Chapter 225: Casper & Zachary


    And he nailed it!


    Lee found it funny as the hyena produced it''s peculiarughter. Though a Split-jaw Hyena was a fierce beast, it''sughter was meant to invoke some sense of amusement in the opponent.


    The students saw the beast looking down on them, and they became angry. Their rage fuelled the chants and many powerful winddes originated. The spear began to dance in the air, and Fero found the helpless duo getting empowered.


    Lee witnessed the winddes and fire shots, as he sat on the Perrafin''s back. The winged beastid on its belly, and it also observed the ongoing event.


    The rage blinded the students and their spells began to go forth regardless of the directions. The fireballs and wind des did dash at Lee, but he immediately neutralised them. Using the waterballs against the fireballs, and winddes to counter wind des, Lee safeguarded himself and the beauty.


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    13 minutester.


    *Thud*


    Fero pridefully strided in front of the two students who had fallen on their knees. The rage made them drain their energy quickly, and they barely had the strength to stand upright.


    The spells began to dwindle in strength, and Zachary supported his torso with his staff. His hands trembled and he no more had Mana in him. He was able to hold on much longer than hispanion Casper, who had fallen on his back t. Casper''s breathing was much rougher and louder than Zachary.


    "Fero, that is enough."


    Lee spoke as he walked towards the two students. Seeing the professor approaching, they tried to stand up, but Lee gestured to remain at ease. Finding his signal, Zachary bent his knees and sat on the ground, with his staff next to him.


    Perrafin followed Lee behind him. It saw the two sweating like rain, and felt sympathy. Thus the winged beast raised one of its wings, and fanned the two. Casper and Zachary were amazed by this act of benevolence.


    "Do you know what went wrong?"


    Lee stood a few metres in front of the students. Casper raised his head and took a nce of Lee and said-


    "We fought.individually."


    The surprise could be seen on Lee''s face, as he agreed to Casper.


    "Yes. One of the two factors that led to your defeat was theck of coordination. You forgot that your elements canplement each other, and thus ended up forgetting the powerfulbo.


    The second factor was loss ofposure."


    Saying this, Lee extended his hand forward, and his palm was facing upward. The next second, a dense ball of lightning materialised in the palm, and Zachary''s eyes went wide. The crackling lightning sphere condensed and became stable.


    "If I did not had concentration, then this feat would have been impossible."


    As he finished saying, he extended the lightning sphere to the Perrafin, and it devoured it. The dense energy of Lightning gave it a shiver, which produced a faint strike of lightning to crackle out of its jaw.


    The two students were amazed to witness this, and were bbergasted. The sight of a tamed Perrafin was already speechless, and now they saw the beast eating a condensed ball of lightning, without any trouble.


    "To summarise, your individual efforts are good, but you will need more than this to survive in the wild. Fero is tamed, so he did not do any harm to you. But if you were to face an untamed beast, then.you both will surely die.


    So eat well, practice and build your body and mind to withstand the toughest troubles."


    Lee turned around and created the spatial tear with a few illuminated decorations. After the Perrafin and Fero entered inside, the spatial tear closed by itself because the Mana reserve had depleted at the same moment.


    After the beasts disappeared, Lee helped both the students to get up on their feet. The Perrafin''s wing swing had cooled them down and relieved their exhaustion to a great extent.


    While walking towards the door of the stadium, the students conveyed that this was the first time they had copsed from running out of Mana. Hudson promptlymented that the Mana reserve can only grow the more it is depleted and reinforced with physical and mental training.


    After repeating the advice of Hudson, to the students, Lee went back to his residence. Quickly cleansing himself with Spotless, Lee repaired his jacket and then wore it back on. He did not forget to clean his clothings using Workshop.


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    8 AM.


    39,500 Essence harvested.


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    The food would be avable for all the students and professors of the academy at the cafeteria. The daily quota is three meals a day; breakfast, lunch and dinner. The amount of food is determined and fixed, and is equally distributed.


    The sses start at 9, and then the daily lectures begin. Every day has a total of four hours of tutoring, each session with 55 minutes. The five minutes is for rxation of students.


    The sses have aplex structure which Lee is yet to be introduced to. All he knows is that he can teach anyone who approaches him earnestly. He has the right to reject, which he never exercises.


    Wearing the professors'' robe, Lee dawdled to the main building of the academy. Students greeted him as they went past him, and he politely greeted them back. The faint breeze messed up his hair, which Lee repeatedly had tob down with his hand.


    As he reached the doors of the cafeteria, he could hear the noises from the inside. Maybe it was because of his enhanced auditory senses, Lee could hear them loud and clear. Quite a few times, he did hear someone mentioning his name.


    As he stepped inside, many pairs of eyes fell on him. Some talked hushedly, while some gestured to each other. Whatever they thought to be doing behind his back, was actually visible to him through the Map.


    Walking to the server, Lee asked for the usual. The student recognised Lee as a professor from his outfit, and gave a set of breakfast. As he silently walked to the executives'' area, Drake and Dolly were waiting for him.


    "I heard something about you this morning. Is it true?"