Chapter 64: Time-Lapse

( A few hours later )

Buhara was the first one to wake up after the incident amongst him, Sophia and Erin, and he felt absolutely confused on what was going on after regaining consciousness.

All he remembered was cutting trees on floor one and then passing out as he had neither seen the assassin's, nor did he have any idea about what happened after.

" Where am I? Why is puny Erin and stinky Sophia on the bed beside me?" Buhara said after waking up, as he felt thoroughly confused about his situation.

" Buhara's neck hurts-" he said, placing a hand over his neck from where the venom had been extracted.

Rocky had already been moved out of the infirmary once he made some recovery and was isolated from Buhara and Erin, because Professor Maven instructed the medical staff to do so.

The first thing that Buhara underwent after waking up was a round of questioning as Professor Maven inquired him about the incident and his memory, trying to match it with Rocky's story.

Thankfully, their stories matched up perfectly since it was the truth, as only then did Professor Maven believe that it wasn't Rocky who had called the hit on Sophia.

While nobody wanted to doubt Rocky, the fact that both the companions of the Champion of Poseidon were dead, while he was the sole witness of the event involving Sophia's stabbing, made him look like the chief suspect.

The animosity between the two parties was no secret and hence it would not be weird if Rocky was indeed the mastermind behind this incident.

Although Principal Liam had verified that Rocky was indeed telling the truth with his lie detection skill, Professor Maven still did his own due diligence of the situation as well, only to realize that Rocky was indeed innocent in this incident.

" Stay here for a while. After you recover enough, you can meet Rocky who will explain what all happened-" professor Maven said, leaving the room once more as he left Buhara alone with Erin and Sophia in the infirmary.

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A full day after the incident, the news about the death of two students and the Champion of Poseidon battling for her life inside the infirmary spread far and wide within the university.

Nobody dared to take their eyes off him when he spoke and nobody tried to do anything funny as his lectures went on in pin-drop silence with every student absorbing every word coming out of his mouth.

After the death of two classmates on floor zero, everyone took the survival class extremely seriously as even without Principal Liam's intimidating presence, the importance of the course itself seemed to be instilled within all students.

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A full seven days later, Erin regained consciousness feeling severely weakened as his body felt sore everywhere.

He too was interrogated after regaining consciousness by Professor Maven and narrated the same tale as Buhara which confirmed Rocky's story.

Asked to rest, he was kept under observation for a full day more as he was fed several potions to regain his usual strength.

While not back to 100%, Erin was discharged upon his request as after he learnt that he had already missed a weeks worth of lectures, Erin no longer wanted to miss anything anymore.

Reunited with Rocky and Buhara, Erin hugged Rocky tightly upon their reunion as he profusely thanked Rocky for saving his life.

Rocky tried to explain how all this was actually his fault and that he was sorry, however, the way Erin saw this incident was that if Rocky had not called for instructor Forum in time and carried him to the infirmary, he could have died on floor one.

He did not blame Rocky for the incident, neither did he hold any animosity towards Sophia, instead he too realized how weak he was to drop unconscious without even realizing it and resolved to grow stronger.

Joining Rocky in his physical training during early mornings, Erin tried to overcome his biggest weakness of having a weak body as well, as the atmosphere within the dorm of the three friends shifted significantly on week two of university compared to week one, as after the incident all three seemed to have understood the importance of life and power, and how to stay alive they needed to grow stronger fast.

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