Limitless Evolution: The Path To Immortality

'I've heard of her before, but I didn't really look into her much since I didn't think of her as much of a threat. However, while she might not be a threat to me…' Silas narrowed his eyes. And scanned her dress again. The immaculate white dress reached down to her ankles, yet it wasn't tight. It was closer to a Chinese white robe folded over her upper torso and held tight, wrapped by a black belt around her waist.

The upper part of the dress was filled with intricate patterns that trickled down to her ankles. Yet, they weren't runes. They emitted no mana, and the same could be said for the entire dress. It had no mana in it and, therefore, could not be used in any practical aspects during a battle.

No matter how you looked at it, it was a normal dress, yet Silas felt like there was something weird about it.

The robe fluttered in the wind, yet her black hair did not. It was tightly wrapped into a bun placed on top of her head. Her eyes were a piercing purple, while her pupils were more like slits than rounded pupils.

'She's a beastkin of the snake clan, I think.' Silas narrowed his eyes and stared right into hers. Her eyes were filled with mana, and that mana would pulse every now and then as if it had a heartbeat of its own.

[Mental infiltration detected]

[Mental infiltration is too weak]

'Assimilate.' Silas inwardly thought before a smirk threatened to erupt out of the corner of his lips.

'She's just a student, yet, when you look at her, I automatically think that she's a woman rather than just a girl. That must be part of her ability. I wonder if any of the other snakekins have similar abilities to her. Though, what I find weird is the fact that her eyes weren't slits in the image I saw through the talisman. I wonder why...'

"Don't look into her eyes." Gigi suddenly spoke from the side while glaring at the woman before them.

'She felt it too?' Silas raised a brow.

"Look into her eyes enough, and you might grow infatuated with her."

"I think I'm feeling it, bro." Deton suddenly spoke out and tried to walk toward Siltheria. Alcraz acted quickly by grabbing him and covering his eyes. Yet, despite having his eyes covered, Deton still had a hungry look in his eyes that made Silas chuckle.

It was almost like he wanted to fall for her.

"My abilities don't work like that." Siltheria closed her eyes and let out a melodious chuckle soothing to the ear.

"She's like a succubus. Don't fall for her temptation." Gigi sneered from the side while placing her hand on her blade. Suddenly, her toki flared and quickly wrapped itself around her blade.

'Do I smell drama? Hehe. What an interesting group I've fallen into.' Silas inwardly snickered before looking at Siltheria once more, this time staring right at her mana core. She seemed to have immediately caught his stare before following it to what he was looking at.

'He's staring at my mana core.' Her smile widened slightly.

'Miss Ivy said that I used everyone around me as if they were tools…' A smile blossomed across his lips. 'Maybe she wasn't completely wrong.'

"No need for infighting ladies. We are a team, after all..." Silas wore a smile and fearlessly stepped in between the two. He understood that there must have been a reason for the teachers to purposely place him, Gigi, and Siltheria on the same team. Similarly, he felt like the two others weren't too bad either, possibly placing them in the top 10% of the academy.

To place so many powerful people together, they surely wanted something from them.

'Maybe it's about the threat? Since I'm the strongest around her, maybe they chose to place their strongest assets with me so they won't get hurt? Or maybe they're with me because the teachers want me to go after the threat with someone covering my back.'

"Tsk. She's in your mind already." Gigi sneered before turning around and walking away.

'She's treating Siltheria like she's a walking incarnation of the devil.' Silas noted.

After standing around for a couple of minutes, the rest of the students found their groups. The beastkin lady, also known as their current leader, spoke once more.

"You have until the sun sets to come back to camp. If you don't come back by then, a severe penalty will be placed on your group. A teammate dying will disqualify you. Is that understood?"

Everyone nodded in understanding.

"Then, let's begin." She said in a calm tone before walking away and entering her tent.

Silas could instantly tell that everyone expected her to shout "GO!" like a racing announcer. Still, despite not moving instantly, the moment she entered her tent, most people shot into the forest in search of some creatures to slaughter.

However, Silas' group stood still, every single one of them looking at each other with slight awkwardness.

"Isn't it a little weird for us to have so many powerful people in the same group? It's as if the teachers were trying to compensate for something." Deton's words cut through the silence.

Gigi and Siltheria quickly looked at each other before looking at the two elves to the side. They were experienced enough to know that the two elves were powerful in their own senses. They could, at the very least, kill a beast with a dull amethyst core. While that may not amount to much in front of Siltheria, who could kill them with ease, and Gigi, who had combat prowess well beyond her age, they weren't all that bad compared to the average student. Both women had gone through enough battles to sense who was dangerous and who was not.

So, at that moment, all their heads slowly turned toward Silas, who stood to the side with his hands in his pockets and his eyes darting from side to side as he looked at the departing groups.

Eventually, his gaze fell upon his own group when he felt their gazes.

"What?" Silas asked with confusion while everyone had one thought coursing through their minds.

'Is he really that weak?!'