Chapter 492: Violations and Reports
“Tan Han, you finally made it. I thought you would arrive a bit earlier.”
After Tan Han and her group completed their supplies from the resource point, they encountered a few people blocking their way at the final volcanic crater.
“Who are you?” Tan Han asked, a bit taken aback. The person blocking her, without a doubt a member of the Wizard Academy, looked somewhat familiar, but she did not recognize him.
“Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. I’m Aen Galande, just call me Aen. Due to some reasons, I didn’t participate in the earlier Dream World exchange match, so it’s normal that you don’t recognize me. However, we should have seen each other during the Nightmare incident in Ninglan New City, where we witnessed the birth of a terrifying individual. But judging by the current situation, it seems she didn’t come with you?”
“You…”
Tan Han’s eyes narrowed slightly. Her spiritual gaze allowed her to see the aura of fortune, revealing that he too was a Child of Fortune.
From his confident tone, she could tell that his strength was undoubtedly formidable. Even teasing Xiao Han for not being here indicated he had enough confidence to face Xiao Han.
But… who gave him that confidence?
“I think if Xiao Han were here, there would be no need for you to be here talking nonsense.”
“You have a lot of confidence in her. Where is she now? I heard you wanted to blow up a volcano. Such an exciting event, she shouldn’t be absent, right? Isn’t that how your Witch Academy operates?” Aen asked with a smile, followed by a light chuckle from several of his followers.
“I advise you not to think too much. Since you’re already blocking my way, I’ll personally send you on your way.” Tan Han stopped engaging in needless banter.
Aen thought the same. After confirming that there was no strong presence among Tan Han’s group, he felt a wave of relief and had absolute confidence in intercepting this group.
As soon as he finished speaking, two figures suddenly clashed. The brilliance of magic and the force of witchcraft collided violently, erupting in a fierce explosion that sent everyone retreating to avoid being caught in the aftermath.
After their initial test of strength, Tan Han gathered some understanding of Aen’s combat capabilities. She then reached out her hand, and the weathered lava on the ground suddenly erupted with blazing flames, as rocky fragments broke apart and gradually formed a lava giant, engulfed in flames, controlled by two arm-like limbs of molten rock.
“Lava summon? Interesting, but not much.” Aen appeared unfazed by such a tactic. Summoning methods were common in witchcraft, but that didn’t mean he could do it himself. If the combat-supporting creature wasn’t dealt with quickly, it could tip the situation against him.
However, he didn’t need to act; his followers moved directly, producing a doll-like witch weapon. As they activated the ritual, runes flowed, and witch power was infused, causing several metal puppets to appear.
With the addition of these entities, Tan Han’s companions realized they shouldn’t just stand by and watch; they joined the chaotic battle.
Just as the fight reached a fever pitch, a spear of holy light condensed and shot down from above, aimed straight at Tan Han.
Faced with such a swift ambush, Tan Han’s protective spell was barely able to withstand the powerful strike, shattering her shield.
In that fleeting moment, Tan Han barely managed to dodge the attack as the holy spear grazed her side.
The backlash from the attack caused intense pain at Tan Han’s side; she realized she had sustained a scrape.
“When did the people from the Holy Angel Academy learn how to ambush?” Tan Han exclaimed angrily.
“Birdman… who allowed you to interfere in my battle?” Aen shouted in fury. Although the holy spear wasn’t aimed at him, it threatened to take him down alongside Tan Han. The frightening aftermath of that strike pushed Tan Han away and caught him in its wake. If it had struck him directly, he would have had to sacrifice a protective witch weapon just to buy himself time to escape; witches didn’t have the convenience of spellbooks like Tan Han did.
But after Aen shouted, his pupils narrowed slightly as he realized that several of the Holy Angels present included supervising teachers!
He realized his earlier insult of “birdman” might have inadvertently offended them as well.
Although the joint examination rules prohibited teaching assistants from intervening, rules were simply rules and the easiest things to break.
What made Aen even more apprehensive was another reason… The leaders of their Wizard Academy’s tower wouldn’t care about their deaths.
Not only had they provided no information, but their resources were also extremely scarce, clearly taking a hands-off approach to watch the show.
Two tower leaders from the Wizard Academy had come, but this was not only rare among the three major academies; it was scarce among all participating colleges.
He had only seen one tower leader from beginning to end, and the other… had probably gone off somewhere conducting experiments, considering that none of the tower leaders wanted to take on such a tough job this time, and any delay meant at least a week’s worth of setbacks.
As tower leaders, who didn’t have some kind of research to attend to? It was simply impossible to break away.
