Chapter 168: Trap...

'Oh shit! Is this going to be some sort of all-out brawl? I'm in!' Jayden said in excitement, accepting Moby's offer as he heard a loud bang come from her end because of the knife and fork that had dropped out of her hand.

'Oh, and can you also get your butler to come too? Just in case something goes bad, he could come in and save the day? You know?' Moby asked with a smile on his face as he just thought of it as his trump card. ;

The idea and realization had just suddenly popped up in his head. He didn't want the butler to come in and defeat all of them from the start since he would not receive any XP for doing so. But, if the butler was used as a backup plan, it would not be a problem. Plus, if he did that then he would have no pressure in his head as he would know everything would be okay. And, he would not be forced into revealing his 2 trump cards, something he wished to keep a secret for as long as possible, especially his sin-mode. ;

'Ummmm… About that… it would definitely not be possible…' Jayden nervously responded with a chuckle. ;

'What!? Why!?' Moby replied, flabbergasted as he did not expect rejection. ;

'There are 2 problems. The first would be that nobody outside of students and staff are allowed to enter the school premises without explicit permission, that also includes the forest. The school automatically scans and detects our ID every time we enter and exit the school ground, and if an unknown person enters, that would be deemed a crime and they would be hunted down as an intruder. That's why my servants and butler always waited for me at the school gates and never entered the school. Plus, who would give permission to someone who wanted to enter the school to spectate a fight? Even with my family power that would not happen, the school has very strict rules about entry,' Jayden explained.

Moby inwardly cursed his stupidity and naiveness. Of course, he had already known that rule but had simply forgotten it as he lost himself in his hasty and wishful thinking. The gang must have thought ahead and kept the fight on school grounds just for that reason alone. ;

He had also contemplated reporting the problem to the school but with no incriminating evidence, he would have no right to demand a lie detector test against them. Plus, the gang's power definitely stretched out to many of the teachers as it was proven when Travis was able to bypass the lie detector test with the help of a corrupt teacher who made a deal with the Zexis gang. Reporting the problem to the school would have only made it worse.

'You said 2 problems right? What was the second one?' ;

'Well, at random times of the year, my butler takes a small vacation to relax. This is one such time. He usually takes 1 or 2 weeks off. His job must get really stressful so I can't blame him. My point is that even if that rule didn't exist, then my butler wouldn't be here to help anyway,' Jayden explained, making Moby nod back in response, remembering how her butler was not there to pick her up, as he took a deep breath to calm his nerves.

He knew exactly what he was getting himself into when he had declared war and had only thought of bringing in Jayden's butler after his conversation with Abby. All he needed to do now was go back to his previous mindset. As their leader, he could not allow himself to show any weakness or hesitation in his words.

'So, honey, I should be there in around 20 minutes if I turn into a wisp. Hold out for me until then, if I arrive before the fighting had started, I'll let you know and I'll wait for your signal to attack,' Jayden said with a smile, checking the weather to make sure that it wouldn't rain. ;

'Sounds great! I'll try my best to stall for you to come. Just be fully prepared, they have at least 50 people waiting for us in ambush and we have no way of gauging their strength. This is a big gamble, we might be walking into pure defeat and we wouldn't even know it,' Moby said in a stern tone as it did not seem like Jayden was taking it seriously. ;

'Don't worry, I am well aware of what I am getting myself into. Just know that I would do anything to help you just like I know that you would do anything to help me. Plus, unless they are psychos, I doubt that they would even dare lay a finger on me due to my status,' Jayden said with a laugh that made Moby inwardly smile in response as he really wished to give her a hug, but that was of course not possible. ;

'Thanks for that, I am counting on you!'

'Of course you are! What would you even do without me? I'll be there in 20 minutes, good luck with everything,' Jayden replied in her usual playful tone.

As their mind-link closed, Moby immediately opened up another one to quickly inform Alex of the situation. His conversation with Jayden was really insightful and heartwarming, making him steel his resolve even more as he promised himself that he would not let her down and fail. However, it took longer than he expected and time was something he was very short on.

After filling Alex in about all the new information, he was of course not against the idea of fighting. His voice sounded extremely serious yet ominous when he promised himself that he would save Ray no matter what and that he would make anyone that dared lay a finger on him pay miserably. If it were Alex before the exam, he would have definitely not acted like that. It even further proved that he was still a very nice guy but his personality got more twisted and distorted from his demon nature.

As soon as Moby finished informing all of his comrades on what to do, he tightly gripped his right hand into a fist and inwardly took a deep breath, trying his best to relax his slightly stiff-looking face.

