"Ready to re-join the group?...." The student accompanying us asked as we left the church.
"Do you know where they went?.." Helen asked smiling.
"Yes follow me.... we aren't too far, feels like they've stopped for some reason" He smiled leading the way.
"So are you a prefect?.... As well?.." Jay asked starting a conversation.
"Not a prefect sadly but you're in safe hands.... I'm Rank 22 Sven Bovar, nice to meet you." He smiled.
"Nice to meet you to Sven Bovar." We all greeted him.
"Don't worry they aren't far maybe 5 to 10 minutes away." He smiled.
"So what cool thing do you do? I noticed your weird mechanisms on your gloves." I asked curiously.
"Ohhh these? They are my own invention…. If you look very carefully you might be able to catch a glimpse of my wires reflecting the sunlight slightly... so right now we're just follow my wire that I've attached to the Deputy Head Mistress." He smiled.
"Is that what you also use in combat?..." Grace asked extremely curiously.
"Yes..... This is both my weapon and my shield." He smiled.
"So are they enchanted strings or something?..." Helen questioned thoroughly intrigued.
"Yes they are made from a special blend of displacement beat fur and giant spider silk, making them extremely durable and almost invisible properties." He answered.
"OHHH wow that's so cool!" I gushed in awe.
"Really?.... Thanks." He smiled.
"Hmm it is very intriguing how you would use them in a combat scenario." Jay commented.
"I'm sure you guys will see me in the Colosseum eventually." He smiled.
"We'll look forward to it." Grace replied.
"So what are we doing here today?..... Everyone looks like they are under alot of stress and tension." I asked looking around.
"Well I'm not too sure... but the school has deployed two of the three S-ranked students and all prefects, as well as most the combat ready ranked A students and Several Faculty members.... so someone has put in a special emergency request for help." He answered.
"Wow..... They must have deployed alot of students." Helen Gasped.
"Yes it's upwards of 40 students at least.... not including your class." He answered.
"... Why was Paul not deployed?..." I questioned.
"Hmmmm... House Leader Paul is most likely left behind to safeguard Atlantis and the other students left behind." He concluded.
"So what orders do you have?.." Grace asked.
"My strength is in defence so I've been ordered to keep watch of the perimeter of the camps as well as students." He smiled.
"Thank you for looking out for us." I thanked him.
"So if you don't mind me asking..... What do you guys do?.." He asked politely.
"Daisy is a Paladin, I'm a Sorcerer as well as Jay, Helen is a Druid and Grace is a Ranger." I answered him.
"Ohhh.... if anything happens don't leave my side..... Don't try and be heroes okay?.." He replied.
"Why do you think something will happen?.." Jay asked curiously.
"I've been deployed before... and well we've never deployed so many students before so that means security is amped to the limit today. Catavan must have paid a lot for our services." He sighed.
"We don't normally assist cities in need?..." I asked feeling down.
"Ummm... I not privy on school politics, but I know having most the school deployed must have come with a steep price...… Also it's not easy for Atlantis to help cities and regions sadly..... Unlike other schools Atlantis more or less an individual entity from the main state..... So we can't just waltz in helping whoever is in need sadly, but since Princess Calista is now a student of Atlantis it has helped with the Schools image." He carried on explaining to us.
"But it's her family's fault that we're in this mess anyways." Daisy sighed.
"Although I'm not very knowledgeable... Politics is fickle and complicated..... I'm sure they have their reasons for not trusting Atlantis..." He sighed letting out a deep breath.
"What problem do they have with us?" I sighed.
"Enough politic talks.... we're nearing the rest of the group." Sven warned us, as we approached a large steel gate separating the city from the outside world.
The school group waiting at the gate, the city looked like it was ready for a battle... the lookout towers filled with armed soldiers... the wall was filled with heavily armour patrolling guards, and a few large groups checking everyone entering and exiting the city.
"I'll let the Deputy Head mistress known we're back." He smiled.
"Are you sure we're all safe?...." I asked feeling cautious about the whole situation.
"Don't worry... I don't want House Leader Paul to scold me for not protecting you." He chuckled and making his way to the school group.
"Something doesn't feel right... why would the city request such a large number of students.... it doesn't make sense financially...." Jay whispered.
"What do you mean?.." Helen asked.
"Well... if it costs a lot of gold to borrow Atlantis's services and request a strong combat support.... they must know there's an imminent threat or something...." Jay theorized.
"All the soldier do look on edge..." I agreed with him.
"Maybe they requested for help.... and Atlantis needing to ensure our safety had to deploy more students." Daisy questioned Jay.
"That's plausible.... but it all seems too much of a coincidence... increase guard activity.... patrols.... Atlantis students..... It's all too much of a coincidence….. Or maybe Atlantis already knows..." Jay pondered.
"Do you think Anna or Ashley are deployed?" I wondered.
"Anna most defiantly..... She's an extremely capable fighter, but for Ashley I dunno..." Grace answered.
"I'll try my badge." I said trying to communicate to Ashley or Scarlet.
"Any reply?.." Helen asked waiting a few seconds.
"Nope..... I guess everyone is out of range." I shrugged.
"I wonder if we could get a set of those for everyone..... They'd be super useful." Helen smiled.
"Yup would be awesome to be able to communicate to each over them." Daisy agreed.
"Is there some sort of spell that lets you send messaged to people?.." I asked curiously.
"Yes... it's called the message spell." Helen and Jay answered.
"Do you think we'll get to learn it?.." I wondered.
"Sadly you'd have to be part of a special guild to learn the spell." Helen answered.
"Ohhh that's a shame..... I guess that's something Paul can't even do." I laughed.
"On that topic... how on earth did his book cast a healing spell on us." Jay questioned.
"Ohhh yeah I remember that..... I've never heard or read of anything similar to flying spell casting spell books." Helen and Grace agreed.
"He did say it was a gift from a previous teacher." I remembered.
"I wouldn't mind having some artifact's or artifact equivalent equipment." Grace sighed.
"I wouldn't be so sure about that..... I've heard that almost all artifacts have fatal drawbacks." Jay answered.
"He's right..... But I wonder what the drawback of Scarlet's or Travis's weapons are." Helen wondered.
"So class gather around! Today we will be assisting in helping the refugees, in your bags you each have five vials of minor healing potions, some rations, bandages and medicinal herbs. The clerics of Serra and doctors have been overwhelmed recently." Deputy Head mistress began to notify us.
"Sounds simple enough." Grace yawned.
"Prefects will also be patrolling the area..... And in the unfortunate event of anything dangerous happening, we will have several students at temporary way points located around the refugee camps, they will make themselves known if the situation arises." She explained, "Follow me and we'll all make our final walk there and begin our help." Deputy Head mistress ordered us and began walking towards a set of camps not too far away.