Chapter 161: He is a great Manipulator....?
Rock-Maze Dungeon
Third Person's POV
'Tuck, Tuck, Tuck, Tuck'
"Why are you guys running away?" Eli asked as he stopped using Plasma Arts and instead ran using his body strength Since the monster seemed to be slow due to constant attacks from Amber's team.
Luna who was lying like a sack tried to heal his torn and bleeding shin while muttering, 'flaty, flaty...'
Looks like it hit her more than Eli thought.
"Grrr" Everyone grinded their teeth as they were unable to answer anything, they launched different spells....however, it only slowed down that monster.
/Aqua splash/
/Phantasm/
/Fire Bolt/
/100 Folds/
They were running before a giant monster that was clicking its' claws...it seemed annoyed by their constant attacks.
Hearing no answers,
"Come on Vice-pres, I gladly give this chance to your team. So kill it and earn some credits...." Eli was trying to make some sense.
Everyone blankly looked into his eyes and Amber was just about to say something when,
"If---""
"As long as you pay my commission" Eli added at the end.
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There was a momentary pause in their running.
Even Luna who was healing Eli, was taken aback by his words.
However, now was not the time to delve so they resumed their run.
"Pearl, check the Map!!" Amber suddenly threw a few maps and also opened a few maps.
Eli raised his eyebrows when he saw her multitasking, 'Did teach secretly selling maps?'
"Amber, right, left, left"
Eli turned towards the melodious voice which seemed to have life when spoke.
A brown with a hint of blue coloured hair, wearing, 'Is that an even dress?' Eli wasn't surprised to see that because he knew her name and she always wore this kind of clothes.
"Okay" Amber nodded and followed her direction...He turned curious he thought they would fight and using this chance he could buy some time to run away.
But it seems they came prepared.
Eli followed them turning right, left and sharp left corner.
Suddenly they entered a small room just like Eli and his team entered first before.
However, this seems to have nothing and soon,
'Tuck, Tuck, Tuck, Tuck, Tuck'
The giant scorpion or Emperor Scorpion passed them.
Eli frowned, he was sure that the scorpion couldn't see clearly however they did have a sharp sense of vibration and moment.
'Come to think of it that place, there wasn't even a single scorpion dead inside that chest room even the scorpion that attacked Luna and Zera appeared out of nowhere.....' Eli pondered.
But Now,
"Okay, Okay, I thought you guys could handle it" Eli raised his hands while shaking his head when he felt an intense gaze from everyone.
Even though it's been a week, not even a single one of the students approached him for conversation because their eyes only evaluated his worth.
And Result,
They cannot simply gauge and predict Asher Eli's nature.
As if he was doing what he wanted...no, more like he was living in the current moment instead of thinking about the future and acting according.
This makes them even more wary of him because Elite students except few people everyone there was royalties and nobles.
They act according to the future they wish to see.
Even the exception people, still doing what they wished to be in the future....these were the people who could easily controlled.
So that's why 'He' who lived in the current moment was unpredictable since he could sink his fangs whenever he felt it.
Despite everything, Some did want to have a conversation with him however, after feeling his annoyed expression for a week they decided to avoid him.
Who knows what he was annoyed for?
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As a team leader and forethought person, Amber stepped before Eli and looked intently.
"....Come on Vice-pres, I know I am charming and all...but don't stare too much" Eli said bashfully.
"Narcissistic!!"
"Tsk!!"
Both Jayvald and Austin clearly showed their annoyance.
However,
Eli simply ignored and stared at Amber with a subtle smile.
A silent atmosphere was palpable.
"Where is your team?" Suddenly a melodious voice chimed in.
Eli broke his gaze and turned to look owner of a melodious voice.
"They are alive"
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Pearl's eyebrows furrowed, it's not she didn't like his answer instead, she felt a sense of uncaring and vague.
Just about ask something when,
"H-Hey, C-Commoner, How long you are going h-hold me like that?"
It was then they finally saw something white-sack wriggling itself as if it was alive.
"Oh! I forgot"
Eli acted as if he had forgotten about her and then slowly put her down.
"ggrrrr" As soon as she was down she took her staff from the storage and lashed out at him.
Eli simply dodged and trying to hide his laughter.
Seeing that, it irked her more as about to use her spells when,
"Saintess, Please calm down, otherwise 'that thing' could easily sense the mana and come here" Amber interrupted Luna and said seriously.
