Karl let the portal close behind them, and then led his army of recruits through to the academy grounds by the trial tower.
"Headmaster. Get the students to a safe room. We are about to see an influx from the Immortal Realm. Most likely Giant Frogs at the Mythic Rank.
Thousands of them." Karl announced the moment he arrived.
For a second, everyone froze, then there was shouting as orders were given, and the emergency alarms began to blare.
That would send the students running to the secure areas, but there was no warning level that sent the strongest instructors inside. It was the job of the Overlords on the staff to defend everyone, but today, there would not be much that they could do.
"How certain are we about the timing?" The Headmaster asked.
"One hundred percent. Give or take thirty seconds."
"Fuck."
In the Chaos Realm, Cara laughed. There was no way that he could have any idea how bad things were about to get just from Karl’s explanation. But she couldn’t go anywhere, Lady Matilda was nearly finished her advancement, and she had hundreds more attempts to invade the planet to swat.
These people were incredibly determined, and all the attacks were coming from the same artificial planet within the Immortal Plane. So, it should be entirely the adherents of one group who did not yet understand that their leader was dead.
The first portal opened five seconds before Cara’s estimated time of arrival, and a familiar head appeared.
"My friend Oobleck, it’s good to see you again." Karl welcomed the Octopus.
{You again. It’s always you.} The Octopus complained, but he didn’t stop the invasion.
Dozens of Mythic Rank octopus monsters floated through the portal behind, him, and then a few hundred giant crabs wearing armour plates over their shells.
"Oh, no more frogs? Well, that’s a shame. The frogs are tasty. Now, should we do this here on the ground, or should I fly up to meet you in the air?" Karl asked.
Oobleck glared at him, but flew up a few thousand additional metres to move their fight away from the invasion.
[I want a pet crab.] Rae demanded.
[What do you even want a crab for?] Karl asked as he shifted into the Avatar of the World Dragon.
[Crabs are weird. They’re spiders with harder shells and pincers.] Rae explained.
[Well, if you can keep one alive and tame it, you can try to keep it. I doubt that it will work, though.] Karl informed her.
Rae shrugged. If it worked, it worked. If not, she would eat it.
It had better work, though. She wanted to put her baby rogue on a combat crab mount and give her a spear.
Oobleck inspected Karl as he flew up to meet for the challenge. There was seriously something wrong with this creature. It was the Avatar of the World Dragon, but it wasn’t a dragon at all.
As far as he could tell, Karl was a Demon, who had gained the favour of the Dragon Pantheon.
But he was also Mythic Ranked, with the ability to use Immortal Essence in his attacks. That shouldn’t be possible. If you could channel the essence of Immortality, the lowest of Divine Energies, you should automatically advance to the Immortal Rank and undergo tribulation.
Somehow, he had granted himself an Immortal Realm Epic Grade body, and Immortal Rank attacks of the Chaos Element, but Tribulation did not come for him.
It might be time to plead with a power higher than his own master to intervene.
Mere Demons should not be allowed to flaunt the Fundamental Rules like that.
{This time we finish things.} Oobleck declared as he surged with power.
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