Chapter 297 - Blake unhappy (1/2)

Having the same name as someone, Ray never thought he would get caught, people had the same name all the time and after meeting Max he realised he was incredibly slow when it came to these types of things.

Even with the fact that Max had met Ray and Nes before, he never thought he would be able to uncover his secret.

But somehow, he had done. In fact, Max himself was quite pleased, if he hadn't seen Noir back in the arena through the dust cloud at that time, he thought he would have never been able to make the connection between the two of them.

Ray and Max then went off to one side to talk things out.

”Wait, you're Nes, you've been with us this whole time?” Max said.

”Just keep quiet about it, what I said earlier is true and I really am on a secret mission but it's to do with Roland,” Ray replied.

Then Max started to look around and spotted Van sitting on his own.

”Now it makes sense, it has to be something to do with Van, why else would you be so attached to a stranger who you just came in school for.” Max said, ”So are you also the leader of the Red wings, the Nes who saved us back then?”

”Look listen here,” Ray said with a menacing look in his eyes, staring down at Max. ”I'm fine with you knowing, and I owe you and your sister for helping me out so much, but it is important that the identity of the Red Wings leader stays secret. So if I learn that you're brothers in the Alure army find out about this. You know who I'm going to come for.”

”I promise I'll keep it a secret, you're like a brother to me now,” Max replied with a smile.

Ray was unsure what he meant by that but decided to let it pass, Max always seemed a bit strange to him. ”When we get out of here, talk to Slyvia, ask her to offer you a contract to join the Red wings, that way I'll know if you are serious or not about keeping the secret.”

Max was slow but he wasn't stupid. Ray was basically telling him if he didn't join the Red wings he wouldn't trust him and was insinuating something else would happen to him. In short, it was a threat. However, Max didn't mind too much, he didn't know what he wanted to do once he left Roland, the original plan was to join the army like his brothers.

But the idea of him being under there command kind of bugged him. He wanted to create his own path. Perhaps helping his sister out wouldn't be so bad after all.

As Ray came back from his talk with Max, the professors wanted Ray to decide what the group did next. Even the students felt like their lives wherein Ray's hands. After all, he controlled the large powerful beast that saved some of their lives.

They naturally relied on the strongest one there to lead them but there was one person who wasn't happy with everything going on.

”Why does it matter what he thinks?” Blake said as he walked over. ”We don't even really know him, sure Max does, but that doesn't mean he's our friend.”

Blake then stood into the group, he was tall for his age and was a greater hight then Ray himself.

”Look he's just a kid, even younger than me and you are all suddenly relying on him, what just because of that beast. Who knows if it's really his or it's just a friendly beast in the first place.”

As the students started to look at Blake and Ray stood side by side, a realisation was starting to come over them. Suddenly Ray didn't look so big standing next to Blake and he did indeed look like a child no older than them.

”Blake how could you say that, this guy saved our lives!” Springett said.

”Correction, the wolf saved your lives, not him,” Blake said pointing his finger towards Ray's face. Noir who was off to the side suddenly perked up her head, she could sense the hostility pointed towards her leader, she started to growl as her master was being treated like trash.

”Get your finger out of my face,” Ray said.

To be honest, Ray was tired having to explain himself and not only that, But Ray had a grudge back at Roland for what Blake had done. Trying to make his life hell and placing his hand on top of his head.