Chapter 246 - Danger Still Looms

"Can Paul really have mastered so many things at such a young age?" Grace questioned taking a bite out of her very odd-looking breakfast.

"I know, it's almost unbelievable he has mastered things that take a normal individual a lifetime just to master." Helen agreed.

I began to think how many years he must have been here somehow making a name for himself and training, we left for university at 18, so that makes it just five years. So in a matter of 5 years, he's somehow achieved things that people spend lifetimes to achieve. Just how is it all possible, a shiver and a sense of overwhelming dread filled the pits of my stomach as the realisation of how he must have obtained so much power in such a short amount of time. "Guys, you know when that student was possessed by a Demon it made him extremely powerful." I began to ask.

"Yes..." They all answered a little curious.

"So individuals can swear themselves to a Demon to obtain vast amounts of strength?" I questioned curiously.

"Well, it's not just Demons, there are hundreds of very powerful beings that can grant power to their followers and things, for example, Daisy well she gets her power from Serra," Morganna answered.

I nodded in understanding but it was all clear to me now, the contract his soul. He must have made a contract with someone or something in the return for all the power he's gathered. I looked into the distance in shock.

"Are you okay?" Daisy questioned putting her hand on my shoulder, "You're not touching your breakfast," Daisy asked looking a little concerned.

"It's nothing, just something I remembered in the past," I answered her shaking myself back to my senses, knowing what I need to do now.

"So where's your uncle?" Jay questioned Grace and Helen.

"Ummm I think he said the guess get to eat at a different hall to the rest of the students," Grace answered.

"By the way how was classes yesterday?" I questioned.

"Ohhh it was announced that there would be a change this week, classes would be cancelled and we can essentially do what we want for the week leading to the duel between Paul and Travis," Helen answered.

"Really? that sounds great, so what did you guys get up to then?" I smiled wondering what we can do on our day off.

"Well, actually Morgana said she still noticing some students acting shady in the dead of night," Jay answered.

"Oh really? We should tell Ashley straight away!" I replied back instantly.

"Yup," Morgana nodded.

"We already did, he said Paul and the others will investigate further, he told us to keep an eye out for anything suspicious," Jay answered.

"So what things have you been noticing?" I questioned Morgana,

"Well, generally just shady behaviour and distinctly avoiding any night patrols and staying out of sight," Morgana answered.

"Surely there's gotta be a way to detect them, like Daisy's ability to sense good and bad people," I replied.

"Detecting the good and bad in people don't necessarily mean they are worship a Demon Lord," Daisy answered.

"Surely there must be some way," I said wondering what we could do.

"I mean Paul's crew is on it now, I'm sure they know what to do," Jay answered.

"Yeah, but there are so many things they need to handle, potential Demons and that undead thing all before the end of this week." I sighed wondering if Paul is overextending himself.

"Not to mention the Orc's moving into Arcadia is still an ongoing problem and his upcoming duel." Helen nodded.

I clicked my badge hoping Paul was in range, "Paul?" I questioned.

"Hey! wassup?" He smiled.

"Nothing just wondering do you need help on anything?" I asked feeling a little worried.

"Not really? why wassup?" He questioned a little curiously.

"Just thought you'd need some help, I'm sure you have a lot on your plate," I answered.

"Hmmm well, there is one thing I might need help with." He answered after taking a few seconds of thought.

"Oh, what is it?" I questioned.

"Well, as you might know, we've been notified by your friends that there's still shady behaviour during the night." He began to explain.

"Yes," I answered back.

"If you guys can keep an eye out more, and also maybe keep an eye out on during the day maybe some of the students that we saved maybe aren't real students." He answered.

"What do you mean?" I questioned in shock.

"Well due to the temporal anomalies when we go to the bas.e.m.e.nt levels, we don't know how far they've been corrupted or even if they have, what might be a mere day for us could =be months of even years," He answered.

"Bloody hell really?" I answered in shock.

"Yeah, it's pretty wacky and weird magic that flows down there." He answered.

