Proofreader: M_W Miss Fierce

Leo and his Alpha Lion team repeated the same action over and over again until they finally captured 13 Magical Beasts.

It was at this moment that he finally discovered that 13 Earth Elementals is his new limit of how many Elementals he could summon, also equivalent to 26 Wind Elementals, 13 Nature Elementals, 8 Water Elementals, and 6 Fire Elementals. This was after he had finished absorbing nearly 50 pieces of different kinds of Magical resources during his past cultivation.

Until today, he didn't bother much about checking his current cultivation progress in his path from 1 Star Mage to 2 Star Mage. The only thing he keeps on doing was to cultivate and cultivate.

It really made him feel delighted knowing that he has made a lot of progress in his cultivation.

"Let's rest for a bit before bringing our harvest to the Emerald City," Leo informed everyone. Since he doesn't have any more spaces left to put the Magical Beasts they have caught, he decided that it's time for them to stop and prepare to return to the Emerald City and submit the Magical Beasts they have caught in exchange for points that they will use later on to get some other benefits from the other participants.

He sat down cross-legged on a flat stone as he closed his eyes before beginning to recuperate his lost energy once again.

Cassandra and the others of the Alpha Lion team also choose their own places nearby. Some began recuperating their lost energy, while the others began eating and talking about their experiences while luring the Magical Beasts towards Leo.

Not everyone in the Alpha Lion team was like Leo, who has used a lot of his energy to trap the Magical Beasts. Their only job was basically to assist Charlotte too seriously injured the Magical Beasts enough to cause them to lose their consciousness. Afterwards, they would lure another Magical Beast and repeat the same action again until they finally caught 13 Magical Beasts.

It's really not tiring at all. In fact, the only reason why a few of them were recuperating their lost energy right now was because of their limit in their cultivation.

Cassandra, Elizabeth, Angel, Veronica, Ahmed, Jasmine, and Brad were the people currently recuperating, since they are 1 Star Mages just like Leo, hence their energy is almost the same as him as well. On the other hand, the rest have a cultivation of 2 Star to 4 Star level, so their energy is a bit or a lot higher compared to them.

After a few minutes, Leo and his Alpha Lion team finally decided to make their way back to the Emerald City.

Carrying the Magical Beasts they have caught wasn't a big problem. Leo simply ordered the Earth Elementals to put some kind of wheels below them and move on their own. But to make it look like it wasn't moving by itself, he assigned his team at the back to somewhat look like they are pushing the cages.

Along the way, they attracted a lot of attention from the solo participants and group participants. That is because the weakest Magical Beasts they have caught is the 4 Star level Magical Beast called Green Fur Ape, which could give them 40 points, and the strongest is a 6 Star level Magical Beast called Redhood Salamander, which could give them 60 points. In total, they could earn 650 points from all of their catch, even more than what the ten Dark Razor Caiman that the Hunter Goblin Guild had gifted to them yesterday could be exchanged for.

"Does someone here know who they are?"

"I'm not familiar with them, but basing on their catch, they should belong to a powerful Guild,"

"Indeed, most likely they belong to a medium-size Guild,"

"But no one here has seen their Guild token before, so I'm guessing that they came from another territory,"

"I am really envious of them. They have already caught 13 Magical Beasts, while we haven't even caught 5 Magical Beasts here,"

"....."

Leo and his Alpha Lion team ignored the conversation of the people as they continued on their path. But unknown to them, amongst those gathering of solo participants and group participants, a group of Goblins was conversing with a low voice.

"Are they the ones that the Hunter Goblin Guild had mentioned?"

"Yes, their Guild token has the same symbol as what the Hunter Goblin Guild have described,"

"So they are the ones who hate us Goblins, eh? So, should we do it now?"

"Let's continue observing first,"

"I agree! According to the information we have received from the Hunter Goblin Guild, they have a member with a 9 Star level cultivation. Unless we are sure that they don't have that person in their team, we won't strike. We have already seen the picture of that person before, so it should be easy for us to recognize that person,"

"Okay,"

"....."

