69 Second Thoughts (2/2)

Soon they arrived beside the room, however something completely out of Kosok's expectations occurred. Drem, who was previously smiling, now had a grave face. Sweat appeared on his forehead as he looked extremely alert now. ”Teacher?”

”Kosok, let me ask you a question. Who is the person inside? Tell me everything you know about him!” Seeing the grave expression on Drem's face, Kosok couldn't help but feel somewhat shocked and confused.

”Well, from what I know, his name is Arnin. When I dueled him, he was at Orb Birth - Heaven, however his age only seemed to be around five or six. This is already quite incredible, but that isn't all…” Kosok recounted all the things he knew about Arnin

Drem, who was listening intently, couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard the different things about Arnin. He had never heard of such talent, and never even imagined it either. It was just too high. Almost all five and even six year olds would be a Orb Birth - Earth, and even in rare cases, the highest one would at the peak of Orb Birth - Sky.

”What else is there?” Drem still couldn't believe what he was hearing, however his face became even more grave.

”Arnin, although only in Orb Birth - Heaven and extremely young, was able to create an elemental seed. Not only that, but the power of his seed was so strong that I was unable to do a single thing against it.” Kosok spoke about Arnin's Flames of Neutrality with fear and awe. Those flames were just too strong and magnificent.

Drem almost tripped over himself. Everything he heard about Arnin already was unbelievable, however there something even more ridiculous? Elemental seed at Orb Birth - Heaven? And to add on to that, it was even stronger than the seed of an Elemental Formation - Sky realm cultivator? What the heck!

”Kosok, are you sure that you aren't making all of this up? This should not be possible, not even in the other four, or even the central section of the human continent. This talent, it is just too…” He didn't finish what he was saying, but Kosok already understood the latter's words. He felt shocked, but understood him as well. Although it still might be possible for someone to find another person that achieved the same realm as Arnin at such a young age, it was impossible to find someone that could form an elemental seed at such a low realm. Plus, that seed was stronger than an Elemental Formation realm's cultivator.

”Teacher Drem, every word I spoke was the absolute truth. Even Teacher Spiras was there to witness all of this.” Kosok spoke with great seriousness.

All of this shocked Drem greatly. He had very high talent as a kid, and could be considered one of the stronger Moth teachers, however even during his time, Arnin would be considered a monstrous, or a demonlike talent.

People would have said that he was blessed by the heavens, or even descended from them. Such talent was just too amazing. Yet, all of this did not excite Drem, rather it caused his face to become extremely ugly.

”Kosok, if everything you said is true, then something major might have happened inside the room.” Before Kosok could even ask anything, Drem quickly did a series of knocks, before rushing into the room.

Kosok followed, however when he entered the room, the sight frightened him.

The two sides which were evenly cut into life and death fields were not in any good state. The essence in the room was in great turmoil with grass growing and dying at the same time. Plus, craters were everywhere and one could even see a small bit of multicolored flames burning away grass. In the middle of all the chaos was a bloody body.

The whole body was a mess. There were lacerations and burn marks all over it. The body was drenched, as if the person had been swimming in a pool of blood. One could even see small bits of of internal organs lying around his mouth, it was as if the person coughed out pieces of flesh. The sight was gruesome.

Kosok almost barfed at the sight, even with his high tolerance towards gore. Even Drem had a serious face. Both of them would have thought that Arnin was dead, if not for the slight rising and falling of his chest.

”T-Teacher, what happened!” Kosok couldn't help but ask while his face was ghastly pale. Right now, he had genuine worry for Arnin. The former was considered a very nice person who loved to see talents and newcomers rise. He was a person who many juniors adored because of his humility and kindness. Although he did just want to use Arnin for his own purposes before, right now, he truly wanted Arnin to stay alive.

