At this critical moment, he stepped forward and successfully calmed the team's nerves.
However, just as he walked toward Dark and the others, preparing to discuss the next steps with the academy representatives—
Before nearly everyone's eyes, this young man, the future of the Northern Lands whose strength even surpassed that of Gavin Noss, the "Tiger of the North Wind," vanished into thin air without the slightest warning!
Dark and the others had even been ready to speak with him. Then, this second instance of "divine disappearance" abruptly occurred! The Northern Lands warriors cried out in shock.
Even Stanley Longfellow and Gwen beside him stared in astonishment.
The entire group fell into utter silence.
Several seconds later, chaos suddenly erupted.
Upon receiving word, Gavin Noss charged out of the carriage like a ferocious tiger. He leaped into the air and crashed heavily onto the spot where Fred Noss had last stood.
"Fred! Can anyone tell me where Fred is?!" Gavin Noss growled, incomparably furious. But no one could answer his question.
"What exactly is going on?" Having witnessed Fred Noss's disappearance from beginning to end, Dark and the others looked even graver.
Only Chris seemed to recall something, her expression uncertain and alarmed.
"Chris, did you think of something?" Oli immediately noticed and asked.
Chris swept her gaze around them and said in a low voice, "That person disappeared the same way!"
Her vague statement instantly pierced through the dark clouds hanging over Dark and the others' hearts.
"It was Hermes!" Professor Sylph suddenly looked up.
Dark and the others immediately thought of that god, whose presence had been exceptionally strong from the very beginning.
Among the Twelve Gods of Mount Poropos, only this god, known as the "Messenger of the Gods," had entered the academy's field of view from