hotmtlnovel Chapter 86: Rivers of Blood
Chapter 86: Rivers of Blood
"T-Teacher?" Before Loki could react, Cidlin had already covered her eyes with her hand, and then gently raised her right index finger.
With her movements, crimson blood spread like a rising tide from the corridor floor, walls, and even ceiling, turning the entire area into a sea of red in an instant.
Then, under the panicked gazes of the soldiers, Catherine snapped her fingers softly.
The sea of blood boiled instantly after the crisp snap of the fingers, transforming into spikes that pierced the soldiers from all directions.
"puff!"
A somewhat nauseating sound came from the other end of the corridor, while Cinderella covered Loki's eyes and took a few steps forward.
"T-Teacher..." Luo Qixi knew what was happening outside, of course. She could hear that chilling voice... She also knew why the teacher was covering his eyes.
Just hearing about it is already a little... a little scary...
However, the teacher continued walking slowly, and Luo Qixi was held in her arms with one hand covering her eyes. Her right index finger flicked gently, and with each flick, screams came from across the corridor until finally, her steps paused slightly, and the screams stopped.
"Clatter".
Sidley gently released her hand from covering Loki's.
What Luo Qixi saw was an empty corridor, without blood or corpses. Everything had vanished, turning into the bloodstains on the teacher's fingertips.
The screams and the sight of the soldiers just now seem like a dream.
"Isn't that a good thing about blood magic?" Cicelyn asked with a shrug. "It's clean, isn't it?"
"..." Luo Qixi pursed her lips, her face a little pale, but she still forced herself to say slowly, "I...I feel fine."
This stupid student of mine... He keeps saying he'll help, but he can't actually do anything about it, can he?
That's actually quite good... After all, just like Cinderella said, killing too many people does affect the taste of the blood.
Siddrine and Loki strolled through the palace of Lanoa Palace as if they were on a tour.
Although the Kingdom of Lanoa is known as the Kingdom of Magic, it is actually far inferior to a large country like the Kingdom of Asra.
After all, strictly speaking, this place isn't even as large as a territory of the Kingdom of Asura... so the majority of people here are magicians.
However, those mages... were no match for those swordsmen when facing Cidline. Cidline merely moved her fingers slightly, and the mages, who were at most Saint-level, were killed by the thin red threads.
And so, Catherine walked casually and slowly to the entrance of the throne room.
She could sense that Edward was there.
"Clatter".
She gently pushed open the door, and the next second a huge ice spear shot towards her.
"Bang!"
The ice spear was shredded into ice powder in mid-air by the fine web of blood, which fell gently onto Cinderella's face like snow.
"Edward...you should know that no one can stop me in Lanoa," Cidel said calmly, looking at the man sitting on the throne.
Beside him stood a swordsman and a mage.
"Perhaps." Edward looked at Cidelyn, who was unharmed, and seemed to know what had happened in the corridor. He pursed his lips and looked at Cidelyn, saying, "Did you kill her?"
"Who?"
"That swordsman..."
"Of course." Catherine nodded gently. "I don't have the habit of sparing the lives of those who want to kill me."
Edward nodded slightly at her answer. After a few seconds of silence, he looked at the two people beside him and said, "You can go now."
"Your Majesty?" The mage and the swordsman both seemed to be taken aback.
"You are no match for her," Edward said, pursing his lips. "Let's go."
"But..." the swordsman gripped his longsword and said, "I swore to protect Your Majesty, and I will never abandon you."
He then raised his sword and looked at Catherine: "You monster who seeks to destroy the world, I will be your opponent!"
As he spoke, he raised his sword and charged forward.
"Alred!" Edward instinctively tried to stop him, but as soon as he reached out, he saw the swordsman's body being split in two and falling to the ground.
"..." Luo Qixi looked at her teacher's retreating figure, feeling as if she and her teacher were some kind of villains at that moment...
"And you?" Cidel's gaze didn't linger on the swordsman, but instead fell upon the mage: "Are you also going to fight to the bitter end?"
