Chapter 92: Conclusion End of Hell Arc (1/2)

A pentagram array formed entirely of mana suddenly appeared beneath Mo Ke’s feet. Within seconds, Mo Ke was engulfed by the magical array, bringing Shadowfang and the Grimoire of the Dead along with him as he disappeared.

The only thing that remained was the devil egg that fell to the ground having lost its master’s support. Seeing this, Habona immediately reached to catch the egg, stopping it with her palm in the nick of time.

Of those present, Violet Snow’s relationship with Mo Ke was the deepest and was thus the most concerned by this sudden development. Having never been in a Summoning Zone, she naturally wasn’t aware that he had been summoned away, and had assumed that Mimiya had caused him to disappear.

Her concern got the better of her as she yelled at the equally confused Mimiya in a threatening bark: “Speak! Where did Mo Ke go?”

“Ah…Mimiya doesn’t know either…” She stammered in a frightened voice. While it was merely a white puppy that yelled at her, Violet Snow’s furious countenance had frightened her. She stammered, not daring to look the puppy in the eyes: “Summ…summoned by an occultist…probably…”

“Occultist? Summoned?”

Violet Snow was stunned by what she heard. Having had no experience on this subject, she wasn’t sure of how to react.

As long as one was a devil who possessed inherited memories, they basically knew about this occupation in the human world known as an occultist. Occultists randomly lock onto the Summoning Zones within the three hells via their chants, and with a summoning ritual, call forth a devil from within that zone.

Without a specific medium to link to a devil, this ritual has an element of randomness to it. While there were chants that could target a specific species, targeting a devil in particular was difficult and wasn’t guaranteed to work. There were even devils who grew old and died without ever getting summoned.

On the other hand, there were those who got summoned the moment they entered the Summoning Zone. In terms of luck, Mo Ke was obviously not the former.

“That situation just now…Mo Ke had definitely been summoned by an unknown entity.” Habona was more knowledgeable than Violet Snow and had immediately guessed that he had been summoned upon seeing him disappear.

“Mimiya right, bring me to see Mo En, even though Mo Ke ended up getting summoned due to fluke, we should still greet him since we’re already here.”

“But…grandpa is really…dead…” Mimiya insisted once more. “That was what grandpa told Mimiya 100 days ago…”

Habona: “…”

At least come up with a better reason!

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Tarnia Kingdom, The City of Azure, Azure Warrior’s Academy.

Recently, the academy had decided to hold a martial tournament for the new students in which every first year had to participate in. This annual event could be said to be a grand pageant and was one of the landmark events in a new student’s school life.

As a special student, Nicole was naturally under much more scrutiny than the average student. It was similar to how a normal person had to go on a murderous rampage in order to become newsworthy while a star merely had to sneeze to get the media’s attention.

Of course, this attention came with a corresponding pressure as well, of which Nicole wasn’t particularly suited to. No matter where she went, she was unable to avoid the gaze of strangers.

These strangers came from a complex gamut of backgrounds. Some were students, teachers, workers and even fans…there were even households who wanted to recruit her in lieu of her talent; and then there were nobles who wanted to marry her…

Of these noble suitors, there was one noteworthy person. That was the son of this territory’s lord, the son of an earl and also the nephew of this city’s lord, Dean Baker.

Unless something drastic was to happen, he would one day inherit his father’s lands. One such territory was the City of Azure.

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It thus goes without saying that he enjoys a privileged position in this city. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call him a mini-emperor of this region. This noble young master was also a student of Azure Warrior’s Academy. In fact, he was a senior student who was about to graduate.

When he met her for the first time a month ago, he decided then that he had to have this fiery redhead who had the personality akin to ice.

From that moment on, Dean would often appear at Nicole’s side. This golden haired, handsome youth would always be seen with a rose in hand as he stood outside her dormitory waiting for her to appear.

Even though she never once paid him any attention, this didn’t deter him from badgering her. Truth be told, he wasn’t all that either, ever since his thirteenth birthday, he had bedded at least 500 women. Given that he was 18 this year, he had bedded and discard over 100 women per year.

However, Nicole was different from all of these women. She had an exceptional talent for cultivation. It was this talent that made her a treasure he must have; talented individuals like her gave birth to children with exceptional talent as well.

It can be said that their child would have a talent that was one in ten thousand. A child of this calibre would elevate their household to a whole new tier and would solidify his position within the family. Whether it was out of lust or practicality, she was someone that he absolutely must have.

And yet she wasn’t someone he could force himself on. Nicole was the only special student in the million strong Baker Earldom and thus enjoyed an unimaginably high position within the academy. She was the headmaster’s treasure, and this headmaster was the strongest martial expert in the entire earldom; making him an extremely influential personage in the Earldom.

It would be still be alright if he courted her via normal means, but if he used despicable means and end up ruining her by accident…the old man would probably fly into a rage. As for the consequences of that…it was something he couldn’t bear. Thus he didn’t dare to force himself upon her, and had to resort to courtship in order to slowly work his way into her heart.

Unfortunately for him, Nicole didn’t love anyone, not Sares, not Dean nor any of the other suitors. Even her feelings towards Mo Ke weren’t that of love but merely of concern. She only wanted to locate him as soon as possible or at least confirm his safety.

With the freshman’s tournament coming up, the time she spent training naturally increased as well. She shortened her rest time as much as possible in order to squeeze out more time for training. In the six months since she entered the academy, she spent so much time training, she could almost be called a robot who only knew how to train.

Outside of her rare rest periods, her only destressing activity was going with Nana to the Goddess of Light’s chapel for prayer service.