Chapter 329: Assassination Complete

"We don’t have much time left, so let’s begin the interrogation. Who ordered you to kill me?" Asher asked in a calm tone.

"And just answer what I am asking; I don’t like wasting my time."

Asher looked at the two men with an indifferent expression.

Both the men suddenly felt the pressure acting on them decrease slightly, just enough so that they could talk without much difficulty.

"We don’t want to kill you; someone is just forcing us, and if we don’t do it as they say, they will kill our famil---", one of the men was just saying this, but before he could even finish what he was trying to say.

Asher large mana claw changed its shape and transformed into a large fist, and then Asher raised the fist and struck down on the man lying on the ground with his giant fist. The man couldn’t even see the fist approaching, and while he was talking, the fist struck the man with so much force that his whole body turned into a puddle of blood and flesh.

Asher then raised his mana fist again; the whole mana fist was now smeared with blood.

Asher looked at his mana fist for a moment, and then dismissed the mana fist.

After dismissing the mana fist, Asher looked down at the remains of the men whom he had just killed; there was no emotion on Asher’s face.

Asher then glanced at the other men, who had remained silent while the other man was talking.

The other man’s face was smeared with the blood of his companion, his expression blank, as if he couldn’t accept what had just happened.

"I hope you won’t be like your friend here and will just answer my question clearly and not waste my time", Asher said in a calm tone, then paused for a moment and asked, "So tell me, who was it that ordered you to kill me?"

The other man remained silent for a moment, and then he said in an emotionless tone, his face still blank, "It was some demons who took our families as hostages and asked us to kill you if we want our families to live."

After that, the man fell silent and said nothing further.

"Demons? That is surprising; I expected it to be some nobles", Asher muttered in a slightly surprised tone. "What type of demons?"

At Asher question, the man opened his mouth again. "It was Vampires."

After the man answered Asher question, Asher instantly formed his mana blade and then thrust it downward, straight into the man’s forehead, killing the man instantly and painlessly.

After killing the man, Asher dismissed his mana blade and stopped controlling the natural mana surrounding him. There was no need to continue wasting his energy on something that was no longer necessary.

After all, he had already obtained the answer he needed, and there was no reason to keep the man alive anymore. Keeping him alive would only have made things more troublesome, especially when Asher had no intention of wasting any more time dealing with him.

Asher glanced at the man’s body for a moment before shifting his gaze towards the surroundings.

The barrier was still intact, enclosing the entire area and keeping him trapped inside.

Asher looked at the barrier for a while, observing its surface as though he were considering whether he should do something about it. However, before he could think any further, he suddenly felt something wet near his nose.

He raised his hand and touched it.

When he lowered his hand and looked at his fingers, he noticed a small amount of blood on them.

His nose was bleeding.

"Hmm, I really pushed this vessel beyond its limits this time," Asher muttered casually.

He didn’t seem particularly concerned about it. Instead, he wiped the blood away and summoned a bed from his subspace.

The moment the bed appeared, Asher immediately lay down on it, stretching his body comfortably as though he had just finished an exhausting day of work.

After all, he had already dealt with the troublesome part of the situation. There was no reason for him to continue standing around when he could rest and wait for someone to arrive.

The truth was that Asher had pushed his vessel far beyond what its body could normally handle.

Although he had been using his abilities to heal himself simultaneously, the strain was still too much for a Gold-rank body to withstand comfortably.

He had pushed his vessel well beyond its physical limits to defeat both Diamond-rank opponents in such a short period.

Of course, he could have defeated them without pushing his body so far. However, doing so would have taken considerably more time, and Asher had wanted to finish the fight before anyone else arrived and interrogate both the men himself.

Therefore, he had decided to end the fight as quickly as possible, even if it meant putting considerable strain on his vessel.

And now, the consequences were beginning to show.

His body felt sore, and he had a serious headache.

Fortunately, it wasn’t anything particularly serious.

Asher could recover with enough rest, and since there was no immediate danger anymore, he didn’t feel the need to hurry.

After lying down comfortably, Asher summoned a packet of juice from his subspace as well. He opened it and began drinking casually while staring at the barrier surrounding him.

His plan was simple.

He would remain inside the barrier until someone from the Academy arrived and destroyed it.

Although Asher could easily escape from the barrier himself, doing so would create far too many problems for him.

After all, the people investigating this incident weren’t stupid. If he escaped from a barrier specifically designed to prevent spatial magic, they would naturally begin questioning how he had managed to do it.

And considering the circumstances, it wouldn’t take long for someone to start connecting the dots.

They might begin investigating his abilities more closely and eventually discover a connection between Asher Astrean and Coward.

That was something Asher definitely didn’t want to happen right now.

After all, he still wanted to enjoy his peaceful life at the Academy for a little longer.

Therefore, rather than creating more trouble for himself, Asher decided to remain inside the barrier and wait patiently for someone from the Academy to arrive.

He continued drinking his juice while resting on the bed, looking completely relaxed despite everything that had happened.

Meanwhile, outside the barrier, things were considerably different.

Noah, Aria, and Adam were standing near its surface, their expressions filled with panic and worry.

They had watched Asher disappear from their sight, witnessed the two staff members attacking him, and then seen the barrier trap him inside.

Now, with no clear idea of what was happening to Asher, the three of them could only try to break through the barrier and reach him.

They repeatedly attacked its surface, using whatever abilities they could to damage it.

However, no matter how many times they attacked, their efforts were completely useless.

Their attacks struck the barrier without producing any meaningful effect.

The barrier remained intact, showing no sign of weakening.

And with every failed attempt, the anxiety on their faces only grew.