Chapter 148: 148
"Commander . . . " all the students straightened making a path for him to walk through saluting saluting .
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"Everyone . . . . Please make your way to the next bottle neck . . . . I will be sealing this one off . . . . . All Ranked students please make your way to the other side and speak to Sven . " Paul instructed everyone causing groups to split apart and head different directions .
"Watch my back . " Paul smiled instructing me .
"Really Paul? . . You need me to cover you? . . " I asked finding it funny that he wants me to protect him .
"I mean . . . . . I do get nervous when you watch me . " He chuckled pulling out a yellow piece of paper . "Not to mention I'm still quite weak right now . " He smiled .
"How can you joke at a time like this? . . " I asked shocked at the idea .
"I dunno . . . you know me . . . . . I don't take things too seriously . . . besides . . . . It's all going to plan . " He smiled .
"Do you think we can hold the wall for 4 minutes? . . . " I asked .
"Yeah I'm sure the confusion of the sealed bottlenecks . . . . will buy us plenty of time . " He answered .
"Paul Do you miss home?" I questioned .
"I do sometimes . . . . but I have a lot of responsibilities here . . . So it's hard for me to go back . " HE answered .
"How many people know you're here? . . " I questioned .
"Ummm . . . Just Jaymesh and Family . . . " He answered writing a symbol on the yellow piece of paper in a language I don't understand .
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"So if I never came here I would never have known? . . " I asked saddened by the thought .
" . . . . I guess so . . . . . " He replied sounding saddened as well .
"What if you died here . . . . I would never know . . . . all I know is that you disappeared . . . . . " I asked as if his decision was unfair .
" . . . I'm sorry . . . . . I honestly thought you moved on and didn't care anymore… . . " He answered .
" . . . " I didn't know what to say . . . . it all came back to me . . . . we didn't speak for years not even a whisper . . . not even a small message on a birthday or Christmas . . . To be honest with myself… . . I didn't even realised he disappeared off earth… . .
He slapped the paper on the empty opening in the wall, like magic it seemed as if it was stuck in the air . He muttered something causing the rune on the paper to glow and slow the same rune word began spiralling outwards in the air . "That's one done . " He smiled .
"What language is that? . . " I asked as it was unrecognizable .
"They say it's the language of the Gods . . . . . The Language used to create and make rules . . . . That's why this ancient magic is so strong . . . . " He explained .
"Seriously? . . " I asked in disbelief .
"I'm not joking . . . . It is said this very Language is the same Language the First God used to create this reality . . . . . Only the user can dispel the runes . . . . or the rune fades . The length depending on the user . . . . My runes can only last an hour at best . . . whereas the Deputy Headmistress's hers last a month . " He answered, "Right let's head to the other one . . . this one should be safe now . " He smiled .
"Paul . . . are you sure? . . . " I asked feeling cautious since he dismissed all the Atlantis students .
"Yup we're totally safe . . . " He smiled .
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"Can you teach me stuff like this? . . " I wondered as we made our way to the next spot .
"This type of magic in particular is very hard . . . The only Word of Power taught is Word of Power Stun . . . and even then that's a very high spell very few in the world can even use . " He answered .
"Is there anything else you can teach me? . . . " I hesitantly asked .
"Worried with your upcoming duel? . . " He replied .
"Yeah . . . . . A little I guess… . . " I answered feeling hopeful .
" . . . To be honest . . . . . There's a very slim chance of you winning . " He hesitantly admitted .
"Really? . . . Even you think so? . . . " I replied feeling disheartened as the one person who always had my back thought that I couldn't win . . .
"Scarlet and Ashley has kept me up to date on your progress . . . . . You're doing very well . . . . but even then . . . She's also very talented . . . . . She's been practicing magic since the age of 6 . . . . Learning under High Magister August . . . who even at once tutored me . . . . and even after all that . . . . she's also the champion of a Storm Giant . . . . . She maybe a freshman . . . . but with all her training she will easily give most Rank-A students a run for their money . . . . . " He explained .
"So it's completely hopeless? . . . " I asked knowing it's useless to fight her .
"Well I wouldn't say it's hopeless . . . . you're always one to surprise me . " He smiled, "Just remember the most important thing is . . . your strength is the confidence you have in yourself . " He reminded me .
"Great . . . " I sarcastically replied .
"Emilia . . . . . You really need to be- . . . . " He tried to say to me .
"I know I know . . . . " I interrupted him .
"You know . . . . of all those things I wish you could change . . . . . It would be that . . . " He replied with a frown .
"You do have a wish spell . . . . " I sarcastically replied .
"I could also alter your memory . . . . . But I'll never do that to you . . . . . I'd never use magic to mess with you . . . . " He answered seriously .
"So you won't teach me anything? . . " I asked .
"It's not that I won't . . . . . It's that I can't because you're not ready yet . . . Like a building you need a good foundation . " He explained . . . "Okay . . . I promise when you're ready . . . . I'll teach you something . . . " He promised .
"Okay . . . . . !" I smiled knowing that he has never broken a promise since the day I've known him .
"By the way what does it mean to be a chosen champion of a Storm Giant? . . . " I asked wondering .
"Well . . . that mean's she's somehow gained favour of a Storm Giant . . . . . So she can borrow or ask for his power . . . . . And temporarily get even stronger for a limited time . " Paul explained .
"Is that why you think I will lose? . . . Because I have beaten her in some Hologram fights . . . " I asked .
"Yeah pretty much . . . A storm Giants blessing is nothing to sneeze at . . . " He added .
"Great . . . why does she get everything . . . . " I cursed .
"Emilia . . . you have nothing to worry about . . . you will very quickly reach her level . . . . . You just have to give it time . . . . you've only been here for two weeks . " He tried to make me understand .
"It's just that she's a stupid bully . . . . her smug smile really pisses me off . " I growled in anger remembering that stupid silver spoon baby looking down on me .
"Do you want me to tell her to stop? . . " Paul offered .
"I think that will make it worse . . . " I replied .
" . . . . Ohhh by the way . . . . . When I do rain hell fire on the dark Elves . . . Please don't look at me different . . . . . " He hesitantly ask but sounded more like a desperate plea .
"Paul . . . nothing you can do will make me see you differently . . . " I earnestly answered him .
"You say that now . . . . . But there's a reason why I'm so feared . . . . . And I . . . . . I . . . . I won't be able to live with myself if you looked at me that way . . . " His voice cracked almost crying at the thought .
"You're still so silly . " I laughed nudging him .
"Wait if you can only make two barriers . . . . . And you're almost spent how on earth are you meant to protect me? . . " I asked just now realising the situation .
"Okay . . . I lied . . . . . I just wanted to spend some time with you . . . " He confessed .
"You know you never need to make an excuse to see me . . . . " I replied .
"I know . . . . " He replied still saddened .
Like before all the students stepped aside letting us pass following Paul's orders to reroute them to the other bottle necks . "Okay . . . . this should just about do it . . . " He said placing another yellow piece of paper with a rune written on it in the air and similar runes began to spiral out of it .
"Now time for the hard part . . . . Holding off a horde of fanatical Dark Elves for 4 minutes… . . and I can't even do much to help… . " He sighed .