Chapter 99: Cleaning Up

Somebody tsked their lips as the scenario began to play in front of their screen, they had been expecting more bloodshed, deaths, betrayal and instead—they muted the screen, it was a lullaby session. And considering the Colossal Wyvern already drowsing off and nodding away, it seemed like they managed to somehow get through the crisis.

Well, these [ Players ] still need to get rid of the Colossal Wyvern itself. They couldn't just leave the creature to stay asleep in the middle of the Kingdom of Humans.

"Hmm, you seem disappointed?" A plume of smoke and fire escaped as the Dragon snorted and shook his head, "Well, I'll be getting a short century nap, enjoy your show."

"Hey! Don't leave! It's not over yet!"

"I believe you are jesting, even a fool can already tell that the battle is already on its precipice. They still have to physically remove the presence of a sleeping Wyvern and that's easy enough to do, they just need to bring it back into its habitat. Well, if there's anything else that's interesting—I'll sleep through it." Once the Dragon entered the cave, a formation immediately activated and created a circle that kept strangers out along with hiding it from their eyes.

"That old bag of scales, he acts so haughty." The young child-like being felt the edges of her dress ruffle as she crossed her arms and eyed the conversation hanging in the universal server:

Human: @LightElf are you there? Do you still have a teleportation scroll?

Gnome: Huh, long time no see youngkin, what do you need a scroll for?

Dwarf: That's expensive brat

Wood Elf: You're not going to run are you?!

The other three [ Players ] hadn't responded yet, but it wasn't because they had fled already. They were still on the map as arguments seemed to spring up between their alliance and just a little further were two humans also having their own discord. Still, it was interesting enough to see that the [ Human ] didn't leave when they clearly had the chance to abandon their place here.

Perhaps the reason why he didn't leave was something she would be more eager to discover as she continued watching the display in front of her. Did he start seeing this world as his own?

"Hmm, I wonder when their Soul will start getting some troubles switching back and forth? This is after all just a trial session..."

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Elsewhere, panic spread across the City of Gloria as the barrier shattered from an impact that they haven't even prepared for, it made their deus ex machina seem like fragile glass underneath the pressure received. One moment they had been watching worriedly about the grandson of the [ Headmaster ] and [ High Mage ] before Owen Liddell went missing from their scrying objects in the walls of the city. It didn't even take too long as something sped towards them and then everything exploded.

Even the scrying objects within the walls were completely trashed.

And so the people within the Tower of Power were already making their own decisions and sharing perspectives,

"The Colossal Wyvern—"

"Send reinforcements to the gates!"

"No, we can still reactivate and repair the barrier."

"But the people near the hole!"

"It shattered, the entire barrier shattered you doofus!"

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And for some, they were already facing their own problems that didn't involve flying Colossal monsters, Timothy needed to get Han back home but now there was a girl who was determined to come along with him. "I can't sneak you into the Academy! I barely got in myself!"

The young lady at first didn't want to do anything with him, she told him to stay back and now she wanted to accompany him. "Is that how you'll respond to a damsel in distress? I'll leave you to sleep in the cold and dangerous street—" She shrieked and stumbled.

Their entire surroundings had trembled and shook for a moment, Timothy held the girl up as he saw and felt something shatter all around them.

"The barrier broke?" She muttered to herself, perhaps forgetting that he was right in front of her. "Does that mean I can lea—no, do you have any idea what caused the barrier to break?" She raised her head and looked at him with determined eyes.

"I was here with you the whole time, do you expect that I'll actually have any sort of information?"

"Ah, that was stupid of me to ask. Well, my decision stays the same then, bring me with you as I have no other place to call my home and I will pay you handsomely."

"...couldn't you just rest and rent an inn if you had that much money in the first place?"

She fell silent before sniffing at him, "I have my reasons."

Timothy sighed as he looked at her. He needed to find Han as soon as possible, it was already late and he didn't want to get expelled on his first day at class. "...then follow me for now, I'm looking for my friend."

