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Chapter 1026 - A condition Outside on the field after getting their reports from the students, they were the first ones that had been sent back to the school base located on Earth. Their treatment wouldn't stop there. They knew there was more work that needed to be done, not just treating physical injuries but it was important for the students to recover mentally as well. Seeing your friends and fellow pupils die in front of your eyes wasn't something every single person could cope with in the same way. Oscar had remained out on the field with a few other soldiers who were taking the Dalki bodies in for research. His reasons for staying were the same for the Cursed faction members who continued to stand in the heat. *Ding A ping came in on Jane's tablet, Oscar's assistant who was standing right next to him. "The reports have come in from the Shelter and Head General Samantha, would you like to read them?" Jane asked, since Oscar for once was seemingly doing nothing. Whenever she saw him like this, she would remind him that there was always work to be done around the place. After giving it a detailed read, Oscar was quite surprised about what the reports said. 'In the report, Samantha makes note of the teacher Fex using string abilities and a strange red aura as well. The aura that is described is almost exactly the same as what Innu described, and the same as what I saw Quinn do previously. 'Also, it states that there were other shadow users in the Cursed faction. This red aura that keeps getting mentioned, it seems to be quite powerful. It seems like Quinn isn't just hiding one or two things but is holding more cards then he has let on. This could be a problem.' Oscar thought. —— The reaction that Quinn was seeing after what he had said was not what he had expected. Throughout the whole conversation, he was the one on the back foot and Eno was the calm, all knowing one. However, now it seemed like he didn't know every single little thing that was going on in the world. For a brief second, and it was only once, his heart beat had beaten out of sync from the regular pattern it had before. 'I realise now, in my head I was building up Richard Eno to be this untouchable God pulling the strings on everything that was happening, but now I see that's not the case at all. He is just another person.' Quinn thought. "You have just provided me with additional information that I did not know about before." He admitted. "You seem to have been more valuable than I realised, and now there are questions I even want to ask you. You keep surprising me even after I have raised my expectations. I hope you can continue to do that. "Because of this, I will grant you to ask one more question." Eno said. It was already a head scratcher coming up with the last question, perhaps he could ask where Eno really was, but he could always move after that happened. Or he could ask why the Dalki have decided to attack now and here. Thinking about what to ask, Quinn started to think about the students, and that led him to think about one more person. 'How could I forget? He has waited long enough and has done so much for us.' "I know what I want to ask. There is a boy with me that you might know, he goes by the name Sil. His situation is a little… complicated." Quinn went on to explain the details of what happened to Sil, not the full story but just enough for him to know what he needed. "Yes, I actually know a lot about the Blade family." Eno replied. "What did you want to ask, did you want to know if I knew a way to bring back the other two?" Quinn nodded. "I do know, but remember I said you could ask three questions, not three favours and this would be a favour if I were to help you with this, wouldn't you agree?" Eno suggested. "If you wish for me to help, then I have a favour I need in return." Watching carefully, the Cursed members were starting to sweat buckets with the hot sun scorching them. They hadn't moved and just looked out in the desert waiting for Quinn. "Can't they upgrade these rings a little?" Nate asked, playing with his finger. "Maybe make something that can also make the heat not affect us." "We are all experiencing the same thing, Nate." Sam said. "And you don't hear us complaining. Why don't you just imagine that a girl is waiting on the other side of that dune for you, then you would stand there for hours." A few seconds later, two black portals opened in the distance and they could see Quinn emerge. "It looks like Quinn didn't need my help after all." Peter said. When Quinn moved closer, Oscar was happy to know that he looked to be fine. He actually had a lot he wanted to ask Quinn. That's when he noticed that he wasn't alone and a strange man was standing next to him, it was someone that Oscar didn't recognise. The others wanted to run up to Quinn, but didn't as Oscar was the one who walked forward first and Sam had stopped the others rushing up, to remind them that Oscar was a world leader. Besides, they were just happy that Quinn seemed to be fine. "Quinn, a lot has happened here today and it's because of you so many people could have survived." Oscar congratulated him. "We have to have a party in your honour to celebrate." "A party, for what happened?" Quinn replied back, not really understanding what a party would be intended for. People had died at the end of the day. "Quinn, I think it would be good to celebrate. There are many things to be pleased about and the people need a break before they hear what is about to be announced." Oscar said. "I think your days of being a teacher will be over, so it would be nice to celebrate your time here. Most importantly, it is to announce the achievement of getting a first victory against the Dalki before war is declared." Meeting Richard Eno, Quinn had kind of forgotten what had happened since he was blaming Richard for everything. But if it really wasn't Richard's doing moving the Dalki, it meant that this was the first official attack from them. The whole world would soon find out about this and when war was declared, all factions and groups would be on the move just like before when Quinn was a kid. "If it's something that has to be done. You can organise it with Sam later." Quinn said. "Yes, you deserve rest, feel free to go back to the others, but before you go, I don't want to be rude. Do you mind introducing me to the person next to you?" Quinn looked at Eno and was wondering what to say about him, but he didn't have to, because Eno stood forward himself and gave a bow. "I believe you may know me, but have never met me. My name is Richard Eno." He said bowing down, and walking off with Quinn. 'Richard Eno!' Oscar shouted in his head, even Jane nearly dropped her tablet. Richard Eno was a man everyone was searching for, just as much as they were searching for Jack Truedream but no one could find him, and now he was right there in front of him. The question was, why was he with Quinn? Had Richard Eno been with him the whole time? What was their relationship? All sorts of questions were running through Oscar's mind, but they had already left and the moment was lost to ask. When Quinn arrived with Richard by his side, everyone stared at him like he was insane. They could tell it was a vampire standing by Quinn's side due to his smell, and they could also guess who he was. "It's nice to meet you all, I'm sure we will all get to know each other quite well." Richard said. "Erhh Quinn, what does he mean by that?" Peter asked, unafraid and ignoring Richard. "This is Richard Eno, and he will be staying with us on the Cursed ship for a while." Quinn said. On the condition of helping out Sil, Quinn was to grant Eno a favour back, and he had asked to observe the Cursed faction. Chapter 1027 - Help from an enemy A special event had been announced the next day. Inviting all the important figures around the world. Giant corporations, manufacturing companies and more. On top of that all the teachers at the school, and high level military personnel had also been invited. Those from the Graylash family weren't left out, including the family head Owen Graylash and finally those from the Cursed faction. Quinn was ready to head back with the others but when he had received the invitation to the event and told how soon it would be, he decided that he would stay at least till the event was over. Considering how many important people would be there. An invitation was extended out to those Cursed that had also arrived before the others who were on planet Caladi. The invitation that stuck out the most though, was one that was given to Quinn claiming that they wished for Richard Eno to come along as well. Before leaving the planet these invites were all given to them in person by Oscar, and now they had arrived back at the large new school and had been given top of the line rooms filled with everything they could ever need to stay in for the time being. As for Richard, he said he would be coming, but he would be there when he was needed, and seemingly disappeared without saying anything else, he didn't go through a teleporter with them, and just disappeared into the desert, so he was not at the school with them. Everyone would freshen up, and take a few minutes rest, before Sam requested for all of them to meet up in the same room. Sam wanted to know more about what happened between Quinn and Richard, as well as the fight between the Dalki. It was time they knew more about the bigger picture and all this vampire stuff so they had a better understanding. Through that, they could help out Quinn more. At the same time, Sam wanted to inform Quinn of everything they had found out from Brock, to do with the Balde island and the role of the Blade family. Lying in his bed staring at the ceiling Quinn was wondering what was going on. 'Richard Eno, why would you reveal yourself to the world like that, in front of Oscar. Everyone's been looking for you. Are you just trying to cause more trouble for me, or is this one of your tests again.' Thinking back to Enos' personality, when Quinn had asked for the request to help Sil, he had come back saying that he wanted to stay with the Cursed faction for a while. It had come as a complete surprise to him. Eno could even tell Quinn was struggling with the request that he had spoken about it. "Are you worried that I will learn about all of the Cursed faction secrets? It would be the perfect way to destroy a faction from the inside out if you were a thorn in my side, but trust me that is not my goal. If you do think I'm an enemy, have you ever heard of keeping your friends close but your enemies closer? "Besides there are a lot of people that want you dead Quinn. If they knew everything about you, and how much of a threat you could possibly be they would be hunting you down quite quickly. I don't think anyone ever expected you to get as strong as you have done." In the end, Quinn had decided to accept Eno's request. He had a feeling the whole time Eno was telling the truth. Even if he was still acting in his strange ways. 'But I remember you did the same thing back then as well, and you even gave the same reason.' Quinn said. 'That was because I thought it would help with your progress, and I was just trying to get you to avoid certain dangers that were out of your power for the time being.' Vincent argued. 