Elite Mages' Academy

Chapter 679:  Trapped In The Grave (2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Xiao Lin’s perception might not have been as high as Gu Xiaoyue’s, but his overall attributes were higher. Furthermore, he was the one with the most experience in the New World out of all of them, and had interacted with resurrection towers the most. He did not feel it earlier, but immediately closed his eyes to feel it after Gu Xiaoyue said that she no longer sensed it. 

After a few minutes, Xiao Lin opened his eyes again with an ugly expression on his face.

The others got the final answer from Xiao Lin’s face, and all of their faces turned dark. Even Chen Dao, who had been so optimistic, did not seem to have anything to say.

In the end, was the main reason they dared to venture into the New World without any worries because they could resurrect themselves through the resurrection towers?

“How is this possible? I’ve never heard of the resurrection towers losing their effects.”

“Could it be the British folk being up to something?”

“Don’t Lifewater components come from the British colonies?”

Cheng Ming and An Luo started to think up all sorts of possibilities in their panic. They might not have been dumb, but they rarely interacted with the New World and did not have much information.. There were many secrets that even those in the New World did not have the possibility of knowing without being at a certain rank, let alone students in the academy.

However, Xiao Lin coincidentally knew a lot, the reason being that he was one of the people who had experienced it himself, the other being the powerful demon of Judge Academy, Lilith.

Back then, Xiao Lin and Lilith had been surrounded by a mysterious fog in Wildfire Town, and they had witnessed the resurrection towers being corrupted. This was definitely Asabanor’s doing. That high priest from a fallen country refused to die. Even though there had not been news about him for a long time, Xiao Lin believed that the guy would not rest so easily.

Xiao Lin did not expect that Asabanor would make a move on him and the British opponents during the semi finals, but he still had a head full of questions.

Asabanor was an incredibly hard opponent to deal with, and he had a very deep seated grudge. However, that grudge he had was targeted at the colonists and the academies. Song Junlang had consoled Xiao Lin before, asking Xiao Lin to not worry too much because the various academies would definitely work together to deal with Asabanor.

Xiao Lin had naturally relaxed after that. After all, he was only a first-year student, so these kinds of matters were far above what he could do.

However, the problem still fell back to him despite that. 

After going into this deep state of thought, Xiao Lin sighed and told everyone apologetically, “I think I’ve dragged all of you into this, so I’m sorry. I suspect the opponent is after me. I think that the British have already been dragged into this as well, I…” He could more or less guess why Asabanor was targeting him. It was not because of who he was, but probably because he had an SS-rank talent, which was already enough to cause the whole world to go crazy.

“What are you saying?! We are friends, and I’m not someone who would ignore a friend in need!” Chen Ming interrupted Xiao Lin’s words, patting his shoulder. That north easterner’s straightforward attitude dispelled a bit of the heavy atmosphere.

“That’s right! Stop saying you’ve dragged us into this. You’ve helped us quite a lot before this. I’m not someone who doesn’t repay favors!” Chen Dao recovered his usual demeanor.

“You are our year leader.” An Luo’s words were much simpler, but the meaning was clear. At that moment, he was willing to listen to Xiao Lin’s orders without any conditions.

“You are the leader of this temporary team. If you’re not confident, then we won’t ever make it out of this.” Gu Xiaoyue’s tone was still cold, but in her brilliant eyes, a rare apologetic and tender flash could be seen. She knew that Xiao Lin worked so hard in this tournament for her sake because she wanted the final reward to cure her sister’s ailment.

Xiao Lin was touched, and his eyes circled all of them. He only saw trust on their faces. Xiao Lin took a deep breath, swallowing the words he was about to say. That was right, it was not the time to wallow in misery, nor was it the time to give up.

So what if the British have all died? So what if there were no resurrection towers? So what if their opponent was the crazed and cunning Asabanor?!

Even if it was not for himself, for the sake of his companions who trusted him, Xiao Lin would get them out of the graveyard and back to Dawn Academy, no matter what!

Xiao Lin had already faced Asabanor a few times. Putting aside their skill, he understood his opponent’s personality. That undying predator was currently operating without them having any information, so they were at a disadvantage.

“We can’t be walking around blindly anymore. Even though I don’t know what our opponent has done, if he’s so confidently sealing us, then I believe that we won’t be able to leave easily with our current skills. Compared to us so casually wasting our energy, why don’t we face this change by not changing!” After a short time thinking about it, Xiao Lin quickly made his decision.

That decision was agreed on by everyone, and it was definitely the most appropriate one. In truth, everyone already expended quite a bit of energy so far, especially Chen Dao, who had defeated most of their opponents. His mental fatigue had accumulated quite a bit. 

Xiao Lin and the others quickly turned around, finding an empty weapon storage location before starting to rest. Before this match, they had been allowed to bring in some basic restorative medicines, and they did not bother to save any. All of them started to use what they had, trying to recover to their best states.

Xiao Lin had not expended that much, so while the others were resting, he kept watch. There were three ways into that weapon depot. Even though he had already lit up each entrance with flames, temporarily chasing away the darkness and cold, under the influence of death energy, the flames were not very stable, and seemed to flicker.

They had chosen this place because of the possibility of danger. It would allow them to escape through another route at any time. They were facing an unknown opponent, so they did not think that making a move so waywardly was a good idea.

During that period, Xiao Lin had composed himself and told the others about Asabanor. Even though this was a secret that was not allowed to be told to anyone other than the higher-ups of the academy, Xiao Lin would naturally not adhere to that rule with the current situation. Furthermore, after the dean changed, Xiao Lin still had a deep-seated mistrust toward the current dean of the academy.

He did not want to place his fate in someone else’s hands. Even though he was still very weak, Xiao Lin still needed to work to grasp his own fate.