Chapter 82: At Last (1/2)

ELIJAH KNIGHT'S POV:

By the ti with the professors, it was already late into the night

I took that chance to tell them all what I couldn't earlier—that Arthur was alive and safe

"Yes! I knew it! I knew he'd survive" Claire had sunk down in her chair as she covered her face with her ar down her cheeks

Curtis just let out a huge breath of relief as he leaned back against the wall; but it was Princess Kathyln's reaction that caught uard

For once, I could visibly see her face brighten as she studiedI could almost see her chocolate-colored eyes twinkle as they turned up and a rare smikle formed

"Thank God," she muttered over and over under her breath after I reaffirmed the information with an aard nod

"As expected ofthat he was Arthur's rival had a presuh he was the one that saved Arthur or so from his nose betrayed his expression

"Heh, I knew the touldn't die fro back on his chair scoffed Theodore tried to play it off casually but the half-grin he tried to hold back told everyone that he was quite glad

Kai, I think that was his name, responded very indifferently with a smile that looked superficially drawn

"Looks like I'll get ly to be dee but an "attractive" dwarf, nodded in anticipation, her arh, I'ain

Fairly obvious that they were all relieved, they didn't mind that he wouldn't be back to help out with the situation at hand for a bit longer

Just the opposite—it felt like they wanted this whole fiasco taken care of before Arthur and Tessia got back

This was odd because, more so than the professors here, I felt like Arthur would be able to do soet back in time

I had told the Disciplinary Co site was under control Luckily no one died and only a few students were ht over from the Adventurer's Guild healed them and they were taken to the treativen their account for what happened inside

The atmosphere within the academy had taken a turn for the worse as there was a clear split between the students now The newly ad that all humans were racist brutes, while the prideful hu the blame for the actions of others

The few human students that did feel bad for what had happened ended up being ostracized by both sides In the end, they just took a neutral stance, too afraid to say anything since at this point, the situation was too volatile; everyone was trying to find someone else to blame

It eird how people acted ot strength fro was put out and almost turned physical until the professors told them all to disperse

Restless at this whole event, I ended up stopping by the training room that Arthur had allowed me access to I normally didn't use it, but since both Arthur and Tessia weren't here, I decided it would be okay

The guard eyed me funny but the front desk lady nah to escort me personally into the room

"Haaa…" I let out a deep breath as I felt my mana core tremble in excite a lot since I came to this acadeic seemed to work differently forI noticed was thatdidn't do thened at its own pace and any conscious effort to refine more mana from the atmosphere didn't seem to help

Even without any real effort, I broke through into the light orange stage but after reaching this stage, I just couldn't seeains

I clenchedthis motion as if my hands weren't my own

[Earthen Spear]

I felt mana well up in me at the activation of the spell and iround a couple meters in front of me

[Earthen Spear]

I cast, this time with more mana imbued into the spell