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Han may have forgotten a small detail as the lullaby began to be sung, he wasn't the only one here and he saw Ellynn dropped to the ground at the first syllable. And although he covered his ears, he could still hear it to some extent.

Her voice, the song, a requiem of tranquility that sent something that was both cool and warm, a sensation of tingling that spread from the top of his head to the soles of his feet. His eyelids became heavy and his body weak, he staggered to his knees for a moment.

He wanted to fall asleep—

[ Ability: Will Of The Player! ]

[ Automatic Resistance Is Semi-Successful ]

Han yawned and met the eyes of the Colossal Wyvern shutting down, blood crusted and all that, their wings folding as their body toppled into the ground. Han barely managed not to fall and trip over at that aftershock that occurred due to them dropping before waving his hand towards the [ Mermaid ]. "You can stop now!"

[ Losing Resistance— ]

[ The 'Aria of Sleep' Has Been Finished ]

[ Your Mental Strength Has Increased! ]

Han yawned and rubbed his eye before inclining his head, "Thanks, how long is the effectiveness of this?"

"Depends on how much noise we generate, but I think we're good until the sun comes up." The [ Mermaid ] managed a sheepish smile and looked around, "Ah, it seems your friend has fallen asleep… but you didn't?"

He gave a shrug, "Welp, there's still something that has to be finished. We need to get the Wyvern out of here before it wakes up."

"So you won't be killing it?"

"Kill it while it's asleep?"

"Well, I give my assurance that it won't wake up, that's how heavy the enchantment of my songs can be… I should have done this earlier," She gave an awkward laugh as she tapped the Colossal Wyvern's snout, "But they were blasting lightning bolts everywhere."

Han sighed and shook his head, "We lack the firepower to kill it, speaking of which, I wonder if the [ Wood Elf ]—"

A wind blew away a tree as the [ Wood Elf ] themselves stepped towards him and Odele, the man flicked a wrist, chuckling and shaking their head, "I'm still awake, it would be a shame if you managed to stay awake and I started snoring. But ah, you've vanquishedthe beast, if there was only some kind of princess who you could marry huh?"

"...now's not really the time, I need to get back home."

"Huh? Do you mean the Academy?" The [ Wood Elf ] tilted his head.

Han rubbed his face for a moment, they were right. The Academy was where he was staying at now with his friend Timothy, he didn't exactly have a ho—Han Jing's home. He was fatigued already. His mind wavered for a moment as he glanced at the Elf in front of him, "Do you have a teleportation scroll? We can get one and activate it and direct the location to wherever this thing actually came from."

"Oh, so that's why you were looking for a teleportation scroll, alas, I have no need for rune and inscription study… so that's a no." The [ Wood Elf ] had the audacity to just chuckle, "I do believe that the three have already left and even if they were here, they'd be unwilling to give a scroll that is their method of coming back to their residences."

"Then we'll just have to order a teleportation scroll elsewhere right? Maybe somebody has an extra scroll we can trade?" Han pulled up the server once more and began to formulate a message.

A chuckle sounded from the [ Wood Elf ], "Ah, do you think it's that easy? If making such a scroll was easy in the first place then even the Humans would be utilizing it. The [ Spell ] version itself is already missing or hidden to only some select researchers of magic."

"...I'm still trying to clean up this mess, you know, how about you do it instead? I still need to get back before people start getting suspicious of me—same goes with your daughter." Han crossed his arms and eyed their Ally.

"Oops, I probably shouldn't have upsetted you, is it already past your bedtime?"

"I'm just tired, but yes, either we work together or—" A blast of light erupted from behind the [ Wood Elf ] and Han blinked and tried not to sigh, "Alright, they're still here or who else could have done that. Let's get finished with this already, shall we?"

"Ah, is this the Mister No Nice Guy time?" The [ Mermaid ] asked and tilted her head.