'Do you think that's exactly what Eno is doing then? He states the same thing. Perhaps he thinks at the moment I, or the Cursed faction isn't strong enough. If he told us all the information, or the Humans, they would try acting on it when they couldn't.' Still it was impossible to figure out without knowing everything. While waiting for the others, and thinking about getting stronger, Quinn did decide to check out one thing, all of the rewards he had received due to completing the quest. To be honest, Quinn thought the rewards were a bit lackl.u.s.tre, especially considering what he had done or been through. He could only assume this was because it wasn't a quest given by the system and instead was one given by Eno when his system was overridden which was a scary thought in itself. [Level 62] Quinn had levelled up a total of 9 times to reach level 62. It was quite the amount of exp he had gained for defeating the Dalki. He didn't get any instant level ups, so all the level ups he did achieve were from pure exp, but now since he didn't level up every ten levels the exp requirement was just getting bigger and bigger. At this point, Quinn thought there were only three ways he could now level up. From defeating Demi-god, demon tier beasts or the Dalki. Through defeating beasts and the Dalki he could gain a level up through exp points, or if they awarded him an instant level up. The other way, would be receiving an instant level up quest from the system itself. 'I wonder what level I need to be to complete that Quest.' Quinn thought. He was thinking about the quest to find something beyond the level of a vampire lord. Would he reach it at level 70, 80 or maybe even a hundred he didn't know. What he did know was with each level up he could feel his body changing into something. With the stat points awarded Quinn did his usual. He tried to keep his points as balanced as possible, raising them all up to the nearest ten bracket for the best effect. His current stats were like so. [Agility: 70] [Stamina: 69] [Charm 60] On Vincent's advice Quinn had stopped increasing the charm stat, since he was told at this level there would just be people he could control and people he couldn't, no matter how high his charm stat was. The following stat was the interesting one, and it had risen to be his highest. [Blood control: 164] Steadily Quinn's blood control would grow as he used his blood abilities more often and it was the same during the Dalki fight. After fighting Cindy and Bryce it had increased a lot and using it inside his body all the time he did the same. 'I wonder how high someone's stat would be if they had the absolute blood book?' Quinn wondered. 'Now that your blood control is high enough, it would be nice if you learn some new blood abilities, apart from the basic ones you have been using this whole time.' Vincent said. 'You've trained in fighting and it has reached a good level. If you're going to be fighting using your full strength a lot more, you will no longer be able to hide the fact that you have blood powers, so I think this should be your next step into growing.' 'I remember you saying this before.' Quinn replied scratching his head, a habit when he was struggling. 'But you also stated you couldn't really teach me anything and that I should find a teacher. I think I'm already past the point where Fex could teach me things, which means the only people that could teach me better skills are vampire knights or a leader and I don't think any of the leaders are willing to teach me.' Quinn replied. What Quinn also noticed when checking his system was while not in the vampire world, he didn't gain any reputation points from his family. So they wouldn't continue to build up while he was away and he couldn't just come back and start making all sorts of improvements using the points. It was one of the reasons; why Quinn was a little upset with the rewards, he was expecting to get a new title like 'Dalki killer' or something that would help him in the future. 'There will be one person next to you that seems willing to help you. I'm sure they could teach you some new blood skills.' Vincent suggested. 'Are you crazy, you can't be suggesting what I think you're suggesting? You want me to ask Richard Eno to teach me?' Chapter 1028 - Quinn missing? By now, Quinn knew to take Vincent's silence as a yes and honestly, he didn't think it was a bad idea. To ask Eno to teach him a few things. Eno was a vampire who had lived longer than any of the leaders, a vampire original. He was sure to know of all the tricks the vampires had come up with when using their blood powers. The problem was, the type of person that Eno was. 'I'm sure even if he did want to teach me, because I asked him for a favour he would also want one in return, and based on what the favour is, it might just not be worth it.' Quinn thought. Talking to him for a small amount of time was difficult enough, and he couldn't imagine him as a teacher. A short while later, the rest of the Cursed faction had finally entered Quinn's room. "What the…I thought our rooms were amazing but yours is as twice as big as ours and is even fancier. Is that a golden tap?!" Nate said excitedly, as he started to play with the tap expecting something else other than water to come out of it. "Our rooms are nice as well, but it makes sense for Quinn to be treated this way, now that he is a world leader and all." Sam said. Quinn didn't actually notice that his room was any different than the others. He had been used to the simple life so much that he was happy with just a bed, kitchen and bathroom, he didn't really need anything else. It was a shame that he didn't really have the time to appreciate the luxuries around him. "This isn't the room they usually give me, I think they just put me up in here for now." Quinn replied modestly. "Yes, Oscar told me about that." Sam replied. "It looks like our plan worked somewhat, you made quite an impression on those kids and they have been asking non stop to see you. Not just because of who you are but what you did for them. Oscar couldn't just let you stay in the normal teacher dormitories now everyone knows you're a world leader." After their little chat, it wasn't long until they got down to business. Inside Quinn's room there was even a dining table that was large enough to seat them all and that's where they decided to sit for the time being. In Quinn's room were Sam, Wevil, Linda, Nate, Dennis, Peter, and Fex. In other words, it was all the leaders of the Cursed faction that were on Earth at this moment and time. Quinn started to first explain what happened with the Dalki attack and how he had met Eno beforehand. He didn't see any need to talk about the system as that was his own business, but he would speak to Logan about it later on. He then went on to talk about what was discussed with Eno when he had asked his three questions and also his request with Sil. The others already knew about Arthur and more, as they had to learn about the situation from Leo and the others when living in the vampire world. Now they had a better understanding of what was going on, and from what they knew about Brock, they were able to put the two things together. "I see, well that might make things a little difficult with your request." Sam said, as he went on to explain what they had also learnt from Brock, that the Dalki were after the second half of the demon tier beast and it was on the Blade island. "So you think that Eno is going to want to use Sil to copy Mona's powers and help him move the demon tier beast?" Quinn asked. "Honestly yes, otherwise Brock would have never told us about it. From what you have told me, maybe Eno's condition would be to help you only after Sil has helped him." Sam said. Quinn nodded as he understood, but Nate looked around the table and he wasn't the only one confused. "Why?" Nate had to ask. "Because of the way Sil's ability was before." Sam answered. "When Raten and Vorden occupied his head, Sil was only able to use three abilities at one time. To control a demon tier beast is something that not even Mona can do. Once Sil copies the ability he also needs to find other high MC cell users to power up the ability. With three abilities it's a gamble whether or not he can control the demon tier beast. "However, with six abilities it's probably easily done. If Eno brings back Vorden and Raten, Sil could lose his ability to copy six abilities and will be back to the three, same as before. I'm sure due to Brock having lived on the Blade island he knows about this as well and he will use this information and the fact that Quinn wishes to help him against him." Now everyone had a better understanding of what was going on but there were still many questions on everyone's mind. "What happens if Bryce finds out about this?" Fex asked. This was something that Quinn hadn't really been concerned about. He was treating the vampire world and the current war with the humans and the Dalki as two different matters. "I don't know." Quinn replied. "The other half of the demon tier beast the Dalki are looking for is in the vampire world, I don't even think Bryce and the others know about it, nor that the Dalki are looking for it, and it's the same for Eno. The only one that I told about Eno still being awake was Arthur, and we know what he plans to do… At the moment, we can't protect two places at once and for now nothing has happened in the vampire world. "Although I don't want to say this, if something does happen, we just have to trust that Bryce and the others will be strong enough to fight off whatever attack happens to them." Quinn replied. Although, even Quinn was concerned with what Arthur would do, did he really wish to kill all the vampires including those from the tenth family. If so, maybe he would have to step in and get involved. After the meeting was over, the rest decided to head back to their rooms for a good night's sleep, including Quinn. The next day would be the event where everyone from all over was invited. When the morning sun rose, everyone was dressed in their most formal clothing. They were already woken by the sh.i.p.s that were constantly flying all morning to the new school. Some of them were nervous, others were excited to be meeting people they saw on TV all the time. When everyone was ready, they met up in the hallway and headed towards Quinn's room. Upon entering however, they found a note that had been left behind. [I will be a little late to the event. All of you head on without me, there's something I need to do first.] "If we turn up without him, I'm sure there will be a lot of people who will be asking us questions nonstop." Linda commented. "Quinn will be there." Sam said. "Besides, I'm sure it's something important to him." Nearly all of the teachers and important figures were invited to the ceremony and the students' training would be cut short. Today, after the special announcement was to be made, they would be sent off to join the factions of the different squads in the military. Their training would continue there as they prepared for the fight ahead of them. Right now though, all the students were to stay in their classrooms where a substitute homeroom teacher would be looking after them. Here all the students could watch the event and announcement live on TV. An exclusive crew had been allowed to enter and they would go around talking to guests and interviewing them to broadcast to the entire planet. All of the students were in their seats, patiently waiting and wondering what the event was, but they weren't in the best of minds. It wasn't too long ago they had just come back from a devastating event. "Alright, kids the event should start in the next hour or so, you are allowed to eat snacks during the event, but talking has to be kept at a minimum so everyone can hear, okay?" The teacher said. "Man, I can't believe we didn't even get to say thank you to Quinn." Swin said. "I know, after everything he has done for us. I still don't understand why a world leader would care about our class or kids like us." Venus