Chapter 966: Dark Demon Enters the Game! (4k)
At this point, it was impossible for no one to have similar thoughts.
Professor Kazel frowned and said, “But if this is a setup, what would be the reason for Hermes going through so much trouble to set it up? Just to get those three factions to send their exceptionally talented young people? But if that were the case, he wouldn’t need to do this unnecessary thing. Aren’t we already delivering exactly who he wants to the Heavenly Court? Could there be some hidden mystery we haven’t noticed?”
“Could it be because someone else wants to compete with him?” Ophelia guessed.
Professor Shylph, who had been deep in thought, lifted her head and said, “Let’s hope not.”
Having Hermes was already troublesome enough; if there were other gods involved, they would lose all meaning in continuing on.
Facing too many gods, continuing would only lead to certain death. They had no chance of survival.
However, logically reassessing it, the possibility of this scenario was low.
Because Principal Altair would not lead them to a desperate situation! At least, Professor Shylph believed so.
Just as the professors and students inside the train car were having a heated discussion, the Saint Church’s team ahead suddenly paused, with exclamations and discussions spreading.
The crystal ball showed part of the scene there.
Even without the images, Dark and the others immediately guessed what happened.
— After Abbott, Emily Grantham also mysteriously disappeared.
“This is the fourth one,” Dark said solemnly. “There should be no suitable candidates left in the Saint Church or the Northern Territory teams.”
Professor Lily tugged at her chin and said, “Then the next one must be us?”
Dark replied, “If they haven’t been hiding, then yes.” Professor Shylph immediately said, “We don’t have much time left! We need to prepare as much as possible.”
After saying this, her gaze turned to Aurora. Aurora looked grim.
She was traveling under the identity of a Snake Tamer, and despite any突击 training before departure, she could only increase her self-defense capabilities.
If she faced Hermes right away, her chances of winning were zero. Her only chance of survival lay in the clothes she wore, made from snake skin shed by the Oil Snake.
This snake skin garment had a basic function: it could locate Nix!
The team did not stop.
Emily Grantham’s disappearance spread quickly, and the Northern Territory team, walking at the rear, suddenly found some psychological balance.
Their eyes naturally fell on the Mana Academy’s pumpkin carriage.
As for the Saint Church team, after a brief period of chaos, they seemed to have no reservations left and accelerated全力冲刺!
The Mana Academy and the Northern Territory followed closely, and the entire three-force team shot forward like an arrow towards the unknown end.
Aurora’s mysterious disappearance soon followed.
The professors did their best to imbue her with various defensive and escape states, but no one knew if these states would remain after her [Concealment].
Professor Shylph and the others clenched their fists tightly.
The pumpkin carriage instantly surpassed the Saint Church’s speed and rushed to the front.
Snake God Nix sat empty-handed, staring at the empty seat beside her.
Dark closed his eyes and thought, adjusting his state.
He had already recalled all the mana spirits, including Shenmi, back into the mana cards.
Earlier, Aurora’s [Concealment] proved that mana spirits would not be taken away with the magus.
At the same time, it also proved that [Disappearance ≠ Death]!
Because the mana spirits summoned by Aurora had vanished due to the disconnection from the magus and the depletion of mana.
Moreover, the Flame Sun Elemental and Ice Moon Elemental she carried with her were left here.
But the Blessing of the Wind Elemental given by Professor Shylph was taken with her!
Thus, the mechanism became clear.
Mana spirits and elemental spirits were considered independent life forms and could not be taken away.
But the Blessing of the Wind Elemental did not belong to life.
In fact, considering mana spirits as independent life forms was something Dark and the others hadn’t anticipated.
The [Concealment] mechanism separated the mana spirits from the mana spirit cards.
Therefore, Dark temporarily entrusted the flower spirit, who was bewildered after Shenmi’s recall, to Professor Shylph.
But after making all preparations, the sixth person to mysteriously disappear wasn’t him.
Angrey, Concealment.
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Angrey Demon, with rich battle experience, was more reassuring than Aurora.
Not only had she once gained power from seven Underworld Fires, but she had also been recognized by the Aquarius Sacred Armor.
She came as a guard, a genuine powerhouse. “I hope Angrey and Aurora were taken to the same place,” Dark said after Angrey disappeared, looking at Olivia. The two most likely candidates for [Concealment] were him and Olivia. Olivia stood tall, calm both in expression and demeanor.
Dark then closed his eyes again, continuing to cultivate his qi.
The purpose of Hermes taking the young people was unknown.
But he wouldn’t harbor unrealistic fantasies like Gavin North. If his earlier judgment was correct, the twelve gods remaining above the Heavenly Court might be nothing more than pure consciousness.
No divine body, no divine soul, only divine awareness.
And after thousands of years of pollution, that divine awareness couldn’t return to its original state.
Researching the personalities of the twelve gods from literature was meaningless. If the twelve gods were to awaken, their first priority would be to find a body to possess.
In other words, they would take over!
“But if it’s Hermes, Fred North would be the perfect target for possession.”
“Yet, after taking Fred North, he didn’t stop.”
“Could he be gathering bodies for the other gods?”
“Then Quintina would be better suited for Zeus, Abbott and Emily for Apollo, Aurora could be Apollo or Artemis, Angrey for Poseidon, and Olivia for Apollo.”
“So, what about me?”
Dark didn’t see Olivia’s sudden disappearance. Because he became the seventh person to disappear before her!
[Good morning, it’s another busy day today, and I’ll have to wake up after sleeping for three hours.]
