Ryan was totally disappointed after hearing Devon's story of his betrayal.

"Just because of a girl?" Ryan muttered as he clenched his fists tight.

"I do not blame you, everything is my fault," Devon spoke.

"Ah-hah, that was it?" Brandon broke the awkward silence between them, he got up from the floor.

"Devon you did all this because of a girl? You ruined our friendship because of a girl? You ruined the trust between us, faith, belief because of a girl? You ruined the lifelong trust between us just for a girl who might not be yours in the future."

Devon's eyes lifted up, "What do you mean she might not be mine in the future?"

'That is what it concerns you?' Brandon stood in the corner, away from both of them, and continued listening.

Brandon feared Ryan and Devon's fight from the bottom of his mind. The atmosphere was heating up, the things were at the edge of a cliff anyway.

A little push and everything falls. If it does, everything ends. Ryan might lose it, Devon might lose his mind despite being guilty. If they both get determined to fight, Brandon doubted he would be able to stop Ryan.

He will easily stop Devon from doing anything but at the same time Ryan? Brandon would not do something that stupid, he knows from yesterday's fight how powerful Ryan can get if he is determined.

If he turns into his vampire form again, it will not matter if Brandon is a Head General or not, would not matter if Brandon is an ascendant vampire or not, he would not be able to stop Ryan from killing Devon.

"Is she yours? I mean, is Naomi really yours?" Ryan asked.

Devon raised his arm to speak but dropped it down, he did not reply and realized the bitter reality.

"She is not yours, she does not even know you like her, you have done nothing to influence your love on her. You are just a bystander, you are just an old uncle who watches the stock market rise and fall from far and still hopes to make some money, yet thinks investing in the market is gambling. Fuck man?"

"..." Devon was left speechless, that example almost made Brandon laugh.

"It is not like I do not want Naomi to be your girl, in fact, I hope Naomi and you get into a warm relationship which lasts long for years with devotion and love. I do not want what happened to me to happen to you, too."

Devon raised his calm eyes at Ryan, "After you have been together for years, I hope you finally propose to her and get married. Have two to three little kids, enjoy your life!"

"Okay stop, you are getting ahead of yourself. She is not even his friend yet." Brandon interrupted.

"...man," Devon looked at Brandon with a sad frown, "Why would you ruin the euphoria?"

"She is not even yours yet but you lost my trust which you will never get back even if you get Naomi."

"Where are you connecting it—"

"Alright, pack up. That was a boring story got to admit, now let us get back to reality. We have to move to our hotels, hurry up." Brandon rushed to the door.

It was crystal clear that he just wanted to stop the conversation which getting senseless.

"Have you packed your stuff, Ryan?" Brandon asked in a Head general tone.

"Uh? Ah, yes sir. I mean, I was about to leave the Academy when I saw you two and decided to follow."

"Devon, let us get our things packed too, we will take Ryan with us,"

"Ah, no, I–"

"It is fine. For what I did to you.. I will always want to help you in every way possible."

"But.." Ryan turned to Devon, "That would not gain my trust back," Ryan replied.

'Fuck, do they really want to fight so bad?' Brandon thought.

"I know... I know," Devon nodded, "Look, I have no problem if you do not trust me but, I want you to trust me,"

Ryan did not reply, he turned his head away and started walking towards the roof's door.

"At least!" He stopped when he heard Devon shout, "But I want you to at least trust me regarding our unit."

Ryan turned around, "Our Unit?"

"Yes. It is okay and totally understandable why you would not trust me when it comes to personal things, telling secrets, risking life with me, etc. I get it."

"Hm, I would not," Ryan confirmed.

"But, I want you to trust me regarding our Unit matters, when it comes to Unit, please trust me."

"Again, what do you mean?" Ryan asked, he was not fazed by anything.

