From MC's perspective:
My gaze never left the projection. "Damn, what was that now?" I muttered to myself. Michael was defeated in a few moves. That Senior named Chad was truly strong.
From the announcement, I came to know about his element. "Evil Wind element?" I uttered. It's like an ice element. The Evil Wind must be a mutation of the wind element.
After pushing down these thoughts, I decided to visit them later.
2 hours later,
I walked out of the training room after completing the dummy practice. Then I returned to my dorm room to take a bath.
20 minutes later,
I left my room and walked to the faction building. When I walked inside. I saw people gathering in the hallway.
A quick glint flashes in my eyes.
They are looking toward the Special Faction Common Room. Ignoring them, I walked upstairs.
"Hey, look. He is here"
"Zack Lockwood"
"He is also Special Faction Warrior"
"Guess, why didn't he fight?"
"May be he will fight tomorrow"
Various noises reached my ears. Ignoring that, I walked in front of the door and began to verify my identity.
Creak~
Right after, the door opened. I slowly walked inside. Then I walked to the living room to see them. When I stepped inside.
I saw Ernest and Laverne. But there was no Michael. Sitting on the sofa, these two guys are seriously discussing something.
After feeling my presence, they turned toward me.
"Zack, what are you doing here?" Laverne asked in an icy tone.
Ernest was also not pleased by my arrival.
I can see hints of hatred in their emotions. Because, I rarely talked to these people.
"Ahem, I saw the duel," I said with a cough.
Hearing that both of their expressions turned ugly.
"So you came to make fun of Michael," Ernest said, while looking at me.
I shook my head in disapproval.
I replied,"I heard from the announcement the opponent is also a Special Faction Member."
"So what's going on?"
Laverne and Ernest looked at each other. They can understand why Zack is asking that. Because the members of Special Faction Members are less to begin with.
They can be counted in numbers.
Laverne said,"Yes, that mad man belongs to our faction. He was in retreat a couple of hours ago. But he broke through to become a half-step SS Elite Warrior."
"Michael found out during the duel. So he was defeated easily in the end," She added further.
"Half-Step SS Elite Warrior?" My heart skips a beat for a second.
No wonder Michael lost like that. He is just a Super Elite Warrior. But someone against half-step SS Elite Warrior. It's not easy to win.
The difference in power is huge.
For a moment, I don't know how to console them. But I don't know why they are feeling bad about this? Chad is our senior right.
Feeling the gaze, Laverne asked, "What?"
"isn't he a senior of ours? Why are you guys sulking about the duel?" I asked.
"Harumph"
'What do you know?"
"Chad is not normal. He doesn't care about peers. He is an arrogant b@stard," Ernest said.
But suddenly his gaze stopped on me and said,"Don't meet him by the way. If he knows about you, then he will come and see you."
"Maybe he will find an excuse to challenge you,"Ernest added further.
My heart skips a beat again. What? Fighting against him. It's not going to happen until I become a Super Elite Warrior.
After speaking to them. I left the common room a few minutes later.
On the way, I couldn't help but think about Ernest's words. I have a bad feeling about this. I think it's best to avoid coming to faction building for a while.
Then I returned to my dorm room a few minutes later.
Meanwhile,
Dean Rebecca receives an intelligence report. Suspicious warriors spotted near the gorge. Which is located 100 miles away from the Viper City.
She knitted her eyebrows. But the next second, her eyes grew cold. For the past several days, she didn't stop looking at the intelligence report.
She knew it's impossible for unknown warriors to hide and lurk in their area. There must be some kind of base located under their jurisdiction.
Otherwise it's impossible for them to evade the patrol guards.
Looking at the report. She decides to send someone to investigate the place. Suddenly, the image of Zack Lockwood comes to her mind.
Rebecca held up her chin in contemplation.
"Why don't I send Zack to that place?" She thought to herself.
She knew Zack has been training vigorously ever since that incident. He even stopped going to high peak mountains and monster zones for some time.
She thinks this short mission will provide some relief. Her eyes flickered with a slight glint. Then she contacted a shadow guard.
A few minutes later,
Two shadow guards appeared in front of her. One male warrior and the other one is female warrior. Both of them are fully dressed in black.
Seeing them, she spoke to them about the mission. Their job is to protect Zack secretly from the assassination.
The following day,
After practicing the blood element method. I walked out of the training room. I ran out of the monster cores. If I have to cultivate tomorrow, then I will need some monster cores.
So I decided to skip today's training session and go to the monster zone.
Several minutes later,
I changed to academy clothes. After getting ready, I left the room and walked out of the building.
When I entered the dining hall. I found the atmosphere a bit weird. The warriors are looking in one direction.
When I turned my head to the right side.
I saw red haired warriors swallow a big chunk of meat filled with energy.
But my eyes immediately recognized the person.
"Chad Bartlett," I said in my heart.
He is eating here like everyone else. Then shaking my head, I walked to the food counter.
But suddenly I feel a hot piercing gaze behind my back.
My eyes flickered with cold glint. "He spotted me," I said in my heart.
No need to turn back. I know who the piercing gaze belongs to.
After receiving the food plate, I walked to an empty seat to sit down. Then I slowly began to eat.
But my mind is on something else.
Did he find out about me? A doubt appeared in my heart. Ernest warned me about this yesterday.
But what can I do? I can't avoid seeing him in the dining hall. Everyone has to come here to eat.
10 minutes later,
After having breakfast, I turned to leave. Seeing that Chad was gone. A hint of relief flashes in my eyes.
But when I walked out of the building. I saw someone blocking the path. Looking at the red hair again, a frown appeared on my face.
He is Chad Bartlett. What does he want?
"You got some nice energy there?" Chad Bartlett said, pointing at my body.
Did he feel blood energy or purple essence?
I didn't respond. I decide to walk past quietly.
Chad became angry. He was talking nicely just now. But someone decides to ignore him.
"How dare you?" Chad said, while releasing a small amount of pressure from his body.
While I was walking. My senses are alarmed with danger. The next second, I felt the weight of 5X gravity weighing on me.
"This?"I uttered and bent my knees slowly. I didn't use my perception. Otherwise, I would have spotted his minor moves.
But I didn't expect him to attack me. No wonder they call him a mad man. But he is crossing the limit
Meanwhile, Chad cracked an evil grin on his face. Looking at the person crouching down under pressure. He felt pleased.
By this time, the crowd starts to form. Warriors from other factions easily recognised the identity of the two people.
One is Zack Lockwood and the other one is Chad Bartlett. Seeing the tussle between Special Faction Members. Others began to enjoy the show.
Some of them started to capture pictures to post online.
Meanwhile, my inner organs start to rupture again. Seeing that, my heart set off storms. I don't think this is the full extent of his strength.
When I saw his evil grin. My heart turned cold. He is rotten to the core. Looks like he loves bullying.
Various thoughts come to mind.
I can handle the current pressure. But if I continue to endure it, then it would be suspicious.
So I quickly operated my sci-fi watch and contacted the dean.
When the projection appeared. Dean Rebecca asked,"What happened?" She saw something wrong with Zack.
Hearing that I asked for help and ended the call.
This process ended within two minutes.
Chad Bartlett saw everything. He thought the person was asking for help. But he knows no one will come to save him.
Chad Bartlett already found the identity of the new face last night. He was looking at an unread feed last night. At that time, he came across a post about Zack Lockwood.
A new special element warrior was recruited. Zack Lockwood- A lightning element warrior.
After seeing the post, he had made up his mind to fight him.