Volume 3 Chapter 104 - The Unexpected Reward at Scripps Cemetery (1/2)

Every academy had plenty of unknown legends. In this Other World’s academy, there were also such legends. According to the records in the <Olsylvia Academy’s Midnight Unbelievable Tales> which Bella had stolen from the St. Louis Church Academy’s Jim Library, the massive Olsylvia Academy had more than a dozen forbidden grounds.

These forbidden grounds had been sealed up and were not indicated on the academy’s map. None of the societies dared go near these forbidden grounds. Not even the church’s society, Doors of Truth, nor the paramilitary society, Iron Blood Cross, dared to get involved with these places. From today, Bella and the Rose Society were going to establish a new history and take control of these forbidden grounds.

The ones that came to look for Bella in the resting area were her dorm mates, Assassin Noreya and Puppet Master Elaine. Both of their true faces had yet to be exposed and they were much safer than Kriss, as she was just too popular and would inevitably attract others’ attention. Lisha and Ariel were seemingly afraid of such places so Bella didn’t try to force them.

When Bella thought about Lisha and Ariel’s hidden identity, she felt like laughing. These two lassies were obviously villain bosses and they were actually afraid of an academy legend? She was truly baffled by them and didn’t even know how they obtained their status as villain bosses.

“Bella. It is not night time yet. You sure you want to go?”

“Of course. I have tons of things to do at night and sleeping would be much better than spending the night in such places!”

“Then let’s depart! Noreya has already scouted the path.”

After Bella informed Nina and the others that she was going to leave, she simply left the training grounds. Nina and the other original members of the Rose Society were concerned about Bella’s new plan for territory. But considering that Bella was already a Holy Knight, they felt that there shouldn’t be a problem and simply let Bella leave in advance. Nina and the others didn’t leave. They wanted to help Bella settle the aftermath of the ranking battles, as there would probably be people that would inquire about Bella’s whereabouts.

There were plenty of busybodies that wanted to follow Bella. Among them were many “high-level undercovers” that were from the News Club. Their baths infiltration operation last week hadn’t gotten the News Club closed down. Their “gentry spirit” had obtained approval from the majority from the male students. The students involved might have been severely punished, but none had been expelled by the academy.

But when they saw the “ugly woman” Noreya and that “cursed woman” Elaine, they chose to back off. They might want to hit on Duchess Bellina and rope in some relationships, but they decided to wait for the next time. This decision to wait caused them to miss an opportunity to see Noreya and Elaine’s true faces. By the time they knew of the duo’s true appearance, Bella would have already “subdued” them.

The male students might not dare, but that didn’t mean the same for the female students. Sylvia changed into a new set of the black mantle and exited the place from another entrance as she followed Bella and the others and left the training grounds. No one had noticed her departure as all the attention had been concentrated on Bella, greatly decreasing the amount of attention on Sylvia.

“Bella, I didn’t think that you would actually defeat Sylvia. She is from the empire of magic and she is the eldest young lady from one of the Aldridge Empire’s top five Arcana Aristocratic Families. She is also known as the Deep Blue Four Heads. Ariel told me that Sylvia specializes in ice attribute, wind attribute, and many other magic attributes. She isn’t actually that easy to deal with.”

“Elaine, stop praising Bella. This fellow must have done something despicable to force Sylvia to admit defeat.”

“Noreya, how can you suspect me? We have already done that at night… uh, can you first put your bow and arrow down? Everything can be negotiated. This is still within the academy and if you do this, things will be difficult for Natasha.”

“Noreya, can you let me know where you and Bella go at night?”

Sylvia was not far behind from the trio and she was a little baffled by Noreya and Elaine’s voice. These two lassies had pleasant voices and they didn’t sound like the voices that ugly girls would have. Could the rumors be false? Sylvia was now even more interested in Bella.1

Sylvia always carried around a tracking artifact, the Concealment Gem, which was why Bella and the others didn’t realize they were being followed. Assassin Noreya had placed all her attention on Bella right now, but if she had been moving by herself, she would have been able to spot the traces of Sylvia’s tracking.

