232 The Almighty School (6)

"Go get reinforcements from the high school section Rika," Luke got ready to summon his sword.

I nodded my head as I ended the call to sneak into the high school grounds. It would be easier this time since Oili was waiting for me on the other side. Oili paced back and forth before he waved for me to come inside. I came into the created hole with his access pass making ripples separating the two spaces. There was no need for me to use my mana like last time to meet Jules for a Lilika Yuri fan meeting.

"What's your plan?" he helped me up.

"To gather as many high schoolers as possible to help fortify the barrier," I dusted off the snow on my coat.

"What do high schoolers usually do during this time anyways?" I wondered.

"Most are in their dorm, resting before they go to another intense round of classes or sent off to another mission," Oili recalled from the top of his head.

Did I really want to call Lucius for help on recruiting more people? He probably arrived at school an hour earlier than us at most. He would definitely remember me pushing him inside the gate out of anger. Although, Belle would be more forgiving.

I sighed before calling his number, I really didn't want to call him if I didn't have to. Even if I wished he wouldn't get my call, the next second, I stared at his tired face inside his luxurious dorm room. Meanwhile, Belle was nowhere to be seen inside the room.

"Can you and Belle help us recruit more high schoolers?" I went directly to the point.

"Your younger brother is risking his life to protect the school barrier near the middle school section since the s-class monsters followed us all the way here. By the way, the teachers are all gone," I didn't bother to add any fluff.

"Meet us at the gymnasium," Lucius sighed.

"Is this true?" Ben stood behind us.

I was never so thankful for running into Ben all the time whenever I landed myself into more trouble. I didn't have to explain the situation to him. I nodded my head as I wondered who else I should call.

"Can you and Alice also meet us in the gymnasium with the recruits?" I started to punch in Ethan's number.

"We'll get there as fast as possible," Ben entered into a video call with his fraction members while running towards another location.

Ethan appeared annoyed as he picked up the call, "what now?"

"I need your help in recruiting more people to help defend the barrier in the middle school section or else those s-class monsters are going to break in. So let's meet in the gymnasium as soon as possible," I ended the call.

"Is it okay to be this brief with him?" Oili wondered.

"It's because we have something on each other," I shrugged.

"Is there anyone else you know?" I exhausted all my connections I had to the high school section.

Oili shook his head. It made sense since Ethan and Oili were in the same fraction. The people that Ethan was probably going to recruit was probably the people Oili knew. It was time to make a ruckus to gather more people outside our fractions.

"Where else are there a lot of people?" I wondered.

"In the cafeteria or training rooms at best," Oili threw me a glance we should split up.

I agreed as we needed to minimize spending less time on this as much as possible. We decided that I would go to the cafeteria since the training room wouldn't be accessible to me. I pulled out a map of the high school section as I walked towards the location.

Overall, the cafeteria was almost identical to the one in middle school. Like Oili mentioned, there was quite a few people eating their meals in the early evening. I instantly stood out as I didn't wear my uniform, but a thick coat with a torn dress beneath it.

However, I grabbed everyone's attention when I stepped onto the table as they placed their utensils down, wondering who would break such common etiquette. Everyone here wasn't a part of the fractions of Luke, Ethan or Ben as they were already gathered in a meeting. I used my mana to increase the volume of my voice as I prepared to speak.

"Are you a student here?" the person closest to me asked.

"I am and I come here to deliver an important announcement," I pulled up a recorded scene from my marble of the humanoids attacking the school barrier.

"Look at the crest labelled near the edge of her coat. She comes from the Roselia family," one of them noticed.

"The s-class monsters, the humanoids are attacking our barrier as you see on the screen. This was recorded some time ago, meaning there should be more cracks in the barrier now. We, middle schoolers need your help in fortifying the barrier, which is why I am here," I hoped this was good enough.

"How did the humanoids track the school in the first place? It's hidden under many layers of illusions," one student mumbled.

"Isn't that the kid that causes all sorts of trouble?" another gossiped.

"Please step down from the table," the student narrowed his eyes.

I jumped down the table as I landed gracefully on the floor. This was not the reaction I was expecting.