"That was really unexpected!" Axel said to Aiden, obviously trying to make the latter forget who had caused it and also his way of consoling him.

"Zip it, Axel!" Murgan exclaimed as he shook his head to Axel.

It was pretty obvious already just by observing Aiden's face that he doesn't mind it at all. To be more exact, what just happened to him became also his fault, specifically the majority of the fault since teacher Smith is still partly to be blamed after he began that drama of his. Simply put, Viper wouldn't have become annoyed if Aiden didn't mention that perverted drama.

Aiden slowly walked back to teacher Smith's cell as he calmly said, "Let's not talk anymore, I'm afraid Viper would start becoming suspicious of us. Just do what we will tell you to do, and your students might be able to escape here alive."

Teacher Smith could only awkwardly nod his head. Everything wouldn't have to turn out like that if only he hadn't suddenly pulled Aiden to the cell, causing Viper to be attracted to the sound.

.....

At the side, Leo can't help but heave a sigh of relief. What happened just now was really a close call. If Aiden wasn't good at acting and adapting, then everyone's life would have been in real danger.

"His indeed a realistic person, capable of seeing the best choice that will benefit everyone amongst all of the choices presented in front, even if that choice involves sacrificing his very own life." Leo finally agreed with Aiden's self-proclaimed realistic person before.

A realistic person can basically make the most practical and sensible way possible to handle what happened just now, and that was exactly what Aiden just did; sacrifice his very own self. Though it involves a huge risk of actually dying, he still took it with only the hope of not dying.

If the last time Aiden had betrayed his classmates in order to stay in the trial competition, then this time he basically saved everyone here.

This just simply proved to everyone that Aiden is indeed not a hypocrite person, and the reason why he had betrayed Class 1A before was just like what he said a few hours ago; they will get eliminated no matter how long they'll fight, so he might as well just try and negotiate to make one of them stay, and then make that person gather resources for everyone in Class 1A. In such a way, Class 1A couldn't be said to entirely lose the trial competition anymore.

In Leo's opinion, Aiden's character was really suited to become a good Politician or a General, or if he can further improve his capability, then he might even be able to become a capable Ruler of a city like him or a Commander of an army.

"What are you really planning...?" The Black Shark suddenly asked.

"You'll see it soon!" Leo smile mischievously behind the black clothing covering his face.

.....

Meanwhile, Lena was frantically running towards a random direction. To be honest, she really doesn't know where the Silver Mage Academy's camp was supposed to be. So, she just decided to choose a random direction, hoping that she will meet a schoolmate or best a teacher who will notice that an eliminated student is actually back in the trial competition and would then escort her to the camp.

And fortunately, just after a few hours, a teacher finally noticed her. To be more specific, it was teacher Marvin.

"What is an eliminated student doing out here?" Teacher Marvin quickly asked as he blocked the path of Lena.

Looking at teacher Marvin, Lena can't help but suddenly started crying.

"Hey, why are you suddenly crying?" Teacher Marvin started panicking, "Am I really that intimidating?"

Suddenly, teacher Candice also arrived soon after.

"Hey, did you find teacher Smith and his student?" Teacher Candice asked, but her attention was immediately attracted by the crying Lena, "What did you do to her?!"

"I didn't do anything!" Teacher Marvin quickly defended, "I only asked her why a... No! Hey girl, what Class do you belong to?" He suddenly thought of something.

"Cla... class 1A... A+..." Lena replied while trying to wipe her tears off of her eyes.

"Just like what I expected," Teacher Marvin nodded, "Tell me, what happened to the rest?"

"Everyone is trapped in the base of the Black organization!" Lena replied.

"Black organization?!" Teacher Marvin and teacher Candice exclaimed in unison.

"Are you sure about this?" Teacher Marvin quickly followed up.

"I'm not entirely sure, but Leo told me that they are the Black organization," Lena answered.

"Leo!!" Teacher Marvin can't help but feel worried. Leo was his student, and since Lena mentioned him just now, then that simply meant he is in that place right now, and obviously, he is trying to save everyone, just by basing on the fact that he had sent Lena to find them.