The moment the Holy Angel Academy appeared, it instantly attracted the hatred of both parties. Even though they had come specifically to stop Tan Han from triggering a volcanic eruption, the inherent animosity between the Wizard Academy and the Holy Angels had shifted the situation into a three-way standoff.
However, the invisible pressure from the Missionary Angels of the Holy Angel Academy still left them somewhat restrained.
Tan Han unconsciously glanced toward the direction of the Knowledge Shadow. The figure still resembled what she remembered, indicating that Xiao Han hadn’t taken over this clone. Relying solely on the combat assistance provided by this Knowledge Shadow, she could only use her spellbook with a maximum triple-digit consumption to hold her own against these two groups.
After only a few skirmishes, Tan Han noticed that several of her side had been grievously injured and had to pull back from the main battlefield.
Tan Han felt powerless; after all, she was dealing with the strong from two top academies. Those following her certainly did not possess the strength and combat experience to counter them, and even the strength of their spellbooks was a tier lower.
However, it seemed that the Holy Angels who arrived this time were not the Achir Tan Han once knew, but another individual. Although she did not recognize him, she could see that he was also a Child of Fortune.
It appeared that the number of Children of Fortune at each academy surpassed her expectations.
“Oh, this place is quite lively! Mind if I take a look at the show?”
A sudden voice immediately drew the attention of most present, as it came from the direction of the volcanic crater. Everyone instinctively stopped what they were doing, but a student from the Holy Angel Academy was directly injured by Aen’s ruthless ambush.
“Witch Academy’s teaching assistant… you’ve overstepped! You’re interfering with the normal combat of the examinees!”
The Missionary Angel stepped forward to confront her, and seeing the Witch Academy and Holy Angel Academy teaching assistants clash head-on, everyone felt the pressure mount, including the students of the Witch Academy.
Although many might not recall the name of that teaching assistant upon seeing her, they certainly knew the deeds of this assistant witch!
She was the “Review Witch”!
It was said that the teachers responsible for supervision had three chances for violations. If they were warned three times, they would be removed from the examination site and subsequently face social d*ath at the review conference.
However, this witch did not play by the rules and had already prepared a lengthy review beforehand. It could be said that this document would leave many other academy teaching assistants at a loss for how to respond.
The fact that she hadn’t left yet indicated she at least had one more chance to act. If other teaching assistants made threats, it could be taken seriously, but when this one spoke of threats, she genuinely would act.
“Birdman, stop spouting nonsense. How have I interfered with them?” Li Feiya retorted forcefully, her tone extremely arrogant. “You guys — you bird people have dirty hands and feet. Who are you to accuse me?”
As both sides began to exchange barbs, the one feeling most secure was probably the Wizard Academy.
After all, they were originally in a weaker position among the teaching assistants, and it was best for them if the other two academies tore each other apart.
Not long after that, a sudden, violent shaking emerged from the volcano behind them. The deep rumbling echoed, causing the ground to tremble. Such a broad-scale upheaval made everyone stop in their tracks, all eyes drawn to the massive volcanic crater, where a dark cloud of smoke began to surge forth, the sinister volcanic ash rising and flowing upwards, like dark clouds pressing down on everyone’s hearts, descending toward them once it reached the sky.
“d*mn it… Witch! What have you done?” At this moment, the Missionary Angel could no longer maintain his prior composure as he gazed at the strange phenomenon, his face paling.
“Don’t pin any blame on me! What have I done? I didn’t do anything; this Bobapop Islands is already located within a volcanic earthquake zone. It’s not my fault if it shakes!”
Li Feiya proudly shrugged off the blame, her expression making it seem as if it were entirely unrelated to her.
“d*mn it… if I find evidence against you, you’ll regret it…” The Missionary Angel hadn’t finished his sentence, as he was focused on resisting the sudden natural disaster. If this volcano truly erupted, the joint examination would be over!
Just as he began to conjure his divine magic, he was suddenly met with a stab from behind.
He struggled to turn his head, unable to believe that someone would dare to backstab him at such a critical moment!
“What do you want?! Holy Angel’s Missionary Angel! I ask you, what the hell do you want?!” Before the Missionary Angel could launch a tirade against the shameless assailant, he was confronted with a cold, articulate question.
This series of strange changes made him fearfully glance at Li Feiya; his mind was filled with questions about how she dared…
“You! What do you mean by that?!” Ultimately, he gritted his teeth and demanded, though it was but a backstab. The damage was minor, but the insult was significant.
“You’re using your own power to assist the examinees, aren’t you? You’ve violated the rules, understand? Even if the volcano erupts, that’s still part of the joint examination; if people d*e from the ash, that’s their elimination, but don’t think you can help them at all.”
