Absolute Beast Dominion - Chapter 302: Territory Tier Upgrade And New ’Recruits’ Plans - 4 [Bonus 1/4]

Chapter 302: Territory Tier Upgrade And New ’Recruits’ Plans – 4 [Bonus 1/4]

A/N: Bonus Chapter for the supergift, ’Spacecraft’ given by [GrimReapen]

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Chapter 302: Territory Tier Upgrade And New ’Recruits’ Plans – 4 [Bonus 1/4]

Leo completely dismissed the thought that the freshers could demolish his territory. As a matter of fact, the druid alone would be enough to handle most of them with his clever traps and python summon.

As for the other top-10 students, Leo unconsciously cracked his knuckles, a grin spreading across his face.

“If they attack, they are in for a good lesson,” he said.

There were Leon and Lily to defend the territory too. And this time, Leo would unleash his beasts as well. Every single one of them could take on 2 of the top-10 students’ beasts. It would be a breeze.

“And what’s the reward for successfully defending my territory?” he asked.

“A whole minor rank up, even if you don’t have any infrastructure built,” Layla replied.

But Leo still couldn’t figure out something. It was one thing for him to defend, since he was overpowered. But what about the 11th-ranked student’s territory? Cecil surely wouldn’t be able to defeat all the lower-ranked students together.

As if sensing Leo’s thoughts, Layla continued,

“This bounty is meant to build cooperation among same-tier students. You are not supposed to defend your territory alone. Form connections, build alliances, and then defend your territory. This builds momentum and guarantees a trusted circle of companions you can depend on in moments of crisis after you graduate from the academy.”

Leo nodded, understanding the reason. It was completely useless to him.

“But whatever you said, it still doesn’t answer why I cannot build a teleportation array. Wouldn’t having an array make it much easier to defend my territory?” he asked.

“Oh! I am sorry!” she said, realizing she had sidetracked again.

Layla, focus! Why are you fumbling when you are talking with such an important figure!? she scolded herself internally before continuing.

“It’s exactly as you stated. It makes it easier to defend your territory. If you have an established teleportation array during this period, you can simply return every time you get defeated. It makes it unfair to those with much less credit, who cannot build teleportation arrays. This bounty is meant to test your determination in leading a territory, thus the limitation.”

Leo nodded slowly.

Indeed, it would be one-sided if rich people like me could literally respawn. It really would be one-sided.

He imagined it—hundreds of people narrowly managing to defeat him, only for him to reappear the very next second, fully restored, ready to make hell lose again.

Yeah… that’s unfair.

But then he caught the main issue.

“Wait! When will the bounty occur?” he asked quickly.

“Eh? I don’t know. Anytime before the 30-day period ends… It will be a one-day bounty with 1 day’s prior notice. But this is the only bounty that has prior notice. The ones after this—if you successfully defend your territory—will be surprise bounties,” she explained.

Leo nodded. That meant he still had some time to prepare.

With that, he called Brok and prepared to depart, with a total spending of 2,455,000 AC. Once again, Layla earned 12,275 AC in commission. Other receptionists watched her with envious eyes, and a certain blonde was practically crying tears of blood.

In these 10 days, his total spending had reached 3,855,000 AC, reducing his balance from 15.45 million AC to 11.6 million AC. And with his beasts consuming so much, he doubted it would last very long.

Not to mention, Howl didn’t require anything to be maintained, and even Niri required very little maintenance. Only Shyra and Nyxa were major contributors to the expenses and it amounted to this much.

“FUCK! Maintaining just 4 beasts is so expensive! Will I ever be able to support my future beasts?” he groaned, wind rushing past his ears as he flew back to the territory on Brok’s Skyrend Eagle.

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—Leo’s Territory—

“So our territory will be attacked within these 27 days?” Lily repeated, astonishment on her face.

“Yes, and I plan to fortify the territory with higher and thicker walls. I will also instruct Bigfoot to lay traps around the territory,” Leo said.

Leo was sitting in a circle with Leon, Lily, and Miho. Miho served berries from Bigfoot Grove on plates as light snacks, their faint sweetness lingering in the air.

Currently, Leon was taking a break after saturating his body by absorbing the stat-boosting treasures.

His expression turned contemplative.

“I think we need more people to defend, other than just us,” he suggested.

“Huh? Why so? Once I tame the hydra, all our problems will be solved. I think, at minimum, it will come out as a mid-4-star beast,” Lily countered.

“That’s the problem. I will say it again—refrain from exposing your true abilities till the inter-academy competition,” Leon said.

“I can bet there are many spies from different academies who have admitted themselves as students of Aurelius Beast Academy. And yes, our academy must have done the same. It’s one thing that the winning team of the inter-academy gets tremendous rewards, but it also benefits the academy greatly. So be prepared to get countered in the competition if you reveal your cards now,” he explained patiently.

“But shouldn’t a single one of us be enough to defend the beacon for a whole day?” Leo asked.

“Not when other top-10 students participate in the bounty. You need to be extra careful of that Uraan guy. I have seen that spark of fire in his eyes. And the fact that prosperity points are the only way you can get a royal beast—he will do anything just to gather even 1 extra point. Especially that beast of his.”

“What you saw in the competition was just 40% of the falcon’s capabilities. Its main strength is its superfast aerial speed strikes, but the arena’s range was short, limiting its charge time. Now think about it—what happens if that falcon gets a distance of 50 kilometres to speed up before hitting the territory?” Leon let the implication hang.

Hearing that, Leo fell into contemplation. That much speed could one-shot even him if he wasn’t careful.

“So what do you suggest?” Leo asked.

“Let’s bring in some captured combat slaves,” Leon stated.

“…”