"I...I..." The magician took a few steps back as if startled. She looked quite young, and Cinderella even seemed to remember her.
I have some recollection of her blood.
"You're a student at Lanoa Magic University, right?"
"Yes...yes..." the mage said through gritted teeth, gripping his staff. "I am a graduate of the 398th year of the Ankylosaurus calendar..."
"Then you can leave." Cidelyn shrugged. "I'm not some kind of serial killer or anything..."
"If you don't stop me, I won't kill you." She then looked at the silent Edward.
"Are you really happy that so many people have died for you?" Catherine's words made Edward's already unpleasant expression even worse.
He gritted his teeth and said slowly, "They all died to save this world."
"Really?" Cidelina chuckled softly, taking slow steps towards Edward as she spoke, "What if he's lying to you?"
"He...he won't..."
"If he really wouldn't lie to you, then why did things turn out so differently from his prophecy?" Cinderella asked slowly. "I heard... Lokishi was supposed to die in the Kingdom of Asura, right?"
"Or perhaps he walked right into the trap after killing that brainless swordsman?"
"None of these things have come true." Cidelina had now walked up to Edward. She looked at him quietly and asked, enunciating each word clearly, "So, do you still believe him?"
"Do you believe in those so-called prophecies?"
Edward fell silent, his hands gripping the armrests of the throne tightly, unable to utter a word for a moment. He looked at the incredibly familiar face before him, the face he had once longed for day and night, and now felt... fear.
Yes... he was going to die... His body trembled slightly. He hadn't felt this way before, even though he already knew he was going to die... but now he suddenly... felt fear.
This wasn't the fear of losing my life, but rather... the fear that I might have actually been deceived into this ending.
"We've known each other for ten years," Catherine said calmly. "We were indeed friends."
She shook her head slightly as she spoke: "But once you choose to trust in God and Man, that will no longer be the case."
"I..." Edward's lips moved slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but looking into those red eyes, he couldn't come up with any excuse.
He had indeed betrayed her, betrayed his friends, and chosen the god... and the god... he might have deceived him... making him foolishly do those things...
"He...He wouldn't lie to me..." Finally, Edward could only say this, repeating it as if it were a lingering thought: "No..."
Only in this way could he convince himself of his betrayal, and convince himself... that he hadn't led the country into an even deeper abyss.
Seeing his expression, Cinderella fell silent again. Standing beside her, Loki looked at Cinderella's face as if she had noticed something.
"Teacher...how about..."
"Clatter".
Blood had already fallen, and with it, King Lanoa's crown also fell.
The crown fell to the ground, making a crisp sound in the somewhat empty hall.
Luo Qixi wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but she felt as if the teacher's pointed ears had just twitched.
"He also has a younger brother, right?" Cinderella suddenly spoke up, looking at the magician who was now kneeling on the ground, too afraid to speak.
"Yes...yes...Your Majesty also has..."
"Then let's leave it at that," Cidelina said slowly. "According to the law, he should be the new king, right?"
"Yes...that's how it is...but..." The magician slightly raised his head to look at the king, then immediately trembled and lowered his head.
"You'll continue working here, right?"
The magician was so frightened that she didn't dare to say a word. She lowered her head and kept nodding.
"Then tell him." Catherine slowly got up and picked up the crown from the ground.
"He is the new king."
"And then... don't trust the mysterious person in your dreams anymore." With that, Catherine placed the crown on Edward's lifeless head.
She looked at her former friend and shook her head slightly.
"If you encounter any trouble... write to me." She said, looking at the magician again.
"Teacher...?" Luo Qixi looked at the teacher's usual expressionless face, but felt uneasy.
The teacher must be feeling...uncomfortable, right? After all, she and Edward are friends.
She instinctively wanted to say something, to offer a few words of comfort.
But Catherine didn't stop; she turned around and left without looking back.
Her footsteps echoed far and wide in the empty palace until they could no longer be heard.