The Medallion

While Rocky was practicing the skills listed in the Beast Encyclopedia at the depths of the bamboo grove as usual, he suddenly sensed a strong breath. Someone was approaching. Alarmed, he immediately ceased his practice and controlled his spiritual power. Almost at the same time, a delicate shadow appeared in front of him.

"Master Mia! What a pleasant surprise to see you here!" Rocky was slightly shocked because it was Mia who came to visit him. He didn't expect her to find out about that place, which was supposed to be his secret practice spot. He was certain no one would even know that they could find him there. 'How did she find out about my secret place?' Rocky wondered stealthily.

"What? Are you surprised to see me?" Mia pretended to be mad at him and asked him as if she could read his mind.

Just then, a shadow of a beast darted out of the bamboo grove. In the blink of an eye, it approached Mia. It was Rocky's war beast Uriah.

"Uriah, stop!" Rocky ordered his war beast at once. He was afraid that it might hurt Mia.

Rocky's surprise was boundless when he saw Uriah reach closer to Mia, because it didn't attack her at all. Instead, it was meekly walking around Mia like a pet sheep, and kept licking her jade-like beautiful hand. Thinking that licking was not enough to show its affection to Mia, Uriah even began to rub its head against Mia's legs and arms. Mia, on the other hand, did not seem to be irritated by its intimate behavior and simply allowed it to do as it wished. Rather she was patting it softly.

"Wow, Uriah, you are unbelievable! When you see a beauty, you become so excited that you forget even your own master!" Rocky grumbled, but deep inside, he envied his war beast as it could be so close to Mia. He kept thinking that if only he had been treated by Mia like that.

"It looks like what I have heard is true. I didn't expect that your war beast would grow to this extent in such a short time," Mia remarked, narrowing her eyes. Some time ago, she had met Priest Dean. While returning, she accidentally heard a few young men talking about what had happened to Rocky recently. It was at that moment that she got to know about the conflict which happened in private two days ago between Rocky and Bear. Rocky even had a fierce fight with Bear's three-star war beast Lion Eagle. It was surprising that in the end, the Lion Eagle was brutally defeated by a more powerful war beast. Towards the end, Lion Eagle was supposed to have got so intimidated that it didn't have the slightest courage to fight back. After overhearing the young men, she couldn't help but ask them specifically whose war beast had the power to defeat Lion Eagle. They informed her that it was Rocky's. Mia was surprised and she came to Rocky to confirm that information. She also had to talk to him about another important matter.

her anymore, so he smiled and said, "I can't believe that even Master Mia has come to know about it. If I am guessing right, by now, what Uriah has done is known

Bear's three-star Lion Eagle was beaten hard by your war beast. But, how could you make its potential increase by such a large extent only within a month? Did you ever feed it anything special to improve its power?" Mia asked Rocky as she was filled with curiosity. She looked at him with a puzzled expression.

even a one-star beast. Since it had made such an abrupt and quick improvement in its power, Mia had a hunch that

if Mia got to know about the yellow spiritual crystal, she would certainly ask him where it came from. He did not want to reveal to anyone that the other day, he got it from Marcia. He had promised Marcia that he would keep everything that happened on that day as

all. It is easy for me to find anyone in this place!" Mia had a rare smile and said. "As for why I was looking for you, have you forgotten that I gave you only a month off? Your holiday ended yesterday. Today, you were supposed

boldly and laughed. How could he not know that his one month holiday had come to an end!

other royal spirit manipulators will have to communicate and compete with the phoenix spirit manipulators of the Magic Phoenix Empire. I don't want you to be the one who will weaken our overall power because

'If I told you that I was already at the fourth grade of Mortal Stage, I'm sure that you wouldn't have said those words to me. But at present, I prefer not to let

asked suspiciously, when she saw an odd smile on Rocky's face.

now." Without waiting for Mia's reply, Rocky turned to his war beast, who was still rubbing against Mia's hands, and said, "Uriah, you lady-killer! Let's go now!" After that, he roared to Uriah, as

and seemed to be very reluctant to leave Mia, but as a war beast, it was also aware that it should obey its master's orders. Thus, unwillingly, it began to

Yet, even after a month, his spiritual power does not seem to have improved much. Though he has a three-star war beast now, if as a royal spirit manipulator, he is not strong enough, it will be very difficult for him

saw his roommate Flint. He immediately greeted

fell upon Uriah. With eyes wide open, he looked back at Rocky and