Hunter Academy: Revenge of the Weakest novel Chapter 107

Chapter 107 Chapter 25.9 - Joint Dungeon

"You may leave now, student Astron," Professor Eleanor White said, her gaze piercing and stern. I had been under her scrutiny for what felt like an eternity, her questions probing into every aspect of my actions and intentions.

It was something I had been expecting anyway the moment I had heard about the rumors, so I just answered the questions she had asked.

I stood up, trying to maintain an air of composure despite the discomfort of the situation. I had dealt with similar interrogations before, so I knew how to handle them. "Thank you for your understanding, professor."

Since this was a fairly new event, she didn't make it too long. Nowadays, her attitude has changed from overbearing to slightly normal.

Even though she still had that squinting gaze whenever she looked at me.

She fixed me with a sharp gaze, her voice cold and cautious. "Your assurance is noted, but let me make this clear. My eyes will be on you. Be cautious in your actions and associations."

She said as her eyes bore into me. However, I could see, under her eyes, there was a clear annoyance at the fact that she was wasting her time. It seemed she lightly given up on me.

'This was what I wanted anyway.'

As an instructor, she was not a bad person…..If you were talented. If you were not talented, you had no value in her eyes. Even if you were someone hardworking, you would probably hardly enter her eyes.

Therefore, such a woman also didn't deserve anything from me. If you are looking for merits while dealing with people, you should also expect the same.

If Eleanor White was a woman who determined someone's values according to her own, I can do the same.

I nodded 'respectfully,' acknowledging her caution. "Understood, Professor."

With that, she allowed me to leave the place.

As I walked out, I remembered Mason's gaze as she looked into Sylvie. While the group was leaving, I was observing them from afar, talking with Eleanor White at the same time.

'He will be acting soon.'

In the game, Mason acted quite carefully while he was around Sylvie. It may not look like that, but the academy is putting quite a lot of importance on healers, so they were protecting Sylvie.

If something happened to her, the academy would immediately act and track those who harmed her down. Healers were a rare type of Hunters, and they were hard to find and raise. Therefore, they were valuable.

That was the reason why Mason was acting carefully.

'He must have already gained quite a bit of trust.'

Adding the dungeon and the people surrounding Sylvie, it wouldn't be hard for demon followers to gain her trust.

This was their plan.

'Let's see what will happen.'

No matter what, to harm Sylvie, they would need to isolate her from the academy, and this would be the tricky part.

Inside the academy, they wouldn't be able to act this freely since they had already used their shot. With the investigations occurring here, for now, they need to lay low.

Just like that, I reached my room and immediately took a shower. And following that, I simply left for the training rooms.

*******

In a room filled with a lot of luxury ornaments, a girl with blazing red hair sat on her wide bed, holding her watch.

[Dog1: Young Miss. The footage you requested has been sent. You can check it in the attachments.]

[Why is it this late?]

[Dog1: The academy put up a strong front at first. This case seems to be sensitive. But, rest assured, no problems will occur, Young Miss.]

[Good. Have you got anything from the case I requested.]

[Dog 1: For now, we have yet to make any advances. We are currently digging Astron Natusalune's past as you have ordered.]

[I see. Make sure that this doesn't reach the mother's ears. I don't want to deal with that for now.]

[Dog1: Rest assured, I won't talk about this matter to anyone; Matriarch is included as well.]

[Good.]

Looking at the messages sent by one of the people she had picked, she opened the attachments section.

There stood a video file. It was a special footage where the minutes of her unconscious version were recorded.

Even though she didn't feel like he did something inappropriate, she wanted to make sure. But, more importantly, one thing had been bothering her for a while now.

'How did he beat all those Snow Wolves? Weren't they berserk?'

She remembered the Snow Squirrel got quite a lot stronger after it went berserk. Then, wouldn't the same imply to Snow Wolves? If so, according to the last time they explored dungeons together, his strength shouldn't have been enough to deal with all those monsters.

"Tch….Annoying bastard….."

That was the reason why she had requested this footage using her family's name.

And in the end, she was able to get it. Even though Arcadia Hunter Academy boasted its strong reputation, the Emberheart Family also had their own influence, and by using their daughter's life to get threatened, they acquired this footage easily.

Opening the footage, the first thing she noticed was herself lying on the ground. She was unconscious, with blood pouring from her nose and her ears. It was clear that she was quite injured.

'I was careless back then.'

She inwardly cringed seeing herself this pathetic and gritted her teeth. This was a mistake that stemmed from her arrogance.

"Grrr..."

At that moment, the wolves made their appearance on the scene. At first, their number wasn't that high; only five of them were present.

For her, that number would be nothing, but now that she was unconscious, she would die under the attack of monsters.

"Raaaarr…"

SWOOSH!

As one of the wolves lunged forward, seeing the unconscious prey, suddenly something flew. It was an arrow.

Following that was a complete massacre.

"This?"

All of the arrows hit the monsters from only vital spots. They were shining in the color of green, and from the looks of it, the strength of the arrows wasn't that high.

"What a precise aim."

She acknowledged. She was observing Astron on this trip, and naturally, she also observed Leon since the two were in the same position.

Thus, she knew how difficult what Astron did was.

"Now that I think about it, he also completely timed his attack at that time."

She knew Astron wasn't this strong before; neither was he this proficient at handling bows.? Right now, those five wolves simply died in a matter of four seconds.

"Just what happened this week to make him stronger this much."

She mumbled to herself, comparing his past self and his current one. To be honest, she herself didn't know why she was this engrossed in analyzing him, but she had a hunch that this guy was hiding quite a lot of things.

She hated to admit it even to herself, but she was intrigued. This guy was a mystery, and she was getting sucked into it one by one with each interaction.

[Ding!]

While she was thinking about that, suddenly, a notification sound came from her smartwatch.

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