OLD-WORLD EXTRA-Chapter 339: Bonding Time

Throwing the monster away, he pulled up a hologram of his terminal in his HUD and saw that Laura was the one calling him.

Immediately answering the call, he said:

[Hey, hey, mom, what's up?]

[Hey sweetie, are you alright?]

As the monster scurried away, Emir turned his attention to another that was in the next room.

[Yep, you?]

He dashed after it, sidestepping a fiery breath that was as big as his body and jumped over a massive spike of ice that materialized out of the floor.

[I'll be alright as long as you are.]

As he reached the ground, the monster he aimed for was already upon him, unleashing tens of vines from its body.

[Yeah, yeah, same here, now what's up?]

He used his monument from the fall and kicked the air with his right foot, slashing the air and causing a draft of wind that opened a path for him to reach the Verdigris, pushing away the vines.

[Mama's got a little question, I don't-]

Emir didn't return his foot to the ground but just moved his body along the kick and landed it on a floating construct he created.

[Ask me.]

Pushing himself off, he escaped multiple arrows of fire that cut through where he just was, making the monster hit its ally, burning it to ash.

"AAAAAAAAAHH!!"

[...Okay, so why did you remove your access to our main bank account? Did something happen? A NetWeaver? Or a-are you-]

Ignoring its screams, a flying Emir immediately stopped his mother from panicking, as he crashed his feet into the salamander's head, splattering its brain out.

[No, no, no, don't go there. I'm fine, calm down mom.] ƒrēenovelkiss.com

Its insides didn't remain still on the ground however, as two monsters attacked while he was mid-air.

[Then what is it?!]

The ground beneath him was bathed with water that shot out tentacle like whips and ice spikes came from the roof, attempting to incase him in their frozen clutches.

[It's just that I've got my own money now, I'll tell you about it later, but for now just know that the company's money is for the family. I ain't touching it.]

His smile widened and he screamed:

"AETHER BLAST 5%"

Commanding Aether to pump out of core and soar through his pointed finger, causing destruction to be unleashed to the two monsters in the room, damaging them close to death, while also eliminating their abilities before they could touch him.

[...I'll accept that but you better properly explain later, bye.]

Just as he landed on the ground, the water which engulfed the room, fully dissipated, returning to Aether.

[Don't worry, bye.]

Ending the call, he looked around the room, seeing not even a speck of damage, only a splattering pool of blood.

Thankfully only Material and Elemental types escaped, the systems in place managed to stop whoever caused the outbreak to happen, otherwise even Amon would've had to put in much effort.

Now he was simply going after the tough ones while leaving those he called cannon fodder to Emir.

But that didn't matter much to him, because while the task ahead was daunting, he certainly was enjoying himself.

"Haaah man... this'll be fun."

With an even brighter smile, he walked forward, joining Amon in the main room where all the pods were placed, and roared:

"Come at me you filthy trash!"

Amon, leisurely walking in between the broken pods while pushing back tens of monsters, glanced at the entrance and commented:

"Took you long enough, now go bait some more, and for god sake don't kill any more of them!"

"It was only one time, but sure."

Their back and forth was almost drowned out as the monsters roared back, rushing at Emir with their fangs and teeth barred.

One among them was a hulking beast, bearing armored plates on its horse-like body, leading the pack, consisting of the usual felines, canines, and even Fang Clad spiders.

"I remember you... Let's have some fun, yeah?"

...

...

Many hours went by and night arrived.

With Amon shoving the last monster into its pod, then trapping it with his chains, the two finally put an end to the first minor disaster.

The only thing left was for Arcanists and Technomancers to come in and fix up the pods, allowing Amon to stop supplying Aether to his chains, give his core some rest.

Emir slopped to the ground, battered, bruised, and bloodied, augmented suit long since dead.

It was supposed to be simple. A student gone rogue, a few kidnappings, a few deaths, but it turned into this, the escape of hundreds of monsters, even many high-ranking ones, and the involvement of the principal himself for if he didn't interfere, the school would've turned

into a graveyard.

He sighed and looked up at the roof, which was just as bloody as the ground.

"Reinforcements got delayed, huh? They're busy teaching, huh? You've run out of excuses no? Now tell me, Why?"

Amon, who looked the same as he was before entering the Freezer, stepped next to him and

casually replied:

"Why what? Why I wanted only you to help?"

Rolling his eyes, Emir confirmed:

"You know that's what I'm talking about, don't play with me."

Shrugging his shoulders, the principal headed towards the door while saying:

"Why complain? You enjoyed it, no?"

Clicking his tongue, Emir followed after him, wobbling through the grime as he patted

himself clean.

"Is it because you wanted to find out all my abilities?"

Raising both his hands as if he were surrendering, Amon said:

"Bingo. You caught me."

Not satisfied with that reaction, Emir continued probing:

"Did I really? Weren't you also testing if I'm trustworthy?"

Without looking back, he clapped his hands and said:

"Bingo again."

Ticked off, Emir approached Amon with quick steps, and stood in front of him, stopping him

from moving.

"Don't lie. Trusting each other is impossible, I'm using you and you're using me. Can't deny

it."

Chuckling, he brushed past him and said:

"Don't mistake it my little professor... You can't trust me, sure, but don't think that its also the case for me. Like all things, trust isn't only black and white."

Giving up on fishing something out of him, Emir walked alongside his principal until they

reached the Freezer's exit.

[Exit is closed. Lift lockdown? Clearance level three required.]

Amon scanned while saying:

"Brain, it's done."

It took a moment but Brain replied after the scan was complete.

[...Understood Principal Amon, opening doors now.]