Chapter 13: Land of Sighs (13)

Makisuke pushed aside the bushes and walked out. He immediately saw the dispersing mist. His lake-blue pupils reflected smoke and dust. The mist was like a prism, wrapping the prey tightly, and then interweaving into a spider web and breaking apart, like a piece of inferior cloth that was easily torn.

Behind the fierce battlefield, a figure stood silently, watching indifferently. She didn't care until she turned her head to look at Makisuke. Then she suppressed the indifference in her eyes, and the curve at the corner of her lips habitually rose. A

gentle mask with a fixed angle.

"It takes a lot of energy to gather the mist again." Dorota reminded in a brisk tone, and Makisuke stood beside her silently to show his position. At this time, Suodu also noticed that Rong Yegu, who looked not very good due to excessive use of his supernatural power, stepped forward and blocked the front.

The white-haired girl who seemed the most harmless and the easiest to bully raised her finger to her lips and smiled with a wink. Her voice was as sweet as a nightingale, but the words she uttered were sharp: "It's not glorious to win by outnumbering the minority, don't you think?"

Motie snorted coldly, he took off his sunglasses and threw them away, and an explosion suddenly sounded, and after the smoke dissipated, only emptiness was left.

"Are you okay?" After all, they are still companions for now. No matter how much he dislikes Rongye Gu, Makisuke can't just ignore him. He can replace the damaged cell tissue with new one. Just when Makisuke wanted to help him with treatment, Dorota handed him a nutrient solution.

"He's fine, he just overused his supernatural powers.

He just needs to rest for a while." "Then let's find a safe place first."

"No need, the person who reports to us should be here soon, let's just wait here."

"Send the location to everyone else and tell them to stay away from here first. We'll find another place to gather later."

Dorota's fingertips were still swinging the hair tie that she had just pulled down when no one was paying attention. The style of the hair tie was ordinary and simple. It was not inlaid with the nobles' favorite jewelry. It was just an extremely ordinary black hair tie. It had even become loose because it had been worn for a long time. It was so weak that it couldn't even wrap around her wrist and slowly slid down.

No wonder he usually tied his hair so low and loosely, she thought distractedly, and put it in Rong Yegu's palm together with the nutritional supplement, "Here, this hairband is no longer flexible, would you consider changing it to a new one?"

Rong Yegu did not answer but just took it. His actions revealed a bit of caution, and he cherished this ordinary thing unexpectedly. He did not hide it, but took the initiative to mention his past: "This is what my mother left for me."

"My father did not like my long hair. He thought it was not in line with the etiquette of the nobles, so he ordered me to cut it off, but my mother came forward to protect me."

That was one of the few moments when he felt warm.

His mother, who had always been stern, harsh, and indifferent, gently tied up his long hair, squatted down and looked into the young man's mandarin eyes, and finally gave him a hug.

An overly long, farewell hug.

He stared at it absentmindedly, and when he clenched his hands, he felt a cool touch on the back of his hands. The misty blue sea enveloped him. When Rong Yegu came back to his senses, Dorota had already raised her hand to help him tie up his long hair, but this time it was a high ponytail, "It would be a pity if you cut it off."

"It doesn't matter, soon your freedom will be completely in your own hands, and everything you expect will come back."

Makisuke listened to their conversation like a messenger and was confused. He intuitively felt that this was something he didn't need to intervene in, so he suppressed his curiosity. He pointed to the rising thick fog not far away, frowned, "Motier seems to be here with a report."

Dorota put on the mask that she had just taken off.

This time, Dorota did not draw the line, but she was only responsible for assisting from the side, and wandering around to disrupt the opponent's route. She mainly trained her own students. Makisuke had just upgraded and had not yet mastered his abilities. This was a good opportunity, but his talent was ultimately at a disadvantage.

Dorota took off Mottier's bracelet with a smile, and shook his sunglasses, her smile was unbridled and provocative, "It's a pity that I lost to the people in the sea, young master."

