Chapter 11: On Top the Wyvern Mountains Part-2
Avery had sealed her eyes shut when she suddenly heard a familiar voice calling out her name, she opened her eyes only to see Max in the path of the beam, Max had taken a direct hit and was fatally wounded, but he still put his hand on Avery's shoulder and said with a reassuring smile.
Max (pants): I'm…fine…get outta…here.
Avery: MAX, no, why did you?
Max: It's okay…take the other and leave.
Avery: Max
Max: LEAVE, please, I'll be back…I promise.
Avery takes the wounded and leaves Max with a heavy heart as he distracts the wyvern, Max's troubled expression suddenly fades and he puts up a sinister smile, he blocks the entrance with his barrier magic and releases his immense aura, this scares the living daylights out of the wyvern and he retreats only to be disintegrated when he touches Max's barrier. As he reopens the entrance and prepares to leave, he suddenly senses a familiar presence.
Mysterious Presence (sighs): Do you know how hard it is to tame a wyvern, I was quite fond of the little guy.
Max (smiles): You have to do better than that if you want to break free of that seal, know this, as long as I'm alive, you will never break out.
Mysterious Presence (laughs): A time will come Maximus, that you will need me, and when it does, I'll kill you, slowly, painfully and I WILL SAVOUR EVERY MOMENT.
Max (smiles): Make sure to give me a heads up when it comes.
Max leaves after sensing the presence leave, outside he sees Avery so he starts limping to make his wounds look a bit more realistic, Avery sees Max and hugs him.
Avery (wailing): I…I'm sorry Max…I wasn't strong enough, I'm sorry.
Max (pats her head): Do you want to get stronger?
Avery nods and Max smiles, they pick up the wounded and head straight to the Rusty Mug after Avery heals Max; after dropping the group on a table, Max takes a bottle of wine on the group's tab and leaves to the blacksmith with Avery.
At the Blacksmith's shop, Big Ol'Johnny is in absolute disbelief at the sight of so many ores, he is soon overjoyed yet still shocked to see the ores being this pure, he hugs both Max and Avery together lifting them in the air,
Soon Johnny gives Max and Avery a lift and drops them at the academy where they meet Sir Ronald at the gates, As he sees Max he laughs and exclaims.
Sir Ronald: Ha!! So, you finally decided to come back.
Max: Yes sir, I'm sorry I couldn't make it for the past few days.
Sir Ronald (laughs): No need to apologize, even I was the kind to never come to school.
Max then walks through the school corridor, every passerby eyeing him in curiosity, then he stumbles upon Mr. Hawthrone, who carries his usual stoic expression on his face.
Max: Mr. Hawthorne!
Hawthrone: I'm glad you still remember my name.
Max: Sir, I'm…
Hawthrone: Save it, I'm glad you're not hurt.
Max looks at him in utter shock as Hawthorne leaves, Max then heads to the principal's office where he is busy with his usual work.
Max: Sir, may I come in?
Principal (stoic): Oh, Max! I'm surprised you're not dead yet
Max: …
Principal: That was a joke.
Max tries to laugh but only manages to muster up an awkward laugh which soon falls silent to the principal's stern gaze.
Principal: Let's get down to business, I've hired Mr. Vernon as our doctor, a new admission has also been assigned to your class and I've also reassigned you back to your dorm room, so, get back to work.
Max (smiles): Yes sir!!
Max turns to leave but is suddenly stopped by the principal's voice.
Principal: Max.
Max (turns): …?
Principal (smirks slightly): Welcome back.
Max nods in gratitude and leaves for his class, there he sees Ms. Elara, and as she sees Avery with him, she gets even more furious.
Elara: Mr. Avery, I thought I told you to stay away from Max.
Avery: Y…yes ma'am, I'm sorry.
Max: It's good to see you, miss.
Elara (irritated): Spare me with the flattery, please sit down.
Max takes a seat right next to Avery which irritates Elara even more, she decides not to call it out and continues teaching, after the class Max's peers surround him asking a bunch of questions, some concerned about the bandages on his face, some intrigued by his mysterious disappearance and some just present there; after a while Max saw a familiar face trying to clear up the path and making her way to him.
Amy (jokingly): OKAY EVERYONE, STEP AWAY FROM MY MAN!!
Everyone looked at her for a second and then looked at Max, the whole class let out a comical scream of shock and soon the crowd fawned over Amy, as they did Max noticed Avery leave the classroom so, decided to follow her.
Max followed her to the library, where she immediately noticed Max and so, acted like she was picking a book from a shelf, Max came closer and said "Hey", Avery — without averting her gaze from the shelf— replied "Hey", Max waited for her to pick a book and when she did, she sat at a nearby chair and began reading.
Max: Are you…okay?
Avery: Yeah, why wouldn't I be? Shouldn't you be worried about your new "girlfriend"
Max (jokingly): Are you jealous?
Avery: Why would I be jealous, it's not like I like you or something.
Max: …Oookay
Saying this, Max leaves failing to comprehend the situation completely, as he goes back to the class, he sees that Amy has already calmed the situation but was nowhere to be seen, he also couldn't help but noticed the curious gaze of his classmates, that was the last thing he saw before he was tackled by Amy from the back.
Amy: Ha! Gotcha.
Max (grunts): What the hell?
Amy (whispers to Max's ear): You gotta make the act look real.
Max understood the situation and acted along, he laughed and playfully tackled Amy to the ground, Max then looked back smiling and saw Mr. Hawthrone standing right behind him, he then says with a sigh.
Hawthrone: That's detention.
Max: Sir, It's not what it…
Hawthrone: This is neither the place nor the time for such things, Mr. Max.
Max: Yes sir.
Hawthrone: Good, now get going.
Amy (grins): Sir, what about me.
Hawthrone: You stay here, Lord knows what you two will do if left alone in a room.
Max retreats to the detention room where he sees, a female teacher — she had golden hair with a pair of green eyes, she also had muscular arms and wore a breastplate with a set of black pants, she carried had a huge giantsword resting on her waist — who was asleep on the chair, her legs rested on the desk nearby; he turned his head to see a bunch of familiar faces sitting on the other side of the desk, they seemed to be engrossed in their books to seem to notice Max, and so, he approaches them with a slight smirk.