replied. "I think I have an idea." Shiro said. "Quinn said that he was like me. He had no ability and was weak. Remember all of his speeches? I don't think that was an act, but you're right, I wish I could at least say thank you." Suddenly, the students started to talk loudly amongst each other as they pointed to the front. "What's he doing here, isn't he meant to be at the event?" "Before I go off to this god awful event, I just wanted to say one thing. It really was a joy for me to teach all of you. I wish I could have taught you for longer. I promise I will remember these days for the rest of my life and I hope you can remember me as well. I know not all of you will join the Cursed faction, but it would be great to see your faces again." Quinn said. As quickly as he appeared, he had vanished and was off to the grand event. "Quinn! Wait, you were the best teacher we had!" Swin shouted. "Seriously, how can you leave without us saying thank you to you properly!" Venus said. More of the students shouted as they truly were thankful for Quinn saving their lives that day. Without him they all knew the situation would have been devastating. They would never forget him for as long as they lived. "Thank you, but this won't be the last time I see you. I will return the favour when I join the Cursed faction." Shiro said. Chapter 1029 - The most important figures in the world Despite what Quinn's note had said, the group decided that it might be best if they tried waiting for him for at least a little while. They headed to the location that they had been instructed to go to and up ahead they could see what could only be described as a grand mansion. It was only a short way from the new school that had been built but was also out of sight, covered by a few of the main buildings. It made people who worked at the school wonder if it had always been there or if it had been built just for today's event. Regardless, it had a grand finish. The mansion had two huge spiralling staircases that would lead up to the balcony on the second floor, which was large enough to fit a few hundred people. On the ground floor at the entrance there were pillars laced in a special glowing silver substance and even had the most beautiful of beast crystals wrapped around it. The dozens of people walking past them were wearing much more glamorous clothing than any of the Cursed group, so much so that some of them started to get cold feet as they felt they didn't belong there. Leading up to the mansion was a stone walkway and a wide red carpet had been laid out for the attendees. The arriving guests walked in on the red carpet while hundreds of camera and video drones were flying through the air, snapping the event. The Cursed members knew that no one cared about them coming to this event, it was all about Quinn. They also knew if the Cursed faction turned up without him, there would be questions. "What a waste of beast crystals." Peter said, looking disgusted at the ostentatious pillars. "You have a point, we risk our lives fighting beasts so we can create better weapons, not so they can be used as decorations." Wevil added, looking at an obviously rich couple walk past. The woman had a timeless black dress on and on her ears she donned earrings with a beast crystal on each. In a way, the rarer the beast crystal someone had showed how much power a certain family had. Powerful beast crystals would go for a lot of money mainly so they could be turned into weapons, but if someone could purchase them and use them as a fashion accessory, it would show the world how little an expensive beast crystal meant to them. "I don't think we can wait much longer. Most people have arrived and if none of us enter, then it might be a problem." Sam suggested and reluctantly they all followed him walking along the red carpet. While doing so, some of the other guests who were also walking started to stare at them. They could see they were trying to guess who they were, if it was anyone they recognized. However no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't figure it out. "It must be some of the teachers that worked at the school or a captain of a squad." One of them whispered to another. "They could be from the Cursed faction, not many people know what they look like." Another replied. While making their way along the red carpet, they did spot two people they did recognise, Bonny and Void, the two reporters that they had met when facing the demon tier beast. When Sam and the others walked through, Bonny recognised them immediately and gave them a smile, before placing a microphone in front of Sam. "Now we have approaching the door, finally some high ranking members from the Cursed faction. Please could you introduce yourselves to those watching at home and also tell us your role within the Cursed faction." Bonny asked in her best interview voice. For the first time ever, while Sam stared into the lens of the camera, he froze. It was half because it was unexpected and half because the Cursed faction didn't really give out roles, everyone kind of just did what they wanted. On top of that, there were a lot of ears listening in. "The leaders of the Cursed faction… where's the leader? I don't see the person named Quinn?" "He is meant to be here today right?" "Of course, Owen and Oscar are at this event too. This is meant to be a gathering of the Earth's strongest powers. The Cursed being one of the new powers should have arrived before everyone else to make an impression." Listening to all these comments was making Sam stumble even more. That's when Linda decided to step in. "This here is our trusted Vice leader of the Cursed faction. If Quinn isn't present then we follow what he tells us to do. Then we have Peter, who is not only the Head General, but is in charge of our defences on the Cursed ship. "Wevil and I work together in communications with the other factions. We work closely with Helen from the past Daisy faction who you might have already met before us. We try to make it so if any of the other factions have a problem they can talk to us. Finally, Nate is in charge of our hand to hand combat division. As you can see, we have brought quite a few of our high ranking members here because we understand how important this event is." Linda answered proficiently. The others were quite surprised that Linda was able to give them all roles so easily, but now that they thought about it, she really did just describe what a lot of them did for the Cursed faction. Although Peter's position was a bit of a stretch, at one point he did protect the ship alone from several attacks. "That's great to hear. A lot of people don't know about the Cursed faction since they managed to grow so quickly, but Oscar has said that they helped greatly during the demon tier hunting expedition, and Owen has always spoken great things about your leader, Quinn Talen. I have to ask, will we be seeing him tonight? He hasn't made an appearance yet." Finally, Sam was ready to speak. "He said he will be here so he will definitely be here. If there is one thing the Cursed faction is good at, it's doing what they say they will do. He just has important matters to attend to." Sam said, while walking off and the others soon followed him. With seemingly everyone having entered the large hall they could now rest for a little while. The announcement would be made later on and it was time for everyone to mingle and get to know each other, although it was harder for some. Owen stood next to Oscar and there were many that were afraid to even get close to the two of them as they talked. Meanwhile others were talking while looking their way. Bonny and Voiid continued to go around interviewing others, asking them questions about what accomplishments they had done and more. When together the group were standing awkwardly to the side of the room. They clearly felt like the odd ones out as everyone seemed to know each other. As for Nate, he was looking at a certain person in particular. He was looking over in Helen's direction. "Hey, you know that she likes Quinn, right? I don't want you to cause drama." Sam said as he spotted Nate staring at her. "No, I'm not looking at her, she brought her two sisters along to this event as well. Is it alright if I go over?" Nate asked. After that, there was meant to be an after party where there were no cameras. "I think it's fine, but just be careful. Bonny and Void might come to interview you at any point and you need to be careful if you answer their questions. Everyone is out to ruin our reputation at the moment. Let's meet back in an hour." Sam suggested, but Nate was already off before Sam had finished speaking. Peter was fine doing nothing, just leaning up against a pillar looking at everyone. Wevil and Linda were enjoying each other's company. They talked to each other a lot these days, while Sam had plucked up the courage to try and make a few connections. It was important after all, unless the Cursed faction were planning to take over the world which wasn't Quinn's intention. Sam thought it would be nice to talk to the people they would be working with for the foreseeable future. At the same time, he would keep an eye out for when Quinn arrived, and when Eno did as well. This left Fex on his own, who had managed to spot Samantha trying to grab some appetizers from the waiter's walking around, but there were people standing in her way. A large man, who wasn't paying her any attention had blocked a special seafood dish she was just dying to try. Then suddenly, it started to float in the air, before it landed in her hand. "Was that what you were trying to get?" Fex asked with a warm smile. When Samantha turned to see who it was, she was quite startled. 'I knew I might run into him here, but I didn't expect him to come up to me like that.' She thought, as she started to panic. "Oh thanks, that's exactly what I was looking for." She replied, and was now trying to make a quick exit from the awkward situation, but she could feel Fex's eyes not moving from her. There was a reason Fex had approached her and when the two made eye contact his eyes started to glow red. "Do you remember what I asked, I said to make sure you didn't tell anyone about what I did back against the Dalki. Now tell me, did you keep our little secret?" Fex asked. "Now it's not very nice to speak to a lady like that, is it?" A voice said from behind Samantha. Seeing the man's red eyes reflect back at Fex, he straight away knew who this was. "Richard Eno…" Fex replied back. Chapter 1030 - Close connection Hearing the voice closely behind, Samantha had no choice but to turn around. For a second, she wanted to thank this person for getting her out of such an awkward situation, but then when she saw who it was, an older looking gentleman with a grey ponytail who was largely smiling back at her, she took a step back and immediately went on guard. "You, you were the person who attacked us at the shelter!" Samantha said, recognising the man. "Oh, I thought you didn't like the boy, but when a dangerous situation occurs you go jumping to his side. I see how it is. One should be more honest with their feelings, especially since human lives are so short." Eno said. "Besides, I believe I only attacked the man behind you, I never attacked yourself, and I didn't even get to explain my own position, anyway I guess I'll leave you two for now." Eno started to walk around the place, and Samantha was getting ready to stop him. He was a member of Pure after all or so Fex claimed, but just as she was about to run, she felt Fex grab her arm. "What are you doing?" "Leave him." Fex said. "He was invited here." At the time, she hadn't really processed what Fex had first said