Chapter 56: Chapter 54: I Treat You Like a Brother, and You Hide Things from Me
Rooney’s mouth spewed fresh blood.
Kneeling on the ground, he lifted his head and saw Chloe’s gaze, as calm as still lake water.
The killing intent was not intense, but incredibly pure.
The arm guard, accompanied by the sound of wind, swooped down, like an overbearing and ferocious roar, transforming into a red light that engulfed him.
He seemed to see a Titan reaching towards him.
But the next moment, the Titan’s residual shadow overlapped with the human.
The fury of the gauntlet, the human’s scream, and the Titan’s roar gradually blended, shredding his body with boundless anger before he could launch a desperate strike.
No!
In an instant, the world spun around.
He saw his own corpse lying in a pool of blood, and Chloe standing before it.
Those ice-cold eyes reminded him of the first time he saw a creature from the Underground City, with the smell of blood seeping through.
Yet why was his expression so calm?
Just like a youth strolling by the lake, looking up to see the moonlight.
Hearing the commotion, Teresa and Gregory stared blankly at the scene.
After a long pause, Teresa spoke:
"Tell me, what’s the situation?"
Chloe casually flicked off the bloodstains from the gauntlet and said:
"It’s the Evil God’s Followers. It’s already the second time; looks like someone really doesn’t want to let me off."
Teresa stared at Chloe and said:
"I’ll take his body away, is that alright?"
— The implication being, she wanted to retain evidence and couldn’t hand the body to Chloe.
It’s not a matter of not trusting Chloe.
She had given him a temporary doll that could block a skill once.
And just now, she sensed the doll shattering.
Along with it came the image of the doll stopping the skill.
At that moment she knew something was wrong.
There’s a traitor among us.
But even if she’s willing to provide witness, corresponding physical evidence also needs to be preserved clearly.
To report to the Ethereal Emblem, explain the situation, and clear Chloe’s name.
That’s how she thought.
Chloe smiled pleasantly and spread his hands, saying:
"Go ahead and take it; I remember, Young Lady, you have a space backpack."
"It’s not that big, but enough to carry a person with ease."
She calmly stored the scene in the space backpack.
After a moment of contemplation, Chloe said:
"The sooner, the better; let’s hurry back to the academy. A follower of the Evil God hiding among the students, apparently targeting me exclusively, is quite flattering, huh?"
Teresa sighed and said: "Maybe that’s the trouble of the Raw Stone."
A Raw Stone that can awaken abilities by itself without advancing to Sequence Nine, with a little polishing, could become a magnificent gem.
She had once envied it.
But now suddenly she didn’t envy it anymore.
This is the second attacked Raw Stone she knows of.
The previous attacked Raw Stone was Rephya from the freshman Warrior Class.
But compared to Chloe, Rephya wasn’t so lucky.
Even her Awakened Talent was stolen away.
As for why someone remained unscathed...
She looked at the arm guard on the youth’s right hand, and the abundant Life Energy almost spilling out.
Alright, alright.
I’m treating you as a brother, and you’re hiding things from me, right?
She vaguely sensed something was off on the coast, suspecting Chloe might not have been hurt at all.
Now it’s clear.
This guy is excessively cautious.
In the past, she might have said it’s overkill.
But the chaos at the scene showed Chloe’s caution was quite necessary.
"Let’s go, forget the task, let’s go back and explain to the school."
"Hmm?"
Chloe was surprised.
Teresa is the kind of girl who takes her studies seriously, yet now she has no hesitation at all, directly giving up the practical class?
The Young Lady rolled her eyes and said:
"In your eyes, am I someone who can’t prioritize tasks because of my arrogance?"
Gregory gave a thumbs up:
"Of course not, big sister is quite good."
"Get lost."
"Alright."
Yet she saw Chloe standing still.
She helplessly said: "I’ve agreed to go back, forget about the task."
"No need."
"Hmm?"
"I’m saying going back doesn’t conflict with us completing the task."
In the next moment, he dashed out like a leopard.
The terrifying speed made Teresa’s heart skip a beat.
In the next moment, she saw Chloe directly grabbing a coconut tree from the beach nearby, uprooting it on the spot.
The light of Ordinance·Punishment spread over it, sweeping towards the surroundings in the next moment.
The surrounding trees fell accordingly.
Vaguely, there were demon figures being blasted away.
He directly swung the tree downwards.
Triggered passive.
Friendship’s Thump Thump Thump~
As the sand around settled, Teresa saw three demons had lost their life force.
Upon closer inspection.
They were three Sequence Eight Coral Land Turtles.
"Done with work." Chloe clapped his hands, winked at Teresa and said, "How’s that, it won’t delay our return, will it?"
"How come there are Sequence Eight monsters coming over again so quickly?"
Teresa frowned.
The density of Sequence Eight monsters seemed quite high.
Chloe explained:
"They were attracted by me; that guy scattered something on my clothes, making me a target for Maze Monsters."
"Yet another piece of evidence?"
"Hmm."
"Then why don’t you take it off quickly?"
"My clean clothes haven’t dried yet."
He said honestly.
If Teresa didn’t mind, he was fine with it.
Teresa rolled her eyes and said: "I’ll give you mine."
In the next moment she saw Chloe’s strange look and realized something wasn’t right, so she spat and said:
"It’s just giving you a robe to wear outside."
"I think you don’t need to give me any clothes." He said quietly, "You noticed, right?"
"Of course, the sound of the trees falling already came, how could I not notice."
By this time, Gregory had already lowered his crossbow and said softly:
"Young Lady, Mr. Ke, why don’t we run, the commotion is quite large, I’m afraid it might be..."
"It’s the Labyrinth’s Lone King."
Teresa put her whip away, then took out her Magic Staff:
"We’ve attracted the Sequence Seven Maze Loner King, what did Rooney scatter over you? Making you seem like an Enchanting Demon."
Amidst the rumbling sounds.
A massive head crashed through Silver Forest, like a turtle the size of a small truck charging like a meat siege vehicle.
Sequence Seven Demon, Island Land Turtle.
Coral Land Turtles, after living through a century, have a probability of mutating into this type of individual.
At this moment, water elements were madly gathering on the reef on its back.
Preparing a water cannon, aiming directly at the face.
Eat dirt, upright ape!
"Shrimp-headed turtle, why are Maze Monsters also getting smaller ones followed by larger ones!"
Teresa started with [Reflective Magic Mirror].
It’s a signature skill of the Voodoo Sequence.
The effect is to create a magic mirror that can reflect enemy skills.
The water cannon instantly entered the crystalline mirror in the void.
Before the mirror shattered, the same hefty water cannon shot out directly.
The charging Island Land Turtle’s speed slowed down.
Then a black light crossbow arrow shot forth.
Gregory made his move.