the last king of darkness

Chapter 73

Along the way, the head of the department did not speak, and the two came to the academic affairs castle in the academic affairs area of ​​the college in silence.

Miller led him into the central hall of the castle, where Rhodes met the three branch deans Vera, Bagh, and Byrne, as well as the chief dean Theodore.

The atmosphere was serious, and it didn't seem to be a good thing.

Has the matter of buying a hunter's license been discovered?
Rhodes was a little nervous. It's fine to deduct [-] points from the ten groups.

If the hunter's license is deducted, wouldn't all his subsequent plans be aborted?
"Your Excellency, Chief Dean, Rhodes has already brought it." Miller bowed slightly and said expressionlessly.

"Thank you, Xiaomi Le, sit down."

Theodore raised his blue eyes, and his tone was very relaxed, but the iron faces of the three branch deans kept the atmosphere from melting.

"And Rhodes, don't be nervous, you sit down too."

He took out a document from his pocket, the letterhead was black, with the words Internal Tribunal on it.

"You went to the Iron Cross District Defense Department this morning and participated in a high-threat hunting mission, is that right?"

Rhodes nodded.

"The hunt was successful, wasn't it?"

Rhodes nodded.

"No team member died or suffered irreparable damage because of you, and you didn't commit any principled mistakes, did you?"

"Your Excellency the chief dean." Vera, the dean of the first branch, interrupted: "You can't ask like this, the point is not this."

Theodore's blue eyes behind silver square glasses looked at him: "Vera, I think that's the point."

"No! This has nothing to do with the battle regulations in the royal city, and it has nothing to do with the laws we engraved on the Great Holy Grail."

Vera is a middle-aged man with a square face and rigid lines. Every wrinkle is carved out like a knife and an axe, and his voice is like steel.

He turned his head and looked at Rhodes seriously.

"Are you an official combatant? Do you have the combat qualification issued by the Hedler Training Ground? Do you have combat orders from the academy, the War Department, or the Supreme Council?"

Rhodes' heart moved, and he wanted to explain, but Vera interrupted him directly.

"Answer yes, or no!"

Rhodes was silent for a few seconds.

"no."

Vera moved her gaze to the chief dean expressionlessly:
"Look, the matter is very clear. Rhodes ignores the combat regulations of the royal city, treats dangerous missions as games, and puts his teammates in a dangerous death situation. According to the punishment rules, he should be expelled from the academy and handed over to the Internal Affairs Tribunal. disposal."

The director of the third branch, Byrne, hesitated: "Vera, is this too strict? There is no need to do this."

Vera said coldly: "The letter from the Internal Affairs Tribunal has been sent. It is acting according to the law. There is no problem in the procedure. Otherwise, it is us who have problems. Do you still want to implement your teaching system?"

The head of the second branch, Bage, frowned: "But this is obviously unreasonable. Successful cases without serious consequences are generally not pursued."

Vera said indifferently: "Nothing is normal. This matter cannot be inferred from the results. This time it was a fluke. What about the next time? What about the next time? If everyone does what he does, one day it will lead to disasters." A catastrophe. This matter is within the jurisdiction of the Internal Affairs Tribunal, and the pressure on the college is already great, and we cannot be blamed any more."

Everyone fell silent.

Rhodes felt a chill creeping up the back of his head. As soon as he heard it, he knew that it must be the iron mask Manolobana who was playing tricks, framing him with some things that were reasonable in fact but irrational in rules.

This is a typical power-playing bureaucrat. They wield the big stick of rules and look for your cracks like flies. You can only be beaten passively, but you can’t fight back, because they cleverly shrink behind the main body of rules, like a fox under the might of a tiger.

The only way to deal with such people is higher and greater power.

Rhodes knew this very early on.

But why is this so?

Didn't he have the support of the other three chief arbitrators?
Doubt echoed in his heart, and Rhodes was very nervous. It would be bad if he was handed over like this.

At this moment, Miller spoke:

"I remember that Rhodes is a special student."

Vera said indifferently: "Special students are not supported by regulations in this regard."

"Have."

Miller looked at him blankly.

The indifference of both sides made the air a little bit colder.

Chief Dean Theodore's blue eyes looked over, and there was a hint of appreciation in his eyes.

"Yes, Vera."

He said gently, his long silver beard twitched slightly, showing his happy mood.

"Kalil's inhuman voice and our cooperation, a branch of the secret force among special students, has a combat authorization."

Vera's face is still as cold as ice, without any change: "But the final personnel have not yet been determined."

