23 Hundred Thousand Beast Fores (2/2)

In reality, the number of animals hidden in that hill could amount to millions however the teachers tended to not mention that last part.

Because of the large amount of species there would have to be some way to whittle down the number of beasts.

If this competition was not held then these creatures would have to start raiding human countries to fit their population's increase

Leonard joined Dean on the trip however that was only in name.

There were a few reasons that Dean invited Leonard with one of them being friends.

A few others was that with another person, the trip would be overall more safe when traversing the area.

Other humans and creatures would be awake at night for various reasons such as being nocturnal while Dean couldn't stay awake for the whole trip since he was only human.

Leonard had some areas that were equal to Dean meaning that he was trustworthy with strength to back up that statement.

Setting up a routine where one person can sleep while the other guards would be a common tactic when in a group and if Leonard wanted more Beast Cores then he can fight for himself.

The ideal plan that lured Leonard was that Dean would fight Beasts while he could dismantle their body for any useful items.

If worse come to worst then they could fight a Beast 2v1 or run away.

The last reason was that Leonard wanted to collect herbs and plants.

Hundred Thousand Beast Forest would naturally have a large amount of resources to cover the beasts that were omnivores and herbivores.

For carnivores, this hill was a goldmine with their only worry being any high level Beasts.

Leonard knew that Dean had his own space tool that allowed him to store items but out of worry took his [Space Ring] just in case.

Dreading the life that he was about to return to, Dean made sure to bring a few things that he regretted not bringing last time he went into a forest.

Seasonings

The bland meat that he ate was boring once he had to eat it everyday for 4 years.

This time he would be prepared and brought thyme, paprika, pepper, salt, etc

He left the vegetables to Leonard as he expected him to be quite well versed with vegetations that were edible and those that were not poisonous.

Expecting this competition, Dean had already planned to get a new weapon instead of a branch.

Leonard was well known for coming from a good Clan that allowed him to have special connections with a range of people.

Knowing this, Dean gave him a few metal bars and asked him to get a blacksmith that would create a weapon for him. The pay was enough metal for a sword since Leonard was quite adept at his swordsmanship.

Whatever the blacksmith could create, Dean would accept without hesitation.

The metal bars were of course from his master's cove and Leonard was surprised that Dean still had such precious metals.

With preparation in hand there was one last thing Dean wanted to get.

In the case that human greed over took a person's sanity that caused them to attack Dean then of course death would be the repercussion.

Buying a pair of masks, veils and bamboo hats, the preparation was done.

They would only be worn when killing a person and taken off when hunting.

If Dean wanted to become well known then he had to become well known under his own name.

Magic was weird in the fact that it was too amazing.

Under the Conjuring branch of magic there was a special Spell that could only be learnt by high leveled mages that only few could learn.

Venture - Cast a mark on an individual that records the last 5 minutes of their time before death.

Spending all that time in the library ad paid off with this knowledge.

As long as Dean prolonged a fight for longer than 5 minutes then everything would be fine without offending anybody.

The chance for revenge was inching closer and closer causing Dean to feel a sense of excitement and nervousness.

Doubt would rupture his thoughts but would quickly dissipate under Dean's resolve.