Chapter 88: Troubles

Elior stood ready, bearing his spear on one arm, breathing in and out. Waves were warping from the spearhead, as he took the throwing form, while a couple of meters away, professor Aleister was ready with his spells. He was only waiting for Elior to fail or for any mischief to happen. From the teleportation gate to flee, if the metal beast chose to self-destruct itself, to the chains to collect the pieces as well as control the detonation. 

Surely, if the professor wanted, he could kill the metal beast with ease, and give it to Elior. Either way, it was the same thing other than the fact that Elior would not gain any karma points from it. His soul and body already had a glitch, and he had to advance to the second-order as soon as possible, in order to expel it. Certainly, he had contained it pretty well than most others in his shoes would, but it was still not enough.

'Nothing was enough,' he thought and sighed. 

He was 6 levels away from it and killing these beasts will get him quite close to it. Surely it won't be enough for him, but still, a couple of levels or more were always welcome. Levels did not just bring free points, it evolved his body and soul as well to some degree.

"Are you ready?" Aleister asked in a low tone, flashing with his invisible chains all around.

Elior nodded and increased the shock wave to the limit. He even condensed it into the voidbreaking move. Narrowing his eyes, he looked at the metal fiend eating waste metals in one mind. His Abstraction of Void had reached Level 4, and surely, he had gained a lot more expertise in the ability. Only if he could use the Berserk without the initial limitation, but that has to wait now.

His leg rose in the air, as Elior moved exactly five steps when his front leg turned almost perpendicular to the sky, and bending his back, Elior flung the Spear aiming right at the head of the beast.

Alister is already prepared with a teleportation gate, as well as the chains. He threw it right after Elior in case anything unthinkable occurred, but it appeared the Professor was trying too hard.

The spear went like a bolt of lightning, warping the surrounding waves, and pierced right at the head of the metal fiend. Only then did the warping sound of the air come, once the spear already pierced the head of the metal fiend. That was not all. The fiend only happened to squeak for once when the spear combusted on its head, leaving a lifeless corpse on the waist.

If one did not look carefully, one would not find any difference between the corpse or the metal wastes.

"There goes my good spear," Elior said, though a smile held his lips. The head of the spear was entirely gone, and even the body was in the way of crumbling. Undoubtedly, it was not just his Abstraction of Void.

[You have killed a Metal fiend, LVL 118]

[You have gained 7803280 karma points.]

[You have gained 150% extra points for killing a fiend two orders higher than you.]

[Congratulations, you have levelled up. You have reached Level 46.]

[You have gained 2 free attribute points.]

[Congratulations! . . .]

[You have reached Level 48]

'Still a couple of levels away,' Elior thought. but the metal fiend gave far better than he had assumed. Well, it should be because of 150% boast for killing the higher-order beast. if it was just a second-order, he would get 50% boast, but another level doubled the number again. Still, it was only this easy because it was a metal fiend, and he eliminated it in a sneak attack.

Aleister raised an eyebrow and dissolved the chains as well as the spatial gate. "That spear had explosives?" he asked.

"I thought it would be useful in someday," Elior said with a nod. "I was not wrong."

"You made that yourself?" The arch in the Professor's brows never left.

Elior nodded. "Not one of the finest, still useful," he said. "Don't worry though, I left the trigger only with myself."

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Elior knew what his old mentor was worried about. If something sour happened with the item. He just saw the head of a third-order beast crumped into bits from the detonation. What would have if someone detonated it mistakenly inside the academy? It could kill the students easily. that's why Elior always put a safety net in his equipment. Without his signature of mana, none could contact the explosives inside the spear. 

Certainly, the higher-order guardian could access the explosives, but they should have better toys than his stuff.

"Looks like you are not just growing with your skills in combat," Aleister said and checked the old golden watch on his wrist. "Let's collect the stuff and leave first. The caretaker of this dungeon will come soon, running in."

Elior nodded and Aleister helped Elior smuggle the huge corpse within his inventory before leaving without any expression on their face. In the path, they had seen a couple of caretakers of the dungeon running in, but they avoided the path entirely. Surely, this thing would not go unnoticed, but within that time, Aleister would mend it with the dean.

Metal beasts detonates themselves all the time, eating too much or trying to eat one another. It will take a few days for them to find out what really occurred in the farm, in that time, Aleister could take care of it.

That was one way of doing things. Do the unthinkable first, before telling the one in charge that they have accidentally killed it.

When Elior returned, Shin, Ileana, and Lara were still struggling. Though they have collected a couple of the metal beasts, it was crumbled into pieces and off low grade. Still, better than most of the other students.

The only consolation for them was that they have gained a couple of levels in their failed tries.

Aanya did not have the luxury to babysit them all the time, as there were far more babies there for her to handle. Undoubtedly, this trio had become the most sensible of the group after their initial failure. Still, she left one of the upperclassmen with them all the time. She would not like to see any unthinkable.

When she returned, she found the lost big baby of the pack had already joined the trio, but her uncle was nowhere to be seen. 

"Junior," She asked, taking a stand in the sides. She was already the first name termed with Ileana and Lara, but she still felt a little funny in her stomach when it came to Elior. Certainly, it was not what she thought it was. The things were far more complicated than a teenager like herself should handle. 'If only I did not have the eyes, perhaps things would go better,' she thought and shook her head immediately. 

"Senior," Elior said, looking at her, still with the expression as if he knows something others don't.

"How does your hunt go?" she asked, limiting the conversation to the hunt.

"Better than I had hoped for." Elior looked at the three babies before him, taking care of the metal beast on their own.

"Good to hear," Aanya said, and looked at the trio as well. Her eyes drifted on the exterior of Elior again, as a curve appeared on her lips. "You look like a proud mother hen now, looking after her chicks."

"Ahem!" Elior coughed out, clearing finding her jokes more of an embarrassment than funny, but she liked it still.

"Have you thought about the position I talked about?" 

"Student president?" Elior raised an eyebrow, eyes on her again. "Senior, I am really not fit for those kinds of jobs."

"It's not about fitting," Aanya continued, thinking Elior was not understanding what she was saying. It sure was difficult for her, not trying to tell about the other business Elior does occasionally. "Surely, you should know how much help it will be for your standing in the association and federation. If you like to free the earth from its poison, you certainly need a high position in these two. Undoubtedly, there are other ways, but none of them will be as fast as this one."

"I have not actually thought about it." he gave a little embarrassed smile to her, though not in many occasions she had seen him embarrassed about anything. "Still, I reckoned it is not as easy as you make it out to be. Time is most important to me, and wasting even a little anything other than productive will may cause terrible consequences."

Aanya turned silent, though she knew a few things and guess a little, she was not blind in most situations even with her eyes. If only she knew the whole truth, but how many in the universe knew about it? Probably a few, less than ten.

"I'll think about it," Elior finally said.. "But nothing before the trial."

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