Chapter 24 Chapter 22. Provocation

The people from Grinwood Academy seemed to be much fewer than usual.

Charles didn’t pay much attention to it and walked straight to the exchange on the side.

The exchange office was divided into small compartments, and they were all closed. Only one person could enter at a time.

This was not only to ensure order but also for the student’s privacy. After all, money should not be exposed, or else others might remember it.

Charles chose an empty cubicle and walked in.

“Junior, is there anything I can help you with?”

The receptionist was also a student of the Academy. She was working part-time in this position to earn tuition fees.

Charles removed the silk bag from his waist and put it on the table.

“I’m here to exchange for Alliance dollars.”

After saying that, he opened the seal of the brocade bag and poured all the things in it onto the table.

In an instant, green and white beast crystals and vein essence condensed beads of various elements covered the entire table.

Of course, Charles had already taken out the real good stuff and hidden them in his clothes. He couldn’t sell them.

The receptionist was stunned by looking at the crystals and pearls on the table.

She didn’t expect Charles to have collected so many beast crystals.

This was almost equivalent to the exchange’s total transaction amount in a month!

“Senior Sister?”

Charles saw her dazed look and waved his hand in front of her.

“Please help me count how much these are worth.”

“Oh, okay. Please wait a moment.”

The receptionist finally came back to her senses and carefully calculated for him.

senses

“There are 52 low-grade white beast crystals, 44 mid-grade white beast crystals, 38 high-grade white beast crystals, 30 low-grade green beast crystals, 18 mid-grade green beast crystals, and 7 high-grade green beast crystals. These are all without skills …

There are also beast crystals with skills and condensed beads of vein essence of various qualities …”

After about half an hour, she finished counting and looked up at Charles with a smile.

“All these things add up to a total of 1968000 Alliance dollars.”

On the surface, she was smiling, but her heart was already racing.

In Middle-earth, a piece of bread was only about a hundred Alliance dollars, and her monthly salary was only twenty thousand Alliance dollars.

At this rate, she would have to work for nine years to earn that much money!

Charles calmly put the 196 gold coins and several silver and copper coins into his pocket. He thanked the shopkeeper and left.

Before he left, he casually asked,

“Why are there so few people in the Academy today?”

The receptionist frowned and said worriedly,

“A group of people claimed to be from the Dragon subduing Beast Academy. They came here to provoke us, saying they wanted to merge Grinwood Academy into their Academy. They’re challenging us.

The senior and elite new students have all gone to the arena. I have work to do, so I didn’t go there. I wonder how they’re doing now.”

Charles frowned.

The Dragon subduing beast college came to challenge them. Why had he never heard of this before?

From the looks of it, the school wasn’t very peaceful when he was out for training.

Something like this might be an opportunity to challenge elite Beastmasters.

Charles thanked the receptionist, then walked towards the Beast Tamer College’s arena.

Beast Tamer College’s arena.

The Grinwood Beastmaster Academy was located in the mountains, and the arena was at its peak.

The mountain was flat with bare rocks on its peak. The terrain was flat, and there was an artificial fighting platform. The platform was tough, and although it had experienced hundreds of battles, there was no single damage on it, only a few scratches.

Standing on the dueling platform and looking around at the small mountains, The Beastmaster’s chest was filled with a heroic spirit and his heart with fighting intent.

On both sides of the platform were comprehensive viewing platforms in the shape of staircases that overlooked the entire stage.

There was an uproar.

At this moment, the stands were already filled with spectators. One group consisted of Grinwood Academy students wearing all sorts of Beastmaster robes. Sitting opposite them were students from Dragon subduing Academy, all in the same black uniform.

On the highest level of the stands, the deans of the two academies were sitting opposite each other. The dean of the Dragon subduing Academy was a middle-aged woman with high cheekbones, thin lips, and thin eyebrows. She looked down arrogantly at the students of Grinwood Academy, while on the other side, Dean Richard stroked his beard with a helpless look.

“Pfft, pfft, pfft!”

On the stage, an elite rookie from Grinwood Academy vomited blood. Beside him, a bird-shaped familiar was already lying on the ground, unconscious.

However, the Dragon subduing Academy’s student was unharmed. He slowly walked to the front of the bird-shaped familiar.

“I admit defeat. I admit defeat.”

The elite freshman of Grinwood Academy raised his head with great difficulty and squeezed out a few words from between his teeth.

The supervisor standing on the side of the platform announced that the Dragon subduing Academy had won another round.

Next to Director Richard, Mr. Hockings was looking at the winning card.

“One win and two losses for Grinwood Academy, and two wins and one for Dragon-subduing Academy.”

“Dean, the first level of the competition is about to end. The gap between our scores is getting bigger and bigger. I’m afraid that we won’t be able to handle the elite competition later on.”

Director Richard sighed.

There was nothing he could do about it. Competitions between Academies were something encouraged by the Alliance, and Dragon subduing Academy was in the limelight. Perhaps Grinwood Academy was no match for them.

Some of the teachers and students who had followed along could not help but sneer at Hockins.

“The Dragon-subduing Academy must have annexed many other Academies, and now they’re even targeting us …”

“They’re probably coveting our Grinwood Demon Beast Mountain range. Last year, they bought many areas with demon beasts and wantonly killed them to level up the students.”

“He doesn’t even care about The Dragon Tamers on the continent.”

“Can Dragon subduing Academy even be considered an Academy? It’s just a Beastmaster factory, a malignant tumor of the beast World.”

Just as everyone was in a heated discussion.

Charles had arrived backstage in the arena, the resting room for the students of Grinwood Academy. It was not an ample space but divided into ten single rooms. Because it was a temporary resting room, it was simple and crude, with mud walls, wooden doors, and no windows.

In a single lounge, there was a faint sound of rapid breathing.

Occasionally, someone would whisper in a low voice.

Charles walked to the door and saw a young new student sitting on the bench through the crack. His face was pale, and his hands were trembling.

Beside him, a teacher from Grinwood Academy patted his back and comforted him.

“Relax, Harry. If you can’t hold on, admit defeat.”