Chapter 381: Ria Ross (1/2)

”Whaaaaaaaaat?!”

The crowd was baffled by the announcement. His rank was never publicized ever since he got that special rank. And in less than a year, he already had a star on his shoulder? Normally, it required at least a decade of service. Yet, it was only one year from him.

No wonder the crown couldn't believe it.

Suddenly, many vehicles stopped by the school.

With just a single look, Kai already recognized them. It was his worst enemy at the moment.

He grabbed Ria's collar and summoned a magic circle underneath his feet. He leaped to the sky, dragging her to the top of the school building.

”What? He escapes?”

”NO!”

”We need an explanation for this.”

The crowd didn't like it and demanded him to return so that they could ask him a few questions.

It wasn't like they came for nothing. Ria didn't forget to shout something to them.

”I will be delivering my speech after lunch. Make sure you go there.” Ria Ross waved her hand while being dragged by Kai.

He didn't waste a single second and dragged her to the room where he usually met his teammate and pushed her to the chair, having her sit and waiting to be judged.

The group was bewildered by the appearance of Ria Ross.

”What is the meaning of this?” Michelle asked while furrowing his eyebrows.

”I am just visiting you guys while giving a speech for Kai's achievement. I have even invited the media to spread the news.” Ria Ross explained with a nonchalant expression.

”What the heck are you doing, Teacher?” Kai twitched his eyebrows. Although he didn't really mind having his teacher doing all the things she wanted, this one was too random. He couldn't understand what she wanted.

”Why are you raising your voice against me, Kai? I am just trying to help you?” She pouted while playing with her dress. ”Look, I even dress up a bit.”

”…” Kai indeed found that Ria put more effort into this. ”Well, I do admit that you have finally dressed up like a normal human being.”

”Oi, oi. Is bullying your own teacher the norm here? I don't remember raising you that way.” Ria shrugged while complaining.

”Are you not aware how you usually dressed up?” Kai glared at her, feeling a bit angry. Her usual dress was just a normal pajama or something that was easy to move on like a shirt and short pants. As long as there was a white lab coat, she would be fine for anything.

However, Ria wore a white shirt followed by a brown colored skirt. Luckily, she didn't wear her lab coat.

”Anyway, we can discuss it another time. But why are you here?” Kai suddenly remembered what she said earlier and asked. ”Help me? What kind of help?”

”Here…” Ria gave the documents she brought with her. ”This is your next mission. The defensive battle.”

Kai frowned and took a look at the document.

Meanwhile, Ria continued explaining her real motive. ”It's true that I am delivering this, but I also have another purpose. It's to inform the world about your promotion.

”I told you a few days ago that you would become the target of envy because of this promotion, so we need to give the world proof to show. First of all, I will provide a brief explanation about what you have accomplished so far and why we agreed to push your promotion a bit faster than a normal student.

”After that, you are going to use this mission to prove that you are worthy. That's all. However, we have a problem. That is the mission.” She let out a long sigh.

”What's the problem, Professor?” Ayaka asked while frowning.

”Your mission will be defending Yukon Territory's Military Base from a magical beast horde due to the volcanic eruption. Because this will be your chance to shine, the military won't send a four-star general, which is supposed to be the only rank higher than Brad Matthew at the moment.

”They will only send one hundred thousand soldiers and let you and Brad Matthew deal with it. That's why you will fight in a tough battle in a normal sense, considering you are fighting against one million magical beasts… That's the rough calculation, but it might be more.” She explained.

”I see. Ten to one ratio…This is a terrible ratio. How many soldiers inside the Yukon Military Base right now?” Ayaka narrowed her eyes.

”Seventy thousand. So, it's around a seven to one ratio. It's not that bad, but it's not that good either.” Ria answered.

”Indeed. The perfect ratio will be five to one, especially since we need to split up at least five groups to defend the base.” Michelle nodded in agreement.

”That's right. And one of the worst things that can happen is seeing how adamant Brad Matthew is in leading the operation. He said he couldn't let the youngling ruin this base because he doesn't have enough experience. If I am the one negotiating with him, he will already have a few broken ribs.” Ria flared up, wanting to beat that Brad Matthew as soon as possible.