"How?" The person asked seeing the spike failing to go through Law.
"I had my doubt the moment Ellis arrived." Law answered. Seeing his confusion Law proceeded to explain.
"When Ellis arrived other than Phil you expressed no sort of anger, resentment or any other sort of emotions. Especially considering that he had tortured you and your teammates, who are still contained by him." Law replied.
The boy reluctantly gave up the earth spike and walked to the other side next to Ellis.
"Sorry." The boy apologised as he came next to Ellis.
Ellis shrugged his shoulder while removing the gloves on his hands. Seeing his bruised hand Law furrowed his brows while Ellis touched the boys' badge. Soon the boys' badge turned green, but different from the common minions his badge had a silver border, with his points still there, 67.
"Sorry, guys I have to pass this exam. He gave me the best offer and all I had to do was be a distraction to you guys in-between the fog." The boy with brown wavy hair apologised to Law and the group before walking away.
"Law, hand him to me. You will see worse things the longer you delay." Ellis warned Law again while putting his gloves back on.
"Lewies, Ruby escort Phil to the scoreboard and get him out of the exam, Tash and I will delay him as long as possible." Law quickly ordered as he gathered magi in his hands.
"No, I won't. Not until he tells me where Ava is?" Phil screamed.
"Phil trust me. I will get Ava back safely. For your safety just go out for now." Law explained calmly.
Lewies and Ruby quickly dragged a reluctant Phil back to the marked area around the scoreboard, while Law prepared to stop Ellis.
However, strangely Ellis stood there watching Phil, doing nothing to stop him.
Law had a feeling that something was very wrong, otherwise, Ellis should have attempted to stop Phil from dropping out by now.
"I spent quite some time yesterday, without any sleep, preparing for today." Ellis said as he took something out of his pocket.
While Phil finally reached the marked area and broke his badge in two.
Seeing the thing in Ellis' hands Law finally understood why Ellis didn't move.
"It's no use. He will stay here until the next few hours." Ellis said as he dropped the 2 pieces of paper he was holding onto.
The sunlight reflected from the paper enabled many to see the golden paper many people desired.
"On the bright side, if he manages to survive he can move onto the 3rd round." Law's expression twisted hearing what Ellis said.
"Leave him here, and I will leave you all alone. Or are you willing to put the future of all those students at risk for that scum?" Ellis asked Law.
"What gives you the right to judge a person? Not only him, but I will make sure you touch not a single person here even if it means I fail this year." Law proclaimed while gathering the magi particles to form an earth spike. However, unlike Ellis' shoddy spike the spike conjured by Law was more flat and streamlined which made it more usable as a weapon rather than a spike.
Natasha stood next to Law, while Lewies and Ruby arrived behind Law, gathering their magi particles.
Seeing them prepared to fight him, Ellis lowered both his arm, he sighed shaking his head and turning around to walk away.
"Well, that went less cliché than I expected." Lewies joked trying to lessen the tension in the air, as he saw Ellis disappearing around the corner of a building.
"Something doesn't add up." Natasha murmured.
Ruby who heard her nodded while keeping a watch on her surroundings.
"Everyone carry on. We will leave as soon as the last person finishes." Law instructed seeing Ellis still hadn't come back after a few minutes.
"You guys lead them back to the camp. I am going to go after him, as soon as everyone is done." Law proclaimed to his friends, in a way to assure the agitated Phil as well.
They waited until everyone finally finished looking at their results.
Phil who was denied from dropping out was in a state of fear and panic. He knew if Ellis took so many preparations to stop him from leaving then he was bound to get him, whether it was this round or the next.
As everyone got ready to move they suddenly saw a familiar silhouette making his was towards them carrying something on his shoulders.
Standing quite a distance away from them, Ellis dropped what he was carrying.
"AVA!" Phil shouted as he tried to run forward only to be held back by Ruby.
"Leave me!" Phil shouted in fury as he tried to get out of Ruby's hold.
"Ellis, what have you done to her?
