Chapter 207 You are so brave (6K)
The college has been completely locked down.
Classes were cancelled and students were locked in their dormitories, unable to go anywhere, with school workers and professors guarding them.
And there were still performers coming from Qianxue Lake or from outside the academy.
Half of these people were school janitors, while the other half seemed to be private servants. Helvinia could see various noble emblems on them.
"It's really spectacular." Bai Wei said with a smile, "It seems that the so-called Taichu families are really serious. So many people died before and no one cared, but when Jin Yin died, especially when their own Jin Yin died, they immediately got angry."
Hearing this, Hevinia couldn't help but nodded.
"But he's not completely angry. It seems that the people he called are all from the vassal families, and not many of his own people came." Bai Wei said slowly, "Is it because he still doesn't take that guy seriously, or does he want to ensure the smooth progress of the ceremony? Well... it should be both."
After listening to Bai Wei's words, Hevinia carefully observed the bands gathering in front of the Forbidden Forest.
Indeed, Hevinia did not see anyone from the two great families of Taichu among these performers. But even so, the nobles who came here should not be underestimated. The first great family under Taichu, the Lawrence family, sent an elderly performer.
He looked very imposing, with golden notes spreading out from his neck like the branches of an ancient tree.
The performers he brought with him were also not to be underestimated, there was even another conspicuous Jin Yin in his own team.
Obviously, they were all here to "hunt" the fake Daniel in the Forbidden Forest, just like they did when they hunted the Snowthorn Beast more than ten years ago, but this time the team was definitely more powerful than the team that hunted the Snowthorn Beast. Hevinia roughly counted them and she thought there were at least five people who might be Jin Yin.
Seeing this scene, Hevinia couldn't help but ask Bai Wei in her heart: "Will that guy die in their hands?"
"Won't."
Bai Wei's answer made Hevinia slightly stunned.
She was not very surprised by the result, but she was surprised that Yu Baiwei answered so straightforwardly, as if there was no other possibility.
Even if the two Taichu families did not come in person, with the current lineup, just to hunt down one person, it is hard to imagine the possibility of that person surviving.
"Is he really that powerful?" Hevinia asked again.
"Otherwise, why do I think he's troublesome?" Bai Wei raised Hevinia's eyebrows and said, "If he's troublesome to me, then he's even more troublesome to others. He may not be the strongest, but he's definitely not someone that can be killed by anyone here now."
...Can't the people here kill him now?
It seems to be related to Bai Wei's body parts.
Hevinia thought silently in her heart.
If you think about it carefully, it is not completely impossible. Although there are many people coming, the Forbidden Forest is indeed large. If these people search at the scale of a band, it is difficult to take into account all aspects. In this way, the fake Daniel with super perception can maneuver in a lot of space.
Even if there is no way to confront them head-on, it should not be difficult to save your life, right?
At this time, Hevinia recalled the previous incident that made her feel like she had "forgotten" something.
She quickly remembered that it was - upgrading magic.
Previously, Hevinia never understood why it was that although it was a forbidden spell, it seemed that everyone around her could possess it, and everyone was secretly upgrading it.
It was not until the fake Daniel jumped out and killed Olenna who had successfully upgraded that Hevinia realized that there might be some kind of connection between them. It was even possible that the upgrade magic was cast by the fake Daniel.
As for Hevinia's guess, Bai Wei also gave a direct affirmative answer.
"It's really like this." Helvinia said softly, "It's just like..."
"Fishing." Bai Wei replied with a smile, "Or, sowing seeds."
He treats all the students of the three colleges as his farm.
Hevinia always thought that she had thought enough and done enough to make it to the end.
But compared to that fake Daniel, it's nothing.
Bai Wei seemed to have guessed what Hevinia was thinking, and said with a smile: "If you were asked to do it again, would you do the same as he did?"
"...Why not?" Although she didn't know why Bai Wei asked this, Hevinia still answered well, "He has indeed thought more and farther than me. Although the risk is also greater, at least he has come this far. If I hadn't met you, I would have failed now. In this regard, he is much better than me."
"You can see it clearly." Bai Wei laughed again, "It seems that you regard him as one of your own kind?"
