Chapter 997: Retreat or Attack?

Inside the Axia Academy, Lavinster simply stormed inside the principal’s office.

Bang!

"!!!" The principal was bewildered and stood up as though he was going to fight. "You are..."

Lavinster looked at this old man and harrumphed. "I’m here to save your academy. It’s in your best interest to thank me."

The principal furrowed his eyebrows. "You are Lavinster Kron..."

"Since you know me, then hurry and cooperate with me!" Lavinster snorted.

"I don’t see any reason for us to follow your words, Lavinster Kron. Even though your father is Duke Kron, the academy is a sacred palace. Even your father won’t be causing a ruckus here, even with his strength."

"You want a reason? This is the reason!" Lavinster took out a badge.

The principal obviously recognized this badge. "Summoner Division? This color... The vice commander, Roodie Kaluse?"

"Since you have recognized this badge, cooperate with me now! Unless you want your students to become an alien." Lavinster looked at him with a condescending gaze.

The principal couldn’t help but grit his teeth. Although he didn’t know what was going on, the moment a high-ranking person from the Summoner Division made their move, everyone was expected to cooperate.

After all, both the commander and the vice commander only worked personally whenever there was a case, either resulting in too many casualties or against enemies’ arcane level or higher.

If that was the case, he had no other choice but to cooperate.

Lavinster had a smug smile on his face. This was it. This was what had been missing the whole time. The people were trembling before him. Even during his time in another academy, other people could only look up to him either in admiration or fear.

It wasn’t something present in Selena’s eyes.

’Just you wait, you woman. You are nothing but a lowly being.’ Lavinster snorted.

Lavinster tossed a bottle out of the two bottles. "You should recognize this."

"!!!" The principal widened his eyes in shock the moment he opened the bottle. He recognized the medicine. It was something that they didn’t use anymore because they thought the threat had been removed.

However, it looked like there was a resurgence.

In that instant, the principal realized what was actually going on. He bit his lips and said, "I will work together with the academy’s doctor immediately."

"Hmph. I will make sure you don’t do anything foolish."

"..." The principal ended up leading him to the doctor.

"Principal?"

"Mr. Qaen. Please take a look at this." The principal gave the bottle.

"Isn’t this the medicine for aliens?"

Lavinster stated, "Those people are here now. They must be kidnapping some people and putting the aliens inside their bodies right now. Find the troubled people and get them. If you miss any of them..."

The principal clicked his tongue. He wanted to protest, but there was no other choice the moment he showed the Summoner Division badge.

The principal said, "I’m going to tell all the teachers to help me inspect all students. Mr. Qaen. The infirmary might be full soon, so please make preparations in the meantime."

"Understood." Mr. Qaen nodded with a serious expression.

The principal hurriedly informed other teachers regarding the case. It didn’t take too long for him to mobilize all teachers to inspect all the students.

The inspection was pretty simple since the most easily identified symptom was the fullness. As long as they had this symptom, they would be sent to the infirmary to receive their medicine.

However, the way Lavinster handled this was in no way secretive. As a result, this huge operation was easily seen by the people from the Divine Hand.

"Lucas. Something is going on. Have they realized our presence here?" Sandra frowned.

"I’m not entirely sure, but there might be a chance they have figured out our plan. If we stay far too long here, we might end up falling into another trap.

"I still remember how mad our lord was when Jisawn, Kana, and Daniel got taken out.

"If we were captured by them, it would have been disastrous."

"We, huh? Isn’t it more like you? You are the only one with the space element." Sandra shrugged.

"..." Lucas couldn’t really deny his importance to the group. It was thanks to him that they remained untracked the whole time.

Most of the criminal organizations had to remain in one place because they didn’t have a space element expert that could help them move around. The reason the Divine Hand was tricky was simply because of him.

Sandra frowned. "Either way, should we report this matter? We have been defeated by that kid because he was hiding his true strength. He might have figured out our plan this time as well. The reason he remains hidden the whole time must be because he is waiting for us to fall into his trap.

"If we retreat, we can wait for the decision of our lord," explained Sandra.

"That’s indeed a good idea." Lucas furrowed his eyebrows, pondering the pros and cons. Their leader would definitely be mad if they returned without much gain. But it would be better if they returned safely instead of letting these people capture or kill them.

Lucas nodded. "Well, this is indeed a good time to retreat. Besides, the Summoner Division has sent their vice commander.

"Although I’m strong enough to fight against him, you will be in trouble. After all, you are still at grandmaster level."

"I know."

As both of them were about to escape, they suddenly heard Lavinster shouting in front of the academy.

"Line up! I am the savior of this city. In my hand is a bottle of medicine that can save all of you."

"!!!" Lucas and Sandra couldn’t help but halt their steps the moment they heard such a statement. They looked at each other.

"Medicine?" Lucas raised his eyebrows.

"I have heard about this matter previously. There seems to be a medicine that can dissolve our aliens inside their bodies. This is why we have lost track of some of the aliens that are still dormant in their bodies.

"It’s also one of our original plans when doing this. We’re trying to figure out how many people have been saved."

Lucas, with a solemn face, asked, "This medicine is dangerous to our operation. Should we... grab that medicine and study it? Killing a mere grandmaster level kid should be no problem."