bacchusnovels Chapter 103 - 139 - Zeph needs a Good beating
Chapter 103 - 139 - Zeph needs a Good beating
"E-Evangeline!?"
All seven beings rose from their thrones, fixing their gaze upon the figure before them.
An unknown force pressed their entire bodies down, their ethereal forms trembling under the weight of this unseen pressure, still withstanding to keep their faces.
"I see. So all seven pests are together," resonated a melodious voice, soft and calm, yet instead of soothing, it intensified the tension in the room.
Upon seeing her figure, they grasped the gravity of the situation. Despite their reluctance to display weakness, a voice revealing their inner condition addressed her, "What are you doing here, Evangeline?"
Standing at the hall’s center, observing them, a faint smile formed on her face, feeling amused by their audacity to speak her name. "Hehh, it seems your memories have faded with time, to dare utter that name with your feeble mouths"
WHOOSH
Their auras surged, causing the already crumbling place to tremble violently, falling stones and pillars illustrating their determination.
"Evangeline, don’t cross the line!"
The words, seemingly mocking to them, enraged one of the beings, Zalthorak, dissatisfied at being treated in such a manner by a native from this world, especially given their elevated status and pride from their home land.
Evangeline standing amidst the crumbling debris, the fallen stones disintegrating into dust upon touching her figure.
She tilted her head, gazing at the enraged being with narrowed eyes, radiating an amethyst luminescence in the dark night, her lips parted making way for soft words," Or else?"
Those words acted like a trigger, stirring up a storm within him, causing him to lose his already waning patience the moment the figure in front of them arrived — it made them recall the mockery of the first day when they went against this figure.
"Evangeline!"
BOOM
Without delay, Zalthorak launched himself towards her, his body shrouded in energy, causing the air to crackle with an immense force, His claws were aimed at the woman before them.
"A scaredy-cat, aren’t you?", She said with a soft smile, finding it amusing how these people posed a threat to this world when their own presence was held by a thin string, can be easily snapped by a small breeze.
SWISH
Only a sound, but for Zalthorak, his senses were ringing so loudly that the whole world seemed to fade away, replaced by a soft voice, "See, I told you to eat less. You can’t even control your heavy body."
SCHLKT
Another sound accompanied that voice, everything seemed normal, but suddenly in a blink of a moment, all ended.
Armored figure Zalthorak stood with his back towards all the other beings, while a delicate Milky-white hand was visible coming out of his neck, black blood dripping from it.
"Z-Zalthorak?!"
One of their voices tried to reach the center where the lifeless body supported by that hand hanged in air, but it all fell in deaf ears.
Though a voice responded back to them but it was far from manly voice," he seems to be fallen into eternal slumber"
Tilting her head, trying to catch a glimpse of these beings, but Zalthorak’s figure hindered the view, "Will you give me a side, please?"
With those words, her delicate hands lifted upward, already piercing through the lifeless body of Zalthorak, stretching upward, causing the armor to break.
SCHLKT
With a clear flesh-tearing sound echoing throughout the place, his head detached from his body, while the eyes of the others fixed on it reflected the head falling, losing its glowing luminescence.
THUD
Falling on the ground, rolling for some time before stopping, becoming the center of attention for all of them, knowing well that the upcoming events would not be in their favor.
Breaking their focus, a soothing voice reverberated throughout the room.
"You see, that name pisses me off every time I hear it. So, control your mouths, Parasites"
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"Thalia Crimwell?!"
Estelle’s eyes fixated on the young woman in front of her, standing with caramel hair and emerald eyes, coldly looking back at her.
’What is she doing here?’ It was impossible for her to forget any figure she had seen so far.
After living the same life for who knows how many times, it took her a single glance to remember any individual’s name.
But the figure in front of her was far from someone Estelle could forget.
In the end, there was only one woman who not only stood her ground but also exemplified what it truly meant to show defeat to the woman possessing the sharpest intellect ever known in this world.
Estelle’s memories remained vivid of the day she first saw this girl within the Council of Human Leaders. ’How amusing,’ she thought.
