Ethan was increasingly regretting his decisions. If he had known that when Cyber Academy assigned teachers to recruit students, he could have applied to go to Lsengard.
He certainly could have taken Charles as his apprentice before Ezra!
Unfortunately, there''s no such thing as a magic pill for regret in this world. The only thing Ethan could do now was work hard to be stronger than Ezra!
Only true power would qualify him to teach Charles.
With that thought in mind, Ethan''s gaze grew resolute. He nned to go out and train after Charles finished his challenge with the "Reaper''s Scythe," seeking opportunities to be an Eighth Level Beast Master!
Time ticked by, and it was almost time for the morning sses to end.
More and more people gathered outside the Trial Tower, most of them senior students who had plenty of free time.
For the vast majority of the senior students, watching Charles''s performance filled them with shock and admiration, while only a few powerful seniors felt a sense of crisis rising within them.
They certainly did not want to be surpassed by a new student who had only recently entered Cyber Academy; it felt somewhat embarrassing.
Until the morning sses ended, Charles did not choose to challenge the third level of the Trial Tower.
He continued to train on the second level, honing his Beast Master hand-to-handbat skills while grasping the progress of hisbat techniques.
Charles really enjoyed seeing the rewards for his efforts; he carefully felt the increase in his strength and the improvement in hisbat techniques, making him feel exhrated.
Although constantly challenging the Trial Tower would lead to mental fatigue, his strong mental power kept him far above that of ordinary students.
Additionally, as his strength improved, the wounds on his body became smaller and fewer.
He skipped lunch and continued to challenge the second level of the Trial Tower, not emerging until the afternoon sses ended.
Outside the Trial Tower, the onlookers stared at the numbers on the big screen, their expressions already frozen.
Charles''s time to clear the second level of the Trial Tower had dropped from an initial 35 minutes to just 5 minutes.
In less than an afternoon, he had made such tremendous progress.
Zachary and Cami arrived outside the Trial Tower after sses ended.
"Is this even human? He''s been inside the Trial Tower for so long and still hasn''te out, and his clear time for the second level keeps decreasing!" Zachary eximed, his mouth agape and his eyes zed over.
"It''s only taken him five minutes to clear the second level! Charles is now ranked seventh on the Fourth Level Beast Master leaderboard!" Cami''s eyes sparkled with admiration, and she was filled with joy.
"Only about half a month since we started school, and we haven''t even begun entering the Trial Tower, yet Charles is already on the leaderboard. This gap is just too much," Zachary said, feeling disheartened.
His mental fortitude was rtively strong; he just found it hard to ept someone like Charles.
Compared to Charles, they, these so-called geniuses, seemed rather ordinary.
At that moment, Charles emerged from the Trial Tower.
Having spent an entire day inside, even Charles felt somewhat fatigued, but the gains were substantial; he hadprehended a total of 11bat techniques.
Given the constraints of not affecting his progress in understanding thebat techniques, this number was already Charles''s limit.
Moreover, his hand-to-handbat skills had improved significantly; he felt he could perform even better in a fight against Ethan now.
"Charles, when you challenged the first level of the Trial Tower, did you really not summon a mystical beast or use any skills?" Zachary couldn''t contain his curiosity and asked.
His first reaction upon learning this news was disbelief; after all, he had some understanding of the Trial Tower.
Zachary even tried to put himself in that situation; not summoning a mystical beast would make it impossible for him to defeat two Fourth Level Beast Masters!
Charles looked at Zachary with some surprise; the people outside shouldn''t know about his battles in the Trial Tower.
"Did Ethane by?" Charles asked directly.
In his impression, only Ethan truly understood him.
Given Ethan''s excessively powerfulbat abilities, simtingbat scenarios wasn''t particrly difficult.
"That''s right. Ethan said you neither summoned a mystical beast nor used any skills in the first level of the Trial Tower," Zachary exined.
Charles nodded and replied, "As expected of Ethan; what he said is true."
As soon as those words left his mouth, the surrounding students gasped in surprise.
While they had mostly believed Ethan''s ims by now, hearing Charles admit it directly was still hard to ept.
Zachary wore aplex expression, a mix of reluctance and eptance. He said, "As expected from you, Charles. By the way, are you still going to the auction tonight? We can go together."
