Chapter 69 Evelyn Aquatile



The students, the heroes, and the remaining villains that seemed to make it out alive and unnoticed stared in shock as they realized the magnitude of the destruction.

Lux, who was standing among the students, couldn't believe what he was seeing.

'This is crazy… what did he do to make something like this?' he said inwardly as his eyes stared at Zio who was unconscious.

The heroes were equally puzzled, and they turned to Lux for answers as he was the only of the three that came out from the deep of the ruin. 

The A-rank hero spoke up first, his voice laced with suspicion and excitement.

"Kid, what did you do back there? Did you cause this?"

Lux hesitated for a moment, not sure how to answer.

"I don't know—"

Then, the ground shook again violently as if something was about to come from that massive hole.

"Shit! Again?!"

"Everyone, go! Go! Run as far as you can from this place! Quick!"

The heroes started to usher the students and the remaining villains away from the hole, urging them to move quickly.

As they ran, Lux looked over his shoulder, watching as the ground continued to shake and the hole seemed to grow wider.

Snow avalanches from the top, the massive hole from behind, and the students and heroes desperately running toward safety.

Then, an echoing voice rang in the air.

"[Glacier Wall]"

A wall of ice jutting out from the mountain's landscape served as a barrier against the avalanches that could threaten the settlement situated at the base of the mountain.

A new group of people arrived, they were floating the air on their respective broomsticks.

"The wizards! Finally!" The A-rank hero shouted.

Everyone was happy with the wizards' appearance but they couldn't afford to stop running until they were far enough from the massive hole and found a stable terrain to stand.

Then as they arrived at the safer place, the wizards–four wizards to be precise, approached them.

"You're…" the female wizard began, looking at the A-rank hero.

Her long straight blue hair swayed slightly as she spoke, her dark blue eyes fixed on the hero.

The hero smiled almost creepily, relieved to see the wizards had arrived.

"Gustavo! It's a pleasure to meet with the 8th circle wizard, Evelyn Aquatile!"

"I see. So, Gustavo. Do you mind telling me what is happening to the D-Point Ruin?" Evelyn said as she pointed in the massive hole direction.

"That's actually what we want to know, Miss Evelyn," Gustavo shrugged and shook his head slowly. "I think it's better if you ask those kids instead."

He pointed in the direction of the crowd surrounding Lux, Zio, and Lumi.

"Which kid?"

"The two that unconscious and that white-haired boy."

Evelyn scanned the crowd and spotted Lux. "Very well."

Turning around to face her companion–the other three wizards, Evelyn commanded them to go and investigate the massive hole.

Watching them go, Evelyn folded her broomstick into a wand and walked toward the crowd of students.

As she approached the crowd, Evelyn could hear the chatters.

— "You are telling me that Zio, the rank 911 defeated eight of the villains by himself?"

— "Could he possibly be possessed by the sword god's spirit?"

— "Tsk, you… It's not the time for a joke!"

— "I didn't know that Lumi has Clausthropobia…"

— "Shh! You better not tell anyone about that if you don't want to be hunted by the Nova Guild."

Crunch–!

Some of the crowd turned their head, their eyes widened as they saw a prominent figure standing behind them. But, somehow, they felt like the 'prominent figure' was too small to be called that.

"Heya! What is happening here?" Evelyn said cheerfully.

The students whispered among them, 'Evelyn' they said. Hearing the students talking about her right in front of her, she felt proud.

Then, one student emerged from the crowd, it was Jihan.

"Miss Evelyn… Nice to meet you."

Evelyn's eyes flashed in recognition as she saw Jihan.

"Heya, Jihan. It seems your club really fancy problems."

"Eh…" Jihan scratched her cheek.

"Never mind that. Can you tell me what is going on here? And what caused the D-Point Ruin to end up like that?"

Jihan seemed troubled to explain the situation as she herself didn't know what actually happened.

Fortunately for her, Lux came up and helped her.

"Miss Evelyn, nice to meet you, I'm Lux Virtus. Allow me to tell you the story before all of this happened," said Lux, tightening his grip on Zio's sword.

Evelyn nodded. "Go on."

Lux told Evelyn everything. The villain's appearance in front of the gate, the mysterious man with swift feet, the hidden chamber, Lumi's phobia, and Zio's fight against the villains. He left out everything that related to the possibility of what caused the ruin to collapse.

What he told the wizard were the things that seemed ordinary, with no clue about what caused the ruin to collapse. That was how much he wanted to keep his friends safe.

If he was to tell her that the one causing the ruin's collapse was Zio, she would take Zio and interrogate him, extracting information from him, whether by soft conduct or force.

"I see. I don't know what actually caused the collapse but I sensed a great disturbance in the magical energy from that hole. Ominous. No, it feels resilient, majestic, and preserved."

As she spoke, Lux couldn't help but notice the aurora-like pattern in her eyes, a mesmerizing sight that made her appear even more prominent.

"Whatever that is. I'm one hundred–no one thousand sure that it's related to magic. I mean the magical energy that only we, wizards could sense, you know right?"

Lux nodded.

"Good. We'll need to investigate this further. In the meantime…"

She took out a crystal ball only God knows where it came from. It looked like she was talking to someone with that, a communication device that the wizards used.

'Why don't they just use a phone or the watch?'

As Evelyn was done talking with her fellow wizard through the communication device in the form of a crystal ball, she looked at Lux with a smirk on her face.

"Communication through this tool is safer than using the phone's or the watch's network, technology freaks (hackers) are everywhere," she said, her eyes looking at the Nova Watch on Lux's wrist.

When Lux realized what she meant, he smiled sheepishly.

'Right…'

"Well then–" As she was about to leave, she caught something. "Oh?"

Evelyn walked toward the crowd, approaching the two unconscious students wrapped in layers of warm blankets.

"Who's this?" she said as she kneeled beside Zio.

"It's Zio Varrez…"

Hearing the crowd mention Zio's name, Lux joined the crowd.

"I see…"

Evelyn's hand moved, tracing her fingers around Zio's body, then stopped on his chest—a part that was close to his heart.

"Oh? What is this?"

Feeling curious, Lux walked closer and asked.

"What happened to him?" he said, his face filled with worry.

Evelyn closed her eyes as she pressed her index finger on Zio's chest.

"What a miracle. His mana is depleted, it's empty, but his vitals are completely fine. He didn't experience Mana Depletion despite that…"

Her eyebrows frowned as she kept checking Zio's condition.

"No. There are traces of him undergoing a Mana Depletion state, but it's just for a moment. His mana suddenly regenerated in a bunch as if he has external mana reserves."

Finally, she opened her eyes. At the same time, blue light was emanating from Zio, outlining his body.

"Well. Done. He will wake up soon."

"What did you do to him?

Evelyn unfolded her wand, it changed into a broomstick.

"Refill his mana."

Then, she rode the broomstick and hovered in the air.

"See you lots later!"

Lux watched as Evelyn flew in the direction of the massive hole.

As she maneuvered the broomstick, Lux couldn't help but admire Evelyn's graceful movements and the way she seemed to effortlessly control her broomstick.

'That looks fun.'