon them.

It didnt take long for all students to be transferred to a secure facility near the military compound where the competition would take place. The area was divided into 10 buildings where the students of ten academies would stay. Out of ten academies, only 4 were the most prestigious. They were; The Beast Breeding Academy, Cross Academy, Glorious Dragon Academy, and Holy Light Academy. The first two were the best of the best, but the other two were also quite competitive. They were General Tians and Orril Familys academies respectively.

The following five were a bit less prestigious but still had high standings on the walls. Ice Realm Academy, Steel, Stone, and Blade Academy, Myriad Element Academy, Legendary Hero Academy, and Norsen Academy.

The first one was General Strankovs. Although she too had quite a famous academy, it was still a tad worse than the big four. The second was a joint project of the Azari, Mus, and Sachiru families. Their families worked together even before the invasion and carried their good relationship after the formation of Unity. The third academy was also joint, created by multiple families in the capital. The fourth was sponsored by the richest man on Earth, Lemaze. And the last one was an academy created in the north of Unity. Alexs family was one of the biggest partners but there were some other families who helped with its creation.

The 10th academy that would join the competition was Lares Academy. It was quite new and not many knew about it. When they beat their opponents in the preliminaries, lots of people were surprised by the result. After all, academies needed a foundation as much as good students. But these new academies beat most of the other less prestigious academies. All the influential families in Unity knew how others would kidnap talented kids and brainwash them. No family was free from this sin. Even Cross Family would righteously pull the saved children to their side to nurture them. After educating them over years, these children would be loyal to the family.

Serzen was one such individual. Although he was one of the best shooters in Unity, he was loyal to the Cross Family because he was saved when he was just a kid. There were hundreds of others in the same situation. Miles didnt think it was wrong per se, but he still wasnt condoning such actions.

He wasnt naive enough to think the families would save the children out of goodwill but he still couldnt set his mind to his thinking that thousands of children just like Rayen would be taken out of their families just to be used as weapons. He didnt have the mindset of a hero, but he would still like to be able to help them.

Maybe in the future, when I can stand against them. He thought in his heart.

It had been decades since monsters first invaded Earth. The old generation had a big headstart and that is why the old goats were much, much stronger than the new generation. But the impenetrable mountain range was stopping their advance for over a decade. And it didnt seem like they would find a solution soon enough. According to Miles's calculations, he would catch up with his father in 10 to 15 years. That is of course if he couldnt find anything to help his growth. The fruits he found with Zall and Xavic were natural treasures that helped all creatures to increase the density and amount of energy they could control which in return allowed him to advance faster.

Tower Seeds were also treasures one could use to increase their masteries. Although it was mainly for ultimates, when ultimates evolved, so would energy. He had a seed at the moment, but because of the incompatibility of the type of the seed, he couldnt use it.

Although he wanted his family to find a way to break through, he also wanted to catch up with the old goats so he could have it his way. He knew it was Mother AI who tried to kill him, he knew the academy was related to her, he knew the leader of the Starve Cleric was alive and kicking, but he couldnt do anything about any of them.

He once wanted to tell Malcolm and Mercer about Degenhard but he later gave up. It would be too troublesome to explain most of the stuff. He didnt want to be in the spotlight. For the time being, he decided to watch from the fence.