Game Invasion Era: Rise from Binding the Goblin King!-Chapter 141: Leaving the Secret Realm, Suspect in Mind
"Bloodvine ancient tree seed?" George was confused. He didn’t know what that was.
Lilia nodded and explained, "But this Bloodvine ancient tree seed is extremely rare. Only ancient trees over a thousand years old can form it, and after the seed forms, the ancient tree will die."
"Are you saying that the Bloodmist we saw earlier was caused by the Bloodvine ancient tree seed?" George frowned.
This secret realm didn’t fit the conditions for forming Bloodmist. The only reasonable explanation was the Bloodvine ancient tree seed.
But according to Lilia, the appearance of the Bloodvine ancient tree seed was even more difficult than the natural conditions for Bloodmist. The Beast King Secret Realm couldn’t just randomly have a Bloodvine ancient tree seed.
Someone did this on purpose!
He suddenly realized something. The students who entered the secret realm were all top talents. It wasn’t an exaggeration to say they were the future of the Human Federation.
This was a big deal. George found Ares, who was keeping order, and told him briefly about the Bloodvine ancient tree seed.
"Demon race has infiltrated this deep?" Ares looked upset. He agreed with George’s guess.
"Let’s keep this quiet for now. The most important thing is to fix the teleportation array and get the remaining students out of here," Ares said seriously.
George hesitated for a moment, then didn’t say more. He looked at the students who were pale and being checked, and asked quietly, "How many were hurt this time?"
"Ahh," Ares sighed heavily, "over 17,000 students took the test. More than 2,000 are dead or missing. The worst part is that over 7,000 were injured. I had Lilia check them, and all the injured were infected with Blood Poison. Most of the injuries couldn’t be treated."
"So many..." George didn’t know what to say. Blood Poison was always deadly. This loss was worse than the College Entrance Exam Secret Realm.
Everyone was busy, taking care of the injured and repairing the teleportation array.
Soon, the teleportation array was fixed, but only the one leading to the Obsidian Academy was repaired.
Lilia checked each student again, making sure none were infected with Blood Poison. Then she let them go through the teleportation array and leave the secret realm.
Everyone looked completely drained. They were no longer full of confidence like they were at the beginning.
George and his group followed the group and left through the teleportation array.
At the academy’s playground, a lot of soldiers were gathered.
As soon as the group appeared, they were stopped by soldiers.
They must have already heard about the secret realm and acted quickly.
"You’re George, right? Come with us," a group of soldiers walked over, their tone not friendly.
"Azure Dragon Guardian!"
Liam recognized their identity and stepped in front of George, frowning. "What do you want with George?"
He knew the Azure Dragon Guardian’s methods. They were in charge of keeping order in the Sovereign City, and they were ruthless and quick to act.
"It’s none of your business," the middle-aged leader said coldly, a faint evil energy flowing around him.
"You..."
Liam wanted to say more, but George cut him off. He said, "I’ll go with you."
He signaled the others not to worry, and followed the Azure Dragon Guardian to an office.
There were already many people there. It looked like teachers from different schools, talking loudly and arguing.
George walked in, and the loud noise stopped immediately. Everyone’s eyes turned to him.
Ares was also there. Next to him was an old man in white robes, sharp and intelligent.
The moment George saw him, he felt this person was even more terrifying than Ares.
James.
George guessed who the old man in white was — the headmaster of the Obsidian Academy, the head of the Ministry of Education, and the War God, James.
"Kid, tell the truth. Was this Bloodmist your doing?" A middle-aged man glared at him, looking angry and demanding.
George frowned. Before he could speak, Ares said coldly, "Elias, George is one of my people from the Obsidian Academy. You don’t get to insult him like that."
"Hmph, you said it yourself — this Bloodmist came from the 60-level monster area. And only he went in there," Elias said angrily.
He was the headmaster of the Mundus Academy, and this time, their students had suffered the worst losses in the new student test.
"Actually, there was another person who entered the 60-level monster area," an old man frowned and spoke up. He remembered the arrogant young man who had shown no respect.
The old man looked at the head of the Mirror Academy.
The man understood. Everyone knew about it, and it couldn’t be hidden. He quickly said, "Yes, it was one of my students from the Mirror Academy. His name was Kent. But he hasn’t shown up. Maybe he was killed."
"So you’re saying your Mirror Academy students were working with the demon race and let out the Bloodmist?" Elias turned his eyes on the man, like a mad dog.
