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It was weird . . . . . Everyone who was left behind didn't seem worried at all . . . . . Just carrying on with their daily lives like they didn't know there was literally a war that just broke out . . . .
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"Hey Paul? . . " I asked getting his attention still pushing him around .
"Wassup? . . . . " He replied .
"Are you completely defenceless right now? . . " I asked a little worried for him .
"Yeah pretty much . . . . I'm basically a normal human for a few days at least . " He smiled .
"I'm really sorry . . . . " I apologised still feeling guilty .
"A . . . . remember you never need to apologise to me . . . and B . . . . there was no other options . . . I did what I did to save the most lives . " He answered .
"Okay . . . . . " I replied to him still feeling guilty .
"So . . . . . About tomorrow . . . want me to move the match to next week? . . . I'm sure the Deputy Headmistress would understand that you and the other have gone through a lot today . " He offered .
"Nah let's just get it over and done with . " I answered trying not to think about it .
"Ohhh lets rest at the bench . " He said pointing at some benches overlooking a nice green area .
"Sure . " I smiled wheeling him there and taking a seat on the bench .
"So how have you been . . . . . ?? . . . . . " He hesitantly asked sounding nervous .
"You mean before all this . . . . ?? . . . . " I asked .
"Yeah . . . . " he replied quietly .
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"Well . . . I went on to study law . . . . because you persuaded me to take it . . . " I explained putting a smile on his face . "Found some great friends . . . . . . was doing well for myself till you know this… . . Happed . " I smiled to him .
"That's great . . . " He smile back at me .
"And you? . . . " I asked in return .
"It's a long story . . . . Left our world with my brother and three cousins . . . . went travelling for two years across planes learning discovering things . . . they went back home . . . . . And I came here . . . . " He answered making an effort to shorten his story .
"Wait wait . . . . . . . how did you even learn to leave our world? . . " I questioned hoping to get more detail .
"It's very weird actually . . . . you would call us crazy at the time it all happened . . . . but when we was about 12 or 13 me, my brother and my two cousins . . . " He began to explain .
"Peter, Steven and Phillip right? . . . " I questioned remembering the four of them were always very close .
"Yes . . . that's us . . . . . Well when we attended the funeral of a close relative . . . there was a strange old man watching over the ceremony . . . . . Well this strange old man also made an appearance during my mum funeral no one knew him but there he was standing in the distance overlooking the funeral . . . . . And I don't know if you remember . . . . . I vanished for a month or two . . . . . I told you guys it was funeral proceedings and religious stuff . . . . but I lied . . . . this old man was our first ever mentor . . . . showed us the amazing things outside our plane . . . . taught us a lot of magic and things . . . . we travelled for what felt like years . . . . . . learning studying discovering . . . . then one day we all awoke back in our bedrooms like it was all a strange dream that we all remembered . . . . . but the weird thing was that our magic still remained and we was only gone for a month and a bit . . . . . and our families didn't noticed we disappeared either . . . …" He began to tell the story .
"You'e joking right? . . . " I asked in disbelief .
"No joke . . . . that's what happened . " He laughed .
"So what made you leave? . . . . " I questioned .
"Well . . . . . . . . Someone gave me a clue to my mum's sudden passing . . . pointing to a murder then a natural cause of death . . . " He began to explain his expression changed . . . . . He looked saddened and full of regret by just even thinking of the past . "I couldn't let it go . . . . . There was so much anger inside me when I discovered it . . . . . So much need for vengeance . . . " He began to explain when suddenly near several portals opened up . "Ohh looks like everyone is back . . . Let's go see if Scarlet is back . " Paul smiled .
Dozens of students exited the portals helping carry the slightly wounded and weakened students . They all took a small glance at Paul in a wheel chair pausing slightly and gave us a nod and smile of respect and slowly made their way to the infirmary .
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"Do you think we lost any students today? . . . " I questioned worried seeing the amount of wounded students . . .
"There was one I couldn't save . . . . " He whispered choking up at the mention of it .
" . . . . . . . . . . . . Did you know him? . . . . . . " I asked noticing his reply .
"No not really . . . . . . I didn't expect them to have so many moonbeams left after blasting my first barrier . . . . but I was wrong . . . . . I was barely able to erect my barrier in time to absorb the most the blast of the moon beam . . . One student ran towards me instead of falling back . . . . . He was caught in blast . . . . . . " He explained sounding very saddened .
"Paul . . . " The Deputy Headmistress stepped out the portal and recognised us . . . "And the trouble maker . " She said recognising me .
"Miss . . . " Paul answered her with a nod . . . "Sorry Deputy Head . . . " I instinctively apologised .
"How are you feeling Paul? . . " She asked in a very stern tone .
"I'll be back in a week or so . . . " Paul notified her .
"Good . . . . I'll let the city council know and setup a meeting . " She nodded . . . "And next time . . . . don't get yourself killed . . . . Atlantis needs both you and Scarlet . " She commented before walking away .
"Miss . . . . how many casualties and injured did we receive? . . " Paul asked before she could walk off .