She has nothing to do with us.
Let her go!
I swear if anything happens to her then you won't leave here alive!" Phil screamed threats to Ellis while being held back by Ruby.
Ignoring Phil's outcry Ellis knelt next to Ava and opened her mouth before dropping something in her mouth.
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"No! Stop!" Phil screamed.
"Ellis what did you do to her?" Law asked, while both Lewies and Natasha prepared to run towards Ellis.
"She will die before you even take a step. If in doubt you can try it." Ellis threatened as he held an ice spike above Ava's heart.
Seeing him holding the spike both Natasha and Lewies backed off.
"What have you done to her you bastard!?" Phil screamed.
"Bastard!? Please don't call me that. I don't want anything to do with that useless person. As for her, she is just knocked out and just been poisoned." Ellis calmly explained.
"YOU...!" Phil suddenly lost his calm, at the unexpected news he received.
"HOW DARE YOU TOUCH AND HARM A NOBLE? UNDER MY AUTHORITY AS A NOBLE I DECLARE YOU AS AN OUTLAW YOU BASTARD!" Phil made a sudden declaration surprising everyone.
"WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING? GO AND KILL HIM. OR DO YOU WANT TO DISOBEY A NOBLES AUTHORITY!" Phil screamed towards Law and his friends while abandoning the promise he made towards Law at the very start.
Everyone expected Ellis to be afraid or worried. Yet despite Phil's noble declaration Ellis just chuckled and smiled.
"Noble? I am pretty sure she is just the daughter of a rich merchant let alone a noble. And your authority of a noble is invalid. You are nothing but an heir of a noble, hence you have no rights to make that declaration. Besides I doubt you will continue remaining an heir after I am done with you." Ellis explained calmly.
Before any of them could explain Ellis carried on. "Now about the poison I just fed her.
Only I know the name of the poison hence even if you manage to get her out of my hands you will only have 1 hour before she succumbs to the effects of the poison. Before that one-hour passes you will have to find the name of the poison and through that the cure.
So, let me ask you this Phil will you be able to analyse and find what poison it is in 1 hour?"
"What do you want Ellis?" Law interrupted Ellis' conversation in anger before Phil could reply.
"Give him to me." Ellis pointed to Phil.
"Will you give her to us if we give you Phil?" Natasha quickly asked before Law could say something.
"Naturally, however, I will only give you the name of the poison and its cure only after I am done with him." Ellis answered.
Law watched as Natasha walked toward Phil. Before he could say anything he saw Natasha picking Phil by the collar and threw him towards Ellis. Phil landed roughly next to Ellis.
"Natasha what are you doi...?" Law asked in anger.
However, before he could finish Natasha responded back in equal anger, as her face turned red. "This is no longer the matters civilians like yourself can interfere with Mr. Law. As an imperial princess, I am taking control of the situation here.
If you or anyone else are to interfere, it will be seen as an obstruction to law and obstructing the actions of an imperial princess. The punishment of such action is your execution and branding your family with treason. I hope I have made everything clear."
The sudden declaration left everyone in shock, especially Natasha's friends who were there.
"Ruby, Lewies guide everyone back to the safe zone and proceed as planned. Law you are to stay here with me and act under my orders. Disobeying will have consequence." Natasha gave out clear orders.
"Now I hope you will do as you have said." The stern imperial princess turned towards Ellis.
"Naturally. Just give me a minute. After all I broke a few of her bones and she is going through agonising pain." Ellis answered casually while stepping on Phil who was moaning in pain, from the rough landing. Hearing and seeing what he said and did, everyone who was about to leave under the two rank 2's guidance, was revolted, that a man would do such a thing to a woman.
"She was like you Phil, manipulative and quick to catch on. However, unlike you she forgot to take into account I grew up since the last time we met. So, I had to teach her the hard way by crushing a few of her bones. So, if you would kindly do the honours of casting a rank 2 spell upgrade of a certain spell I hope you haven't forgotten from 2 months ago." Ellis said while holding Phil by his hair up.