"Don’t talk nonsense," the head of the Mirror Academy said coldly, not wanting to respond.
"Enough," James said, interrupting the argument. Everyone stopped immediately.
James turned to George and smiled gently. "George, don’t be afraid. Tell us everything that happened when you were in the 60-level monster area."
George nodded and didn’t hide anything. He told them everything he had found about the Bloodmist.
"So you never saw Kent at all?" someone asked suspiciously.
George shook his head. He really hadn’t seen Kent, and he didn’t know the boy had followed him into the 60-level monster area.
But he had a feeling that the Bloodmist was connected to Kent.
He just had no proof, so he didn’t say anything.
People started arguing again. The suspected people were still George and Kent.
After all, the Bloodmist came from the 60-level mist area, and only the two of them had entered the monster area.
"Then what about the teachers who were in charge of the 60-level monster area? They also have a responsibility?" Suddenly someone said, and the two teachers turned angry.
They were the ones responsible for the safety of the 60-level monster area.
"Enough," James said impatiently, stopping the argument. He spoke seriously. "This matter will be investigated by the Azure Dragon Guardian. I hope all the schools will cooperate."
Everyone looked unhappy. They all knew how strong the Azure Dragon Guardian was, but they dared not oppose them.
Whoever opposed them would be the most suspicious.
"Ares, sir, is there anything else? Can I leave now?" George didn’t want to get involved, so he asked.
Ares nodded and warned, "George, stay at the villa for a few days. Don’t go anywhere."
"Yes," George bowed to everyone and turned to leave.
The office was filled with more shouting. He didn’t care about it.
On the playground, many students were being held. These were the injured ones.
Other students, who weren’t infected with Blood Poison, had already left.
George found Lily and the others and went back to the villa.
As for Lilia, she stayed behind.
George felt a little sorry. She would have to work hard for the next few days.
Everyone in the office left, leaving only James and Ares behind.
The room was silent.
After a while, James spoke. "What do you think about this?"
Ares said quietly, "Anderson!"
James wasn’t surprised. "Tell me your reasons."
"Maybe he got infected with Blood Poison. In recent years, his movements have been suspicious. Also, that Kent is from the Temple Guild. He was admitted by Anderson in a special way."
Ares wasn’t 100% sure, but he felt this was definitely connected to Anderson.
James frowned and thought, but didn’t say anything.
Ares hesitated, then said, "Should we have the Azure Dragon Guardian check him more closely?"
"No use," James shook his head. "Anderson is also a War God. The Azure Dragon Guardian won’t find anything, and won’t be able to threaten him. It might even scare him off."
He took a deep breath and said, "Since both of us think this is connected to Anderson, that’s enough."
"Are we going to take action against Anderson?" Ares was surprised. "James, he might be infected with Blood Poison. His strength could be much higher. Even we two might not be a match for him."
"Who said we’re the only ones? I already called a few others. The Human Federation is in trouble these days. Some people are thinking bad thoughts. Whether or not Anderson has joined the demon race, this is a good chance to stop them." James clearly had already started making plans.
Ares didn’t say more. He agreed with the plan.
James took out a jade box from the drawer and said, "This is the reward for George. You can give it to him when you have time."
"A reward?" Ares took it and opened it curiously. Inside was a small piece of pale purple crystal.
"Divine Crystal!" He gasped and asked, "Is this a reward from the secret realm, or an extra reward for George?"
"It’s a secret realm reward. It’s also an extra one," James said with a sigh. "It’s hard to get. This is the last one left."
"Okay," Ares carefully took it. In this secret realm test, no matter what happened, George was still the top. Getting a Divine Crystal was normal.
"Let me know when everything is ready," Ares said before leaving the office.
...
At the villa, George was bored, playing with his phone and checking what had been happening in the Sovereign City recently.
But the news about the Bloodmist in the secret realm hadn’t spread. It was clear that the news was being controlled.
"Can’t stay in the villa forever. I need to level up as fast as possible. At least get Elise and the others to level 60," George said quietly to himself. He was still thinking about the Black Stone Secret Realm.
Inside the yard, there was a sound of hammering. Eliex was busy forging weapons.
Constantine and the others had returned to the Abyss Secret Realm to hunt monsters and gain experience.
But to raise all of them to level 60, they needed over a hundred billion experience points. That was impossible to reach in a short time.
George also wanted to go into the Abyss Secret Realm to hunt monsters. With the demon mark, his efficiency would be much higher.
