With the condition set by the deputy head, Red immediately headed for his class and began to teach them immediately. With less than a month left for the magicae festival, he's left with not much time, yet there was much work to be done. There was also the issue of whether any of his students would even want to participate in the event?
Sighed with a heavy heart, he makes his way to the training ground to start another day of teaching.
There were a lot of flaws that the students needed to work on. However, Red deemed their lack of focus and rash movement to be their greatest downfall.
As someone who had experience fighting for his life for more than one occasion, Red knew the difference between fighting to win compared to fighting to survive.
The incident in the courtroom was a great example. A certain pressure was applied, making people nauseous and sick, with exception to those who have been accustomed to death.
Bloodlust.
The reason why there weren't a lot of people people who were used to this phenomenon is due to the peaceful period they are currently living in. People didn't have to fight to death because there was a lack of food or protection. There were no wars and civil war. It was generally a peaceful time for all.
There were only 3 people who had resistance against Bloodlust, which happens to be the trio white mages, Shirley, Renne, and Ava.
Thus, Red felt the need to teach them the harsh reality of the world, where nothing is safe.
They had to experience how scary and dangerous it was as they will not always be protected but might be the one to do the protecting. Once they leave the academy, anything can happen, which might lead to their untimely death if they are not careful.
On top of learning to fend against bloodlust, it seems that it's time he teach some of them martial arts too.
"It's going to be a busy month ahead." Red chuckles as he walked towards the entrance of training ground.
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Blue, on the other hand, together with White, retreated back to the forest to hide from their master.
It seems like Red didn't follow them back to scold them.
With a sigh of relief, she turned her attention to the portal that led them back to the forest.
"In any case, Master's land does come from a dungeon portal. Should we just call it Dungeon Farm then?" Blue asked White while she lies on White's back, slithering back to the forest, or main village if you can call it.
It's been a few weeks since Blue had through the other portal to recruit residents to stay at the Dungeon Farm. The current occupants that decided to migrate here were Sab, Trek, Lucky, and some of the residents that were living in that area previously.
Back in the previous world, Sab and Trek had successfully created a refugee camp for the other Kobolds and creatures that had suffered the same fate as them, where either humans or monster had destroyed their homes. Things were going well for them, too well that the number of occupants had exceeded the max capacity, making it hard for any more refugees to come and live. Because of this, the previous village had overpopulation problems, making it harder for the creatures to distribute food among themselves, starving at least half of the population there.
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As the leader there, Sab and Trek had to find ways to prevent this from happening by location another location. However, upon leaving that area with a major number of animals/ monsters, it might seem like a signal of aggression, which may cause the human and elve kingdom to launch an attack for them. Thus, this was a hard decision to make.
Until an obnoxious human girl appeared with a huge python. There were certainly guards and warriors in the village that could defend the village. But the snake had an evil gaze that petrified anyone who was staring at her in fear. With no other choice, Sab and Trek surrendered, thinking that the whole village would be spared if they offer themselves as food to appease the beast.
Then Blue appeared, smacking the giant's head with a fly swatter.
"Stop scaring our slav___ I mean citizens."
From the top of White's head, she jumped down and patted the dust off her dress. White, on the other hand, had cried a little, reverting back to her small form.
"I can solve your overpopulation issue, but in exchange, you would need to do something for me with no questions asked."
Blue said while grinning wide from ear to ear. Sab looked at his older brother for his opinion, they have no idea who this was, but somehow she knew about their village's situation. It was definitely suspicious no matter how you look at it. However, as Sab was about to ask his brother Trek to reconsider, along the side of the village, one of the village's kobold cubs fainted due to the lack of food. This only strengthened Trek's decision to accept Blue's condition. He had a responsibility as a village chief, and he would even sell his soul to make sure the people here won't suffer any longer.
"I accept." Trek replied coldly as he braced for the hellish days that awaited him.
Sab closed his eyes and sighed a breath of relief, and said:
"Wherever you go, brother, I will always stick with you."
Lucky, who now looks like a girl from 13 to 15, hugged her brothers and exclaimed, "Me too! I will always follow brother Trek and Sab."
That made Blue even happier as she smiled brightly. White thought to herself, "If anything, Blue looked just like those loan sharks, extorting money from the poor family."
And thus began Blue's order. Her condition for the monster villagers was to split the population in half and have the rest follow her to somewhere. It was a hard choice, but one that was necessary as the current food remaining in the forest can only be enough for half the population. Any more than that, and there will not be any left for anyone at all.
The problem with her conditions is that a lot of them were reluctant to move. They had never seen this young human girl before, yet she was forcing and ordering them to split up their population just to follow her? For all they know, hse could be bringing them to their deaths.
With no other choice, Sab and Trek were the only ones who could forcefully split the population in half and have the remaining half to follow them. It was encouraged that those with family should stick together no matter what. In the end, the selected one has been chosen, and they were left to follow Blue and White to another location.
Blue and White lead the villagers all the way to the tall grassland. In the middle of it was a blue portal.
The three siblings who saw the portal were reminded of their savior from all those years ago. It seems to them that it would be the last time they would see this land ever again. As Blue ordered them to go in the portal, the three siblings bowed and thanked the land for providing what they needed before stepping forth to the portal.
*Thumptyhhh*
Everyone behind the trio was cowering in fear as this was the first time they had seen a portal. But after seeing their village chiefs stepping in fearlessly, they gain a bit of courage and enter in as well, transporting them to another world.
Sab was the first one who awoke from the travel. His knee still weakened from how everything was spinning from the portal. After a few minutes, his vision returned to normal as he surveyed the area around him.
It was another forest. But something was different. The density of mana here was a lot heavier compared to previously, so it was a little harder to breathe. But after a few minutes, he was slowly able to be accustomed to the surroundings. There was a huge plot of land right in front of the forest while different animals were also found as well.
The area was also filled with many different trees that housed different types of fruit that they had never seen before, and even if it was far, he could hear the sound of water crashing heavily against something. It was... a Waterfall?
It was an amazing sight for Sab. As the preparation managed the citizens on their roles in the village, it was obvious that he knew how much food it would take to feed the village and there was more than enough of it here in this forest.
Blue appeared before Sab and stared at the same sight.
"Not bad, right?"
As Sab continues to stare forward in silence, he spoke softly, "Are you sure we can live here?"
Blue stayed silent and smiled.
"Yes, as long as you do your job. My master will be pleased to have you here."
"Your Master?" Sab asked curiously.
Blue smiled and opened a window status. Inside was an image of a certain handwriting.
It was Red's Chinese name.
The same one used for the Kobolds to walk past the BugBears territory.
"This!!"
"Yes. Welcome to the Dungeon Farm, property of Master Red."