Chapter 202: Griffin’s Real Name

Chapter 202: Chapter 202: Griffin’s Real Name

The three-day banquet passed quickly. On the fourth day, Jeremy’s group returned to the academy, continuing their training according to Griffin’s instructions.

Speaking of which, Griffin also attended this New Year’s banquet, but he only showed his face on the third day when the banquet was about to end.

His attitude was lazy, even displaying undisguised arrogance, yet all the nobles, and even the royal family members in the banquet hall, showed not the slightest displeasure.

Throughout the entire process, everyone greeted him with smiles.

After all, this time Griffin didn’t attend in his capacity as a normal academy instructor, nor under this temporarily borrowed identity of Griffin Hellman.

Instead, he represented his family, attending as the Young Master of the Monovis family [Humidith Rhine Monovis] - a hidden ancient clan that had existed for a long time and was even more powerful than the empire.

But Griffin didn’t seem to like others calling him by the name Humidith either. Once everyone realized this, they curried favor by avoiding calling that name.

Naturally, Jeremy’s group didn’t need to pay attention to this.

Because whether it was Griffin or Humidith, they weren’t bold enough to directly call that evil jellyfish-head by his real name to his face.

Otherwise, the consequences went without saying...

After the three-day New Year holiday, Jeremy’s group returned to the academy, continuing their special training under Griffin’s instructions.

During this time, Phoenix submitted an application to suspend his studies, clearly explaining the reason.

Griffin didn’t say anything, signing the approval paper for him.

One day before the second semester of the second year began, Phoenix left the academy, heading to the Eastern Ducal family.

Missing one member, although a bit unaccustomed to it, everything still continued on.

However, after the midterm exams, Griffin requested Leon and Lucius to also suspend their studies to go complete their family inheritances.

In Griffin’s dictionary, the word ’negotiation’ never existed. Once he made a request, it was a unilateral decision.

Lucius and Leon weren’t very willing, but ultimately still went.

As for Evelyn, who had already awakened, and Jeremy, who hadn’t reached the twenty-one years of age required for awakening, they were brought by Griffin to the Dead Land to undergo various types of special training.

Training day after day had become a daily routine, so the two didn’t have any overly special feelings.

Leon, Lucius, and Phoenix didn’t have an exact return date. Initially, Jeremy thought they would finish before this semester concluded, but even when the second year completely ended, there was still no news of the three.

To be honest, worrying was inevitable, but reality didn’t give Jeremy too much time to think.

Along with the end of the second year, Jeremy also welcomed his twenty-first birthday.

He declined his parents’ suggestion to celebrate his birthday, having submitted a leave of absence application in advance, choosing exactly his birthday to go to the family’s forbidden land to participate in the inheritance trial.

In the past few months, Evelyn’s cultivation progress after her awakening had far surpassed his. Evelyn successfully reached tier three, seven-star, and was breaking through to eight-star, only one step away from tier four.

While he had currently only just reached tier three; the gap was being stretched very far.

Although he worried about the other three, he didn’t believe they would fail.

Therefore, to not become a burden dragging down the team’s progress, as the captain, he also had to exert all his effort, trying his utmost to catch up with everyone’s pace.

Evelyn had proactively mentioned the process of her inheritance trial after neutralizing the innate bloodline seal.

It only took her a few short days to complete the entire process. However, even though the second Mark awakening was successful, the matters related to the inheritance weren’t thoroughly completed yet.

Previously she had only completed half; the condition to continue the remaining part of the test was exactly like the Mermaid Emperor’s test - one must reach tier four to be qualified.

After Jeremy left the academy, Evelyn also began to exert all her effort to rush toward the tier four realm, preparing to truly complete the family’s entire test before their teammates returned.

To stop the dark forces... no, to stop the magical beasts in the Dead Land from descending upon the Sylvanor continent and destroying their homeland after evolving, not only Squad 659, but all mages carrying justice and light in their hearts across the continent, and even ordinary people unable to cultivate, were striving for it.

The strength of a mayfly is as minuscule as a speck of dust, but gathered together, it can also overturn heaven and earth.

Let alone this being a group of people with intellect surpassing all things, bearing the blessings of the gods.

Although hearing the magical beasts would evolve into destroyers made the continent’s people anxious and fearful. But all mages heading toward the light and ordinary citizens believed that, when darkness descends, with ten thousand people united in one heart, they can definitely protect their homeland.

Other races had also stopped their disputes. The upper echelons began gathering frequently to discuss countermeasures.

What surprised everyone even more was that even among the Demon race, a Palace Master proactively spoke up, opposing the magical beasts in the Dead Land descending upon the Sylvanor continent, while also opposing the Demon race continuing to research mutated magical beasts.

What they desired was for the Demon race to rule the world, not to be ruled by an invasive alien species.

Rumor had it this Palace Master even had the intention of rebelling, replacing the reigning Demon King, but unfortunately failed.

However, having a precedent, more and more demons realized this disaster was of a destructive nature, thereby beginning to take rebellious actions.

This incident also plunged the Demon race into a state of turmoil. Although suppressed by force, during this period, a faction of demons also transmitted no small amount of useful information to the human race, helping the human race better grasp the secret research bases of the Demon race, destroying many underground laboratories jointly managed by the evil cult and the Demon race.

Aside from a foolish faction, the absolute majority of living beings on the Sylvanor continent were striving to stop the disaster from destroying their homeland...