Chapter 316: No Sacrifice.
Eren could already feel that the restrictions around the entire Academy had been strengthened. Even if he wanted to think that it was a coincidence, he knew that this was far from a coincidence.
Now that Mist was back and expected him to be in the Academy, it was only a matter of time before he found his identity. As he was in a hurry to save his disciple, he didn’t have time to slowly assimilate in the Academy after all.
“Can you do it faster?” he asked the Ghost Queen.
“Do you think I am making some noodles here? This is a delicate process. A little mistake and the seal might become ineffective,” the Ghost Queen said, slightly irritated at constantly being poked to hurry.
She knew that Eren didn’t know how hard her work actually was. All he was doing was commanding her and expecting things to process faster.
“I don’t know about you but I don’t want to heal Aster only for him to attack me later. So I need it to be perfect! There can’t be any flaws in the merger of soul, seal and body!” she further exclaimed, sounding slightly impatient as well.
In her eyes, she was like a scientist and Eren was like a child who kept poking the scientist with dumb questions without understanding the complexities.
Eren didn’t think much about the harsh tone of the Ghost Queen who had momentarily forgotten that she was imprinted with a Servitude Seal. He didn’t remind her either as she was also right.
In this situation, both of them were right. However, the situation didn’t allow any of them to be comfortable.
“While I don’t want to make you do the impossible, it’s also true that we don’t have much time. It’s only a matter of time before Mist barges inside this lab.”
Eren didn’t know Mist well enough to know what kind of character she was. However, she was the person who had managed to rule over an entire continent for a long time.
Although it was mainly because of her strength, intelligence was just as important in that. If she only had strength and no intelligence, Eldric would have been the Southern Overlord instead.
Instead of underestimating her, Eren
preferred to overestimate Mist. He wasn’t
wondering if she would find him or not.
The only question of his kind was when she
was going to come here.
He didn’t quite know how much time he
actually had. If there was not enough time, he would rather take Aster with him even
without the healing.
“She is coming? Why would she suddenly…?” The Ghost Queen was initially
shocked after hearing Eren’s words. Even if Mist was back, why would she come here?
She rarely came here after all.
It was only when she looked back at Eren, she realized the realm. She facepalmed
herself.
“It is because of you, isn’t it?” she asked, as her face lost color. “She knows that you are
here, doesn’t she?”
She didn’t even know how to react anymore. Let alone helping her take over
the Academy, Eren had more or less made her the enemy of the entire Academy.
“Heal him to perfection first. After that, I
have a plan of my own.” Eren looked towards the entrance of the lab, lost in thoughts, counting in his mind.
“Fxxk it, if I’m going to die here, I might as well die while screwing her over!” The Ghost Queen sighed and turned her focus
back to Aster, trying her best to fasten the process without compromising on the
quality.
The room filled with a hum of energy as the process sped up, the symbols etched on the floor glowing brighter. Eren’s senses were on high alert, feeling the tightening net of Mist’s aura closing in around them.
“I have bad news.” Eren’s eyes remained focused on the entrance when Yelen spoke
to him.
“What’s the bad news?” Eren didn’t react too surprised. With Mist’s impending arrival, nothing felt worse enough to make
him react.
“The entire lab is sealed. I can’t feel the Spirit Realm either,” Yelen answered, expecting Eren to be surprised.
To her surprise, Eren didn’t react much. It
was as if he already expected that.
“After her failure last time, did you really
expect her to make the same mistake again?” he asked Yelen. “It would’ve been
more shocking if she hadn’t done something like this.”
“You already expected it? In that case, why
didn’t you leave with Felona? If it was only about keeping an eye on the Ghost Queen,
you could’ve left me behind. Even if I was caught by Mist-”
“I’m not leaving you behind. Also, no one is
dying here. Didn’t I already tell you? I have a plan,” Eren chimed in, interrupting Yelen’s sentence. “Moreover, you are not a pawn for me to sacrifice. You belong to me.
For as long as I live, I’m not letting anyone take you from me.”
Yelen went absolutely silent as she heard
Eren’s words. Deep down, she felt somewhat happy that Eren did care for her to the point that he wasn’t willing to leave
her behind. At the same time, she was also worried about him.
Although he said that he had a plan, there
was no guarantee that a plan was going to work, especially since the target of this plan was one of the Overlords.
Meanwhile, outside the lab, Mist’s
instructions were executed by the Elders. The entire lab had been completely sealed.
With the ability of one of the professors, it was no stretch to say that the Lab had completely been detached from the main
academy, sealed within a domain of its
own.
Inside the lab, Eren felt a sharp spike of pressure start to take effect. It wasn’t just
the present of Mist that could be felt outside.
There were also many more presences,
making it clear that the lab had been
surrounded from all sides. Mist was standing in front of the lab entrance. “She is here,” he muttered, more to himself than to Yelen or the Ghost Queen..
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