Volume 3 Chapter 197

Volume 3 + Chapter 197: Falling Into The Rift

Knight Princess’s actions left everyone completely dumbfounded.

No one had expected that the Knight Princess could still be so brave, risking her life just to save someone.

Even though they saw Knight Princess and Xia Yi fall into the spatial rift together, disappearing to an unknown place.

The others looked on anxiously, yet were powerless.

Many of them might never have seen a spatial rift in their entire life, but they had at least heard of it—unless it’s a stabilized space transfer, falling into a spatial rift is basically certain death. Let alone the fact that everyone present was weaker than the Knight Princess, how could they possibly dare to do what she did?

“Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!!”

Biden shouted loudly.

“Everyone, stay far away from the spatial rift!!”

The others suddenly came to their senses, quickly pulling back and moving the wounded to a safe location.

Biden was extremely helpless right now, but to avoid anyone else being dragged in, this was the only choice.

“Everyone, without my order and permission, absolutely no one is to approach the spatial rift! None of us here are stronger than the Knight Princess—if we go in, it’s no different than seeking death!”

“Understood.”

That order was immediately enforced inside Laurel Tree Academy, and very soon, someone completely sealed off the area around the spatial rift.

At the same time, Biden dispatched the cleric faculty and students to work nearby, performing prayers to release holy power, trying to restore the sealing formation created by the holy lance and purify the calamity aura again with holy light.

“Professor Biden, look!!” A teacher repairing the sealing formation suddenly shouted in alarm.

“Huh?”

Biden looked up and saw a bizarre scene: the spatial rift that had split open suddenly and inexplicably closed.

Space returned to stability.

It was as if someone didn’t want anyone else to enter.

He frowned deeply.

Now, the calamity was completely eradicated, stripped of its ability to strike back, and the spatial rift had closed. Everyone was safe.

But with the spatial rift sealed, that meant Xia Yi and Knight Princess had no way to return through the same route.

“Can those two even come back?”

Biden’s heart was extremely anxious, he was deeply concerned about the fate of those two.

Especially the Knight Princess—if she really sacrificed herself here today…

The shockwaves it would send through the human world… Biden didn’t even dare to think further.

“Mm?”

Hill opened her eyes.

“Thank goodness, Professor Hill, you’re awake!!” Albert smiled. “Professor Hill, how do you feel now?”

“Where… am I…?”

Hill’s mind was still a little hazy. She vaguely remembered coming into contact with the calamity’s aura, and then her consciousness was seized. At that time, she saw Xia Yi being dragged into a spatial rift…

Xia Yi!!

“How is Xia Yi?!” Hill asked anxiously.

“Student Xia Yi, she…”

Albert hesitated.

Hill sensed something was wrong. She stood up, didn’t see Xia Yi anywhere nearby, and even though she felt unwell, she gritted her teeth and walked to Biden.

“Professor Biden, where is Xia Yi? Why can’t I see her!!”

“Professor Hill, you’re awake? That student… she already…” Biden hesitated for a moment, then spoke, “She fell into the spatial rift together with the Knight Princess!”

“What?”

Hill’s pupils trembled, she couldn’t accept the truth.

At that moment, there was only one thought in her heart—to chase after them.

Falling into a spatial rift almost certainly meant never coming back alive.

She looked toward where the spatial rift had been, but it had disappeared completely, and space had returned to stability.

“Professor Biden, why is the rift gone?”

Hill looked at Biden.

“Where did Xia Yi and the Knight Princess go?”

“I… I… don’t know!”

Biden was completely at a loss.

Can’t you just open the spatial rift and pull them back?!

Hill wanted to question him like that.

But she also knew that wasn’t something humans could accomplish.

Teleportation between spaces requires mutual knowledge of coordinates, maintaining stable transmission, and precisely controlling the distance…

Opening a spatial rift casually and going wherever you want—that’s something only gods can do.

To demand that from a human archmage was simply impossible.

This was far beyond his capabilities—so much so that even the most powerful magicians of other races couldn’t do it either.

The laws involved in spatial magic cannot be compared with any other type of magic.

“Tracking or searching their whereabouts… is that also impossible?” Hill still refused to give up.

Biden silently shook his head.

Impossible means impossible.

“What should we do now? Is there even hope?”

Hill’s voice sounded heavy with despair.

“All we can do is wait for them to return. Believe… in Knight Princess. After all, she is the hero who saved everything. Heroes can create miracles.”

Biden didn’t finish the sentence, but everyone knew how slim that possibility was.

Even the human archmage could only offer such words of comfort—the hearts of all present were filled with grief.

……

……

“Ugh… I…”

Xia Yi felt her entire body lying on a cold suit of armor.

She didn’t know how long had passed, but when she opened her eyes, what came into view was a set of golden armor.

“Huh, what’s this?”

The black-haired loli propped herself up and realized—this is… Knight Princess?

The heir of the Frost family, the future Knight King of the Holy Templar Order, and once the fiancee of the human Sword Saint—Tia Frost.

At this moment, she was lying on the ground, motionless, with Xia Yi straddling her.

She remembered losing consciousness and being dragged into the spatial rift, so why was the Knight Princess here too?

Could it be… she followed?

Xia Yi quickly stood up and surveyed the surroundings. There was no one else, and the environment was completely unfamiliar—something she had never seen before. This definitely wasn’t Laurel Tree Academy, they must have truly fallen into the spatial rift and been teleported to some unknown place.

Fortunately, there didn’t seem to be any immediate danger, nor any enemies.

“Ti… Knight Princess, are you okay?”

Xia Yi quickly corrected herself, moved to the Knight Princess’s side, shook her armor, and asked.

But the Knight Princess lay there without responding, so Xia Yi removed her gauntlet and checked her condition…

Fortunately, there were no fatal injuries, it seemed she had suffered mental shock, and combined with her earlier battle exhaustion, she had fallen unconscious and needed some time to recover.

Judging by that, Xia Yi finally let out the breath she had been holding.

“But to be safe, I’d better confirm further.”

After a brief moment of thought, she decided to check more thoroughly and removed the Knight Princess’s helmet.

This action revealed the girl’s appearance hidden beneath the fully enclosed armor.

“Eh?”

When she saw the Knight Princess’s true face, Xia Yi froze.

“No way…?”