"Have you tried reading their minds or memories?" I questioned.

"Well I didn't think I needed to, now it would be a little late since all the students have returned to classes and their respective dorms and stuff, I don't want to spook the school either. It would seem we may still have the element of surprise on our side," He answered.

"Okay, what are you gonna do on your side?" I questioned curiously.

"Well sadly I'm stuck doing networking today," He let out a big sigh, "But we have Scarlet go back down again and give the initial site another check over maybe there was something she missed," Paul answered. "Ashley is busy doing Atlantis stuff, making sure nothing goes wrong while we have such important guests, and Anna should be on patrol, sadly a lot of S-rank students and S-rank equivalent are here so our strongest students are all on patrol to keep the peace," Paul explained.

"Does anyone else know?" I questioned.

"Sadly there's no one else I can trust with this information, I don't know how far the Demon's corruption has reached, I fear the initial win was just a minor setback to their plans," Paul answered.

"How about Sven and Yuna, they helped us last time," I questioned.

"Hmmm good idea, keep them in the fold if you see them, Yuna is normally on guard patrol, tell her I've requested her and Sven to assist you guys on this till we resolve the Demon problem for good," Paul explained.

"Okay, we'll do our best." I smiled feeling kinda excited that we're some kind of elite super-team that he can rely on.

"Don't jump into anything you can't handle, though we may be busy, keep us updated at the very least Anna and Ashley will be free to help," Paul added sounding very serious.

"I know, we'll take care." I smiled.

"Thanks." Paul smiled.

"Okay guys so I spoke to Paul, he said we should look for Yuna and Sven, and investigate further into the situation," I explained to everyone.

"So what are they doing?" Jay questioned.

"Well sadly most of them are stuck doing Atlantis duties while VIP's are on campus. Scarlet is gonna return to the initial site to double-check on things she might have missed." I answered Jay.

"Did he happen to know where Yuna and Sven are?" Daisy questioned.

"Yuna should be on guard patrol duty so she would be probably easy to find, Sven on the other hand no so much," I answered.

"Morgana any idea what Demon worshipers would do during the day?" Helen questioned.

"Hmm well, I assume they would be trying to obtain ingredients or keeping their head low to not draw suspicion." She answered.

"Great so we should check the stalls," I answered.

"Do you think the VIP's may have arrived with contraband or things?" Helen questioned.

"Hmm, that way very well be true." Grace nodded.

"Hmmm but I remember Uncle saying there were searches and checks wehn he arrived." Grace added.

"Damn... so the school security could also be under influence," I answered

"Wait, holy crap, your uncle said there's an itinerary right?" Jay questioned Helen.

"He did." Helen nodded.

"Well if all the VIP's have an itinerary to attend, obviously if any VIP arrived with contraband or plan to do shady dealings should be missing from such events," Jay explained."

"Holy crap that is probably true!" I agreed in excitement.

"So what's your uncle scheduled to do after breakfast?" Jay questioned.

"I think today he mentioned that there was a meeting to discuss politics and business, then there's a small lunch party to spend time meeting new people and making connections, then in the evening Aspens are gonna hold a small demonstration," Helen answered.

"Ohh one thing." Pauls's voice spoke out to me.

"Wassup?" I questioned.

"Drop by Ashley's office get some silver-tipped arrows for Grace and some silvered weapons for each of you. Sadly there's not much you can do to Demon and their resistance to spells but silvered weapons definitely will help." Paul explained.

"Thanks and good luck." He smiled and turned off the connection.

"Ohh Paul also just told me we need to take a quick pit stop by Ashley's office and pick up some silvered weapons and arrows for us," I added explaining to everyone.

"Ohhh he has spare silvered weapons?" Grace asked in shock.

"Yeah what's so special about silvered weapons?" I questioned.

"Silvered weapons are a little more effective at supernatural things over mundane and normal weapons." Grace explained.

"Oh, I thought that was just a werewolf thing," I asked a little shocked.

"It also work for werewolves," Grace nodded.