Mottier: "..."

The young master of Naleh was so angry that his teeth itched. If it weren't for the noble demeanor, he would have rushed up to fight Dorota. Mottier stared at her, his eyes were as fierce as ice, "It's better not to let me meet you again."

Dorota bowed gracefully to say goodbye to him, her eyebrows curved, "Then I look forward to seeing you next time." As

soon as the voice fell, Mottier's figure disappeared.

The player whose points were taken away will automatically exit the simulation venue. The controller knows without thinking that it is the minister in the executive building. There were very few space-type awakeners, not to mention those who could create an independent space with unlimited scope. It was surprising that the royal family was willing to give up the league in District 15.

"The school will have a short vacation after the league. Do you want to go back to the Elu District?"

After dealing with this wave, they planned to take a break. Mujie and Suodu were going to find other students in the school. Dorota simply found a clean place to sit and chat with Rongye Gu. There was something she wanted to talk to him about, but she had to avoid the recording device.

"Well, my father asked me to go back to the main house."

"Become the heir of the sea in those few days."

"Whatever you say...what did you say?"

Rong Ye Gu looked at Dorota in disbelief. Her tone was so calm that it seemed like a normal greeting. When she noticed his gaze, she just wanted to touch her pinky ring out of habit, but unfortunately there was no ring on her index finger to fiddle with. Dorota

avoided answering and asked instead: "Do you feel like you have been promoted?"

Rong Ye Gu shook his head.

It is not so easy to be promoted by winning a fight. As expected

. Dorota sighed, "Originally I wanted to help you advance to a higher level through the league, so that you could have the strength to rival your sixth-level brother, but this is too troublesome, I don't like it."

"Just make him disappear." Dorota said briskly, "Ambition is always based on means. It's not okay to step into another level without realizing it. If you can't bear it, just pretend you don't know. You don't need to do anything, I'll solve it."

"But... he is my brother after all."

"It's just a title in name, isn't it? He is not your biological brother and he has never treated you as a relative."

Her light eyes seemed to become deeper, flowing with the ripples of the deep sea. Those dark colors are the source of disturbing consciousness, guiding people to achieve what she wants.

The deep sea is reflected in his blank eyes.

He looked at them with unprecedented devotion, like a believer bewitched by the devil, wanting to engrave the words deeply in his heart and never erase them.

"In the 15th District, the way to survive is to do whatever it takes."

"Become the head of the Uri family that I need."

Dorota smiled contentedly, the dark color in her pupils gradually fading. After she closed her eyes, she returned to her usual state. Before erasing all traces, she raised her finger and lightly pressed the corner of the young man's eye. She sighed softly with fake pity, "Poor, lost lamb, if you only have empty desires, the power forged by glory is not suitable for you."

"The price... of course the transaction is equal. I am not a kind-hearted philanthropist. You don't need that kind of weak kindness."

"Of course, I will be your best helper."

Dorota lowered her eyes, rubbed her fingertips slowly and withdrew her hand. She did not comment on the observer's question. After Rong Yegu recovered, she lazily replied, "You care about this? Well, it can be regarded as an ability in the spiritual realm, but I am not proficient in it. I just subconsciously change people's consciousness and ideas."

"It's not that exaggerated. That's the specialty of spiritual awakeners. I just dabbled in it a little. Besides, there are restrictions. I haven't used it much in the imperial capital. It's normal that you don't know."

"...No, it's useful."

"Hmm...? Tell me in detail."

"Why don't I introduce you to Babensken Denis, the bishop of Saint-Viere Church."

The sea of ​​consciousness of the plunderer is a small world. Dorota's sea of ​​consciousness is not as aggressive as other plunderers. Glaciers, abysses, seas of fire, her personal domain is just a blue ocean. The waves gently lifted the ball of light, and the observers responded obediently.

"His ability [Conflict Gap] is not as the outside world says, what he really uses is 'emotions'. From anger, jealousy to despair, all negative emotions are his feed, so he loves to stir up trouble, just to cause opposition, conflict and discord."

