Beast Evolution

'We are already on our way to the knight academy, they can't send me back anymore and my magic teacher is coming in a few days so they can't expel me'

The journey continued in silence after that, the senior knights continued to look around, Ray on the other hand helped them by using his night vision to scan the forest.

"What is that..." Ray said in a loud voice making the senior knights turn around.

Ray could see something moving in the forest but he didn't know what exactly it is.

"That's not a beast," Authur said.

"Really, then what is it?"

"It's a rabbit," Authur said.

The three students at the back chuckled softly as Authur confirmed that it was a rabbit, Ray switched to his normal eyes and rested his back on the carriage.

It was night time so he wanted to get some sleep, even though they were traveling at the risk of getting attacked, they were many knights on the carriage so he would be safe.

Ray closed his eyes and dozed off.

"Ray's sleeping so peacefully," Leia said.

"Shouldn't we wake him up, in case of an emergency" Gabriel said.

"The knights have this under control, you guys need to settle down," Cynthia said to them.

There were currently in a grassland and the senior knights had gone into the forest leaving James to look after the carriage and the students.

Alfred and Authur went into the forest to check out a dungeon, they wanted to see if the beasts in the dungeon were infected or not.

Ray moved a little and his head fell on Leia's shoulder, the other two weren't concerned as they were busy looking around to spot any danger.

Leia wanted to straighten his head but Ray groaned a little and laid on her shoulder like it was a pillow. She smiled a little and was glad Ray was resting on her shoulder.

"There it is..." Alfred said.

"So what's the plan, should we just go in or what..." Authur said.

"Do we really need a plan, it's just wolves, I doubt an intermediate-level wolf would be in this dungeon, not to talk of a high-level wolf"

"Then we should just go in," Authur said.

They both unsheathe their swords and walked toward the dungeon, even though they couldn't see clearly they were not afraid In the slightest.

As they entered the dungeon, Authur brought out a light crystal from his pocket and held it with his left hand while his sword was in his right.

"Isn't that a dead wolf"

Authur and Alfred stare at a dead wolf on the ground, two holes was visible in the stomach of the wolf.

"This hole wasn't created with a sword, it's something else and the bodies aren't disintegrating," Alfred said.

"We should go further in, I can't sense any life in this dungeon, something must be wrong," Authur said.

The two of them stood up and walked further in only to find more dead wolves in the dungeon.

"Something dangerous is around here, we should get back to the carriage," Authur said.

"Leia the senior knights are back," Gabriel said.

Leia immediately stood up so no one would see Ray laying on her shoulder.

As soon as she stood up, Ray was sleeping and using her shoulder as his pillow fell inside the carriage.

"Ouch..." Ray's head screamed in pain as he raised his head.

"What is happening, are we there yet?" Ray asked.

"You were sleeping, what if a beast attacked, do you think this is like the first time you were going to the academy," James said before Authur and Alfred joined them.

"The first time we came to the academy, I killed five infected wolves," Ray said.

"What...how didn't you follow the students," James asked.

"Wait...back then when we caught you in the forest, you told us that you ran away because you were afraid, so you were lying," Alfred said.

"I'm sorry, I wanted to lessen the burden on the knights, and it was easy they were just wolves, I had a little problem because they could heal but they weren't strong enough," Ray said.

"You wanted to lessen the burden on us..." Alfred sighs heavily.

"We have a bigger problem so let's forget about Ray, the dungeon had been cleared and all the wolves in the dungeon are dead," Authur said.

"What...how?"

"We don't know yet, but we might encounter a high-level beast, so we should all be prepared"

"Why would a beast clear out an entire dungeon of wolves, maybe it's infected," Leia said.

"We should keep moving"

All of them got on the carriage and the journey to the knight academy continued, Ray activated his night vision again and continued to scout.

There were no trees around so it was easier for him to use his night vision, after a while of traveling they couldn't find or spot a single beast.

It was surprising because most beast usually comes out at night, either to hunt or roam around but they couldn't find any beast.

"We haven't seen a single beast, I think something is really wrong," Gabriel said.

"Maybe they are all resting," Ray said and laughed a little before apologizing to the knights.

[Dark Energy detected]

The system alerted Ray and he quickly stood up and looked around.

"Ray did you see something?" Gabriel asked.

"Sirs I think there is something..."

Before Ray could finish his sentence Alfred and Authur already jumped out of the carriage with their sword in their hands. James also speed up a little.

"Ray what did you see?" Leia asked him.

"I didn't see anything, I just sensed a beast, an infected beast" Ray said.

"It's coming towards us," James said and stopped the horse abruptly, almost making the carriage turn over.

In front of them stood a beast unlike any they have ever faced, the students haven't seen anything like it before but Ray knew exactly what it was.