Chapter 204 (2/2)
“Did you just get here?” the boy scoffed “You rounds”
“Explosion? Do you knohat caused it?”
“Apparently, it was a student” The boy set closer”
The boy disappeared in the sea of students, leavingof an explosion was it for enforcers to have to co at the soldiers clad in thin arthen when imbued with ki
I couldn’t help but reone on and on about how revolutionary the material those uniforms were made of was… vein fiber was the name He had also mentioned how expensive vein fiber was to produce, which hy they were only provided for kings and elite soldiers, either for the special operation soldiers going on international missions or enforcers of the counter-terrorist squads
Speaking of Nico, if anyone kneas going on, it would probably be hih the crowd in hopes of finding hiood view, I turned back and cliht post until I spotted a familiar dark-haired boy He was at the very front, just beyond the perimeter that the enforcers had set up, but I wasn’t sure if it was Nico I narrowedon him until he finally turned around
“There you are” I juh the crowd of students After buood ten et to the front
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“Nico!” I called out
My friend turned around and the first thing I noticed was the trail of blood running down his lips That was never a good sign
“Grey!” He exclai, Nico What’s going on?” I asked,between Nico and the enforcers just a few feet away behind the red warning tape “Souy told me there was apparently an explosion caused by a student”
“I don’t knohat happened The ki restrainer o and it was fine I don’t knohat happened! It’s all ain in worry
“Slon, Nico You’re notany sense,” I answered
Nico buried his face in his hands “It’s Cecilia She had one of her accidents”
ARTHUR LEYWIN
I openedout a deep breath It’d only been a few days since my last ‘dream’ and this one was a particularly bad one It was awith Headmaster Wilbeck’s death, it was that day that caused my life to unfold the way it did
I looked outside theto see that the sun had yet to fully rise, which meant that I had at roan, I got out of bed and washed up, hoping cold water will help wash out the fatigue that seemed to have made a permanent home in my body
‘You’re awake?’to speak
“Yeah I don’t think I can fall back asleep anyway Want to joinas that sounds, unfortunately, that requiresthe covers over her head
“Growing children do need their sleep,” I agreed with a chuckle, drying my hair with a towel
‘That immature retort speaks volumes about who the child actually is between us,’ she replied casually
I let out a laugh You gotin a plain loose shi+rt and dark trousers, I headed out, passingdown at the messy paper filled with bits and pieces of the poeed ive Rahdeas a short visit Hopefully he’s functional enough to repeat the poereeted the few ht shi+ft as I h the long, di to the entrance of the first level, I spotted a fa’ very loosely
Albold, the elf of the Chaffer fa off to sleep as he stood guard beside the large metal door
With a smirk, I erased my presence and softened my breath I coated my footsteps in mana in the sa alone in the forests of Epheotus
I quickened uard but as soon as I ithin a few yards of the door, Albold’s eyes shot open and a thick layer ofout
I easily caught the two blades with my hands, but I was still surprised
“General Arthur?” he said incredulously, quickly sheathing his dual blades “Sorry about that, I swore I felt so up on you Weren’t you asleep?” I asked, suspicious
“Ah… I got caught” Albold scratched his head in embarrassment “Please don’t tell Couard duty! I can’t stay here any longer!”
“Relax, I was just iood”
“Haha, saved my ass more than a couple times in my life,” Albold responded “So, what can I do for you, General?”
“I need to speak to a prisoner,” I replied “Is Gentry inside?”
Albold nodded as he opened the door “I can’t think of a time where he hasn’t been inside”
The two of us walked in and soon found Gentry sleeping on a cot in one of the cells of the upper-level dungeon
“WhoWha-What’s going on?” Gentry muttered as we shook him awake “G-General? What can I do for you?”
“Can you open Rahdeas’ cell for just aI want to ask hiator rubbed his eyes as he began unlocking the entrance to the lower level of the dungeon “Of course Andthe entire Council I was certain that the traitor was going to reveal so important”
After a few clicks, Gentry motioned for Albold to help and the two of them heaved the doors open
My eyes widened at what I saw Gentry’s assistant was splayed out on the floor with several black spikes pierced through his body Seeing the spikes, aze immediately veered toward the cell that Uto was in, only to lock eyes with the retainer
I i that Uto would leap out, but the retainer was colossed eyes he sthened his body as well and drew his swords
“Shester!” Gentry cried, oblivious of the retainer out of his cell
“He-He’s dead,” I muttered, eyes focused solely on Uto Because of his black body, I didn’t notice the spikes pierced through his chest and sto out
“Rahdeas!” I stepped inside the dungeon and the restrictions ofover the assistant’s corpse, I swung open the door to Rahdeas’ cell that had been unlocked, only to see that the old dwarf had met the same fate as Uto and Shester
He was dead