Tournament ( Part 1 )

For the next few days of walking in Serene town direction, Mike and Robert still didn't come across any other beasts, its like life didn't exist at all in this forest anymore.

Despite the fact that it's indeed winter, that doesn't explain why no beasts showed up in a few days except the little weak ones that are so worthless to Mike.

"Robert, did you clean the forest when I ordered you to gather beasts for me or what? Why didn't we stumble upon any beasts even after walking for days?"

"No master, I didn't reach this area when you ordered me to gather those beasts, and I don't think a whole forest will only have around 27 ish beasts lurking inside of it, there are actually only two possibilities for such a thing to happen " Robert replied, thinking of two possible reasons.

" Well, spit them out and tell me what are the reasons " Mike impatiently questioned.

" The first one is that a sect sent its new disciples here to increase their combat experience so all the beasts were dead. The second one is that Serene town cleaned up the forest out of any dangerous beasts for some reason" Robert informed Mike of what he believes are the reasons.

" Well, that does indeed make some sense, anyway, let's get out of this forest first, the town is only a day or so away from here after all " Mike said in boredom and started thinking about his own problem.

'This body can't cultivate at all, so the first thing I should do after selling this egg is find a cure for me, a cultivator without mana is basically like a dragon without his breath, I indeed have the system, but to get more power I need to learn how to use mana to make my body even stronger '

After walking for a few more hours in silence, the duo finally spotted the road leading to Serene town.

It was basically a naturally made road, simply caused by how many caravans and people traveled through it, it was fully soaked with mud and you can spot some small water pools scattered everywhere around the road.

Mike stopped in his tracks and looked at Robert with deep meaning then spoke " Robert, we will be walking by the side of the road hiding with the help of the trees, I guess you know why is that so I won't bother explaining"

Robert nodded his head and took the lead since he is far more experienced and can help with the hiding process with mana while walking.

Robert turned his head to Mike and slowly whispered " Master, everything is ready, just follow right behind me and no one should be able to spot us, unless, of course, they are at tier 2"

" Good good, if any tier 2 or stronger pass by us and sense our existence, then the moment you sense any hostility from them, try everything to protect me and delay them if they are stronger than u" Mike ordered with a serious face.

It's true that Robert had a slavery contract on him and won't disobey Mike's orders, but Mike simply took precautions just in case and no more.

Robert gave a brief but sincere reply " That's natural master, my life is all yours after all".

Mike nodded his head in approval and started following Robert, his mind filled with thoughts on how to get even stronger after he reaches the town.

After all, he isn't dumb and knows that just using the system alone won't take him far away, so, except for the Cultivation problem which will need some time to fix, the first thing was to get skills of course.

They will for sure be warrior skills since he can't use mana, but the only problem is that it's gonna be so annoying to get any useful skills without enough money or influence.

He is indeed going to sell the egg, but it's not sure that it's gonna be sold in the town, and you never know the price of his cure, since it's for sure not something cheap or else his clan would have already cured him.

'Well if it comes to not enough money or influence, then I'll simply steal it or something similar'.

After a few minutes of walking through the branches on the side of the road, Robert suddenly halted his movements and stopped Mike.

Robert directly reported not daring to delay" Master I'm spotting a caravan closing in on us, seemingly heading towards Serene town, what are your orders? "

Mike was speechless by what Robert said, and that's mainly cause they already spotted a carriage after just a few minutes of walking by the roadside.

' Did my luck really turn to the best after all of those insane events that occurred in gazing moon village?' Mike's expression changed to that of a sinister one.

He immediately ordered Robert " We are killing everyone and taking over that carriage, scan how many and how strong the people on the carriage are, don't let them notice you at any cost".

He can't scan the passengers cause they are not even in Mike's sight, only Robert can detect them using his little and incomplete mana domain, but that was already hundreds of meters in range.

Robert sighed and asked in confusion "Master, isn't that a little reckless, what if someone stronger than me is on that carriage, it will be a huge mistake to scan the carriage like that"

" Who cares, just do it, if someone stronger is really there, he will still spot us anyway if he passes next to us, and if worst comes to worst, we go by my earlier order" Mike impatiently answered.

He was eager to know if he finally found good prey or not, and even the caravan will be so helpful in a lot of things just from the looks alone and the image it can give people.

A little far from where Mike and Robert were hiding, a luxurious carriage can be seen being pulled by two horses.

The small number of horses was simply caused by how small the carriage is, it was only a carriage that looked like it was made for two people, the carriage room not even passing 2 meters in length.

A girl and a boy were sitting inside the small room, chatting with each other to waste time till they reach their destination.

The girl looked kind of pretty compared to Jessica, Her hair was midnight-black and it flowed over her shoulders. her eyes were blue added with white skin and a white long robe, seemingly looking like a little princess, but her outer looks were that of a child.

The boy in front of her was muscular in build, his skin was white but not as white as the girl, he had yellow hair, and green eyes, but the black robe that he wore looked like it was only there for decoration and not his actual clothes.

"Sister, what do you think about the guy that's checking out the carriage in front of us, shall we respond so he knows his place, or just let him be?"

"Why respond little bro, let him scan the carriage as much as he wants for all I care about, but if he dares to check out our Cultivation base then at that time I'll give you permission to go wild".

" Well, I would surely love a warm-up before the tournament starts, I don't like heading in there directly while being a little rusty".

"Hahaha, you so funny little bro, you actually speaking as anyone can actually beat you in there, all matches will be boring as always, and I won't even have a chance to shine cause of you".

"Ah cmon, it's just boring if both of us fight at the same time, so I rather go alone than let you join me, I don't want every tournament or real fight ending in a matter of seconds cause of you".

" Well you are indeed right little bro, however, the first rounds will be for me this time around and you aren't allowed to participate"

"Yeah yeah, you have been repeating this sentence the whole journey already, I understand sister don't worry, it's your time to shine this time"

" Well I'm simply worried and wanna end things real quick, I heard that this tournament isn't gonna be so simple like the previous ones, so we better be careful"

" Careful you say, huh?"

The boy couldn't help but shudder after recalling how this sister of his killed two tiers 1 middle-stage warrior on their way here, just cause they asked if they can join them in the carriage to serene town.

" Oh, this person is so bold, he actually dared to try and check out our Cultivation without even bothering to wait, so he can check what flag we have on our Carriage"

" Well I guess this is my signal to move, it won't take long big sis so don't worry, I at least can warm up before the tournament starts hahaha"