<h4>Chapter 83: Survival exercise 8.</h4>


    When they returned to the camp, Luciano gave the others a nod before he sat at a corner.


    "It''s time to set camp and please no fire we don''t want to be a beacon for all the beasts in the vicinity..." ke said to his team.


    "…" His teammates stared at him with a nk expression.


    [This is infinite realm, not earth.] The system remaindered.


    Dimensional tents had a lighting function, so the team was wondering why they would need a campfire.


    ''Oh!'' ke gave a wry smile when the system told him. Setting a campfire whenever he went camping in the woods had be a habit, it was a reflex action since he was ''babysitting'' them, and also there was the threat of being attacked by magic beasts.


    Just like him, every member of the team had purchased a dimensional tent and after setting them close to that of each other, they began deciding who was to stand watch. After a few minutes of going back and forth, they finally came to a conclusion.


    "The first set to stand watch will be I and Ansgar, while the three of you especially ke should get some rest before the next shift." Luciano''s word received nods from the team members. If it was someone else Ansgar would have made somements, but it was Luciano that was speaking so he could helplessly nod in agreement.


    ''I guess it is best for the dumbass to be paired with him because he wouldn''t dare to try anything funny.'' ke happily agreed to the arrangement.


    Even when thepetition would be over, Luciano was still a prince and someone like Ansgar wouldn''t dare to offend him. It was certain he couldn''t beat him inbat and if he somehow managed to silence him the school was still watching, so he could only quietly obey.


    "What a day!" ke gave out a loud sigh as he wanted to prepared to have a rest before it was his turn to stand watch.


    "I normally do so more than this when I am back at school, so why I am this tired?" keined as massaged his temples to help reduce his headache.


    [Well you''ve been on the edge throughout today. From not letting your guards down against both your teammates and beast, to fighting against two tricky magical beast and also escaping other beasts, I will say you were bound to be tired.]


    The system''s evaluation of the day''s work, made him realize that he had actually done a lot. With the help of the system in fights, ke made everything look so easy, but unknown to most it was very tasking for him.


    During fights apart from pushing his senses to their limits, ke still had to listen and react to the opponent''s weak spots disyed by the system and also listen to exnations given to him by the system.


    After getting close to 6 hours of sleep it was La and ke''s turn to stand watch.


    ''Guess she isn''t much of a talker too.'' ke thought when he saw that La had no ns of starting a conversation.


    ''Well me too.'' ke shrugged as he brought out a magic beast core and began absorbing its energy.


    ke would have loved to use this as an opportunity to hunt for beast cores, but considering he couldn''t see in the dark unlike most magical beast, ke decided to use the time to cultivate.


    ''Inform me if anythinges within range.'' ke said to the system as he sat in a cross-legged position and began cultivating.


    ''Is it a good practice to close one''s eyes while standing watch?'' She felt ufortable with ke''s actions, but she was toozy to speak up.


    …


    The night was peaceful, they weren''t attacked by beasts, giving ke more time to cultivate.


    After taking a quick nap, ke left the group once again and began hunting for more beast core. This time he didn''t get to meet any team, but his harvest was much better than the previous day.


    "4 beast cores not bad… I have too said the survival exercise is a blessing in disguise, normally I would have to wait a week to hunt beast cores because of my busy schedule, but now I am at the source it won''t be long before I advance to the champion realm." ke said in a tone brimming with joy.


    With the help of the two beast cores he had gotten from the sdes, ke had filled up the 11th star. Although it took more beast cores to fill up a single star, he didn''t worry that much because he could get always hunt for more.


    For the rest of the team, the second day wasn''t eventful and quite boring. The thought that they still had 5 more days of doing the same, they began considering joining ke on his adventures.


    …


    On the morning of the third, the group decided to change move to another area. If they decided to stay in the same area for a long time, it would be easier for the enemy to locate their camp andy an ambush.


    ke expected some resistance to the notion, but surprisingly they all agreed so easily, that he began wondering if his teammates had been reced overnight by aliens. Unknown to him his teammates were bored and itching for some action. They even prayed that on their way they would be attacked by beasts so they could have some fun.


    Later that day their prayers were answered when the system detected a pack of rok not too far away from them and with their great sense of smell ke was certain that they would being for them.


    ''I guess it wouldn''t hurt to get beast cores on the way.'' ke couldn''t help thankdy luck for making things easy for him.


    "Prepare for battle, beasts are close." His words made them be on alert. Esmeralda would have liked to know how ke could sense beasts so far away because this wasn''t the first time it was happening, but it wasn''t the best of times to do so.


    [Be careful, the pack has 5 roks, a beta, and is being led by an alpha.] From their heat and energy cirction, the system was able to identify the power level of the iing beasts.


    The alpha rok was a chief rank magical beast and in terms of power, it was a little bit above the chief morg ke had faced in the past.


    "Let''s try not to make much noise..." ke said as the pack of rok charged them.


    Rok''s were the mutated version of the Labrador wolves that were way more ferocious. A normal rok was the same height as ke, while the alpha was a full head taller than him.


    The razor-sharp ws and their physical capabilities were bnced. They were as strong as morgs but their flexibility was as limited, they were pretty agile and their speed was greater than those of morgs.


    "Leave the alpha to me..." ke said with a grin as he unsheathed Reaper and activated lightning reinforcement.


    No one in the group objected to ke''s request, not even Ansgar because they hadn''t gotten used to fighting magical beasts, so if they went against a chief rank beast it would be suicide.


    "I''ll handle the beta..." Luciano said as he began charging towards the beta rok that was standing at the back of the pack with the alpha rok.


    With ke''s speed, it was easy for him to maneuver his way through them and to the back, but before he got close to the alpha a rok lunged at him with its razor-sharp ws.


    ke didn''t panic at the sudden attack, he poured more mana into the lightning reinforcer and dodged the attack with ease, before cutting its head off and continued his charge at the alpha.


    Seeing the human curb charging for the pack''s alpha, the beta wanted to stop him but before it could move an inch, a ball of scorching golden mes was hurling towards it. The beta rok managed to dodge the fireball, but mes of rage erupted in its eyes as it turned to a shameless human curb that tried using underhand tricks.


    Having no one else to fight for it, the alpha rok engaged ke in close quartersbat. It swiped its ws and tried multiple times to tear him up with its fangs, but he couldn''t get its hands on him which enraged it.


    It went on for sometime before ke surprise it with a fireball to the face, before giving it a bone-deep cut to its arm reducing it''s movement and fighting capabilities.


    AWOOOO!


    The alpha rok howled in pain, as it pulled back, but ke wasn''t letting it go anywhere. He threw out knives aiming for its eyes and hands. It was quick enough to dodge those heading for its eyes but was slow to dodge the others.