These two choices, just a single second, were more than enough for Rezen to choose.

His goal has always been high. He is not satisfied with the power of a Great Mage, as that is far from enough to revive his parents.

Rezen definitely wouldn't choose to stay in the Savage Beast Realm, enduring hundreds of years just to barely reach the Great Mage Rank.

He is only left with one choice, which is to gamble and enter a new realm!

He just hoped that after entering a new realm, he would be safe and that the new realm he would enter was a higher-level realm.

When one's talent was not enough, one must compensate for it with resources. One way to facilitate faster growth was to be in a higher-level realm.

Not only is the mana concentration higher, making cultivation faster, but the information and resources are also more abundant.

Rezen opened his mouth, and he was about to make his choice when he stopped.

The second choice… from the looks of it, he would once again move out of a realm by himself.

Back in the Earth Realm, he had to leave his friends and the familiar world behind. That saddened him, but he had to bury his emotions deep inside him so that he could continue striving for his goal.

Now, he is given two choices, but in reality, there is only one choice. This choice would once again make him leave a realm that he had fostered relationships with and had already become familiar with.

He would have to leave his best friend in this realm, as well as the other friends he had.

Just hours ago, he was partying without a care in the world. He let go of all the burden he was shouldering for a moment. But now, he was given an expiration date.

Once Elder Priss's power stabilizes to the point she could kill the Sage of the magic beast without consequence, that would be the time for Rezen to leave this realm.

The sadder thing was that Rezen is responsible for making sure that the Elder's power stabilizes as soon as possible, as he had to help Treen make the Headmaster Tryst love him even more.

This… this is really disheartening…

However, no matter how much it saddens Rezen, for the sake of his parents' revival, he cannot stay in the Savage Beast Realm and endure a snail-pace progress.

Rezen took a deep breath, and his eyes regained their clarity as he made his choice.

"I wish to enter a new realm."

Elder Priss was not aware of the storm inside Rezen, considering that her IQ was high while her EQ was basically zero. Still, she noticed a change in Rezen's mood, but she simply ignored it.

"Very well. Make sure you try your best to progress your cultivation as much as possible. I can't guarantee what realm you will end up on."

"You are lucky if you end up in a stable realm that has access to the universe. But if you end up in a primitive realm like this one, you might need to reach the 4th rank before you can go to a different realm."

Elder Priss cautioned, and Rezen took it to heart. In any case, even without the Elder's warning, Rezen was already set on increasing his cultivation and power as much as possible.

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Eclipsion Realm.

Near a certain bandit hideout, Claude, along with a small group of ten people, was sneaking in.

"Master Claude, are we really attacking them now? Shouldn't we wait until you reach the peak of the Senior Rank or even reach the Great Mage rank before we do? With your talent, it might take less than a decade" One of the ten asked nervously.

His nervousness was not without reason, as today, Claude planned on eradicating one of the large bandit groups in the area, the Black Bear Bandits.

On the surface, the most powerful mages of the Black Bear Bandits are at the peak of the Senior Rank, but from the information they had gathered, it was almost a hundred percent sure that this bandit group has a Great Mage.

Not to mention the Great Mage, just the number of mid to high cycle Senior Mages in the enemy camp far outnumbered them.

Out of the ten subordinates that joined Claude in his mission of eradicating bandit groups, only three of them are Senior Mages, while the rest are Junior Mages.

As for the bandit group, they have hundreds of people. Just the number of mid and high cycle mages that they have already outnumbered Claude's group.

"You may return if you are afraid, I have confidence in killing them" Claude replied simply.

It was not his intention to recruit subordinates. It's just that after he started to destroy bandit groups, some natives of the realm who hadn't lost their courage started to join him after hearing his power and courage.

At first, Claude wanted to refuse having subordinates, but these people insisted. He also remembered his Master's words for him to interact with people and foster relationships. As such, he reluctantly accepted them.

Of course, despite the fact that Claude is reluctant, he actually treated them quite well. Whether it be in teaching them and helping them cultivate or sharing the spoils they got from the bandits they killed, Claude didn't hold back.

As such, these subordinates of him grew really fond of him. Despite the fact that this operation looked like a suicide attempt, all ten still followed him.

Of course, just because they followed him doesn't mean that these subordinates of him are unafraid. In fact, it was the opposite. They are terribly afraid!

"Master, how can we leave you and attack them alone?"

"Our conscience will not allow us to do that"

"We are always here for Master"

The ten echoed like a well-trained group, and Claude sighed helplessly. He really is confident that he could kill all the bandits.

If not for the fact that Claude wanted to rely on his own power to kill the bandits, he would have destroyed all the bandit groups already without waiting for his cultivation to progress.

After a few years of cultivation, Claude's cultivation now reached the peak of mid-cycle; he was just a step away from reaching the 6th-cycle Senior Rank.

This speed was definitely astonishing, considering that he also had to advance his Realm Embryo if he wanted to advance.

Thankfully, his spatial ring is still filled with treasures from his Master, and his own talent is really high.

If he were not staying in such a low-level realm that could only support the growth of Great Mages, he would have long reached the peak of the Senior Rank. He might have even become a Great Mage already!

If he were in a realm that could support Noble Mages, Royal Mages, or even Sages, his cultivation speed would have skyrocketed even more!

But of course, just cultivating peacefully couldn't nourish a truly powerful mage. Wild flowers are more resilient than greenhouse flowers.

Claude also needs experience, and that is why he is in such a low-level realm.

He is confident in his own strength despite the fact that he was just a mid-cycle Senior Mage. Not to mention, if he really cannot defeat the enemies, he could simply use his Noblesse Artifact.

Of course, as much as possible, he wouldn't do that since he prefers using his own power rather than relying on external items.

"You can just keep guard on the periphery as usual and prevent any bandits from escaping" Claude said, and the ten can only agree with that.

With their meager strength, if they were to join the battle, instead of helping, they might just hold back their Master.

In the past operations they had, they mostly surrounded the bandit's den to prevent anyone from escaping, and it seems like this time, this was also their only choice, which posed lower risks.

Still, they can't help but worry for Claude himself, but they didn't have much time to worry about him.

After determining that this was the nearest he could get before he would be discovered, Claude immediately took out his sword before charging at the bandit camp.

His arrival didn't escape the notice of the bandits guarding the entrance of their camp, but before they could even speak, they already found their heads separated from their bodies.

Claude was just too fast. The bandits weren't even able to utter a word before they were beheaded.

Fortunately, since this is their turf, more bandits are in plain sight or are hiding. Claude only managed to kill around seven bandits before the remaining bandits managed to notify the others.

An alarm rang, and all the bandits knew what it meant. They are under attack!

Colorful spells immediately activated one after another, but Claude was unafraid.

With a sword in hand, one head after another falls. It doesn't matter if they are Junior or Senior Mages; one move was enough for him to kill.