when he had met the man, but now the words became clear, he didn't just say any name. The name that was spoken was the one and only Richard Eno. "Wait! is it true? He's the great scientist known as Richard Eno, the one everyone has been looking for?" Samantha asked. Based on how Quinn said Eno had already revealed himself to Oscar, and the fact that he was here, Fex thought it wasn't really a problem telling her the truth. "He is." He answered. "I'm sorry." Samantha started off. "I know you told me to keep what you said a secret, but I read the reports about your leader Quinn Talen, it says he too used a special Red aura, and one of the men that was presumed dead was actually still alive and had seen everything as well. So I had no choice to tell them about it." She was still taking in the fact that the Head General Hardy was actually the Cursed faction leader Quinn. Hearing about this, Fex tutted and kissed his teeth. His plan was to wipe her memory before she could say anything else, but if a report already stated that Quinn had used the red aura, then it didn't seem like it would be something he could avoid. "About the other thing, I didn't tell anyone about that. I didn't tell anyone about what was in your flask or what you told me to do." Samantha whispered. "You saved my life, so of course I would keep it a secret, and who cares what strange things you do if you are helping save our lives." Although what Samantha said was true, she actually thought there might be more to it. Fex had healed due to her blood and also was able to use a red aura, the same as their leader Quinn Talen. She was afraid that blood was the answer to how they were able to do these things. It could have very well been a Cursed faction secret. If she told people this secret she didn't want to end up disappearing in the middle of the night. 'She didn't tell anyone about the blood, maybe it's best if I remove her memories now then.' "Richard Eno, you have finally arrived!" A loud deep booming voice spoke. Hearing this, everyone turned their heads at hearing the name for two reasons. The one speaking was Oscar, and his voice tended to carry across the room, the other reason was because of the name that had been mentioned, Richard Eno. 'Damn, I guess I should leave it for now, she hasn't told anyone yet, but I can clear up the misunderstanding later.' Fex thought, while he went to where everyone else was standing, for they wanted to listen in on the conversation and have a look at the great Richard Eno. Richard Eno walked over to where Oscar was, he had formal clothing that matched everyone around them so he didn't look out of place at the party. While everyone else had been afraid to walk up to where Oscar and Owen were, Richard was not as he approached them with ease. What was surprising was the first ones to show respect was both Owen and Oscar as they both bowed. "You are a difficult man to find." Owen said, lifting up his fan to cover his face as usual. "You have achieved great things for every family, and it's great to finally meet you. When Oscar said he had a surprise guest, I never thought it would be yourself." Not failing to get a scoop, Void and Bonny had quickly stopped interviewing Head general Innu, who was in the middle of bragging about his group's achievements and rushed over to listen in and record the conversation between Eno and the great leaders. It was the first time that anyone had also got him on video, so it was an opportunity that they couldn't miss. "If you're not too busy these days, it would be great if we could have a formal meeting at some point. Perhaps you could even stop by some labs of ours." Oscar suggested. "I promise we will do anything to make you feel at home." Owen started to chuckle and gave a glance at Oscar. "You should enjoy the event, there is no need to talk about work. I'm sure looking at the military labs might even bore the great Eno. He is a man that loves seeing new discoveries. There are many things the Graylash family have that haven't been shared with everyone yet, that he might prefer to see." "In due time, I think it would be great to see both of those things. Although I'm surprised you don't have more questions for me?" Eno replied. Hearing this, one pushy girl reporter shouted out from the crowd that had surrounded them all. "Um, I have some questions for the camera if you don't mind." Bonny said. "Bonny, Richard Eno is a special guest and I'm sure he has his reasons as to why he has kept himself quiet this whole time, I don't think it-" "It's okay." Richard replied with a smile. "I'm sure there are questions people want to ask." By now, all of the Cursed members at the party had gathered and were watching what Eno was doing, unclear of what his aim was. 'Why accept an interview?' Sam thought. Bonny and Void had come out of the crowd to go closer to the area they were in. When they got closer, Oscar was giving them a stare while Eno was giving a giant smile. It felt like she was stuck between a devil and an angel, but she had to get an interview with Richard Eno, no matter what the cost. "You are the Great Richard Eno, who helped the human race figure out how to create beast weapons, and even gave us technology such as teleporters and more. They say you are one of the great heroes of the past war. Which is why a lot of people were wondering, just where were you during the Civil war?" Bonny asked. It was a direct question that not many thought Eno would be happy answering, but he continued to have a smile on his face making it look like he didn't mind the question at all. "The world was in a bad place at the time. Although I worked mostly with the military in the past, it was never my intention to be linked with the military. It was just at the time every one of the other strong families worked for the military. "I didn't want to take sides or ruin my relationship with any of the families. At the same time, you have to remember that I am just a scientist, not a fighter. I was afraid for my own life as well. At times there may be groups who think if we can't have him, then it may be better to kill him. I care about my own life as well, of course." Bonny had been given an answer far greater than she had anticipated, and the others thought it made sense as well what he was saying. While he was still here, she had to continue to question him. "Then why the sudden return now? We heard that you had been invited by Head General Oscar. Do you have any plans at the moment?" Bonny asked. "I'm sure a lot of you will find out that Oscar has a serious message for you all, that will affect everyone else's lives, as for me. I have decided at the moment I will stay with the Cursed faction as I have a close relationship with them." Eno said. This was the type of thing Sam was worried about. The others were already learning that the Green family, one of the strongest non fighting families, had a close connection with the Cursed faction, and now if Eno was to say this, the others would fear that one of the great powers had too much power compared to the others. Even in the past, they would stop corporations from having a monopoly over things. "Close relationship with the Cursed faction," Bonny repeated. "Do you mind elaborating what you mean by that?" She asked. "Of course," Eno replied. "Quinn Talen is my grandson after all, wouldn't you consider that a close relationship?" Hearing this, nearly everyone's jaws dropped to the floor. Bonny didn't even know what to say after that. She had prepared many questions in her head for what to ask next but had no clue. At that moment, shadow started to disperse right next to Eno, and Quinn could be seen appearing out of them and held Eno by the shoulder. "What do you think you're doing?" Quinn said. Chapter 1031 - Announcement to the whole world A few in the room thought they might have misheard what Eno had just said, but when looking at each other and sharing their whispers, they came to the realisation that they hadn't misheard at all. Not only that, but the Cursed faction leader, Quinn Talen had appeared out of nowhere. Of course, not everyone knew this was Quinn as his new appearance still had yet to be shared around the world, but there were two things that gave it away. The first was the shadows that briefly flickered when he had appeared, and the fact that Quinn was now grabbing onto the shoulder of such a great person, with no trouble at all. Not anyone could do that. "Wait, is what he is saying true?" "The Cursed faction actually have a close relationship with the great scientist Richard Eno. Is this why they were able to progress so fast? Maybe that's how they funded themselves to grow so quickly." "But, I also heard that the Green family were sponsoring the Cursed factions as well. It seems like those rumours are true as well. I heard the green family recently bought out a manufacturing plant but when I went to do business with them, some of the personnel working there claimed to be from the Cursed faction." As for Oscar, he was more stunned than the others. Because he knew about Quinn's upbringing. 'Didn't his parents die in the war, he also was meant to have no known relatives. Wait…" Oscar thought as he remembered one crucial detail. 'There was something that was strange about Quinn's bringing that stood out.' 'It was true that on Quinn's file it claimed him to be an orphan, but he had his own apartment growing up. He was getting financial help from someone during his time at school. They paid for his apartment, food, clothes and everything. Could it be Eno was the person responsible for all those things? And why would Eno need to lie in front of everyone about having a close relationship with Quinn.' At this moment, even though Quinn's hand was on Enos' shoulder, he didn't really know what to do. On his way here after saying goodbye to his students, as soon as he saw the red carpet and floating drones, he had activated his shadow cloak skill. Using this skill, Quinn was planning to join the party, then naturally blend in. Cancelling the skill and acting as if he was always at the party. When he heard what Eno had said, his instinct kicked in to reveal himself and stop Eno, but now he was unsure what he wanted to do. "What's wrong Quinn, did you want to give your grandfather a hug, in front of all these people?" Eno said. "Don't tell me you're shy, that I'm your grandfather, are you?" 'This crazy old man, what the hell am I meant to do with him. He's too unpredictable, and he's just making my life harder!' Quinn thought, but took a few deep breaths and smiled. "As you can see, with his age this old man has got a few screws missing in his head. I think it might be time for me to put you in a home." Quinn replied. There were gasps and even more from the crowd as people heard Quinn say this. How could someone say this about the genius of their time? What could this person be thinking? On top of that, based on how Quinn was treating this person, it only made it clear that the two of them must have a close relationship. Sam off to the side was just shaking his head, if only he could go in there and drag the two of them out, but in a way he was hoping the situation would somehow resolve itself. "Quinn, don't be embarrassed. You see everyone." Eno spoke facing the crowd. "We didn't want to make our relationship clear for a simple reason. We didn't know we were relatives for a while. In fact, Quinn had achieved everything he had built up with the Cursed faction even before we knew of our relationship. "He was afraid you see, afraid that if people did find out, that they would assume I was the one sponsoring and helping him out this whole time, but that's not true at all. Anyway, let's all continue to enjoy this party." Eno said, lifting up a glass that seemingly appeared in his hand like a magic trick. Lifting it up, everyone else in the room lifted their glasses as well, and as they took a drink. He gave a quick wink to Quinn. Seeing this, Quinn really didn't know what Enos' game was nor what he was planning. He decided maybe it was best for him to leave him alone and went ahead to join Sam. 