“What kind of logic is that! You caused the volcano to… I’m correcting the impact you’ve created!” he retorted unwillingly.
“I have evidence that shows you acted just now, but you have no proof that says I caused the volcanic anomalies! It’s such a simple logic, do you not understand?”
“You! You… are simply being unreasonable!”
“Your impression of witches is quite stereotypical.” Li Feiya provocatively remarked without concern.
Just as she finished speaking, another voice completely shattered the Missionary Angel’s final shred of hope.
“Holy Angel Academy’s Missionary Angel, one violation recorded.” An undeniable voice echoed in his ears, and a figure appeared—none other than the Extraordinary Witch Lina, the director of the new student grade from the Witch Academy.
“Isn’t your Witch Academy being too shameless? Clearly, it was you guys…”
At this moment, another voice came forth, that of the Extraordinary Angel from the Holy Angel Academy, who immediately spoke in a protective tone.
“Stop right there; you Holy Angels made a move in front of the livestream. If we don’t record your actions, who else should we record? You want to accuse our Witch Academy’s teaching assistant? She hasn’t recorded a single violation yet and is an outstanding joint examination supervisor without evidence; don’t make up nonsense, understood?” Lina unceremoniously interrupted the other’s words in a sharp retort.
Although she felt it somewhat disingenuous to call Li Feiya an excellent joint examination supervisor, the truth stood: it was based on evidence and not sentiment. Moreover, she placed particular emphasis on the evidence.
“Teacher Lina! Thank you for speaking up for me. If it weren’t for you backing me, they would have smeared my reputation as a bad person.” Li Feiya, seeing her supportive mentor, immediately rushed forward for a warm embrace.
“Li Feiya, put that review away! How can you even say that?” Lina quickly sidestepped to avoid her hug, then spoke in a tone only Li Feiya could hear.
“Alas~” Li Feiya stuck out her tongue, trying to play cutely to brush the matter off.
At that moment, the volcano seemed to calm down again; the dark smoke that had emerged earlier was merely volcanic ash accumulated during the volcano’s dormancy.
However, the seal that kept the volcano from erupting remained intact, meaning this volcanic ash was the maximum aid that this active volcano could contribute.
Unless… the seal was broken, the long-pressured volcano would erupt at that moment.
Thus, those in the know were aware this was a premeditated event, but they could not intervene to expose the other party; it was a joint examination between examinees and teaching assistants.
If the mentors from the other extraordinary academies intervened as witnesses, the Witch Academy could potentially overturn the joint examination.
This shouldn’t sound exaggerated; after all, in the face of earth vein information, the joint examination held few secrets, and everyone put on a facade of ignorance.
At that moment, the examinees quickly fled the scene. Even with extraordinary mentors present, they displayed no intention of intervening. The volcanic ash was about to descend, and with the falling debris, if they did not run now, when would they?
Just then, a figure abruptly appeared.
“This place is quite lively; so Teacher Lina is here too?”
The sudden voice broke out, and Lina immediately recognized who it was; another troublesome arrival…
“Xiao Han, why are you here?” Lina asked with a slight headache.
“I marked the teleports here. Enough about that! Since you’re here, I also want to report, report the Holy Angel Academy…”
“What are you doing here to create a ruckus? Who are you reporting?” Lina frowned as an ill omen crept into the hearts of the several extraordinary mentors present, particularly that from the Holy Angel Academy.
“The Holy Angel Academy, of course! I suddenly received an anonymous report. I originally didn’t intend to take it seriously, but I found that it contains a coded coordinate comparison table and a coordinate map of the Bobapop Islands. Combining it with some personal information I collected, I discovered that the Missionary Angel from the Holy Angel Academy seems quite suspect of violating the rules,” I said while smiling, taking out a few pieces of parchment.
These parchments were borrowed from Li Feiya, written through my identification skills. It didn’t matter who anonymously submitted this material; the information on it was the key.
Moreover, the evidence itself isn’t the parchment but the factual basis derived from its information, which could interpret accurate and systematic details based on the Holy Angel’s anomalous actions, making it clear that they hold violation contents. That alone is enough.
Even if they did not admit it, there was still Teacher Lina, right? Even if Lina tried her best, it wouldn’t matter; it would still annoy the Holy Angel Academy.
Do they really think I’m casually targeting the Holy Angel Academy?
It was evident evidence that anyone could recognize. If they didn’t admit it, this would be sufficient to collapse the angelic image they had strived to build.
After all, this was LIVE; such malicious acts, how could the Witch Academy not broadcast this scene?