”I don't know, however I need to report this to someone higher. They might know what is happening. You go and get a medical team here as quickly as possible. Go!” Drem was also considered a good teacher who looked out for the students. Although he would allow injuries and ruthless tempering of the students, he didn't feel that they should die because of the tempering. The academy had a limit, and that was killing. Unnecessary deaths were things that the academy would not allow.

Kosok nodded his head as he quickly rushed out the room. As soon as he left, Drem also began to rush out, however he bumped into a familiar face.

”Teacher Xillar!” Xillar was older and more experienced than Drem. Plus, the latter looked up to Xillar slightly because of his passionate pursuit towards mark making, even though everyone knew that he was unable to achieve the step to become a Mark Master.

”What happened?” Xillar had a serious face when he saw the panicked Drem.

”Teacher Xillar, please come and look at this child. I found him extremely injured in this place, and it looks like he is about to die if he does not receive help.” Drem spoke seriously.

Xillar quickly went into the room. He had been following Arnin for a while, and also felt that something was up. However once he saw the condition of the boy, he couldn't help but feel as though he was electrocuted. Arnin's condition was extremely severe.

”W-what happened?!” Xillar couldn't help but raise his voice slightly. For some reason, he felt a slight pain seeing Arnin in such a condition. Although he knew that Arnin was meant to die, he still felt somewhat hurt seeing him like that.

The first time he saw Arnin, he wanted the child to do what he himself couldn't. He wanted Arnin to become a Mark Master and achieve his dream for him, but soon he was told to follow Arnin and watch him.

Although Arnin was excessive at times and he even found the boy to be somewhat frightening and evil, there was still a bit of pride that he had. He had discovered Arnin's talent in mark making, and even considered himself Arnin's mentor, whether the latter accepted it or not.

After the principal decided that Arnin should be killed, he felt like his heart had been cut into pieces. He had been watching Arnin ever since the latter entered the academy. Although he knew that Arnin was not going to be loyal to the academy, he never felt the latter to be a threat. He saw Arnin intently focus on his training, and even though Arnin did horrible things to Torne, Kurse, and some of the other students, he didn't truly mind such actions.

The real world was much more dangerous and wicked, if Arnin was already such a genius and possessed such ruthlessness, one could say that he was mentally ready for the real world.

”I don't know, he was like this when I came. A student told me that he was most likely in this state for at least an hour.” Drem had serious look on his face. Although he was also extremely anxious, his reaction was more normal, while Xillar seemed to be a little more emotional.

”Teacher Drem, go and find me the medical staff. Get me a physician right away. It would be best if you could bring Teacher Zilu.” Drem was shocked, however he just nodded his head.

After he left, Xillar couldn't help but sigh emotionally as he walked closer to the dying Arnin.

”W-what did you do? What were you doing in order to become like this?” Xillar couldn't help but whisper. He suddenly felt extremely confused. He had always liked Arnin, and considered the latter to be like a disciple, however he never tried to stop the principal from trying to kill him.

'Maybe the reason I helped you when you were in trouble was to make sure you weren't going to become an enemy.' Xillar was extremely confused. He couldn't understand his own feelings. He truly never wanted Arnin to become the enemy since they would be on opposite ends. His mission was just to observe him from afar, however he rushed to the scene to save Arnin many times, which made no sense to him either.

”Xillar!” Suddenly, a voice came from the entrance. The latter looked up with somewhat dull eyes. ”Is he dead? Wait… no, he isn't.” The person who came in was none other than Kelnorin.

”Teacher Kelnorin.” Xillar's face went slightly pale. He felt somewhat worried, and even a little anxious now. He didn't know why, but he just didn't want Arnin to die.

”Since no one else is here, let us complete our mission and finish this kid off.” Kelnorin's face was ruthless when he spoke, however every word that came out of his mouth caused Xillar's fist to clench tighter and tighter.

Kelnorin began to walk forward as a spiritual blade similar to Arnin's saber appeared in his hand. Right when he appeared next to Arnin, Xillar's face became ghastly pale.

”WAIT!”