Chapter 81: Lanchi's Summoning Art
Chapter 81: Lanchi's Summoning Art
On the road surrounding Memorial Square, students who had just left and weren't far away turned their heads one after another towards the outdoor giant screen due to this sudden change.
The puzzled looks on their faces soon turned solemn.
The entire square became noisy in an instant, with only the images on the screen constantly changing.
No one expected that at the tail end of the Shadow World, there would be one last major twist!
Even though Huberian had temporarily hidden herself.
But the students who were watching the battle were now palpably frightened by the bloody scene that had appeared in the botanical garden in an instant.
Those who would launch a sneak attack on other challengers in the Shadow World were nothing but deranged Red Name criminals.
Disregarding the disasters that failure in the Shadow World might bring, these ruthless and vicious lawbreakers often entered lower-tier Shadow Worlds to carry out their murderous ways through small Void Gates that temporarily appeared in the wilderness.
They were especially adept at disguising their identities, manipulating minds, and even engaging in life-or-death battles with challengers. Due to their long history of hunting and plunder, their strength and the magic cards they possessed were always formidable!
Usually, encountering such Red Name criminals was a low probability event and simply bad luck.
But the one Huberian encountered was most likely prepared—
It was highly possible that someone was secretly watching this Duchess and as soon as they discovered Huberian heading towards the building blocking the Void Gate, they would notify others, or even numerous assassins in distant lands, to start matching with the Shadow World. With enough numbers, there was a high probability that they would collide with Huberian!
"Wait, this nauseating mercury..."
In front of the outdoor giant screen, an upperclassman from the Alchemy Academy's Intelligence Department frowned and watched the mercury blob being controlled by the woman on the screen.
Soon, new information from the Shadow World Management Association of the Southern Continent appeared on the screen:
【Information matching successful. Summoned creature identified as Immortal Mercury. Owner: S-rank wanted criminal Lelyat, a follower of the Church of Resurrection-Decayed Bishop.】
【Immortal Mercury】
【Category: Summoning Card】
【Grade: Pink Sacred】
【Attribute: Alchemy/Corrosion】
【Class: 5】
【Effect: Immune to 50% physical attacks. On contact with an attack or being attacked, it will cause a devouring effect on living beings and increase its own attributes and size. Lasts for 10 minutes.】
【Note: Become one with me, and your body shall never decay.】
"A damned member of the Church of Resurrection?!"
Many upperclassmen shouted in a mix of shock and anger.
"The Church of Resurrection?"
A few freshmen in the square seemed puzzled by this term.
These students, who had not yet obtained their registered challenger licenses, had not truly come into contact with the real Shadow World and its deepest, darkest aspects.
"They are a heretical organization lurking on both the Northern and Southern Continents, like a group of venomous insects with roots that cannot be severed. They have been active since before recorded history."
"Even if the world is destroyed and history is fractured, they will not be eradicated!"
"They may appear in the Shadow Worlds of any era..."
When it came to the Church of Resurrection, many of the upperclassmen spoke through gritted teeth, their trembling voices filled with a mix of rage and fear.
A large portion of the deaths in today's Shadow Worlds was related to the followers of this church.
Moreover, some psychologically twisted believers enjoyed tormenting exhausted challengers in the most cruel and creative ways, letting them despair and die in hatred, all while broadcasting these atrocities for the world to see.
Even the upperclassmen of the Academy of Ikelyte, who had not personally encountered the followers of the Church of Resurrection, had heard of them or knew someone who had suffered at their hands, losing their young lives because of these heretics.
"The danger of this heretical organization is not limited to the Shadow World. Their influence in the present world is even greater."
Although the upperclassmen were reluctant to admit their fear of these heretics, they could not mislead the freshmen about the dangers posed by the Church of Resurrection.
Apart from these inhumane heretics of the Church of Resurrection...
There were also the ten Cardinals of the Church of Resurrection, who possessed world-ending power and were like walking natural disasters, causing even the mighty of this world to tremble in fear.
They were the embodiment of humanity's darkest limits.
Even the mighty Herton Kingdom would never dare to provoke a single Cardinal of the Church of Resurrection.
"Why did Duchess Huberian attract the attention of these heretics..."
For many of the freshmen, this was their first time witnessing the followers of the Church of Resurrection in person.
Even through the magical screen, they could feel the malevolence of death drawing closer.
"The disappearance of Duke Alanthar is most likely connected to the Church of Resurrection."
Many of the upperclassmen who were well-versed in the gossip of the nobility finally understood something—those noble families of the former Duke Alanthar faction were not unwilling to investigate the Duke's disappearance, but dared not! Duchess Huberian must have stumbled upon some forbidden knowledge, which marked her for death.
For a moment, the entire Jera Memorial Square fell into a rare silence.
The students held their breath, intently watching Huberian's situation.
Even though many of them felt repulsed by Huberian's half-demon heritage.
None of the watching students were vile enough to wish for Huberian to perish at the hands of these heretics!
...
Several minutes passed.
Magical Botanical Garden.
Huberian, knocked out of her invisibility, coughed up blood in mid-air, struggling to control her body and regain her balance before finally landing awkwardly on the ground.
The figure fighting Huberian let out a sinister smile and pursued her relentlessly.
Huberian's eyelids drooped, blood staining the corners of her mouth.
Her body swayed unsteadily, clearly bearing the burden of her injuries, which had pushed her to her limits.
Even though she could see her opponent's movements, she lacked the strength to dodge and could only parry with her dagger.
She was kicked viciously once more.
Rolling across the grass several times before finally coming to a stop.
"Huff... huff..."
Huberian struggled to push herself up from the grass, feeling her head grow heavy from her injuries and the toxic mist.
Even with the temporary boost from the Demon King's gift, she struggled to match the might of the fifth-rank heretic, Lelyat.
If not for her opponent's desire to prevent her from escaping through invisibility, the horrific silver aberration blocking the door would have already devoured her.
Behind this fifth-rank heretic was also a second-rank spellcaster who continuously attempted to control and debilitate her with magic.
The botanical garden had become a cage from which there was no escape.
Huberian knew that if she were knocked out of her last survival card, death would be imminent.
This calamity must be due to her accumulation of bad karma from all the misdeeds she had committed with Lanchi.
However, at this moment, there was only one thing she could do.
Huberian took a deep breath.
"Lanchi, save me!"
Huberian finally cried out helplessly.
If he didn't hurry, she truly wouldn't be able to hold on any longer.
"Your companion?"
Lelyat, the heretic, let out a cold laugh, finding Huberian's plea for help as amusing as an infant's frantic wailing.
A second-rank freshman from the Ikelyte Academy would only join her in death.
However.
Two seconds later.
With a loud crash, the botanical garden's door, which had been blocked by the silver aberration, shattered into pieces.
"!"
Lelyat, the heretic, furrowed her brows, turning her head warily towards the classroom where the layers of walls were collapsing.
Her cold gaze narrowed further.
Because she saw a figure—
Someone who should never have been there, someone who had no business being in this place.
The Principal of the Corridor of Inferno Academy!
(End of Chapter)
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