Volume 3 Chapter 165

Volume 3 + Chapter 165: The Last Line of Defense

When everyone was still feeling utterly desperate from the attack launched by the chimera, one person stepped forward.

She was a student of the Human Sword Saint—Hill Gibran.

Hill casually snatched a weapon from a student of Laurel Academy, rushed outside the teleportation magic circle, and blocked the chimera’s claw.

This didn’t even give everyone time to react. Right after, all the runes on the magic circle lit up and began the teleportation.

After a strong feeling of spatial distortion, everyone felt they had lost balance, as if floating in midair, with the scene before their eyes flickering endlessly, blurry and impossible to distinguish.

From the city gates of Laurel City, to the entrance of Laurel Academy.

The people inside the spatial teleportation circle experienced enormous confusion in their sense of time.

They leapt across such a long distance, as if it only took a moment, yet inside the magic circle, they felt time passing infinitely slowly, as if several hours had gone by.

Thud.

Finally, after a bout of shaking, the image before their eyes froze.

Everyone fell to the ground.

“Huh, why did people suddenly fall from the sky?”

“Aren’t they Teacher Biden? And the Sword Saint!!”

“Why did all of them come back?”

The teachers and students of Laurel Academy noticed a group of people had been teleported back.

Everyone knew that Biden had led the outstanding students and teachers of Laurel Academy outside the city to investigate the situation. But now seeing them return like this, some still unconscious and injured, everyone gathered around anxiously.

“Teacher Biden, you all came back? Where is Teacher Hill?”

Senior combat instructor Kyle stepped forward, asking Biden.

“…”

Biden’s gaze was vacant.

Perhaps this was a side effect of spatial teleportation—crossing space puts an immense burden on the body. The farther the distance, the heavier the strain.

Kyle quickly brought teachers skilled in healing to cast awakening spells on everyone who had gone through the teleportation. They all gradually came to their senses.

Biden raised his head, looking at Laurel Academy before him. “We’re back…!”

“Where is Teacher Hill? Wasn’t she with you? Why didn’t she return?”

Kyle repeated the question.

Those words struck a chord with everyone who had returned.

At that critical moment, it was Teacher Hill who stepped forward, sacrificing herself to ensure everyone else could escape…

“Teacher Hill—ahhh!”

Albert pounded the ground in grief, crying bitterly.

The others also fell silent, lowering their heads.

Even the Sword Saint never imagined that Hill would go this far…

Even Biden’s expression darkened. Though they didn’t get along well at times, his heart now felt unbearably heavy.

He sighed and explained to the others: “We encountered terrifying monsters outside Laurel City. This catastrophe far exceeds what we initially expected. Calamity has formed a monster army advancing toward us, including many disaster beasts far stronger than mutated magical beasts!”

“Such a situation?!”

The other teachers’ faces all turned grim upon hearing this.

“Facing so many monsters, we had no choice. I could only activate the spatial teleportation magic circle and bring everyone back. But to ensure its successful activation, Teacher Hill stayed behind. Against so many fearsome monsters, with only her strength, I’m afraid…”

By the time Biden spoke this far, everyone already understood what was likely to happen.

The true disaster was descending. Sacrifices had already begun.

“I’m going to save Teacher Hill—she’s not dead yet!!” Albert shouted. “Teacher Hill saved me many times. I absolutely can’t just stand by and watch her fall into danger!”

But saying that—wasn’t it the same as marching to death?

He stood up, ready to rush out, but the Sword Saint stopped him.

“Sword Saint?”

All eyes focused on the Sword Saint.

“Albert, your strength is not enough for that battlefield. I’ll go out to meet Hill. She’s my student,” the Sword Saint said solemnly.

“But Sword Saint, in that kind of situation…”

Others tried to dissuade him.

“Sword Saint, you are now an absolutely crucial fighting force for us. We can’t let you go throw your life away!”

Biden was equally serious and unyielding.

“Don’t worry. I know my limits. If the danger is too great, I’ll retreat midway and ensure my own safety,” the Sword Saint said firmly.

Biden was silent for a moment, then nodded. “Fine! Sword Saint, please return as soon as possible. We must prepare the last line of defense.”

“Mm.”

The Sword Saint nodded, then left Laurel Academy, heading outside.

Biden turned to everyone. “The army of Calamity is about to break through Laurel City and invade Laurel Academy. Next, I will activate the final line of defense! Activation will take time. Before that, everyone starts moving and wraps up Laurel City’s evacuation as quickly as possible! We must protect everyone!”

“Yes, sir!”

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“Th-this… why are there so many monsters?!”

Xia Yi was hurrying back toward the city gates of Laurel City.

The situation before her eyes was far beyond her expectations.

The witch’s words were true.

That guy really went all out, determined to trample Laurel Academy into the ground. So many mutated magical beasts, plus disaster beasts—it all felt eerily familiar to Xia Yi.

Golde’s Black Tide.

Luckily, there were no legendary beasts here. If it was just these monsters, she could handle them.

Thud!

Xia Yi swung her Rose Staff and smashed down a chimera lunging at her.

She was extremely worried about Hill’s situation now—she had to get back quickly.

But disaster beasts surrounded her on all sides. Winning against these things wasn’t hard, but there were too many. At this rate, when would it ever end?

So annoying!

“Ughhh!”

Xia Yi was getting desperate.

“Then I’ll just use that move! Anyway, there’s no one else around to see it!!”

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Staring at the monster army ahead, Hill had already lost all hope.

She looked at the sword in her hand.

With her own strength, how could she possibly stand against so many mutated magical beasts and disaster beasts?

Now she was certain to die.

But as a student of the Human Sword Saint, she would fight until the last moment, like her heroic teacher—until death.

“Come, Calamity!!”

Hill gripped the sword tightly, ready to die.

Just then, an unexpected scene occurred.

The mutated magical beasts and disaster beasts all stopped in their tracks, turned around, and stared in one direction.

“Wh-what is that?”

Hill also looked over, hardly believing her eyes.

“No way—why, in the human world, would there be…!!”

Up in the sky—there was an adorable… little silver dragon?!