Atticus's Odyssey: Reincarnated Into A Playground novel Chapter 372

Chapter 372 5 Seconds

Silence enveloped the entire training ground as each of the students processed Atticus's words.

A hundred of them died? How?

The majority of the division members expression, even the Ravenstein youths, immediately morphed into confusion. How was it even possible for a hundred of them to die without their knowledge?

A hundred wasn't a small number; at the very least, it should have caused a commotion.

But with everything that had just happened, none of them were foolish enough to think that Atticus was kidding. It really did happen.

Atticus narrowed his gaze slightly, his eyes moving at alarming speed as he scrutinized the more than a thousand youths gathered in the training grounds.

As soon as he had spoken, Atticus had raised his perception to full throttle, scrutinizing each of the division members gathered in the area.

Throughly scrutinizing a thousand youths, checking to see any slight change in expressions or body language, was something many couldn't even dream of doing. And in less than a second, 'I see,' Atticus thought.

He had already expected this situation. All of them feigned ignorance, with many showing confused expressions.

But their body language could not escape Atticus, no matter how much they tried. He could see some of the youths amongst the crowd clenching their fists while trembling, each of them clearly afraid.

Atticus decided to wait for a full minute to give them a chance to step out.

But during this time, the youths all kept on looking at each other in confusion. Except for Aurora, who simply stood directly behind Atticus without showing any change in expression, the other Ravensteins youths were also confused.

Even if a hundred members had actually died, how had Atticus known it? Of them, it was Lucas who had the slightest clue of what was going on. 'He gets notified about our deaths and considering the fact that he's currently angry, he probably gets punished when any one of us dies too.'

Ever since that night Atticus had warned Hen when he finished addressing the non-combatants, Lucas had always wondered why he had been going through such lengths to protect the lives of the division members. But what he had just concluded would explain a lot. _{freewēbnoveℓ.com}

The minute went by fast and as soon as it was up, Atticus saw that none of the youths expressed any intention of stepping forward.

Atticus nodded. "Alright then."

He didn't get angry nor did he erupt into a fit of rage. He didn't feel like there was any reason to; nothing would change.

Not everything was about brute force. There was always a smart way of doing things and that was what Atticus had chosen to do.

As Atticus opened his mouth again to speak, the soft murmurs and chatters that filled the training grounds immediately quieted down.

"I'm sure you are all aware of academy contracts," Atticus asked.

The majority of the division members nodded their heads in affirmation, with some of them whispering what the academy contracts were to the youths beside them.

The non-leaders section was unlike the leaders section that was mostly filled with the tiered students, in another sense, proud individuals.

Here, rumors and news spread faster because the students actually talked to each other. So, many of them were well-informed about most of the academy features.

Atticus nodded and simultaneously raised his arm to tap on his artifact.

He continued, "In a few seconds, you will all receive an academy contract. You will all sign it," Atticus commanded.

Immediately, the youths processed those words, and each couldn't help but flinch. The ones who knew about the academy contract were well aware of the punishment for breaching anything in the contract.

The scene of the third years getting electrocuted was still fresh in their heads. None of them wanted to experience that.

What was worse was that they had no idea what Atticus would propose in the contract; he could turn them all into slaves for all they cared.

Atticus saw many of the youths immediately express their dissatisfaction at what he had just asked them to do, but none had the guts to do it openly; they did it in the most subtle way possible. But none of it could ever be subtle enough to escape Atticus's perception.

And Atticus's eyes couldn't help but narrow as he noticed it was the same people whose trembling forms he had noticed earlier.

Atticus's expression remained unchanged. He cared not for what they all thought.

Atticus navigated to the appropriate section and immediately started drafting the contract. He had long since decided on what he was going to add to the contract.

In under 5 seconds, Atticus finished drafting it and immediately sent it to each and every one of the division youths, surprisingly including the Ravenstein youths as each of their artifacts dinged, notifying them.

Even Aurora hadn't been excluded. But she hadn't expressed any surprise or shock unlike the other Ravenstein youths who turned to look at themselves. She simply accepted the contract without even checking its contents.

Atticus had no intention of taking any chances.