Chapter 14 The Duke's Misfortune

The buzzing sound echoed in Hyperion's ears, as if distorting her sense of space.

She only saw the silver liquid alien body ramming wildly through the classroom like a cannonball, each impact creating a wave of silver and blood, like steel wreaking havoc in a cake.

The fifth-tier demon teacher, who had been standing at the classroom door, had a large chunk of his body devoured by the silver alien. Tear-like wounds split open on his body, and blood spurted from between the bones, soaking the grass. The remaining corpse was broken into two pieces, lying quietly on the ground, trembling gently like a broken puppet.

The traces of life had disappeared from his body, leaving only his empty eyes staring helplessly at the dome of the botanical garden.

The once peaceful botanical garden had undergone a drastic change in an instant. Tranquility was swallowed by the scalding black mist, plunging into a poisonous miasma filled with screams!

The omen of death, like an invisible ghostly claw, tightly gripped Hyperion's heart, as if a cold current crawled from the base of her spine all the way to her throat, making each breath exceptionally heavy.

Her heart pounded, threatening to leap out of her chest.

"Duchess Hyperion, I've finally found you."

Accompanying this hoarse voice, the silhouette of a black shadow, walking step by step from the distant doorway, became increasingly clear, emanating a thick malice that sent chills down Hyperion's spine.

Her body also became stiff, unable to move, as if bound by some kind of magic.

A nearby, fragile first-tier Great Love Poet seemed unable to withstand the erosion of the poisonous mist and quickly turned into orange fluorescent light and dissipated.

This rare, limited-time viewing paradise had now become a bloody botanical garden of chaos and fear.

The screams of the demon students gradually weakened as the silver alien body rampaged among them, quickly devouring them all like a harvester swallowing weeds.

And the size of the silver alien body became increasingly larger.

Hyperion wasn't worried about the Great Love Poet for the moment.

When a summon is killed, it automatically turns back into a card and returns to the holder, and there is a longer cooldown time than a normal recall before it can be summoned again.

What she needed to worry about now was herself!

The dense botanical garden was filled with black mist generated by poison magic. Among the tree trunks splattered with scarlet blood, the black figure gradually approached Hyperion, like a predator locking onto its prey.

The black shadow's coat rustled in the breeze stirred up in the botanical garden, and its steps, as steady and cold as the Grim Reaper, were filled with approaching killing intent.

At this moment.

Hyperion finally saw the true face of the person who had come.

It was a woman with a hideous scar on her cheek, and behind her followed a servant-like black mist warlock.

Although this woman would be quite exquisite without those scars, her chaotic and aggressive eyes seemed to have been stained with countless acts of slaughter.

A fifth-tier challenger?

The intense pressure of a strong person seemed about to devour Hyperion.

She immediately used [Purification Magic] to解除掉 (jiechudiao - dispel) the control on her body, then entered stealth mode and created distance.

Even though Hyperion had temporarily hidden her figure at this moment, the exit of the classroom had been blocked by the silver alien, as if blocking her last glimmer of hope, leaving her with no chance to escape.

"Originally, you only needed to die naturally in this Shadow World according to the mechanism."

The woman seemed unwilling to have to deal with Hyperion personally.

She wasn't sure if she had successfully run into this duchess.

But along the way, she had interrogated many demon students for information and finally found out the suspected whereabouts of Hyperion—

Indeed, a tall, silver-haired, amber-eyed girl had been seen at the school.

The woman controlling the silver alien body seemed to know that Hyperion had already hidden her figure, and that what remained in place was a decoy, so she didn't waste her effort attacking.

"This Shadow World should have matched two experts, resulting in the successful triggering of the Demon Academy Headmaster's protection mechanism and achieving the Shadow World's mission objective."

The woman said slowly,

"But for you, such luck will not happen a second time."

Although she didn't know where Hyperion's teammates had gone at this moment.

But presumably they were somewhere in the school's corridors and rooms, whiling away the time.

According to the information they received from their informant in Huddleton, Iqlith, before participating in the matching to snipe Hyperion—

The person who entered the Void Gate building with Hyperion was the chief freshman of the Sage Institute of Iqlith Academy.

Iron-level registered challenger.

Second-tier support.

The practical combat information from the entrance exam was hidden by Headmaster Laurent of the Sage Institute.

Has potential but currently poses a low threat.

"…"

Hyperion maintained her stealth state, holding her breath and focusing.

If she hadn't been blessed by the limited menu items of the Demon King's royal restaurant to reach the fourth-tier state, she wouldn't even have the confidence to deal with this fifth-tier enemy.

Even so, she wasn't sure how long she could last!

"Duchess, come out on your own, and I can make your corpse look less ugly."

The black shadow woman's words were filled with murderous intent as she said to the surrounding air with certainty,

"No one can save you."

…

4:30 AM at Iqlith Academy.

The open-air giant screen in Jerra Memorial Plaza was still lit, projecting the reality of the Shadow World under the moonlight.

The surrounding buildings were quiet and majestic in the night, with only a few windows showing light.

The students on the steps slowly began to get up, stretching and chatting with sleepy smiles. Although they might be sleepy during class in the daytime, watching such a Shadow World was completely worth staying up all night for.

After Lan Qi cleared the level and cut off the screen, students began to leave the plaza steps as if a movie had ended.

The crowd in the plaza gradually thinned out, leaving some students still watching the Great Love Poet's healing time in the botanical garden, like the end credits, or slowly packing up, preparing to leave.

"I want to watch Lan Qi's Shadow World next time too."

"But for a fourth-tier Shadow World, the cooldown time is two months. The next time he can challenge the Shadow World will be halfway through the semester."

Suddenly.

The brightness of the warm and peaceful open-air giant screen suddenly increased, as if something had changed dramatically in the picture.

It brought not joy, but a spine-chilling scream.

The picture on the screen changed abruptly, causing many students who were packing up the garbage around them to involuntarily shudder and quickly look up.

"The attacker in the Shadow World?"

The students remaining on the steps were the first to exclaim.

Their eyes were fixed on the screen, captivated by the sudden and terrifying picture!

(End of Chapter)