My Summons Are Mythical Beasts

When he arrived at the decaying field, Lucas was still thinking about the suspicious connection between the two separate deaths of two groups of people and the two instances he saw the seniors in those two particular areas.

Although he could not confirm if they were also somehow involved in the death of his batchmate, he already knew that it was caused by a disturbance in the Ember Ant's nest. There was a high possibility that it was them who caused that disturbance as well.

If his conjecture was true, then it would also raise even more questions.

Why were they doing it? What was their motive? Will they stop here? Or will there be more to follow? Who will be their next target? How will it affect him?

And more importantly, what should he do with these discoveries?

'Wait, are my conjectures and discoveries even correct? What if I'm just imagining things?'

The problem was that he had no concrete evidence about them and was only guessing through two seemingly connected events.

'Arrgh, no need to think about this for now. Even if I knew such things, would it even matter if I'm not strong enough? The thing I should do right now is to continue to get stronger so that I respond to what may come.'

Afraid of being swept away powerlessly by the currents, he decided to prioritize increasing his strength as soon as possible. That way, even if his suspicions were true, he would have the strength to resist and not be a lamb to the slaughter.

Looking ahead, the decaying field of grass looked as lifeless and grim as his conjectures.

The only way for him to get stronger was by hunting beasts. The reason he had come here was not to hunt the Mace Rats but to satiate his growing curiosity about the cage or trap that Spot had seen here the other day.

At the same time, he also wanted to confirm something that was related to his earlier thoughts. Continue your saga on empire

Tracing back the path he had taken last night here, Lucas eventually reached the spot where he saw the sheaf of decaying grass. This sheaf of grass was located almost at the center of the decaying field. It was hard to spot and was fairly hidden from sight.

Since the Mare Rat were only active during the night, Lucas did not encounter any students on his journey here.

'A place perfect for doing shady things,' he commented as he circled the cage of decaying grass to see if anything was different with it.

Unfortunately, he did not find any. The cage of decaying grass was as it was the night before. Nothing had changed, as if no creature had stumbled upon the cage at all.

He ordered Spot to transform into his Hellhound form and get ready. After he was done, Lucas crouched down and took one last inspection before he slowly parted the decaying grass that acted as the cage's entrance.

His movements were slow and careful. Behind him, Spot was prepared to pull him away in case something awful happens. As for letting Spot do it, Lucas considered it but decided against it, afraid of damaging the entrance of the cage.

Spot was extremely strong, and he might destroy the entrance made of decaying grass accidentally. Destroying it might cause some unknown implications, so he decided to be safer for now.

Fortunately, no beast lunged toward him as he opened the cage's entrance. Upon looking inside, Lucas realized that there was a vast space hidden beneath it. The ground seemed to have been dug too.

With a quick glance, Lucas estimated that the space inside was about two to three yards deep. Although the cluster of decaying grass spanned roughly eight yards in diameter, the actual open area inside was actually much smaller. The decaying grass, with its stalks tied together, filled most of the space, leaving only a portion in the center clear, surrounded by the grass like a cage.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

A frown appeared on Lucas' face upon seeing the internal structure of the cage.

'This... is not a cage?'

Lucas came to such a realization as he saw the internal of the 'cage'. However, he no longer believed that it was so after seeing the entirety of it. Aside from the decaying grass that was bundled and tied together, there were no other materials used in it at all.

The decaying grass, although looked sturdy after being tied together, was actually still too brittle and fragile to be made into the wall of a cage.

It was because this was too brittle and fragile to become a cage for something. Heck, even Spot, in his Gentle Dog form, would be able to break such a cage easily if he wanted to.

As Lucas pondered, he suddenly came to another realization.

'It's built not to contain a beast, but just to hide it?'

This was indeed a possibility.

No, there was no other answer; this should be it. Lucas was sure of it now. Realizing this fact also made Lucas connect some strings together. Although it still remained as a conjecture with no concrete evidence, at least Lucas now had a direction and could sense what was going to happen next—if his conjectures were correct, at least.

Still, his sense of unease and urgency to grow stronger just became even worse with his recent discovery.

With that, Lucas decided to leave this area for now, lest someone see him lingering around here. He might be powerless to resist—for now—but who said that he would just sit around and do nothing?

Allowing Spot to return to his normal form, Lucas put him above his head as he ran toward a particular direction.

He canceled his previous destination, the Giant Dark Forest, and instead ran back to where he came from. There was a high chance that those seniors were still in the Giant Dark Forest, and just to be safe, he decided to avoid that area as well.

Instead, he ran and ran until he saw the towering cliff home to the Clip Claw Spiders, Rock Back Lizard, and Cliff Borne Ram.

His agenda here was simple.

Find the same 'cage' that he had seen in the decaying field and confirm his suspicions.