Theodore's blue eyes looked over the silver beard, with a hint of a smile:
"I'm sure, this morning."

Only then did Byrne and Bagh come back to their senses, looked at each other, and smiled together: "Yes, we are sure, they are the most special and most mature students, and they have the combat authorization of Kalil's secret force."

"it is good."

Vera said coldly.

"I will reply to the Internal Affairs Tribunal in this way."

He stood up and left the room.

As if the cold winter had left, the temperature in the room rose visibly to the naked eye.

The two deans let out a breath at the same time: "Little guy, since you entered the academy, you have caused us a lot of trouble."

"Be quiet, don't make trouble, your authority file is still part of the Internal Affairs Tribunal, your matter, the academy is also very difficult."

Miller pursed his lips and said seriously, "Rhod, I don't know what's wrong with you or who you have any grudges with, but I think you've settled down in the academy for a year with peace of mind, and all difficulties have passed."

Rhodes nodded honestly, but he knew in his heart that if he really did what she said, the grass on his grave would be about three meters high in a year.

Cass was just in time to burn him ten medals for being the number one in the year.

This imagination almost made Rhodes laugh, but fortunately he held back.

Fortunately, the critique meeting didn't last long.

Chief Theodore stood up, his tall body almost touching the roof, and his silver beard flooded the teacup on the table like a waterfall.

"Barger, Byrne, you are very busy and don't have time to waste here. Miller, you should go talk to the tenth group of students. They must be very worried. Rhodes, come to my office."

The two deans patted Rhodes on the shoulder and walked out of the room one after another.

Miller pursed his lips and looked at him for a moment: "You should really change your Tinder name, otherwise people will keep making fun of you."

"well-done."

she said finally, and walked out of the room.

Rhodes was taken aback for a while, but he didn't expect this serious department head to support him.

Gathering his mind, he pushed open the door inside and came to the office of the chief dean of Jinworth College.

It was a very spacious and beautiful room, filled with all sorts of strange things, and the main furniture was huge bookshelves and translucent glass cabinets. Theodore sat behind a large mahogany table with A silver tripod, a complex spherical mechanism, a ball of solidified fire huddled in a birdcage, a black sea urchin in a glass jar.

And this tall chief dean was holding a stone basin, staring carefully inside.

A white mist filled the stone basin.

"Rod."

He said in a relaxed tone.

"Let's see what's in this stone basin."

Rhode walked over carefully, noticing that the solidified fireball was approaching him, and the sea urchin quietly opened his eyes, looking at him secretly.

Are these things alive?
Messy thoughts flashed through his mind, Rhodes came to the stone basin, and carefully opened the eyes of the soul.

The chief dean didn't respond in any way, and was still looking at the stone basin intently.

Rhodes breathed a sigh of relief, he was very afraid that the legendary chief dean would see through his secret.

Lowering his gaze, he looked into the stone basin.

The white mist gradually faded, and a tall, beautiful woman with blond hair appeared, about 27 or [-] years old, dressed very coolly, only underwear and shorts, dazzling long white thighs and a plump figure made people jealous.

She stood in front of a lake, the clear water of the lake was as blue as the sky, the green grass was under her feet, and in the distance was a huge white tree that could only be partially seen.

The blond woman was looking at them and smiling, she turned around gracefully, as if showing off her perfect figure, her appearance was inexplicably familiar.

Rhodes looked up complicatedly.

isn't it?
So you are this kind of dean?

Hiding in the office every day to see beautiful girls?

Theodore raised his blue eyes, his eyes full of wisdom seemed to see through his heart: "So, you saw the image?"

That is, you didn't see it?
Rhodes moved in his heart and nodded.

Theodore laughed and said, "You really are a complete clairvoyant."

Rhodes was slightly taken aback: "Don't you know?"

Theodore shook his head and put the stone basin aside.

"We know much less than you imagined. The Internal Affairs Tribunal listed your file as top secret and blocked a lot of information about you from the academy. In theory, we shouldn't even know what your tinder name is. .”

Rhodes found it difficult to accept that Jinworth College did not have as much authority as the Internal Affairs Tribunal.

Theodore seemed to know what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "The responsibilities of each are different. The Internal Affairs Tribunal is responsible for all internal affairs. On this, it has the greatest unshakable right to speak."

He took two silver cups from under the table.

"any drinks?"

Rhodes was taken aback, he had never been a guest at someone's house before, and he didn't understand the customs here, so he answered wittily:

"Same as you."