"You don't need to be an expert in easing the emotions of people in the area, you can do it too." The observer said gently, "You can perfectly restrain him, he should be wary."

"As long as the auxiliary official technique is solved, there will be no factors in the Zhuwang District that can threaten you."

Dorota thought for a moment after hearing this, she tapped her knees with her fingers, her eyes empty, and she looked like she was in a daze, and was caught by Makisuke who had returned. He looked at Rong Ye Gu who seemed to be sleeping, a little unsure, "Should we wake him up?"

"No need." Dorota, who had completely forgotten that the person fainted due to the side effects of his supernatural powers, glanced at Rong Ye Gu, took out the nutrient solution without any guilt, and asked Makisuke to take a break as well. It didn't look like they were in a competition at all.

[I am laughing to death. What's wrong with the students of Slane Academy? One is so leisurely as if he was on a picnic and another one has fallen asleep. Hahahahahahaha]

[Talent who just got beaten up:? ]

[Gather together, gather together, when is the team battle! What I like to watch most in every team competition is the cooperative team battle in the later stage! ]

[Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, save Young Master Haili, this is still being live streamed, how come the kid fell asleep, hahahaha]

[Other academies: Please look directly at us who are working hard to earn points :)]

"Ah... is everyone here? Um, no, there are still two people missing."

Slaine was the luckier side, with the fewest people but also the least damage. Only one student who acted alone had his points taken away and was forced to withdraw from the competition. The notification messages that popped up one after another from the system were basically all about the remaining students causing trouble.

This has always been the style of the Talent Academy. When Motier was around, he was more restrained. After all, he looked down on the middle and low-level and liked to face off head-on. After he left, naturally no one could suppress him. Moreover, the other senior members of the Talent Academy were too lazy to take care of things and wanted the situation to be as chaotic as possible.

Dorota suddenly had an idea to stir up trouble.

"Everyone, this is a good opportunity to prove yourself."

Dorota displayed the data chart of the game. The semi-transparent suspended screen was divided into two columns. The left side was the total points of the academy, and the right side was the individual rankings. The subtle thing is that although Talent Academy currently has the highest total points among the academies, few of the top few in the individual rankings are from the Talent Academy.

This situation is very suitable for fanning the flames.

With the tip of her tongue against her gums, Dorota narrowed her eyes in excitement. She looked at the other contestants from the academy. They were all meeting for the first time, and they might not even know each other's names. They had different personalities and were in different classes, but they were heading in the same direction.

They had the same goal.

Makisuke looked at Dorota, who was smiling happily, and a bad feeling rose in her heart. She noticed his expression, and simply met his gaze and went straight to the point: "If we get rid of Bingfu, we will be first. Don't forget that everyone in the academy with the highest total points will get an extra 100 points, and the league score will be taken into account in the final performance settlement. Aren't you tempted?"

"Bingfu has a lot of conspiracies and tricks. What if we defeat them once? Otherwise, it will seem that we are too easy to bully." Dorota snapped her fingers happily, and her mood was so high that it seemed as if she had already prepared to ruin the show, and she just needed to encourage her accomplices to make the final move.

"The students from all the colleges shouldn't be all gathered yet. Let's go and tie up... no, let's find the unfortunate ones who are left alone and have some 'friendly communication' with them. Of course, it's not a good idea to try to steal their points,

so we shouldn't do that. We can just wait for them to report internally and come over, and then we can have a fair fight." "But we need a classmate to act as bait temporarily to attract students from other schools. Of course, we will definitely keep you safe."

Everyone: It's a bit hurtful, but also a bit satisfying.

"I think it's okay."

"I support it! I have no objection!"

"I strongly suggest that you deal with Binfu first!"

"Go for it, beat the other academies! Let them know the value of the First Academy and see if they dare to talk back in the future!"

