Versatile System Online

"So that's how it is," Ray ended his speech and took a pause. He had just told them everything he had in mind and all that was left was for everyone to say their thoughts and opinions.

"I have a few questions," Adrian raised his hand and asked.

"Sure," Ray allowed him to. After all, the man had sizable influence and whatever the man thought, Ray had to tread carefully when dealing with him.

"First of all, I would like to ask; Just how many students are we going to send after the so-called assassin because judging from the information shared by you. There is only one assassin and considering the prowess possessed by Sirius and Tim, they would at most need six to seven students along with them," Spoke Adrian. His voice was calm and serene while his words were thoughtful.

Most of the students nodded over his words. They all agreed with him as sending more students after the assassin would just weaken them.

"Well, you are right but there is one thing that you failed to highlight. We don't know what is the strength of that assassin. From the information, we know that the assassin is not only agile but can also use his powers very well to hide in plain sight. Also, if the assassin turns out to be someone in a higher realm, escaping would be the least of our worries," Ray simply quoted the information once again. He didn't want to present his opinion right now, he just wanted to confuse everyone present.

And as expected, everyone was confused. At one hand were Ray's words and at the other were Adrian's. They were inclined to think that the assassin wasn't too strong to be in a higher realm but what if it wasn't? What if the assassin was in a higher and had mastered his powers?

"Another thing I would like to say," Ray smiled and spoke. To Adrian and Hailey, his seemingly innocent smile was no less than that of a devil's, "I know your concerns over the fact that we are already short of strong students as we also need to form teams for the expedition to gather supplies and for clearing the route to the portal room. That is why I will contribute to it by sending two more teammates from my team and adding that to the three members we selected along with Miss. Hailey over here. We already have eight members. I don't think that adding four more members would be an issue,"

"That is reasonable," A direct heir from another noble family agreed. As if the spark to fire, slowly; almost everyone agreed as in the end, Adrian had to do so unwillingly.

Feeling humiliated and lost, Adrian clenched his teeth as anger flared up in his mind. A plan formed as he thought, "I will show you your place and make you know who is the boss,"

"Okay then. On to the next topic," Ray drummed the table and spoke. After that, he finalized the plans and took everyone's opinion. In the end, it was finalized that while the team would go after the assassin, three teams would head out to search for food supplies. It was the same for medical supplies, as for the rest. One team was supposed to act as reconnaissance.

In total, eight teams were to be mobilized as a whopping One hundred-plus students were to be selected. As for the various other intricate details, those were to be discussed later.

Right now, it had been quite some time and another problem awaited everyone. With everyone being holed up in the infirmary for a total of three days, panic spread. People were starting to get restless while the rumors about the lack of supplies had spread and this caused even more panic.

This was what Ray was worried about the most. That was why he decided to confront the students and everyone else. He needed to calm them down and explain the situation to them. Also, this way; he would be able to pick up the keen students whom he considered to be talented. Those students would later serve as his eyes and ears and help him spy on other teams.

It was decided that the top most influential students from both, the elite and normal classes would appear before everyone and ease the panic in the morning. As for now, the ones who had volunteered for going after the assassin regrouped.

Sirius was unanimously selected as the leader while Hailey was selected as the vice leader.

Meanwhile,

At the spot where Emma was attacked.

Sirius stood still like a statue. If one didn't look closely, they would even fail to notice his presence and would instead assume him to be some sort of decoration.

Suddenly, darkness spread as two reddish beams opened up in place of his eyes. Fur extended out of his body as his figure grew. The shadow of a wolf appeared behind him as the menacing aura of a predator surged in the surroundings.

"Found you," Sirius smiled as his mouth opened up, revealing rows of fangs as the bloodlust in his eyes was clearly evident.

"Tim, come along. Let's go after him," Said Sirius as he motioned Tim to follow him.

"No, wait a bit. Ray just contacted me and told me. More students are coming, we have a job to do," Tim replied as he transformed himself as well. Right now, Sirius's body was releasing immense dilations that Tim had a hard time resisting without activating his ability.

A few minutes later,

Footsteps sounded from behind and Hailey, along with five more students appeared. That was the number of students selected right now and more were to be selected in the morning.

"See who we got here," Tim turned around, clapping his hands; he smiled at Hailey sarcastically. He had gotten directives from Ray, and it was to piss off the woman as much as possible.

Ray hoped that at least this way, the woman would show some openings and would hopefully reveal her real nature to everyone. As for why he wanted to do so, it was all part of his plan.

As for what the plan was, only Ray knew of it. He might have told some tidbits to his teammates, but he kept most of it to himself.

"We are here to help," it was John who had spoken up. He had also joined the team.

He did so in hopes of getting closer to Ray and his teammates while even his reason to do so was unknown. In such turbulent times, everyone had their own reasons, plays, and plans. In the search for greater strength, they only cared for themselves, and finding trust in others was as rare as finding a diamond in coal.

"Hey, John. What brings you here?" having an idea of John's reason to join, Tim asked right away. He didn't want dilly daily any longer. He still had Sirius whose state of mind, although seemed stable at the moment; was only a torrential storm of emotions ready to burst out at any moment.

"Well, I only have one reason to do so, and it is to get stronger. As for why I joined this team specifically; well, my system aligns pretty well with the job," answered John honestly while smiling like a foolish man who had been seen right through.

"Okay, you are in. It's a good thing, to be honest," Tim nodded in understanding. At least someone had come clear of his intentions.

"What about you guys?" Tim turned to the others and asked.

"No need Tim. We will see it later on. Right now, we are short of time and need to get going immediately," Sirius cut Tim short. Then, he turned to the others and spoke, "I don't care if you all are some bigshot as right here, you are all under my command. You are my soldiers and till the mission goes, you will follow my command. Also, I dare you all to betray me and if you guys dare to do so; let me make it clear. I will personally drag you all down into the shadows of hell," Sirius only said that and turned away.

The others nodded. They had their bodies crawling with fear as Sirius's intimidating aura was no less than Ray's. After all, Sirius also had the bloodline of a primordial beast and with the bloodline being more concentrated than Ray's, Sirius was more beastly and that made others fear him even more.

With all of that said, the others followed Sirius while Sirius himself when after the traces left behind by the assassin. Previously, he had picked off faint traces of Emma's aura and Sirius had an idea of what it was.

He believed that while being attacked by the assassin, she had most likely attacked the assassin as well and by doing so, she had left a part of her aura on the assassin.

This in turn showed that Emma was truly an expert and that even though she was attacked, she retained a calm mind and thought of the future.

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