Surrounded by Five Beast Lords novel Chapter 56

Chapter 56

They made no effort to keep their voices down, so every word reached Dora’s de with perfect clarity

Elmer said. “Cassian, keep your people on a leash. Don’t let them bark all over the place

Before Dora could speak. Elmer stepped forward. The usual warmth in his light brown eyes was gone, replaced by cold

restraint.

“Elmer? Who do you think you are, talking to me?” Cassian’s eyes sharpened. “Now that you’re following Dora around, you think you’re somebody?”

His friends burst into laughter behind him and began talking over one another.

Exactly, Mr. Shawn. Don’t waste your breath on them. It’ll only lower your standards.”

Dora, I’ll give you this. You sure know how to find yourself a new backer.”

What’s the cat for? A mascot?”

Elmer, you’d better be careful following your dear Dora around. Don’t let some alien beast carry you off.”

Mindy’s brows drew tight. Anger hardened Rock’s and Jaxsen’s faces, while Milo swept a sharp gaze over the opposing tean ind assessed their combat strength.

From beginning to end, Clive did not so much as lift his eyes. Only the pressure around him seemed to drop by several degrees.

His cold gaze cut across the faint scar on Cassian’s face like a blade, carrying a trace of mockery.

ioren yawned lazily on Dora’s shoulder. His amber cat eyes flicked toward Cassian, as if he were looking at an idiot

Dora raised a hand and gently stopped Elmer, who still wanted to argue.

Her face showed no anger, no embarrassment, only complete indifference.

The clowns in front of her were not worth even a flicker of emotion.

She did not even bother to look at Cassian and Iris. Her gaze passed over them and went straight to the otherals masline inal preparations at the center of the square.

Then she said to her team in a calm, clear voice, ‘Let’s go. The match is about to start. Don’t waste your breath on peopic who don’t matter

With that, she stepped forward first and walked straight into the deeper part of the assembly area

Clive followed close behind her like a silent, loyal shadow

Elmer glared at Cassian, gave a cold snort, and followed

Mindy’s family followed without hesitation

When Rock passed Cassian’s team, he even puffed out his chest on purpose, showing off the sturdy breastplate of his new

combat suit.

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sher Fran deepse.departure struck harder than any comicback could have

The sneers on Cassians and his companions faces froze. They looked as if they had thrown a full–force punch into empty air, which only made them seen like clowns performing for themselves.

Several nearby teams also looked over, eager to watch the drama unfold, and Cassian sirritation deepened. “What are they so smug about?”

Cassian stared darkly at Dora’s team as they walked away

His gaze lingered especially on Clive’s tall, cold, rigid back. Suspicion tangled with that nameless hatred in his chest

He touched the scar on his face, and his eyes turned vicious. “During this match. I make sure they can’t even cry

He turned to his own team and said, “Stay sharp. Our goal is first place. As for certain people who don’t know their place don’t hold back if we run into them.”

‘Yes, Mr. Shawn!” his friends answered in unison, and his words did manage to stir their fighting spirit.

The countdown above the assembly square reached zero. The massive energy barrier covering the designated competition area of the Training Zone slowly opened an entrance.

In the next instant, hundreds of teams shot forward like arrows released from a bowstring, all rushing into the competition

zone at once.

The tournament map unfolded in real time on the Optical Brain.

t marked the competition boundaries and major terrain with crisp precision.

More importantly, green points of light moved across the display in different colors and symbols, each one representing a participating team..

The red shaded zones marked alien beast activity. The deeper the red, the higher the beast level.

specific alien plants and energy ore deposits appeared as blue markers.

Cassian’s Level 5. We should head straight for the darkest heat zone and clear out the high–value alien beasts before anive Ise gets there, someone on the team suggested, his voice bright with excitement.

Exactly. We push our ranking up first and scare the other teams off.”

Cassian stared at the green dot that represented his own team, pride burning through him.

Then his gaze shifted to another green dot drifting toward the edge of the map, farther and farther from the center

Cassian said, “Some trash teams probably came in just to hide around the edges and pick through scraps

After saying that, Cassian led his team without hesitation toward the heart of the rift valley where the map showed the densest cluster of alien beasts.

Several other capable teams saw his move and refused to fall behind

Some trailed after him. Others circled in from the flanks, hoping to take a share of the points

Que hour after the tournament began, the kill rankings and point rankings were updated at high speed

yout at the

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Dora and Mandy’s commentary

Aber entering the Diy Canada mater theme

“We’re not rushing to hures Den

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