Ch 295: It’s terrible news!

Vines erupted from the ground, swiftly wrapping around the person and flinging them into the air.

It remained in place, not immediately disappearing. While everyone was stunned, another vine emerged from the ceiling, enveloped in a thick Dark Aura. Magical attacks aimed at the vulnerable vine were mostly blocked by the first vine, with the remainder easily stopped by the Dark Aura.

Having successfully captured Princess Naiya, the Dark Emperor let out a wild laugh. A cacophony of sounds surged from all directions. There was no time for an acceptance speech. Relying on his knowledge of Meng Academy, he swiftly headed towards the telephone booth, leaving behind an Afterimage.

“Then everyone,” her expression betraying no urgency, Rui Bu Si waved her hand, seemingly oblivious to everyone’s anger, “let’s meet again next time.”

The Gloomy Duchess darted forward to follow, but a magic spell with a familiar aura met her. She barely dodged it, but the next second, vines sprang out and easily snatched the Nether Moon Stone from her.

“Nether Moon Stone!”

The vines carried an even more familiar aura of the Nether Moon Stone, practically throwing themselves at her. How could it possibly return because of her cry?

The hostage, unable to be attended to in the emergency, stood dumbfounded for a few seconds, touched their neck, and discovered they were truly free. They mustered all their strength and ran towards the Meng Knights.

The Withered Leaf Mark on their forehead hadn’t been removed yet, and Yin Sen wasn’t in a hurry to recapture them.

A voice in their head prevented them from attending to anything else:

?Gloomy Duchess, stop the Meng Knights.?

Exactly the same as centuries ago.

Her again!

She’s attracting the enemy’s attention again!

“What are you looking at me for? The Dark Emperor won’t chase after me over there!”

After scolding the Meng Knight, a little of their resentment finally dissipated.

No time to run to the telephone booth. Is there no time to run anywhere else?

They gritted their teeth and hid in the Underground Waterway, quickly closing the manhole cover. Attract attention?

All the power they could use wouldn’t even be enough for a single Wither Spell. What could they use to attract the Quark Clan’s attention?

They exchanged glances with the Dark Soldiers standing below, awaiting the Dark Emperor’s orders. Their unresolved anger began to surge:

“What are you standing around here for? Quickly find me energy! Can you afford to delay the Emperor’s cause?”

The Dark Soldiers who could be abandoned here couldn’t be very important. They meekly knelt down and scurried away.

Their life was saved, but the environment here was dark and foul-smelling, even worse than the Space-Time Rift. At least in the Space-Time Rift, they could still scavenge energy to maintain their form.

“This is strange,” sitting on the throne prepared for them by the Dark Soldiers, finally having time to review today’s events, they found the Quark Clan’s actions increasingly odd, “the telephone booth is working normally?”

Their attention was focused here, and they completely ignored the commotion at the telephone booth.

But the Meng Knights are all here. How did the telephone booth restore its normal function?

“Could it be that in the past two hundred years while I was gone, Meng Academy’s telephone booth was upgraded and replaced?”

No, the telephone booth is connected to the Barrier. It can only be repaired, unless the entire Meng Academy Barrier is replaced.

What a mess! Since emerging from the Space-Time Rift, they haven’t had a single peaceful day.

“G-Gloomy Duchess, the energy you requested…” a Subordinate hesitantly offered the item. The Gloomy Duchess took it without even glancing at it.

“Not enough, keep looking.”

Meng Academy telephone booth.

Stopping Ousgaida, who was about to pursue the Dark Emperor, Kendouji surveyed the significantly damaged telephone booth:

“Dr. Victoria, thank you for your hard work.”

The Transformation Technique’s magic failed due to the user’s exhaustion and unconsciousness, causing Ousgaida to be momentarily bewildered.

“That’s Princess Naiya, the one who was just captured by the Dark Emperor?”

Could it be that he hadn’t rested properly for many days and had made a mistake?

