The moment Alex read the headline on the screen, he couldn't help but feel dread.
He had been afraid that the war between the Red Demon race and the Human race would start prematurely, but this was even earlier than he could have ever predicted.
He at least thought they'd start the war a few years after Zorath's declaration of war, but it had only been 6 months or so!?
Just what was the Red Demon race up to...
Not only this, but Alex couldn't help but feel a little bit of fear when he saw the number of ships that had all come to attack the federation at once.
Over a hundred million...
It seemed like such a far fetched number, yet it was real, and it was encroaching onto the human territory faster than they could defend it.
If the higher ups didn't sort out the defences quickly, then things could look really bad for the human race.
'Perhaps this is the springboard I needed to regain my old levelling speed...'
But Alex also felt a little bit of anticipation.
This was because of one fact.
It was a few weeks ago.
In a lonely corner of his inventory, sat two soul orbs.
Neither of which came from any beasts...
Alex was shocked and confused at first when he saw them in there.
Alex had originally planned on checking his inventory to check how many beast cores he had left.
They were his main source of currency.
Even though he still had a lot of credits to his name, there were many transactions he couldn't make with credits alone.
Many people only accepted trade through barter or beast cores rather than through credits.
Credits were more the common man's currency, while beast cores were the Awakened currency.
Looking around, all of the students eventually had the same expression as the news quickly spread between each and every one of them.
Many of them were even experiencing panic attacks in real time, as the reality of this threat dawned upon them.
Many of them burst into tears on the spot, as their home planet was among those that the Red Demon race had already rained destruction on and wiped all life out.
'Why do you have to be so fucked up, System!?'
Alex asked, but all he received was radio silence.
The System liked to tease him whenever he directed his anger towards it.
But not this time.
"Alex. Alex!"
Coming out of his thoughts, Alex turned to his left and looked at Mira, who had been calling out to him.
"I was calling your name for 10 seconds, jeez!"
Mira exclaimed and sighed.
"The Principal just sent out an announcement to everyone's communicator, you should check yours."
Alex did as Mira said, his mind still lingering on the existential threat they were facing.
[This is an announcement to all students.
Regardless of whether you are on a mission, in class or just relaxing at home, you are all required to attend an emergency meeting, the same as last time with Zorath's declaration of war.
Everyone, from 1st to 4th year, must attend this meeting.
Anyone who doesn't show up will be expelled, no exceptions. It doesn't matter if you are first place on the overall rankings, or if you are about to graduate in a few days.
All students are required to attend.]
'We're going to get conscripted...'
Alex could tell immediately what this meeting was going to be about.