Versatile System Online

"The merging of worlds", The dean said lightly.

Hearing those words, everyone other than Ray had a confused reaction.

Ray's reaction was by far the most visible as his face contorted while his eyes widened. His body started to tremble as he mumbled,

"Don't tell me.. The Merging Of Worlds… It has started already?", Ray asked the dean as he kept on trembling.

The others were even more confused over Ray's reaction. Seeing Ray behave like that, Elina stepped forward as she asked,

"What is it? Why are you acting like that, is there anything that we need to know?", She asked in concern.

However, Ray didn't answer. It seemed as if he didn't even hear what she said.

As for why Ray didn't answer? He was currently having a nervous breakdown internally as he asked Aurora,

"Aurora, please tell me that it isn't real. Please tell me that it is all a dream. It's too early, I am not even strong enough to protect myself. How will I protect mom and Katie if all this happens now?",

"Don't panic Ray. We don't even know the whole situation. Also, from the way you are acting. You are scaring off all your teammates, not to mention the fact that the old man doesn't look well as well. So it's up to you to handle the situation and not freeze like a crybaby", Aurora said to Ray in encouragement as she pulled him out of his reverie.

Listening to Aurora, Ray got back to his senses as he used his brain for once.

"Yes, you are right. I don't even know what happened and what the dean was talking about. Also, it's my responsibility to lead my teammates, to assure them. Not to put them in tension", Ray reflected on his thoughts as he thanked Aurora for the much-needed encouragement.

Not wasting any more time, Ray calmed himself down and maintained his expression as he turned around and looked at Elina with a slight smile as he said,

"Don't worry. I just remembered something that I didn't want to. That's why I got a bit shaken off. Nothing to worry about, I am good now",

On the other hand, looking at Ray's smile and hearing his reassuring words. Elina calmed down and nodded.

"What about the dean? Why is he sitting on the floor with his head down?", Aliya spoke in confusion as she pointed towards the dean.

Listening to her, everyone turned their heads from Ray to the Dean as they finally concentrated on the dean.

They looked at the dean sitting on his ones as he held his face with his hands.

Looking at the dean, Ray understood that something was seriously wrong with the dean. Ray knew how the dean was, he knew that whatever happened, the dean would never show weakness and would always be someone that people would look forward to.

Seeing all this, Ray knew he had to do something. Therefore, he made up his mind and slowly walked towards the dean.

Reaching him, Ray sat down beside him and looked over.

The dean had kept his head down as tears slowly slid down his face and dropped down from his chin to the ground.

When Ray saw all this, he understood one thing.

That no one is perfect, that no one could keep up the positive impression forever. Even if you reach the pinnacle, sometimes breaking down is the only way forward.

Knowing that he couldn't do much to help, Ray only said a few words. The words that the dean would remember for a long and would serve as a determination for him to move forward and lead.

"We are waiting for you, all is not lost yet", Ray said and then sat silently along with the dean.

On the other hand, the dean was mourning for the loss of a dear friend, mourning for the loss of the world.

However, when he heard those words. His eyes snapped open as a surge of electricity went through his whole body.

It was at this moment that the dean understood one thing as he thought,

"Why am I sulking like this? I am one of the strongest people on Earth. It is my duty to protect this world. Also, it is my duty to avenge Edward as well", The dean thought as he understood that he had no time to sulk and that the fate of the world relied on his shoulders.

That, if he did not train the chosen one, the one who has the power to be the deterrent, to be the hope. The one who was prophesied to save the world and unite both dimensions under his rule.

The one who was destined to be the only supreme existence that would rival fate itself.

And that one person was sitting right beside him, helping him out of the quagmire that had consumed him previously. Consumed him just because he suffered a small setback.

Having cleared his mind up from those negative feelings. The dean turned sideways as he looked at Ray.

Smiling at Ray, the dean spoke in a light voice,

"Thank you! Thank you for being my moral compass today. Even if you didn't say much, those few words were enough to bring me back to reality, to show me the right path. To tell me what I forgot at the moment",

Listening to the dean, Ray smiled as he looked at him and said,

"Good to know that I was of help. You should always remember that we need you, the world needs you, and humanity needs you",

The dean nodded as he cleared his face and slowly stood up.

As he stood up, the dean had something different about him. As if he had been given a new purpose in life.

He turned around and looked at everyone as he spoke,

"I am fine everyone. Thank you for coming here, the reason I called you all here is to tell you that something very wrong happened. Something that could lead to a disaster that could potentially vanish our very existence",

Listening to the dean speak, everyone's expression turned serious as they looked at him with the utmost attention.

On the other hand, when Ray heard the dean's words. He knew that what he thought was true and that the apocalypse was upon them all.

However, just as Ray was about to sulk and lose hope, the dean's next words brought him relief as his hope was reignited as the dean said,

"However, we still have time. We have time to prepare for what is to come. So that we could stand proudly as we represent the whole of humanity against those who wish to destroy us", The dean said enthusiastically as he downplayed some information so as not to depress the kids.

As Ray heard what the dean had to say, he also calmed down a bit as he asked the dean,

"What happened here exactly? This sort of destruction and carnage isn't something to be caused by a normal system user",

"You are right. This wasn't caused by some normal system user. It was the work of a celestial. A celestial who was hell-bent on revenge to the extent that he traded the safety of our world to fast forward the inevitable", The dean spoke hoarsely as his eyes shined with murderous intent.

The dean continued as he closed his palm into a fist,

"However, it wasn't just the celestial who did all this. No, it was those who supported his idea for their selfish reason that many innocent souls were sacrificed while they also pulled down many young and talented seeds into their banner of villainy", the dean finished these words as his killing intent started to take a slightly corporeal form as a faint image could be seen.

Listening to the dean say that all this was caused by a celestial, everyone showed a frightened expression as they understood.

Understood that what they fought against was nothing but cannon fodder and if not for the dean, they would have died without knowing how and why.

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A/N:- Just shouting it out loud that we have completed 100 chapters for the novel. A great milestone.