BXBX NOVEL Chapter 139: Awakening [ XIX ]
Vishirk was still confused about why the man was confessing to crimes he didn\'t commit and why he was trying to drag another innocent soul from the crowd to die with him.
\'This bastard is clearly lying; the dark mages I saw that day are very powerful. Just their aura would be able to slaughter everyone standing here right now. If one of them was here in the crowd, everyone would\'ve noticed,\' Vishirk pondered.
\'Why is he doing this? Did those dark mages pay him to lie, or is he being controlled with forbidden mind control spells? This is not good at all!\'
Vishirk turned to look at Dragun, who was standing beside him. He saw that Dragun was focused on the culprit, with many unexplainable emotions on his face. Vishirk returned his gaze to the culprit and saw that his eyes were fixed on Dragun, as though he was trying to fish him out.
\'What is happening?\' Vishirk became even more confused with the situation.
While he was alone in his own mental world, the rioting crowd did not stop demanding the capture and death of the second killer.
One of the seven instructors moved forward, sending a bolt of electricity at the floating culprit, forcing him to bring out his accomplice.
The instructor who had cast the floating spell made the culprit float closer to the crowd to get a better look and fish out his accomplice.
As the culprit got closer, the angry crowd picked up stones and threw them at him furiously.
Dragun held Vishirk\'s hands and led him deeper into the crowd, quietly leaving the front row. The instructors were focused on the culprit, and the crowd was busy stoning him, so no one noticed them sinking into the crowd.
Also, because Dragun had moved away, the culprit couldn\'t find him when he got to the location he had spotted him earlier, and a frown suddenly appeared on his face.
Dragun was hiding in the middle of the angry crowd. He noticed the frown appear on the culprit\'s face when he didn\'t see him and immediately knew it was the handiwork of the cult.
Without wasting time, Dragun began dragging Vishirk as they made their way to the back, away from prying eyes.
"Senior, why are we leaving?" Vishirk asked.
"It is not a good choice to remain here anymore. As you can already see, those dark mages you saw that day are playing some kind of drama with the people of Yellow River City. Their goal is unknown," Dragun explained hurriedly, making his points difficult for Vishirk to understand.
Vishirk trusted the judgment of Dragun, so he didn\'t question him too much and just went along with him. Both of them journeyed to the nearest inn.
The riot continued.
The body of the floating culprit had been injured so much by the stones thrown at him. His figure became even more disfigured than it was a few minutes ago.
"Show us the accomplice!" the crowd kept demanding angrily, unaware of the torment going on inside his head.
\'He was here just now; where did he go?\' he thought.
\'This is bad! I am going to fail the mission of the dark-robed angel!\' his mind raced as his heartbeat increased.
The crowd and the instructors grew more impatient as time went by.
Their aggressiveness towards him doubled, and he couldn\'t help but wish for a quick death.
One of the seven instructors turned to the others and said, "I don\'t think his accomplice is here anymore. Let us take him in and investigate; we must milk the truth out of him!"
The other instructors agreed.
One of them proceeded to address the crowd and told them of their plan to torture him for information about his accomplice.
The crowd protested against it and demanded quick death, but the instructors promised them that they would give him a public and humiliating execution.
Only then did the crowd keep calm.
"We trust you guys will do the right thing!"
"Make him speak!"
"The peace of Yellow River City cannot be trampled on."
"Revenge my son!"
The crowd voiced out one after the other before leaving the scene gradually.
After about an hour, more than 80% of the crowd gathered outside the school premises had already left for their various homes.
The instructors also went back into the school premises with the confused culprit, who kept thinking about how he had failed the dark-robed angel. He still wondered how his target was able to escape—he was floating in the sky above the crowd and should\'ve noticed him moving away, but he didn\'t.
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Dragun and Vishirk were lucky to find a good inn after leaving the crowd. The inn had a special mana pool that cost 100 gold per hour, which was worth it, as it would boost their mana absorption by a large margin, thus reducing the time it would take to refill their mana reserve and begin their journey to Winterseed.
After checking in, they ate to their fill and began a long night of meditation in the mana pool.
The mana pool was similar to the luxurious swimming pools on Earth. It wasn\'t too wide nor too small either, just the perfect size to contain twenty people.
The liquid in it was clear and radiated pure and dense mana.
Dragun and Vishirk could be seen sitting topless in the pool, in meditative positions.
While Dragun absorbed the mana, his mind couldn\'t stop thinking about what he had noticed today.
He had so many questions in his mind—how did they find him? What was Alister going to do? Would they go after the people of Winterseed?
\'I hope they don\'t set their eyes on Riela and Rowan. Both of them are too special, and they\'ll definitely try to find them!\'