Chapter 222 Way Forward

Chapter 222 Way Forward

"What?"

Northern couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"First generation? Ten years ago? What are you saying, that students are being sent here deliberately? And ten years? Seriously?"

Raven gently nodded.

"I was as shocked when Helena told me... back then they were quite lacking in the academy, and on the brink of being expelled because of their useless talents. But they were approached by Rughsbourgh, he told them that he was going to make them stronger. All they needed to do was trust him. Then he gathered ten of them and sent them here."

Northern's face paled.

It was merely a suspicion, but hearing it like this was scary, very painful.

Did that man really deceive all of them?

And Gilbert, Annette, and the twins knew all about it too?

"So, you are saying they were actually sent here deliberately."

Raven responded fiercely.

"Yes, and abandoned, just like every ten students that were sent yearly, and finally, us... a hundred."

Northern's hand slowly rose and covered his mouth.

"Crap..."

He was lost in his thoughts for a while. Then a frown formed across his forehead, and he looked at Raven.

"What's the point of you saying this to me?"

"I'm not even done. Afkon, that guy... he knew about it."

"What? And he accepted?"

"Yes."

Northern shook his head, "That makes no sense, why would he agree to being sent and abandoned in a desolate country? Or he didn't know he was going to be abandoned?"

"No, it wasn't that he didn't know. He knew everything that was going to happen. Rughsbourgh told him, and he accepted. This was what caused the major drift between him and Helena."

Northern frowned darkly.

"This is crazy, crazier than I thought."

"You know what's more crazy?"

Northern looked at her face.

He then raised his head and sighed.

'Ah, crap... what the hell?'

It wasn't like he didn't have his own suspicions too. It wasn't like he didn't already know that all Raven was saying could be the truth.

No, he bet his money on the fact that they were true.

However, how exactly were they supposed to handle this situation, because of it, Raven is mad at Afkon.

She is probably mad at Gilbert too but had been putting up with him.

...Will she one day also say she wants to kill Gilbert?

'You don't just go around killing people you know?'

Northern sighed again and looked back.

At this juncture, he had only two choices.

Go back to Lotheliwan and continue to live his lame and complacent life of scrambling for barely enough to survive and not truly striving to grow and maximize his overpowered potential.

Or to continue further despite how uncomfortable and perilous it seems.

With a suicidal hero like Raven Light Kageyama, his life was bound to be in constant danger.

What was he going to do with that?

What if she really puts them all in trouble and gets them killed?

Northern was tempted to want to believe that Raven knew what she was doing and had it under control.

But this past few events yanked him out of that delusion.

She just went ahead and blindly trusted him.

That... that was crazy.

It was too crazy.

Northern shrugged, 'It's not like I have a choice anyway.'

He had to grow... and become stronger.

He lacked passion.

He wasn't sure what that meant, what Raven meant. Should he be passionate when the situation would put his life in danger?

Living to fight another day too was an honorable thing...

'It's not like I even care about all of that... I just want to get strong, go home and fucking kill Rughsbourgh.'