"... Isn't that what you said?" Helvinia said, "He and I are both predators."
"That being said, in my opinion, there is still a big difference between you and him." Bai Wei said, "You can't do what he can do."
"Are you saying that I am inferior to him?" Helvinia thought for a moment and said, "If I had his insight, perhaps..."
"It's not a matter of experience." Bai Wei said with a smile, "You will understand it later."
Hevinia frowned slightly. She always felt that Bai Wei's words were meaningful, but before she could ask, she heard Bai Wei continue talking.
"But you can take a good look at how he carries out this harvest." Within Hevinia's field of vision, seven or eight bands led by Jin Yin have already entered the Forbidden Forest. They have summoned demons that can track, and they have obviously done enough research. "For today, he must have prepared much more than you."
…The Riddler begins again.
Hevinia sighed softly in her heart.
But she also understood what Bai Wei meant. The fake Daniel actually thought of using upgraded magic to collect musical notes. It was definitely not a spur-of-the-moment idea. He must have planned it for a long time.
Then it is impossible for him not to have thought of the current situation and he must have made some plans.
So this must be what Bai Wei wanted her to see.
This was a predator who was far more mature than her, and every step he took was worth learning from.
If possible, she would like to turn on [Contemplation] the whole time to stare at the forbidden forest.
But she knew that she didn't live that long, and the Forbidden Forest was too big. Even with [Gaze] turned on, she couldn't see it all, so Hevinia had to give up this rather ridiculous idea.
And if that was the case, there was no need for her to stay here all the time. This hunt would definitely not be over in a few hours, and it was even possible that she would not see the result before Hevinia left.
So Hevinia decided to do something, for example, to find the "Upgraded Magic" that she had never been able to get and read it.
As for where it would be, the only thing Hevinia could think of right now was Olenna's room.
If no one helped her pack up her belongings, then "Upgraded Magic" would most likely still be in her room.
However, the dormitory is now under martial law, with school workers guarding every floor and every student locked in their own room, so it seems not a good idea for her to rashly go out at this time.
At this moment, a clear female voice came from outside the door: "It's time to eat, Miss Hevinia."
...The food delivery guy is here?
An idea suddenly occurred to Helvinia, so she opened the door and saw a freckled girl standing in front of her with a plate of sandwiches and cheese.
"It's time to eat, Miss Hevinia." The girl said to Hevinia enthusiastically.
Hevinia nodded, and then pretended to look at the food on the plate, and said with a little difficulty: "This bread is a little cold."
"Ah? Really?" The girl took a look and found that it was indeed the case. She said hurriedly, "Well, it seems to be a little cold. Maybe I was too slow. I'll go get you a new one."
"Don't bother," said Helvinia. "Take me to the kitchen and I'll get it myself."
"But this..."
Helvinia looked the girl in the eye and said word by word, "I can go with you to get it, can't I?"
The words that came out of Hevinia's mouth seemed to carry some kind of command. A trace of confusion flashed across the girl's eyes, but she quickly regained her clarity.
"Of course it's no problem, Miss Helvinia."
Helvinia nodded and successfully followed the girl out of the room, at the same time she heard Bai Wei sigh again.
"Hey, the last time I used this rule, I was ordering a troublesome big shot to die for me." Bai Wei said slowly, "Now you have it, but it has become a tool to deceive a little girl. What a sin."
Helvinia pretended not to hear... although she did want to ask who the so-called big shot was.
With the girl's guidance, the janitor guarding outside just took a look, guessing that Hevinia was also going to deliver food, so he didn't say anything more.
This way I can find an opportunity to sneak into Olenna's room.
At this moment, the girl suddenly spoke: "Miss Hevinia, I still haven't said thank you to you yet."
……Thanks?
Helvinia looked at the girl in confusion: "Thank you? Why are you saying thank you to me?"
"Um..." the girl said in a low voice, "I'm Polly's friend."
Polly?
A name that was slightly unfamiliar to Hevinia. She thought for a while before she remembered the blackened corpse.
"Polly and I were good friends." The girl said softly, "I was still working in the restaurant when she had the accident. I never expected that she would leave like this. As a result, I didn't even see her for the last time... But I heard that it was you who sent her to Teacher Adele, so I have always wanted to say thank you to you, but I never found the opportunity."
