Viswa went forward to remove the cloak of the last guy and start interrogating him, but at this moment, he heard the familiar sound that made him go alert and take a step back.
*WHOOSH* *WHOOSH* *WHOOSH*
One after another, three arrows came from the main entrance of the building. And they are not even normal arrows, they are flaming arrows. But they are not aimed at Viswa, instead they are aimed at the young man that Viswa was about to interrogate.
As if he is wick that is drenched in oil, the body of that guy caught on fire.
Viswa widened his eyes in disbelief.
*WHOOSH* *WHOOSH*
More and more arrows came through the main entrance, some of them are aimed at Viswa as if they are trying to distract him while some of them are aimed at the deadbodies Viswa left behind.
Their bodies also caught on fire because of these fiery arrows.
Viswa hid in a blindspot and stuck to the wall. It would be impossible to see him through the main entrance. He decided to slowly move while sticking to the wall and moved towards the entrance. Within no time, he is already against the wall right beside the entrance, hiding behind the door.
From within the gap of the hinges, Viswa tried to see where the archer is. Judging by the trajectory of the arrows, he could guess the approximate location. And he indeed managed to spot him.
Viswa didn't hesitate, he pushed the door forward and closed it, the arrows hit the door. The Archer was caught off guard, before he knew, Viswa already broke the door and came out. The Archer is standing around fifty meters from his location.
He didn't hesitate and sprinted.
The Archer also didn't hesitate. He took out his arrows and shot towards Viswa.
*WHOOSH* *WHOOSH* *WHOOSH*
The shooting speed is incredible. Viswa closed the distance within three seconds, of course the archer also started moving backwards before that to keep the distance. But the gap definitely reduced. Viswa, threw the knife at him.
The knife hit the back of the knee precisely.
The archer fell down. He watched as Viswa came at him. He gritted his teeth and shot another arrow from that position. But it is not aimed at Viswa, instead it was aimed in to the sky.
The arow exploded like a fire cracker after it reached a certain height.
*BOOM*
As if on cue, Viswa heard an exploding sound from otherside of the build, he could even see the flames raging.
He widened his eyes in horror. He looked at the opponent, just for a moment, he already pulled the knife and started running away. He didn't have time to deal with the other party.
He ran inside towards the dining room. The rear of the building is connected to it, so all the kids inside the dining hall are now in trouble. And the dining hall is attached to the storage, which has a lot of oil barrels.
Viswa charged at the door and broke it open.
The dining table that was blocked the door also broke apart as he rushed in.
"AHHHHHHH…"
"ARGHHH…"
Various screams could be hard, the room is filled with smoke and the walls are caight on fire. Even though they are stone halls, for some reason, the flames are spreading very fast.
"Everyone, its Viswa. Come out slowly. One by one." Viswa yelled and started getting the kids out of the building. The older kids helped out the younger ones and within no time, everyone is out of the building.
Viswa fell on to his knees as he watched the whole building burn. There is no way, he could put the fire out by himself. There is no water source big enough for that, even though there is a lake nearby, he couldn't really carry all the water from there.
He hugged the twins who are crying their eyes out and tried to calm them down.
As the fire rose, he saw a few students come running. They are in their brown uniforms. Circle 2 Students and they are the members of the Student Union. Viswa has seen them in the student union office.
They hurriedly came to Viswa and the kids to check up on them.
"I am fine, kids might have been injured. Can you guys handle the first aid?"
Viswa asked the two of them. The two of them looked at his face and felt a bit scared. He looked a bit lost and also dangerous at the same time.
They subconsciously nodded.
"Is the Student Council President in the office now?"
They nodded again.
"Thank you, I would go and meet him, I will give him the detailed report of what happened here. Don't bother the kids please. I am pretty sure they don't understand what is happening here and they are traumatized as it is.
If anyone in the academy has any questions, you can tell them to come and talk to me."
With those words, he stood up and got ready to leave, but the twins didn't let him go.
"Viswa. *sniff* *sniff* please don't go. I am scared." Manavi asked as she tried to fight her tears back.
Viswa felt a weird pain in his heart. She is such a bright girl, to think that she will be this shaken and then he turned to Manas. He is also crying and he is so shaken that he couldn't even speak.
"You can come with me."
"Hey, you cannot take the kids…" One of the student union members wanted to stop him. Viswa glared at him coldly. Right now, he is angry, he is boiling up inside.
The student union member is many times stronger than Viswa, but he didn't want to be on his bad side when he saw that glare.
But he gritted his teeth and pulled through.
"I know you are angry and I know what happened is a very bad thing, but you cannot take the kids in, those are the rules." He said in a calm voice. He didn't want to agitate Viswa anymore. After a slight pause, he continued.
"You are also injured. How about you take some rest, I will go and call the Student Union President.
We know that things were bad here because of the fire, but we didn't know exactly what happened here, this issue is big and I am sure he is going to come here on his own to investigate anyway. Let him come."
"Five minutes."
Viswa just replied and sat along with the rest of the kids.
The student union member ran at his top speed. Meanwhile, Viswa tried to comfort all the kids, there are a bunch of notifications popping up in front of him, but he didn't even bother checking them.
After some time, the Student Union president ran to the orphanage along with the rest of the union as well as some instructors.
The union members immediately tried to put out the fire, while the president looked at the kids and then at Viswa.
Viswa stood up, but the twins didn't want to let him go. He just let them follow him while holding their hands.
The student union president also followed him and both of them walked towards the forest adjacent to the orphanage. They walked towards the training area Viswa used.
The hut and the water well he made are still there.
Kids relaxed as soon as they saw this place. He sat in the hut along with them and the Student Union president.
"I am sorry, Viswa. I didn't know how this happened. But trust me, I will get to the bottom of this."
Viswa stayed silent for a moment and said.
"The people who have done it are all at Elementary Level Initial Stage. Our Circle 1 students are definitely involved.
Someone drove the beasts to this place, I heard someone has to be Circle 2 to even have access to the barrier, so some Circle 2 members are involved.
I killed five people in total. All of them are inside the house, burned to a crisp. One guy escaped, he had a wound behind his knee.
Whoever it is, there is someone bigger involved behind them. Because I know for sure that the archer himself didn't have enough influence to deal with the barrier and the beasts.
Also, someone threw a paper flight into my room to send me a message. I don't know who is that either. And someone swiped my pills while I was in the room.
All of these things happened after I was known to be injured in my mission. So, in the past few days.
These are all the clues I can give you, President. I hope they will help."
"Of course, they will. I will look into them immediately. I will also arrange the residence for the kids…"
The president was about to go on, but Viswa stopped him.
"President, I would like to tell you something. Take it as a threat, warning or as the words of a hurt guy. But please do keep them in mind when you are working on this.
Whoever it is, had some big tree protecting them. The mastermind might be a Circle 1, Circle 2, or even an instructor, but since you are a man of principles, please make sure they are brought to justice. A kid lost his life today because of this and the rest are all traumatized.
While you do your investigation, I will do mine as well. And I am a man who plays by the rules, but I am not as principled and good-natured as you.
I won't care how many bodies I have to burn or how many futures I have to destroy to find that person, even if that means, I have to kill every single Circle 1 student in the academy. I will do it. And you won't be able to do jack shit about it because as I said, I am a man who plays by the rules.
So, if you don't want to see a bloodbath, hurry up and find him before I do."