Yarra’s Adventure Notes

Chapter 64 - 64 52 Nicole_1

?64: Chapter 52 Nicole_1 64: Chapter 52 Nicole_1 Nicole wildly kicked and hit Rachel for a few minutes, then suddenly stopped, standing dazedly.

Rachel, her face swollen and bruised, struggled up from the ground to find Nicole’s face already streaked with tears.

She suddenly enveloped Rachel in a fierce hug, sobbing loudly.

Rachel, unsure of what to do, bit her lip, and eventually returned the embrace, silent tears streaming down her face.

Lina, who had been observing attentively, winked and gave a thumbs up to Catherine, then she slowly walked over and gently patted the two of them on the shoulder.

She pulled out a handkerchief and passed it over, “Alright, wipe your tears.

Regardless, you’re safe now.”

Nicole took it, wiped her tears, arranged her clothing a bit, and retorted with a forceful laugh, “Thank you.”

“Rachel, let me heal you,” Lina suggested, noticing Rachel’s bruises.

“No, thank you.” Rachel shook her head.

“I want to remember this lesson.”

“Fine, your choice.” Catherine also came over and said, “You’re Nicole, right?

Lina, can you dispel her curse.”

“Low on mana,” Lina shrugged, “I think it’d be a waste to use a potion to replenish now.

Let’s wait for a few hours until my mana restores.”

“It’s okay.” Nicole refused, “I can have it dispelled once we get out of here, at the temple.”

“Sounds good.” Catherine nodded, “Speak of which, this guy didn’t kill you.

Do you know why?”

“He needed a mage.” Nicole sighed deeply, “He needed a mage to open a door for him, that’s why he didn’t kill me but brought me back.

I know you must have many questions, I’ll tell you everything I know.”

“Then start from the beginning, it will give everyone a chance to rest.” Catherine thought for a moment and then said, “Wait, let’s first find a warmer place, this room is too cold.

Let’s go next door.

Vivian, where are you looking around?”

“Teleportation Array.” Vivian was rummaging around in the cold storage room, “Remember that guy said he usually uses a Teleportation Array to get in and out?

He said the array was behind him.

If we can find it, we won’t have to swim when we leave.”

“You mean the thing that he was standing on?” Pannis pointed to where Farkas had fallen, “That thing under his feet.”

“What?” Aghast, Vivian ran to the spot where Farkas’ body had exploded, kicked aside the shattered debris, hastily examined the Array, and said furiously, “Damn, indeed it was damaged by the final body explosion.

What a terrible place to die.”

“Can’t it be repaired?” Lina leaned in, looking curiously at the Array, “From my view, only a few lines got twisted.

Can they be repaired?”

“No use.” Vivian shook her head, irritated, “The Teleportation Array is the only Array that cannot be repaired.

This type of Array requires two identical templates, which must be simultaneously sculpted by the Mirror Technique.

Then, a Secret Technique is utilized to imprint these templates directly at the target locations.

Only then can the two Arrays be connected.

Right now, with several lines twisted, even if we repair them or redraw them, they won’t match the original, making it impossible to connect with the other Array.

What a pity, I thought this could save us some trouble.

Alright, let’s go next door.”

Closing the door to the cold storage room, the six of them walked directly to the room next door.

Catherine pushed the door open, took a peek inside, then immediately closed the door with a twitch of her mouth, her speed almost causing the door to hit her nose.

“Let’s try another room.” Catherine waved her hand dismissively, “This one is not suitable for resting.”

“What happened?” Lina’s curiosity was piqued and she wanted to open the door to take a peek.

Pannis however, quickly stepped in front of the door, giving Lina a cryptic smile, “I don’t think you want to see what’s inside.”

“What is it?” The more Lina was prevented, the more her curiosity grew.

Annoyed, she said to Pannis, “You haven’t seen it either, have you?

Let me take a look, just a peek.”

Pannis speaked in a hushed tone, “Do you remember what Farkas said?

Can you guess what he ate every twenty years when he woke up for a few days?

Where did he eat it?

Are you interested in that?”

After a hard swallow, Lina gave the door a disgusted look and said seriously, “Catherine is right, this room is not suitable for rest.

Let’s find another one.”

“Cut the chit-chat and come on over.” Catherine had already opened another door, staring at her, somewhat irritated.

“Hurry and rest a bit, we still have to rush to the Core Area.

According to Susanna’s diary, the object is kept in the freezing room of the Core Area.

You’ve been to the Core Area already, Pannis, did you see it?”

Pannis shrugged his shoulders, “No time to look.”

Upon entering the warm room, Vivian immediately jumped onto an empty desk, made herself comfortable with her backpack as a pillow, and said, “Well, get ready.

The aftershocks are coming, you guys keep talking, don’t mind me—I’m listening.”