As she spoke, the girl stopped and bowed deeply to Helvinia. Helvinia saw tears flashing in the corners of her eyes.
Helvinia was silent for a moment, then asked, "Are you and she from the same place?"
“I don’t know if it can be considered the same place.” The girl said, “We are all from the seed area, but not the same seed area.”
“I see.”
Helvinia nodded, and the two continued walking towards the kitchen.
She didn't want to ask more questions, but the girl kept whispering beside her: "I'm just a copper voice, Polly is a silver voice, but she has always taken good care of me. She is my only friend in this academy."
"We also agreed that after graduation we would open a music store in the downtown area and try to live there... We don't have too many dreams. I have a bronze voice and don't deserve to have great dreams. The same goes for Polly. Although she has a silver voice, her voice quality is not good, so she has never thought about participating in the ceremony."
"We both always thought that... we would be successful if we didn't have to return to the seed zone."
"But, but..."
The girl was a little speechless. Fortunately, they had reached the temporary kitchen at this time, and the girl hurried to replace Hevinia's still steaming lunch.
Hevinia took the lunch but remained silent, as if she didn't want to say anything more or listen to the girl's past.
So she just nodded and turned away.
Behind her, the girl bowed deeply again: "Thank you so much. If there is anything I can do to help you, please let me know!"
Hevinia didn't turn around, as if she hadn't heard anything.
…
A small episode did not affect Hevinia's actions.
Soon she found Olenna's room under the pretext of delivering food. The male janitors who were called in temporarily obviously didn't know that the owner of the room had passed away a long time ago, so they let Hevinia walk in smoothly as if she was returning to her own room.
After entering the room, Hevinia smelled a faint smell of blood.
And she quickly found the source of the bloody smell - the blood-stained bandages beside the bed.
Helvinia immediately realized that this was the blood that Olenna had shed during the ascension.
Apparently, this was also the place where Olenna performed upgrading magic.
Helvinia put the food aside. The steaming sandwich was more alive than anything else in the room.
Because this room is too shabby and run-down, it doesn't look like a girl's room at all. There are no cosmetics on the dressing table, only books. There are also various notebooks spread out beside the bed, filled with records.
Apparently, after Olenna's death, no one had entered this room to help her sort out her belongings, and they had just been left there.
"This lady doesn't seem to be very clean." Bai Wei said, "It's hard to believe that she comes from a big family like Lawrence."
"Yes." Helvinia nodded, recalling Olenna and saying, "Olenna only cared about becoming Jinyin and surpassing me. She didn't care about anything else."
"Is that so... this can be considered as a kind of obsession." Bai Wei said leisurely, "So do you think she succeeded in the end?"
Hevinia looked at the mess on the ground, and Olenna's voice echoed in her mind again.
…
"Remember, I, Olenna Lawrence, will never use such despicable methods."
"I told you! I'm no worse than you! No worse than you, Helvinia!"
…
She was silent for a while, then nodded slightly and said, "Forget it."
After she finished speaking, she immediately looked around: "Can you help me find where the book "Upgraded Magic" is? I won't open [Contemplation] by myself here."
Bai Wei smiled but said nothing.
After a long while, he spoke again: "In the drawer of the dressing table...she didn't even think about hiding it."
Helvinia immediately went to the dresser and pulled open the drawer.
As expected, I saw the "Upgrade Magic" in the drawer.
But when she saw this book "Upgraded Magic", Hevinia couldn't help but frowned.
"What's wrong?"
"It's different from the one I saw before." Helvinia said, "This one is much more exquisite...but why is that?"
Could it be that when the fake Daniel is throwing bait, he will throw bait of different prices depending on the other party's identity?
Hevinia felt that was a bit far-fetched.
"Take out this one." Bai Wei said calmly, "Take a look at the one below to see if it's one you've seen before."
...There's another one below?
Hevinia immediately picked up the book "Upgraded Magic" and saw that there was another book "Upgraded Magic" underneath this one. The book below was the same as the one Hevinia read at first. It was not as exquisite as the first one and looked like it was crudely made.
