Atticus's Odyssey: Reincarnated Into A Playground novel Chapter 268

Chapter 268 Weirdo

268 Weirdo

It would shock many in the human domain, but Lumindra, the petite voice that had been sounding in Zoey's head, was a tier 7 spirit— one of the very few in the whole of Eldoralth.

Despite being bound with a tier 7 spirit capable of standing toe to toe against a paragon, Zoey was still far from being able to harness the full power of her spirit.

While some might attribute her top rank in the entrance test to luck, despite being in the advanced rank, one rank lower than Kael who considered the best prodigy in their generation.

Zoey was confident that if she were to utilize her full power, the power of Lumindra, none of the students would stand a chance against her.

And Lumindra was well aware of this fact.

There was only one reason Lumindra would acknowledge another person's strength— because that person was stronger than her.

'L-' Before Zoey could even ask, Lumindra started speaking.

'We spirits are friends of mana. Our compatibility and control toward mana is something that you humans couldn't dream of achieving. Th-'

'Stop praising yourself so much,' Zoey interrupted with a deadpan voice.

'Ahem! Just listen! We're able to derive and receive information from the mana in the air, and as soon as your crush entered, I-"

'He's not my crush!' Zoey screamed inwardly, interrupting Lumindra's voice once again. If Lumindra had been in physical form, she would have been rolling her eyes right now.

'Whatever. Now where was I? As I probed him, I discovered two things. The first was that just like the acclaimed prodigy of your generation, he appeared to also be in the Advanced+ rank,'

Zoey was once again shocked. 'Was this why grandmother asked me to choose between both of them?'

She suddenly remembered Seraphina's words. She would only approve if she chose between one of them.

'Listen,' Zoey was brought out of her thoughts by Lumindra continuing to speak.

'The first part wasn't the shocking part; it's the second. As I mentioned earlier, our connection to mana is profoundly deep, allowing us to detect even the slightest disturbances in mana.

'From what I sensed, there was some kind of veil covering him, masking something immense.

'And, Zoey, based on what I observed, even if you were at your current full strength, if that boy wanted to, he could single handedly kill every student, including you, before you could even blink.'

Zoey's thoughts went blank.

…

Two youths walked in tandem through a hallway. The first was a white haired boy with piercing blue eyes, while the other was a brown haired boy with a plethora of swords around his body. It was none other than Atticus and Kael.

Despite being in the academy, inside a relatively safe ground, Kael was still equipped with his tsunami of swords.

Atticus also always had his katana strapped to his waist no matter where he went, but Kael's collection was different!

While Atticus carried just one sword on his waist, Kael had eight! What was more, there was a huge broadsword on his back.

Yet, Kael simply walked with an unchanged expression, as if it were a normal occurrence.

They moved through the hallway in complete silence, still on the second floor, heading towards the elevator at the end of the hall to reach the bottom floor.

The hallway was a perfect blend of white and black, with transparent glass walls offering illumination and a great view of the expansive garden.

During the walk, Atticus kept stealing glances at Kael's expressionless figure.

'Damn, this is so awkward,' Atticus thought.

Neither of them had said anything since leaving the class, and it was becoming too awkward. To break the silence, Atticus decided to ease the situation by asking the first thing that came to his mind.

"So, how are you finding the academy so far?" Atticus suddenly asked, inwardly admonishing himself for asking something so... stupid?

'Damn it feels like something an old man would ask. Couldn't I have thought of something cooler?'

Atticus was brought out of his thoughts by Kael's sudden response, "It's good," Kael simply said.

Atticus nodded, "Sounds like you're having fun," he added.