'Didn't help him get the position to where he is now? Who is he kidding?' Innu thought. 'Obviously even if Quinn didn't know about it. Richard Eno being who he was pulled the strings for him, now I understand why Oscar let him become one of the world leaders so easily.' "Are you still thinking like that?' Head General Sach said, as if he could read Innu's thoughts. "Remember what he did out on the field, how he saved your lives. He is strong, and even with the great scientist Richard Enos' help, I don't think everyone could reach the position that he has done. You have to give the young boy some credit." Bonny and Void wanted to go ahead and interview Quinn next, but unfortunately they had run out of time, as Oscar had climbed up the stairs, and invited Quinn, along with Owen with him. The stairs led to a podium that was inside the grand room. Floating drones were hovering in the air capturing everything and standing in the centre was Oscar with a serious face, and Owen and Quinn on the either side. "I hope everyone has enjoyed the celebration today, and I hope the whole world is celebrating with us, because today there is an announcement that is to be made to the whole world. After I inform everyone of what has happened, and what will happen, I want you to continue to party until the night is over." Oscar stated, as a drone moved and zoomed into his face. "I'm sure many of you at home will already know what has happened. As your children have called you soon to let you know of the tales, and some of you had been informed with bad news. However, this day was always coming and in my eyes it should be celebrated as a victory." Behind Oscar, a display started to appear showing a map of planet Caladi. "A few days ago, the students were on their first hunting expedition on planet Caladi. This is when an invasion of fifty Dalki had come to attack them." The simulation showed the black pods hitting the planet from out of space and made them realise it was quite real. Those below that were smiling just seconds ago, stopped drinking their drinks and were listening intently. Not everyone had children, or children who were going through military training so this was new news to them. "Fifty Dalki, it was the first time a force had been sent out to attack us. Of course there have been scuffles when fortresses have been found on Beast planets before. But ever since the treaty this is the first time that a force has been sent out to a beast planet that is clearly owned by us. "What was worse, no teleporters and communication devices were responding, so the students were left stranded without help other than their teachers there for support." The others thought rather than a story about a great victory, it was a horror story. They couldn't imagine themselves being in that situation nor what they would do. "Now how is this a victory, you might ask, because we managed to defeat the force of 50 dalki, with a little over a hundred casualties. Their names will never be forgotten, and have been engraved in the school walls. The teachers and the students, and their families will be looked after." The chatter in the room started once again, as they came to the realisation of how impressive the victory was. Fifty Dalki, yet only a hundred or so students had died. How was that possible in the situation they were in. "There is one person we must thank more than any other, and that is Head general Quinn Talen, the leader of the Cursed faction." Oscar announced pointing towards Quinn, as military perusal came up and placed a medal over his head. On the Cursed ship itself, nearly every room was watching the broadcast and as soon as they heard his name, they were cheering for their leader. It was the same for those on the planets that the Cursed faction owned. They knew how well they were treated and it was all thanks to this person. Lastly, the students in Quinn's class couldn't help but shout at the top of their lungs at the screen, even the substitute teacher was blown away at how passionate the students were. "A lot of you may not know this, but some of you at home do. Quinn Talen was a teacher at our school, and I am thankful that he was there at the time. Without him, there would have been many more casualties. Alone he managed to defeat over half of the oncoming force, and I know he did everything in his power to protect the students." No matter what thoughts people had against the Cursed faction in that room at the time. They couldn't help but congratulate this person who was practically a stranger to them. They all started to clap and looked up to the young boy. His achievement was not something many could have done. "Today is a celebration for the human race, for we have achieved victory over the first Dalki attack, and it might be the last one we have in a while. Because after today, I will declare that the whole world, the whole human race, is now in the middle of the second war with the Dalki race." Chapter 1031 - Announcement to the whole world A few in the room thought they might have misheard what Eno had just said, but when looking at each other and sharing their whispers, they came to the realisation that they hadn't misheard at all. Not only that, but the Cursed faction leader, Quinn Talen had appeared out of nowhere. Of course, not everyone knew this was Quinn as his new appearance still had yet to be shared around the world, but there were two things that gave it away. The first was the shadows that briefly flickered when he had appeared, and the fact that Quinn was now grabbing onto the shoulder of such a great person, with no trouble at all. Not anyone could do that. "Wait, is what he is saying true?" "The Cursed faction actually have a close relationship with the great scientist Richard Eno. Is this why they were able to progress so fast? Maybe that's how they funded themselves to grow so quickly." "But, I also heard that the Green family were sponsoring the Cursed factions as well. It seems like those rumours are true as well. I heard the green family recently bought out a manufacturing plant but when I went to do business with them, some of the personnel working there claimed to be from the Cursed faction." As for Oscar, he was more stunned than the others. Because he knew about Quinn's upbringing. 'Didn't his parents die in the war, he also was meant to have no known relatives. Wait…" Oscar thought as he remembered one crucial detail. 'There was something that was strange about Quinn's bringing that stood out.' 'It was true that on Quinn's file it claimed him to be an orphan, but he had his own apartment growing up. He was getting financial help from someone during his time at school. They paid for his apartment, food, clothes and everything. Could it be Eno was the person responsible for all those things? And why would Eno need to lie in front of everyone about having a close relationship with Quinn.' At this moment, even though Quinn's hand was on Enos' shoulder, he didn't really know what to do. On his way here after saying goodbye to his students, as soon as he saw the red carpet and floating drones, he had activated his shadow cloak skill. Using this skill, Quinn was planning to join the party, then naturally blend in. Cancelling the skill and acting as if he was always at the party. When he heard what Eno had said, his instinct kicked in to reveal himself and stop Eno, but now he was unsure what he wanted to do. "What's wrong Quinn, did you want to give your grandfather a hug, in front of all these people?" Eno said. "Don't tell me you're shy, that I'm your grandfather, are you?" 'This crazy old man, what the hell am I meant to do with him. He's too unpredictable, and he's just making my life harder!' Quinn thought, but took a few deep breaths and smiled. "As you can see, with his age this old man has got a few screws missing in his head. I think it might be time for me to put you in a home." Quinn replied. There were gasps and even more from the crowd as people heard Quinn say this. How could someone say this about the genius of their time? What could this person be thinking? On top of that, based on how Quinn was treating this person, it only made it clear that the two of them must have a close relationship. Sam off to the side was just shaking his head, if only he could go in there and drag the two of them out, but in a way he was hoping the situation would somehow resolve itself. "Quinn, don't be embarrassed. You see everyone." Eno spoke facing the crowd. "We didn't want to make our relationship clear for a simple reason. We didn't know we were relatives for a while. In fact, Quinn had achieved everything he had built up with the Cursed faction even before we knew of our relationship. "He was afraid you see, afraid that if people did find out, that they would assume I was the one sponsoring and helping him out this whole time, but that's not true at all. Anyway, let's all continue to enjoy this party." Eno said, lifting up a glass that seemingly appeared in his hand like a magic trick. Lifting it up, everyone else in the room lifted their glasses as well, and as they took a drink. He gave a quick wink to Quinn. Seeing this, Quinn really didn't know what Enos' game was nor what he was planning. He decided maybe it was best for him to leave him alone and went ahead to join Sam. 'Didn't help him get the position to where he is now? Who is he kidding?' Innu thought. 'Obviously even if Quinn didn't know about it. Richard Eno being who he was pulled the strings for him, now I understand why Oscar let him become one of the world leaders so easily.' "Are you still thinking like that?' Head General Sach said, as if he could read Innu's thoughts. "Remember what he did out on the field, how he saved your lives. He is strong, and even with the great scientist Richard Enos' help, I don't think everyone could reach the position that he has done. You have to give the young boy some credit." Bonny and Void wanted to go ahead and interview Quinn next, but unfortunately they had run out of time, as Oscar had climbed up the stairs, and invited Quinn, along with Owen with him. The stairs led to a podium that was inside the grand room. Floating drones were hovering in the air capturing everything and standing in the centre was Oscar with a serious face, and Owen and Quinn on the either side. "I hope everyone has enjoyed the celebration today, and I hope the whole world is celebrating with us, because today there is an announcement that is to be made to the whole world. After I inform everyone of what has happened, and what will happen, I want you to continue to party until the night is over." Oscar stated, as a drone moved and zoomed into his face. "I'm sure many of you at home will already know what has happened. As your children have called you soon to let you know of the tales, and some of you had been informed with bad news. However, this day was always coming and in my eyes it should be celebrated as a victory." Behind Oscar, a display started to appear showing a map of planet Caladi. "A few days ago, the students were on their first hunting expedition on planet Caladi. This is when an invasion of fifty Dalki had come to attack them." The simulation showed the black pods hitting the planet from out of space and made them realise it was quite real. Those below that were smiling