Leo, however, saw no emotional fluctuation on their faces.
Excitement, despair, unwavering determination, courage...
None of these exist.
On the contrary, it was cold.
expressionless and cold.
They charged and attacked relentlessly, like the dead, following a pre-programmed sequence. Whenever a wizard appeared in their field of vision, their powers would be activated, and they would attack the wizard.
Just like before the spatial passage, when Leo appeared, the Tiger Beastmen shouted and attacked; when Leo disappeared, they stood still.
Leo also remembered something else: it seemed that all the shouts on the battlefield came from those at level one or above, while these low-level Tiger Beastmen remained eerily silent.
Recalling what I saw in front of the spatial passage, it seemed exactly the same as these Tiger Beastmen in front of me, all of them seemingly pre-programmed to be different levels.
It's eerie, as if an invisible giant hand is manipulating all the Tiger Beastmen like chess pieces!
The dark cloud of conspiracy hanging over the Tiger World grows ever larger; the more one sees, the more doubts arise...
On his very first day in the Tiger World, Leo was filled with questions. Looking at Alice in the sky, Leo lightly touched the ground and instantly appeared beside Alice.
As he flew away with Alice, Leo looked back at the battlefield where they had just been. Those low-level Tiger Beastmen were actually moving slowly towards them on the ground.
Their unwavering fighting spirit seemed determined to kill Leo Leo and Alice, but they were too slow to catch up with Alice.
Where are we going now?
Leo asked Alice.
"Go to my next hidden hideout; it'll be safe for the next three years," Alice said.
"By the way, where's Benji? Wasn't he supposed to be here too?"
Alice looked at Leo and Yaoyao and asked about Benji, since Leo used to be inseparable from Benji.
"Oh, Benji flies too slowly; it would take several days to get here. Leo was worried about your safety, so she couldn't wait and came first."
Before Leo could even speak, Yaoyao immediately revealed all of Leo's secrets.
After Yaoyao finished speaking, the two who had just returned to normal were instantly plunged into an awkward atmosphere again.
" Benji's level three aura is too strong. I'm afraid it will cause unnecessary trouble, so we'll separate. He'll come looking for me."
In the awkward atmosphere, Leo offered a lame excuse.
"Yes, it would be troublesome if we attracted the attention of those level three Tiger Beastmen." Alice smiled faintly to hide the obvious blush on her face and agreed.
"How did you get in? Did the teacher let you in? What's the situation outside?"
Having been out of contact with the Wizard World for twenty years, Alice was eager to know what was happening outside. Now that only Leo had come in, she had a bad feeling.
"The situation at the Purple Flame Academy is dire. There's been no news of the Purple Flame Stigmata Wizard, and Alexander can't be reached either. Furthermore, while you were trapped in the Tiger World, Black Skull Academy once again invaded the areas under the academy's control, plundering a large number of people..."
Leo rattled off all the outside information he knew to Alice.
In conclusion, there is still no news about the Purple Flame Stigmata Wizard. The Purple Flame Academy is currently in a state of chaos, beset by internal and external troubles. Not only is it unable to rescue them, but it also hopes that Leo can rescue them and then stop the invasion of the Black Skull Academy.
Leo came this time carrying Alexander's greatest hopes.
Leo also briefly explained his situation; otherwise, no one would believe that a First-Level Wizard could rescue them.
So you... you've been promoted to level two?
"And during the last expedition to the large world, I also obtained a First-Class Wizard Medal and a Third-Class Wizard Medal?"
Alice stared wide-eyed at Leo, her bright white eyes filled with shock and admiration at Leo achievement.
"Yes, during the expedition to the Giant World, it just so happened that the God of Giants joined the Wizard Alliance, which earned me First-Class Wizard Medal. Luck played a bigger part in it."
Leo casually explained the First-Class Wizard Medal he received, as if it were a task that anyone could accomplish.
But for Alice, who has never obtained a Wizard's Medal so far, or even seen a trace of a Wizard's Medal quest, Leo's simple sentence must contain unimaginable difficulties.
The criteria for awarding wizard medals by the Wizard Consciousness are extremely rigorous. Leo's achievements today mean that he possesses the corresponding strength.
I may never be able to keep up with you.
Alice showed no frustration or disappointment, as if she were stating a fact that had nothing to do with her own life.
These words left Leo momentarily speechless...