"Ray, how much longer until we reach the area?"

"It should not take longer than 5 minutes," Ray said with a mixture of seriousness and calmness.

"I really have to go to the washroom, I am going to do it in that bush over there. Just wait a second for me,"

As promised, Moby managed to stall for time in as best and as many ways as he could. Anything from going to take a leak to hunting weak beasts found in the forest that seemed like they wanted to attack. He did anything that didn't make him seem out of place to stall for time which stretched that 5 minutes into 10 minutes instead which was not bad at all.

"We are finally here," Ray said, pointing towards a clearing in the forest ahead. It was an area of about 1000 metres squared, around a fifth of a football field and 2 times the size of a basketball court, in the distance to their right, a river and a small waterfall could also be seen. ;

As the two of them slowly yet casually walked over to the centre of the clearing, Moby tried to look around and see if there was anyone else hiding in the area only to find nothing. However, he was more than certain that there were people there. Although he was not able to use his inspect skill when he had no one to see or target, he still had other skills to utilize. He used the opportunity to activate his energy sense which gave off no visual evidence of him using it, knowing full well that it would not alert the enemy. ;

'Shit… 50… no… 60 people,' Moby inwardly cursed, counting all of the people who were hiding behind trees. ;

He really wished that his energy sense could also tell him the strength of his enemies but sadly that was not the case at its current level. All he could do is prepare himself for the worst possible outcome and hope that Ray had some sort of plan in mind.

"One second, let me put my gloves on before we could start," Ray said, reaching into his bag, pulling out 2 pairs of black metal gloves.

Moby recognized them as the string gloves that he showed him during their visit to the amusement park. If he remembered correctly, they were his own personal invention that released vibrating threads of string that he controlled with his telekinesis ability to attack his targets.

He firmly put the gloves on both hands, making them clamp with a loud click. Then, he reached his hands into his pockets as he began to play with a certain red button that he had been hiding.

"So, are you ready? What do you need practice with?" Moby said, taking in a breath of fresh air, a wide smile on his face.

"Moby… I… I am sorry… but I had to do this… Please forgive me..." Ray said, turning away with an ugly, regretful look on his face, pressing the red button in his pants before immediately bringing his arms out.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Moby said, feigning ignorance as he inwardly prepared himself to fight, clenching his fists as his eyes hidden behind his goggles turned into deadly slits. ;

Suddenly, a loud buzzing sound came from his helmet before a message appeared right in front of his eyes. ;

The buzzing and static from his helmet continued as his ears were filled with nothing but their sound. ;

"What the fuck is happening! Ray! I can't see! I can't see!" Moby said in distress, lying through his teeth as his vision was still completely fine. ;

He just wanted his opponents to recklessly attack him thinking that he is blind before attacking them when their guard was down and when they least expected it.

Not even a second later, the sounds of multiple footsteps were heard, making Moby look up only to see an army of students who were hiding in the forest heading his way, a full set of armour and weapons on them with goggles on their eyes and a dirty smile on their face.

Moby stopped himself from instinctively taking a fighting stance as he tried to keep his poker face of distress and confusion to lure his enemy in. ;

Then, as they all at once jumped full speed from the forest and into the clearing, they were suddenly stopped by some sort of invisible barrier as they all started to fall down like flies as screams of surprise and agony filled the air, making Moby's jaw nearly drop and break his poker face from the sight he was seeing. ;

The bodies that fell all had severe injuries and deep cuts, some even lost their arms and legs in the process, spraying the grass under them dyeing it crimson. Even the students that were late to join were already in mid-air and had no way of dodging or changing directions, leading them to meet the same fate as their friends below.

They looked like a group of flies recklessly jumping into a trap.

In just the span of a few seconds, nearly all of the assailants were on the ground, either unconscious or begging for help and healing. The tides had shifted so fast and Moby had no idea what was happening as his mind started spinning in circles. ;

When he looked at Ray's face right beside him, it told the entire story, taking Moby off guard… his once innocent-looking smile turned into something much uglier and more devilish. It looked like he snapped, letting out all of his bottled emotions of hatred and contempt as he watched the students fall right into the trap with a smile that could only be described as mad. ;

Out of his gloves were various, thin, vibrating, nearly invisible strings that stretched very far, Moby did not even notice when he had even extended them. Then, as he followed the direction of the string, he noticed that what the enemy had run into was not a magic barrier at all but just Ray's vibrating strings wrapped around each tree instead, blood dripping down from them as he now understood exactly what happened, but not how it came to be.