Increasing his speed, Kailen kept climbing the first mountain.
The spectators were watching the holograms of Kailen breezing through the stairs of the 1st mountain from their locations with bated breath.
It had only been a few minutes since he began climbing the mountain, and he was already almost at the top?
It was understandable that although the first mountain was not easy to climb, it was easier to challenge compared to the others.
However, this speed of climbing the mountain—wasn’t it too abnormal?
"Naturally, one would have to pause and acclimatize themselves to the pressure of a particular level on the staircase before they proceed to the next. But this guy, why does he look like he’s taking a stroll in his living room?"
Someone could not help but mutter what several people were thinking.
"Is he gonna cause an uproar for the time spent in reaching the zenith of the first mountain?"
"From the way things are looking, I wouldn’t be surprised. This guy is a freak! A monstrous freak!"
Bryce Darkhaven had just arrived at the fifth Sword Conclave Mountain with one of the senior members of the Darkhaven Society.
"That Lian Yu refused my offer to join the Darkhaven Society. To think he’d frown on the image of the Darkhaven Society so much.
Let’s see how tough he’s able to act when I manage to reach the zenith 15th level of the Sword Conclave Mountain before him. Young master Bryce, don’t worry, I’ll teach that bastard a lesson for disrespecting the Darkhaven Society."
The senior member of the Darkhaven Society spoke with vigor, his saliva splattering all over the place.
"I don’t really care about him sincerely. But if senior wants to teach him a lesson, that’s entirely fine by me."
Bryce spoke casually to the senior.
Inasmuch as the senior was stronger than him, Bryce was the heir of the Darkhaven Clan after all.
There was no need for him to be overly courteous with the members of the Darkhaven Society, even if they were stronger than him.
The senior nodded, heading towards the fifth Sword Conclave Mountain.
Bryce shook his head with a sigh, watching the senior walk off.
He was honestly getting tired of the hot-blooded nature of this senior.
He had approached the senior to propose that he find a way to get rid of Kailen Darkhaven.
However, this bastard had been going on and on about challenging the Sword Conclave Mountain for his own selfish motives, using Lian Yu’s decision to reject the offer to join the Darkhaven Society as an excuse.
"This bastard has a thing or two for Everlong Atrexia, the fifth-ranked beauty of the first years.
Turns out this Everlong Atrexia had a falling out with this senior Lian Yu at a party in the Orion Galaxy of the Soaring Terminal Domain before she enrolled in the academy. He intends to humiliate Lian Yu to get into the good books of the princess of the Atrexia Conglomerate. Tch, spouting nonsense about teaching him a lesson because he disrespected the Darkhaven Society and all that crap. Anyway, I suppose I could just enjoy the entertainment."
Bryce leaned against a tree, staring at the holographic screen in front of him, scrolling through the videos of those challenging various mountains.
His eyes landed on a particular video, trending with the tag There’s a freak breezing through the Sword Conclave Mountain!
"Interesting. Breezing through the Sword Conclave Mountain? Could it be that Lian Yu?"
Bryce tapped on the live feed for more details, only for his eyes to open wide in shock.
It was The Crimson Devil?
Was this not the fellow his father attempted to recruit that day in the virtual universe, after he caused a commotion clearing the beginner-stage Ascendant-level version of the Long Hai Training Hall’s tower?
He was in the academy?
Good, he could attempt to build some connection with this Crimson Devil, right?
After all, the Darkhaven Society was full of senior-year students who despised him.
They did not show it on their faces, but Bryce was good at reading people.
These guys could never be loyal to him. After all, they saw him as a weak person, leagues below their level of strength.
He needed to have his own personal connections in the academy. He couldn’t completely trust the members of the Darkhaven Society.
The Crimson Devil would make a great right hand man for him right?
He could at least attempt to convince the fellow.
If he intended to get rid of Kailen Darkhaven, and most importantly kill Cyrus, his father, one day, he needed to have strong people in his circle—separate from the members of the Darkhaven Society—a group he could use to build his own force.
After the ranking battle between Esimo and Kailen, he had realized that this Kailen Darkhaven was a monster who would not be easy to get rid of.
Also, his alchemical prowess would be enough to establish him in the academy.
Getting rid of him wouldn’t be easy.
He had to tread carefully.
If he was able to use the Darkhaven Society to get rid of Kailen, fine.
But if that didn’t work, he’d have a backup plan.
Just as he was about to pay more attention to the video, he overheard a conversation.
"Look, it’s Bryce Darkhaven."
"Damn it, I feel bad for the Darkhaven Society."
"Yeah, I mean the Crimson Devil has really made a fool out of them and the Harkers."
"Hehehe, shut up. Bryce is among the top-ranked first years. We are at most in the 200s. Let’s shut it before we get into trouble for offending him."
The elf lady slapped the back of the head of her werewolf friend.
The duo scurried off, turning to look at him with anxious expressions on their faces.
"What are they talking about?"
He was a bit puzzled.
Crimson Devil making a fool out of the Darkhavens and Harkers?
What kind of nonsense were these guys spouting?
Curious, he went to the first part of the video tagged There’s a freak breezing through the Sword Conclave Mountain!