"Most were only lightly injured thanks to your efforts . . . . . We've lost one student . . . we'll make preparations for a proper send-off… . And notify the family… . . " She stopped notifying Paul and carried on walking away again, Paul watched in complete silence as she walked away .
"Are you okay? . . . " I asked him worried .
"Yeah . . . I'm alright . . . " He replied still sounding saddened .
"It wasn't your fault . . . . . " I instinctively replied knowing how he was feeling .
"I know . . . . . . . . Just . . . . . Why did he run towards me… . . . . I ordered everyone to fall back . . . . " He muttered . . . I could tell he was running through a million scenarios in his head .
That crazy predator and prey feeling washed over me again instantly making the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end . "HEYYY!!!" Scarlet came rushing towards us as my shaky hands fumbled in my pockets for the coin to relieve me of my urges to run for my life .
"Heyyy!!! You made it back!!!" Paul yelled greeting her as she ran to us he armour stained with huge amounts of dried blood, but still looking in pristine condition .
"Ohh dear . . . . you went and used your third limiter didn't you? . . . . " She asked noticing Paul was in a wheelchair .
"Yeah sadly I did . . . . I also used up the Amulet of Revival . . . " He confessed .
"That's alright . . . that's what it was made for!! But we should train more so you can use them more effectively without killing you . " Scarlet smiled unfazed by the loss of an artefact or his near death experience .
"By the way where was you? . . " Paul asked curiously .
"Ohhh me? . . . . I was out with a set of Guards that wanted me to check on rumours of sightings outside the city . . . . by the way they were Dark Elves . . . I thought I'll give them the chance of ambushing me . . . . . Surprise nothing happened of course I dealt with them and their ambush no problem . . . the nerve . . . they only sent fifteen Female Dark elves and three Priestesses . . . . . . they had a few Blade Dancers they were quite interesting to watch and fight against . . . . . Never crossed blades with one before . . . " She began to regurgitate what happened briefly . . . . . Her nonchalant attitude was shocking . . . just like a child just retelling as tory with no care in the world . . . . "Then I sensed giant Arcanum in the distance away from the city . . . . . so I went to investigate . . . . . To my surprise they somehow managed to purchase or rent at least Ten Juggernauts . . . . . " She retold her side of the story to us .
"Really? . . . " Paul pondered .
"What's a Juggernaut? . . . . " I asked curiously
"Giant constructs . . . . . Usually made and powered by Dwarven technology . . . Dwarfs are proud honourable people . . . . . So it's weird how Elves . . . . specially Dark Elves managed to get hold of ten . . . . . " Pauls answered .
"Yup . . . . and as per usual . . . once defeated their core overloaded melting themselves into a puddle of molten goo . . . " Scarlet nodded .
"Yeah that's why it's so unusual . . . When Juggernauts are defeated or break down their core normally overloads causing them to melt . . . . . So they must have got their hands on it through trade . . . . " Paul explained .
"Yup . . . . . That's what I said . " Scarlet smiled . . . . "So what happened to you guys at the city? . . " Scarlet asked looking confused .
"Full scale invasion I think . . . had to request fire support from Yurika and Ruri . . . " He answered .
"Weird . . . . normally you would easily be able to hold that off no problem . . . . " She replied a little confused .
"Something came up . . . . they had a lot of priestesses . . . . " Paul answered .
"Ohhh well . . . . . I'm sure you did your best . " She smiled . "So what you gonna do with your schedule? . . . now you're out of action for a week . She began to ponder .
"I dunno… . I'll think of something tomorrow…" Paul sighed staring into the sky .
"Well whatever let's get some food I'm starving!!" She smiled in absolute joy .
"How does she not have a scratch on her . . . . " I whispered to Paul in surprises pushing him towards the dorms following Scarlet .
"Of course . . . . . She's impenetrable . . . . . Each piece of her armour is made from dragons scales . . . . unlike other dragon scale armour . . . . which is scales stuck on armour which leaves openings and weak points . . . . . Her armour is Dragonscales forged into an armour . . . so all of it is immune to spells and impenetrable to attacks . " Paul answered .
"Yeah but surly a scratch on her face or something . . . . " I argued at the absurdity .
"Yeah . . . . . People who have never faced her properly . . . . would chalk her reverence and reputation in combat is because of her armour and weapons… . . . . but in reality she's just as durable as her armour and her speed, strength and combat prowess is monstrous . . . . " He chuckled but almost sounded like a little warning .
"How? . . . and why? . . " I questioned .
"That's her secret . . . . " Paul laughed .
It felt so weird… . She seems so kind and bubble… . . Yet beneath all that demeanour is an absolute monster… . . Easily taking on fifteen Dark Elf female warriors . . . along with three priestess then causally takes down ten juggernauts… . That most likely must have had a regiment of Dark Elves .
"Enough chit chat!!! I want food!" She said grabbing the handles to Pauls wheel chair and began wheeling him off to the dorms .
"When your friends get back come for a visit!!!" Paul yelled as his voice slowly died away as scarlet raced to the dorms .