Remembering the fight at Flame River where Vivian was unable to cast spells due to the disorder in her mana channel after absorbing the crystal energy, Catherine sighed and inquired Nicole, “Tell me everything from the beginning, what exactly happened?”

“Actually, it’s quite simple,” Nicole began after a brief pause.

“After I…

well, that incident, I was soon caught up by Farkas.

He attacked me, and I was so focused on escaping that I didn’t even resist.

I was knocked out.

When I woke up, he had cast a rotting curse on me, which he could activate at any time.

He told me that he could spare me if I agreed to help him open a door that only a Mage could open.

If I didn’t agree or failed to open it, he would kill me.

I had no choice but to agree.

After that, I followed him, saw how he found Gaston and also cursed him.

I also saw him attacking someone in a tunnel, but it didn’t seem successful.

He was very angry and immediately dragged us both deep into the cave.

He overheard your conversation about searching for this research facility and decided to lure you here to kill you all in his most powerful form.

He gave Gaston a portable teleportation array to delay your arrival and to possibly teleport one of you over to deplete your strength.

Then he teleported with me directly into the freezing room from somewhere outside.

As soon as we entered, he took me to a large door and asked me to unlock it.

I didn’t know the password for the mana lock, but I was too afraid to die, so I lied and told him that unlocking the door was very time-consuming and would take several days.

He believed me and set a trap in a room in the residential area.

I was worried about Rachel so when he wasn’t paying attention, I sneakily wrote the word “danger” on the wall.

Finally, he brought me here.

He originally planned to set up something here, but you guys arrived too quickly, and he simply didn’t have the time.

That’s about everything that happened, feel free to ask if you have any questions.”

“So you were the one who wrote those two characters.” Catherine patted her forehead with a wry smile.

“How…

interesting.”

“Let’s start from the beginning.” Pannis was organizing his thoughts.

“Do you know why he attacked you guys?

He shouldn’t have attacked blindly.”

Nicole gave a bitter smile and sighed.

“While we were resting and chatting, we mentioned the demonized energy.

In the end, we talked about some previous incidents of humans turning demonic.

The leader said some harsh words and he secretly overheard them.

He bore a grudge against the leader ever since, followed us and took every opportunity to kill us all without showing mercy.”

“Huh, so it was for such a simple reason.” Catherine sighed helplessly.

“You just said we were overheard while talking with someone else?

Was it a woman?”

“I don’t know.” Nicole shook her head, “He often left us two in the dark and went off on his own.

We, cursed as we were, didn’t dare to run away and could only wait in place.

That time, he eavesdropped on his own.”

“I see.” Pannis suddenly realized, “Because he’s essentially a magical creature now, his presence is identical to that of other magical creatures.

I suppose Indulgence and I assumed his presence was just another creature passing by nearby and since he didn’t show intentions of attacking us, we overlooked it.

That was really careless of us.”

“And then, the trap in the residential area.” Catherine had always been bothered by that trap and couldn’t help asking, “It was completely pointless.

Why did he set that trap?”

“He wanted to delay your progress,” Nicole explained.

“He bragged to me about how clever he was.

By setting that trap, he hoped to either reduce your numbers or make you tread more cautiously, thus slowing your progress significantly.

That would allow him to leisurely prepare the battlefield of his choosing.

However, it didn’t work out.

You didn’t seem to be treading carefully and arrived sooner than he had anticipated.”

Catherine smiled slightly, “We weren’t careless, but we had professionals who can determine whether there’s a trap at a glance, so there was no need to slow down.”

“The door he took you to unlock must have been the one between the residential and the research area.” Pannis ignored Catherine’s roundabout compliment and asked, “He was so eager to get in; did he say why?”

“Apparently to look for something.” Nicole pondered for a moment, and said uncertainly.

“It seemed like he’s looking for a key.”

“I knew it.” Pannis slapped his hand.

“He was indeed looking for that.

Seems like he hasn’t been able to enter the Core Area these past few centuries, so the object should still be inside.”

Catherine also nodded, wearing a pleased expression, “Thank you, Nicole.

I don’t have any more questions.

Lina, Lina, stop reading for a moment, do you have any questions?”

Without lifting her head, Lina took a cursory glance at Nicole from her book, “I only have one question, why did you forgive Rachel?”

“I did not forgive her.” Nicole denied loudly, glaring at the restless Rachel, and then her voice lowered, sounding somewhat uncertain.

“Because I thought about it carefully when I woke up.

If I were in her shoes, I might have done the same thing in that situation, so I didn’t really have any grounds to hold a grudge against her.”

“Good, I like that answer.” A spark of amusement in her eyes, Lina drew her gaze back to her book.

“I don’t have any more questions.”