Chapter 786: 775 (2/2)

”What is this?” Janet picked a jar filled with brown powder.

”That's a—” before Morgan could say anything, the three in the hut suddenly disappeared and found themselves in between a horde of grunting, angered, and hungry undeads, ”— an experimental... where are we?” Morgan frowned and looked around her. Janet looked at the jar in her hands and then around herself.

”Hey, we're back,” Jennifer smiled, ”Your hut was creepy, no offense.”

”Your mind clearly lacks the necessary knowledge to understand greatness,” Morgan replied while she locked gazed with Hela.

”Why are we here?” Janet looked towards Nik with an inquisitive gaze.

”Well, it's embarrassing to say it out loud,” Nik smiled wryly, ”But the mean lady was threatening me. Of course, I needed you guys to come to protect me.”

His words made the three girls roll their eyes before Jennifer suddenly chuckled, ”As long as you come running to fight a big and threatening king of hell for us, too.”

”Of course,” Nik stated somberly, ”But if you could defeat the queen of hell, do you even need me for a king? I mean... I could just... relax.”

”So you want us to do all the work?” Janet snorted.

”You cannot say that... I do all the work at home,” Nik snorted, ”At least, balance the situation.”

”Can we not talk about this here?” Morgan inquired while Merlin appeared beside her. His hollow eyes staring at Hela, making her eyelids jump in surprise this time. On the other hand, Janet inquired once again, ”This is an experiment right? Do you want data?” She grinned.

Morgan seemed to understand Janet's intentions and finally nodded.

”I may have misunderstood you. You have hope.”

With a chuckle, Janet threw the jar high. The sudden attack attracted Hela's attention and she instantly commanded her archers to shoot the jar down.

*Phew*

A sharp arrow tore through the sky as the jar burst apart, making the fistful of brown powder spread apart. In fact, the group of glimmering brown sand could be seen from afar and Morgan's eyes gleamed dangerously.

”That's... anticlimactic,” Janet was speechless.

”Give it a moment,” Morgan smiled confidently.

*Crck*

Nik's ears twitched momentarily.

'Ah... I should stop raising my sense for this,' he made an astute judgment, and suddenly, a high-pitched shriek echoed out of nowhere.

At the first hint of scream, Merlin let out a wave of golden mana as if a large wave of sea which enhanced the shriek and controlled it in concentric waves. The shout grew muffled but dozens of Hela's corpses instantly burst apart without a sound.

'That's like Vertigo's psionic equilibrium. Just an amazingly amplified one,' Nik thought to himself.

”Attack!” Hela growled.

”Protect!” Poole shouted in return!

Meanwhile, Nik thought for a moment. Since he wasn't an active participant in the battle but merely the lesser cause of conflict, he closed his eyes and began thinking of more ways to develop his mastery of Ice.

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Angela looked around and found herself in some form of a slum. A repulsive stench filled her senses but finally, her body stiffened. She couldn't help but gasp, shocked, while her hold over Xiphos tightened.

Just a few meters away from her stood the most beautiful woman in the world, at least, to her. Short dark hair, and violet eyes. She clearly had a type, whether man or a woman.

The woman seemed as stunned as Angela. Her plump lips parted and her gaze unable to comprehend how... well, understanding that they were in hell, the dark-haired woman had a possible answer as to why Angela was here. But she clearly looked different. She even had her weapon. Xiphos...

But, the woman did not expect Angela to say this—

”I didn't know that you'd still be a woman after dying.”

”So you do understand that I'm dead... and that my gender is the least of the troubles...” The woman replied.