252 Hatred (1/2)
Chapter 252: Hatred
Translator: Kris_LiuEditor: Vermillion
When Lucien activated his monocle, before he could try to contact Mr. Gaston again, he suddenly sensed a great magic power and subconsciously cast Maskelyne's Star. The crystal ball that Lucien had just picked up from the floor rose to the air again above his head, surrounded by twelve shining light spheres.
Charlie was slower than Lucien, but not by much. The giant palm made of force covered him again.
Susan, however, was completely lost. Without Sandra's protection, she had no idea what she could do, but only watched the electric sparks in front of Sandra's chest fighting against the cluster of black smoke. Very quickly, the black smoke was driven away from Sandra.
As soon as the black smoke left Sandra's body, the several metal pieces on the floor in front of Sandra turned burned black.
”The thing's still around!!” Sandra's voice was sharp with fear, ”I almost got controlled by it!”
The collar of her magic robe had partly burst from some kind of great power, and a deformed amulet that Sandra was wearing dropped on the floor with a crisp sound.
The sorcerers had killed the demon twice, and they had revealed all their strongest spell, but the demon was still around! Experienced as Sandra was, her back was still covered in cold sweat.
With star-like spheres spinning above his head, Lucien looked around cautiously, and he tried to call Gaston through the monocle. However, it still did not work.
Charlie cast Lesser Mind Connection, connecting the four of them together.
”We should leave this place!” Susan was experiencing another nervous breakdown again, ”It never dies!”
Lucien remained calm, and he made a quick analysis, ”We thought the demon summoned by Bertren needed the brazier as a medium to keep coming back, and now we know that's not true. Mr. Bertren understood arcana, and it is very unlikely that an arcanist would try such a ridiculous rite. It must be someone else who summoned the demons!”
”Bill..?!” Charlie responded quickly, although he still felt very tired. ”He's the only one who's still alive in this castle.”
”Impossible,” said Sandra. ”I've checked him with Charm Person. Wait… unless…”
”What?” asked Charlie.
”Unless the demon helped Bill… Unless the demon erased part of his memory!” Sandra murmured.
Hearing that, Susan suddenly stopped crying. She was shocked.
”Susan mentioned that Bill was often bullied by other apprentices, and the kid's mind was probably filled with anger and hatred. He wanted to take revenge, but he did not know much about arcana, so he decided to try that vicious rite, no matter how ridiculous it was in other apprentices' eyes.” Lucien nodded, then he turned to Susan and asked her through their telepathic bond, ”Did Bill ever read Pain Fable?”
Susan frowned, trying to search the answer from her memory, and then her eyes suddenly opened wide, ”Yes! Bill… Bill told me reading Pain Fable made him more determined to put more effort in learning arcana!”
”Let's go,” said Lucien decisively. This time, they must completely kill the demon before it regained its power again from Bill.
Bill just lied. He misled them to the summoning room to buy more time for the demon!
In the battle formation, the three sorcerers headed for the apprentice hall. Susan took all of her courage and followed Sandra.
Lucien, as usual, still felt something suspicious. He wondered why when they entered the summoning room, they indeed saw the demon getting out from the brazier. However, he had no time to figure it out right now.
To leave no time for the demon, they moved really fast. On their way back, there was no creepy, pale arms or disgusting, bloody tongues, which meant that the demon was still recovering!
When they got back to the chamber, they saw the eyes of the copper statue were swelling, and many eyes, with black eyeballs but white pupils, covered the doors and nearby walls.
Seeing the Wall of Evil Eyes was not even completely formed yet, the three sorcerers were slightly relieved, as they knew that they came back in time. Right now, the demon must be very weak!
This was a great opportunity!
Quickly exchanging their thoughts through the telepathic bond, they figured out a battle tactic within a few seconds. Then, Lucien fiercely threw a powerful fireball right at the gate of the chamber.
An instant before that, Charlie had cast Staring in front of the forming Wall of Evil Eyes. As soon as the eyes saw themselves in the mirror, the creepy eye wall collapsed together with the mirror screen.
So, Lucien's great fireball directly hit the chamber gate.
The defensive magic circles on the chamber got destroyed layer by layer from the great explosion, and the stone gate was exploded into pieces and stone dust. Following that, Sandra's purple magic staff illuminated the whole chamber with Arcana Light.