Outside of Hank's estate, stood two men. One was a tall man that towered over seven feet tall. The other was a short noseless man. Both had blood stained on their clothes, and both stood on a pile of Drakemen warriors bodies."Phew, that was unpleasant," said Wolfgang, the taller man. "You can't be a bandit without a bit of killing every now and then," said Hans as he pulled out a broken sword from the chest of one of the Drakemen.He then slammed the flat against Wolfgang's stomach, "and it would've been a lot more easier if you'd made the swords right!' "Hey! I made em right I did!" Said Wolfgang, "yeah right you did. Why'd they break then?" Hans began walking off."I don't know. I used stronger metal than the last ones..." "Ya idiot! Metals gotta be strong AND flexible. A sword that can't flex is a sword that breaks!" Said Hans."Oh..." Wolfgang said as he looked down at the sword. "Either way, looks like we caught him before he could escape," smiled Hans as he looked at a certain
It took a few weeks for Phoenix to make it all the way back to Charlie and the group. But once he did, the entire group was glad to see him. Crystal and Janet fawned over Plushmellow, while Charlie read the note strapped to its body.It was a letter. From Earl and Sidney to the teachers, their friends, their families, and all their classmates.After reading its contents, Charlie sent it straight to principal Horace. And after he confirmed that the letter was legitimate, he duplicated it and sent it to all the teachers currently leading students in the journey to find Earl and Sidney.And with his permission, they revealed the contents of the letter to the students."Hey everyone. It's me, Earl. Before I say anything else, I wanna let all of you know that I'm safe and sound, and so is Sidney.Though, I'm not sure if you're ready for the stories we have in store for you. Long story short, we got separated a few minutes after we got kidnapped, and we escaped from Dia.I got knocked out
Rain fell down that day. The day that a mass funeral was held for all the casualties that fell that day.All the innocent civilians, all the Drakemen warrior allies, the chief, everyone. That day that their lives were lost, Wyvern's pass mourned. About a week or two after the revolt, a mass burial was held. One where all the residents gathered; family members of the deceased, friends, and so on, all came together to mourn their loss.The Drakemen did burials differently. They don't come in with black suits and umbrellas to cry at the death of their people.They believed in something else. The legend of the mighty mother dragon. The great mother dragon took souls and guided them for reincarnation.Without offering them to her, their souls would be lost, and they might never get reincarnated. But to catch the great mother dragon's attention, you must offer a pillar of smoke.The smoke was not only a signal to the mother dragon, but also as a means for the souls to ride into the tempor
Jake, Annie, Ralph, Williams, Henry, Ruby, Crystal, and every other person that once left for the mission to find Earl had spent the past three months roughly the same.None of the details of the other teams endeavoured were known to the students, they only knew that they remained in the forest.They went on to hunt down and defeat various members of the ORA. Knowing that Sidney and Earl were alive didn't quell their anger, it instead added as motivation to defeat the ORA.Improving their skills, sharpening their moves, and growing stronger and stronger, all of the students grew far beyond what anyone expected.However, with the fated day they were meant to meet with their long lost friends fast approaching, they all returned back to the school and prepared.They'd cleared out the forest closest to the school of all the ORA bases they could find, now all they needed to do was return there and pick them up.Early in the morning, there they were. Janet, Suzuki, Crystal, Alice, Ralph, A
Waiting for them at the doors to Wallace's academy was everyone. All their other classmates, all the other teachers, all the second years, all other staff, and of course Horace himself were gathered at the gate for the return of Sidney and Earl.It was as emotional as they thought it'd be. The classmates nearly piled on the two of them, throwing questions at them as they cried over their return.Everyone was glad that the prodigal sons had returned. Horace had the softest expression anyone had ever seen the moment he laid eyes on Sidney and Earl.He had bags under his eyes. Not the kind you get from crying—Everyone thought it impossible for a man of his caliber to cry—it was one you'd get from sleepless nights.Earl and Sidney would later come to know—From Leon Glenn, Sidney's older brother, while he was drenched in tears for his younger brother's return—that Horace had been working the hardest.He'd been not only personally training all the first years for the entirety that the other
Outside in the training grounds was Horace. He had in front of him all the students that chased after Earl and Sidney, as well as the two aforementioned boys.Standing outside, alongside him were Charlie, Mr Stevens, Mr Adams, Miss Edna, and Miss Kayla.All of them had gathered them for one purpose and one purpose alone, a purpose that would be told directly to all of them by Horace himself."I'm sorry that I gathered all of you on such short notice," Horace began, "I wish I could let you all rest even more, but there's some pressing matters we have to attend to first.""As you all know," he continued, "it's been months since any of you have been back here, as you all were either sent on a secret mission to save Earl and Sidney, or you were the ones being saved.""First of all, I'd like to thank all of you deeply. It is a stain on my name as Horace Glenn and title as Legendary rank alchemist, for me to allow two of my students to be kidnapped from the premises of this school," he lowe
Horace, Charlie, Mr Adams, and Miss Edna stood astonished. These kids had grown exponentially.All the other students that remained at school, the rest of the soon to be second years, they were all advanced tier, which was a feat in and of itself thanks to the efforts of Horace.But for even the 'weakest' of the students that left to be semi-king tier, it was a pleasant surprise."This... This isn't enough, but it could be," said Horace with conviction in his voice. "I'm guessing this means we crank up their training to 11," said Charlie.A huge smile sat on Horace's face. With this, they could look to the future. Mr Adams and Miss Edna were beyond pleased, they were astonished.This wasn't only impressive, but it was incredibly crucial. Most of the stronger staff was around Super tier or Semi-Super tier. With all their students so close to the power levels of the teachers, it seemed like the gods were on their side.Maybe the universe balanced itself, making the students incredibly
Earl arrived back in school, completely confused about what exactly just happened between him and the executives of the AAO.Everything seemed like it happened so fast, like a huge blur. Right now he couldn't even remember most of the questions they'd asked him.Regardless though, he was glad that he could finally rest. "Earl," said Mr Adams. Earl turned around, "yeah?""Your alchemy, it makes you kill people?" Asked Mr Adams. It was now that the details of that meeting rang in Earl's mind.He'd exposed the nature of his alchemy to the executives, and Miss Edna and Mr Adams were there to hear it."Uh..." Earl held his head low. "If that's true..." Said Miss Edna, "wait, when did you first use it?" She asked."You mean like, consciously?" Asked Earl. "you've used it unconsciously?" Asked Mr Adams, "like beyond your control? So you've killed people out of your control before?" Mr Adams looked worried."When?" Asked Miss Edna. "When what?" Asked Earl, "when did you first use it? Can you