"I am here to talk to you." Vander said. "I know this doesn't make sense but I mean it. Lets head inside the wood."
For some reason Xander was still standing look at Vander, he hasn't thought even for one time to be approached by Baron's heir yet here he is with one.
"Why inside the wood?"
"It's a safest place, no one will see us."
"Okey." Xander replied after a moment of hesitation.
They all heard in the wood but none of them has started a talk in their whole way. Xander was walking quite a distance behind Vander for more caution, he has think this might be the trick to capture him or something similar so he decided to be more careful. It was an awkward situation for Vander since he has been used to be talkative type and yet here they are walking together with nothing to talk until he decide to break the silence.
"What realm are you from?" Vander asked.
"None realm." Xander answered.
"It made sense now." Vander said.
"What made sense?"
"You are powerful and no one knows you." Vander declared. Appart from all the realms there are those who don't like being part of any realm, so they always live themselves in wildzone were they have no Barons to lead them. And mostly they survive through hunting and sell beast crystals for money earnings, though their are those who have decide to leave a normal life as a farmer.
There are some hunters who are termed nearly strong as baron or most of the realm strongest fighters that's why they have been able to survive this long, atleast it's what other people thinks. The None realm has also divided in different outposts where everyone can protect the other from beast attack. There has also been fights among these outposts since they have no specific leader to lead them, they have been some ambush from one outposts to another just because of crystals and weapons.
Apart from fights and war still they have remain in the None realm because there is more freedom than anywhere, people can do what they want at anytime without fear of anyone.
"I am not that strong." Xander said.
"Don't underestimate yourself." Vander replied as he pat Xander's shoulder. "What do you think if we become friends?"
"And why should I agree." Xander asked.
"Because I am not like you think, and I have seen you from the inside, you are different."
"You guys always do anything for your own profit, I am not even surprised you have approach me. Do you think you can use me?" Xander said in frustruated way.
Vander chuckled before he said. "I don't use people, I know my brothers may do but we are not the same. I actually thought we might make the best duo the world has ever seen, I wanted to work together but if you don't think so it's okey." Vander said and turn away to left but not before he say the last thing. "Remember I will always be there when you make up your mind."
Xander was left in the wood by himself thinking of a what Vander told him. Although the None Realm are free to do as they wish, they have no strong and best equipments, weapons and information as most of them has been kept by the Barons and their people. Even the best forger are found inside the realms, there may be other forger from here and there in the outposts but are not as skill as those inside the realm.
So it should made sense if he work with one of those who leave in the realm especially one of their baron's heir since it will give him a huge advantage.
At the end Xander made up his mind and left the wood area.
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It was in the morning as students wake up and prepare for classes but suddenly they all receive notification from their watch. This day was different due to students didn't attend to their usual classes as they went in the ASSEMBLY HALL.
When Xander wake up he was alerted by his watch that he should go into the ASSEMBLY HALL, he didn't know why but since the watch has informed him he has to decline.
During his way in the ASSEMBLY HALL he met with a group of students heard in that direction too. It was a group of boys mixed with girls which could be seen talking and laughing at time. When they saw him they start to act strange, they started to whisper rather than making noise as they once did, thanks to his enhanced hearing capability he could hear them even from quite a distance.
"Isn't he the one who enter in the final round?" One of the boy asked.
"I guess he is the one, he is even cute when I see him close like this." The green eyed girl replied.
"Don't tell me you have already fell for that brat?" The other boy with red hair complained while give a light slap on the girl's shoulder.
"I am just talking the truth! He is both handsome and powerful than you." The green eyed girl complained too.
"I can't believe this! How on earth can you tell your boyfriend something like that. And beside he is not even that strong, if we were allowed to use arcana he could be beaten with anyone." The red haired boy compalained again. "It's just the rule was by his side."
Xander decided to ignore them as he increase his walking pace toward the ASSEMBLY HALL. On his way a certain purple haired girl with her group of girls saw him.
"Wait. Is he that slam boy?" The purple haired girl asked. And the reason why she had called him slam boy is because he used to defeat his opponent by slamming them on the ground.
"Yes he is." The other girl replied.
"I will be back." The purple haired girl left her friends as she went to approach Xander but then she saw another familiar girl approaching him. She paused for a second before she decide to return to her friends. She coukd see them all trying to surpress their laugh for some reason.
"Stop laughing." The purple haired girl said in an frustruated way but that makes her friends laugh even louder.
On the other side when Claire approach Xander, they walked together to the ASSEMBLY HALL.
Inside the ASSEMBLY HALL, students could be seen sitting waiting for Professor to appear. After a while Prof Rayven entered the room, just like last time his horrifying aura made the students stop their talks and focus to him.
"Okey everyone, let's not take too long here." Prof Rayven announced loudly with his heavy horrifying sound "You are here to be destributed in squads. Without losing time let's start with squad 1."