Anton Buchanan

The next day, Benjamin met up with Mentor Clark, Viola, Angelo, and his son Cole on schedule.

Without needing any words, they tacitly wielded the elements, transforming into several streaks of light as they flew toward a towering spire deep within the Academy.

Noren Academy No. 1's territory was vast beyond imagination. Rather than an Academy, it was more like a complete miniature world.

Within it stood not only neatly planned clusters of buildings, but also rolling hills, deep basins, surging rivers, and perilous mountain peaks that speared straight into the clouds.

Their destination, Clark's mentor, lived in seclusion atop one of the steepest peaks, within a black tower that pierced the clouds like a sharp sword.

Before they had truly approached the tower, an ancient aura rushed toward them.

The first thing that entered their sight was the enormous beasts lying or standing in the open ground outside the tower.

They came in all shapes and forms. Some were covered in heavy rock carapaces, while others were wreathed in destructive lightning. The energy fluctuations radiating from every one of them had reached the terrifying Level 6!

These beings, which could bring calamity to any plane and were known as "natural disasters," now wandered leisurely among the foothills like tamed pets, merely lifting their eyelids lazily as Benjamin and the others passed by.

After passing through the tower's base gate, guarded by an invisible force field, the sight before them left Benjamin dazed for a moment. He nearly thought he had triggered some random teleportation array.

Beyond the gate was not the interior structure of a tower as they had expected, but a boundless expanse of grassland!

A light breeze swept past, sending waves through the grass and carrying the fragrance of earth and fresh greenery.

In the sky hung