"Why is that?" Helvinia was puzzled. "Are the contents of the two books different?"
“There might be some differences, but I guess that’s not the point.”
"……What's the meaning?"
"You can think about it from another angle. If you want to know who gave her this book, you just need to think about who wants her to succeed in upgrading, right?" Bai Wei said leisurely, "Except for that fake Daniel."
Helvinia quickly thought of the answer: "Phoenix?"
"You could also say it was the Lawrence family." Bai Wei said, "But I guess the Lawrence family didn't give the book to her directly. It's more likely that she found it 'accidentally'. Just like what the fake Daniel did, making everyone who found "Upgraded Magic" think they had discovered a treasure. Unfortunately, this is not a treasure, but a bait."
...fish bait?
Hevinia silently looked at the two books of "Upgraded Magic" in front of her and felt that what Bai Wei said was very vivid.
In front of Olenna, there are two baits.
Even if she was lucky enough not to meet the one given to her by the fake Daniel, she would still die because of the one given to her by her family.
Thinking of this, a very subtle emotion surged in Hevinia's heart.
But she didn't show it. Instead, she picked up the first book, the one that the Lawrence family prepared for her, and sat in front of the dressing table to read it.
But as soon as it was opened, a magical photo slipped out from the cover.
Hevinia picked up the photo and saw that it showed a girl with a bright smile, hugging a boy with an elegant expression, and the word "brother" was written on the boy's face.
"It seems she is a serious brother complex." Bai Wei said, "It's a pity that her brother can't even spare the time to help her pack up her belongings."
Hevinia said nothing and put the photo back. Then she put down the book from Lawrence's house and opened another relatively tattered copy of "Upgraded Magic" to read.
It took me a long time to look at it, and I only managed to see half of it when the sun was about to set.
Because this "Upgrade Magic" is indeed very complicated and the process is very long.
But in general, it is just as the fake Daniel said, a magic that can peel off skin and change bones.
No wonder everyone who uses it looks so bad.
But the worse your mental state is, the more you need to concentrate, so as to avoid making mistakes in the process, which would be disastrous.
Seeing this, Hevinia couldn't help but wonder in her heart if she could succeed in upgrading.
This was destined to be a question that had no answer, so Hevinia didn't dwell on it for too long.
She looked at the sky and estimated that curfew was almost up, so it would be safer to go back to her room.
Just carry this book "Upgraded Magic" with you, and read it when you leave here and go to the First Academy tomorrow.
And at this moment, a shrill scream came from the forbidden forest.
"Help! Help!"
Hevinia closed the book subconsciously and walked to the window.
Then, a musician covered in blood was seen walking out of the forbidden forest carrying another musician, who was also covered in blood and unconscious.
The school workers immediately surrounded him and asked, "What's wrong?"
The player who was still awake said in despair: "That guy is a madman! We are not hunting him, he is hunting us! Mr. Zell was killed by him, and the golden sixth tone was also taken away by him!"
Hevinia's eyes widened little by little.
She understood one thing immediately.
Not only those students who have successfully advanced to the next level are his prey.
The janitors and noble elders who came to hunt him,
The same is his prey!
This is still a hunt!
The performer fainted after he finished speaking, as if he had reached his limit. The school workers immediately surrounded him and helped him up.
"This guy is really brave." Bai Wei said softly.
Hevinia couldn't help but say, "Indeed...he is very surprising."
"That's not what I'm talking about." Bai Wei said calmly, "Haven't you noticed yet? He's here to find you."
Hevinia was stunned and didn't understand Bai Wei's meaning at first.
By the time she came to her senses, she had seen the unconscious performer open his eyes vaguely and look into the dormitory building without anyone noticing.
Just with this one glance, his eyes met with Hevinia's.
At that moment, a strong sense of oppression came over her, making Hevinia feel as if she had returned to the brief contact before the seven syllables, as if she had fallen into an icy cave.
Of course, this feeling only lasted for a short moment before it was broken when Bai Wei spoke again.
"It's really interesting." Bai Wei chuckled and said, "How about going to meet this 'kind' of yours?"
(End of this chapter)
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