Chapter 20: When Mutant Beasts Strike, You Better Hide Beside That Glorious Golden Dragon
“Alert! Alert! Twenty-five Level 5 Exotic Beasts have broken through the back gate of the school and infiltrated the campus. All units, be on high alert!”
The piercing siren blared three times, sharp and unrelenting, ensuring every student and security personnel within the Royal Military Academy could hear it loud and clear.
The academy’s top brass were drenched in cold sweat, too flustered to wipe it away as they turned urgently to Chong Ming. “Your Highness, Level 5 Exotic Beasts have entered the campus in large numbers. It’s far too dangerous. Please, allow us to escort you to the internal shelter. We will ensure your safety with everything we’ve got.”
How could the rear gate’s defenses be breached at a time like this? It had been reinforced and checked repeatedly. How could this still happen?
If anything happened to His Highness within their academy, even if they crushed their old bones into dust, they still wouldn’t be able to atone.
But Chong Ming’s voice was low and forceful, leaving no room for debate. “Principal Wu, asking me to go to the shelter—is that your way of telling me the esteemed Royal Military Academy can’t even handle twenty-five Level 5 Exotic Beasts?”
Principal Wu bent so low he might as well have folded in half. “That’s not what I meant, Your Highness—”
“Cut the crap. We fight. That’s it!” Sui Xuan Chu barked, slicing off Principal Wu’s words. He spun to the other students. “All Supernatural Ability users above S Rank, follow me. Let’s wipe these beasts out.”
The students summoned to welcome His Highness were all department Chiefs, every one of them above S Rank in Supernatural Ability. Twenty-five Level 5 Exotic Beasts? To these fiery youths, that was practically a red carpet laid out for them to impress their Idol Male God.
At Sui Xuan Chu’s command, a hundred voices answered back, hot-blooded and raring to go. “Yeah! Just twenty-five Level 5 Exotic Beasts. Don’t worry, Your Highness. We’ll take them down right now.”
“You don’t need to go to the shelter. Just wait here—we’ll drag the beasts’ corpses to your feet.”
“Move out! Protect His Highness! Protect all school property! Kill every last one of those Exotic Beasts!”
Every student above S Rank and even those A Rank and up rallied without hesitation, surging after Sui Xuan Chu like a blazing spring light that was too brilliant to look at directly.
“Where do you think you’re going?” Jiang Tea Tea yanked Big Yellow Strong by the collar just as he tried to dash after them. “You don’t even have a Supernatural Ability. You’ll only slow them down.”
Big Yellow Strong was panicked like an ant on a hot stove. “True, I don’t have powers. But I’m still a proper male! It’s my duty to protect His Highness.”
“Besides, who says I’m dead weight? I’ve got a Beast Form too. I’m 1.8 meters tall with razor-sharp teeth—I can bite them to death!”
A 1.8-meter tall yellow dog? Unbelievable. Never seen one.
Jiang Tea Tea eyed him with deep suspicion. “So what if you’re 1.8 meters tall? Those Level 5 Mutant Beasts are even bigger, stronger, more brutal.”
“If you go out like this, you’re just going to get chomped one by one. Enough already. Stop messing around. You’re safest sticking close to your Idol Male God.”
“I don’t care! I want to serve my Male God till death—”
SMACK!
Jiang Tea Tea’s hand landed squarely on the back of his head. Then she pointed at his nose. “Do you not understand human language?”
Big Yellow Strong’s head buzzed from the blow. His earlier heroics vanished in a puff, and he muttered weakly, “I understand. I’m not going.”
Jiang Tea Tea shook out her hand. “That’s better. Let’s go. Stay behind your Idol Male God.”
“Oh…” Big Yellow Strong followed her like a scolded daughter-in-law, trailing behind Jiang Tea Tea to stand near Chong Ming.
Ugh, he’d just told His Highness he’d live, die, and smash his head against walls for him—and now he’d chickened out. He was terrified His Highness would think he was just a scaredy-cat.
Chong Ming glanced at the two of them, then raised his hand and pointed twice at his bodyguard.
His guard split into two groups—one stayed with him, the other sped off after Sui Xuan Chu and the rest.
Meanwhile, the Royal Military Academy’s higher-ups were reduced to sweating statues, silent and pitiful, even more pathetic than Big Yellow Strong after that slap.
The sharp screech of the alarm tore through the air again: “Alert! Alert! In addition to the twenty-five Level 5 Mutant Beasts that broke in five minutes ago, thirty-one Level 6 Exotic Beasts and forty-five Level 4 Exotic Beasts have now invaded.”
“They include Mutant Foxes, Mutant Tigers, and Mutant Leopards. Students with Supernatural Abilities, assist those without in reaching the protection pods. Campus security, stay alert. Ready your weapons. Hunt those Mutant Beasts and defend our students and property!”
Chong Ming lifted his foot and stepped into the campus, his presence tightly reined in. A crowd of school leaders and students below A-Rank Supernatural Ability trailed behind him.
The fully armed guards followed him in steady formation, ignoring the shrill warning that pierced the sky.
After walking for about twenty minutes, the campus uproar finally reached their ears. Regardless of year level, every student above A-Rank and the academy’s security personnel were engaged in a chaotic but organized hunt against the Exotic Beasts.
Big Yellow Strong shook Jiang Tea Tea’s arm as he watched: “Sister Tea! Sister Tea! I told you! Now that I’ve transformed into a 1.8-meter-tall Beast Form, I can totally take these Exotic Beasts down. Look! Their Beast Forms aren’t even as big as mine! I’m going in!”
“Wait.” Jiang Tea Tea swept her eyes over the scene and used her Spiritual Power to sense the situation. She grabbed Big Yellow Strong by the back of his collar, dragging him back.
Big Yellow Strong was yanked backward, stunned. “Wait for what? I’m not scared of danger!”
Jiang Tea Tea frowned. “The alarm said twenty-five Level 5 Exotic Beasts, thirty-one Level 6 Exotic Beasts, and forty-five Level 4 Exotic Beasts. But I just scanned the area—there are more than that.”
Big Yellow Strong gave a confused grunt. “You scanned? You’re a Pure Human with no Supernatural Ability. How did you scan anything?”
Jiang Tea Tea paused. “Sixth sense.”
Big Yellow Strong barked out a laugh. “Sister Tea, really? Sixth sense? Why not just say you’ve awakened some prophecy skill?”
Jiang Tea Tea tilted her eyes, her gaze sharp. “You don’t believe me?”
That look hit Big Yellow Strong like a slap. He instantly wilted. “Believe! I believe! Totally—”
But he didn’t even finish the sentence before screams erupted from the classroom buildings:
“Ahhh! Level 7 Mutant Rats! Run! Don’t let them scratch you! Don’t let them bite you! You’ll get infected! You’ll lose limbs! You’ll die!”
“Run! There’s a swarm of Level 7 Mutant Rats! They’re crawling with viruses! Don’t let them touch you!”
The chorus of terrified voices grew, and students with weaker Supernatural Abilities—both male and female Beastmen—came pouring out of the buildings.
The Level 7 Mutant Rats, each bigger than a rabbit, chased them down, snapping at their heels, driving them into a frenzy.
Big Yellow Strong froze, completely shocked. Jiang Tea Tea had actually sensed those Mutant Rats. Even the heat-sensing alarm system hadn’t picked them up—but she had.
“Watch out, Big Yellow Dog!” Jiang Tea Tea shouted, dragging Big Yellow Strong back toward Chong Ming. “There are Mutant Beasts underground too. Stay close to His Highness Chong Ming if you want to live!”
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