Zero was confused about what M2 meant. He thought it over wondering what M2 meant.
The boat finally stopped and docked against something that no one could see but Zero. Then, with a thump, the boat lightly bumped into something hard, and at that moment of contact, the invisible VillageVillage slowly appeared before them.
"Woah," M2 spoke, a bit shocked. "I did not expect such a large change from the last report. I heard it was smaller, but this is completely different from what I had imagined."
Zero couldn't help but feel proud of his VillageVillage that he was looking after. "Lava Magic helps expand the land over time. After the emergency magic went into effect, the lava magic increased its output. I'm still surprised at how fast it's grown, even the short amount of time that I was away."
"Chief, It's ready." The Lunar Rabbit motions him forward towards the exit.
Zero and M2 were the first to get off the boat. After that, everyone got up and headed off the boat onto solid land.
"Quite amazing," said M2. He was busily glancing around, taking in the open land. Even though there were not many trees growing on the new land, large patches of green still filled the rich soil.
Zero saw several small sprouts of trees growing at a rapid rate. A good portion of the lands was being built with small stone buildings, and the new residents were farming large lands. Zero could not see the end of the Draconis Village anymore. Instead, the Draconis Library and the buildings surrounding it covered their view.
"Well, this place is your temporary home till you find what you are all looking for."
"Do not worry. We won't terrorize the locals."
"I'm afraid of that..." Zero mumbled under his breath. He coughed and cleared his throat. "I'll keep an eye on my people."
"That put me a bit at ease."
Elder Mako and Elder Miki walked over next to Zero.
"We can not thank you enough for letting us stay." Elder Miki smiled. Her ears and tails flicked side-to-side in pleasure.
"It's not a problem. I'm just as excited as you are."
"You don't know how much this will help us. For us, this is like getting back our lost heritage. Please have this."
Elder Miki handed him a small bag of seeds. "Given to us by the Eleven Race and now passed on to you. All the kills were also yours while we tracked through the forest. We shall stay in town till we arrive at the City of Elements. There is destination will end."
Zero took the bag of seeds gratefully. The thought of having fresh fruits and vegetables without waiting for a whole season to pass was something he was grateful for. This allowed the food shortage to be solved much faster when they were on the run.
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Plant the Seeds and feed the young Drezo Regalia.
"I'll see you around." M2 shook his hand. He followed his people into the Draconis Village with enthusiasm. Zero watched them mingle with the residents.
With a sigh, Zero felt a heavy weight on his shoulder. He felt he was babysitting the new dragon race and helping them grow. He had gone through thick and thin to grow to who he was now. However, so many baby dragons needed to be looked after, which made his head spin.
Without waiting, he delved into the newly given task of farming the new land that the lava magic had been churning out. He had a long week to finish what he had started.
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Kiyro ejects out of the Embryo Type II Machine. His time inside the game was up and was brought out like everyone else. The water quickly drained from the pod, and the helmet detached itself. With a grunt, Kiyro pulled himself out of the machine and stepped onto the cold floor. His toes and hands felt pruny from soaking long inside the machine, and the cold floor was not helping his situation. He felt cold from the cold hard floor.
Suddenly he heard loud, obnoxious voices that did not stop talking all around him. Glancing around, Kiyro saw people leaving their pods and heading toward the changing room. Not many were even talking among one another, but the voices in his head kept getting stronger while he stared at the peculiar person.
It got even worse when their eyes made contact with one another. Voices ranging from male to female that he had never heard spoke loud and clear even though their mouths did not move.
Who is he?
Wow, what a bedhead. He looks like he just had sex. Hahaha.
Not bad. Not bad. I earned fifty gold coins from that quest.
I wonder if that lady NPC will go on a date with me. She looks so cute.
My butt itches. I hate these stupid suits. I'm breaking out. I'm going to give a piece of my mind to the teachers. I can't stand this at all.
Kill—what a wondrous word. I can't wait till I meet with death once again.
