HBWnovel Chapter 144: Awakening [ XXIV ]
Chapter 144: Awakening [ XXIV ]
The three instructors were busy arguing among themselves when the culprit suddenly began screaming in fear, trying to break free from the chains that bound him.They all turned to look at him simultaneously, confusion evident on their faces. What's wrong with him?
"Please, kill me immediately! I don't want him to kill me!" the culprit cried out loud.
His eyes had turned red, and his face was pale with fear.
The instructors would have dismissed his reactions as an act, but judging by everything they'd witnessed—it wasn't an act!
"Who are you talking about?"
"Tell us, immediately!"
They asked him seriously.
But he didn't respond and kept screaming for them to kill him.
At this point, even the instructor who had urged the others to kill him earlier didn't know what to do.
What could be so scary for one to seek his own death? These questions appeared in their minds.
One of them went closer to the screaming culprit and held his neck, halting his frantic movements for a few seconds.
"Answer us correctly: Who is this person you're talking about? Did he send you to kill our students?" he asked.
However, even with his serious question, the culprit still didn't respond and kept crying and pleading for death.
"Okay, let us make a deal here. Tell us who this person is and your relationship with him, and we will let you go without any sort of punishment. Is that okay?" the instructor asked.
The other instructors stood beside him and observed the reaction of the culprit silently. With such a deal, they were certain he would speak up.
"No, do not let me leave this place alive. Kill me already, please. I killed your students, I ended the future of those innocent students because of my ignorance. I deserve to die for it, do not show me any sort of mercy, please!"
This time, the instructors were even more confused about the matter.
They tried to speak with him for a few minutes.
The three of them left the room after he didn't reply.
"No, please don't leave me here! Don't, please don't!"
As they stepped out, the cries of the culprit became more frantic. But none of them returned, at this point, they had taken his excessive drama as some sort of mental issue and nothing to be taken seriously.
Now left alone in the room, the culprit suddenly quieted down and began looking around from time to time with fear in his eyes, while his heart kept praying for some supernatural intervention to end his misery.
Just then, the air in the room suddenly became erratic.
The wooden door started shaking vigorously as though something was trying to break in.
The dim glowing crystal in the room started flickering as well, adding more mystery to the scene.
The culprit's eyes were wide open as he watched all this take place, he knew just what was happening.
Before he could even cry out for help, he felt a touch on his shoulder, and his body froze at once.
He tilted his head back slowly, and it landed on the jet-black robe of the mysterious figure behind him.
"Remember our deal?" the cold voice of the figure standing beside him reached his ear.
"Please, please, it wasn't my fault. He was gone before I could even point him out. Just give me another chance, and I'll make everything right. If you don't, you can kill me and my entire family!"
At this moment, he was so scared that he unknowingly offered his family.
"Your family? Who told you they are still alive?" the mysterious figure chuckled menacingly.
Hearing that, the eyes of the culprit widened even more.
"When I said you'd have the most horrifying death, I wasn't speaking of your death alone, stupid. The moment you struck a deal with me, the life of your family always goes with it. They either blossom or perish. It's the latter in your case."
The culprit was frozen in place as he heard everything.
At this point, he felt like life was no longer worth it.
The only people he had been living for were now dead.
He imagined the faces of his family in his head.
The mysterious figure behind him chuckled and strolled in front of him.
The dim glowing crystal in the room illuminated his handsome visage and luscious, long white hair that fluttered vibrantly in the air—it was none other than Alister!
Alister observed the traumatized expression of the culprit in front of him with a calm and evil smile on his face.
"To be honest, I already knew you would fail from the very beginning," Alister laughed.
The culprit looked up with a shocked and questioning expression on his face, as if asking, "What?"
"My main purpose in using you was to act as a scapegoat so the school would stop their
"I haven't forgotten," Rowan assured her.
He then left and went to the village square, where the soldiers could be seen training their various techniques.
The pure martial group had boxing matches to test their new skills.
The archers fired arrows at targets, enhancing their aim.
Most swordsmen continued swinging their swords in patterns of their individual skills, while others clashed against one another.
The scene was sharp and productive; Rowan couldn't help but enjoy it for a few minutes before leaving to meet Riela, who should be teaching her apprentice by this time.
Today was the day Rowan would distribute the sewing machines to them.
He could've done it earlier but he had to wait since Riela was mostly busy with magic than teaching in the last few days.
However, when he got there, he was greeted with an entirely different scene that made his eyes and mouth open wide in shock.
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