I Became the Must-Have Character of the Academy City

"Rohan and Ichinose were suddenly engulfed by the monolith. Witnessing this, Shion and Clara reacted instinctively.

Shion began scrambling with the equipment he had, searching for any traces that might aid in tracking, while Clara immediately contacted June, a former acquaintance who had helped with immigration matters, in a desperate attempt to get help.

Overwhelmed and with trembling lips, Clara managed to explain the situation as June, who had been alerted, arrived at the scene faster than the local security officers.

Upon arriving, June's face contorted with the ominous feel of the residual magic left at the scene, signaling danger and evoking a surge of negative emotions that seemed ready to burst into flames.

Yet, there was no time to fully grasp the despair or bitterness as Shion and Clara, visibly distraught over Rohan's absence, needed attention. The scene bore a significant resemblance to an old video of the monolith incident involving an elf girl, but it didn't seem like the right moment to bring up the past.

"June, my brother... he..." Clara managed to stammer out her worry.

"It's alright. Rohan will come back. He's capable enough," June tried to assure her while embracing Clara, though deep down, the certainty of his assurance was tenuous. Rohan's survival skills and Ichinose Yui's competence were well acknowledged but typically against the academy's average standards.

Among the cadets, flying high in tests and simulations is one thing; truly excelling in real danger is another. Moreover, the number of people returning from the monolith incidents was dishearteningly low.

And now, Rohan had been involved twice in such anomalies—a cadet who had already faced the calamity of losing his country to the Voidwhale. What rotten luck.

In silence, June consoled the two girls as security officers arrived, and they took over explaining the situation based on June's accounts.

The cameras around the area were checked, and the two academy first-year students, Ichinose Yui and Rohan, were officially listed as missing. June reached out directly to Ichinose Jun, Yui's father busy with corporate affairs back in Sanghai, and even Noah Frozenheart, who set records within the academy's hierarchies, was informed.@@novelbin@@

Breathless from his rush to the scene, Noah realized the gravity of his friends' disappearance. Usually vibrant, his eyes now resembled those of a dead fish as he regretted not being there that might have led him to follow into the monolith alongside them.