Hearing that, Luna trembled for a second as a faint memory of chasing appeared made her calm down.
Luna's eyes twitched as she glared at Eli who was biting his lips not to laugh.
"ggrrrrr" She grinded her teeth.
It's not she wasn't grateful or anything....it's just the way she was being treated like a sack and calling her something like 'that' was more humiliating than dying.....for the fuck sake, she was the princess and Saintess of Dawn Kingdom....and he was treating her like a sack.
"pfftt---ha- I am-ha-please-pftt--hahahaha" Eli was finally snapped out of control and laughed loudly.
Hearing his laugh, everyone had a dumbfounded expression.
They couldn't understand what was going on however they could guess what for because,
The current appearance of Luna was far from the Princess or Saintess's character.
Her white-purple messy hair, her white bandeau which had already fallen, her wrinkled dress.
However, still others don't find it funny or anything to laugh about.
Yet, Eli laughed as if he was brink of stomach pain.
Seeing his hard laugh, Luna who was glaring at him suddenly a lips curved upwardly.
"Dam-n y-you Commoner-he-he-stop-fft--stop"
Hearing her plead filled with laugh, Eli laughed evermore,
"pppfffttt~hahahahahah" She has finally let out her laugh.
'God knows what they are laughing' The others thought as they were completely dumbfounded by Luna.
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It took a minute to calm down.
After that other team stared at Eli and Luna for answers.
"Well, We fell into the trap and that led to the 'that thing' and narrowly escaped death....however, that thing followed us and here we are" Eli said as simply as possible.
"...." Luna simply shrugged off her shoulders, 'There is no way in hell, I open my mouth to say anything'.
Her pride was already hurt and there was no way she would say she was standing in front of a commoner with innerwear....her cheeks flushed.
'W-Wait a second, I could have applied myself....why did I....' She was speechless.
Whether she was out of danger or due to the presence of more people or something else, Luna started to think calmly and soon reality hit her.
'Do-don't tell, He manipulated me?.....No, that not---but....' Luna was suffering turmoil.
However, no one knew about her inner turmoil.
"I see" Amber's eyebrows furrowed, 'I don't think that--'
As if he read her thoughts, Eli answered,
"I don't think lying to you would be gain"
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Everyone looked at each other before and nodded their head.
"Well, I trust you for now" Amber said with friendly.
"Oh! That's good, see you later" Eli hurriedly tried to leave.
Luna couldn't understand why he was in such a hurry.
She was just about to reluctantly follow him when,
"Why don't you give us what you collected?"
A sudden stern voice echoed in the room.
Eli momentarily stopped and looked at a source,
A black-haired boy with long ears smiled as he walked towards Eli.
Luna glanced at the black-haired boy and suddenly realized why Eli was hurriedly trying to leave.
Professor Aadya never said no one should not take another's Soul Crystal....and thinking again, they had 6 people while Luna's had 2 including her.
'6 VS 2'
'Should I hold them?' Luna thought.
Unknowing to her who was being protected many people suddenly wanted to protect someone.
"Oh, if isn't....Jayden-"
"That's Jayvald, You damn Mortal" Jayvald said furiously.
He never liked it when someone misspelt his name.
Name was everything for Fallen Continent, misspelling Vampire Queen's name would surely lead to permanent.
That's how much they value their name, so misspelling was a no-no.
"I see, Jayden then" Eli simply acknowledged his name.
"Damn bastard!!!!" Veins popped on his head.
Eli simply ignored him and turned to look at the person who seemed to be the leader of this group.
"Vice-Pres, Shouldn't you maintain law and order?"
'Snort' Amber snorted, she was getting annoyed by his way of calling her so said with an amusing smile, "I am sorry Rep, but it isn't a classroom, everyone here is to show their worth not to maintain law and order.
And you of all people should know, that you are the one who led that disaster towards us and sought help.
and more importantly, now I am not Student Council Vice President....just a normal student".
'Well, she has logic' Luna thought.
"Well, She is right" Eli muttered and looked around others and asked curiously,
"So, you guys also think the same, right?"
""""...."""" The other four pondered a bit before nodding their head.
However,
"I think, we should let them go"
Suddenly a warm and authoritative voice echoed in the room.
Just about see the traitor within them when,
"BBBOOOOOMMMM"