Chapter 58: Exiting the Forest

Chapter 58: Exiting the Forest

After making some more small talk with Eula, Evelyn and her friends finally returned to their own compartment for rest.

It had to be said, if the green-haired prefect was anything to go by, the Aquans were excellent hosts and knew how to entertain their guests well. Eula even gave them an extra bag of cookies as they left, and told them to come back anytime!

No wonder they were so successful as traders, and Aquavahn was considered the leading commercial giant among the five major powers of the continent.

As the night fell, the mission that had ended up alerting Evelyn of the danger last night finally reached completion.

Completed [ Green Mission: Protect Your Puppy! ]

Prevent injury or death to 'Bree Devaughn' for the next 24 hours. [Fulfilled!]

- Rewards:

Experience: +220 points.

Evelyn Knox: Level 22 [Exp: 200 / 700] -> [Exp: 420 / 700]

Soul Value +1 points permanently.

Soul Value: [1303] -> [1304]

Ruru gains +110 experience through Lotus Throne's Shackles!

Lotus Moon Spirit Fox (Ruru): Level 21 [Exp: 100 / 600] -> [210 / 600]

Surprisingly enough, the next few days passed by quite peacefully.

Eula came by from time to time to chat and make sure nothing was wrong, but never stayed for long. Through their frequent contact, Evelyn managed further her understanding of the Academy's inner workings as well as her empire. At the same time, she also managed to deepen their mutual trust and friendship, earning another valuable ally.Follow the latest novels at novelhall.com

Cecilia nodded. "Well, yeah. With the sentinels blocking the way, anything above a certain power level will need to defeat them to cross this point, so the centipede can't take the carriage any further. But the southern ancient city is not far, don't worry."

Eula was not far from their group, and Evelyn rolled her eyes as she could hear her answering almost all the questions that the curious students had, unlike the other prefects who just ignored them.

"Why is there so much lightning raining down over there?"

"This mountain range is actually called the 'Thunder Array' in the academy. Anyone who tries to get past it needs to endure the repeated strikes of lightning while climbing the mountain. It actually doubles as a tempering ground, but you need to be really careful"

"Are those statues real?"

"Be more respectful! They are the ancient protectors of our academy. The Scarlet Valkyrie and the Emerald Auramancer."

Of course, although Eula said so, Evelyn knew that the ancient sentinels did not really care if they were referred to with respect. In fact, the common consensus seemed to be that they weren't living beings to begin with, but constructs.

Those who believed they were living beings but just remained aloof referred to them with those names, while many simplified them into the Scarlet and Emerald Sentinels, or even the Red and Green Sentinels.

Regardless of what they were called, however, it was their function and reliability that Evelyn found to be of great use.

Once they were a few meters away from the chained carriage and the centipede, the pink-haired girl saw from the corner of her eyes that the Centipede had already unbound itself from the carriage.

'We're closer to the sentinels now than the centipede if I'm gonna do this, now is the best time'

Although the risk was certainly there, Evelyn had carefully considered it for a long time, and there should be only a minimal chance of something going wrong.

The might of these sentinels was already proven with time. Their only weakness seemed to be the fact that they would forever only defend this canyon, never venturing too far from it, not even to chase an attacker. So, she chose to believe in their strength.

No one knew what happened. for one moment they were peacefully heading for the canyon, and the next moment there was an unholy screech from the direction of their carriage.

Even the blue-robed rangers felt their blood run cold.