Chapter 163 - Make me stronger!
This whole time the academy had been following the prophecy hoping to find the answer they were looking for. The Divine being had told them that their saviour would have Red hair, so they started by gathering all the children with red hair.
Wilfred had suspected that perhaps these children would be the successors of the founders of Avrion and would soon grow to have similar abilities as the 5 Dragon knights of Avrion but no such thing ever happened. But right here, right now, they had finally found someone with the ability, however, the man had black hair.
"I'm not sure if this information will help." Ray said, "But at least it will give you a fighting chance."
The members were suddenly starting to understand. Of course, it wasn't as easy as they thought. No one so far had been able to defeat a True infected. That included the master knights meaning they weren't able to see through this illusion, yet somehow Nes was. This only made Nes seem like a greater person in their eyes.
Wilfred then stood up.
"Nes, what's your aim with this group?"
Ray paused for a while before answering.
"I want to cure this world of its disease."
The others hearing these words from Ray's mouth felt like Ray was talking about the Shadow plague and they were happy with his answer but Wilfred could see through this Nes person. He wasn't only talking about the shadow plague but he was also talking about the Humans as well.
Wilfred had one thought, "This man is a dangerous person."
He wasn't protecting them but using them.
Von then stood up and walked towards Wilfred who was stood by Sir K and Ann.
"I was actually hoping to invite you three to join the Red wings. Nes has allowed me to offer you an invitation to this group."
"Von have you gone mad!" Wilfred shouted, "Where do your loyalties lie, have you completely forgotten about the Divine being?"
Then suddenly Ann stood forward and bowed down in front of Nes.
"Please if you can, I would like to join your faction."
"Of course," Ray replied.
Ann had already made up her mind. Her daughter was already a part of the group and she would do anything to protect her daughter. At the same time, this man had saved her daughter's life twice and even hers. She had to repay him somehow.
Ray immediately offered her a contract and just like before, a piece of paper appeared out of thin air. As soon as Ann had accepted the contract a mark started to appear on her right shoulder.
"What in the Divine beings name is this?" Wilfred said.
Wilfred had never witnessed magic like this before, even the Dragon knights didn't have power like this.
"What about you two?" Von asked once again.
"I'm afraid my loyalty lies with the Divine being," Wilfred replied.
"I would also have to agree." Sir K said.
"Before you make up your mind, I want you to hear one thing." Von then turned to Ray and asked Ray a simple question.
"Nes, the other day I received a notification. It turns out I wasn't the only one but every member of the Red wings at the time did as well and there was something that stood out that I just haven't been able to get my mind off. The system stated that a skill called Dragon's roar had been activated."
Suddenly, everyone's ears were on fire. This was frequently a topic of conversation between the Red wings members and they had all come up with their own theories and it looked like finally, they would get an answer.
Ray was actually planning to bring this up himself as his winning point over Sir K and Wilfred but it seemed like Von was helping him out.
"All the skills I had gained came to me one day, suddenly I was told by something that I was a Dragon knight."
Ray had thought long and hard about a good excuse to come up with and this was the answer he came up with. If the others thought everything he could do was because he was one of the Dragon knights it would all make sense to them.
It would even explain why his skills had the name dragon in it and also why all members of the red wings had the mark of a Red Dragon.
This was also the conclusion that Von and Slyvia had come to.
"As you can see, I believe the divine being has chosen this man to lead us," Von said. "Will you two not reconsider the offer?"
Wilfred then looked into Ray's eyes one more time before deciding. Before answering, he clenched his fist.
"I'm sorry, I can't. I will do my best to support you but I must believe in the Divine being's words. Our saviour will come to us later in the form of one of the red-haired children. Even if it's not one of the ones at this academy, it might be the children at Roland or even children spread through the other kingdoms and empire."
"I respect your decision," Ray said, it was an unexpected outcome for Ray. Ray was surprised to see how much faith Wilfred had put into this Divine being.
"And you Sir K?" Von asked.
Sir K then unexpectedly started walking up towards Ray and stood directly in front of him.
The students gulped as it looked like Sir K was about to do something any second now.
"Can you make me stronger?" Sir K asked with serious undertone in his voice.
Sir K had felt humiliated when he went up against Morfran the Dark Guild leader and Sir K also had a personal grudge with the man. If he wanted to face him on an equal footing next time, he would have to get stronger but for the longest time, Sir K felt like he had hit a brick wall with improving himself.
Ray then looked at the group of students sat down.
"Jack, care to have a little spar with Sir K?"