Chapter 325 - Nes no more (1/2)

There had been many surprises in today's event, but the one that just happened no one could suspect.

Falling to his knees in the ground was Roy. Whenever he saw a powerful person, he couldn't help himself but try to face them.

When watching the student known as Nes fight, Roy managed to gauge the strength of his fire abilities. Although what Roy was doing looked reckless, he actually was very careful to just use the right amount of power. He was sure the student would have been able to deflect his attack.

Yet none of that could excuse him now, for he had done what a teacher or any member of the academy should have ever done, he had killed a student.

”The assessment has been called off for today, all students are to return to there classrooms with the professors,” Betty commanded.

”Wait!” Said Mia's doll.

While the whole thing was happening, Mia had been watching it through the eyes of her doll. She still didn't know quite what was happening, but there was still a Ray next to her. Which could only suggest that the decoy really was in the arena.

But this was bad. If they were to cancel the assessment early then, that also means that the tower masters would be asked to return to their tower.

”I know what just happened is tragic, but the student had attacked a tower master and nearly killed another student,” Mia explained. ”And when Roy came out, he could have easily chosen not to attack, but it seemed like the student Nes chose to fight on his own accord. Roy will be punished for his actions, but for now, we should continue the test for the remaining students.”

Betty looked at Roy who knelt down on the ground, then turned towards Dez who was currently being healed by a white mage but seemed like he would soon be back into action.

”The test shall continue onward, but Roy will no longer be a judge in the upcoming matches. An official announcement will be made later today.”

In the history of Roland, something like this had never happened. There were times when a student would badly get hurt and maybe lost a few limbs, but they had a way of fixing those problems. But once a student was dead, a student was dead.

Norah and Kaito were heartbroken at what they had seen. Although they didn't talk to Nes much, they still considered him a dear friend. Max, on the other hand, felt like something was up. He knew the real strength of Ray after seeing him face off against the shadow guard.

There was no way he would die this easy. Was this Ray's way of saying goodbye by to everyone? This way, there would no longer be any record of the student known as Nes.

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Mia and Ray had just entered the first floor of the tower. There were two guards stationed outside, but once Mia gave them a task, they quickly left, and Ray was able to sneak in with Van on his back.

Bliss who had been following them between houses and staying a safe distance behind, now had to make a choice. If she was to go into the tower, it was clear she would be spotted.

An internal debate within herself started. To report them to one of the others, but this was a tower master she was talking about. The only people that had the authority to do anything over her were other tower masters.