"Like, unit fights, class fights, working together as a team, fighting for our team to be victorious–"

"Devon, hey, Devon," Ryan interrupted him, "Bro, do you know what are you talking about? What you are saying is totally impossible,"

"Huh.." Devon did not expect that reply, he just still wanted to be a part of Ryan's unit and work with him to win some battles.

"Bro, to trust you and hand the team into your hands means giving you the whole opportunity and chance to betray me once again,"

"No, I would not–"

"Exactly!" Ryan pointed at him, "That is exactly the point!"

"....what is?"

"Even if you say that you would not betray me, be loyal, whatever shit.. you left me no reason to believe in you. Even if you say you would not betray me again, you have already lost my trust, your words mean nothing."

Devon's eyes went wide as he stood there shaken by the whole thing. He felt stabbed by Ryan's harsh words.

"Let us get going, sir. I have already packed my stuff, my bags are somewhere down there."

"Ah, okay. Let us go to the hotel together,"

"Sure. I will wait for you in front of the dormitory."

"Yep, Devon, let us go."

"....yeah, yeah"

Devon and Brandon went past Ryan. Ryan stood where he was without moving aside.

"Why?" Brandon asked as he leaned back.

"Just.. want to live for a second." Ryan ducked his hands in his pockets, smiled at Brandon, and replied.

"Okay, meet you," a soft gust of wind grazed Ryan's face, Ryan used his hand to bring back his disturbing hair.

Ryan gave Brandon a nod, he continued smiling.

Brandon opened the door Devon closed on his way out. He stepped out of the rooftop and climbed down the stairs.

Ryan turned around, turned his eyes to the sky, and took his time to look around the rooftop.

"Professor, you there?"

"Always. Here are your Quest stats by the way," as soon as Professor said that... Yeah, a screen dropped down in front of–? Ryan's eyes.

< Legendary Quest 12 completed. You have gained 3000 Exp. >

< Your stats have gone up at five points >

< You have 13 extra stat points. Use them to your convenience. >

"Show me my stat screen," Ryan ordered.

< Level 19: 1500/2000

HP: 90

Blood level: 90

Blood store: 225

Strength: 75

Stamina: 100

Agility: 45+30

Bloods: 1K [1000]

Stat points: 13 >

"Add 3 points to the Strength stat."

< Strength: 78 >

"Add rest of the stat points to my Agility,"

"Are you sure, Ryan? Your strength is not so high,"

"I am not going to fight any monster or beast with monstrous strength, at least, not with my bare fists. I will find myself a weapon,"

"What sense does that make?"

"Does not matter how strong I am if I am not able to even lay a single finger on my opponent."

"Witty, yet brutally deep, I agree." Professor grinned secretly.

"My opponents till now.. for some reason, strong people are insanely fast. I do not about their strength but their speed is inhuman. So I need to increase my agility."

"What about your strength then? There will never be an end to your rising stats. They will go as high as you are willing to take them."

"I heard that the Academy will be taking us to beast hunting quests. I will need brutal strength that time. I will increase my Agility to 100 points then chase my stamina and strength."

"Pretty good strategy. Good enough to beat the streets."

"What streets?"

"Ah, nothing."

"My skill. I completed a Legendary quest, I should receive a legendary skill. So where is my skill?" Ryan asked impatiently.

"Ah, right. How can I forget?" Professor took a pause, "I still can not believe you gained a legendary skill.. by just giving a soft shove."

"Guess I was luck?" Ryan giggled, "Yes. I am lucky."

< New Legendary skill: Red Spider Web Lv. 50 >

"Okay.. what is this skill? Can you please explain?"

< Red Crimson Spider Web is a fragment skill of the legendary spider also known as the one and only Red Crimson Spider. The history of this skill goes back to the 1500s. It has a long history of adventures, betrayals, love, and other emotions– >

"Professor. I asked you to do it, not the System,"

"Hahaha, okay!" he laughed, "Technically, to put this skill in simple terms, this skill let you become a real-life spider-man. I mean, if you unlock this skill you will basically be a spider-man!"

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