Chapter 141 - Growing army (2/2)

Everyone had similar feelings to Gary now but it was different for Ray who had never believed in the Academy in the first place, so unlike the others, he wasn't hurt by this.

”But now Slyvia has a seat as an elder.” Martha said, ”Maybe things can get better. I think it's best if we don't act on impulse.”

Monk nodded showing that he agreed with what Martha said.

”Do you really think one elder is going to change anything!” Gary said angrily. ”They clearly had something against us all, maybe they are members of pureblood or infected by the shadow plague.”

”We can't just go around accusing people like that though,” Dan said.

”What else can we do?” Gary replied, ”Even Jasmine…” Gary paused for a brief moment as his voice croaked a little. ”Even Jasmine who was a dear friend of mine turned out to be infected by the shadow plague.”

Everyone knew that it must have been tough for Gary, not only was he the closest to Jasmine but he was the one who had killed her with his own two hands. As soon as he saw that Ray was in trouble, he had decided to jump to help without a second thought.

”We can't even go outside at the moment, there's nothing we can do,” Martha said. ”And think of it this way, if what you say is true Gary, then Slyvia will need our help. The other Elders will be targeting her, maybe even planning to assassinate her. If we aren't there to protect her in this academy then who is?”

Unexpectedly Ray decided to step in.

”There's nothing we can do for now, let's get some sleep and we can decide tomorrow.”

As soon as Ray spoke those very few words, everyone listened and did as he said. They all treated Ray like a leader, whatever Ray said was the final say on the matter, Ray didn't know this but the rest felt this way.

Ray had only said this because he had made up his mind. The academy was fragmented at the moment. Master knights and elders split. Perhaps this was the best chance for him to grow his influence and grow his army of the Red wings.

That night, everyone was deep in sleep. Everyone apart from Ray had been worrying about this day for a whole week and finally, at least they now knew they would no longer be kicked out of the academy.

As Ray was sleeping silently, unknown to everyone, a Dark evil presence had managed to enter the room. It slowly started to walk over to the students, until it eventually it stopped at Ray