It was currently time for classes and there weren’t many students loitering about. Bella and her group successfully arrived at their destination, one of the nine Academy Forbidden Grounds of the Olsylvia Academy, the Scripps Cemetery. This was a nameless cemetery that had existed for ten thousand years and had been abandoned since the Olsylvia Academy had been established.

The legend of Scripps Cemetery wasn’t considered horrific. Previously, when the Manasvir Empire had arranged a cemetery keeper, he had seen many strange undead demonic beings in the cemetery. Originally, such undead beings could be purified in the Other World, but when the cemetery keeper said he saw multiple undead demonic beings, the Radiant Church actually chose to seal up the cemetery and did not purify those evil spirits. This made people suspect that there were some hidden secrets.

Bella had once inquired about this to President Maria and the four Holy Maidens, but they were also not clear about its secrets. The Radiant Church had plenty of secrets that they wouldn’t divulge to the Holy Maidens and those who weren’t the Pope’s successors. When Bella investigated the evil spirits that caused the Four Great Forbidden Books to be sealed up in Jim Library, they were actually all made up by the Radiant Church.

The eastern campus of Olsylvia Academy, the Olivia Wizard Academy, housed Scripps Cemetery. The 10,000-year-old cemetery, which had been silent for many years, was now welcoming its first new group of adventurers. The cemetery had been constructed on the peak of Mt. Vernon, which was the tallest mountain in Olsylvia City, but it was unclear why.

Wasn’t it better to change this great place into a tourist attraction? Bella and her group had arrived at the perimeter wall of the cemetery. When they stopped at that large, rust-spotted gate, they saw something surprising. The large cemetery gates, which were supposed to be sealed, were actually open. There was a lock hanging on the gates but it wasn’t locked.

“Bella, this lock hasn’t been damaged. It should have been opened with a key. From the looks of it, someone already went in first. We are not the first group of people here.”

“Don’t bother. We will go in and take a look too. Let’s see what kind of secrets are hidden in this cemetery!”

Noreya carefully felt the lock and determined that the gate was opened with a key. The Olsylvia Academy hadn’t arranged any cemetery keeper. They may have been too confident that this place didn’t require any guards.

It was still daytime and the entire cemetery had been illuminated by the sun’s rays, making it less sinister, but it was still cold and cheerless. Once someone entered the cemetery, the first thing that came into view was a huge tombstone and the words on it had been corroded by the forces of nature. There were plenty of tombstones that were missing, leaving behind solitary graves.

The Scripps Cemetery was a western-style cemetery. Bella didn’t think that it was horrifying but she saw something that she couldn’t understand. A western-style cemetery was a place where holy crosses were a common sight, but this cemetery didn’t have any. Perhaps, this cemetery hadn’t even been blessed by a priest. In Bella’s past life, this place would be an unholy land.

There would be the occasional chilling sound of wings in the cemetery which made Bella a little nervous. It was fortunate that they hadn’t visited this place at night. If Bella had to come with just the girls, she wouldn’t come even if someone beat her to death. Bella was feeling a little unworthy in her status as the Demon God and King because she was actually afraid of this cemetery.

“Why would the three of them enter Scripps Cemetery, which has been sealed up for years? If a teacher found out about this, they would be in trouble. I have to go pull them out… Who are you?”

Just as Sylvia was about to interrupt and confront Bella and the others, she was blocked by a blurry black shadow behind her. The shadow looked like a human but its facial features were fuzzy and distorted. Sylvia was shocked by the presence of this terrifying demonic being during the daytime and nearly fell to the ground. She had seen departed spirits but not an evil spirit that looked so terrifying.

“Little girl, this old one shall take your body. I have been waiting here for tens of thousands of years. A human finally appeared today.”

“Don’t you come over… I…”

Sylvia’s beautiful face was dripping cold sweat. She had realized that her magic had been suddenly restricted and she didn’t even know when she had become unable to use her magic. A Mage that couldn’t use magic had a combat strength that was even weaker than a hired mercenary guard! At this moment, Sylvia subconsciously reached for the magic scroll on her body.

Once she reached for it, her expression grew even worse. All the magical tools that she had stored in her storage ring had mysteriously vanished. Even the Concealment Gem that she was wearing earlier had suddenly gone missing, exposing her tracks. She didn’t know how this had happened, but Sylvia believed that it was because of this horrific black shadow.