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Chapter 214: Explaining the Plan to Alice And Emily

The upper half of the N’theris was gone.

Eleanor’s ears rang as if someone had screamed into them.

Dust flooded her vision.

Around her, people groaned and struggled to get up.

Some of the weaker awakeners clutched their heads, blood trickling from their ears.

Eleanor coughed as she stood, brushing off chunks of gravel from her arms.

Her heart was racing, but her focus was clear.

Something had pierced the serpent.

She stepped around a chunk of rubble and saw a tiny metal spear embedded in the base of the creature’s tail.

It wasn’t just embedded.

It was lodged so deep it had stopped the serpent from thrashing in its death throes.

Then she noticed the flames.

Flickers of golden fire burned around the serpent’s wounds, searing through its flesh and halting its regeneration.

She could feel the warm and overwhelming mana.

”That’s Alice’s flame. Only she can use this type of mana,” Eleanor muttered.

She turned, eyes tracing the line from the embedded spear to the long path that the spear had created.

”But Alice can’t throw a spear with that much force.”

Her expression turned serious.

”So who did it?”

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Isaac POV

The explosion still echoed faintly in Isaac’s ears as he stumbled back, landing hard on his side.

A groan escaped him as he sat up and looked around.

”Alright,” he muttered, flexing his aching shoulder. ”That did the job.”

The watchtower he had stood on was gone.

It shattered from the force of his throw, and he hadn’t exactly stuck the landing.

His clothes were ripped, and his arms were scratched up, but it was nothing serious.

In the distance, he could hear fast and panicked footsteps. Aeternum University’s people were running toward the source of explosion—him.

Of course they would be.

He hadn’t told anyone he was going to throw the spear.

For all they knew, the stronghold had just been attacked.

”Things are going to get busy,” he said under his breath, rubbing the back of his neck as he stood.

The destruction was worse than he expected.

Several buildings had been cored out clean through, the concrete around the holes bubbling and dripping like melted wax.

One of the towers tilted, groaning, before crumbling sideways in slow motion.

Isaac winced, seeing the path the spear he threw had created.

”Maybe I overdid it.”

Well, he had not been in a situation to hold back.

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Before he could do anything else, a dark mist gathered beside him.

Celia stepped out of it, followed closely by Alice and Emily.

”Isaac!” Emily flew and threw her arms around him.

He caught her.

Alice’s eyes went to his torn clothes, then the still-crumbling ruins behind him.

”Who attacked you?” she asked.

”No one attacked me. The building fell due to me,” he clarified.

Celia didn’t speak.

Her eyes scanned him carefully, as if asking him of the outcome.

He met her gaze and smiled. ”It’s done.”

Celia let out a soft breath.

Her shoulders finally relaxed.

She looked like she was about to say something, but stopped.

Instead, she lowered her head, and covered her face with her hands. Quiet sobs left her lips. Relief hit her with so much force that she couldn’t stop her tears.

”Thank you,” she said eventually, voice shaking. ”Thank you, Isaac.”

He gave her a small nod and turned back to Emily, who was sniffling into his shirt.

”What’s wrong?” he asked gently.

”I missed you,” she mumbled.

”...?” He blinked, confused.

”I missed you,” she repeated.

Her voice cracked a little this time.

She must’ve gone through something out there in the wilderness.

He held her tighter, rubbing her back.

Alice was watching them, her arms crossed and a scowl on her face.

”Who injured you?” she asked, again.

”No one.”

His words made him realize that everything was finally over.

The serpent was dead. The worst was over.

Now they had to deal with the aftermath: sorting out what to say about how Isaac defeated the serpent, apprehending nagas, and using this opportunity to spread Isaac faction’s fame.

”Where’s Professor Catherine?” he asked, glancing around.

”She disappeared while we were returning. We were moving through the forest when suddenly her clone faded,” Alice clarified.

Isaac nodded.

From what he knew, Professor Catherine was fighting the Sentinel.

The battle must be growing dangerous if her clones suddenly disappeared.

’She was exhausted before she went to fight the Sentinel. I can see why her clones vanished.’

He turned to them again.

”Did anything happen after she disappeared?”

”No,” Alice said. ”She gave us a few defensive items just in case, so we were fine.”

”What about Tyr?”

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