<h4>Chapter 109: Breakout</h4>


    Meanwhile, Angus keeps his study and research inside the Royal Academy, Duke Victory keeps his vignce inside the ck Fortress in case of an attack from the monster horde.


    Soon, the sun goes down and the ck Fortress seems to blend with the darkness of night. If it is not because of the magicalmp around the fortress, people will hardly notice this big fortress.


    In the middle of the calm and silent night, many guards could be seen patrolled across the wall of the Fortress. Though there is no danger nearby, nobody is rxing and keeping their vignce as they know the importance of their job, especially at this precarious time.


    Unbeknown to them, a group of ck-cloaked people managed to get near the ck Fortress from the Heart Kingdom''s direction. Hidden by the darkness of night, the ck-cloaked people keep moving at a steady pace towards the gate.


    At normal times, these gates be ess for other people to transport supplies or as the checkpoint for adventurers before going towards the ck Forest. In normal times, this ce will be full of long queue people even until the night.


    However, in this precarious time, the gate is closed as no sane person wants to enter the ck Forest even for high-grade adventurers.


    Not expecting someone to sneak around the gate, the group of ck-cloaked men easily scale the gate and wall. This also shows that these people are not ordinary people. After entering the ck Fortress, this group keeps moving silently.


    "I never thought entering this Fortress would be this easy." said one of the men inside the group in low voices.


    "Kekeke… That''s because they never suspect anyone will be sneaking from the kingdom direction especially at this time." replied the others in a low voice.


    As they kept sneaking around, they finally found a normal guard patrolling. Using fast movement, they managed to knock out the guard silently. They keep walking silently towards the huge Fortress Wall.


    As they walk carefully, one of the people in the group steps on the hidden invisible rune and activates it. *TING* *TING* *TING* as an rm heard through the whole fortress.


    Hearing this, the cloaked people immediately hurry their step towards the Fortress wall. Suddenly, a huge hammer came blocking them. *BANG* The leader of the group parries the iing hammer with his arm.


    "Sneaky rats!! How dare youe into my Fortress!!" Shouted General Borkins.


    "Tch.. it seems we can''t leave peacefully." said the leader of the group.


    Then, he takes out his hood and reveals a bald man with a crazed smile.


    Looking at the person, the dwarf general immediately recognized him. Suddenly, at this moment, a big fire wyrm appears from above and attacks the ck-cloaked group.


    One of the groups raises his hand and creates a bluish barrier towards the iing Fire Wyrm [3rd circle - Water Barrier]. The bluish barrier instantly holds the attack of Fire Wyrm.


    "Orpus, you dare toe towards this ce?!!" said the Duke Victory who kept controlling the Fire Wyrm.


    "My.. My.. Isn''t it Duke Victory? Thest time we met, you were still a grade-fivebatant. I guess you are bing stronger during my absence. Why don''t you join me?" said the bald man.


    "Stop, your nonsense!! Everyone attacks!!" Command Duke.


    Out of nowhere, the Orpus group already surrounded by the guard and get attacked from all direction. *Bang* *Bang* *Bang* Various projectiles and spells hit the [Water Barrier].


    Soon, the water barrier copsed. As the water barrier copses, the guard begins to sh with the group in closebat. All the guards have the strength of a third-gradebatant with few belonging to a fourth-gradebatant.


    Such a force, giving Orpus group a difficult fight despite their higher grade power. While the group is trying to fend off Orpus and his group. Duke Victory began to cast spells without interruption from the back.


    As for Orpus himself, he is being held by general Borkins in closebat. The strong physical trait of the dwarf managed to keep Orpus''s strength at bay. Moreover, the dwarf also got help from Duke Victory from time to time.


    Looking at the situation, "ire, bombard the Fortress!! Everyone, protect her."mand Orpus towards his subordinate.


    Hearing this the ck-cloaked group huddles up while the woman in the middle casts a huge magic circle in the sky as the others protect her.


