The man then took out a large cigar before he ignited it. The cigar started burning hot and fast, while James just glanced at it and the man in question.

"I will leave from this lowly realm in the time this cigar needs to totally burn," the man said before turning to walk away, vanishing from the sight of James, "Believe or not, this is your dilemma, this is your life. Is this pill a savior or a trap? This is your fate to decide, not mine; neither do I care."

The words of the man echoed in James' mind while he glanced at the pill, this at the cigar before muttering: "Sh*t!"

James was really in deep trouble at the moment. "Should I believe him or not?" he asked himself while not knowing what to do!

He glanced at the cigar; half of it almost burnt down! "No time to think, and that man didn't tell me if this pill will work instantly or would take time," he cursed while he glared at the cigar, feeling very intimidated by this small thing!

"Sh*t!" he cursed again while he took the pill and stuffed it into his mouth, "Screw you all!" he cursed out loud while swallowing the pill and not waiting for the cigar to totally burn.

"I swear I will live up until I take my revenge on any of you two whoever was the culprit behind that!" he shouted and promised that the moment the cigar went off, the entire room returned to its normal state.

And the moment everyone glanced at the seat where James was there they were astonished to see him away!

"Emperor," the droid said before adding, "are you alright?" he asked.

"I'm fine, return to your work," James shouted back and his tone was angry and his eyes were threatening, making the droid return back to his seat and start to work, plus sending a short recording to Islinda again.

This time Islinda received the recording while she was just at the outside door of the cruiser. "This… what's wrong with you?!" she was speechless before she sighed and decided not to take care of this strange behavior. "Just tell me if anything major happened," she sent back as she and Rigo had planted that droid next to James to keep an eye on him.

And it seemed that the needless procedure just paid off right now.

"Honey, why are you this mad?" the sound of the girl resounded in his ears the next moment James shouted at the droid.

"Those fools," he was angry, so he only needed to fake a good reason, "they leaked what I do with you to my girl, making her very worried."

"Sure, I saw that, and that fiery kiss… yummy, I love that!" she said and these words just startled James, yet he didn't show any change on his furious attitude or features.

"Sit, and calm down yourself. Being angry is something I hated about you, about any man," she said.

"Can you tell me your name at least?" he asked while acting like he was cooling down.

"Oh, are you aiming higher than your reach? Hehehe," she laughed a very seductive laughter. "honey, don't put hopes on me as I will always fail you."

"Wow, direct and sexy, rude and impulsive; I love that!"

"And I love watching you try and fail, hehehe," she said before adding, "c'mon, calm down, I hate seeing my disciples be angry and mad."

James took deep breaths and he faked cooling down. He didn't know what to do or say, or how to deal with that witch, or even the pill he took was really like what that stranger told him about.

He knew only one thing, he was in danger! And to be safe he couldn't run away this time.

"I need to be stronger," he decided, while his words said out loud made the girl on the other end laugh.

"Stronger you must be," she said before adding, "tell me, will you play with these girls to become stronger?"

James didn't know what to say except asking, "will you be watching."

"Sure," and the girl instantly replied.

"Will you join us?" he asked in a playful tone.

"Don't aim bigger than your d… thing," she laughed, "if you tried to f*ck me, you'll end up being f*cked!"

James didn't say anything except he smiled before saying, "Is there anything I could do to increase my strength?"

"Sure, my babe needs to rest, rest and calm down your mind all the time, alright?"

Her answer didn't satisfy his doubt. Despite being vague and strange, not constructive or helpful, James couldn't be sure she meant ill to him.

Yet she wasn't useful, and that was the thing he was quite sure of.

"What is it?" he suddenly asked.

"What?" she asked back with a chuckle.

"I just want to get stronger, or this is against the policy of the academy?" he asked.

"It's," she said, "indeed it's," and added to confirm his guess.

"No tips, any cheat, anything at all?" he said.

"Stop it," she laughed while adding, "I just told you, lay down, relax and have fun. In the end of the day, you'll get stronger; one way or another."

"This…" James didn't know what to say or decide, "isn't helping."

"Hehehe, I know, but it will help clear up your mind and that way you at least will be at peace."

"Tsk," James glanced at the hologram as he recalled the man's words over it. "Tell me, what do you think of my empire?" he suddenly asked.

"Your empire?" she laughed, while her tone showed some nervousness, "it's not an insult, dear, but this empire of yours is just pathetic."

"Is the academy that mighty?" he asked.

"Sure, beyond what you can expect."

James recalled the scene where that man stood and commented on the hologram. 'Why did he do that?' he thought to himself.

"Sorry darling, didn't hear you clearly," and she suddenly asked, and that gave James an instant scare.

"I was just wondering if I can see a glimpse of that glorious academy," he hurriedly said before adding, "If you may, can you broadcast a piece of the academy at the hologram?"

"That device?" she muttered before adding, "I dunno but that thing is antique at our academy."

"Oh," James faked his ignorance about this info, "so you can't use it?"

He was simply trying to test out a hunch. 'That man wasn't easy, he didn't do or comment on a thing without a purpose,' James muttered to himself while believing that man's words even more.

"Sorry babe, what did you just say?"

"I just lament my bad luck for having such a pathetic retarded tech," he said, trying to mimic the way and even the posture that man took when he said those words.

And the next moment, the result just blew off his mind!

"I'm Injie, a place witch from the prestigious Doklaf dark academy. I'm here to collect souls for the purpose of the personal gain and fulfill academy quest."

Suddenly the tone and behavior of that witch changed, and James heard her saying these words while the last thing she said greatly shocked him.

"And right now I have two souls in hand, one is male, and the other is the female. The female is weak, so I'm now infesting the entire population around to harvest the entire universe by the end of the tournament, with the soul of the male winner of course."

James felt a cold shiver running down his neck at this moment, and even his feet seemed to be so light and he lost his sensation at them for a brief moment there.

"Darling, just I feel you said something and I didn't recall what it is," the next moment the normal witch reappeared again and James just had to smile before saying: "It's nothing, I was just lamenting my bad luck."

"For what, dear?" she asked with confusion.

"For not being able to f*ck you," he smiled, bitterly smiled, while she laughed, as she totally forgot about what just happened.

"Told you, don't aim your thing deeper than you can reach, hehehe."

"True," he nodded while returning to his seat. "That's absolutely true," he now had innate fear towards the future, not knowing what he should do.

Even his thoughts were monitored by that witch!

"May I ask if I can go to rest?" he said, while trying to act polite.

"Wow, you really are a fast learner," she laughed, "what? Do you think I won't peek if you asked me nicely? I'm not that nice y'know, hehehe."

He shook his head and said nothing. He glanced at the room, suddenly this big cruiser, this wide deck seemed so tiny and small for him.

"I need to fly in space," he decided and the next moment he stood up as he said to his droid, "I will go for a walk."

"Right now? Right here?" The droid was speechless.

"What? Don't tell me you didn't see me fighting in the space before?" James was overly aggressive and that made the droid refrain from asking him any more. "Just open the hatch and let me out," he said while heading towards a nearby safety exit.

"Dear, why take the trouble to go outside? It's cold and desolate; nothing interesting is there to watch!"

James smirked as she seemed quite distressed from him going out, "Nothing, I just want to move my muscles, won't that be a good thing for someone like me?" he said and his words were followed by his actions.