Ysabel ignored the student as she spun. Her feet tore through the air, but Godfrey wrapped his fingers around her ankle and stopped the blow.

He tightened his grip, spun, and slammed her into the ground. Web-like cracks spread outward across the pavement blocks as blood spurted out of Ysabel's mouth.

She couldn't even twitch, as that blow broke several bones. Her bloodshot eyes trembled, following Godfrey, who looked at the student that had healed. Apparently, his summon had a self-healing ability, but the shock of what had happened kept him silent.

Rick squinted. 'I did not predict that outcome. This Godfrey is no weakling, but his advantages are useless before him. I would have loved to put him in his place, at least as courtesy for messing up with Nexus, where we all came from. But hunting is more important for now.'

With that thought, Rick turned his summon and galloped away. Meanwhile, Ysabel was teleported away after being deemed unable to continue the tournament. Godfrey, of course, accepted her challenge and reaped half her points, which was just thirty.

The first thing he bought from the fountain was a map, and through it, he learned that all fountains had different resources, making the hunt for fountains even more intense.

On it were also marked the zones of the mini bosses, paths of wandering Lord Tiers, top-level High Tiers, hordes of Elite Tiers, and the final boss.

Godfrey's eyes locked on the final boss zone, which appeared to be on the outskirts of the city.

Currently, strong students were after the spots of the mini bosses, the reason being that points varied. The points of an Elite and High Tier were different from those of a Lord Tier.

The twenty points gained from a wandering Lord Tier were called Lord Points and might as well be two hundred points, and to purchase top-grade cores, he needed top-level High Tier points or Lord Tier points!

Meaning, those who killed mini bosses would get a hundred of these Lord Tier points and fifty daily, amounting to a thousand points for killing the mini boss and five hundred points daily.

Realizing this made Godfrey's eyes widen. His advantage was only temporary; once the mini bosses were killed, he would be surpassed effortlessly.

He could kill wandering Lord Tiers, but they were incredibly powerful and gave far fewer points than killing mini bosses, which were also Lord Tiers.

The entire scheme was designed to ensure students battled for the positions of mini bosses, or at least defeated the students in those positions and reaped their bountiful points.

What this meant was that killing randomly wouldn't allow you to stay on the leaderboards.

Luckily, each class would be ranked differently after the overall ranking, so weaker students weren't completely left out.

Still, Godfrey knew his competitors. Maybe the seniors were in a league of their own, but he was up against the Nexus King, the mysterious Percival, his Ace, Isolde his Queen, and others who had been in hiding, like Ysabel.

The competition just got tougher than he expected.

Sighing, Godfrey dropped the map, which had all this information, at his side and looked at the dark sky. 'So they want all of us to fight for the spot of mini bosses but ignore the final boss, which gives a thousand Lord Tier points and possibly five hundred Lord Tier points daily?'

Godfrey shut his eyes. 'It's powerful, I get it, but I've never sat at the top before. Second, sometimes, third. I also dream too small. Everyone wants the best, and I just want to match them. I guess I've always been trying to survive in a world of summoners, but I'm a summoner now.'

Godfrey rose to his feet. 'Final boss, Dracula, the first vampire, has his castle and an army of demonic bats and some constructs. Sounds dangerous, but I also have an army. I've never really tested my limits, no holding back.'

His eyes went to the leaderboards.

This was a lofty goal; failure was likely, but this was another excellent opportunity to establish Shadow Club's authority.

With this thought simmering in his heart, Godfrey waited for two days and communicated through his mind to his summons to head for Scarecrow Graveyard.

There was a fountain there that had cores with enough mana to lift Tempest to Tier 7.0. He also planned on increasing Ballista's tier so the Bow Knight-Captain's ability to summon more knights would increase.

After giving the command, Godfrey himself walked away from the city square, heading for the Scarecrow Graveyard.

***

Lucy stood atop her Crimson Dreadclaw Crab with other students, some riding different kinds of wolves, bears, and huge insects. She led them but felt concerned that the two streets they had passed were silent.

When they entered the next street, her eyes widened. She and the others around her all froze at the sight of forty beasts, Armoured Hounds, Great Danes, Dogmen, all turned to stone, littering the street. The cause of all this was the white-haired young man who had his back to them, while his summon, a huge butterfly, perched atop the statue in the middle of the fountain.

As if sensing them, Snow tilted his head and frowned. "Of all places, you came here."

Lucy flinched. Her summon brandished its claws, but Snow merely scoffed. "Save it. You just walked into the path of a wandering Lord Tier."

Lucy's face paled. "We checked the map, we're far away from the path of any of them!"

"Indeed. If you had entered one, you'd know. Once they set eyes on you, they'll chase you to the ends of this dungeon." The moment Snow replied, they saw a humanoid silhouette walking through the fog toward them.

From the street it came from, it would first meet Snow. When the Wandering Lord Tier came out of the fog, they saw what looked like a man with a top hat over his head, which was covered with a sackcloth that had eye holes.

It also wore a thick black frock coat, with both hands buried into the coat's pockets.

Jack the Ripper, one of the Wandering Lord Tiers, brought out his gloved hands, revealing a gleaming knife.

All the hairs on Lucy's body stood on end.

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