Author: M_W Cancer

Leo along with the baby Leviathan on his hand was quickly escorted out by teacher Homer to the dock of the flying boats, specifically located at the southernmost part of the Floating Mountain. But first, they needed to meet up with Axel and the others first.

"How did you even get yourself involved in this mess?" Teacher Homer can't help but ask. Leo appearing in that place was still a big question for him, especially since based on what he had just heard from Lu Ming and Leo's conversation just a few minutes ago, it seems like it was the latter who had caused the entire Black organization's secret operation to be discovered by them.

"We got lost and just unexpectedly end up in that place," Leo replied seemingly sounding nonchalant.

"And then you decided to plot against them up?" Teacher Homer dubiously asked. Who was Leo even fooling here? If ever a student stumbled something like that, then the first thing that would come up in their minds would be to escape as fast and as far as possible. However, Leo actually did the contrary to that, hence there should be a reasonable purpose for him to do that.

To be honest, teacher Homer wasn't really being nosy here. He just needed a piece of thorough information since he needed to report everything that happened here after they finally returned back to Silver Mage Academy using the flying boats. Probably, everyone who decided to stay would die in order to buy enough time for the flying boats to escape far enough for Lu Ming to catch up, even if he is riding on a Leviathan. And as the only teacher who survived, he naturally needed to make a report that can satisfy all of his higher-ups.

Teacher Homer already knew that teacher Garmin had betrayed them, some students of Class 1A- might also be a secret member of the Black Organization, and that they were only able to pinpoint where the exact location of Black organization��s secret base of operation in Floating Mountain from Lena who was unexpectedly able to escape from the Black organization, which unfortunately died, said by teacher Marvin and teacher Candice. Obviously, he can easily write all of this information in a report.

However, thinking deeper into that, there is something lacking. Specifically, how did Lena escape? It was only because someone had successfully escaped that they were finally able to find out everything. If there wasn't anyone who escaped, then they would definitely still be searching for where the Black organization's secret base of operation was in Floating Mountain.

Naturally, teacher Homer had already found out that it was Leo who had helped Lena escaped. But here comes another question though, why did he even try to help her escape? What was he thinking when he tried to help her escape? How was he able to let her escape? And why did he work hard to let her escape?

And the very weird part is, after contemplating by himself for a bit, teacher Homer still wasn't sure of the exact answer why. Adding further to that, why did those other students, specifically Axel and the others, decide to join in as well, since they could have just simply look for another exit path after noticing the obvious danger, right? Obviously, Leo had convinced them or something. But why? To be more specific, why did he try so hard to convince everyone to choose that exit instead of looking for another one? No! Why is he even trying so hard to destroy the Black organization's secret operation?

Teacher Homer was thinking of a lot of things in his mind. He turned to look at Leo suspiciously as he thought in his mind, "What do you hope to achieve for doing all of those?"

Leo just simply shook his head and didn't bother any further with teacher Homer. He simply doesn't want to provide any kind of information anymore since that might just reveal his secret. Also, he was sure that teacher Homer has already secretly casted the Magic spell that his Master Olivia had warned him about that will allow the Mages to find out whether a person was lying or not. Teacher Homer definitely felt suspicious of him at this moment just by basing from that question why he decided to plot against the Black organization. Really unfortunate for teacher Homer, he wasn't planning of entertaining any of his suspicions any further.

After a few minutes, they finally saw Axel and the others hiding behind a big rock.

"Hurry up and come to me, I will cast a Teleportation spell to take us instantaneously to the dock!" Teacher Homer yelled out while still flying towards Axel and the others.

Hearing teacher Homer's words, Axel and the others quickly ran towards him without bothering to ask any question in order for them to meet up quickly in the middle and hence be able to escape from this location as soon as possible.

Although they don't know what the situation inside, but for a teacher to rush them up, it obviously only meant that it has turned into a really dangerous situation.

However, before teacher Homer could cast the Teleportation spell, something suddenly came up to disrupt his concentration.

"Tik, tok! Time is up!"

*WHOOOOOSH!

Suddenly, the entire Floating Mountain was covered by a Magical Seal, preventing anyone from escaping or entering.

A voice soon sounded that rang out in the entire Floating Mountain.

"If any of you is still thinking of resisting, then I suggest you to give up those hopes already, right now! Now that I'm here, no one can escape from this place anymore!"

It was Lu Ming!

Looking up in the sky, a figure wearing a black mantle slowly floated down while seemingly looking down at everything within his sight.

"And those flying boats, they don't have any use anymore. So..." Lu Ming turned to look at the direction of the dock as he waved his hand, sending a powerful black wave towards the docking flying boats, immediately destroying them right after.

Fortunately, all of the students haven't yet decided to board the flying boats, hence no students died. Though not everyone was totally fine. Some captains and their crewmates weren't fortunate enough because a few of them had long boarded on the flying boats in preparation for the order of escape. No one was even able to jump out from the flying boats due to how unexpected and fast Lu Ming's attack was.

