Chapter 19: Preparations
Initially, Samuel had managed to complete everything within less than 30 minutes that he had asked for. And, he had intended to show himself, in order to help William the moment that he realized that a fight was about to break out.
But he ended up changing his mind a little while later the moment that he realized that there was a powerful aura that was rushing towards them. Considering that his power level was already in the three star rank, he could immediately tell that the other party was also in the three-star rank.
At that moment, he thought that whoever it was that was coming over, it definitely had to be the city Lord. But the intentions of the city Lord could not be seen through, unless he arrived first.
That was the reason why Samuel did not show himself, waiting until the city Lord came over. If the city lord really wanted to take action against William, Samuel would obviously intervene.
It might be true that the city Lord was already at the peak of the three star rank, and he himself was only in the late stages, that did not really matter. After all, first of all, his eagle had undergone evolution, and more than that, his own physique had been improved, even if it was just slightly.
Samuel believed that with his current abilities, together with those of the eagle, they would be able to handle the city Lord, even if they could not kill him, they would definitely be able to push the city lord back.
But it was completely out of his expectations that the city Lord was not here because of what William might possess, but instead, he was here simply because he wanted to deliver information.
Samuel was not sure if he was the one who had brought the bad luck, but regardless, just after he had managed to become a beast tamer, a monster tide was about to attack the city.
Even though he had already learned that this was something that happened several times already, but still, he felt that he was quite unlucky. Why would it not have happened several months later? Or even several years later?
But still, he felt that he was lucky at the same time. After all, due to the golden light that he possessed within his body, he was able to improve his own level together with that of his beast.
Samuel was not sure about the level of the monsters that were about to attack the city, but he understood that it was definitely not going to be that simple, just by considering the words of the city Lord.
So, he was already preparing himself. In case it was impossible to be able to deal with the group of monsters, he would just have to find a method of leaving the city together with the children and William.
He himself had only been within this city for a single month, and he had no attachment for the city. as for William, since he was the one who had been providing for them all this while, it was impossible for Samuel to leave him behind.
William was relieved the moment that he saw that Samuel had come over. But still, he felt that there was something completely different about Samuel, even though they had only seen each other last a few minutes ago.
"Did you succeed?" William asked, relieved.
But of course, the relief was just momentarily, as he understood that in the next few days, the monster tide was going to strike. And at that time, even he himself might end up losing his life.
That was just how terrible the monster tide was. If one was not careful, even with the same power level as the city lord, they would definitely fall. The monster tide was definitely something that was feared by all cities, and that's why all cities tried as much as possible to prevent a monster tide from erupting.
"Yes, I did." Samuel responded, a small smile appearing on his face.
Of course, he was excited about the results that he had gotten. And, he had realized that there was something more to the golden light. This was a benefit that was going to help him to be able to grow, as long as he used it well.
"But, what about this monster tide? From the words of the city Lord, it seems that the monster tide is going to be quite fierce this time." Samuel inquired.
William could not help but raise his brows slightly when he heard the question. From Samuel's words, it was clear that he had been listening in to the conversation. Could it be that he had been waiting, just in case there was a need for him to act.
Well, it was good, considering that nothing really happened. And considering that Samuel had said that it was successful, perhaps he had a method of solving the situation, in case things did not go the way that they did.
"Recently, we received the information about monsters in the surrounding areas beginning to gather. Several people begin being sent to hunt monsters, to prevent them from gathering.
But it seemed impossible for us to be able to prevent them from doing that, as it seems that there is some kind of force that is bringing them together. So in the end, as the situation began getting dangerous, we had no other choice but to abandon attacking them.
And now, the number of monsters has already reached quite a high number. Surprisingly, they are not only attacking our city, but instead, even the other surrounding cities are going to be attacked soon.
According to the city Lord's tone, it is clear that the monster tide this time is definitely not going to be that simple. I'm not really sure how we are going to handle it." William explained.
Samuel nodded in understanding. It seemed that the number of monsters that were going to attack this time was going to be quite high. But, this was an opportunity, an opportunity for him to be able to improve.
Killing a monster was going to lead to the production of the monster core. That was where all the energy of the monster was stored.
The reason why Samuel felt that this was an opportunity was simply because he could use the energy that was stored within the monster cores, in order to be able to improve his own power. As long as the golden light within his body could allow him to be able to refine the energy, he would be able to increase his own level.
Additionally, he would be able to gain more combat experience by fighting the monsters. But he was not sure about the highest level of the monster that he was going to face when the monster tide came.
Having nothing else to do, William suggested that they should make preparations for the monster tide. It was not clear when the monster tide was going to strike, so the preparations had to begin early.
The preparations involved trying to find a way of taking the children out of the city, in case the monster tide was at a level that the city could not handle.
Of course, the relocation was something that was going to involve the entire citizens of the city. That was going to be arranged by the city Lord, but still, William and Samuel had to make more preparations, to ensure the safety of the children.
After everything was done, Samuel went back to his room. He wanted to understand more about the golden light within his body. On different occasions, that golden light had appeared, and it was always beneficial.
Samuel believed that this golden light was definitely something that his late father had been talking about. The power that his father had said that he possessed.
But, Samuel wanted to understand it, in order for him to be able to develop. According to his father, after developing, the answers to the questions that he was having would naturally come. And that was the reason why he was looking forward to increasing his strength as fast as possible.
At first, Samuel tried to summon the golden light, but after trying all the methods that he could think of, he could not draw out that golden light within his body.
It was then that he suddenly thought of something else. Maybe this golden light within his body was not something that could just appear. It seemed that he would need to consume something that would give him a large amount of energy, before that golden light would appear.
But just to be sure, Samuel went ahead and asked William if he had several pills that could be used in order to increase his strength.
Even though he was confused, William went ahead and took out all the pills that he had accumulated till this day. He was not sure about what Samuel wanted to do, but he handed them over nonetheless.
After acquiring them, someone went ahead and took all of them at the same time. Well, the pills that he had been given or only contained within two bottles, with each bottle having only six pills. And, each pill was only small, the size of half an adult's pinky finger.
The moment that he consumed the pills, within his body, a huge amount of energy surged. But before this energy could spread within his body, the golden light appeared once again, enveloping the energy, and containing it.