[Binfu is always the first to be put on the blacklist hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha]

[Slaine and Binfu have been enemies for a long time, and every time it's a life-and-death battle. I love watching this kind of tit-for-tat plot!! ]

[Me too! I love watching high-energy duels between the strong! ]

[A world where only Binfu is injured is created hahaha]

-Nila

feels that she is really unlucky enough.

When faced with the pursuit of the high-level alien, his companions abandoned him without hesitation, leaving him alone to deal with it. No matter how he shouted, they never looked back, and they were so cruel that they didn't care about their past friendship.

Nila was desperate, but his rising desire to survive refused to give up, so he still had a glimmer of hope in his heart, praying that a high-level person would pass by and save him. He didn't want to lose this game like this.

Just as the evil-looking monster opened its mouth and prepared to swallow him, an angry and painful roar suddenly sounded, and the sense of shackles loosened. He didn't react for a while, just staring blankly at the person in front of him.

His savior in front of him tilted his head and showed him an extremely friendly smile.

Nila couldn't believe it! He took a few steps forward excitedly and just wanted to say thank you, but he felt dizzy. He didn't escape the danger completely, but fell into a new danger.

"Hello." The delicate and beautiful girl was so beautiful that she never faded even in the cold winter. Even Nila, who was used to seeing all kinds of beauties, couldn't help but be distracted. He secretly admired her in his heart. If he hadn't been in such an embarrassing situation of being stepped on on the back and facing the ground, he might have blushed and talked to her.

She smiled and waved, and her blinking action was playful and smart. Her white hair was obediently hanging down, making her more and more out of place in this situation. "You were robbed by us. Do you want to inform your friends?"

Nila:?

Everyone from Slane College: ?

Strange, is this the route you want to take?

Nila actually sent a message for help under Dorota's smiling gaze. He looked at the words that specifically emphasized that only a Slane College student was present in surprise. When he realized something was wrong and wanted to withdraw, he was knocked unconscious.

"Okay," the black boots moved away from Nila's back, Dorota approached the sweet and lovely black-haired girl next to him, and patted her shoulder with confidence, "We can start our plan."

"No problem."

The black-haired girl smiled, with a light in her eyes. She had been eager to act, "Leave it to me!"

Although Bingfu might have doubts about this message, he would come to find out after all. The black-haired girl caught a flash of figures with her sharp eyes, pretending not to notice those people's clumsy hiding, and just continued to walk forward slowly.

From the first figure rushing out, there were continuous ones, surrounding the people inside. Panic shouts and angry curses mixed together, and the seemingly harmless, lone girl turned around and raised her lips to smile like a predator.

Are you so easily fooled, idiots.

The duel ended with Slane Academy's crushing victory. Dorota sat next to Makisuke bored. She hardly made any moves. It was purely other students who suppressed and beat the talented people.

"Why didn't you stop me when I first proposed it?" Dorota leaned back slightly, looking at the unhappy Makisuke.

"No need," Makisuke shook his head, "It's just a competition, isn't it?"

What does that mean?

Dorota raised her eyebrows unexpectedly, and she sat up straight. She didn't understand. Didn't he object to snatching other people's points in the practical competition at Slane Academy?

"It was the talent that provoked us first. I'm not so kind-hearted that I can even tolerate people from other schools bullying us."

"But... I still don't like it."

"But it's much easier to solve it this way, isn't it?"

Dorota ruffled Makisuke's hair unceremoniously, "Okay, I'll try not to do that next time."

"I'm going to lie down in the tree for a while. I'm already sleepy because the league isn't over yet. If you call me for anything, I'll go and have a rest first."

After all, she has things to do later.

It's better to get rid of that predator as soon as possible. There is no need to hold the last game of the league.

Dorota was concentrating on thinking, and walked away past Makisuke who was watching her silently. He stretched out his hand to hold something, but in the end there was nothing. He pursed his lower lip, the feeling of being unable to grasp made him lose his mind, and finally he just murmured unconsciously.

"Teacher..."