Chapter 150 - (150) Second Meeting (1/2)

The man sitting on the stone looked up in surprise. That was a voice that he couldn't forget if he'd tried.

”Geth?!”

The man halfway fell off the boulder he was sitting on, gaining his footing before hitting the ground.

”You didn't travel very far after our last encounter,” Geth stated. He wouldn't be rude to the man, but he definitely wouldn't be polite, either.

Blade looked down at his feet, ”This place is still home to me. I couldn't bring myself to just leave it behind.”

A moment of awkward silence ensued. Geth waited for the man to say more while Blade just stared at the ground.

”You two... already know each other?” The silence was broken by Jack. The other students gossiped tales about their possible relationship.

Most of the quickly spreading whispers pinned Geth as the bad guy. He shook his head at their naivety.

Blade answered before Geth had the chance, ”Yes. Geth here saved my life a while back. He also taught me a valuable lesson. I wouldn't be standing here if it weren't for him.”

Geth raised one of his eyebrows. He didn't expect any favorable sentiment from the guy.

The whispers from the school kids started to grow louder. Even Sindri joined in on the fun.

”See, I told you he was a hero,” She quipped as she elbowed Storm in the side.

Geth could see the woman's eye twitch slightly. Storm had never been one for a lot of disruption.

'Well, she hasn't changed a bit,' He thought.

”Alright! Everyone quiet down!” Her voice echoed loudly throughout the clearing. The sound drowned out the constant jabbering of the almost hundred kids there.

'A sound-based Skill..?' Geth was quite interested, 'I wonder if that has something to do with a teacher-type Class?'

Storm beckoned to Geth and a couple of other teachers to follow her. They did as they were asked and walked with Blade to the opposite side of the clearing.

Blade glanced at Geth before speaking to the others, ”Did you discover anything about that explosion? Do we need to relocate the children further south?”

”Well...” Storm wasn't sure what to say. She looked over at Geth, who Jack's party seemed to think was involved with it.

”You can't actually believe that he caused it?” One of the older men caught her stare.

”Geth..?” Blade asked him a bit timidly.

”I didn't exactly cause it. A World Boss imploded in an attempt to kill me after I cleared a Dungeon,” Geth shrugged.

”A World Boss?” The old man scoffed, ”I haven't heard of anything like it. He even says that he cleared a Dungeon. The only Dungeon in that area was full of Level forty Skeletons.”

The man turned to Blade, ”I say we send this guy away. I don't know your history, but this guy is obviously full of shit.”

Blade seemed worried the moment the old man finished speaking. He glanced at Geth while sweat formed on his forehead.