Strongest Mage with the Lust system

Chapter 862: Incomprehensible

“Alright. Those of you have at least 500 Merit Points stay, rest hand your plague to the Elders and leave.” Meredith announced after a short while.

Hearing her words, the eyes of those who had more than 500 Merit Points but less than 1000, brightened up.

’We still have a chance.’

As for those who had less than 500, some tried their luck saying they were only short of a few points but they were swiftly escorted out of the city by the Elders.

Meredith checked Rima’s plaque and a hint of surprise appeared in her eyes when she saw the number—15013.

Since the beasts in the same realm as the participant only gave 10 points, only those who could battle across realms should have more than 2000 Merit Points. As for the rest, even if they hunted the beasts day and night, they had little hope of touching this mark.

[Not bad, huh?] Just then the Elder’s transmission sounded in her ears. She looked over and saw a faint smile on his lips.

She nodded, [Really not bad. As long as she tempers her will, she should have no problem becoming a Core Hall disciple.]

The Elder stared at her, a little speechless, but didn’t say anything.

If she could understand human emotions, instead of worrying about Rima’s willpower, she should have been thinking about a way to lift her mood and help her find a way to regain her spirit. Otherwise even if she stayed in the Beast Emperor Hall, she wouldn’t have a future.

’Maybe we should temporarily seal her memories?’

The moment this thought crossed his mind, he shook his head. It was true the Beast Emperor Hall wanted genius disciples like her, but they could not be emotionless and cruel like other sects that only focused on their benefits.

“Alright, those below 1000 stay here. Rest of you, follow me to the mountain. The Elders will select you there.” Saying this, Meredith covered Rima in her mana, flew into the sky followed by the Elder and began flying out of the city, toward the massive mountain range in the distance.

The Elders who were supposed to pick out a few disciples could only shake their heads in exasperation.

“This girl… she is really impatient.” An Elder sighed, not knowing whether to laugh or get angry.

“Haha, I think she simply forgot that she was supposed to let us select.” Another Elder laughed before they also followed after the group.

…

The Beast Emperor Hall owned this entire mountain range that was equal in size to several small countries.

It housed massive forests, full of magic beasts that disciples could hunt to hone their skills or tame as their companion beasts. And because the Beast Emperor Hall was situated in its depths, surrounded by forests, only the stronger disciples could safely enter and leave the Hall.

Due to this, very few disciples ever came out and interacted with the rest of the world which made it less renowned compared to other peak Emperor Rank Powers.

If not for the fact that the Beast Emperor Hall had deliberately announced their rank to attract the disciples, not many disciples would have come for the recruitment.

After Meredith and the Elder led the disciples who had successfully passed the trials, a sigh faintly echoed up in the clouds, “Sigh, only 3000 disciples passed.”

“It’s still better than nothing. Besides, there are many talented ones among them.”

A moment after the voices sounded, two indistinct figures disappeared from the cloud, leaving behind no traces of their presence.

…

A day later, Rima regained consciousness.

Seeing the unfamiliar ceiling, she blinked her eyelashes in confusion. Then her hazy mind grew clear, the memory of the time right before everything went blank returned and she trembled, her eyes reddening.

“…No.” She let out a choked sob but before she could continue to dwell into her sadness and became much too depressed to lose herself, the door of the room she was in swung open and a figure walked in.

“You awake?”

Rima glanced at the figure and recognised her as Meredith. She then averted her gaze, in no mood to talk.

However, Meredith, as if unaware of her current mood, threw an Identity Badge toward her and began speaking, “Here, I have registered you. You are now an Inner Hall disciple. Go get your uniform and the key to your courtyard. There will be a competition at the end of month. If you rank among the top three—”

“Can you please leave me alone for a while, Elder Sister?” Rima interrupted her.

Meredith furrowed her brows and coldly said, “What are you being so depressed about? He was just a…”

Suddenly remembering what the Elder Munrow had told her, she shut her mouth. Then after a moment, she said, “I checked and found that only 100 plaques were unaccounted for, meaning they were completely destroyed in the minor realm. Usually it means the participant is dead but maybe your man managed to survive. So, don’t lose hope just—”

Swoosh!

Before she could finish speaking, the previously desolate Rima vanished from the bed and appeared in front of her, grabbing her by the shoulders, “Send me back into the minor realm… please.”

Meredith casually removed her hands from her shoulders and said, “It’s not easy to enter the minor realm. We need the Sky Rending Claw and at least one Monarch to open the rift. Right now you neither have enough authority to move either for your purpose nor you have the required Merit Points.”

Hearing this, Rima stared at her deeply. She could tell Meredith was trying to give her false hope but she believed if someone could survive even though the plague was destroyed, it was definitely Max.

This meant he was still alive in the minor realm and she had to go in to bring him out. So, she asked, her gaze determined, “Please tell me how many Merit Points I need to enter the Minor Realm and how I can obtain the required authority.”

Meredith couldn’t help but feel that Rima was incomprehensible and beyond stupid.

Was there really a need to behave like this? Did she really not understand that the chances of her man being alive were nearly zero?

But she didn’t voice out her inner thoughts and said, “You should be ranked in the Gold Beast Rankings and should have 50,000 Merit Points.”

“Alright, now leave. Someone will take you to the Inner Hall.” Saying this, she waved her hand and Rima flew out of the room.

…

While Rima was determined to do her best to enter the Minor Realm to look for him, the person in question slowly awoke from his deep sleep and yawned.

“That was some good sleep.” He muttered, feeling better than ever.

“But… How long did I sleep this time?” He wondered, not being able to tell the time he was in the dreamland because his mind had completely shut down after he drained himself both mentally and physically while reconstructing his mana core.

’I hope there are still a few days left.’ He thought. Though he had reconstructed his core, he needed to refill it and then find Rima. And if possible, hunt down some beasts to collect the required Merit Points.

However…

When he tried sensing Rima, his expression changed.