Chapter 823: Chapter 823. Head of Tactician Unit?
The spatial lances met the overbearing spatial staff.
The spatial staff swept through the spatial lances. The spatial lances rippled and bent, folded into one another and disappeared.
The spatial staff did not halt. It proceeded overbearingly, sweeping through the mouths of the colossal fish-looking creatures.
The creatures made terrified sounds as glints of helplessness flashed through their eyes.
Their bodies twisted at grotesque angles as the spatial staff swept through them. Their screams ceased, their eyes turned lifeless.
Their dead bodies floated on the lake, space principle fragments floating on the dead bodies.
The spatial staff dissipated from Kailen’s hand into the void.
Kailen started to comprehend the profundities of space in each of the numerous space principle fragments.
Several years went by in a moment.
Kailen opened his eyes.
He was still at the rank 6 novice stage Transcendent level.
But he was stronger than he was before.
Before Kailen could think about anything else, he felt a force pull him.
"It seems the time limit of access to the special secret realm is up. The others, if they are alive, must also be experiencing the same thing I am experiencing now. It will most likely shut down its entrance after we are pulled out for a while, before the entrance naturally opens up again after some years. These special secret realms in the chaotic region are all like this," Kailen thought.
The force pulled him towards the entrance of the secret realm.
Eventually, he found himself outside the entrance of the secret realm.
The entrance shrunk and disappeared.
He saw three of the people he had entered the secret realm with at the entrance, chatting with the professors who were guarding the entrance.
They had all broken into the rank 6 novice stage Transcendent level. They could be considered colleagues of the professors now. When they returned to the academy, they would definitely be made professors of the academy. It was normal for them to be casually conversing with the professors.
"Looks like one person died," Kailen thought as he noticed one person among those he entered the secret realm with was missing.
It was only natural, considering how dangerous the place was. Had he been careless, he could have ended up the same way.
The three transcendents on the Heavenly Fate Ranking looked at him and nodded towards him warmly and politely.
Kailen reciprocated their gesture and returned to his usual demeanor.
Glints of shock flashed through their eyes.
They didn’t know why, but when they looked into Kailen’s eyes, they felt like he could kill them effortlessly.
"How terrifying has this fellow become? Even though he’s also now at the rank 6 novice stage Transcendent level like us, we are definitely not his match," they thought.
The professors also stared in Kailen’s direction.
"As expected. This fellow could even be stronger than us. Just what sort of crazy experiences did he have in the secret realm? His principle comprehension speed is also very terrifying."
The professors exchanged looks, thinking along the same lines.
Kailen Darkhaven was indeed extraordinary.
The elf professor said with a sigh, "It looks like we lost one person in the special secret realm." The elf professor added, "Congrats, fellow Professors."
The four people nodded.
"Thanks Professor."
They knew they were not professors of the academic faction yet. But on returning to the academy, they would be made professors, unless they decided to leave the academy.
But everyone here knew that none of the four would do that. A war with the royal family was imminent. Leaving the academy meant that they would be on their own without the backing of the academy. That was a death sentence on its own.
The elf professor made a call at the side for a few moments.
A few moments later, a feminine figure with a Gothic look appeared before them.
Vice Principal Morgana.
Everyone felt something had definitely changed about her, even though she still looked the same.
Then it clicked...
She had broken into the rank 7 novice stage Transcendent level.
"Oh, you guys broke through, huh. Let’s return and get you registered officially as professors," she spoke to Kailen and the others. "I assume no one is willing to leave the academy? If anyone is willing to leave the academy, it’s not a problem."
"Not really, Senior," they replied.
"Alright," she replied with the expression of someone who was expecting this response from them. She was aware that someone like Kailen Darkhaven could not be contained by the Tesla Domain. He would eventually leave. But not at a time like this when the royal family wanted to kill him and he needed the backing of the academy.
Most likely, he would leave when the war came to an end. That is, if the academy was victorious.
A spaceship appeared before her after she waved her hand.
She turned to look at the place where the entrance of the secret realm used to be, then stared at the professors.
"You guys should return with us. We will send a team to establish a base around this special secret realm, so that the next time it opens, no one who does not belong to the academy can sneak into it."
The professors who had been guarding the entrance of the secret realm for several years now nodded and sighed in relief.
They had been here for an extremely long time.
They could return now.
They could catch a break and relax for a bit before the war began.
Everyone followed the vice principal and entered the spaceship.
The door of the spaceship closed.
The spaceship bolted off into the distance, leaving the Latis Belt.
***
Inside the spaceship.
Kailen was very quiet.
"The factions across the capital should be openly picking sides to join by now," he mused inwardly.
"The NGU HQ will mostly side with the academy because of Julian’s connection to me. His master will most likely bet on that. The Lotus Assassin Syndicate, the Dawnseer Guild, the Skynet Intelligence Agency have all relocated to the capital. They are all already connected to me. They will definitely pick the academy’s side."
As Kailen was in thought, Vice Principal Morgana came to sit close to him.
"Professor Darkhaven, would you like to be the head of the tactician unit of the Academy during the war?"
