Villain's Evolution: Investing in My Minions Yields Crazy Returns!

At some point two days from now, Victor would inevitably enter the trial ground because circumstances would force him to.

Realizing this, Victor looked in the direction where Elias had disappeared and felt the hair on his scalp rise.

”System,” he said a moment later. ”What if I tell the academy everything in advance?”

To Victor, this was perhaps the easiest way to avoid all this mess.

[Unable to calculate.]

[Public disclosure of information may force Fate Correction to change its method.]

It was exactly the same problem he had encountered while investigating Cecilia’s curse.

The greatest problem now was not that he did not know danger was coming. It was that the enemy was hidden inside the academy’s own system.

The assessment date could be moved forward.

Mana Core Badges could be replaced. The barrier could be opened.

That meant the enemy’s reach had already penetrated extremely deeply.

If Victor publicly announced right now that ”someone intends to release a Level 27 magical beast into the assessment,” the enemy only needed to cancel that plan, then use another method.

And Victor would lose the advantage of preparing in advance.

He slowly walked toward the edge of the clock tower.

In the distance, the entire Starlight Royal Academy was brightly illuminated.

The White Tower, training grounds, dormitories, Research Institute.

From up here, everything looked completely peaceful. But now Victor already knew that at least two hidden threads existed within this academy that had nothing to do with its peaceful surface.

The Astral Realm. The Abyss. And... lastly, those so called people who knew the future.

”Since they want to play, I might as well make it fun.” Victor suddenly smiled.

Don’t let Leah touch the badge?

Fine.

Don’t enter the underground caves?

That would depend on the situation.

As for the Star Devouring Shadow Beast... before yesterday, it really would have been troublesome. But now Victor had just defeated the simulation of a Level 28 Crimson Armored Demon Ape without taking any damage.

And... since the Star Devouring Shadow Beast was an Abyssal subspecies, could the mana inside its body also be consumed by [Mana Devour]?

The moment the thought appeared, the system almost immediately responded.

[Star Devouring Shadow Beast possesses a high purity Abyssal Energy Core.]

[Can be devoured.]

The corner of Victor’s mouth slowly rose.

Now that was even more interesting.

Someone was releasing a magical beast to kill Leah. But what if, in the end, it became Victor’s growth resource instead?

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