The trio were guided to the upper section of the block where the principal''s office was located.

    ''The principal''s office, huh? Well, it was expected.'' Alex mused as they stood in the large hallway looking at the double doors that reached a height of three metres.

    "Knock once and enter" The staff member instructed, and the trio nodded in acknowledgement. They watched as she walked away before turning their attention back to the door. After exchanging a quick glance, Alex moved to knock.

    However, before he succeeded, they heard a voice, "Enter"

    Julia furrowed her brows the moment she heard that voice, so she moved to open the doors, entering first. Alex and Ross followed behind her and entered the office.

    "Uncle, were you the one who summoned Alex?" She went straight to the point the moment her eyes fell on her uncle.

    Alex was mildly surprised upon seeing Zol Knight after many months of no contact. Of course, he had ways to reach him, but he felt it would be a bother to someone like him when he had nothing in particular to talk about with him.

    ''But to be the one to call me out... Is there something I did or what?'' His thoughts raced with the possible reasons his mentor could have in summoning him.

    His money was on the principal the moment they started moving in the direction of her office, but she was nowhere to be found when Alex looked around the large office.

    Ross on the other hand was momentarily frozen from surprise and excitement. Just like Alex, Hunter Zol was his role model.

    So seeing him right in the flesh was a novel experience for him. He was not sure how to behave, so he just stood there unblinking, waiting for something to happen.

    "Why don''t you guys take a seat first," Zol suggested to the trio. Without wasting time, Julia moved to sit directly facing her uncle. When Alex began to move as well, he noticed Ross still stuck in the same position.

    Getting to that point, he looked at Alex who understood his gaze. His experience from the cosmic mana wave was not known to a lot of people. Furthermore, The Order didn''t explicitly say Alex was the key. They only deduced that he might be the one due to him surviving the cosmic mana wave phenomenon.

    ''But how could they make such a connection without knowing what we know? And we don''t know much to begin with.'' This was where his confusion stemmed from. Nothing tied Alex with the strange visitor, except that Alex survived a cosmic mana wave.

    What their visitor did was to come out of what seemed to be a veil tear and Alex had not given off any void aura.

    ''Wait...''

    Zol then looked over to his niece and asked, "Why did you call the last time?" After returning from his mission and regrowing his lost legs, he hadn''t really settled in to receive all the reports he usually does.

    His interest in Alex and what Mason said stuck with him, bringing him here to find out.

    Julia exchanged a glance with Alex, but he was confused as to why she would do that since she had not mentioned confiding in anyone about his inability to increase his level and what his ''mana'' felt like.

    "Well, it was about Alex and his inability to increase his mana pool." Zol remained quiet, waiting for her to continue. It was clear that he knew of Alex''s issue.

    ''Of course he would, why wouldn''t he? The instructors already know about that.'' Julia thought before turning to Alex, signalling him to continue as it was his issue. All she wanted was to try and find out if her uncle could help, and his being here was the perfect time to do so.

    ''Wait, why did he summon Alex in the first place?''

    It had slipped her mind as their conversation flowed seamlessly since they got here. And her uncle had not mentioned anything, he just asked them to describe what happened with The Order.

    "Well..."