just seconds ago, stopped drinking their drinks and were listening intently. Not everyone had children, or children who were going through military training so this was new news to them. "Fifty Dalki, it was the first time a force had been sent out to attack us. Of course there have been scuffles when fortresses have been found on Beast planets before. But ever since the treaty this is the first time that a force has been sent out to a beast planet that is clearly owned by us. "What was worse, no teleporters and communication devices were responding, so the students were left stranded without help other than their teachers there for support." The others thought rather than a story about a great victory, it was a horror story. They couldn't imagine themselves being in that situation nor what they would do. "Now how is this a victory, you might ask, because we managed to defeat the force of 50 dalki, with a little over a hundred casualties. Their names will never be forgotten, and have been engraved in the school walls. The teachers and the students, and their families will be looked after." The chatter in the room started once again, as they came to the realisation of how impressive the victory was. Fifty Dalki, yet only a hundred or so students had died. How was that possible in the situation they were in. "There is one person we must thank more than any other, and that is Head general Quinn Talen, the leader of the Cursed faction." Oscar announced pointing towards Quinn, as military perusal came up and placed a medal over his head. On the Cursed ship itself, nearly every room was watching the broadcast and as soon as they heard his name, they were cheering for their leader. It was the same for those on the planets that the Cursed faction owned. They knew how well they were treated and it was all thanks to this person. Lastly, the students in Quinn's class couldn't help but shout at the top of their lungs at the screen, even the substitute teacher was blown away at how passionate the students were. "A lot of you may not know this, but some of you at home do. Quinn Talen was a teacher at our school, and I am thankful that he was there at the time. Without him, there would have been many more casualties. Alone he managed to defeat over half of the oncoming force, and I know he did everything in his power to protect the students." No matter what thoughts people had against the Cursed faction in that room at the time. They couldn't help but congratulate this person who was practically a stranger to them. They all started to clap and looked up to the young boy. His achievement was not something many could have done. "Today is a celebration for the human race, for we have achieved victory over the first Dalki attack, and it might be the last one we have in a while. Because after today, I will declare that the whole world, the whole human race, is now in the middle of the second war with the Dalki race." Chapter 1033 - You should be dead When getting off the ship, some of the others thought they might have some time to rest. Even though they had slept on the ship it wasn't the same, their bodies were sore and their minds still weren't prepared for what was about to happen. However, Eno seemed to be ready for action as soon as they had landed. "Do not worry, you guys can relax for a bit. I can take care of Eno while he is here." Quinn said. "Besides, I'm sure the rest of you have some important things to do, we don't all need to be keeping an eye on him twenty four seven." Although Quinn said this, a lot of them felt too uncomfortable leaving a stranger in the Cursed ship, especially one that was a vampire. However, whatever Quinn wanted they would do so and Quinn was right, they did all have their own things to do. Now that war had started, some wanted to contact their parents and get them to move from whatever planet they were on and have them come on board the Cursed ship, where they believed it was the safest place for them to be. "Correction, you don't need to keep an eye on me at all. I won't cause the crew any trouble, I want everyone to do things how they would do as if I wasn't here. Remember, I am here to observe just how great the Cursed faction is, I don't want you to put on an act." Eno said. Sam gave Quinn another look, trying to see if he was really okay leaving the two of them alone. Eno hadn;t exactly been staying out of trouble, but was being nothing but trouble so far. "It's easier this way, I wanted to get straight down to business." Quinn replied. "I had my rest at the school, so don't worry too much about me." Even though Quinn reassured him, Sam was worried. Also what type of rest was Quinn even talking about? While at school he had run into so many troubles and even was in the middle of a fight with deadly Dalki, if anything he should be the most tired out of all of them. Still, Sam couldn't babysit Eno all the time, and there probably weren't many on the ship that could either, so he thought this might actually be the best course of action if he and Quinn were together all the time. 'I just hope those two don't get into some type of huge argument.' Sam thought, leaving the two on their own. As the group split off to do their own thing, Quinn went ahead in order to look for Sil, getting straight down to business. 'I wonder how Sil has been since he was sent back?' Quinn thought. Remembering that he was a bit unstable, but it was the only thing he could do at the time. However, while on his way to the school centre on the ship, where he thought Sil would be, he could see a small boy running towards them out of breath. He had his hands on his knees and was gasping for air, it was clear the person didn't do much physical activity often. "You…You…your Eno!" The boy said, lifting up his head, and Quinn could see that the person who he thought was a young boy, was actually Logan. "Ah, I know you. You are the one from the Green family, correct? Brock has been keeping quite the eye on you and your development has been exceptional." Eno said, looking at the boy with a smile, but Logn wasn't smiling back. Now that Logan was looking up at him, the person he had been looking for this whole time, he had frozen. His mouth was twitching but the questions just wouldn't come out, until, he eventually said a few words. "My…My parents…did you kill them?" Logan eventually managed to stutter out. Eno then knelt down to eye level with Logan and looked him in the eye. "Tell me. If I said I did, what would you do?" Eno taunted him. Quinn knew all about the situation with Logan's family, their past and their history with vampires. He was now wondering what the hell Eno was doing, saying these words. What happened next, Quinn didn't expect at all. Logan swung his right hand out, it was his new Dalki hand that was encased in a special metallic material in order to cover it up. However, as soon as Quinn saw the movement from Logan, he didn't know why but he had moved forward. His body stepped in front of Eno and he had blocked the attack, lifting up both his hands to do so. 'Damn, this hit is heavy, it really does feel like I'm getting hit by the Dalki.' Quinn thought, but had successfully protected Eno. "What are you doing Quinn, after everything I have done to help you!" Logan shouted. "Why are you getting in my way, didn't you say you would help me?" Honestly, Quinn didn't even know what he was doing. When he saw Logan attack he felt like he should have stopped it and he did. "Logan, think about it, this isn't like you at all. You never usually act on emotion but probability, correct? So think about it, what are the chances that Eno is really the one that killed your parents. Can you be hundred percent sure it is him?" He asked. "I can answer that for you." Eno said, putting his hand on Quinn's shoulder. "Thanks for taking that hit for me, it would have left quite the bruise if you didn't. I didn't realise you cared for me that much." Hearing this, Quinn wished he would have just let Logan punch him up a couple of times before stepping in to stop him. "I didn't kill your parents. The Green family has been supporting me during my entire lifetime, I'm sure you know. I was the one that had given them their power and in return they were to help me." Now Logan was sure of it, this man really was Eno because he would be the only one that knew about this fact. Unless of course Quinn had told him, but why would he have done that? "I am deeply sorry for what happened to them. I should have kept a better eye on them. Both your parents were smart people, I'm sure they knew they were in trouble. I thought if they did they would have tried to seek me out before anything had happened, but for some reason they never did." Hearing this as an answer, Logan stood there not really knowing how to feel. This was the person his parents had told him to seek if he was in trouble, but now that he had finally met him, the only words he can say is sorry. 'What did I really expect though.' Logan started to think. 'That he would bring them back, was I hoping he was my parents' killer so I could exact revenge?' It was then that Logan realised he didn't really know the answer he was looking for. This whole time he was just following his parents wishes and directing his anger at Eno, but now, he was completely lost. 'No, I can't just take what this person says as the truth. We know nothing about him. My parents might have trusted him, but they are dead because they did. I will learn and find out everything about him.' Logan thought, as he turned around and could see him walking ahead. "Logan, if you need to speak anytime, please come and see me." Quinn said. "I am always on your side, and I have never forgotten how much you have helped me. No matter how busy I am, there will always be time for you." Quinn said. Walking ahead, Logan wiped his face, he wasn't sure if he had shed tears or not, but did so out of reaction. "Wait Quinn!" Logan shouted. "I'm coming with you, just for the time being. I also need to make sure it's a hundred percent not this man, and if it is, I will be sure to let you know first." Logan said. He would not make the same mistakes his parents did of trusting this man or putting the lives of his friends with this man. Following behind, the three of them continued to walk forward and finally had entered the classroom where Borden could be seen with the kids, along with another person Quinn didn't quite recognise, but they were busy teaching the kids math. 'Well, I'm glad they found someone normal to teach them.' Quinn thought. They saw Brock sitting at the back of the class in a seat with his arms folded. He was still wearing his butler uniform, and next to him, sitting at the very back was Sil as well. He was sat upright but his eyes didn;t seem to be focusing on the lesson at all, they looked a little hollow. As soon as Eno entered the room, Brock shot up like a rocket and gave a bow. "Master, it is a relief to see you in such good health." Brock said. At the same time, for a second Sil's eyes lit up as he saw Quinn, but soon they seemed to die down again, as if he was lost in his own head. It felt like not even he could cheer up or get through to Sil anymore. 