The situation kept turning worse at Ethan with the crowd growing more and more suspicious from each word he said.

In the end, there was only one way out for Ethan.

*Boom*

Ethan's Aura flared up, and from behind him, 2 spirit beasts appeared.

The first one was a tiger-shaped spirit beast in the high commander level. Even though it was stronger than other youth, Ethan had displayed this spirit beast during his battle with the thief, so the crowd was not really surprised.

However, when the second spirit beast revealed itself, the crowd's eyes were widened from shock.

From the portal behind Ethan, a black skeleton appeared. The skeleton was covered in armor and make its appearance very terrifying. But the thing that surprised the crowd was not its appearance. Instead, it was the aura that they could feel from the skeleton.

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[ Northland White tiger]

[ Lv. 38 - High commander class]

[ Bp: 1500]

[ A white tiger from Northland mythology. It was said to be fierce and hate humans.]

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[ Black Bone Skeleton king]

[ Lv. 42 - Low General Class]

[ Bp: 2500]

[ A skeleton with many great bloodlines added. He had mutated and turned into this state]

This skeleton was a Low-general level spirit beast!

" A youth with General level spirit beast. Oh my Lord, Am I currently dreaming?"

" This...if he is truly a Daoist with General level spirit beast, then he really doesn't have any good motive to go through all this hassle to get closer with the Major."

A new discussion was circulating around the crowd. A youth with a general level spirit beast, this was truly a hot topic amongst them.

It was known in their circle that to break through every ten levels for a spirit beast was not that easy. It might seem easy to ascend up to the commander level, but ascending to a general level was different.

From the general level onward, the difficulty of ascending the next level was multiplied by ten times each, and only a super genius would have a general level spirit beast in their youth.

This was also why they said Ethan should have any other motive to solve this theft case. For a talented youth like him, the Maple-leaf city major would definitely be happy to receive him anytime.

Just with this revelation, all the situation was turned back on Ray.

Ethan, who saw himself started getting the advantages sighed some relief, but when he noticed that Ray still has a calm look on his face, a bad premonition grew in his heart.

" Is this all? Then let me display mine next."

Ray snapped his finger, and Chongky and Schwarz appeared from the portal behind him.

If anyone just looks at their outer appearance, they would laugh at Chongky and Schwarz's cute appearance. Compared to Ethan's domineering tiger or skeleton, those two looked so much like a doll.

Even so, for the Daoists that could feel their aura, their face turned from awe into pale then straight into fright.

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[ Spirit beast Qilineko (Schwarz)]

[ A type of spirit beasts that dwells in the darkness. It was seen as an advent of calamity by some people.]

[ Lv: 50 ( Half-step king)]

[ Hp: 1200/1200]

[ Exp: XXXX/XXXXX]1

[ Bp: 3500]

[ Passive: Omen and Destiny]

[ Special ability: ]

[ - Extreme agility boost, Sneer, Sractch, Dunkenheilt eyes, Phantom image, Aura, Life-support*]

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[ Spirit beast Chongky ]

[ A type of spirit beasts from the Southern East Continent. It could control the power of shadow and is a tricky opponent to deal with.]

[ Lv: 50 (Half-step king)]

[ Exp: XXXX/XXXXX]

[ Hp: 500/500]

[ Bp: 2000]

[ Passive: Illusory body]

[ Special ability: Shadow hands, Bark, Scratch, Reflect]

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" Tw-Two Half-step king-level spirit beasts?"

If when Ethan showed his spirit beast, the crowd were shocked. Now they were truly horrified. Youth with two half-step king-level spirit beasts, this youth talent was truly demonic.

Half of the crowd was still in awe in the scene in front of their eyes, while half of them now racking their brain hard on how to include this youth in their family.

The hot moms who were Kyouko's business partners were the ones who got it the worst. They really envied that Kyouko was managed to got her hand on this super handsome and talented youth. If they were to get someone like Ray, they would even be ready to toss their husband and eloped with him.

On Ray's side, he has currently displayed a smug smile on his face while looking down on Ethan. For this guy to summon his spirit beast was just like digging his own grave in front of Ray.

" If you said that you don't have any reason for lying because you are a Daoist with general level spirit beast, then how about me? Do you think someone with a king-level spirit beast like me would lie?"

Ray's words hit like thunder to everyone else in this room, and they couldn't help but feel that Ray's words really make sense.

In this world, the strong is to be respected, and since Ray is stronger than Ethan currently, the crowd chose to believe in Ray rather than Ethan.

With the words of the Maple-leaf city major, the guards quickly rushed to capture Ethan. Ethan did try to resist, but Ray had acted first, and Chongky had restrained Ethan's spirit beasts with his shadow hand, thus ending the conflict relatively easily.

Not long after, the guards brought Ethan and the thief to be questioned while his spirit beasts were to be seized with some special items of the Maple-leaf city major.

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[ DING!!! You have schemed against both the antagonist and the protagonist]

[ Ethan Maxwell protagonist halo -300, Clyde(Thief) Antagonist halo -100, Both your protagonist and antagonist halo+100]

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Ray looked at the rewards and smiled. This was only the beginning. Since he had been fated to clash with those antagonists and protagonists, Ray would not be lenient and always try his best.

But after seeing them being brought away, Ray could feel some burden in his heart eased. Even though everything was going like what he planned, it was a lie if he said he wasn't nervous at all.

This world was based on the game world, but the character here were still real and have their own thought. If Ethan were to act not like what Ray had prepared before, then maybe their position would be reversed now.

Exp is stated as XXXX because to ascend into true king level, they would need to finish some trials. I will explain in later chapters