.....FIFTY ONE

Graham, Peter, and Void were being escorted by the second-year students to a separate part of the school. The school was split into different sections and the second-year building was separate from the first years. This meant the second-year students didn't really interact with the first-year students.

"Shouldn't we just run?" Whispered Peter.

"It might just make the situation worse, if they were going to do something to us they would have waited until we were on our own." Graham replied, "It seems like they did this in public intentionally, as if to make a statement to all the other low levels."

After walking for a while longer they had eventually arrived at their destination. It was down one of the sides of the second-year buildings, there were a few second-year students who were walking past but the place was relatively quiet.

Sitting down just outside of the building on the staircase, was a tall man with brown hair wrapped in a ponytail.

"We brought them here as you have asked Mono." One of the second-year students said.

"You guys can leave," Mono replied as he stood up from the staircase.

The second-year students did as they were told and quickly left them to be on their own.

"It seems there have been rumours going around of a high tier student hanging around with a bunch of low tier students."

Graham then noticed Mono's wristwatch which had the number 6 written on it.

"Is it against the rules?" Void asked.

Mono started to laugh.

"Not quite but there are some unwritten rules of the academy." Mono then walked over to Graham. "You see the moment you start treating this trash like they are useful to society, they start to get a big head."

Now that Mono was close enough to Graham, Graham was able to use his Inspect skill but when he tired casting it the status screen that appeared was blurry, it looked like the status screen itself was melting and all the information was unreadable.

"Is it because I'm out in the sun?" Graham thought.

"Look at this scum." Mono said, "I'm only a few feet away from him and there isn't even an ounce of fear in his eyes. You know I'm happy that the war started because it got rid of people like you and only the strong survived."

Graham's blood started to boil, he hated the war and how it had taken everything away from him including his parents. He no longer cared if he was going to take a beating or not, all he wanted to do was punch Mono in the face right there and then.

At this distance even if Graham's punch was slow it should still hit. Graham couldn't hold in his anger any longer and threw out a punch but before Graham's punch was even thrown out fully, Mono had already taken a step back causing Graham's fist to hit the air.

Void then took this chance to grab onto Mono. However, once again Mono had moved before Void had even started his action, causing Void to grab nothing.

"You think I'm going to let someone touch me who's ability I don't even know," Mono said. "I didn't come here to fight you guys, today was just a warning, there are some people in this school that not even the military can touch and if you continue acting this way, they will get involved."

With that, Mono headed back up the stairs and into the second-year building.

"Do you think he's serious?" Peter asked, "I know at school they didn't like this type of stuff but it seems even worse now that we're in a military school, why don't the teachers do something to stop it."

"Because it works in their favour." Graham replied, "The strong bullying the weak causes the weak to go on the path to find more power, but if you were weak to begin with and don't have the family backing to help you, where would you go to get this power?"

"The military," Void answered.

"Exactly, the teachers and the school don't do anything because it benefits them. After experiencing hell for two years your mind will have been broken down. You would do anything to seek power and protection and the military can offer that for you." Graham said.

Graham then looked at Void.

"it might be best if we comply with their wishes and go our separate ways for now."

"Why should I listen to them!" Void snapped back.

The outburst surprised Graham as Void was strangely against his suggestion.

"Look, I understand Void that you might think you are helping me and Peter but maybe you don't understand because you've never been powerless like us. When we break their rules they won't go for you, it will be me and Peter they will go for."

Graham hated to saying this to Void, after all, Void was the first person who has a high-power level who didn't discriminate between people and so far Void's presence had helped. Whenever Graham and Peter walked around the higher levels did nothing to them because of Void.

But this had only attracted bigger fish, something that Void and Graham couldn't handle, at least, not yet anyway.

"Fine, have it your way!" Void said with anger as he stormed off back to the dorm building.

"Maybe we should have explained it to him better," Peter said.

"No, it's fine...it's better this way," Graham replied.

Although it looked like Void had stormed off in anger due to Graham's words, that wasn't true at all. Void was angry at the whole situation at the school. Even here it seemed like people were telling him how he should live his life, who he could, and who he could not hang out with.

Void also didn't want Graham to get hurt so he knew it was the right choice, but Void wasn't going to just let these people get away with trying to control his life. Void was going to go after them all.