Charles thought for a moment. He hadn''t nned on attending originally because there wasn''t anything special he wanted.
However, due to hatching Little Gold that morning, Charles now needed arge amount of rare metal materials.
At tonight''s final auction by the Seven Kingdoms Merchant Association, there was a significant amount of rare metal materials avable, called Feather Gold.
The quality of Feather Gold is only purple, which isn''t very high, but it should be enough to elerate Little Gold''s growth in the early stages.
"You guys go ahead. I''ll grab a bite to eat and then head back to my dorm to freshen up. There''s still plenty of time before the auction starts," Charles replied.
Zachary and Cami nodded and turned to leave; they also needed to prepare.
Under the watchful gaze of the crowd, Charles exited the Trial Tower. He quickly finished dinner, washed up, and sent a message to Celestine.
Then he made his way to Dean Jamie''s office.
"Come in!" Jamie''s voice called out.
Charles pushed the door open.
Inside the office, it wasn''t just Jamie; Ethan happened to be there as well. Upon seeing Charles, Ethan quickly approached and asked:
"How are you feeling? You spent a long time in the Trial Tower today."
Charles shook his head and replied, "No major injuries. A night''s rest will do the trick."
"That''s good to hear. Don''t let a moment of impulse affect your future progress. By the way, Charles, how manybat techniques are you currentlyprehending? Should be around six or seven by now, right?" Ethan said.
Charles held out his hands, raising one finger on each.
Ethan nced at him and said, a bitforted, "That''s two more thanst time. It''s normal for progress to be faster at first and then slow down."
"No, it''s actually 11," Charles said calmly.
"What! 11?" Ethan was caught off guard, and Jamie mmed his hand on the desk, standing up in disbelief.
Charles nodded and continued, "That''s my current limit. I need to control theprehension progress of eachbat technique as much as possible; any more would be hard to manage."
"What? You can do even more?" Ethan''s expression looked as if he had received a shock.
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Charles scratched his head, simply stating the truth, not expecting such a strong reaction from Jamie and Ethan, much like the students outside the Trial Tower.
Jamie took a moment to digest this shocking news, trying to calm himself as he slowly sat back down.
He didn''t want to continue on this topic; even he found Charles''s talent to be extraordinary!
"Charles, did youe by today for something specific?" Jamie asked, well aware that Charles wouldn''te to see him without a reason.
"It''s about the previous matter," Charles said, his face emotionless.
But both Jamie and Ethan sensed that Charles''s emotions were a bit off at that moment.
In their impressions, Charles was a very calm person who could keep his cool and handle situations withposure, no matter what challenges arose.
After thinking for a moment, Jamie figured out what Charles wanted to ask.
"Ethan, don''t you have other matters to attend to?" Jamie said to Ethan.
Ethan nced at Dean Jamie and then at the silent Charles before leaving the dean''s office.
"Sigh, I know what you want to ask, Charles. Right now, you need to focus on improving your strength and not get involved in other matters," Jamie said.
Charles calmly responded, "Dean, is there any new information from the security office? The missing children''s cases were definitely tampered with."
Jamie sighed and shook his head, saying, "The leads have all dried up. Many people in the security office died that night, and they are slowly trying to trace things back."
"Slowly trace things back?" Charles repeated.
Jamie exined, somewhat helplessly, "You know that there are definitely aplices of Constetion within Genosha, and there are traitors as well. So this matter isn''t easy to investigate thoroughly; they are very well hidden."
"Is there any other way?" Charles didn''t want to just wait around.
During these days, he hadn''t forgotten what he saw beneath the abandoned factory. However, due to the numerous things demanding his attention, Charles hadn''t asked Jamie for more information.
"Charles, do you know why I didn''t stop you from going to the underground octagonal cage?" Jamie said slowly.
He looked into Charles''s calm yet determined eyes, fully aware that trying to prevent Charles from getting involved in this matter was impossible.
"That''s because behind the underground octagonal cage lies an organization that might have information about Constetion," Jamie continued, then turned and walked to the window, gazing at the brilliant lights outside.
He remarked, "If you want to know more, then you should get as close as possible to that organization."
"Another organization? Dean, which organization is it?" Charles asked.
Jamie replied, "Dawn."