"What's the big deal? We're not distinguishing between each other; your business is our business."
Just as the atmosphere was about to become awkward again, Yaoyao patted her chest with her little paws and took full responsibility for Alice.
"Thank you then." Alice smiled slightly, like a white lotus blooming in the mud, which suddenly stirred Leo's quiet heart.
After flying for three days, Alice stopped halfway up a mountain where there was a narrow cave entrance.
Leo looked at the location of the cave, as if his thoughts were taken back to the apprentice competition. He and Alice had also found a cave like this, hiding inside to study and experiment. It was during that time that Leo's path to becoming Elemental Body Refinement Wizard was determined.
In the blink of an eye, this happened more than two hundred years ago.
"This is a location I discovered by chance three years ago. It's well-hidden, and those Tiger Beastmen can't find it. It's a safe place for the next three years; you can rest peacefully for three years."
What do you mean by this three years?
"Although I've only just Tiger World, it's strangely eerie everywhere. You've been here for twenty years, what discoveries have you made?"
"And what exactly did you mean by discovering the same death as Professor Gru?"
Having just settled in, Leo immediately bombarded him with a series of questions. Although he was only prepared to save Alice, Leo would do his best to completely resolve the rebellion in the Tiger World and rescue all the wizards.
If I had to rank my missions in the Tiger World, the first would naturally be rescuing Alice, and the second would be finding out the truth behind Gru's death.
As for the tasks that follow, well, that's up to him. He can do as much as he can, and it doesn't matter if he can't do it all. After all, Alexander has already promised him that regardless of success or failure, she will give him a thousand kilograms of the Earth's Planetary Core.
If the situation isn't too difficult, you can definitely give it a try.
"It all started when I accepted Alexander's mission to enter the Tiger World."
"It was Vice Dean Yanis who applied for the Fire Elemental Spirit army to quell the rebellion, and that's how I was teleported in."
"Upon entering, they discovered they couldn't open the teacher's demiplane, making it impossible to summon the army of Fire Elemental Spirit. At that moment, the so-called suppression of the rebellion was out of the question."
"When we tried to return through the spatial channel, we discovered that the channel had been altered by high-level energy, making teleportation impossible. We also couldn't send messages back."
"Faced with the onslaught of Tiger Beastmen army, we can only scatter and flee, awaiting the academy's rescue..."
Alice talked for an entire day, and even handed Leo a wizard's notebook containing information she had gathered in the Tiger World.
It contains Alice's analysis and discoveries about the entire Tiger World.
Leo's brain processed Alice's information, while his eyes quickly scanned the contents of the wizard's notebook.
"Therefore, it is certain that the Tiger World has been invaded by a higher life form from another world. This life form forcibly altered the thoughts and strength of the Tiger Beastmen, increasing their strength by more than 70% in a very short period of time, almost doubling it."
"This is why so many Level 1 and Level 2 Tiger Beastmen have appeared in just thirty years."
"Furthermore, when these Tiger Beastmen die, their souls dissipate instantly, unlike the slow dissipation of a normal death."
"In other words, Tiger Beastmen gained an opportunity to increase his power at the cost of his own soul."
"Successful advancement will allow you to enter Level 1, while failure will severely damage your soul, turning you into a dull, idiotic being capable only of executing foolish commands."
"Vice Dean Yanis visited the main city of the Tiger Beastmen and saw a huge altar, but he was scared away by dozens of Tiger Beastmen with level three auras before he could even get close."
"According to Vice Dean Yanis, he sensed an aura even stronger than the Dean's from these Level 3 Tiger Beastmen; it was the aura of peak Level 3 strength."
"According to Vice Dean Yanis's speculation, the alien life form that descended could infinitely enhance the strength of level three creatures, pushing them close to their life limits."
"This is an incredibly terrifying ability, the limit of a level three life form. Even among us wizards, very few can reach it."
Leo summarized after reviewing all the intelligence.
"That's right, Vice Dean Yanis's guess is that as long as that alien life form that has descended can be killed, there's a high chance that the Tiger World and the Wizard World will be reconnected."
"He is the mastermind behind everything, the watcher in the shadows."
"We attempted a surprise attack once, but it failed. We didn't even see the otherworldly creature before being blocked by the Tiger Beastmen on the outer perimeter."
"If you hadn't given me five atomic bombs before, we probably would have suffered heavy losses that time."