Kiyro stopped and searched for the last familiar voice, but he could not find the owner of the voice anywhere. Instead, the overpowering voices of the people drowned out the sound giving him a headache. Shaking his head, he hoped that the voices would stop. Finally, the voices in his head slowly faded away, allowing him to have better control over his thoughts. He scanned around for familiar faces but did not see anyone. So instead, he followed the crowd and changed out into comfortable clothes.
"Kiyro!" Daulton yelled out and waved him down. Daulton was in a simple blue t-shirt and pants. Wow, he looks awful. I wonder if he's alright.
"I'm fine," Kiyro replied unconsciously.
"What?" Daulton was surprised by Kiyro's answer.
"Nothing. What's up?"
Daulton stared at him strangely, and he brushed it aside in a matter of moments. "I'm starved. Let's get something to eat. We got a couple of hours of free time before we go to class."
"Class?"
"Yea, did you forget? We're here to grow our psychic abilities?"
"Psychic abilities? Oh! Yea. I completely forgot."
"Yea, it happened to me as well on the first day here. So you'll get used to it for sure."
"I'm not sure I want to be used to this."
"Don't worry. Don't worry. Everything is going to be alright." Daulton grinned. Man, I'm hungry. I wonder what's for dinner. I hope he doesn't dawdle too long, or my stomach will eat itself.
"Well then, we should get something to eat, shall we?"
"Hell, yes. I'm so starved that-"
"You're stomach is going to eat itself. I get it."
Daulton's eyes turned wide. "You just took the words right out of my mouth." He nervously glanced toward Kiyro.
"What? It's a popular line, you know. So it doesn't take much to guess what you will say."
"Ahh, Okay."
Both Daulton and Kiyro walked down the corridor and to the cafeteria. Hundreds of people from different races streamed in to get something to eat. Kiyro searched for either Eve or possibly Alex, but so far, he has not found either one. So instead, he picked up a tray of fruits and a chicken sandwich and followed behind Daulton.
Once again, they sat next to Ken and Sylvia, talking.
"Hey, guys." Daulton pulled up a chair and took a seat at the round table.
"Daulton. Kiyro." Ken waved and acknowledged their presence. "Nice to see a familiar face."
Even Sylvia nodded and continued to eat.
"You guys are out early." Daulton picked up a fork and stabbed cheese broccoli.
"Things happened. They booted us out of the game that much sooner. So I'm guessing there is something important going on."
"Every day is an important day for them anyways. What could be any different." So Ken thought, though living in this Psychic Academy is strange enough. Who in the right mind would bring all these people together under one roof and put a collar that can kill them on their neck?
"Good question. So how was your quest been going?"
"Everything proceeding smoothly. I got through the forest without much effort. Of course, having a large group of powerful NPC with you makes things much easier."
"Tell me about it." Kiyro agreed.
"You have experienced it too?" Ken asked, a bit surprised at Kiyro's answer. "Renting out a mercenary is expensive, though if you are really lucky, you might be able to work together with the city's soldiers." Does he have a secret I don't know about that will allow one to get more followers? I do wish to try one day to lead a large army against a castle. How cool would that be?
"Well, you can say something like that."
"You're so lucky. I wished that I got such a quest. Do you know how hard it is to gather so many NPC in one spot? Especially leading a large force to go hunting? The scale does not compare to just a regular Raid party. We're talking about thousands."
"I wouldn't say I'm leading a group of thousand people. Just a couple hundred would be more like it."
"On an expedition or a raid?" Everyone listened in closely to what Kiyro had to say. They had momentarily stopped eating.
"Just a simple guiding. Nothing more, nothing less."
"That's still so cool. Damn, I wish I had at least a simple quest like yours. Unfortunately, I'm still collecting hundred thousand pine cones to get a special chain quest. You don't know how tired I am from collecting these pine cones. I swear, I'm dreaming about them even in my waking moments," Ken picked at his carrots and broccoli in disappointment. "I feel like I'm some kind of gatherer or something. At this rate, I'll probably take another couple days till I'm done with it."
