Chapter 48

48 48. ‘Apotelesma’, The Evil Organisation

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Headmaster office,

“Headmaster, we found a trace in the attack which tells us that ‘they’ were involved in the aquatic attack on Palau, Norfolk Island and the New Caledonia coast.” Madam Aisha

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“Hmmn! Even if this is only a possibility then we need to increase our vigilance more and it looks like we need a surveillance barrier to cover the mainland!” The headmaster had a serious face when he talked about ‘them’.

The headmaster is wary of ‘them’ because he can’t divide correctly against ‘them’ so the Academy doesn’t have any solid information about ‘them’.

What the headmaster and others are referring to is an evil organisation which surfaced after the second returnee phenomenon happened.

The headmaster and others from the council only know that the organisation’s name is ‘Apotelesma’ and they have picked up the naturalists who are missing from their academy radar.

Several second-generation returnees have been injured by them when they were searching for awakened naturalists on the mainland.

Unlike the first generation returnees who are mostly at grandmaster realm or above star level 7 except for a few, the second generation is mostly at master realm or below star level 7 with a few exceptions who became grandmaster early on.

So to say, the ‘Apotelesma’ organisation is not much weaker than Fantasia Academy. On top of that, they also have a Diviner in their midst just like the headmaster who is also a diviner.

That’s why the headmaster is very wary of them as he can perfect the next course of their action rather than stopping Apotelesma’s Diviner from predicting the academy’s actions.

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(On Erick Dahl’s side)

“Hello, Mr Dahl’ and welcome to Fantasia Island!” Chung-Cha welcomed the person who is going to be a fellow Instructor.

“Hahaha! Miss, You don’t have to be so formal with me and just call me Erick as you are an elder to me so I feel a little awkward if you called me like that!” Erick replied with an awkward laugh and gave her a bow of respect then urged her not to call him by honorifics.

“Hmmn! Good, then I will call you Erick-san. Ahh! I forgot to introduce myself, where’s my manner. Ahem! I am Chung-Cha, so feel free to address me as Senpai as I do like Japanese culture and also I have a friend from there so I got used to it!” Chung-Cha smiled finding this kohai is very much to her liking then she introduced herself after remembering she forgot to do that in the first place.

“Thank you, Senpai! Take care of me as I will be in your cafe from now on!” Erick smiled as he can also perceive that his Senpai is very compassionate.

After that, Chung-Cha kept on talking about different places on the island and where to go to the academy and where not to go.

“Almost forgot that Dean Crockett asked me to send you to him to report your arrival in the academy so go straight to his research lab.” Chung-Cha then suddenly remembered that she had to send her kohai to Dean Crockett’s office.

Even though they just met, they hit it off very well so they reluctantly parted not before promising to meet again in the cafeteria of the academy.

Erick followed the directions shown by Chung-Cha and reached in front of a Hitech-looking building, glancing around and finding nobody in the vicinity

Just as he reached the door to open them, the door slid open automatically upon his arrival. So he entered inside and was amazed by the sight of what he was looking at the inside of the building.

The building itself is a piece of Hitech art and inside it mixed with many tiny formations mixed with science make it more magical than anything else.

Erick has only seen these types of wonders only on the phone so the first time seeing something has much more impact on him.

“Anyway, where is Dean Crockett?” Just as he was wondering where to find Dean Crockett, he met a few male and female researchers who were working in the lab inside a glass chamber.

After he gestured for a while to one of them, the person came out and took out his mask from his face and gave him the questioning look.

“Hello, Senpai! I had an appointment with Dean Crockett so where can I find him!” Erick asked politely, not finding it strange that he had an impatient face. Anyone would be if you disturbed someone in the middle of their work.

“Huh! Walk left from here to that direction then you find a separated cabin made of bulletproof glasses that’s Dean Crockett’s personal working space.” After telling Erick about it he again entered the lab and started to work on whatever he was doing before.

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“Hello, Dean Crockett! Excuse me for disturbing you, I am here to report my arrival!” Erick entered the cabin, looking at the dean diligently working on something he called in a low voice so as not to frighten the dean, suddenly shouting from behind.

“Hmmn!” Dean Davy Crockett hummed to acknowledge my presence but was still engrossed in his work after a few minutes later he turned around towards me and met with Erick’s gaze then both stared at each other then.

“So you will be one to help me, great!” Dean Crockett spoke first after inspecting me and Erick can also see a relieved smile on his face.

Well, his words and acceptance of my presence did surprise Erick but he did have guessed why that is. Even if he wanted to ask from Dean Crockett, seeing the visible fatigue on him stopped any thoughts of asking.

As the only pioneer on the island, he has many responsibilities so after working tirelessly, the fatigue of naturality would build up over time.

That’s how he looked according to Erick’s observation, the person who may fall from tiredness at any time, even though Dean is a great person and all but he is not a grandmaster who can recover in just a few minutes.

After the meeting, both chatted for a while and Dean decided to test Erick’s capability.

Erick also thought this way he won’t be questioned by anyone so he agreed to be tested by Dean Crockett.

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