Everyone Else Has a System

Total of three people standing in front of her going on about the benefits of joining their side. A few more people stood behind them, letting the three in front explain. Then there was Elizabeth, catching her breath, being exhausted after she ran through 1600 steps in one go as fast as she could.

I saw Professor Lynn, standing behind as she observed the Professor in the front speaking to Elizabeth.

'Hmmmm…. Using Aidan's identity will make things complicated and if I used Zero or Reaper, it will give away my location and might make things complicated later on,' I pondered over this for a brief moment before 5 more people arrived behind me and moved in front towards Elizabeth.

"Let the girl breathe," Adara glared as she looked at the Professors and so did Lucas. If I am not wrong, Annabeth might have asked for help from Adara in this matter, because despite being strong, the lack of willpower didn't allow Anna to enter the 8th floor yet.

The other people were the leader of Vanguard, Blaze, and another aged guy whom I hadn't seen here before. Hmmm…

'Green hair, brown eyes and a pure white robe. That Staff of Nobility… He is Christian Alan, isn't he?' I thought as I recalled the bits of information about him.

Christian Alan, the only teacher of the Arcadia Academy, that managed to survive to the very end. He did die within the first few years after the Third Cataclysm, but still his mana manipulation was something that even the best ones had failed to achieve. One of the few that humanity actually felt bad about losing.

He is one of the seven people that are on my list as a must have and I must protect till the very end. Though, for now, I think I will be watching the show.

"Do not interrupt Adara. You too Lucas, this is something that we cannot let go at any cost," one of the Professor spoke as he tried to grab Elizabeth, but Christian was faster as he manipulated the mana around and created a barrier between the Professors and Elizabeth.

"What is the meaning of this Christian?" unable to grab Elizabeth, the Professor made a dark expression as he observed Christian.

"Sorry Mr. Quint, I have made a promise to a friend that I can't break," Christian smiled with a slight bow, as if he couldn't really do anything about this situation. The Professor smacked the barrier as hard as he could but I guess it was too strong for him to break in a single punch, as the barrier was still intact without a single scratch on it.

The other Professors also joined in and started breaking the barrier with as much force as they could muster and looking at how things were progressing, it didn't seem like anyone was going to give up on Elizabeth.

"At least ask the girl what she wants here," Lucas spoke with a dominant tone as he moved forward towards the Professors and the Professors too stood up as if they were ready to go all out as well.

And soon enough, yeah…

-BOOM!!

One of the Professors actually attacked… not at Lucas, but at Adara. I saw her moving in front, blocking the attack and counter attacking at the same moment.

'Wow!' I admired the way she just did that. It was quite clean and too smooth for one to even notice. The attack reached the same Professor pushing him back.

The Professor from Vanguard moved towards Blaze since he was their leader right now. I turned to see him enjoying the whole show as if he were a King watching a struggle among those below him.

A few more Professors came forward and attacked Lucas, Adara and Hera and the fight started to get more and more fierce. I saw that despite there being 6 Professors and only three students; the fight was at a stalemate. As for Professor Christian, he was simply blocking any attacks directed at Elizabeth without getting involved in the fight.

'Perhaps he was tasked with protecting Elizabeth only?' I pondered before looking at a couple of Vanguard Professor attacking Christian while Blaze moved towards Elizabeth one step at a time.

With Christian busy defending himself against the other Professors, Blaze easily moved towards the barrier and used a couple of powerful attacks.

-Crack!

-Crack!

-Crack!

-Crack!

-Shatter!!!!!

And the barrier broke, revealing a weak Elizabeth behind it, who was looking confoundedly at all the things going on around.

"Hello there. Congratulations, from now on you are a part of the Vanguard Group," Blaze spoke with a sincere smile. Elizabeth was confused about what was going on. She wanted to get up but because of the mana pressure from the 8th Floor, she was having difficulty even standing and forgot about defending herself.

Adara and the others tried moving towards her, but because of the Professors, they couldn't even move towards her. Those Professors, who were not from Vanguard, also didn't bother going to Elizabeth and just focused on stopping Adara and the group.

'Hmmm… interesting,' I thought as I saw Blaze just observing Elizabeth as if he were looking at his most precious possession yet. He even began moving his hands towards Elizabeth, trying to touch her.

From what I remember, Blaze was the kind of guy who would go to any length to achieve anything he wanted to do or anyone he wanted to get. He doesn't care about the method being cheap or underhanded. As long as he could get what he wanted, he could kill his own siblings easily without much thought.

Blaze tried touching Elizabeth, but before he could do so, something stopped him. He felt a fear creeping behind him as if someone wanted to kill him and he just stood there. Sweat began trickling down his forehead as he gulped before he looked around, only to find Lucas and Adara glaring at him.

I saw the eyes of Adara and Lucas… they were saying that they would kill Blaze for real if he touched Elizabeth. I could feel the killing intent laced in their glare, Lucas and Adara, and it made me chuckle a little.

'Guess the show still isn't over yet,' I smiled as I decided to stay back and observe for a bit more.