STRIKER: Independent Beast Tamer

Wilderness:

After the settlement of shock and nervousness, the time came for them to leave.

”We are leaving right now. Follow your instructors,” Elder Derek said to everyone.

Hearing that, everyone sighed in relief. Finally, they were going to leave. They didn’t want to be attacked by another horde of Tier-4 beasts.

After the beast invasion, this was the first time for the university students to come across such an attack, so they were more than happy to leave.

Time passed.

Everyone was quietly following their instructors, while the protectors moved at the front and back to protect them.

Betsy and Daniel were walking side by side with Jeremy Night. They were chatting and laughing, but Jeremy Night was quite worried in his heart.

He knew the beast attack was not a coincidence. It was man-made. Not only with the black snake attack but also with the Wild Green-Eyed Cats’ attack.

The Black Hawk was involved. He was sure that the Black Hawk was someone’s lifeline beast, carrying out the orders of the contractor.

Jeremy wondered who the beast tamer might be.

No one dared to target the university students. Most of the students came from well-off families based in City A, which left the possibility of someone targeting the university as a whole.

Instead, he thought that someone might be targeting him. His own words sounded absurd to him, but as he began to think carefully, he considered the possibility.

It was just hard to believe that those who were targeting him were also ready to sacrifice the university students.

That was unacceptable to him. He doubted the beast-taming families had the guts to do that. It could be either someone from Goldcorp’s organization or an unknown enemy.

But whoever it was, they were running out of time because he was going to leave the 14th zone soon.

While they were returning, they didn’t know that a black hawk had seen the scene before leaving.

At that moment, Elder Derek suddenly turned around and looked in that direction. He saw the flying hawk as well but thought there must be mercenary teams nearby.

So he ignored it. However, if he had been present during the Wicked Green-Eyed Cats’ attack, he would have recognized the black hawk. Unfortunately, he missed the big clue.

A few minutes later,

The mercenaries received the news from the black hawk as well. They were disappointed with the news. They were shocked to learn there were no casualties.

The protectors and the instructors were able to kill all the beasts in a short time. They just didn’t know that their target, Jeremy Night, had slain two Tier-4 beasts.

The mercenaries had already accepted payment for the job earlier, but they failed to complete the job in the end.

The university group was close to exiting the inner part of the wilderness. It was difficult for them to come up with another plan at that moment.

Unfortunately, they could only wait for the employer’s response after going back.

Time passed.

A few hours later, the university group returned to the city gate. Everyone felt the big stone lift from their hearts.

They had been under possible threats just a few minutes ago, but now they were back in the city. Everyone felt safe.

The students couldn’t wait to return to the university to contact their families. The local students wanted to go back to their families first.

They couldn’t wait to share their shocking experience with them.

It didn’t take long for them to enter the city. Then everyone started to return to the university in flying cars.

About 20 minutes later,

The university students successfully returned to the campus. The department instructors once again took attendance.

After confirming that everyone was present, they sighed in relief. They were so close to having casualties.

”Those who have homes here in the city can leave and take two days off. The rest of you can also take two days off and rest in the university dorms. You guys aren’t allowed to leave the city,” Elder Derek said in a serious tone.

Hearing that, the first-year students heaved a sigh of relief. After the difficult experience, everyone was thinking about home.

A few minutes later,

The day scholars departed, while the others returned to their respective dorms. The department instructors had a hard day as well after the serious battle.

They returned to their respective quarters as well.

Only Elder Derek and the protectors were left. They decided to meet Dean Carolyn to report.

Soon, they reached her office.

Dean Carolyn was already awaiting their return. She allowed them to enter the office and then asked everyone to take a seat.

”So, how did it go?” the old lady Carolyn asked.

She was expecting a good number of students to have achieved their first kill from all ten departments.

The protectors looked at each other’s faces.

Elder Derek decided to speak.

He said, ”Everything went well. We achieved our objective. Many students got their first kill. Students from all departments participated in the battle.”

”The department representatives took charge as well. But there was an incident in between,” Derek added.

Hearing that, old lady Carolyn became serious.

She asked, ”What happened?”

Derek then started to tell her about the Tier-4 and Tier-5 beasts’ attack and mentioned Jeremy Night’s performance. The kid surprised and shocked everyone.

A few minutes later,

Her eyes flashed with a gleam. She wondered whether it was a coincidence or not. Then she thought about Elder Derek and the other protectors.

If there was another issue, they would have found it, so she pushed those thoughts down.

She then thought of Jeremy Night. A small smile appeared on her face.

”Now, everyone would have understood that the kid was not bluffing when he put forth those conditions. He can really graduate earlier,” she said with a smile.

Derek and the other protectors nodded in agreement. They themselves were surprised.

Such news can only be heard from the top 10 zones. But that kid Jeremy Night had done it here.

Everyone is feeling proud of him. It’s just that Dean Carolyn sighs in her heart. She had submitted Jeremy Night’s name to the genius list, but his profile got rejected.