    However, at this moment [4th Circle - Inferno] *BOOM* a huge explosion appeared in the middle of the group.


    "Orpus, it seems you forgot that we magicians are specialized at dealing with a group of people at once." chimed Duke Victory coldly.


    The explosion left the unexpected group and knocked most of them. Using the strong wind st, Orpus jump into the fortress wall.


    "Kakaka… Gentleman, this is the day to remember as you almost caught me." said Orpus before going towards the ck Forest.


    Looking at the Orpus running towards ck Forest direction, "Sir, what should we do?" asked one of the guards.


    "Stand down and contact the exterminator squad about this incident. Also, increase the guard be it from the ck Forest or kingdom side. Throw these people into the dungeon until the extermination squad arrives." Duke Victory giving a series ofmands.


    "Yes, Sir." replied the nearby soldier.


    After the guard dispersed and cleaned up the ce, "Jacob, Do you think he will survive inside the forest?" asked the dwarf general.


    "As long as he doesn''t enter the inner area, he will survive with his strength. I hate to say this, but Orpus is strong enough to fight for days." replied Jacob.


    "Hmm… Why did you think he came here anyway?" asked Borkins.


    "That''s also something I don''t know. No one ever could guess the mind of the crazy people, especially the mad monk. He is too unpredictable. The only reason we could catch himst time is that he attacked one of the dukes when there was another duke nearby." exined Jacob.


    "Yeah.. I also heard about that incident. What a truly strong and madd. He even matched my physical strength in our previous bout." said general Borkins.


    After that, the two men back inside the fortress while peacees back to the ck Fortress. Few days after that, the news of Orpus escapes to the Dark Forest reaches the capital city.


    This news makes King Leon frustrated, but he knows how strong Orpus was. So, he couldn''t dispatch his force to hunt them down, especially at the Dark Forest where anything could happen.


    Few months have already passed since Orpus managed to escape to the Dark Forest. Since then, there is no single news about this mad monk. The peace starts back at the Heart Kingdom as the exterminator squad keeps apprehending the escaped prisoner every day.


    As for the fight with the Monster Overlord stilling into a stalemate state. However, the other nations notice that monsters in the other habitat also be more aggressive. Sometimes they alsounched a small attack towards the nearby nation.


    In the meantime, Angus is currently having another ss tournament as the sign of the end of the academy term. After getting divided into specialized sses, the ss tournament is different from before.


    The ss tournament will be like jointbat training where students will be divided equally into groups.


    Angus got into a group which he doesn''t know about each of their members besides Ian. By some coincidence, Angus got into one group with Ian who is famous for being a troublemaker.


    After introducing themself which Angus didn''t bother to hear, they begin to talk about strategies to work as a team.


    The current ss Tournament theme is another battle royal where they will fight in the nearby forest for a certain time. Angus didn''t care about all this stuff and kept silent while nodding with azy expression.


    ''*Yawn* This is getting boring. I should just take a nap at the nearby tree when the fight starts.'' thought Angus inwardly while keeping yawning every few minutes.


    Currently, Angus is not in the mood to have a ss tournament as the experiment of creating Miasma Cure Potion preupied his mind for thest few months.


    He is still trying to search for the ingredient toplement the Elephant Grass as it is too vtile and dangerous to consume alone. Over the past month, he already found a few materials that mayplement it.


    Still, it is in the theoretical process and still not to be tested as the material is hard to procure. Even with the help of the Golden Trade Merchant Guild, Angus requirement material is still hard to procure especially at this economic crisis time.


    ''*Yawn* It is better to fight against monsters than all these kids.'' Thought Angus inwardly.


    The moment the ss tournament started, Angus immediately sneaked away before Ian could react. He didn''t care about the tournament and searched for a suitable tree to rest.


    After hopping on the thick big branch, Angus immediatelyy down on it and waited for the tournament to be done.