He made a mistake. Did the Meng Knights, who rushed over to anxiously call Wu La La, also make a mistake?

“Take Wu La La and Mulan Huahua to the Infirmary first.” Protecting Princess Naiya from the Dark Emperor should have been a joyous occasion.

However, thinking of the classmates who were still captured, Eric’s mood remained heavy: “Grand Elder Kendouji, Principal Ous, we will report the rest to you.”

In the Infirmary, Da Tiantian finished examining Wu La La and Mulan Huahua, confirming that they had fainted due to overuse of Shi Juan Shi’s powers. They would recover after resting for a while.

Sitting in a chair, they took a deep breath and accepted the offered water. Sensing something was wrong, they followed the hand to see the giver, and their head throbbed.

Oh dear, that Withered Leaf Mark, how conspicuous! This is troublesome!

“I’m sorry, Teacher Da Tiantian. I’ve done a lot of things that have wronged everyone and Director Pa these past few days. I’ll…”

Having served as the Gloomy Duchess’s Butler for so long, he was highly regarded by everyone in the Gloomy Duchess’s eyes. Rather than explaining a lot of reasons that even he might not believe, it was better to simply apologize and seek forgiveness.

“Wait, wait, wait…” their head ached even more, “Were you bullied silly by the Gloomy Duchess?”

“Wh-What?”

“Oh dear,” standing up and patting the other person, “We’ve already heard everything from Mi Ya Xing. We all believe in you, just like Jian Ni.”

“Poor child, you must have been terrified by the Gloomy Duchess,” after saying this, they noticed the person had gone blank, “Go and rest…”

“Teacher Da Tiantian— it’s not good—”

A cry loud enough to startle Da Tiantian. Didn’t they see that two patients were still unconscious here?

Seeing the person being carried in, Da Tiantian felt her vision go dark, and let out a huge cry: “Pa——”

Still stunned, not yet having processed the wonderful surprise of “everyone trusts him,” Wu Yan hurriedly directed everyone to place the unconscious Director Pa on an empty bed and then supported Teacher Da Tiantian.

“What happened to Director Pa?”

Seeing that Da Tiantian wouldn’t be able to recover from her grief for a while, he had to do what he could.

“Director Pa stepped on a Dark Poison Shard while checking the situation at the telephone booth.”

“Dark… Poison?”

“Yes, the shard was unused. It should have only been discarded in the telephone booth. When releasing the telephone booth’s Seal, Ha Li Bobo noticed them and put them in the corner. Director Pa was going to check the telephone booth’s repair progress…”

And accidentally stepped on it.

It wasn’t sabotage or anything else, just… pure bad luck.

Before the new situation could reach the Principal’s Office, Ousgaida slammed his fist on the table: “Nonsense! How could you use the students’…”

His words were cut short. They couldn’t gamble with the students’ lives, and certainly not with Princess Naiya’s life.

Eric explained: “Guiding the Five Star Power by Mulan Huahua was too difficult for her, and using the Shi Juan Shi would also significantly reduce its effectiveness. We had no choice but to resort to this plan.”

Princess Naiya was the best option.

“You… I…” In such an urgent situation, Ousgaida asked himself, if he were these children, he wouldn’t have thought of a better way, “Oh, if only I hadn’t…”

He had considered that the Dark Clan leader sent by the Dark Emperor to kill his wife and children might be a trap, but he hadn’t expected that their real goal was Meng Academy.

“Elder Ous,” Kendouji interrupted Ousgaida’s self-reproach, “it’s too early to determine who is responsible. The children have all done their best. Let’s hear what they have to say first.”

“Grandpa, we have placed Bi Cheng Family’s new Trackers on several students. Based on the signals, we will definitely be able to rescue the students and find the Dark Emperor’s new hiding place.”

Ideally, no one would be captured by the Dark Emperor, but they had also prepared for the possibility that some students might be captured.