"Ahhhh!" Phil screamed in pain.
"Since you want a motivation I will give you one. The longer you delay, the less chance they will have to cure the poison in her system. Besides even if you lose a rank it shouldn't be hard for you to get it back right?" Hearing what Ellis made sense.
Even if he lost all his accumulation, he could easily get it back, but if Ava succumbed to the poison then he will never forgive himself.
Without losing a moment Phil raised his arms to cast the rank 2 Relaxation spell.
Such a change 2 months had bought. The person who used to beg was now ordering while the person who was ordering became the slave.
Phil cursed himself for not finishing Ellis that day. How was he to know that those horny bastards would have disobeyed his orders and gone after this assholes mother?
Green light surrounded Ava's body. Seeing it Ellis smiled, before kicking Phil back to the floor.
Ellis walked towards Ava and grabbed her by the collar and similar to how Natasha threw Phil, he too threw Ava.
Before she could land Natasha -who after everyone had left was watching this calmly while keeping an eye on Law- caught her carefully, while Ellis stepped on the Phil who was about to get up.
"How long will it take for you to give us the name of the cure?" Natasha asked, while handing Ava to Law who was tightly clenching his fists as he watched the injustice before him.
"5 minutes." Ellis said while looking it Phil who was moaning under him.
Natasha and Law watched how similar to what he had done to Ava, Ellis knelt down and made Phil swallow a pill.
"Now to the part, I have been waiting for a long time." Ellis devilishly grinned as he held Phil's arms up while stepping on his shoulders with one leg.
Before the very eyes of the students who stood there as a witness, they saw how twisted a person with revenge as the vendetta could be.
Phil's muscles, and bones desperately struggled against the strengthened Ellis, but it all was in vain as he screamed in pain, while Ellis pulled and twisted his arm.
The pain he went through made him want to pass out, but the same pain kept him from passing out.
He could feel and hear his muscle tearing apart while desperately trying to hold together, while blood spewed in front of him. He screamed and begged, yet it was all nought as the demon before him was hell-bent on taking his arm off.
After what felt like hours of agonising pain it stopped.
Ellis held up Phil's arm as blood dripped from the dangling nerves and tendons before the eyes of screaming and tired Phil.
Lighting the arm on fire, Ellis threw it away as he squatted before the bleeding and exhausted Phil who was crying in pain.
"I don't want you dying so soon. I want you to see everything crumbling before you. You have to be alive to see what I have planned out for you. Only then will I be satisfied." Ellis whispered as he casted a spell to close the bleeding wound.
"He will be allowed to drop out of the exam if he wishes in 2 hours." Law said as he threw the now partially light and unbalanced Phil across.
Natasha caught him, now clearly seeing the revolting wound. She was glad in a way that her family made her go through that those harrowing moments, they called training.
She looked at Law to see the blazing fire of anger in his eyes. She was glad she gave Ava to him.
"The poison I gave her is called Birthless." Hearing the name Natasha looked at Ellis in shock, even she found what Ellis did to be bit cruel. After all from the investigation she gathered, Ava had nothing to do with what happened to his mother.
Birthless.
It was a pill given to women who enters prostitution to make sure they don't get pregnant. Taking this pill will cause the women to barren for the rest of her life.
All women who were considered barren among the nobilities only had 2 choices either live as a slut in everyone's eyes and become a social outcast or actually become a woman who uses her body to pleasure other nobles for their needs and wants.
Either way if they don't get her the cure in time her life will be ruined.
"She has less than 1 hour. I would focus on waking her up than catching up with me if I were you." Ellis warned them seeing the fire in Law's eyes.
"Ellis, you will pay for this. No, I will make you pay for this." Law who was silent for the whole time finally spoke.
"You are wrong Law. I had already paid for this, and I paid in soul, blood, sweat and tears. There is nothing left in me to pay."
Saying that he walked off disappearing around a corner of a building.