Abyssal Chronicles

Chapter 494 - 495: Lending a Hand [2/2]

In the outskirts of Anvika,

After an earth-shaking explosion, flames shoot into the sky, and red magic energy sends hot fire surging like a tidal wave, engulfing everything nearby. The entire road, along with nearby houses, crumbles into burning ruins.

Fortunately, this area is mostly abandoned, so no civilians are caught in the blast and killed. However, the terrifying heatwave still spreads all around, knocking a few unlucky passersby off their feet, making them bleed from every orifice and fainting.

At this moment,

In the middle of the devastated street, a green-haired young girl’s high-level magic ’Rex Shield Wall’ shatters into countless magical particles, dispersing in the air, unable to withstand the force of the explosion.

The aftershock sends the green-haired girl flying back, slamming her into a half-broken wall nearby.

"Cough... cough!"

She spits out a mouthful of blood.

Seeing this,

A red-haired man named Kaidila, who cast the flame magic, shows a cruel smile. His light-red eyes are full of mockery and disdain. Sensing the girl’s weakened state through his magic, Kaidila becomes increasingly arrogant, and his joy is beyond words.

Seeing the once high and mighty candidate for the next Emperor now in such a miserable state, the man who already despised her commoner background couldn’t help but burst into laughter,

"Hahaha!! Aya, no matter how lucky you are, you won’t survive this time!!"

Laughing wildly, Kaidila puts his hands in his pockets and arrogantly walks towards the green-haired girl.

And his four subordinates behind him unsheathe their swords, preparing to hack the Emperor candidate to death.

On the other side,

Looking at her bloody hand and robe, and feeling her magic almost gone, Aya forces a bitter smile. She looks up at the people closing in on her and smiles bitterly again.

She originally planned to run away while using the high-level magic ’Rex Shield Wall’ to block the opponent’s fire explosion. She didn’t expect the shield to break so quickly, injuring her in the process...

Indeed,

The gap in strength between the fifth and sixth level is too wide...

She was too optimistic just now.

Now, with less than 10% of her magic left, almost all magic tools used up, and a twisted and fractured right leg, even if she survives, she’ll probably be crippled...

Long story short, there’s no way she can escape on her own now.

"Hehe..."

Aya couldn’t help but smile, but it was not a happy one.

Recently, the Royal Luminous Academy was busy with final term ceremonies and preparing for ranking competitions, attracting many big shots to the capital of the Red Leaf Empire, Anvika. She had hoped to use this rare opportunity to meet someone to expand her network.

Instead, she runs into an enemy of Holy Lomari and, to make matters worse, Pipi was not around.

"Sigh."

With a sigh, Aya looked up, catching her breath. She focuses on the red-haired man approaching her, his face full of malice.

"Kaidila, you’re a diplomat from Holy Lomari Empire. Shouldn’t you be at the embassy? What brings you to this rundown part of town?"

"You can still talk, huh?" Kaidila acts surprised but he’s clearly making fun of her.

"You’re a representative sent by my country, of course, I have to greet you. How do you like your welcome, oh great candidate for the throne, Miss Aya? Hahaha!"

"Is this the doing of the Second Elder, or is it the Virdora family?"

"Sorry, can’t say."

"Heh, is that so? How’d you know I was here? I thought I had a good disguise."

"Well, we’ve been in Anvika long enough to set up our own intel network. From the moment you entered the Royal Academy, our spies were on you. We’ve been watching everyone who leaves your place and have mages analyze their auras. So, your disguise and big white robe don’t make a difference."

"Everyone?"

"Yes, including the two maids who left today."

Though I wonder why one group hasn’t reported back yet, Kaidila thinks to himself.

Whatever, catching Aya is the main goal. Whatever happened to that group doesn’t matter.

Then,

The red-haired man shakes his head, his patience wearing thin. Clearly, this diplomat isn’t in the mood for more chit-chat.

"Enough talk, I’m busy back at the embassy. I’ll finish you off quickly so I can get back to work. Don’t worry, Miss Aya. I’m a nice guy. I’ll make sure you’re in one piece when you die."

"Heh, that’s a kindness I can do without."

"Too bad, you don’t have a choice."

Kaidila smirks and gives the signal for his team to finish off Aya.

"Let’s get this over with, missy. I’ve got to report back to my bosses."

Kaidila grumbles to himself. To him, Aya, who supports a rival candidate and comes from a low-class background, is just an annoyance. He’d be happy to get rid of her. He never thought he’d have to, though. His bosses had set up plenty of traps for her on her way to Anvika to make sure she’d never arrive.

But she did. She got here completely unscathed. That surprised Kaidila and made him question his bosses’ competence. But he didn’t have much time to wonder, because the job of eliminating Aya was quickly handed to him. And on the first day of watching her, he’s thrilled to find out she’s alone in this part of town.

’What an opportunity!’

He couldn’t help but think:

"How hard can it be to get rid of a girl who’s only at a fifth level? Were the guys who failed at this before complete idiots or what?"

But as he’s mulling this over, Kaidila frowns. He gave the order to kill Aya, but several seconds have passed and his guys haven’t moved. What’s going on?

Annoyed, Kaidila bites his lip. "Hey! Didn’t you understand my signal? What are you waiting for? Do I have to do everything myself?"

He turns around to scold his henchmen and stops dead in his tracks. His eyes go wide with surprise.

"What... what’s going on?"

His team is down. Like, flat on the ground, knocked out. Not moving.

’What!?’

The only odd thing is a few bloody butterflies floating around his knocked-out team.

For a moment,

Kaidila’s evil grin vanishes, and he looks totally lost.

But before he could figure out what’s happening, a dark, shadowy figure suddenly appears above him.

"Who?!"

Kaidila’s freaked out. He feels super scared all of a sudden. In a panic, he tries to unleash all his magic and grab his sword.

’’Too slow’’

Before he can even get his sword out, a finger taps his forehead.

The next second,

An overwhelming force hits him like a ton of bricks, smashing him face-first into the broken, stone floor.

Boom!*

With a loud crash, his magic scatters. Kaidila twitches a few times, then passes out, unable to get up.

--

"What just happened?"

’Kaidila was all menace a second ago, and now he’s lying on the ground like a sack of potatoes’

Aya was just as confused, not understanding what’s going on. She looks cautiously at the black-haired girl who appeared out of nowhere.

Feeling Aya’s gaze, the black-haired girl walks over.

"Don’t worry, I mean you no harm, Aya."

"Who... who are you?"

"You can call me Teacher Yu. I’m your new Homeroom Teacher"

The black-haired girl says with a friendly smile.