My Summons Are Mythical Beasts

The gossipers respected the dead as they too went silent while the five dead bodies were carried away by the Corpse Collectors.

Lucas did not know what to feel about the sudden situation as the procession of the dead passed by him before ultimately exiting the dungeon.

The crowd dispersed, leaving behind soft murmurs of regret about the situation.

For them, something like this was normal, not the first, and would surely not be the last.

For Lucas, the situation was indeed sudden and left him speechless, but perhaps he was slowly getting accustomed to this world\'s ways, and the lack of intense reaction from the crowd made him think that this situation was only normal.

\'The Cliff Borne Ram, huh.\'

His thoughts drifted to the Cliff Borne Ram he saw earlier as he took a step and exited the school-regulated dungeon through the portal.

Upon landing, the same familiar sensation once again assaulted his mind. However, compared to before, Lucas was able to recover much easier.

As he landed, Lucas frowned as his thought recalled the scene of the \'seniors\' pursuing the Cliff Borne Ram.

That squad was already pursuing the injured Cliff Borne Ram with ease, so they should have managed to kill it after a while. There was no way it could have escaped their grasp.

Even Lucas himself felt that the Gentle Dog could kill that beast with such heavy injuries. How much more those seniors who were clearly stronger than him by a notch.

\'Was it not the same Cliff Borne Ram that killed the other seniors?\' He thought seriously.

\'But how is that possible?\'

Cliff Borne Ram has always resided at the clifftop of White Stone Cliff. There has never been a record of any of them descending down to the base of the cliff. And if they do, it could only be through falling from above, in which case would leave them dead and in shambles, making an easy kill for those who spotted it.

The site earlier was a first to Lucas, hence the reason why he was surprised at the moving Cliff Borne Ram pursued by the squad.

That one instance was already rare enough, and if there were another Cliff Borne Ram that managed to survive a fall and was the one who killed the seniors he helped, the danger level of White Stone Cliff must be increased so that no student would meet their early demise if they rashly hunt in those areas that might have some Cliff Borne Ram.

However, as was said earlier, such a situation was rare and almost unheard of. If the Cliff Borne Rams could indeed survive a fall of that height, it would have already been long recorded in the studies that Lucas had read before going to the White Stone Area.

Lucas\' frown deepened as he continued to think of some possible scenarios that he might have missed as he walked to the receptionist and reported his dungeon exit, a procedure he must follow according to the rules.

After the receptionist nodded her head, Lucas walked away without saying anything; the strange situation in White Stone Cliff was still circling in his mind.

\'Is it possible that those seniors were killed by Cliff Borne Ram instead?\'

That thought crossed his mind for a bit. If there was no second Cliff Borne Ram, this was the only possible scenario he could think of to make sense of the situation.

\'Or could it be that they were not killed by a Cliff Borne Ram and were instead by another beast?\'

He only assumed so earlier because of what he heard from the report. There was also a chance that they only assumed that it was a Cliff Borne Ram who did it because of the mangled bodies of those seniors.

It was unfortunate, though, as such deaths caused by beasts would not be thoroughly investigated by the authorities, treating them as unfortunate incidents.

If the relatives wanted some investigation, they could do so by hiring private investigators, and they must get considerable leads before the authorities would open up the case again, if there were any to begin with.

Lucas would truly have loved to hear the answer himself, maybe because he felt that he had saved those seniors for nothing.

As for trying to avenge them, that thought never crossed his mind at all.

As he was walking toward the exit, a familiar voice suddenly entered his ears.

"Lucas?"

Lucas turned around to see Ethan wearing his usual button-up shirt and dark colored pants looking at him with an excited smile on his face.

It has only been a few hours since they\'ve last seen each other at the Beast Gymnasium earlier. For someone who\'s only tasked was cleaning beast cages, Lucas thought that senior Ethan\'s excitement upon seeing him was clearly out of hand and unwarranted.

\'He doesn\'t swing that way, does he?\'

Lucas immediately erased that thought as he probed, "Yes, senior?"

"Did you just get out of the dungeon?" Ethan asked in return.

Lucas nodded his head, not knowing what Ethan was up to.

"Well, don\'t worry about it for now. You can go home and rest. By the way, can you meet me tomorrow in the Beast Gymnasium? Someone I know wanted to meet you earlier, but since you already left, I just told her that I will bring you to her once I see you again."

"Don\'t worry, I\'ll compensate you handsomely if you come. In case you misunderstand, I also have something to gain in this transaction," Ethan said.

\'Her?\' Lucas thought and could not come with any woman in the academy that he was acquainted with except for his classmates.

But none of them should be able to command Ethan, as he was already in his last year at Starlight Academy and was considered their senior.

Although curious about the identity of the person looking for him, Lucas nodded his head and thought that there was no harm in checking it out tomorrow.

He was also curious about the handsome reward that Ethan had just promised.

"Greet! I\'ll see you tomorrow then," Ethan said before he left as quickly as he arrived.

After Ethan disappeared from his view, Lucas also walked out of the campus to return home.

His endeavor today might not be as dangerous as the first one because he was thoroughly prepared before setting out, but Lucas still felt that he was on the edge of a cliff every time the Gentle Dog fought a beast, and especially when he saw the Cliff Borne Ram for the first time.

Even though the Gentle Dog was quite strong due to the skill provided by the system, Lucas still remained vigilant and always fought with a high chance of survival.

His nerves were always tout, and even when he arrived at the Safe Area, he acted calmly, but he had never considered himself to be at a safe place.

It has only been a few days since he awakened, but a lot has already happened that his two life times combined could not compare to.

Fortunately, he was slowly growing accustomed to this world after the awakening.

Perhaps the only place he could truly label as safe was the tiny home that he had lived in for the past few years.

The gentle smile of his mother and the resolute smile of his father were what greeted him the moment he arrived home.

In this dangerous world, these were the smiles that allowed him to move forward.

"I\'m home."

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First Arc End—Awakening!