"What's wrong, Marvin? Do you know this student called Leo?" Teacher Candice quickly asked after hearing teacher Marvin's reaction.

"Leo is my student!" Teacher Marvin replied, "What the heck is that brat even doing in a place like that?! He should be focusing all of his attention on winning this trial competition instead of involving himself in this kind of mess!"

To be honest, the Silver Mage Academy already traced everything to the Black organization even before Lena reported to teacher Marvin, though what they only lacked now was a solid proof.

Unfortunately, they also don't know yet where the base is really located at. They had already spread out in almost all possible different directions in a group of 3, and yet they still weren't able to find them.

However, with Lena here now, they finally have the missing piece to complete the puzzle.

"Where is this base you're speaking about?" Teacher Marvin quickly asked.

"Straight from here you will arrive in a place that looked really similar to a small hill, and around that hill is a cave leading towards the base of the Black organization!" Lena replied.

"Aside from you, who else are there? No! To be exact, what is the situation in there?"

"Aside from me... Argh!"

Suddenly, a projectile weapon, specifically a dagger, hit the back of Lena, causing her to vomit a mouthful of blood. And due to the fact that she was already very tired, she slowly lost her consciousness.

Without wasting any time, teacher Marvin quickly flew towards the direction of where the dagger was thrown, hoping to chase after the person who had thrown that dagger. Anyways, teacher Candice was there to take care of the unconscious Lena.

Quickly, teacher Candice caught Lena's body before it reaches on the ground. The dagger was at her back and she was also falling back first, so the dagger would basically penetrate her body deeply if she doesn't catch her.

Actually, Lena could have landed in a different way. However, she immediately lost her consciousness, so she wasn't able to control her body to avoid such kind of situation.

Fortunately, teacher Candice was able to quickly notice

As soon as teacher Candice caught Lena's body, she then immediately pulled the dagger before casting a Light Element spell.

"Heal!"

A white color light quickly enveloped Lena's body, causing her wound to slowly recover.

However, to teacher Candice's surprise, the moment the wound recovered, Lena actually wasn't still safe.

A green color, seemingly in the shape of a spider web, slowly spread inside of Lena's body. Starting from her back, the green web then slowly covered her entire body.

Lena's body was moving from side to side, trying to resist something inside her from spreading.

"Heal!"

"Heal!"

"Heal!"

"Why is my Heal still not working?!" Teacher Candice began to feel panic. She quickly turned around to looked at the dagger, "Poison?! Looking at the color and form, this should be the Magical Beast Green Tiger Tarantula's poison!!"

Teacher Candice quickly closed her eyes as she finally thought of what spell to use, "I call upon the Light Element, grant this pitiful soul with your mercy, Holy Light!"

Lena's body was immediately covered by a really bright golden color.

"Please don't give up! Keep on fighting!" Teacher Candice prayed in her heart.

Unfortunately, teacher Candice was already too late. The moment she casted the Holy Light spell, the poison has already reached Lena's heart and brain.

Lena's body became stiff, and she was no longer breathing.

"Those lunatics!!" Teacher Candice exclaimed out of rage as she quickly followed after teacher Marvin to chase after the person who had caused Lena to die. Obviously, she casted a Magic barrier to protect Lena's body from any Magical Beast around. It would be to stupid of her to just leave a dead body out in the open, especially out in the wilderness.

.....

Meanwhile, teacher Marvin was finally beginning to catch up with the killer. But at the same time, he also can't help feeling that the figure was actually really familiar to him.

"You can continue to run away from me, but trust me, I will catch up on you soon!" Teacher Marvin mocked the person in front of him.

The chase between cat and mouse continued for a few minutes until eventually, the person teacher Marvin was currently chasing after finally decided to stop on flying as he slowly turned around to face him.

"Teacher Garmin!" Teacher Marvin immediately exclaimed. The person in front of him, also the one who had attacked Lena with a dagger, was unexpectedly teacher Garmin, the teacher of Class 1A-.

"I didn't expect that the rumors of teacher Marvin being as powerful as a 6 Star Mage is actually real!" Teacher Garmin said with a face full of smile.