Chapter 48 Toxin!

So, using this moment to memorise the faces of all those traitors was a good chance he wouldn't miss. He went to the side, almost a hundred metres away from the elders before sitting on a big sofa with the two girls.

"Are we going to be alright?" Tina said in a shaky childish tone.

"Sorry for all the trouble we brought for the young master," Lina said in a sincere apologetic tone.

Since the beginning, the girls never spoke a single word. But since things became clear about what was going on, Tina was scared, and Lina was burdened with guilt.

"It's nothing much," William could read through the two girls' minds, "in fact I'm destined to cross paths with such people sooner or later. So, no harm in doing this early on."

He wasn't trying to console them. In fact, he felt gratitude for his own luck this time.

Knowing about his enemies from earlier was a blessing not a curse for him. The most dangerous enemy to him was the one he was ignorant about.

The talk took longer than expected. There was a dome now covering elders within, blocking vision and sound from penetrating through.

William wasn't worried. After all, he just showed his worth to the good elders here and the headmaster. But he was also surprised. The number of traitors in the elder circle alone was already this big.

It wasn't enough for the dark side to take over things in the academy, but it was also significant enough to stir big problems up at decisive times. At this moment, William could see the real reason behind the fast fall of the academy, and many other academies when the grand monster disastrous outbreak began.

During their wait, a group of five servants brought a large stroll with huge quantities of food on it.

"Thanks god! I was starving," Tina moved first and extended her little hand to grab one of the cupcakes provided there. She acted just as what a typical little girl should do, totally forgetting all the worry and sadness she felt just moments ago when seeing the food.

However, the moment William saw the cupcakes, he hurriedly pushed her hand away while giving her a warning glance.

"Thanks," despite doing this, he thanked the servants before waiting for them to leave.

"What's wrong?" Lina knew something was off here.

"One sec," William didn't speak as he took out one of his arrows. He removed the arrowhead before taking a candle of light out of his ring.

As he was doing this, his face was covered with a serious look that warned the two girls from saying anything. It was obvious that he noticed something, and that thing wasn't by any means good.

William didn't know that at this moment, his actions were all watched by many. The headmaster even noticed what he was doing, leaving all the useless debate between the elders around while fixing his gaze upon William.

William simply ignited the candle, then let a few green drops fall on the arrowhead. The green material was a good spirit energy conductor. And he needed it to prove his doubts.

After covering the arrowhead with the green material, he pricked his finger using the arrowhead. He controlled his spirit power and let it get into that arrowhead. Then he moved his other hand to touch the different food presented here. As he touched each, his frown couldn't help but deepen.

He picked one cupcake that was faint pink in colour. It was one of the most famous desserts in the world.

One point worthy of remark here was that all the food delivered to them was mainly desserts and sweets, things that any girl or kid would love to eat.

"What's wrong, young master?" Lina couldn't control her curiosity anymore. She couldn't get a thing from William's actions, neither did the headmaster or the few elders watching from inside the dome.

"Just a minute," William didn't hurry to give an answer. He simply dipped the tip of the arrowhead in the middle of that large piece of cupcake that had the size of his little fist.

Just as the tip of the arrowhead touched it, the cupcake started to change. Black fog emitted from it, covering the entire cake like it was a rotten piece of meat.

A very bad odour spread, one that instantly turned William's face more serious.

"Get away, now!" he didn't hesitate to issue this warning shout before he moved his arrows head around the entire tray. All the food touched by it showed the same changes as that cake.

In the span of one minute, the entire place they sat in was covered up by a thick cloud of a big black fog.

*Fwoosh!*

Just at this moment a body flickered and appeared next to the girls. It was the headmaster, and his face showed a dark look and a deep frown.

"Sir, the young master… The young master is still inside," Lina held her little sister closer as the latter kept crying in bitterness from two reddened eyes.

William warned them to move away, but he didn't retreat. He was still inside that black fog. When the headmaster tried to touch that fog, a warning shout came from deep within.

"Don't, this toxin can't be countered with normal spirit power," William's firm voice came from the heart of this cloud, announcing his wellbeing for the time being.

During the next few moments, many silhouettes flashed and appeared next to this black fog. Many elders had a dark expression on their faces, but few stood there in silence as if they were aware of what was going on.

Inside the black fog cloud, William was emitting his spirit power outside without a moment of pause. He recognized the faint smell of that famous toxin when Tina touched that piece of cupcake.

This toxin was famed for its serious effects on any unprepared spirit masters dealing with it. But it held no threat against William. What made him frown wasn't the food being poisoned, but the fact that this toxin wasn't part of this world.