She couldn’t help but feel amused by their shortsightedness back then, unable to comprehend that the demise of those seven beings at the hands of Amrantha was merely a facade concealing their true intentions.
During that council meeting of ten members, Alisia had proposed using Chrono — Thalia’s pet dragon — as a meat shield against the dragons of Chrintain Valley.
It was evident that Alisia viewed Chrono as nothing more than a sacrificial shield, comprehending the suicidal nature of confronting five beings when even a single one among them was strong enough to surpass Chrono.
Alisia’s plans often took shrewd turns when they didn’t align with her intentions.
Utilizing her Body Transformation ability combined with Jenny’s, she executed an action that even Estelle, though finding it unethical, was unable to intervene in, because as always her fate kept her from altering major events, restricting her to even speak in that matter.
The Black Forest became the stage for Alisia’s maneuver, where she provoked Alexios, Thalia’s well-known brother, for his choice to support the human realm against his own queen.
Alisia’s strategy was clear: she aimed to entice Alexios, anticipating the arrival of Chrintain Valley to prompt an attack.
This would trigger Thalia’s Intuition, warning her about her brother’s safety and leading her to arrive with Chrono.
To safeguard Thalia, Chrono would confront the dragons emerging from Chrintain Valley while he keep those creatures busy, Alisia and the Others would handle the Professors wreaking havoc after Adriannel’s demise.
The most puzzling aspect for Estelle, despite living numerous lives, remained the secret that consistently kept her in the dark.
How did Alisia Quintain know the precise time and location of Chrintain Valley’s appearance in the Black Forest?
Thinking about further after Chrono’s death, the events that occured even shook Alisia to the core,’ Biggest mistake of Alisia was to provoke Thali—’
’!?’
Bringing her out of those thoughts were sudden realisation, As she tried to fathom the reason for Thalia being here in the middle of an ocean with a man whom she had never seen in any of her lives.
’Wait!’
Suddenly, she realized this fact, turning towards Zeph, whose golden gaze was fixed on her intensely.
She could clearly see his veins bulging as if preparing for an attack.
’Why is he alive?’
It didn’t take much time for Estelle to identify those golden eyes looking at her; they were the same as the Undead Creature she had fought in her eighth life while investigating one of the Order’s Hideouts.
But somehow, those eyes felt different from what she had seen; they seemed sparkling golden, unlike the previous dull ones she had witnessed in that Undead Creature,’Who are you—’
SWISH
Standing there, Estelle’s eyes reflected the figure of Zeph who closed the vast distance within mere seconds, arriving in front of her with a clenched fist.
"Shit!", She crossed her hands to prepare herself for the impact, dense water accumulating on them in response to the upcoming attack.
BANG!
Feeling a heavy punch tearing through her defenses, breaking her bones in an instant, making her eyes widened, gritting her teeth she tried to withstand the pain.
Still, the aftereffect traveled through her body, damaging her internal organs, making her ribs bend inward, puncturing her lungs.
BOOM
Thrown a distance away, breaking through all the dense fluid walls she created to stop the motion, her body directly got hit by a huge rock, pressing it down several inches.
"Kughhh... Cough... Haa... Haa..."
Her eyes turned to look towards the direction she was propelled from, only to see Zeph and Thalia appearing like tiny ants, evidence of the long distance she was thrown.
"ptoo... Nice, very nice... You finally did it", She spat saliva filled with blood, falling even inside the dense ocean’s water, proving the bodily density of Cratens — keeping them naturally far denser to withstand ocean pressure.
A smile formed on her face, water surrounding her body entering through her small pores, making its way into her wounds.
Her body healed at a rapid rate, bones reattaching, blood replenishing, damaged skin reforming in mere seconds, proving why Cratens were called invincible inside water.
After feeling the weight of the punch and seeing Thalia with him, she understood that he was part of the academy due to his strength and being with Thalia, proving him to be in the second year just like her, at least according to her memories.
"I will just beat you to pulp and get who are you, myself "