"How merciless!" Axel said in shock.

"Yeah, he didn't even spare those people who can't even pose a threat to him!" Murgan added.

"Since you're already witnessing this, then I might as well teach you a very important lesson in being a Mage," Teacher Homer suddenly interrupted, "You clearly saw that right? Hundreds of people simply gone into ashes with just a wave of a hand. That is just the simple aftermath of a battle between powerful Mages! Any random Magic spells they have can take away hundreds or even thousands of ordinary or weak people's lives."

"So, the moment one of you guys becomes a powerful Mage one day, please always take into consideration to learn how to control and limit yourselves, in case you will unknowingly kill some innocent people with just a simple wave of your hand!"

Everyone nodded their heads in understanding. If they could indeed reach a level similar to those of Lu Ming's, then they will definitely limit themselves whenever they are in a place with a high population of ordinary people.

On the other hand, Leo can't help feeling extremely shocked inside at what Lu Ming just did. He now fully understand the threat that his Master Olivia had seriously warned him about not underestimating Mages before.

Even if he becomes the most powerful assassin in the entire Celestial World, he still can't hope to compare to a single Magic spell of Lu Ming.

Simply put, as long as a person was using ordinary means, then they would never be able to fight or defend against that. Even if they learn the most powerful technique for non-Mages, as long as it doesn't have Magic or Mana involved, it would still have no use in fighting powerful Mages. Those powerful techniques would only be applicable to those still weak Mages like him.

"You said that was just the simple aftermath? Then what is the serious aftermath?" Ehtelyn can't help but ask.

"The entire Floating Mountain getting destroyed..." Teacher Homer replied. Considering Lu Ming's level, he was indeed already capable of destroying the entire Floating Mountain with his Magic spells. That is only possible though if he decided to bombard the entire Floating Mountain with his Magic spells.

Axel and the others immediately gasped in disbelief. They had heard stories of how some powerful Mages were capable of destroying mountains or even an entire Kingdom back when they were still young but weren't stories always exaggerated?

However, after seeing it from an actual powerful Mage, and hearing an explanation from an experienced teacher on top of that too, they realized that those stories might have after all underestimated the Mage's real capability.

On the other hand, Leo didn't become shocked by teacher Homer's answer. His Master Olivia had already told him before that the aftermath she had caused in front of the Royal Court wasn't even her full Magic power yet. So, Lu Ming, someone who has also reached the level of Galaxy, specifically 2nd Galaxy, is indeed able to destroy the entire Floating Mountain.

"What do we do now, teacher Homer?" Axel helplessly asked.

"Let's just stay low and don't do anything to get our location found out. I don't really believe his statement that no one can escape in this place anymore just because he's here!" Teacher Homer replied. Even a powerful Magical seal that can seal two extremely powerful Leviathans inside was destroyed, not to mentioned a Magical seal casted by someone who can't even seal a Leviathan, right?

"Everything is bound to have one or more flaws, hence let's just observe first, right teacher Homer?" Aiden added.

"Indeed!"

Suddenly though, Aiden smirked as he continued, "But even if we indeed can find one, we still won't be able to escape because of the Shark Cemetery that surrounds the entire Floating Mountain!"

"Just tell us the truth, teacher Homer! We won't be able to escape here alive, right?" David stared straight at teacher Homer's eyes.

"Aysttt, why don't you kids just give yourself a little bit of hope? It's not a good thing to fall into despair-" Teacher Homer wasn't even able to finish his words as Axel suddenly interrupted.

"Giving us false hope will just result in us falling much more deeper into despair the moment we accept the reality! And besides, we are not called Monsters amongst the 1st year students for nothing, right? So don't worry, you can tell us the truth and we will accept our fate if it's really death!"

Hearing Axel's words, teacher Homer can't help but let out a chuckle as he said, "Indeed, you bunch are different than those ordinary students!"

"The Shark Cemetery indeed surrounds the entire Floating Mountain, but there is still another way of escape!" Teacher Homer suddenly took out a Magic Map that encompasses a huge body of the sea, specifically the entire Shark Cemetery, including Floating Mountain, and many more, from his storage ring, "Each direction around the Floating Mountain encompasses different amount of Shark Cemetery's territory. Like for example, the south area would require us to travel a really big distance just to exit the Shark Cemetery, but the north only requires us to travel 50 kilometers to exit the territory!"

"So you mean to say, that if we go north then we will be able to exit Shark Cemetery and arrive in a different ocean territory?!" Axel excitedly asked.

"Not just any ocean territory, but the West Fortress territory of the Fourth Prince wife, Elaine, the Blue Fin Kingdom!" Teacher Homer slowly pointed his hand towards the Blue Fin Kingdom in his Magic Map, "Our only hope!"