A strong and powerful peak rank 9 was willing to go as far as to kill himself. Such a capable individual being sacrificed told them that the situation was much more dire than they previously thought.
"What exactly does this Grand Magus want?!" Thrax snapped loudly, unable to hold his concern.
When she heard Thrax's loud words, Klea quickly shushed him for being too direct about it.
Emery went silent for a second, unsure whether he should explain the full truth to them in fear of endangering them. But on the other hand, he was standing among the people he considered a family. Keeping secrets would serve only to deteriorate their relationship in the future. In the end, he decided to explain.
"She wanted the thing that helped me progress… the reason why my spirit force increased significantly these past 3 years…" Emery started, and his friends all stared at him in curiosity. But right after he opened his mouth, he realized that he had no idea what to call the Khaos Space mentioned by the dragon.
It was Magus Xion who helped Emery resume the conversation.
"That thing you spoke of, we humans called it the Primordial Wisp."
When the name was mentioned, Emery glanced at his friends, but it seemed no one else other than Magus Silica knew what Magus Xion was talking about. However, despite now knowing what the Grand Magus was after, Magus Silica did not seem too surprised, at least not until Magus Xion's next words.
"The one mentioned was… still on solitary stage." Magus Xion added.
This was all new information for Emery, and he stared at Magus Xion, wordlessly asking for further explanation. Magus Xion explained it was an ancient life form; that roamed the universe before there was even any human civilization. However, although rare there were actually hundreds of them known within the vast universe.
"The tree-like being you call Gaia is also one of them, but the one called Khaos is a bit different compared to it."
Gaia was considered to be in a commuted stage as it has attached to Earth, while Khaos was still in its solitary stage, and as such, the power was still accumulated tightly within the being's itself. The power such a Primordial Wisp could grant was massive enough to make powerful beings such as Grand Magus to fight and kill each other in pursuit of said power.
Now Emery, a young rank 8 acolyte from a lower realm to be having access to such being, might only become a problem than a fortune.
Magus Silica went silent, and her expression turned sour as she said.
"Xion, with regards to the severity of the current situation, I don't think Emery will be safe here in Terra Castle."
Magus Silica went on to explain that with the situation where Lord Izta and their main forces were away in the battlefield's front lines, they lacked the necessary strength to truly keep Emery safe. There were just not enough forces around to dedicate to guarding Emery.
"Not to mention, they were even capable of employing the Shadowbane group. That magus who attacked us before was the Black Jackal, one of the top dark mercenaries, and he is a Half-Moon stage Magus. If he decided against running away, there was very little chance we could defeat him."
Emery has read about these magus stages in the elite class before. They were divided into three stages: Crescent Moon Magus, Half-Moon Magus, and the strongest, Full Moon Magus. Both Magus Silica and Xion were only Crescent Moon Magus, the weakest of them all, hence, they were far from safe.
"I will send a message to Lord Izta, but considering the worsening situation at the frontline, I have doubts we will receive any replies any time soon." Magus Silica said.
Klea, who was silent the entire time, decided to speak up.
"How about we report this incident to the headmaster? Will that work?"
Magus Silica turned to look at her and calmly said. "That may be worth a try, but I can bet that by blowing himself up, he made sure no evidence was left. Without evidence, the academy won't make any move."
Julian decided to add.
"What about the chip on our necks? They said it is a recording device."
Unfortunately, the magus explained to them that the situation of the new added chip on the acolyte necks was not secret, In fact, that was probably the reason they sent a group of mercenaries instead of taking action personally.
With that comment, Emery realized the recording device on his neck was the reason why the Black Jackals and the pale man said nothing about Zenonia no matter how he tried to make them do so during the fight.
"Regardless, I still think we should try to report this incident to the headmaster." Klea said, "Alternatively, we should just stay in the elite class residence, I doubt anyone would dare try to do anything to us there."
"Yes, that is probably for the best." Emery quickly agreed.
The thought of not going anywhere from the elite class' island 7 for the whole year did pain Emery. However, he knew he had to make sure no one else got into trouble just because of him, so he had no other choice in that regard.
Unexpectedly, Magus Xion decided to add. "Actually, there is one way Emery could deal with this himself. If this is successful, he would only need to hang on for six more days."
Emery was surprised and asked. "What do you mean, Master?"
"Emery, I was the one who spoke to headmaster Delbrand about the privileged class, I know he went to find you yesterday. Did he say anything about it?"
Again, Emery found himself in awe at how his master always looked out for him. He told Magus Xion about the offer to join the privileged class, as long as Emery could reach level 5 in the Magus Game.
"I see… level 5… Yes, it will not be easy, but everything is just as I hoped." Magus Xion nodded in approval and continued. "Emery, to put it simply, if you manage to enter the privileged class, you can consider half of your current problem solved."
"I see, so that is how it is" Magus Silica nodded in agreement. Apparently with him being in privilege class, he would be considered as human best treasured talent, hence it would prevent any grand magus to act rashly toward him. As the name implied, it seemed that being in the privileged class does have its privileges.
It was wonderful news, but Julian stared at Emery, his eyebrows raised.
"You are going to the privileged class after the game? ....I guess the Earth team really is falling apart."