After the test was over, Du You did not make a fuss about it, but silently sent five Azure Knights and one Sea King Guard to Elsa's side to protect her and do some other things.
The rest were either hidden away or secretly arranged to be with other important people in the various territories to ensure their safety. With this, Du You finally no longer had any worries about threats from the empire.
The reason he had insisted on eliminating that sixth-tier Sea Turtle, even at great cost, was precisely for this occasion. Had he not succeeded in obtaining the blueprints he desired, he would now be considering hiding away the upper class. Being targeted by an enemy's expert was the most dangerous threat and the empire's greatest deterrence to those beneath it.
Before the Northern fortress, the crown prince paced back and forth, his face flushed with rage. In his heart, what he had thought to be a trivial Beastman Clan had unexpectedly managed to keep him at bay.
