Wardogs

Chapter 45

Chapter 45

"How could he keep being the first to tap when we all tapped it at the same time?" She pointed at Gustav as she spoke.

This disturbed the event and the principal of Atrihea city high school had to address this on the podium.

"Vivy take your seat and stop throwing baseless accusations around," Atrihea city high school principal said.

"What? Principal Durk, it’s obvious that he’s cheating," Vivy shouted out while staring at Gustav with a look of anguish.

Gustav just stared back at her with a calm look.

"Please take your seat so you do not embarrass yourself any further," Principal Durk reply dumbfounded them.

They had not expected this to be his response.

"Principal Durk what is the meaning of this? Your student is trying to tarnish the reputation of mine," Principal Erwin voiced out from behind.

"Your student is cheating," Vivy shouted out.

"Vivy keep quiet," Principal Durk had to scold her openly before she turned silent.

He turned around and apologized to principal Erwin before asking the screen to replay the previous question and answer sessions.

On the large screen, footages were displayed of when the previous questions were graded.

It displayed the footage in slow motion.

All the participants stretching their fingers forward to tap into the answer button but before any one of them could touch it Gustav’s finger would have already made contact.

His finger was like a blur pushing forward with a speed that was faster than the other participants.

The students didn’t notice this earlier since all the participants were very quick in tapping the button. They had been thinking, all the participants made contact at the same time but now they realized just how wrong they were.

Vivy felt a wave of embarrassment envelope her.

"Vivy apologize to Gustav now," Principal Durk commanded.

Vivy shyly walked towards Echelon Academy sitting position and bowed slightly in front of Gustav.

"I’m sorry for accusing you wrongly," She apologized.

She felt like she had received another slap on her face after failing to answer his question the first time.

Gustav replied by nodding at her.

After that, she returned to her seat and the event continued.

The entire hall was still in awe since they’ve been proven wrong time and time again by Gustav’s feats.

’This kid... How is he able to move so fast?’ Even principal Erwin was in awe.

- Accomplice

- Accomplice

- Accomplice

Every other participant on the stage was all supposed to have better bloodlines than Gustav so it came off as suspicious to the principal when he noticed that Gustav was surpassing them in speed.

’Maybe it’s because of her,’ Principal Erwin remembered that Gustav had been receiving training from miss Aimee.

It wasn’t a secret anymore that Gustav was receiving training from miss Aimee but no one knew that Gustav’s increase in strength didn’t totally come from her.

Principal Erwin felt that Gustav’s training with miss Aimee was the only possible explanation even though it was supposed to be impossible to train an F-grade mixed-blood to be more powerful than those that had higher grades. This was the explanation he came up with but that didn’t mean his suspicion towards Gustav had reduced instead he knew that there was nothing he could do about it.

’Maybe she only trained him in the aspect of speed,’ Principal Erwin came to this conclusion since it was very possible for a person to be trained in only speed and end up becoming faster than those that were supposed to be stronger.

"Principal Erwin had a little monster like this and decided to keep him under the wraps during the first half?" Principal Durk said from the side.

"Haha, Principal Durk that wasn’t my intention... He was only meant to observe his opponents for the first half and know how to tackle them successfully during the second half," Principal Erwin didn’t miss the opportunity to make Echelon Academy look good. Blowing Gustav’s trumpet was the best way to achieve that right now.

"Ah, so he’s like a secret weapon and Principal Erwin decided not to unleash him till the next half?" Black Rock principal asked from the side with a look of astonishment.

"Haha, you can say that," Principal Erwin laughed lightly while replying.

’A secret weapon that cost me a lot,’ Principal Erwin was both heartbroken and joyful at the same time, ’But at least he is worth it,’

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The exchange event commenced and schools continued to ask their questions only to have them answered by Gustav.

Holland stared at Gustav from his position and shook his head with a wry smile,’ I’ve lost to him,’

-An hour later

The exchange of knowledge event had come to an end and the results were currently being showcased on the screen above.

