Chapter 59: Not So Unexpected

Chapter 59: Not So Unexpected

As soon as the commotion had started, many had crouched down on the ground, and Evelyn had done the same along with everyone in her group. It was an instinctual response for the others, but the pink haired girl firmly pressed her palms into the ground as she formed her spirit power into thin threads and sent them digging deep.

Compared to the single point consumed in the spirit probe, she started losing two to three almost every second, and her spirit power pool drained at an alarming rate.

At the same time as the centipede screeched in rage, a glorious aura burst forth from the canyon's entrance, as the two previously immobile statues seemingly disappeared from their spots.

A thunderous boom echoed throughout the area as both Craig and the chained carriage were sent flying when the sentinels slammed down on the centipede.

"NO! Prince Craig!"

"Kyaa!"

"They killed him!"

But even as everyone else seemed to cry out in shock and horror, Evelyn was a little disappointed in her heart. Although she hoped that the annoying toad really died, she had noticed a golden shield had spawned to protect Craig at the last moment. Assuming that it had absorbed most of the impact before shattering, he might just have survived.

Still, this should teach him a lesson. Not to mention it also took care of one of his trump cards.

'To think that bastard had something to block even this level of attack, huh. As expected of Terrazyme's Crown Prince, I guess.'

However, he wasn't important right now, so she focused her attention back on the clash.

As the two sentinels tried to suppress the beast, the suffocation felt from just their aura was so strong that not to mention the students or the prefects, even the rangers couldn't lift a finger.

It appeared as if each of their movements would cost energy, and perhaps faster movements required exponentially large amounts of energy. Assuming they used the same spirit power they fought with as their energy source, it was obvious why they would be thrifty.

Evelyn believed them to be somewhat similar to intelligent robots. They could do everything except form their own thoughts, probably. Of course, there was no way to be sure. In any case, they clearly didn't care about the disappearing tentacles either.

As for the rangers and the students, they can come up with whatever explanation they like for themselves. They can just assume that the tentacles would disappear once cut off from the beast, or perhaps it had some way to retrieve its lost parts. Who knew what really happened?

'Well, I guess there must be some people at the academy who can figure it out once they hear about it, but so what? Even if they think it's strange that the centipede attacked out of nowhere, or that the tentacles vanished, how would they know it was me?'

Not to mention they wouldn't know about the absurd existence of her inventory, the tremors caused by the statues moving back had already erased the faint traces from her 'drilling'.

Even if someone detected something later, there was no way to know who the real culprit was among so many students. Even if the commoner students could be ruled out, that still left dozens of possible suspects.

Everyone seemed to breathe a collective sigh of relief as they realized they had somehow, miraculously survived witnessing a fight between the peak existences of the continent.

"E-Evelyn, are you okay?"

"You're not hurt, are you?"

Evelyn gave the two older girls a reassuring smile, making them sigh in relief as they continued fussing over Vivian next.

The pink haired girl wondered what their reaction would be if they knew she was the one who had triggered the fight. Perhaps only Ruru would ever know, and Ruru can't talk.

So her secret is safe.