A few hours later, Fugaku was in his office, he was thinking critically "I haven't heard from Ariyo and Dan since. The mission was for two days, they were to find any suspicious movements from the Knight kingdom in the city of pillars. They should have been back by now. I don't want to believe it, but could it be...", Laria walked in "Lord Fugaku.". Fugaku looked at her and asked "Is there a problem, Laria?", Laria replied "No, it's just that I have a bad feeling about the boys we sent. Was it a mistake to have sent them? I don't like jumping into assumptions, but they might be dead.". Fugaku kept quiet for a moment and replied "Yeah, they might be dead. Either that or they found themselves in a hard situation that wouldn't allow them to return.". Laria just sighed "Lord Fugaku, if possible, can I go to the city of pillars to check up on them?", Fugaku replied "No, you can't. It's too dangerous. I know you are worried about them, but you seeply can't risk your life like that.". A man walked into the office, he was from the science department "Lord Fugaku.", he greeted, Fugaku looked at him and asked "Yes? How may I help you?". The man replied"Im very sorry sir, for barging into your office in such an informal manner.". Fugaku replied "Get straight too the point, you seem rather cold and stressed.". The man then explained "My name is Fredwel, im from the science department. I created a few drone and flew them all the way to the city of pillars. But as I was doing that, one of my drones picked up something from the wastelands that were beforw wind city and then the city of pillars, It was a secret science facility that had the Knight country's emblem on them.", Fugaku and Laria grew suspicious and aware "It did, huh?", Fugaku asked. Fredwel replied "Yes, it did. And not just that, they seem to be creating something rather dangerous!", Fugaku's head tilted a bit "Dangerous? What do you mean?", Fredwel explained "My drones have a way of picking up huge energy signals, and they sensed something rather alarming. It was a huge drive knight.". Laria looked shocked and confused "What the.... a huge drive knight?", she thought to herself. Fugaku then asked "Explain. What did you see?", Fredwel explained "The scientists in charge of creating the drive knight were in the middle of activation of the robot. And when it was turned on, it's activation alone, if not put in control, had high C-rank levels of power.". Fugaku's eyes narrowed "Is that so? May I see?", Fredwel gave the tablet that were connected to his drones camera recordings to Fugaku. Fugaku collected it and played back the events the drones had picked up, as soon as the scientists activated the drive knight, the energy signals on the tablet started to spike, his eyes narrowed "We're in trouble!", he muttered with a disturbed but dead serious tone in his voice. Meanwhile at a park, Nagumo was sitted on a bench, he was just looking at the kids playing on the grass and the vibrant environment "This place..... it takes me back. Back where I used to sit down here by myself and just watch. Then, it wasn't a park. It was just a small grass land before they made roads all over the place. Kagahara(The first lord of the city) would always come to talk with me, he'd sit down with me and we'd talk for two hours, he and his brother were my closest friends and teachers. That was before they died. Kagahara died in an unfortunate event, an event where he and a God like being fought. The world shooked that day, landscapes were destroyed, and at the end, he lost. His younger brother who was known as the second lord of the city and the God of ice, also fought against that being as well. The fight was so intense that the world would have turned into an ice scape. I remember how I had to use my (AUTHORITY) to heat up the entire planet so that it won't be destroyed while it's being protected.". He looked at the sky "What's painful to me is how my own student just died. Dan Vandrell. He was a child who wanted to always learn, he was so determined to get better, and he never complained. He enjoyed every hard moment with a smile on his face. He was fond of Yuji too. He died in a mission a few days back, I sensed it. How his heart felt shattered that despite how strong he tried to be, he still died so easily. I wonder if Fugaku has realised it. He was also fond of Dan when he realised that he was Dan's senior student.". Nagumo stood up from the bench he sat on "I've lost alot, my friends, my elder brother figures, my wife and my two children. I also lost a dear friend to the darkness, and unfortunately, she can't be brought back out of it.", he kept quiet for a moment "Well my time is almost yet to come. Yuji, I hope i don't lose you too.". The next day, Yuji, Mio and Kazuma had just finished a sparring session with Ranpo, the three students were taking a break as they knelt and layed on the grassy floors, Ranpo said to them "Okay, you all seem to have gotten stronger, or atleast retain your edge. It's nice to know you both haven't wavered at all. Especially you, Kazuma.". Kazuma looked up at Ranpo with a tired smirk while trying to catch his breath "What's that supposed to mean? Do you really think I'd just decide to get weaker all of a sudden huh, Dad?". Ranpo smirked "Again with the dad thing, huh? Whatever. Sit down, let's all talk.". A few moments go by, Ranpo explained "So, out of you three, the only one who failed in the elimination rounds among you all is only Yuji.", Mio turned to Yuji "Huh? You lost? That's rare.", Yuji replied while being slightly bummed about it "No I'd didn't lose. My dagger just happened to fail me. And when that happened, the referee gave the win to my opponent.", Kazuma then explained with a smirk "Mio, you should have seen Yuji's fight. It was insane, that Tendra Katakuri guy fucked up by calling Yuji a weakling, he was struggling for his life by the time Yuji decided to play on the same level.", "Really?", Mio asked. Ranpo then said to them "I watched your matches, you all did well regardless. But Kazuma, you really are reckless. Almost blasting a hole In your friends head if not for the fact that you were aware of the kind of power you were using, is too unhinged. And as for you, Mio. You need to have a more clear mind and better self control. You almost killed your opponent, who was also your friend too. I get it was an exam where one of you had to win, but you should have been much more wary. I'm not saying you can't be excited in battle, all I'm saying is you should be more aware of the kind of things you do when you're in a battle.". Mio sighed "Yes sir.", Yuji thought to himself "Mio went ballistic, huh? Makes sense, she was probably too excited for her battle, I'm not surprised at all.". Ranpo clapped his hands with a smile "Alright, you all are dismissed. Go have all the fun you want to have today.".
END OF CHAPTER.