Earth's Greatest Magus

When he heard Annara say the words dearest master, there was only one name appearing in Emery's mind. That figure who had exerted a lot of influence and supported him throughout his journey in the Magus Universe.

"Master Xion!"

Those words could only mean one thing – his master was in deep trouble. Upon realizing this possibility, Emery's expression changed for the worse.

He knew he was now caught in a difficult dilemma.

Annara's words meant he had to kill the genius of the Nephilim unless he wanted to let his master Magus Xion be killed. It was at this moment the cogs in his brain began to spin rapidly, working to draw a conclusion from everything he knew.

Who would most likely want him to do such a thing and why? If so, for what purpose?

Was it to create further chaos in the relationship between humans and half-bloods? If so, to what extent?

All these thoughts swirled in his mind and, seeing the rapid changes of expression on his face, Annara could only speak in a bitter tone.

"I'm sorry, Emery... I truly am." She said, staring at him

Knowing his master's life lay on the decision he made, Emery couldn't hold himself from becoming emotional. He walked towards the transparent walls, wanting to grab the red-haired girl, only to get shocked by its invisible protection.

Annara gave him a pity look as she said, "Know this... don't think about surrendering or playing defeated on purpose. They will know."

Emery's arms shook violently hearing those words, his eyes bloodshot as he was engulfed in rage. He looked at the red-haired girl and spoke while clenching his teeth. "Tell me who they are?... Why are they doing this?!"

Annara glanced at him once again, "I hope you will make the right decision."..." She then gazed at the enforcer, "I'm done speaking to this one. Tell the minister Grouch that I'm ready to talk."

With those words, Emery was no longer allowed to remain and was forced to leave the prison, although he still had things to ask.

Before he was escorted out by the enforcer, Annara called on him one final time.

"Emery, in case this is the last time we see each other... let me give you one piece of advice..."

The girl took a deep breath before she said her piece.

"Don't trust anyone!.. The Alliance, the Zodiac city king, your friends, or your master! In the end, you can only depend on yourself! Just keep winning!"

It was definitely words Emery didn't expect from her and, as he was leaving the place, no one noticed a slight smile appearing on the red-haired girl's face while a drop of tear silently fell on her cheek.

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Emery went back to the Magus Alliance headquarters with a slew of anxiety as he was very worried about his master's safety.

Even though most of their conversation was passed on to the headquarters, with Annara finally deciding to be willing to reveal the truth, none of these people really worried much anymore about what she had said to him.

The head investigator, Minister Barty Grouch only gives his appreciation before rushing into the prison to speak with Annara.

When he returned to the investigation room where King Alduin was, he was surprised to find the place was more rowdy than the previous time. Moreover, there were more people present.

"What happened?" Emery asked Magus Shena, who had been waiting for him, in confusion.

"They have caught two of the culprits, the ones who did the killings."

Emery's surprise grew even more when he heard this news. From a distance, he could see two figures, their arms behind and bound, as they were escorted by a group of magus enforcers into the headquarters. Both culprits were magus level individuals and shockingly one of them was someone he had just met a few days ago.

Magus Academy instructor at the Darkness Institute – Magus Cassian. The man who gave him valuable pointers on his endeavor of learning the gravity spells.

"It's him?  W-What's happening?" Emery turns confused.

As for the other person who was caught, even though he was not an instructor of the Magus Academy, he was a known regular guest at the Darkness Institute. A Bat bloodline half-blood named Gorro, a creepy looking man who joyfully claimed to feast on all his prey, turning the situation into more chaos.

With Cassian and Annara being both disciples of grand magus Zenonia, the link between the killings, Annara, and the Darkness Institute, were no longer inseparable. Therefore, Headmaster Delbrand was called on to provide more information that could help the case to the Alliance.

Emery just missed his chance to report the news about Magus Xion, who the headmaster had sent on a mission.

Unable to inform the Headmaster about Magus Xion's predicament, added with the threat to Eeshoo in tomorrow's tournament, Emery quickly found King Alduin and explained the situation in the hopes of receiving a solution.

"They are even willing to target the Nephilim faction?" King Alduin said as soon as hearing about the threats. He turned to think for a few seconds, before continuing.

"Zenonia definitely wouldn't dare to do this on her own. Something bigger is at play here. We should return to Zodiac City right away."

That said, Magus Shena and the four magus guards quickly prepared themselves to leave. Emery, who previously wished to wait for Headmaster Delbrand was also forced to return.

"We can send him a message later."

However, as soon as the group walked out of the headquarters and made their way towards the spaceship, the blaring sound of emergency sirens rang through the air. It was clear something was going on, the question was what.

"What's happening?"

All of a sudden, a group of people rushed out of the headquarters running towards them. Dozens of magus enforcers led by the Magus Alliance minister, all stood in King Alduin's path.

Looking at these people, the king calmly said, "What is this, Minister Grouch?"

"My apologies King Alduin, but we have just obtained new information, thus we respectfully ask you to stay here for a while."

King Alduin turned to frown as he said, "Tell me what happened and I will consider your words."

The minister said the words as carefully as possible.

"King Alduin, I wish to inform you that the three captives have reveal the name of one responsible, the one who ordered them to do the killings"

It was supposed to be good news, however the next sentence surprised everyone around.

"I regret to say it was, ...your name"