In a timely manner, the lady heard a voice speaking into her ear "East wing what is the commotion there?""Host, there is a potential disruptor of rank 2 magi here, claiming he wants to enter the exam since he was allowed to. He said he wanted to enter just to experience the exam and not partic.i.p.ate in it.
He said his name was on the list, but his name wasn"t there. While I was delaying for back up he tried to grab the confidential details of the students partic.i.p.ating in the exam. Thus, I requested immediate back up along with an amber warning, in order to capture him." The lady gave a brief detail of the events to John through the communication device on her ear.
"What is his name?" The voice asked back.
"He said it was Ellis Wright." The lady replied while not letting her eyes off her target.
"Ask him to provide his proof of ident.i.ty." The voice ordered.
The lady complied to the order of the voice "Show me your ident.i.ty proof."
The boy suddenly threw a card he took from his pocket to the lady. As the lady caught the card, the reinforcement she requested arrived and surrounded Ellis.
"Stay on the ground boy and place your arms above your head. Any suspicious movement and we will use extreme force on you." The leader of the reinforcement declared while Ellis knelt down. While the women started looking through his I.D.
"Target was stating the truth. His name is Ellis Wright. His photo on the I.D matches him." She replied while watching one of the agents of the team cast paralysis on the boy.
"Has the squad leader began?" John"s voice came through the communication device on her ear again.
"He just started." The lady watched as the squad leader started casting anti-disguise spells among other spells to see if the target was hiding his ident.i.ty.
"No trace of spells on him other than a rank 1-speed boost." The squad leader shouted out his report.
"No trace other than rank 1-speed boost Host." The women professionally replied as one of the agents started patting down Ellis from head to toe, while he helplessly laid there.
"Alright tell them to stop and remove the paralysis after the body check." John requested.
"Host wants to halt all procedure immediately and remove his stasis, after the body check." She relayed the order while the squad leader visibly frowned, while still on guard for any action Ellis could make. After a while, he signalled everyone to halt and removed the restraint spell on Ellis.
"Pa.s.s your communication device to him." John ordered.
The lady became bewildered at her orders, but she complied with it and removed the tiny circular device from her ear. She walked forward with it while the squad leader closely observed Ellis trying to get up wearily from the paralysis.
She went up to him and placed the communication device into the still weary Ellis" ears.
"Ellis, did you forget the protocols they usually arrange for me in public?" John asked through the other end.
"Your hig..." Ellis was about to exclaim before suddenly being interrupted by John.
"Ellis careful! Don"t call out onto my name or anything that can reveal my ident.i.ty as the person behind this call. We already suspect of a breach and are patiently looking out for the mastermind and their crew and what their intentions are. They could be watching and listening to what you are saying closely." John warned.
Ellis started sweating as he suddenly saw the squad leader form a silencing barrier around him.
"We don"t know if they can lip-read so just say nod or shake in response to everything I say. I will start off with some questions just to make sure it"s really you followed by other questions. Remember there should be no delay to the answers." Ellis looked down to the floor, to stop anyone from lip-reading him.
"I forced you to join my alliance?"
"Shake." Elliot replied
"You ranked up to rank 2 magi on your way to the village near grey zone."
"Shake."
"You were knocked out by a woman you never knew, while trying to protect me."
"Nod."
"You have learnt 1 sword art."
"Nod."
"Good its really you. Now, do you want to partic.i.p.ate in the exam?"
"Nod."
"Ok, pa.s.s the communication device to its owner. I will make sure she guides you to the exam hall. This is all the help you will get from me Ellis, during the exam. Try not to disclose your relationship with me in there." John instructed Ellis.
"Nod." Ellis gave his final reply as he took the device out of his ear and pa.s.sed it to the lady.
Before wearing it she cast a cleaning spell on it. Seeing this annoyed Ellis, who had to wear the device which wasn"t cleaned.
"Arms down and back to positions. The host has ordered to escort the target to the exam hall." The lady replied in a shocked tone.
The squad leader of the reinforcement team frowned before disappearing followed by his team.
Ellis soon pulled himself back from the floor and followed behind the women, who quietly walked without asking him many questions to his preference, while most people would be br.i.m.m.i.n.g with question at this point. Especially his relation with his highness, and why he is taking the exam if he knows an heir to the empire?
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"Archer, just giving you a heads up. Ellis will be taking the exam. I have briefly told him of the possible breach. He is being guided there right now. No preferential treatment, deal with him as you would with others." John spoke through the communication device in Archer"s ears.
Archer"s eyes gleamed as he looked at the door at the very back waiting to be opened by Ellis.
"Now since you lot are informed of the rules, get ready. Your exam will start in 5 minutes." He informed the students as he watched the clock ticking.
The clock ticked by and Ellis still didn"t make it through the door.
Just 3 minute before the start of the exam the door at the back opened and in came Ellis. As the door closed and made a large sound in the quiet hall it took everyone attention as they turned around to see who came in so late.
"Kid, you are late." Archer bellowed.
Before Ellis could say anything "Save your excuse and apologies. As your punishment I won"t repeat you of the rules and guidelines of this exam, along with that you will be receiving a harder paper. You can figure out what I meant on your own." Archer said as he slowly walked back towards Ellis. The people who recognised him became surprised while suddenly the rest gasped at how merciless Mr A was towards the late person.
"He is here. I thought he is working for a powerful person. Why is he here to take the exam?" Law thought as he saw Ellis at the back.
"Something is going on here. Otherwise, why would John send him here?" Natasha thought as she looked at Ellis in shock. She suddenly remembered something her agents informed her and looked around for a certain person.
"There he is. No wonder he is here. But is John not afraid of the consequence he will have to face." Natasha wondered as she ripped her sight away from Phil who was looking at Ellis in shock.
As Archer finally reached where Ellis was he said to him "Follow me to your seat."
Ellis was surprised to see Archer as the proctor for the exam. He had seen Archer quite a few times at Lord Raynott"s house beside Lord Raynott, while he was visiting there with his highness.
However, knowing the importance of the exam, having a possible breach and wanting to keep his current ident.i.ty a secret he followed him silently and treated him as a stranger like Archer did.
As Ellis sat down on one of the few empty seats Archer pointed towards, he saw Archer arriving back to the front of the hall.
"Your exam starts in 10 seconds. Oh, I forgot to tell you guys but you all will have roughly 4 hours for this exam." As he finished Ellis suddenly saw a timer appears on the screen in front of him showing 4:00:00.
Ellis guessed from the screen on his desk that this test was going to be a theoretical test. But something was odd here. The invigilators and few of the students looks extremely worried, while most other students have a satisfying smile on their face.
"What is going on? Does it have something to do with the harder paper?" He pondered without any worry despite having to take a harder paper.
Suddenly he saw someone sitting far away from him looking at him. The very sight of him made his blood boil before he suddenly calmed down. "You b.a.s.t.a.r.d, pray that I don"t accidentally finish you quickly."
Phil smirked after his sudden shock at seeing Ellis, before dragging his index finger across his neck.