3 months later...

I hid myself in the bushes, waiting for my prey to come. I waited patiently as time passes by like the river stream, continuously flowing. The rustling of the bushes sounded out and a huge white tiger walk out from the bushes. It had a majestic white coat of fur which glitter brightly and a pointy black tail like a scorpion stinger. The tiger is 3 meters in length, giving it an intimidating aura to weak adventurers. This is a grade 3 beast, Glitter tiger. My appearance looked like a wild tiger that is eyeing on its prey, deciding which way to attack from. Bloodlust emits from my body as I stare at the Glitter tiger. This is my dinner and I must hunt it down before the time limit.

Adrenaline flow throughout my body and I leap out from bushes to strike its weakness, the belly. The tiger became furious as It roared at me and leap towards me as well. With its long sharp claws, the tiger injured me with a streak red line across my torso. Blood flows out from my body as I kneeled with one leg and took a glance at my injury. The action earlier sent shivers down my spine, If I did not back off at the very last second, I would have received an extremely sever injury. It seems the tiger is aware of its weakness.

The tiger voraciously leaps towards me once more to catch me off guard. I staggered while trying to evade his move.

Damn it, it hurts like hell.

I was used to receiving injuries from my training but this injury, however, hurts in a whole new level. I suspected there were poison in its claws making it a fearsome opponent. I execute one of my sword skills, a grade 1 skill, empowered strike. This skill stores energy in the sword which is then released when I thrust the sword against the beast to cause a huge impact.

Bang!

I pulled out my bloody sword as blood trickled down from the wound. The tiger died breathing its last breath. I sigh in relief that this beast did not have any tricks left. In my previous encounter, some beasts were very tricky, just when you thought they are about to die when they unexpectedly use their last strength they had left as their final struggles to pull you down with them before death. I bandaged myself, but the stinging pain was unbearable to take as I lie staight on the ground. I breathe heavily with sweat trickling down my forehead. I gaze at the sky, lamenting on my fate. The sun was about to set so I slowly stood up from the ground.

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I carried the tiger over my shoulder and dragged my feet towards the cave. My appearance looked like a caveman as I was limping over, and I saw the familiar red-haired man looking at me with a smirk.

"Good job in completing the task within the time limit." He mocks me while attending the sparking fire.

I swear, this bastard did not inform me of the tiger's poisonous claws.

I was extremely pissed off as I looked at him grudgingly. I was desperately breathing with a pale face due to the poison but it was soon cured from the antidote Jake gave me.However, his next sentence throwed me off.

"You are going to attend the Mage academy as a student in the Magnus Kingdom as part of your training."

"I have a grudge against the royal family and they have warrant an arrest order against me. Why would you send me there?"

"You need strength, don't you? You have aptitude for magic when your family tested you."

"So, how am I going to attend the Mage academy as a student? You can't expect me to walk right into my death."

"You are going to go in with a disguise which I used in my days travelling. Currently, this is the season when the academy accepts students. You will learn magic during the day and learn swordsmanship at night. This will give you an opportunity to enhance your strength if you want to eradicate the royal family."

You used a disguise while travelling? It must be from harassing someone's wife since you have been so relax to the point of talking about which woman body type you prefer. You damn pervert.

"Hey, don't give me that look. Whatever you are thinking of, I did not do any of it. I was chased from pursuers and contract killers" Jake spotted my disgusted expression.

A few hours later...

The current season is spring when a myriad of colorful flowers starts to blossom under the sunlight.The breeze brushed against my face as I gaze at the Kingdom's walls. I strengthen my determination as i clenched my fists while walking towards the gates.