Inside the control room where the first year students were being observed, the usual quiet and peaceful atmosphere, with typically only operators manning the screens, was buzzing with many strong looking individuals.
Many of these individuals had distinct features reminiscent of the tiered families. They were all gathered together and standing on the elevated platform at the entrance of the control room, overlooking the whole room.
These individuals were all instructors of the first year students. And just like the last time they had come to watch the students' first battle with the horde when they were first sent to the expanse, they were all here to watch the battles that would take place between the first year divisions today.
Although this was supposed to be the general reason for their presence, most of them were here in mind to only watch some select students.
The students the majority of those present were here to watch were the same two students that blew the minds of almost everyone in the academy that watched the entrance test with their crazy display of strength: Atticus and Kael.
"To be honest, I still think it's very unfair to the other students, pitting them together with those two demons. There would be no competition, just a brutal slaughter," the same instructor who had spoken the last time they were all in the control room, the instructor who was a member of the Stellaris family, Jared, spoke.
And just like before, and every time he tried to speak, he made futile attempts to lower his voice, but even then, it resounded through out the control room. The Stellaris family genes just couldn't be contained.
Some of the instructors who had been close to Jared all inched away from him, their expressions all showing traces of annoyance.
Although, at this point, they were already used to his booming voice, many of them still weren't able to withstand the intensity at such close distance.
One of the instructors suddenly let out a deep sigh, "Jared, maybe you should consider learning hand signs. You'll eventually deafen us if you keep speaking so loud!" He exclaimed.
The new instructor, with green hair and purple slitted eyes, bore a subtle serpentine pattern on his skin, along with sharp, pointy black finger nails.
Radiating an unsettling aura, he belonged to the Vipernox family, a tier 2 family in sector 6 known for their bloodline related to poison.
Just as the man saw that Jared was about to respond to his words, "No, no, no, no! Don't say anything!" he quickly intervened with a rapid wave of his hands, preventing Jared from speaking by covering his mouth.
A sigh of relief escaped the instructor as he removed his hands, and he proceeded to address Jared's earlier comment.
"Honestly, I totally agree with you on that one, and I'm sure most other instructors do too, even if they don't say it," he said.
"The point of the division wars is to enable the students to grow by competing with each other and growing from that experience, but the reverse would obviously be the case with those included," he added.
Just as he was about to continue, "It seems old age is finally catching up to you Zael," a sexy feminine voice interrupted the conversation from behind.
Zael and Jared turned their gazes backward, revealing a figure eight silhouette that turned heads.
She had a cherubic, round face with blonde hair cascading down her back. Dressed in a revealing yellow Japanese robe, she showcased her well proportioned figure, struggling to contain her ample cleavage.
Zael's mouth twitched, "What are you talking about Xin?" he asked.
Xin responded with a seductive smile, "Don't tell me my cute little Zael forgot how the division wars were held," she said while putting one finger on her lips.
After a few moments of contemplation, "Hmm, I guess you're right. Power isn't everything," Zael said. He had almost forgotten how the division wars were held.
But Zael couldn't be blamed; he was just too shocked by the disparity between Atticus and Kael and the other first year students. It was far too much!
The division wars were held in such a way that no one student would be able to single-handedly win any battle between divisions.
They were held every month, 12 times for the 12 months of the first academic year. And during each time, they never once used the same battle theme.
Which meant that the style of battle they fought now would differ from the next month's division war.
"I'm always right, cutie," Xin said in a cute tone, bringing her chest downwards a little, making her huge mounds jiggle, winking and sending a cute sexy smile.
"Ahem!" Zael coughed loudly, swiftly turning his gaze forward, back to the screens.
Xin let out a cute pout, "You're never fun, Zael," she said, just as she turned her gaze to Jared, she saw that the latter had already turned away.
'Sigh, why do men like playing hard to get' she thought. She licked her lips with a hint of desire while gazing at their backs, 'Ahh, I want a taste' she thought to herself.
Many men would have fallen head over their heels for what Xin just did, but just like Jared's booming voice, they all knew this woman well.
All men who fell for her charms had all turned out only one way, becoming empty husks of themselves, turning into love puppies whose only goal was to satisfy her.
And Zael had no intention of being one of them. Just as he took deep steadying breaths trying to calm down his raging dragon that was about to erupt, the face of an orange haired man inched closer to his ear.
Putting one hand to cover the side of his mouth as though trying speaking in a whisper, "Can I talk now?" Jared's voice suddenly boomed, making Zael's form flinch as he swiftly jumped to the side, completely startled.
It was obvious Jared had tried to whisper in his ear but had failed miserably.
Just as Zael was about to shout at Jared, "Stop bickering, it's about to start," one of the other instructors suddenly interrupted.
Zael released a deep sigh, looking down at his crotch, where he could see something hard bulging out of it. 'Fuck,' he thought.
Because he had been distracted by Jared, he hadn't been able to calm it down.
He quickly adjusted, changing the direction of his dragon, making it less visible to the others that it was erect.
Letting out a sigh of relief that he hadn't been found out, he suddenly heard a cute giggle from behind. He didn't have to turn to know who it was, 'shit she saw it?' He thought in annoyance.
"Ahem!" Zael suddenly cleared his throat in embarrassment as he turned to face the screen once more, ignoring Xin.
Other conversations were also swirling around as the instructors chatted amongst themselves.
But the main focal point of all their conversations was about two students, Atticus and Kael. It had gotten to a point that many of them had started arguing about who was stronger between both of them.
From the fight they had watched between the both of them, although Atticus had looked like he had been winning, it was clear that Kael hadn't used his full power.
His transformation towards the end of the fight was a huge spectacle, one that served as a clear declaration the battle was far from over
At the forefront of all the instructors stood Harrison, and standing just behind him was Isabella.
Isabella couldn't help but let out a derisive snort, hearing what the instructors were going on about.
Competition?
Maybe if they were talking about Kael fighting the other divisions, but if it had been Atticus they were talking about, then Jared had been completely right on the mark; it would be an absolute massacre.
The boy in question could easily defeat a master- rank beast!
The other students were nothing more than tiny puppies to him, how would they be competition?
And the fact that they would even compare both Atticus and Kael in the first place was maddening.
'Well, I can't blame them for thinking this way,' Isabella thought. And truly she couldn't blame them.
Not many of them had enough time on their hands like Isabella to be coming regularly to the control room to check what the youths were up to.
Plus, they had all assumed nothing eventful was going to happen after the students' first hurdle, so they hadn't even one time come to check up on the students, making all of them miss the scene of Atticus battling the master-beast.
And all staff of the academy, from the vice principal to even as low as cleaners, weren't allowed to talk about the exploit or anything about the students.
This was further enforced strictly with the individuals that were allowed access to the control room. Since they were allowed to watch the students 24/7, it was a given that they would be severely restricted from revealing anything they saw.
If the instructors had all been there when Atticus had displayed his overwhelming power, they all wouldn't dare compare Atticus to Kael.
The former was just in another dimension of his own.
Harrison maintained his neutral expression at the front, unbothered by the instructors' clattering.
Despite not visibly showing it, he was completely eager to watch Atticus's first division battle.
This particular theme was a major handicap to him. 'Let's see how he handles this,' Harrison thought.