Theodore smiled and shook his head: "Green tea may not be suitable for you, black tea?"

Rhodes nodded.

Theodore took out two silver pots and poured tea into two silver cups respectively. With a flick of his slender fingers, a ball of clean water floated out of the bathroom.

The solidified fireball jumped out of the cage and took a bath in the water.

The water boiled and poured into two cups like a waterfall.

"Drink."

Theodore handed the silver cup to Rhodes, picked up his cup of green tea, and took a sip.

"Well, the temperature is just right."

Are you iron mouthed?
Rhodes didn't dare to speak rashly. He held the cup and carefully glanced at the fireball. It danced a strange tap dance in the cage, and asked softly, "Your Excellency, you asked me to come over. What's the matter?" ?"

Theodore put down his glass and said gently, "Rod, you may have an adventurous heart, but you have to know that only towering trees can't be knocked down by the storm."

Rhode's heart sank.

If the chief dean insists on locking him in the academy, then he will not be able to get out, and his subsequent actions will be greatly affected.

No.

Rhodes thought sharply.

I can't promise like this, I have to find a way to convince him.

"So, you should come to me sooner."

Uh?
Rhodes opened his mouth, and the words were dumb in his throat before he could speak.

Theodore took out a silver whistle from his pocket and put it in his hand.

"This is an amulet I made. I use some of my soul fragments to summon my phantom. It can deal with monsters below the super level, and can also escape from the hands of fierce high-level monsters."

He looked at him with blue eyes, and there was a little blame in his eyes.

"If you are in danger, use it. Before the spiritual energy contained in it is exhausted, you can take it back and find me."

Rhodes took the whistle, and suddenly a warm current gushed out of his heart.

He didn't know how to express his gratitude, so he had to drink black tea to cover up his embarrassment.

What the hell!

The water is boiling!
"Oh."

Theodore flicked his fingers lightly, and Rhodes felt that the burnt area was much cooler, and the heat in the black tea rose rapidly, like a small tornado.

"I always forget that your psychic powers are weak, Rhodes, you need to practice more, and you will know later that psychic powers represent much more than you imagined."

"Well, what else can I say?"

He rested his forehead with one hand, and the psychic light flickered rapidly on his temples, as if trying to remember something.

"Sorry, my memory is a bit confused. I just wanted to say that the secret troop of special students has been established. You will follow them to carry out some formal combat missions outside the king's city. You must study hard, especially about formal combat. part."

Rhodes asked: "What is the hidden army? Who is Kalil?"

The psychic flashes on the headmaster's temple became more rapid, and his tone became a little stiff.

"Kalil's hidden force is a special combat group. It has three other sequences of fighters, namely the white spirit bearers, black spirit bearers, and unawakened ones. They are very precocious and have strong combat effectiveness, but they are very dangerous. "Oh, no, I shouldn't have told you that."

Theodore's tone softened.

"Don't worry, the secret troops of special students are relatively normal. We won't allow lunatics to experiment with students... In fact, I disagree with this plan itself. Kalil's thinking is too dangerous and it is not suitable at all. The students contacted, but the pressure on the college was too great. The elders accused us of investing too much in ordinary students, asking us to devote more energy to training the strong, and to give up useless waste. For example, the Golden Worth Star should be cancelled... Oh, sorry, I'm a little out of shape today."

He stood up and changed the subject to a lighter one.

"By the way, what did you see in the stone basin just now?"

Rhodes froze for a few seconds before recovering, described what he saw, and silently hoped that it wasn't the chief dean's old lover or something.

After listening, Theodore's expression became quite nostalgic.

"So that's the way it is. Cassan meant it back then."

isn't it?
Rhodes had a rather bad feeling.

Theodore's blue eyes flickered:
"Rhode, don't get me wrong, she is Kashan's grandma, also named Kashan."

"She is the same as her great-granddaughter, and she was flatter than you before the age of 16, so what I want to say is, don't miss it."

Theodore gave a narrow smile and tucked his silver beard into his belt.

"It's getting late, let's go to dinner, there are raspberry jam and strange cakes in the college dining hall today, I'm starving to death, you must be hungry too, right?"

He waved his hand, and his whole body turned into a ball of silver light, and flew out of the window.

Rhodes froze for a while before realizing that he should have left the office.

Taking one last look at the strange thing on the table, he also left the room.

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Uptown.

Internal Tribunal.

on the minaret.

An attendant respectfully handed over the reply from Kingworth College.

After reading it, Manolo Bana showed a cold smile.

(End of this chapter)