Chapter 284: Surprise

Chapter 284: Surprise

“Ahhhh—”

Followed by her sudden scream, Sarah’s limbs went taut for a moment, her eyes widened and her pupils dilated with earthworm-like vessels emerging in the whites. Dark blood streamed down from her nostril. Then her chest bulged like a balloon to the point that it threatened to burst.

Colorless was stunned into inaction.

“Move it!” War Tiger and Azure Dragon immediately rushed up to pull Colorless away.

Sarah’s head snapped back, her neck almost broken. She opened her mouth and uttered a litany of syllables that blurred together, her throat shifting violently.

“O omniscient and omnipotent Heavenly Godbearer the great and merciful overlord of all forgive my ignorance and purify my blood save me from this weakness and these sins of mine grant me the sacred blood and great power I swear to forever follow you submit to you devote myself to you I will give you my all and follow you to the blissful otherworld...”

No pauses, no emotions, like a machine voicing words in fast-forward.

She soon finished the prayer of the Godbearer Cult.

During the process, her bulging chest slowly deflated like a leaking beach ball. The utterance coming from her throat lost all forms and morphed into strange groans.

Then she grew silent altogether.

Sarah’s body went lax, and she slowly closed her eyes with black blood coming out of the corner of her mouth.

Her pale face was drained of all life.

Colorless couldn’t believe it. She went back up to the woman and put a hand under her nose. Then she put two fingers on the woman’s neck to feel the pulse.

“She’s dead.”

Without hesitation, War Tiger opened the door and walked into the violent embrace of the snow storm.

Azure Dragon stayed where he was, keeping an eye out for threats and enemies that could emerge.

After close to a minute, War Tiger returned to the cabin, dusting snow off him. “The perimeter's clear.”

Meanwhile, Colorless had checked on Sarah. “She’s likely to have died of a curse, one that triggered when she spoke a keyword.”

War Tiger and Azure Dragon nodded. They had guessed as much.

Some Miracle-type Talents inflicted curses through speech. There was usually a time limit, ranging from three days to a week. The longest was usually no more than ten days.

During the period of time, as soon as the target uttered a specific keyword, they would be hurt, dominated by the caster, or even killed.

“This doesn’t feel like a Talent of awakeners,” Azure Dragon said.

“It can be a monster’s doing, or a Spectre’s.” Colorless frowned slightly. “The energy is insidious.” Follow current novels at novelhall.com)

“Fine, fine, fine, I get it. I’ll be at the villa after ten o’clock tonight. Just come straight here.”

She hung up and took a deep breath against the ocean wind. “How refreshing the air is, and how beautiful the scenery! You shouldn’t be this angry, Xia Li. It’s bad for you, bad for you...”

Having regained composure, she returned to the living room and looked over at everyone. “It’s time. Let’s go.”

...

Waterfront Villa, F Island.

Gao Yang and his family slept in until eleven in the morning. They leisurely enjoyed their lunch, courtesy of the hotel. Then they discussed what they were going to do in the afternoon.

Gao Yang, who was rarely the decision-maker, made a suggestion today. “Let’s go surfing!”

“Surfing?” Gao Xinxin wasn’t interested. “Don’t you do enough of that on the internet?”

“It’s different,” Gao Yang insisted. “This is the beach. Real men should surf on real waves!”

“You’re right, Son!” His father was the first to voice support. “Real men should conquer the ocean!”

“I get all that, Dad, but...” Gao Xinxin glanced at his wheelchair. “You can’t conquer the ocean now.”

“Haha!” His father didn’t seem mad as he took a sip of the chrysanthemum tea with goji berry in his thermos. “I can always enjoy the wind on the beach, watching the ocean, the waves, and the...”

He shut his mouth.

“And the beautiful blonde women in bikinis, right?” His mother gave his father an ‘understanding’ smile. “Keep going. Why did you stop?”

“Ahem...” His father choked on the tea and vehemently defended himself, “Don’t you know me, darling? Foreigners aren’t really my type...”

“Ha.” His mother’s smile grew cold. “Then who’s the one always watching international women’s volleyball?”

His father hurriedly gave Gao Yang a look. Save me, Son.

Gao Yang steered the conversation back to the main topic. “Let’s split up, Mom. Dad and I will go to the beach in the afternoon for some surfing time. You should do what you want to do. In the evening, we’ll meet up at the villa and have dinner together.”

“Oh, right, right!” His father was quick to agree. “We still have a few more days here. No reason to stick together all the time.”

“I’m good with that,” his mother said.

“Fine.” Gao Xinxin winked at his grandmother. “This afternoon, we are having a women’s day!”

Success!

Gao Yang sighed in relief.