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. Echelon Academy » points

. Atrihea city high school » points

. Cheryl High school » points

. Briar Bullet High schools » points

. Black Rock schools » points

. Eagle wings school » points

. Ascension Academy » points

. Salvation Academy » points

. Mount Eve high » points

. Caldruis Eva high » points

. Reflection Academy » points

. Rose High school » points

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Echelon Academy took first place in the exchange of knowledge event.

The difference in points between the first and the second place was gargantuan.

It was truly an outstanding win for Echelon Academy.

The entire hall erupted in cheers after the event came to an end. The cheers were mostly from Echelon Academy students.

Even though a lot of them still regarded Gustav as a lower life form due to his bloodline they had to admit that this wouldn’t have been possible without him.

The exchange of knowledge event came to an end this way and the students were taken back to the hotel to rest for tomorrow’s duel.

It had already been announced that there were going to be duels between schools tomorrow in Atrihea city high school’s training grounds.

All schools would be participating with seven students each.

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Some hours later Gustav was heading to his room after he had a conversation with the principal and some of the teachers.

’Hehe, that’s more than a million now... I just need to find a way to keep multiplying that,’ Gustav said internally as he walked across the hallway.

He had finished receiving compensations from the principal and the teachers. It was truly a bountiful harvest for him.

As Gustav transversed through the hallway he noticed someone headed towards him from the opposite direction.

"Hmm, what are you doing here?" Gustav asked with a menacing look after figuring out who the person was.

It was none other than the white-haired beauty Maltida. She paused her movement when she arrived in front of Gustav.

Gustav walked to the front of his room door and stood before it while staring at her.

"What do you want?" Gustav asked again.

"Well... First, good job today we would have lost if you didn’t step up," She praised Gustav with a smile.

"Hmm, What exactly do you want Maltida? Stop beating around the bush, I know you’re not the type to care about others," Gustav said with an intense glare.

"Ouch, that hurt," Maltida muttered with a wry smile, "but maybe you’re right," Maltida replied with a serious gaze.

"When you live the kind of life that I do you tend to ignore th..." Before Maltida could complete her sentence Gustav interrupted her.

"I don’t care! Keep whatever you’re gonna say to yourself," Gustav’s tone and manner of speaking at this point sounded very uncaring.

It was laced with such coldness that Maltida felt chills, especially with the way he stared at her.

"Just tell me what you want? Why are you on my case?" Gustav asked while moving closer to her.

"I want us to make a deal," Maltida said while moving closer to Gustav.

"A Deal? Sounds pretty interesting but what makes you think I’d make a deal with you without knowing your motive first?" Gustav asked.

"I want us to work together after getting into the MBO training camp... I want us to be accomplices," Maltida finally spilled the beans.

"Work together? What makes you think I’ll pass the test and get into the camp? even if I did why would you want to work with trash?" Gustav asked in successions.

"I hope you stop seeing me as a fool because you and I both know that you’re not trash anymore..." Maltida said with a look of certainty.

"I don’t know what happened to you recently but I can tell that you’re not the same as you used to be..." She added.

"I don’t know what you’re getting at, why would you need an accomplice within the camp?" Gustav asked with a suspicious gaze.

"You can’t understand the information big families receive... If we become comrades I will explain everything to you... It’s gonna be a win-win in the end," Maltida answered.

"Just where are you getting such ideas about me being worthy of becoming your accomplice?" Gustav questioned with a suspicious gaze.

- Bloodlines

- Bloodlines

- Bloodlines

"You survived the attack of the spacecraft in site# , you left my side without me noticing during our tour in the market and your personality took a complete one hundred and eighty degrees turn... Gustav, it’s alright if you want to hide the fact you’re now different but please stop treating me like a fool... I’ve already told you what I want... If we work together we could really gain a lot of advantages from being each other’s companion... consider my request," Matilda’s explanation left Gustav with a contemplative expression.

Now that she had revealed her intentions Gustav’s suspicion towards her had reduced. If she didn’t come clean Gustav would never give her any chances.

"So you want us to make use of one another? You scratch my back and I scratch yours, mutual gains, is that it? Gustav said.

Matilda nodded slightly, "That’s why I want to make a deal with you so you can see just how sincere I am about this," Maltida explained.

