Chapter 142: Terrific Trio

Zach looked at the trio for a moment with his feet on the table and the book he used to cover his face in his hand. Slowly, he removed his feet and put them on the floor. He also lowered the book and placed it on the table as he leaned over it. He looked up at Dukiel, Julius, and the senior in fancy uniform."Oh, hello. What brings you guys here?"

Dukiel and Julius glanced at each other and then at the tall, dark-haired senior for a moment before looking at Zach. They followed Zach's initiative and pretended they hadn't just caught him sleeping.

"Rabst wanted to meet you, so we're here to introduce him to you," Dukiel answered before gesturing at the senior from the Student Council with one hand.

"Rabst, Zacharia Evandiel, president of the Underworld Research and Extermination Club. Zach, Rabst, general assistant of the Student Council."

Zach stood up and received Rabst's hand with a shake when the senior approached. Zach was a little surprised at the strength and callouses of the hand. When Dukiel had said he was an assistant, and due to Rabst's sharp and almost skinny features, Zach assumed he was used to pens and papers and those kinds of duties.

It seemed that was not the case.

"I'm guessing you aren't here just to admire my looks," Zach jokingly asked.

"No." Rabst's voice was low and a little curt. He didn't beat around the bush.

"I figured you should be present during the investigation. Since this matter appears to be related to the Underworld, and you second-years are in charge of that, I will be handing over everything I've found to you. As the club president, it is your responsibility to receive it."

"Alright." Zach nodded, a little daunted by the gift of even more things to do and check as the club president. He wondered if he should assign someone to be his assistant.

Rabst led the three Underworld Research and Extermination Club members to a section of the Academy dedicated to the Student Council. Rabst's room seemed to be located in the outermost ring, so they didn't see more than a couple of rooms and a few of the other members of the Council in the distance.

Inside Rabst's tiny, messy office, Rabst handed over an almost empty box of files to Zach.

"Here."

"Thanks."

"...I wander around a lot, and I will probably continue looking around for the missing people."

"...Okay."

"If you need help or want to ask questions, just come find me."

"Will do." Zach nodded and quickly retreated.

Rabst hadn't brought his familiars with him. Instead, they had waited in his office.

The rabbit, whose head reached above Rabst's knees was a little cute, even if it looked savage and bloodthirsty. The hawk that perched in the open window was majestic since it was almost too large to fit in the window.

The frighteningly large, black and brown spider sitting in a corner of the ceiling, soundlessly, motionlessly staring at them was scary. Zach barely heard what Rabst said.

It wasn't just that it was a big spider. Zach could feel that all three of Rabst's familiars were powerful and not quite the cuddly types, especially the spider.

However, that fear faded as soon as he left the room, and excitement took its place.

Summoners in their fourth year were pretty strong.

If someone with a rabbit as their initial familiar was that strong after four years of what was most likely a little more standard curriculum, how strong couldn't Zach get since he had an S-rank angel as his first familiar and was supposed to fight against the Underworld? Just the thought was enough to put a glimmer in Zach's eyes.

"Our seniors are pretty nice, aren't they?" Immediately, Zach had a good impression of Rabst, just because he and his familiars were strong.

Dukiel and Julius glanced at each other.

"Yeah, I guess they are," Dukiel answered.

"Mm, I think that's part of what the Academy teaches us. Life is too tough to be anything but nice to your juniors." Julius shared his wisdom with a nod, which earned him a couple of looks from Zach and Dukiel.

"That's certainly one way to look at it."

"Certainly." Dukiel nodded in agreement.

"Whatever."

"Right. Take a look at this and then head to the city?" Zach asked.

The others agreed. They returned to the club room and looked at the materials Rabst had gathered and sorted. It was mostly the same information he had told Dukiel and Julius but in more detail. There were also a few records detailing specific disappearances, however, and the witnesses who had reported those disappearances.

Unfortunately, there wasn't anything about the underworld energy, even when Dukiel and Julius had asked Rabst directly. On that front, they would have to put in the leg work themselves. seaʀᴄh thё ηovelFire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

But Rabst had already saved them a lot of trouble, so they didn't mind. If anything, doing something would help their grades. Relying on someone else, like a senior, wouldn't help their grades at all.

Zach and the others read through the documents during lunch, then attended their afternoon classes, and then while Dukiel and Julius prepared things for an overnight stay in the city, Zach informed the rest of the club members of their plans.

Anerias and Violina weren't far from level ten, so they wanted to focus on leveling up.

When they heard that Nessa and Julius were trying to evolve their familiars before summoning their next ones, they wanted to do the same. Unfortunately, it was impossible since they didn't even know where to start. Anerias could ask Zach for help if he wanted, but he didn't. He also didn't want to offer anything in exchange.

Violina knew she had to get her Ice Spirit something related to ice, but she wasn't sure what would do the trick or how to get anything more than regular ice. So, she decided to just summon her second familiar and put off the matter of evolving her familiar to later. Stay connected with m-v l|e'-NovelFire.net

Nessa had found a request to clear out monsters along the roads in the vicinity of the Academy and Basilia, so she was going to do that and continue stuffing her Millipede with food.

Liam was busy with Student Council work.

Zach was happy. It was almost like a reunion of the terrific trio. Zach, Dukiel, and Julius were going on an adventure just the three of them again.