That night not a single person in the academy was able to sleep.
The beast tide is enough of a simulation already. On top of that, some students and some instructors were questioned by the regional officers the whole night.
They were chosen at random and were questioned under intense pressure. They couldn't even hold back any truth much less lie to them. Sir Warden watched as the whole thing happen.
But before that, he also met with the students who were going into the forest to investigate the state after the abnormal phenomenon of every beast running deeper.
He already gave them the required instructions and let them go.
He would join them the next day after the punishment was executed to these instructors and the headmaster.
There is no way he is escaping.
After putting two and two together, by midnight these people managed to come to a conclusion.
The next day a massive assembly was held in the school ground and a lot of villagers who were still taking refugee in the academy after the beast tide were also present.
On the stage, apart from the regional officers, the head master and the two instructors were standing.
One of the regional officers stepped forward and made an announcement.
"We have received a report from the Student Union president Suman of the Black Sand academy and came here to investigate the issue.
With all the evidence gathered and a thorough investigation, we came to a conclusion of the case. Due to the sensitivity of the case, all the details wouldn't be revealed to the public, but in short Instructor Fish and Instructor Snake have taken many bribes and in their greed and pursuit for their money, they have committed grave sins.
They violated the sanctity of the academy and rigged the academic admissions as well as extorted money from the students. Apart from that, to gain more money, they conspired with a student who had a personal grudge on another student and caused unforgivable damage to the academy.
They are the reason behind the orphanage attack by the beasts. A child has lost his life because of these people's actions.
For that reason. The will be eternally deprived of their posts as instructors and their cultivation would be stripped off permanently.
They are also sentenced to imprisonment for twenty-five years. The place of imprisonment will be decided by the regional office after we report back.
And the student who used bribes to attack the orphanage by violating the rules and breaking out the beasts from the Circle Forests will be expelled and wouldn't be able to rejoin any academy as a student in the next three years.
The headmaster who should have been the one to take care of these issues, but ignored them and let them fester like this will be punished accordingly up on consulting the regional office.
But his punishment would be made and executed publicly.
Due to the gravity of this matter, for the next five years, the admissions of the Black Sand academy will be held under the complete supervision of the regional office.
Thank you."
The punishment was laid out properly.
After that as done, Sir Warden didn't stay back, he wanted to leave immediately. He went to the kids who are currently staying in the academic dorms along with the students from the orphanage.
After reassuring them that everything would be alright, he was ready to leave in search of Viswa.
But to his surprise, he was met with the two Instructors who were arrested and were about to be thrown into the jail.
"These two have something to say to you. They say it is a matter of great importance and it would leave you in deep regrets if you don't know about them.
I was a bit suspicious by their behavior and brought to you just in case."
Sir Warden was also suspicious. Because just from the weird gaze of these two, they didn't seem like people whose lives had hit rock bottom.
Instructor Fish looked at Sir Warden and said.
"I have left a little gift behind for your student Viswa. That bastard should have compromised when I asked him to, but he didn't. Now he will face the consequences.
Just so you know. I don't operate like this half assed idiot. Whenever I bring an illegal admission into the academy, I make them sign an Eternal Debt Contract.
And I have used all of those Eternal Debt Contracts a couple of days ago. As long as I am punished in anyway, these people shall take Viswa as their mortal enemies and as long as they kill him, my debt will be cleared.
So, good luck saving him from every single person that I ever illegally brought. The only problem is, you don't even know how many people I have brought have graduated."
Even the regional officers were shocked and appalled by the words he said.
Sir Warden gritted his teeth and clenched his fists. He wanted to end this guy's life, right there and then, but he had to hold back.
"Kekekekekek…."
At this moment, they suddenly heard a wicked laugh from Instructor Snake.
"Who are you calling Half assed you bastard? You used so many eternal debt contracts on killing that one bastard? You should have consulted me before you made that stupid decision.
Do you know what I did Sir Warden?"
He paused as he enjoyed the slight alarm in Sir Warden's face.
"I have placed a bounty using all of my wealth. That is why the regional officers weren't able to find anything on me.
Do you want to guess who I placed the bounty on? It is not Viswa of course. I am not that uncreative."
Sir Warden did have some guesses, but he didn't want to make them.
"Whatever it is in your mind is true Sir Warden. I have placed a bounty on the heads of every single member of your orphanage. And the organization that accepted that bounty are the Serpent's Whisper Guild.
Nobody knows when and where a serpent comes from and claims the lives of your children and you know the policy of the Serpent's Whisper don't you? Since you are better than me and from a higher region, you should know it better than I do.
Good luck."
The Regional officers almost looked lifeless when they heard this guy's words.
One of them looked at Sir Warden and asked.
"Would you be okay? Should we request a special reinforcement from the Regional Office?"
"It wouldn't be enough. Serpent's Whisper Guild couldn't be stopped from such a simple addition in forces. It is a lot more trickier than that."
"About that guild. Is the myth about them true?"
Sir Warden stayed silent for a moment and said.
"Yes, it is true. If Serpent's Whisper Guild fails to finish a task in three years, the person they targeted to kill will be left alone by them and other assassination guilds as well.
But in these three years, they will keep on coming. If you kill one, they will eventually send two, then three, then ten.
They don't care about the money. They want their legacy to prevail. So, they only accept tasks issued by people who are willing to take out all of their life savings and have no more life left.
Now that Instructor Snake is as good as dead, the bounty might have gone active."
Sir Warden Kept on explaining in a daze and at this point, he seemed to have come back to his senses and he immediately ran to the dormitory where the kids are staying.
"AHH…"
As soon as he arrived there, he heard a scream.
Within one of the rooms, a kid from the orphanage was currently coiled around by a snake.
Sir Warden lunged forward and crushed the snake before making sure that the kid is okay.
He gathered spiritual energy in his palm and slammed it on the floor.
The spiritual energy traveled in the form of some vibrations and it reverberated throughout the dorm room.
Some creaking sounds came, but he heaved a sigh noticing nothing out of blue appeared.
The kids didn't understand what is happening and they wanted to ask Sir Warden, but he already ran out to a different room.
The dorm rooms are decently big, but they are not as big to accommodate all the children in a single room.
So, they are distributed in multiple rooms that belong to Orphan students.
Sir Warden went to these rooms one after another and used the same technique with his palm.
Only in the last room, did he notice something.
The vibrations affected the bed a little and from under it came a small snake that punched on one of the kids.
Sir Warden, threw a metal coin at it. The coin cut through the snake's head and got impaled itself into the gap on the floor.
He picked up the snake and left the dorm room as he looked around.
It hasn't even been a few minutes since he received the news, but the kids are already in danger.