'Did going to school really make him worse? I guess it was going to school and then taking him out of it.' After exiting out of the room, Borden had decided to come along with them and instead of looking at Sil, Eno's eyes couldn't stop looking at the short man who had hoped on top of Logan's shoulder. "Hey, why does that man keep staring at me?" Borden whispered inside Logan's ear. "It's because you." Eno said, not taking his eyes off Broden. "You should be dead." Eno said. Chapter 1034 - The real Eno Everyone standing in the hallway just outside the kids' classroom had a knee jerk reaction to what Eno had just said. Apart from Brock that was, who kept his hands behind his back and was just keeping an eye on everyone's movements. "Hey, who the hell is this guy saying I should be dead!" Borden said. He was so angry that he had jumped up and down on Logan's shoulder but was careful not to use his strength. Honesetly, he wasn't the only one upset by the words, Sil had a brief reaction, as did Logan. For Quinn, he was starting to get used to Eno just saying what was on his mind without thinking of the consequences, and he was also starting to think his words weren't so serious, that he was just trying to stir up trouble in the Cursed faction. If Quinn really thought what he said was true, and Eno was anyone else, Quinn would have reacted as well, and not in a small way either. Borden had been a great help in saving Fex, helping on the Blade island to save Sil, and even himself. Quinn owed Borden a lot and for someone to insult him in front of him, that wasn't on. 'Quinn,' Vincent called out to him. 'You might already know this, since you haven't said anything, but I believe that Eno is trying to test the Cursed factions bond. Your group has come together in strange ways and haven't exactly been together long. Maybe he is trying to test your group.' Even if this was true, Quinn thought this wasn't the right way to be doing it. He did say he would just be observing for a while, he certainly didn't mention anything about causing friction on the ship. "I'm just saying what will eventually happen to him." Eno replied. "The Dalki race is something that needs to be exterminated at all costs. If you knew what I knew, I'm sure you would all be thinking the same way. Not a single one of them can live, and that includes this one." He pointed at Borden. "I'm actually surprised you could even have a Dalki on board this ship, how do you trust him?" After hearing what Vincent had said, Quinn managed to keep himself quite calm. After observing his actions it really did seem like Eno was only doing this to ruffle up some feathers. 'Also, why don't you just tell me what you know about the Dalki then?' Quinn thought. "Shut up!" Sil shouted. "Who are you? Why would you say that to him. Borden is like a brother to me!" Sil shouted. It was surprising but it was actually the first time Sil had spoken since he had gotten back to the Cursed ship from the school. Before being sent to school there were two people that Sil could interact with, one of them being Quinn, and the other one being Borden. "Eno, how can you even question our group when you know nothing about us." Logan said. "You might think you know everything due to watching us from behind the scenes, but not everything can be sorted into groups and piles of information." Sil had stepped forward and looked like he was about to do something he may later regret, but before he could, Brock had stopped him. "I understand how you feel, young master." Brock said, speaking to Sil. "However, Eno was just pointing out a decision that you might have to come across in the future. Of course you will have to face the decision and he is not forcing this decision upon you, only prompting you to think." Brock tried to explain and be the moderator in the midst of it all. However, Brock's words seemed to fall upon deaf ears as Sil was still breathing heavily. Seeing this, Quinn thought he was about to act out and who knew what abilities he had and didn't have at this moment. "Sil, this man might be able to bring back Vorden and Raten." Quinn eventually said. Out of all the things, this had gotten through to Sil the most. His heavy breathing had stopped, and he looked at the man differently. "Really.." Sil spoke quietly. Even Borden, who was still angry at Eno, was happy that perhaps the one who he deemed as his real brother, could be returning. —— There was silence between the whole group as they moved from the hall to one of the training rooms. There were a few people inside, and when Quinn entered they all congratulated him. Quinn asked them nicely to leave the room for the time being and of course they obliged, heading to one of the other rooms. The boys were all standing next to Sil, checking if he was okay and he seemed to be, as he continued to stare at Eno. Eno and Brock appeared to be discussing something together once in the room. Quinn found it strange while looking at the two of them, he couldn't hear what they were saying. He didn't realise it at first because they were standing quite far away and seemed to be whispering. In the past, even if people were whispering, Quinn's s.e.n.s.i.t.i.v.e ears should have been able to pick it up, but he couldn't. 'Is this a type of skill, or something to do with Eno?' Quinn thought. After their discussion had ended, Eno walked up to the rest of the group along with Brock who was by his side. "Brock has explained to me and caught me up with what has happened. I already knew of some of your situation but now I understand it a bit more. Still, I'm sure Brock has already explained to your group what we wish Sil to do." This was what Quinn and the others had expected Eno would do, he needed Sil and his ability to move the demon tier beast and he wouldn't bring back Raten and Vorden until Sil did his task for him. "Because of this, I want Sil to first agree to help us with our task. I don't want to force the boy and I am a fair person. A favour for a favour." Eno said. This had come as a surprise, Quinn hadn't expected this but he was a bit annoyed, wasn't this his favour to help Sil? And now he was getting Sil to do another favour for him in return. Before Quinn could even voice his concern though, Sil had nodded immediately. "I will go through anything to bring them both back." Sil agreed. Still, it was unclear if Eno would keep his side of the bargain after Sil had done the favour. "Now, just be patient. I just need to touch your head for a second." Eno said as he walked forward. Quinn found this a bit weird, but didn't think much would happen. 'Quinn, I think that's the real Eno that is on board the ship right now.' Vincent suddenly said. 'What do you mean?' Quinn thought. Due to Eno claiming that the one he was speaking to before in the desert wasn't the real Eno, Quinn assumed this one wasn't the real one either. 'Because right now, by touching Vorden's head he is activating part of his ability.' Vincent replied. A few seconds later, Eno had let go of Sil's head and had a concerned look on his face. "Is that it!" Sil said in an excited voice. "Are they back, Vorden, Raten!" He called out, but he couldn't hear or see anything. "It won't be that easy." Eno replied. "The conditions to bring back the other two are a little difficult." Eno explained. "I will present to you two options in order to bring your friends back and it is up to you which one you choose. "Many of you may not know this but I will let you in on a little secret. The abilities that humans have learnt, nearly all of them in our current world have descended from one thing, a giant stone tablet. I have investigated this tablet and I am not sure how it really works but, when it finds someone suitable and deems it necessary, the ability will be passed on to a human. "When one dies with their ability, it returns back to the tablet and will only leave once again once it finds someone suitable. If the tablet still has not found someone then the ability can very well still be in the tablet. If so, then I will be able to give it to someone with no ability. "For this to work though, you would first need to go to the tablet, and secondly find someone with no ability. I did the same thing for the Green family long ago, so I have done this before." Eno stated. Quinn knew what the problem was straight away, the tablet was on the Blade island and they didn't know if the Hilston family still occupied it, or if the dragon was there. While there, it was most likely Eno would want them to move the dragon first. "I'm sure you already know the problems with this by the look on your faces, and now I actually plan to bring back the other two before asking Sil to complete my request. After all, what if I was to fail?" Eno stated. 'Did he just say to bring them back, before Sil was to help him with his request?' "Wait, Eno." Quinn said. "I'm sure you know this and I don't want to stop you from helping Sil, but I also don't want you to bite us back later. When Raten and Vorden were in Sil's mind, he was only able to copy three abilities at one time, it wouldn't be enough to move the demon tier beast." Sil thought about this as well and so did the others, which was why they thought that Sil would have to complete his favour first. "Who said I would be bringing them back into Sil's mind?" Eno answered Chapter 1035 - Another option If Eno was planning to bring back Vorden and Raten and not by bringing them back into Sil's mind, Quinn and the others were starting to think of what Eno was exactly planning to do. That's when it hit them, that maybe Eno already had something in mind. After talking to Fex, and learning of what happened to Innu before Quinn had arrived to the others on the desert that day. Quinn realised that just as Eno had said, three people that looked identical to him had appeared in front of each of them. At first, Quinn thought maybe they were using an ability of some sort, but it seemed to be something beyond that, 'Does that mean that Eno is able to create clones, or something similar with his ability?' Quinn thought. It certainly wasn't out of the realm of possibility. After all, Borden was created and he was nearly an identical copy of Vorden before he transformed into a Dalki and used up all his power. Also, the Dalki were created trying to find a replacement for their blood source problem, and sometime later, the vampires eventually managed to create a blood replacement. However, Quinn never found out how that replacement was made exactly. When using his inspect skill though, a lot of the blood was sourced from the same people. Thinking about his led him to another thought. At one point and time, when Quinn was trapped in one of the labs that he assumed was owned by Eno, there were human body parts that were used to feed the Wendigos. When they went up through the caves above they had discovered a large glass container which contained countless human bodies, yet all of them looked similar to each other. 'Were they all clones as well?!' Quinn thought. 'Is that how the vampires are able to get a constant blood supply without having to rely on the humans anymore?' This in itself was a scary thought, and Quinn thought surely there had to be a downside to using clones that Eno was perhaps not telling him. Just like there was a problem with the Dalki. "Are you talking about, creating bodies for the two of them?" Logan was the one who had eventually asked, thinking along the same lines as Quinn. "That is certainly one option, but if you were to obtain the ability you wouldn't even need to do that, you would just need to have two empty bodies prepared, or they don't even have to be empty. Just move their minds to somewhere else and place the others in the other bodies instead. Although, b.a.r.e in mind that the new bodies cells would be different. So if you wanted them to have the same ability as before, they would have to have no abilities or have already learnt the abilities," Eno explained. Quinn didn't know why, but going down this path seemed like quite the dark one, and it just sounded like there were too many risks on top of risks. Esseintley in the first place they would need at least three people, possibly five. One person who would obtain the mind swapping ability, and then two bodies to move Vorden and Raten into, while moving the other minds out of that body. "Wait a second." Quinn said, "Earlier you said that there were two options, what about the second option?" "The first option doesn't require me to use much of my ability which is why for me it's less trouble, but the second option isn't easy either. There is actually no need to obtain the ability at all. I am able to use my own ability to transfer both Vorden and Raten out of Sil, if they are still there. "However, with my ability there is a cost, and that cost is either two Demi god tier beast crystals, or another Demon tier beast crystal." Said Eno. "But even if we don't have someone learn the ability, does that mean you would have to prepare two bodies for them to be transferred into?" Quinn asked. "Correct." Eno replied. After learning of the two options, if they wanted to attempt to solve the problem quickly the first option was a good one for them. However, they needed someone to learn the ability from the tablet, but who would be loyal enough to help them and had no ability, It was Rare for a.d.u.l.ts apart from those from Pure to not have an ability. Then a certain student came into his mind. 