"That's better than me," Sylvia grumbled. "Try hunting down 7000 Grizzly Bears where one grizzly bear spawns every fifteen minutes. Not only that, you have to fend off other players from killing it before you do. It's not easy, I tell you."
"That does sound like a pain to do."
"Right?"
"Attention, everyone!" Mrs. Angela called out to the group of people. "Attention!" The voices of the people lowered but still did not stop. What an annoying bunch of kids. I wished they had just shut up—Mrs. Angela's thought rang clear into Kiyro's head.
Kiyro wondered how he could hear so many people's thoughts so often today. He had all the trouble in the world to use such an ability out of his free will. The only problem was that he struggled to stop the voices from entering his mind.
"She said to shut up and listen!" A cold male's voice cut through, stopping everyone in their track. Everyone turned towards the unknown male that stood next to Mrs. Angela. Even next to her, the pressure around this unknown man intimidates everyone. His hair was slicked back, wearing an expensive white and red suit. His silver cross chain hung from his side, and a silver cross necklace hugged his chest.
Kiyro felt an intimidating aura from the man that he knew. He had met him twice throughout his life in the past month, and each meeting was at the scene at the wrong time and place.
"Now that's more like it."
"Thank you, Angel."
"No problem, sweetheart."
"We will be welcoming two new teachers that will be joining us. Angel Luminous and Red Raven."
Next to Angel was a tall thin, silver-haired man wearing gothic clothes. For a moment, Kiyro thought Red looked like a typical vampire wannabe with his attire. However, compared to Angel,
who looks like a gentleman, Red is the opposite, wearing bright red and black.
"Angel will be taking over one of the classes as a teacher while Red will be your P.E teacher. They both did not want to be introduced in the auditorium, but when you all are at ease. So I thought it would be best we announce it now. The other will be informed in due time."
"It's nice to meet you all. I'm very pleased to inform you to share my knowledge in what I know. Though I must say if you have any problems, I will gladly love to listen and help you out in your time of need." My new personal toys, Angel's thought rang loud and clear.
Kiyro was alarmed. He had a nagging feeling that something more was going on that he did not
know of.
"With that being said, we are also like you who have come here to learn and grow into fine Psychic. With your help and our guidance, you will all become someone great in the future." Angel handsomely smiled, making a large group of females gasp. However, we will make you all into the finest killers.
"We are heroes in the making. We all have the potential to become someone great." A Hero they shall be, but a Hero they do not expect. A dark thought that was not his rolled in on Kiyro's mind again.
"We're not your everyday comic book superhero. We are normal citizens that are taught how to survive and lead the normal citizens in the correct path of light that brings up the greatness of humanity." And the downfall of many.
Kiyro gulped. He didn't have to read the man's thoughts to feel an evil intent that made him shiver. This man was a cold-blooded killer, and to be a teacher was a different story. In all honesty, he did not want to learn from this man and instead hid away safely in his home. Just live life every day without much trouble, but life was not kind and instead threw something else in his direction.
"There is more. Suppose anyone could bring me the Solomon's Key in the game. A one million dollar reward will be given to the winner. The deadline is by the first Yami Hikari Convention, but I feel that not all of you will search for this little key. So to make this bet even more exciting, a contest on whoever finds me the key also gets ten tickets that let you leave out of this academy for good. The winner can also hand these tickets to their friends who want to leave here. I know quite a few of you are brought here without consent, though I must personally say that you are in good hands." Angel cleared his throat.
"With that being in order. I would also be joining in on the game. So let's all have fun, shall we?" He opens his arms with a mischievous hint of a smile.
Everyone cheered with excitement at the new challenge ahead, though Kiyro was not too thrilled. He was not pleased to be pulled into this game contest of finding Solomon's Key. What he needed to find was a way out and any information on his brother's whereabouts.