It seemed like the Cursed faction were full of surprises, bringing both Paul as well as the redesigned Bertha, they knew what they were in for. They knew who would be there and how it would further complicate matters.
Originally, they had already decided to use Paul on one of the teams due to his poison ability. It was strong and could act as a support type ability. However, when they found out who was going to be there they were trying to figure out whether or not it would be best to swap Paul out for someone like Peter.
But Paul had now become a crucial part of the Cursed faction, and surprisingly he was keen on fighting even when knowing who would be there. Peter was strong but they already had strong physical damage dealers. In the future, this would be something that needed to be answered anyway, and if any questions were raised about his lost and new ability, he no longer answered to the military. They no longer needed to answer to anyone.
There was no longer the fear that some stronger power would take them away and ask them questions. The reason being after today, the Cursed faction would become one of the strongest powers the human race had.
That’s when Quinn had realised how far they had truly come from the beginning. Still, the vampires were something he needed to worry about, so he or the others wouldn’t be using their vampire powers anytime soon.
’The reaction from the supreme commander is a strange one.’ Bonny thought. ’Do these guys know each other?’
That’s when she noticed. Oscar wasn’t looking at Quinn, but instead was looking at Paul when directing the question.
Before saying anything, Paul looked to Quinn for confirmation. He stood there not reacting at all, letting him do as he wished.
Giving a bow, Paul replied,
"It’s good to see that you are healthy and looking well."
Oscar was trying to wrap his head around what could have possibly happened for Paul to be put in this situation. He was quickly analysing everything he had just seen, and had noticed the small glance he made towards Quinn.
’Isn’t that boy, the one with the shadow ability?’ Oscar thought.
Suddenly, the links in his head were starting to connect. The last time Oscar had seen Paul was when the two of them had led an investigation into the location of where the shadow ability book was discovered. At the time a crisis had happened which caused Oscar to step away, leaving Paul with the task. That crisis was the Civil war.
When he had tried to contact Paul and the others, there was no reply. Seeing Quinn, he knew he was the one with the shadow ability and now, after Paul disappeared, he had returned working under this kid. The whole thing couldn’t have been a coincidence.
’Who are you really, kid?’ Oscar thought.
Clenching his fist he had one more thing he wanted to ask.
"Just tell me, are the others alive, or are you the only one that survived?"
This time, rather than turning to Quinn for confirmation, there was someone else he needed to turn to. That was Kazz, and she was shaking her head denying him to reveal anything.
With no answer, Oscar had assumed the worst.
The others around were still slightly puzzled by the relationship Oscar had with one of the members of the Cursed faction, that was until a few comments started to appear on the livestream.
’Hey wait a minute, isn’t that the head general Paul?" A person commented.
"You’re right. I used to be in the Second military base, I only saw him a couple of times but I’m sure of it."
"I was a student, he is definitely the same person. Why is he working with the Cursed faction."
"Didn’t you guys know, the leader of the Cursed faction is also a student at the second military base."
"How could a head general now be under a student, what the hell happened?"
He had to be careful because every action was now being watched, and he didn’t want to do harm for himself or Quinn at the moment.
"You can ask all the questions you want later on!" Lucy said, pulling out her thin rapier and stabbing it into the ground.
"Yes, yes." Oscar said. "Would the Cursed faction please present the people who will be taking part in this duel."
Quinn then reached the teams, for team A it would be himself, Nate, and Fex. For team B, Sil, Dennis, and Paul.
Once the team members were revealed, another interruption had taken place, and this time it was from Owen.
"I’m sorry for interrupting, but I don’t think you should use him." Owen said. "No let me rephrase that, it wouldn’t be fair to the others if you used him, this competition would be over before it started."
They all wondered who Owen could be talking about, was it the young Cursed leader who had displayed great powers at the Pure planet? Or possibly the head general that had turned sides. It turned out he was talking about neither of these two people.
Instead, the person Owen was talking about was Sil.
"I think Mona will agree on me with this one. If he is to participate in the fight, I wouldn’t be able to count this as a fair duel, for this boy is a Blade."
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