Volume 3 Chapter 178

Volume 3 + Chapter 178: Like A Moth To A Flame

“No!!”

“I want to live! I still have plenty of family property waiting for me to inherit!”

“I don’t want to die!!”

“Ah—!!”

The screams of people echoed within Laurel Tree Academy, rising and falling one after another.

Facing calamity, they had no chance of resisting at all.

Standing atop the high tower of Laurel Tree Academy, a graceful figure was watching these scenes of tragedy unfold.

“Ah~ This is truly wonderful!”

A fanatical yet blissful smile spread across the face of Witch Saphia.

“My Lord, do you see this? I am spreading Your will, letting the people of this world feel Your greatness!”

The legion of calamity was advancing, trampling everything underfoot.

Before calamity, all life withered away.

Watching those humans in pain and powerless, Saphia remembered the past.

In the past, when she was still human, facing a mutated magical beast, she had once shown the same expression.

Before absolute power, one comes to recognize their own insignificance, their own helplessness.

The human race…

No, the myriad races of this world, before the great calamity, amount to nothing.

Just like when a person crushes an insect, they might frown slightly, because the filth of the insect might cause displeasure.

However, humans themselves do not even count as insects.

They seem like even smaller, invisible creatures.

When the great calamity treads over, it just treads over—it does not even realize it has crushed a life.

Different people, after facing calamity head-on, made different choices.

Saphia still remembered, Biden, the great archmage of humanity, after witnessing the terror of calamity, did not yield, did not retreat, but instead chose to fight back.

How laughable and foolish.

He devoted his entire life to studying magic, deluding himself into thinking he could defeat calamity with a human body.

And the result?

The Infinite Rainbow Magic Array—was destroyed by me with but a small trick, obliterating all of Biden’s life’s work.

Next, he will pay a heavy price for his arrogance and pride.

At that time, Saphia chose a different path from Biden.

After experiencing the terror of calamity, she began actively seeking the power of calamity, allowing herself to be tainted by its aura.

Eventually, she rose from a mutated magical beast, to a calamity beast, and finally stood out above all…

Becoming a witch, an apostle of calamity.

To personally orchestrate this disaster, to dedicate this feast of death to her faith—the wrathful Samael—she felt an incomparable sense of honor.

Boom!!

A deafening sound came from in front of Saphia, followed by a dazzling white light descending as battle aura surged skyward.

“Oh?”

The witch raised her brows.

She sensed through the aura of calamity pervading Laurel Tree Academy.

It turned out to be a human teacher from Laurel Tree Academy, unleashing a shocking strike at the cost of his life, temporarily repelling the pursuing mutated beasts and calamity beasts.

Humans could still possess strength of such degree?

This situation made the witch slightly surprised.

However, that was all.

This could not change the outcome of the battle; his suicidal strike could only delay things—merely buying time for those humans to escape toward the northern side of Laurel Tree Academy.

“Now, the Infinite Rainbow Magic Array only has the north remaining.”

Saphia looked toward the north.

That was the only functioning magic array, serving as the defensive line to block the northern calamity army.

If she wished, she could easily order the trio she had encountered in the Ruins Forest to destroy the northern magic array.

When she had met the three-person squad back then, she had already planted the aura of calamity in their hearts to control them.

Now, completely destroying the northern magic array was entirely possible—yet utterly unnecessary.

This was something the witch deliberately left intact.

That northern magic array, which everyone could see, was like a bonfire in the night.

Attracting all the living here, drawing them together.

Just like moths drawn to a flame.

By merely exploiting some human instincts, she could ensnare all life in one net.

At that time…

“Feel calamity, experience calamity.”

“Accept calamity, understand calamity.”

“Life that does not understand calamity will never understand true death.”

“From this moment forth—”

The witch overlooked Laurel Tree Academy from on high, spreading her arms, gazing down upon everything with contempt.

“Let humanity feel calamity.”

……

……

“Hehehe, hahaha!!”

Standing before Xia Yi, Kobe was feeling utterly ecstatic.

Not only him, but also James and Frank could barely contain their excitement.

Previously, the three of them had been brutally beaten by this loli tyrant during the monthly exam at Laurel Tree Academy.

She hadn’t even taken their strength seriously.

What humiliation was this?

But now, everything had changed.

They were no longer human.

After obtaining power beyond humanity, they had each experienced it firsthand—a world of difference from the past!

Slaughtering humans was easier than slaughtering ants.

The three surrounded Xia Yi.

“All of us dealing with her together—isn’t that a bit of an overkill?” Frank sneered.

“Indeed.”

James nodded.

Now, this three-man squad all possessed calamity beast-level power—even a senior teacher of Laurel Tree Academy would struggle to face any one of them.

Let alone just a single student!

Forget three-on-one—even one of them could easily crush Xia Yi.

James and Frank had undergone evolutions similar to Kobe, completely shedding their human shells.

However, the directions of their changes were slightly different.

James had become massive, swelling several times larger—like a moving hill.

Frank, on the other hand, had sprouted a pair of black wings on his back, allowing him to take to the skies, and an extra head had grown on his shoulder to aid in spellcasting.

Before such oppressive forms, a loli barely one meter forty was utterly laughable!

As the three mocked and jeered wildly, they noticed something strange.

Xia Yi kept her head lowered, her eyes hidden, saying nothing, remaining silent.

It was hard to read her.

Could it be that she was completely terrified by this situation?

If that were the case, wouldn’t it be far too boring?

Kobe exchanged glances with his two companions, then stepped forward, raising his hand to smash down toward the petite Xia Yi.

This strike could easily turn the black-haired loli into a bloody pulp.

But just as he was about to touch Xia Yi, Kobe’s hand froze.

Xia Yi slowly raised her head, and her first words made the three who had become calamity beasts change color.

“You’re seeking death?”