Meanwhile, the same kind of conversations was secretly happening to the Bravo Lion team, Charlie Lion team, Delta Lion team, and Eagle Lion team as well from the Goblins around them.

As they were wary with the different teams of the Mischievous Lion Guild due to the existence of a member with a 9 Star level cultivation, they continued to follow after them.

Their way of following them wasn't to follow them in secret, but rather to send a single Goblin team to follow them openly. It's simply because they don't want to make the Mischievous Lion Guild wary against them yet by allowing a lot of Goblin teams to follow them. Moreover, only by openly following them could they be able to move closer, which would then allow them to see clearly whether that member with a 9 Star level cultivation is amongst them. Once they confirmed the situation, they would then send a signal to the other Goblin teams nearby.

At Leo and his Alpha Lion team, the Goblin team secretly following them send a signal to the nearby Goblin teams to abort the mission. They have seen six people wearing a Magic Mantle, and also the presence of the young man called Mister Loki, which they were told to be the Guild Leader of the Mischievous Lion Guild.

They have already been informed that most likely the member with the 9 Star level cultivation would be following by Mister Loki's side, so they quickly assumed that one of those people wearing a Magic Mantle is that person.

Unbeknownst to that Goblin team though, Leo has already become suspicious of them the moment they appeared. It's because he had already assumed that the Hunter Goblin Guild's action before isn't that simple. But because he can't confirm whether his assumption is true or not yet, he informed Ash and Charlotte to secretly monitor them.

"This is surprising, they actually didn't do anything," Ash said as she saw that the Goblin team continued walking farther away from them after passing by them.

"Maybe they were indeed also in their way towards the Emerald City?" Charlotte assumed.

"No," Leo quickly shook his head in response. Charlotte's assumption was reasonable, considering that the Goblin team didn't show any suspicious signs and continued walking towards the direction of the Emerald City right after passing by them. But unknown to her, he had already seen a red-colored String of Fate from that Goblin team after activating his capability to see the String of Fate.

The String of Fate has never been wrong, and he's also confident that it would never be wrong in the coming future since it's the God of Fate's capability itself. So, there are only two reasons for their action; first, is they are preparing for an ambush in front of them, and second is they were only observing them to gather some information that they can use later on. Nevertheless, both cases meant trouble.

The confusing part though was that the Goblin team actually doesn't have the same Goblin took as the Hunter Goblin Guild, implying that they belong to another Guild.

However, aside from the Hunter Goblin Guild, he and his Mischievous Lion Guild haven't offended other Guilds yet after arriving in the Emerald City. This leaves him with the only remaining assumption; the Goblins had automatically treated him as an enemy after he annihilated that team of the Hunter Goblin Guild.

After he had offended the Hunter Goblin Guild yesterday, he soon after began studying some relevant information about the Goblin race. It was stated in that book he had read that the Goblin race is extremely sensitive to the people that had killed one of their kind.

Their sensitivity is so extreme that they could even smell from a person's body whether they have indeed killed a Goblin or not. Once they found out that such a person has indeed killed a Goblin, their impression of them would immediately become bad, or worst, if the smell is really strong, they would turn hostile immediately. Though they won't attack them right off the bat, but that person should expect already that someday in the future they would suddenly get attack by a bunch of Goblins.

However, there actually exists a method... or to be more precise, a potion that will invalidate such kind of stench to a certain degree.

Unfortunately, such potion could only be concocted by the Goblin race themselves, which could only be received once a person received their acknowledgment.

What's worst is, the majority of the Goblins are narrow-minded or petty people, that's why receiving their acknowledgment is an extremely difficult thing to do as they would demand excessive things which would discourage the majority of the people to complete. In fact, it was stated in the book that only a few people were able to successfully receive their acknowledgment.

Which is to say...

"I didn't kill any Goblins during that time, so why did they treat me as an enemy? Or is this perhaps because Chief Lago and Sebastian is part of my Mischievous Lion Guild?" Leo can't help asking himself. But since thinking can't get him anywhere, he decided to put such thoughts to the back of his mind in the meantime.