Chapter 139: The Frog's Last Leap

Chapter 139: The Frog's Last Leap

The damage from the explosion caused by the red haired professor's explosion may have been mostly absorbed by the Tree Demon, but the damage that Craig suffered still wasn't small.

Even with his strengthened physique, most of his upper body looked it had been made from wax but left exposed under the sweltering sun for too long. Not to mention any clothing, even his spatial artifact was gone!

The Terran Prince wasn't sure if it had been destroyed, or if it was still somewhere in the forest. He could only regret not having it at hand, however, because the threat of this little girl had far exceeded his imagination.

Although he did have some hope that she would take his word for 'saving' her family if she got him out of here alive, Craig didn't like leaving his fate in the hands of others.

Instead, professor Dane's death had given him the idea of faking his own at the same time. Even when the Tree Demon threw him away, Craig didn't let go of this pretense.

In case the girl decided to ignore the 'dead prince', with the Tree Demon no longer restraining him, Craig could make a last-ditch attempt at finding any Terrans looking for him in the forest.

And in case she decided to try rescuing him, he could simply wait till she was vulnerable enough before dealing her a fatal blow. Of course, he would only do that once he was assured of his survival chances, and would keep her alive until she had outlived her use.

All such vain hopes were dashed, however, the moment the ruthless bitch decided to attack even his 'likely dead' form. Had he not known better, he would have assumed that the girl must have some deep-seated vendetta against him.

After all, the only conflict they had was that he didn't take her side in the carriage ride to the academy. Other than that, they barely had anything to do with each other.

Of course, he'd had many plans and thoughts about this particular girl in his heart, but she didn't know that, and thus they couldn't be the reason behind her actions.

And if just that little conflict was enough for her to chase after him like this, then this girl was really the most ruthless little bitch he'd ever seen.

In that case talking to her, begging her to spare him, or even negotiating was all useless. He had to kill her!

Before the pink haired girl could release her arrow, Craig had already leapt from his prone position, shooting off like a bullet towards the girl.

"Ruthless bitch!"

A thunderous boom echoed through the area as the tree behind Evelyn exploded into splinters while the girl stood frozen in shock, her face pale with fright.

Craig had missed her shoulder by just a few inches, or he would have definitely got Ruru. A few inches more and he could have had her head.

Evelyn gulped as her hands shivered while holding the compact iron bow in her hand. "H-He was so fast"

Thankfully, she had the foresight to once again try checking his status as soon as she spotted his 'corpse', and had already seen the 'Lethal Leap' skill.

Combined with the rumors of him being a toad, she had already been prepared for a lightning-fast lunge from his 'corpse'. With or without weapons, she didn't dare take him lightly.

But when it really came, nothing could have prepared her for the sheer speed at which he moved. Her eyes barely caught a flicker before the tree behind her exploded.

It was only the combination of her quick response and Craig's poor state, even having one of his legs missing entirely, that greatly reduced the accuracy of his trajectory and saved her life.

Of course, she had already let the arrow loose, and it had embedded itself deep into the boy's head.Reêad latest novels at novelhall.com

Nodding to herself, Evelyn quickly started claiming her rewards.

The first one was a yellow mission issued for professor Dane, the source being her calamity skill.

[ Yellow Mission, Target: Dane Redal ] [Completed!] [Claim!]

-Source: Calamity

-Clear Condition: Fulfill any one of the following:

Kill (or) Completely defeat Dane [Fulfilled!]

Raise Dane's affection to the maximum level [-100% affection]

-Rewards:

Experience: 1,000 points

Acquire the ability [Draconic Scales]: Able to coat the outer layer of skin with draconic scales, making it extremely resistant to physical damage.

-Damage resistance is proportional to both current strength and the amount of spirit power spent while creating the scales.

-The scales will lose strength over time, losing the equivalent of ten spirit power per day.

-Retracting the scales will immediately refund all spirit power without loss.

Strength permanently raised by +10 points

Vitality permanently raised by +10 points

-Current Level: Level 68 [15,280 / 24,500]

Although the experience gain was laughably low for her level, Evelyn was ecstatic about the ability.

Wasn't this the same annoying thing that had allowed professor Dane to last so long against her before? Not only did she now know why he was so tough to kill, she could even use it for herself!

The mysterious skill that had made her grit her teeth in fury immediately made her almost jump for joy.

When professor Dane's body had exploded, Evelyn had been a little upset at the fact that, even in death, the professor continued being useless. Couldn't he at least turn into some good material? But professor Dane managed to prove her wrong!

"Thank you, professor Dane! At least you taught me something valuable with your death Well, taught is the wrong word, but hey, I got something good!"