Jason's attention swept across the arena, his posture shifted to something far more dangerous.

"Come on, Headmaster. Do you think I came all the way here just to leave?" His voice carried dark amusement mixed with genuine menace. "Tsk tsk, it seems like old age is affecting you. Why don't I help you with that?"

The smirk was audible even through the mask.

Then reality itself began warping.

Another crimson formation erupted into existence, but this one was exponentially larger than the teleportation circle that had brought the Dawn Break operatives. This array encompassed the entire arena - every student, every instructor, every faculty member within its boundaries.

The Headmaster's eyes widened with horrified recognition as he understood the true scale of Jason's plan.

"No! EVERYONE EVACUATE NOW—"

But even as he shouted the warning, Jason moved with royal-rank speed.

Jason's attack struck the Headmaster directly, not meant to seriously injure but specifically designed to occupy his attention and prevent him from disrupting the massive spell array. Two royal-rank powers clashed with devastating force, their combat creating shockwaves that would have obliterated everything nearby if not for the Headmaster's desperate defensive barriers.

The instructors tried to intervene, tried to disrupt the runic formation, tried to protect the students

—

But it was too late.

The crimson array flared with blinding intensity, and reality twisted violently. I felt the sensation of being torn through space, my body displaced across impossible distances in the span of a heartbeat.

When my vision cleared and the disorienting sensation of spatial displacement faded, I found myself standing in completely unfamiliar territory.

Dense forest surrounded me in all directions, the vegetation more wild and untamed than the controlled hunting grounds near the academy. The ambient mana density felt different—stronger, more chaotic. This was nowhere near the capital, nowhere within fifty kilometres of the city.

This was somewhere far away, somewhere I didn't recognize despite my knowledge of the kingdom's geography.

I looked around quickly, taking inventory of the situation. A handful of students had been teleported to this same location—maybe seven or eight of them scattered within a thirty-meter radius, all looking disoriented and terrified.

None of them were Elen, Emmet, Kael, Seraphina, or Kyle. These were lower-tier students I vaguely recognized from non-Elite classes, clearly not combat specialists.

More concerning was what else had been teleported here.

A horde of monsters surrounded our position, clearly placed here deliberately before the teleportation occurred. I counted at least twenty beasts, the majority peak-Elite rank with several unmistakably Transcendent-tier mixed in.

This was a kill zone. A prepared trap.

Understanding crystallized with cold certainty.

Multiple groups must have been teleported to various locations that Dawn Break had set up beforehand. Scattered across unknown territories, separated from academy support, thrown into environments filled with deadly beasts specifically positioned to slaughter unprepared students.

This wasn't a random attack or simple terrorism. This was calculated massacre designed to eliminate an entire generation of academy students in one coordinated strike.

I frowned deeply as the implications became clear.

There was a traitor in the academy. Someone with detailed knowledge of security systems, protective wards, and spatial magic protocols. Someone who had provided Dawn Break with the information necessary to bypass every defense and execute this mass teleportation.

We'd been betrayed from within.

The students around me recognized my Transcendent aura and championship status, immediately clustering behind me with desperate hope written across their terrified faces.

"Adrian! What's happening?!"

"Where are we?!"

"Those monsters—we can't fight those!"

"Please, you have to protect us!"

Their panic was understandable but unhelpful. I needed to think, to assess, to formulate strategy for survival and extraction.

This wasn't good at all. I needed to find Elen, Emmet, Kael, Seraphina, even Kyle—all the genuinely powerful first-years who could defend themselves and others. They would all be useful in whatever combat was coming, and their deaths would be tremendous waste of potential and capability.

But first, immediate survival.

The beasts had noticed our presence and were already moving to attack, their predatory instincts triggered by the sudden appearance of vulnerable prey.

"Stay together and stay behind me," I commanded sharply, drawing my sword. "Don't run, don't scatter, don't do anything stupid. Your only chance is staying in my defensive radius."

"But—"

"Follow orders or die on your own!"

The absolute authority in my voice cut through their panic, forcing compliance through sheer dominance.

Power flooded through my body as I activated all enhancement capabilities. The 2nd Order trait provided strength, speed, and durability that exceeded normal Transcendent parameters, while Blood Control optimized every system for peak combat performance.

The first wave of beasts charged—five peak-Elite creatures moving with coordinated pack tactics.

I darted forward to meet them, my Transcendent-level speed carrying me across the distance in a blur that the watching students couldn't properly track.

My blade moved with lethal precision, each strike targeting vital points with efficiency that wasted no motion or energy. The first beast died before it registered the threat, my sword severing its throat in a single clean cut. The second fell a heartbeat later, decapitated mid-lunge.

I moved through the pack like a reaper, my enhanced capabilities allowing me to engage multiple opponents simultaneously without being overwhelmed. Peak-Elite beasts that would terrify normal students were simply prey to someone operating at my level.

Within thirty seconds, five corpses littered the ground and I'd barely expended any stamina.

But the Transcendent-rank beasts were approaching now, and those would require actual effort to handle while simultaneously protecting the useless students behind me.

I needed to eliminate threats quickly, establish a defensible position, then figure out how to extract this group and locate the other scattered students before Dawn Break's plan succeeded in massacring everyone.

The forest around us held unknown dangers, allies were scattered across potentially dozens of different locations, and we were completely cut off from academy support.

The Transcendent beasts roared challenge, and I stepped forward to meet them, sword ready and body primed for extended high-intensity combat.

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