I am an Eldritch Entity-Chapter 56: Team Lockheim

On the way to the mission hall, Eryndor also put a message in the group chat about his departure for the mission.

There was no timing given on the information sent to him so he couldn’t tell them when he would return either.

Picking up his pace, Eryndor made his way towards the mission hall.

It was tiresome, but the anticipation and excitement kept him going.

Finally, he reached the mission hall.

Seeing that professor Melissa, who was supposed to be introducing him to the team, wasn’t here yet, he grabbed himself something to eat.

Approximately twenty minutes later when he had finished filling his stomach, Eryndor caught sight of professor Melissa.

Instead of the usual tracksuit of professors, she was dressed in casual clothing.

Her bright red hair and eyes went well with the light tone of her shirt. The fancier looking track pants paired with sport shoes completed her outfit beautifully, making Eryndor go in a trance for a second.

Catching himself in time, Eryndor stood up with his bag and approached her.

"Hello, Professor Melissa, can I know when the team will be arriving?"

She glanced at her phone, reading a message which had just arrived before looking back up at Eryndor.

"They won’t be arriving in the Academy. That team is fully professional with a stage seven of Qi Condensation realm heading it.

"They have no business in the Academy which is more of a beginner’s playground.

"C’mon, let’s go. We’ll be meeting them at the gate."

Eryndor nodded at her, feeling that it indeed made sense.

A team which was qualified to take on the mission of meeting Eldritch Entities would indeed have no job being anywhere near the Academy.

Eryndor followed professor Melissa till the gate of the Academy.

They didn’t wait long before Eryndor could see a car approaching them.

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Turning to Melissa, he asked.

"Is it that vehicle?"

The professor cross checked with the information on her phone and nodded at him.

Eryndor felt it was weird that it was a car, as teams usually moved in a big group.

Eryndor’s team of four roommates wouldn’t be eligible for the majority of the missions as they simply didn’t have enough members.

But Eryndor wasn’t worried, since it was made not long ago. They could always recruit more people as time went by.

As the car stopped before them, the person behind the wheels rolled down the window and had a talk with professor Melissa.

He watched as professor Melissa introduced and put in a good word for him to the lady sitting behind the wheel.

Expressing gratitude and bidding goodbye to her, Eryndor sat in the car.

Since he wasn’t mentioned, Eryndor kept quiet, and witnessed them talking with each other while the car drove out of the Academy’s campus.

From the subtle mannerisms and the way they addressed each other, he could make out a few things.

The lady driving the car was the leader. Her name was Liliana, and was apparently a friend of professor Melissa.

It was due to professor Melissa’s personal request that she agreed to him being on board.

The Anomaly Containment Department had asked her for the permission, before they passed the application of request submitted by professor Melissa.

If Liliana, as the leader of the team and with a mission as important as contacting the Eldritch Entity, refused to have a newbie on her team, then the Anomaly Containment Department would’ve refused as well.

The one sitting beside her on the front was another lady named Hellen.

Lastly, the one with him in the back was a man named Ken.

"Oh, why did we need a newbie here? Care to remind me once again?"

As soon as the car was out of the Academy’s premises, he heard the one sitting beside him speaking.

Eryndor’s brows furrowed, but refrain from speaking. He didn’t know what he had done to elicit such a reaction, but had a guess in mind.

Accepting me on board probably wasn’t a unanimous decision.

Eryndor understood the risk which came with bringing an inexperienced person on team, and was grateful for Liliana to agree to professor Melissa’s request.

Hellen snickered from the front.

"Just a useless piece of baggage. I don’t know why our great leader would agree with this."

Eryndor’s eye twitched, reigning in the impulse to ask what was wrong. He also didn’t want to needlessly pry into other’s minds.

Taking a deep breath, he calmed down.

Liliana, who had been quietly driving, spoke out.

"To me, both of you are useless pieces of trash as well. Should I not have brought you both?"

Ken taunted her from the back.

"As if Boss Calix would allow that."

Liliana still had an indifferent face, replying without a hint of emotion in her voice.

"Did you forget about the family behind me? If I exert Sinclair’s influence then Calix wouldn’t be able to stop me either."

The situation in Team Lockheim wasn’t harmonious. After the recent retirement of their previous leader, things had only turned for worse, with a possibility of complete division of the team.

Calix was the highest ranking member of Team Lockheim after the previous leader, but at a certain point Liliana joined them.

Being as talented as she was, Liliana was soon on the same level of Calix in terms of combat prowess.

Tensions had already begun rising at that time as the leader back then seemed to favor Liliana more despite Calix being an old member, and also possessing far more authority than Liliana.

Everyone thought the Sinclairs, the family Liliana originated from, had bribed him.

There were only rumors of this going around, but when the leader retired and declared Liliana the next leader, it completely exploded.

With not much things to work around with, Liliana was stranded leading a team with only a few loyal people.

Ken shut up when Liliana replied to him this way.

He was painfully aware that his Boss Calix had zero power to resist the Sinclairs if things came to a blow.

Thankfully, Boss Calix was already preparing for a division, looking to form a new team. I would no longer have to be under this woman when he finishes the procedures.

Eryndor’s eyes widened when he heard that Team Leader Liliana was from the Sinclair family.

Their situation was far different from the Ravencroft family.