Several days went by.
While Zack Lockwood was silently training in the insect forest, so did others. Various forces vigorously trained their seed candidates and tried to raise their level to Trainee Warrior.
It is not hidden knowledge that many of the geniuses from Tier-7 cities have the strength of a Trainee Warrior.
So in order to compete with them, Tier-8 cities made their seed candidates to break through as much as possible.
On the other hand, various forces, including allied and hostile forces, had placed their spies near Crimson Hall.
Even after the strong deterrence shown by Grand Elder Chris, some forces still decided to send their spies to Crimson Hall.
A certain person felt annoyed by these spies. Especially, the headmaster of the Crimson Hall. He thought after Brody Roth's episode, no other force would disturb them further.
And yet he was wrong. Recently, he had noticed the presence of several spies in the city.
The headmaster of Crimson Hall felt a myriad of reactions. The first elder, Casey, didn't say anything. So he chose not to act against them.
Then, as per First Elder Casey's command, He carefully selected a few talented students for specific training.
He knows first-class Casey must have some plans for them. So he allocated various resources for the students.
At the same time, undercurrents surge under the main academy at Willow Peak City.
After their plans misfired, the May Ford Academy faced numerous troubles.
Everyone wanted to know about Crimson Hall's information collected by them. In response, the dean of the academy strongly denied the request of the forces.
During the council meeting, everyone discussed the mess created by them and how to solve it. But none of them criticised Brody for this.
Crimson Hall's response was speculated by a few elders in their council. Yet it was the last thing they expected.
Since nothing can be changed. After a long discussion, the crimson hall came to a conclusion. They ordered the dean of the academy to put out a statement.
Finally, due to pressure, the dean officially put out a statement saying, "May Ford Academy had sent Elder Brody to give a proposal for a joint sparring session."
This statement was a complete lie. But the dean didn't care. People will be more suspicious if acadmey stays silent for a long time.
When the statement came out, various forces didn't believe it at all. But the statement reduced the few troubles faced by May Ford Academy.
The Headmaste of the Crimson Hall sneered at these bast**ds for their shamelessness.
Time went on.
First Elder Casey and the alliance members began to plan for the competition.
From constructing basic infrastructure for seed candidates, staff, and other important guests to transporting a significant monster to a different experimental zone.
Various tasks were being completed as the days went on. People from the alliance are responsible for monitoring the workers.
While signing the contract, one of the things strongly demanded by First Elder Casey was to implement strict management.
He doesn't want any of the workers to blabber out the details to others. So both the Crimson Hall and Alliance people put so much effort into monitoring.
On the one hand, after negotiation alliance, people successfully transferred important monster species for their research.
The monster was left in Odyssey Monster Zones were the useless ones. They were deemed left over by the research people as the monsters held no research values.
But these seemingly leftover monsters alone can wipe out half of the seed candidates easily. Yet, First Elder Casey was not satisfied by these monsters.
He agreed to negotiations due to the promise he made to Grand Elder Chris.
Because Grand Elder Chris doesn't like the idea of too much blood shed. This promise was made before the contact.
First Elder Casey had no choice but to drop the topic of monsters. But his eyes shone with light as he planned to add some traps to compensate for the lack of deadly monsters.
There are several months left before the start of the actual completion. So he is not in a hurry. Once the infrastructure is built, he will then focus on the monsters and set traps at several strategic locations inside the Odyssey Monster Zone.
While this was going on, the Hansen campus in Redstone City conducted numerous activities for their students. It's not like Zack Lockwood is the only student who studies at Hansen Campus.
There are many students, teachers, and staff at Hansen Campus. Especially the warriors who were defeated at the hands of Zack Lockwood. They still held on to the hope of bouncing back.
Previous seed candidate challengers, as well as many senior students on the Hansen campus, plan to challenge Zack once he returns from his private training.
It's no secret to students and teachers that Zack Lockwood rarely practises in their Hansen Campus.
In particular, after his splendid performance at Star Tower, his fame shot up. There is not a single person in Red Stone City who doesn't know his name.
At the same time, students' ambitions did not go unnoticed by their elders. Elder Thornton's seat as chairman became firm after the last misadventure of some elders..
After getting approval from shareholders, Elder Thornton faced no more opposing voices. But that doesn't mean that other elderls won't support the ambitions of the other students.
Everyone knows Elder Thornton's favouritism towards Zack Lockwood. Many voices died down when he won the seed challenge duels.
But still, there are people who don't want Elder Thornton's influence to increase. Yet their plans crumbled after the Star Tower Competition.
Zack Lockwood holds a firm position among students as a representative. Elder Thornton is acting as a strong supporter for Zack. These two names are known to outside forces.
Well, it doesn't mean none of them will cause trouble. Some of the elders decided to support senior students and other seed challengers.
If Zack shows any weakness, he will be challenged immediately. So few elders people are waiting for an appropriate chance. They are operating indirectly by secretly providing resources to some students.
Elder Thornton knows all of their operations. But he didn't even think about taking action against them. When it comes to combat prowess, he has the utmost trust in Zack.
Zack cleared the star tower trail floors with ease. So the ambition shown by students is nothing but a small obstacle to Zack.
Right now, there is a small friction between him and Zack Lockwood. It's been a few weeks since he left the Hansen campus. The Iron Post City is a weird place, especially since it's built adjacent to an insect forest.
No one wants to visit the city at a normal time. But in the last few weeks, terrible changes have taken place in Iron Post City. The whereabouts of the City Lord are unknown and the city is plagued by banditry incidents.
Especially with the recent migration of people. The city comes under the limelight. The reporters didn't miss a single day. They began to report on every happening in Iron Post City.
With a crumbling economy, it will be a matter of time before the city gets desserted. When it comes to Zack's current situation, his family is keeping a tight lid about it.
Mr. James conveyed that Zack didn't want to be disturbed by anyone. Zack is aware of the current situation. He will return quickly once he completes his training.
Mr. James wasn't disturbed by Elder Thornton anymore. Elder is annoyed that Zack is not responding to Hansen Campus. But at the same time, he thinks it's a good decision.
Because there are some pests waiting for Zack outside. Most of them were spies sent by force. There are also a few with a murderous aura. He knows these people have ill intentions towards Zack.
He didn't remove them straight away. He had given orders to Arthur to collect information about them. Once he gets information in his hands, he will take care of them.
Alternatively,
Brody Roth of the Roth family was preoccupied with another matter.While everyone is assuming that he is taking care of the mess created by his actions,
Only a few important elders and the head of the family knew that he was handling the different issues.
The turmoil in Iron Post City also came to their notice. After knowing the seriousness of the turmoil, they sent Elder Brody to deal with the issue.
If not carefully handled, they will be exposed to higher officials. Even if Crimson Hall decided to help them, it wouldn't work.
The head of the family proposed calling back Mateo from Iron Post City. But some of the elders in their family directly opposed it. They decided not to call back unless the situation worsened.
At the same time,
The Bandit Boss is quickly recovering from his wounds. After smuggling all the resources collected by bandits, he had received some precious herbs to cure his injury.
It will be a matter of time before he gets back to his peak state. Even so, there are chances of a possible breakthrough. Once he gets better, he will soon escape from this place.
From the beginning to the end, he didn't put City Lord in his eyes. in order to deal with the City Lord and other powerful enemies. He had made several poisonous traps to kill the opponents.
Even the elite will fall once he triggers the trap.