"Let’s go talk somewhere," Gustav turned around and headed for a secluded place within the hotel with Maltida.

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An hour later Gustav was in his room seating on his bed.

Only two of his roommates were in at this moment so the room was quiet.

’A lot has happened today but I still got a lot of rewards from them,’ Gustav reminisced about today’s event.

The other time, when he decided not to represent Echelon Academy, he unknowingly completed a hidden quest.

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[Hidden Quest Completed]

[Disagree to the requests of your principal]

»Rewards

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At first, when Gustav saw it, he nearly laughed out loud wondering why the system would give him such a quest.

But just as he was leaving the gathering of the principal and the other teachers he received another quest.

[New Quest has been issued]

[Showcase your knowledge in the school event]

Gustav sighed internally when he saw this quest.

’Isn’t the system contradicting itself now?’ This was the thought that came to Guatav’s mind when he first saw the quest.

After the exchange of knowledge, he got another system notification that the quest had been completed.

Gustav had been wanting to check out the rewards since but he didn’t get the chance until now.

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[Quest Completed]

[Showcase your knowledge in the school event]

»Rewards

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He nodded in satisfaction after seeing this and called for the system interface to open up.

[Host Attributes] [Skills and Abilities] [Bloodlines] [Quests] [Shop]

He immediately opened host attributes after the interface appeared in his line of sight.

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[Host Attributes]

-Name: Gustav

-Level:

-Class: ?

-Exp: , / ,

-Hp: /

-Energy: /

{Attributes}

»Strength:

»Perception:

»Mental Fortitude:

»Agility:

»Speed:

»Bravery:

»Intelligence:

»Charm:

»Defence:

{Attributes points: }

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Gustav noted the increase in his stats and exp.

He decided to add some points to the attributes except for speed.

’Add two points to strength,’

[+ points has been added to Strength]

’Add two points to perception,’

[+ points has been added to Perception]

’Add two points to mental fortitude,’

[+ points has been added to Mental Fortitude]

’Add two points to agility,’

[+ points has been added to Agility]

’Add two points to bravery,’

[+ points has been added to Bravery]

’Add two points to intelligence,’

[+ points has been added to Intelligence]

’Add two points to charm,’

[+ points has been added to Charm]

’Add two points to defense,’

[+ points has been added to Defense]

Gustav was still getting his daily tasks done even inside the hotel.

There were workout facilities within the hotel which made it easy for him to complete his daily task.

After Gustav finished distributing the points.

He closed host attributes and opened bloodlines.

He wanted to check on his bloodline upgrade.

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[Bloodlines]

{Genetic Transformation Bloodline}

Grade: C

Abilities tied to bloodline:

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{Beast Transformation Bloodline}

Grade: D

Abilities tied to bloodline:

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{Atomic manipulation Bloodline}

Grade: D

Abilities tied to bloodline:

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{Gravitational Energy Container}

Grade: B

Abilities tied to Bloodline

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Gustav scrutinized the bloodline panel with a smile.

’One B grade bloodline, One C grade bloodline, and two D grade bloodline,’ Gustav felt satisfied with his rate of improvement.

Even though he hadn’t stolen as many bloodlines as he would have wanted to, he was still okay with this amount and he knew laying low now would be the best line of action so he had decided to put off trying to steal bloodlines from his classmates for now.

He was also satisfied with the bloodline he got from combining those two bloodlines even though he wasn’t able to control it fully.

The power was truly as dangerous as the system told him.

After using energy installment for the first time two weeks ago he ended up absorbing the electrical energy of seven blocks around him.

The streets were out of electricity for the next two days due to that.

When he was experimenting with it he noticed that the energy wasn’t absorbed into his body, instead, it was absorbed into a gravitational force that surrounded him.

The gravity would collapse the space around him and store the energy there. It would be up to him to decide how and what he wanted to use it for.

Gustav continued the experiment in the sparse forest region behind the neighborhood.

He decided to try out one of the abilities and he chose ’energy discharge.’

When he activated it a system notification popped up in his line of sight.

[How much energy does host wish to discharge]

But before he could reply another notification popped up.

[All energy accumulated into gravity field will now be discharged]

Booom!