'Shiro…but could I really do that to him? I could always give him the option.' Even if Shiro accepted Quinn's request, he didn't want to force it upon him on top of that there was still the problem of where the tablet was. It was on the Balde island, and there was a huge risk the Balde's were still there. "Let me think about this for a little while." Quinn said. It was getting late, and it was a decision that needed to be slept on. "If you speak to Sam, I'm sure he will have a room and place for you to rest for the night." Quinn said, and both Brock and Eno were ready to head off, but before they left the room, Eno turned around to say one last thing. "Quinn, I am a man of my word, I understand that your favour has turned into Sil's favour, so feel free to ask me for anything that you might need." Eno said leaving the room. "Quinn, do you really trust him? I know you were thinking what I was thinking." Logan said. "It seems like Eno had the ability to also create clones. We're not sure how this works, and I'm also not sure if Eno plans to include this in his deal to help Sil, or if we requested bodies from him he would ask for something else. "I'll take a look into what I can do in terms of that situation as well, but it might be best that I head back to the vampire world to find out more at the lab." Logan suggested. "No, I don't want you to go to the vampire world for the time being. Not without me anyway." Quinn replied. "Not when the Dalki war has already started, I'm sure that Arthur is planning to make his move and I don't want anyone to be caught up in the middle of that. "I think for now, we shouldn't worry about the 'bodies that are required'. I'll ask Sam to see if he can send a scout team to the Blade island, to see if the Blades are still there. For now, I think we should get everything that is needed to set up the transfer then we can decide. "Besides, even if we don't use the Demon tier or Demi-god beast crystals we can still use them for other things, so it won't be a waste of our time, and we will need to check out the Blade island anyway, if Eno is planning to use Sil to move the beast." Looking at Sil, Quinn could tell he was frustrated. An impatient person that just wanted to bring RAten and Vorden back. He was quite surprised that Sil didn't say anything during the whole conversation, but Quinn knew what Sil was like. If it was for Vorden and Raten he would do anything, which meant he didn't care about the lives, or bodies of the people Raten and Vorden would live in if he got to see them again. "Sil, you just need to wait a little longer. We need to make sure that Vorden and Raten can return safe and sound." Said Quinn. "If we get the ability, then we don't have to worry too much, we can always keep moving them…." When Quinn said this, something struck him, a third option that Eno didn't think was possible, something that didn't require extra bodies and would keep Sil's powers. 'But will it work? I just hope Vorden and Raten don't mind what I'm thinking of doing.' Quinn thought. Chapter 1036 - Making a deal everywhere Quinn wanted to act without Eno knowing what he had planned for now, that way he couldn't play any of his games on him. At the same time, choosing either of the options relied on Eno quite a bit which Quinn didn't like. Still, for his new plan to work there were many moving parts he would have to do himself, and he also needed to check if it was possible. Him and Logan would have to work closely on this one, while making it seem like Quinn had chosen one of the options for now. As for Eno, he had been left to his own devices, allowing him to travel around the Cursed ship along with his 'friend' Brock. Although the relationship between the two still wasn't clear. The Cursed leaders apart from Megan who was still in the dark about the others' secrets, were to keep an eye on Eno when they could. Although, ever since the broadcast, everywhere Eno went it was hard to not know where he was, for even the Cursed faction members wanted to talk to him and knew who he was. When talking to the regular members on board, he had asked simple questions about the Cursed faction, such as when did they join and what do they think of the group. It didn't seem like he was stirring up trouble like with the main leaders. After so much observing, they found out that Eno was really doing what he said, just wandering around and observing. Quinn couldn't stay with him forever so It was deemed fine to leave him alone. Of course, one of the only reasons this was allowed was because of Logan, who had access to the cameras around the Cursed ship, and also had one of his small spiders following Eno at all times, but he wasn't an idiot. He knew most likely Eno and Brock had an idea they were being followed, and could turn off or interfere with his equipment. Eno was one of the few smart people who could actually go against Logan, but if anything strange did occur, then that would also be a sign and Quinn would be informed straight away. Currently, Logan while working away on what Quinn had tasked him with, was watching what Eno was doing. The pair of goggles he would usually wear over his eyes while he did work, was showing a video feed that allowed Logan to see everything in the top left hand corner. At the same time, he could concentrate on doing his work, and through his ability the spider would inform him if it thought it had seen anything suspicious as well, in case there were a few things he had missed. As for what Eno was doing at this very moment, he had entered a training room that was producing noise even through the soundproof rooms. It was also clear that the other members of the Cursed faction were avoiding the room, so naturally Eno was interested. When he entered the room along with Brock, the sound of constant clashes could be heard even clearer now, and in the training room, sparks were flying off while two swords were doing battle. "Did you sense them?" Leo asked, as he continued his strike and it was blocked by Erin. "Of course!" She shouted back, trying to swing a heavy strike of her own, but she was tired and overextended, allowing her body weight to shift for a brief second. Leo used this to move in and gave Erin a shoulder barge as she came in, knocking her to the ground. Both of them were completely covered in sweat. For vampires, this was incredibly rare as it took a lot for them, based on how large their stamina was. Even when training, hardly anyone pushed their bodies to this point. "Let's stop for now." Leo said, it wasn't because their tank was empty, but he just didn't like the fact that the guests were watching their every move, and Leo and Erin had some secrets they didn't want to particularly share with outsiders. "Oh, you two don't have to stop just because we came in, it was just getting good." Eno said with a smile. As the fight ended as well, Erin's hair started to change back from the black colour going to its original blonde. This was something that she had eventually learnt to control based on who she was around at the moment. However, when battling using certain strength it would change to black. Eno looked at this and it looked as if he wanted to say something but had decided not to. "Brock." Leo called out. "Is this the master that you spoke of before?" "It is." Brock replied. Leo started to walk up to the two of them, and was cautious while Erin followed from behind. "Although the two of us have not met, I hope I am not rude by requesting this." Leo bowed. " I was hoping you could help me with some information." Leo asked, looking towards Eno. "Ah yes, Brock did inform me that someone was quite interested in Pure, I assume that you would be the one, but you must not know me very well and if you don't you will do. I only tell people what I wish, if they are to do me a favour or have something that I want in return. An equivalent exchange. "Information on the Pure leader's appearance is very valuable information, which means you would owe me quite the big favour." Eno said with a smile. "So I would be happy to tell you, as long as you comply with one of my requests." When looking at Eno, something was sending goosebumps inside Erin's body. She didn't like this person. She had felt this way when seeing someone else from the vampire world, which was Bryce. Someone who didn't seem like an outright bad person, but it didn't mean they weren't a bad person. "I'm sorry to hear that, but then I must decline," Leo replied. "If it is information worth warranting a deal over, then perhaps I shouldn't know about it in the first place." Brock could tell that his master was quite surprised by this person's response. It was clear that Leo was very interested in knowing who the Pure leader was, but then why wouldn't he attempt to make a deal? "Maybe you can help me with another thing," Leo said. "Perhaps you could inform me and tell me, who do you think is stronger? Surely you must know the Pure leader's strength?" "I would say I have a pretty good idea, but I do not know your strength so I would be unable to find out that answer." Eno replied. After that, Leo didn't say anything else, and just decided to walk past Eno with Erin following behind him, leaving the room. For a second, Eno was left there in his own thoughts, thinking about what had just happened. It followed him into his room and followed him everywhere, not noticing anything out of the ordinary, and Eno had gone to sleep. Meanwhile, in the hallway itself, another figure that looked exactly like Eno was standing outside of a certain door. 'The Green boy is suspicious of me but I don't blame him. He is doing well and this is how he should act. However, he is unaware of what I can do, and that is where he will fail.' Seemingly entering the room, he was silent, walking towards the bed. The person's blonde hair could be seen, trailing off her bed. 'A Dhampir is no one's friend. It might be better off to kill her now before she causes more trouble for everyone.' Eno thought. Taking a step forward, his hand was glowing red, and his eyes at the same time, but he stopped. Almost hesitating with what to do. 'Should I really interfere? The Cursed faction has done well because of the group of people Quinn has managed to surround himself with. This may ruin everything.' Letting the red aura go, Eno turned around, only to have a blade pointed towards his neck, and the one holding the sword was the bald blind man he had seen earlier. "Maybe we will find out the answer to my question."