The Mech Lord

"Boom!"

An explosion sounded as Dean Valen's body erupted with Arora energy. He didn't use any kind of skill and just used his energy to bring out a terrifying strength.

"You won't be able to run today.." He calmly walked towards the grey lump of matter. That thing was wriggling around trying to escape desperately. But, only found itself cornered against a wall.

When it tried to drill a hole through it, the Dean's Will erupted and surrounded the Zest, forming a cage around it.

This thing had already run all the way here when he was busy looking at Runeko. And, he surely didn't want to let it go again. After all, there were chances of students being nearby as they had travelled quite a bit away from the Dorm, the initial place of the incident.

The murky matter which was trapped in the cage, made of Dean's Will, struggle desperately, but it couldn't break out of it. It was a strange sight to see. After all, Will wasn't something a normal person could see.

The Zest suddenly released a roar as it's body slammed against the cage, but only in vain.

"This is the end," Dean Valen snorted as he looked at it.

The eye on the Zest suddenly opened and it looked towards the Dean with intense hatred.

"This …ain't…over.." It said in a shaky voice.

Even though it wasn't able to speak initially, it's possession of Runeko seemed to have given it some knowledge.

Dean's expression changed, and he clenched his fist. The moment he did that, the cage made of Will shrunk down and crushed that Zest to death and devoured its entire body.

With that, this matter had finally come to a close.

"Hmmn?" Dean suddenly turned his head, feeling someone drawing near to the place.

A few seconds later, Leo arrived.

"What are you doing here?" Dean Valen asked with a frown. The place was dangerous, and the announcement had clearly asked the students to evacuate the Academy.

"Where is Runeko?" Leo ignored his question, and asked his own. He was a bit too tense right now, and hence, he clearly forgot to care about the Dean's status. If it was a normal situation, he definitely wouldn't have behaved like this.

But, the Dean didn't scold him.

He already knew that Leo was the one to have passed the information about the Zest to Jack. Not only were the kids involved in the release of Zest, but was also involved in their ending as well.

He was actually angry at Jack for involving the kid in something dangerous like this. But, he couldn't say anything when it was all thanks to them that they managed to find it before it killed another student.

"She is fine," He said with a sigh.

He then grabbed Leo and took him out of the place along with him.

A lot had happened this time, and it would surely be a headache for him.

Now not only Leo and Harry were involved with the Zest but their whole Research Club was. It was going to get troublesome.

This matter had to be kept a secret. If not, it could have devastating effects on the peace which was being portrayed by different nations to the people.

Common people had no idea about these dangers.

Demon King's Era had barely ended 30 years ago. People were not yet ready to hear about another disaster.

…

The news about the murderer being caught was made to the public. The identity was kept secret as the person was a minor, and it would be affecting his life.

Most people felt it was absurd. After all, even though most of the Nations functioned like a Democracy, Gloria didn't. They were always hard on Criminals.

Hence, most of the people deemed that the criminal must have been someone of a significant background and rumors began to float.

These rumors were what the Dean's specifically wanted. It was in their best interest if people went to look for a Noble instead of an Extra Dimensional Creature like Zest.

…

Two days passed…

The incident was already in the past. But, its effects were far from over. It was still being heavily covered in the news with all kinds of titles. This was all related to the fact that the person's identity had been kept a secret even until now.

Vanessa sat at the dining table for breakfast. Her eyes were on the pair of siblings sitting in front.

As far as she knew, these two had been missing on that day when the event occurred. She had practically gone around and searched the whole place. Of course, she was not allowed to go into the area which was sealed by the Security.

But, these two refused that they were not in that area and evacuated long ago. But, she had surely seen all around and asked a lot of people that day. Yet, not a single soul had seen them.

Leo could feel Vanessa gaze on him. She had questioned him about that day a lot. He didn't know what she wanted to know, but he wasn't going to give her any answers that would create troubles.

That day, the Dean had taken care of most matters.

His violent act was labelled as a misunderstanding by the Dean and he not only fired the Secretary for over exaggerating the matter but even scolded the Disciplinary committee for roughly handling it.

This was all done because he too was aware of Vanessa's identity. He didn't want her attention to be drawn towards Leo in an odd manner.

As for the people who had seen the Zest, well they were all called.

….

The Day of the Incident..

All the members of the Research Club as well as Amelia were called to the Dean's office after things had calmed down a bit.

Leo and Harry pretty much knew what it was all about.

When they reached the office, their eyes widened a bit.

The Dean was not all alone.

There were two more people with him.

Leo had seen both of them.

[This son of b*tch-nya..] Aiden cursed at the sight of the man. He had hated this guy from the first day.

It was the Emperor of course.

As for the other person…

"Dad!" Amelia immediately rushed up to him, and jumped in his arms while breaking out in tears.

It was obvious that she wasn't strong enough to handle things that had happened.

Edgar sighed as he patted her back, and hugged her. He knew his daughter well. To be honest, if he wasn't in this profession, he wouldn't even have forced her to pick up a weapon. But, that wasn't true, hence he had to let her face these things.

He then looked at Leo, and nodded with a smile. He was indeed proud of him. He had heard what had happened. Leo not only gained an impossible victory today, but even played a major role in catching that thing.

As for the previous incident with Zest, he had heard about it as well.

But, there was one catch here, the Dean had hidden the fact that Leo had activated his Will.

Why?

He knew how things were, and he understood it better than anyone around. People would be taken advantage of. He had seen it happening in front of his own eyes. He had lost a lot of pupils due to this, and this time, he didn't plan to see the same happening.

Hence, he was preparing in advance.

So, no one knew regarding this matter and even Leo was asked by him to keep a silence about this.

"I am sure you two already know why all of you are here." Dean looked at Leo and then at Harry.

The rest of the guys couldn't help but give the two a look as well. They knew that they had found something wrong with Runeko way before than anyone else. It was clear that the two knew something which they didn't.

Spike was the only one who had some idea about it. To be honest, he hadn't understood the situation well until now. But, looking at how these terrifying characters had assembled here because of this, it was clear how important it was.

"What happened today….I want you all to forget about it. There was just a murderer and he was caught by the Instructors," The Dean suddenly said.

These guys couldn't help but exchange a look.

"From now on, the State would sponsor all of your Tuition fee. And, you would be guaranteed at least a post of a Squad Captain on graduation. And, if you want something else, that too is possible." Ragen, the Emperor smiled at them.

But this only made the student feel even creeped up. There were no free lunches in the world. It was an Ancient saying. And, they understood it well.

They couldn't understand the reason for this sweet treatment.

But, it seemed that they had seen something which they shouldn't have.

Sweat immediately began to form on their forehead.

They knew what this meant.. If they opened their mouths about it, then….