Chapter 284: The Tower (1/2)

Without even looking back at them or the explosion, Moby continued to eat his food, surprised at the low amount of XP he received despite his opponents' considerable strength.

”What is that? Like 2000 XP? I guess killing is the only good way to level up these days huh...”

He mumbled to himself mellowly, looking all around him to see if anyone was in the area.

Lunch had just started yet he had already finished consuming his food.

It was finally time to train… Jayden and the others were all doing their proper things for today as to not attract attention and of course, he was doing the same.

He headed to the forest and made sure no one was watching him before he did so. Lunch did not last very long so he had to make the most of it which he decided on doing a combination of air steps and demon flashes to boost his speed in battle.

Before he even knew it, the bell suddenly rang and he was forced back into listening to another boring lecture about the nuances of the flow of mana which he knew all about and even felt like he was being fed lies at times, like how it was the energy of the universe and such.

Now, the time was around 3:00 pm and Moby was casually walking down the hallway, grabbing various low profile eyes in his direction.

To his surprise, he found there to be far fewer people when he came in after lunch and he expected to see the same on his way out of school. And, indeed, so was the case; his speech must have actually somewhat worked.

Still, there were always exceptions who tried to start a conversation and friendship with him which he of course kindly declined as he recognized many of them from his days of being weak, giving him the ugly stare or sometimes even worse…

At times like those, he was extremely glad for Jayden's protection yet part of him still wondered how bad things would have been without it…

And, there, near the exit of the school, he saw a short, navy-haired student intimidating a brown-haired student almost twice his height.

”I heard you joined this Moby Dick fan club or whatever! Do you worship him or something?! He's just an annoying, pretentious, fake show-off who can't do shit in reality! Things will never change around here! Got it!?”

”I-I I'm sorry… I promise it will never happen again…”

”Don't skip out on me like that or it won't be pretty! Where is he to save you now huh!?”

That was when he felt a slight tap on his shoulder.

”Who the hell d—”

” I did…”

As if he saw death itself stare him in the face, he turned around to meet the fiercest eyes he had ever seen, cold as ice and glowing a deep purple glow.

Before he could even react, his fist was thrust directly to his face, hitting an extremely sensitive area since he was caught off guard, breaking several of his bones in the process and slamming him against the nearby locker to form a massive dent.

”Hey kid, are you okay?”

Moby took a deep breath and slightly smiled at the boy he saved, other people looking at him— some with admiration, some with fear, and some with disgust.

”Y-yes sir… I'm fine… I'm truly forever in your debt!”

Moby's smile grew wider hearing his speech as he gave him his final words before he left out of the school doors.

”I'll hold you up to that! I'll be starting a guild when I graduate and I expect you to join it!”

”Y-yes, sir! It would be an honour!”

There, as he left the school, he immediately went to the gate to meet up with Jayden, Ray, and Nags who were all waiting for him in a more low-key, undercover black car than the usual limousine.

The ride was awfully quiet at first so Moby decided to retell events of what happened to him that day which made the others follow suit.

In the back of his head, Moby's brain was brewing thinking about the future…

Not only the far future such as about all the possible people hunting him down, going to the Nether Realm and his meeting with the supreme general, but the very, very near future too.

They were all headed to a certain military base that was used by various guilds and was available to the public as well. It was like a warp and teleporter hub for people to explore other planets, some of course safer than others. There were many reasons why people would want to go there which ranged of anything from money to training; Moby was part of the latter.