Chapter 377 Nothing more than a Puppet  

Nothing more than a Puppet

Dane and Kai noticed that they were in the air, and both of them fell down a few feet above the ground into the ground.

"Cough, Cough, blergh," Kai coughed while Dane was in a similar condition.

Their skin looked pale as both of them removed their masks.

Asher looked at them, and he suppressed his killing intent entirely.

Unlike his previous life, Dane and Kai weren't familiar with Asher's killing intent.

Although both of them had killed people with their hands, due to them being A Rank Hunters, they were still inexperienced with such a killing intent.

Asher looked around, and they were in the middle of a forest, but looking around, Asher could see that the city was not far away from their position.

Although they were still in Belvoria, they were far away from the Neville Family's Mansion.

After a few more seconds, Dane and Kai stood up as Kai made some water with his magic and cleaned his and Dane's hands and faces.

<Boss, the data about the Butler of Jarell Neville was destroyed just now>

Tom's voice was heard by all three of them.

<But Boss, will he really accept your offer?>

Tom asked this because he wasn't sure someone like Jarell Neville, who was a Seat Holder, would just accept to work for them.

When Asher recruited Tom, he told him to keep an eye on the activities of a few families.

One of them was the Neville Family.

And because of that, Tom had come to know a few things about Jarell Neville.

No matter how Tom tried to dig up some dirt about him, there wasn't much he could find.

If not for the fact that Tom acquired the data that Osbert Tarvian had from the Operation Tower, the drive that Asher gave to Jarell would have been empty.

"He will; he doesn't have a choice," Asher replied.

<But Boss, what if he informs Osbert Tarvian about this?>

In Tom's eyes, he didn't see any reason why Jarell would join hands with them.

But he didn't know the three reasons why Asher was sure Jarell would move as he wanted him to.

First was the Card Artifact, amplifying the distrust that was already present in Jarell's heart.

Second was the fact that Asher knew very well about Jarell Neville.

After all, every person in the face of death shows their true self.

Using the image of Zephyr, Asher created fear in Jarell's mind.

The only person in the World that pushed so many SSS Rank Hunters to risk their lives. Even if Osbert Tarvian was a terrifying existence, Zephyr was enough to overshadow him.

And the Third was greed.

"I will give him the bait he needs, and he will give me the way to enter Halcyon's Heart," Asher replied.

Entering Halcyon was easy if Asher used his real identity, but as Zephyr, it was close to impossible.

Asher turned his head towards the message that he could see.

[ Host has gained 10,000 EXP ]

The Butler was a Rank B Hunter himself.

Back at the Neville Mansion,

Jarell Neville was silently looking at the information that was within the drive.

"Hahaha, was it my turn next after what happened more than a decade ago?" Jarell muttered.

He could see evidence of the transactions that were done by the Neville Family with various documents that showed the involvement of the Neville Family in smuggling illegal products. The same thing that Jarell Neville had thought he had erased.

"No wonder that guy knew so much about us," Jarell said with a serious look on his face.

Even though the information in front of him wasn't that extreme, something was forcing him to react to it.

Without realizing it, Jarell was looking for reasons to lose his trust in Osbert Tarvian completely.

And the reason for his strange behavior, someone who had unknowingly pushed the entire future of his family towards their downfall, was participating in the Tournament that was going on the Day Six of the End Year Tournament.

"So, we just need to keep defeating as many monsters as we can?" Gavin asked the Instructor, who nodded back at him.

Instead of making the Students of Other Academies fight their students, they were made to fight against monsters.

As a team of three, their goal was to defeat as many monsters as possible, and the team that scored the highest point would get a higher place.

It was a Class Tournament for the First Year Students, but the Teams from other academies that managed to get their names within the Top 20 teams would get a chance to enter the Trials Ground Next Year.

"Hey, I don't see Asher Greville anywhere. Are you sure he is in Class 1?" A boy wearing the uniform with a symbol of a shield on his back spoke.

"He is in Class 1. I asked some of the First Years," His teammate replied.

"How come he is not here then?" The boy asked.

All of them were 17-18 years old, and they were older than the First Years of World Academy, but only a few of them had reached the D+ Rank.

This showed the difference between them and the First Year Students of World Academy.

Only talent or connections could get you inside the World Academy.

Most of these students that were here from all those other Academies were the Top Ranking students.

But standing in World Academy and seeing the Tournament for the last five days made them realize the difference.

But there were other students who were also not present in this new Arena.

Kevin, Alan, and Elena were also not present to participate in this competition.

Apart from Asher, all of them had good reasons why they couldn't participate.

As this tournament didn't have any major rewards for the First Year Students, some of them didn't find it worth it to fight so many monsters after such a tiring tournament. After such a long month of preparing for the Tournament, many students wanted to rest, and the World Academy didn't force them to participate either.

"Well, better for us if they are not here," The Boy muttered.

The Arena was split into Five Parts where Five Teams could fight at the same time without interfering with the other team.

While the Professors were doing the last safety check in the Medical Facility of World Academy,

"Your mana meridians are strained," The Doctor told Kevin with a straight face.

"I would suggest a week-long rest, but I know you wouldn't like that," The Doctor said.

He was aware of the Successor Tournament that was going to happen tomorrow.

"You can fight, but don't use the lightning aura too much," The Doctor suggested.

"Okay," Kevin replied.

Multiple wires were stuck on his body, and his body was being monitored, but different devices were present in the room.

As Kevin was a Rank 2 Student, he could use the highest level of Medical Facility that the World Academy provided.

"Eva, you can go back," Kevin tilted his head to the side where Eva was sitting.

She had an apologetic look on her face, but Kevin knew it wasn't her fault he was in this condition.

"Okay, take care," Eva stood up to leave the room.

Kevin didn't show it, but his whole body was in pain.

Due to him using the lightning aura to its extreme, he numbed his senses, but now he could feel all the pain in his body.

Eva, who was outside the room, got a message from Professor Dahlia to come and participate in the tournament as she was the only Ranker from her Class that, was fine.

Eva wasn't in the mood to fight anymore, but knowing that it was a direct request from Professor Dahlia, who helped her a lot, she decided to go anyway.

"Well, looks like Class 2 is winning this," Venessa said, looking at Amelia, Damian, and Lishia, who were standing ready to fight.

"Hey, I will handle those monsters. You can just support from the side," Venessa turned and told Alyssa with a smile.

Alyssa nodded her head.

Just like others, Venessa also thought that Alyssa's condition wasn't good. She didn't know that Alyssa was perfectly fine.

Elsa, who is standing in the Spectating Area, sighed.

"He could have trained tomorrow," Elsa muttered.

She couldn't believe that her chance to win would go away like this.

She didn't know, but the same Asher was walking in a B Rank Dungeon in Belvoria right now.

Slash!

Asher's sword passed through another monster.

[ Host has gained 5000 EXP ]

Asher crouched and touched the corpse as he used his bloodline ability.

[ Host has gained +8 Strength ]

"You can eat them," Asher pointed at the other corpses as Rifir instantly went, and his black mist-like form started devouring the dead monsters.

Dane and Kai, who were following Asher, couldn't understand what kind of creature Rifir really was.

But Dane always felt uncomfortable around Rifir.

Just like Asher, he could feel that Rifir was dangerous.