Volume 3 Chapter 159

Volume 3 + Chapter 159: Just This?

When everyone heard about the calamity, they inevitably felt a bit nervous.

After all, this situation was appearing for the very first time.

Near the Laurel Tree Academy, calamities rarely ever occurred. Even if mutated beasts appeared, the Laurel Tree Academy would quickly be notified and eliminate them.

For this student to be injured and flee back in such a miserable state, it clearly meant there wasn’t just one mutated beast.

Just as everyone was worried, a voice rang out.

“It doesn’t matter. I will take action.”

Even knowing it was a dangerous mutated beast, he still had such confidence.

Everyone’s hearts were filled with curiosity, so they all looked over—

It was the Sword Saint.

The hero of the human race, Wright Schubert.

He stepped in from outside the room, his gaze firm, and raised his hand.

“Everyone, don’t panic. I will repel the calamity and protect our people.”

As the Sword Saint spoke, the holy sword’s mark on his hand released a blue radiance.

The holy sword was the symbol of the Sword Saint of humanity.

The light of the holy sword gave people a sense of reassurance.

“Yes, we have Lord Sword Saint here with us!”

“Lord Sword Saint is our human hero, who has even faced the Silver Dragon Queen directly. How could these calamities possibly be a match for Lord Sword Saint?”

“I almost forgot about that. Luckily, we have Lord Sword Saint with us. Now, it’s the calamities that will suffer!”

Everyone present was able to relax.

The heroic deeds of the Sword Saint of humanity were known by everyone present.

Except for two people.

One was Hill, who remained silent, clearly having deep opinions about this Sword Saint of humanity, unwilling to comment on such behavior.

The other was Biden.

In terms of strength and status, he was in no way inferior to the Sword Saint. He was a Grand Archmage of humanity!

Why was it that when he spoke, no one felt reassured at all?

If everyone trusted his words, the Laurel Tree Academy would be perfectly safe. After all, he still had an invincible Rainbow Magic Circle!

Yet this Sword Saint just jumped out to steal the spotlight. How could that not make him furious?

Most importantly, this was the Laurel Tree Academy’s territory!

Last time, you caused such a huge incident. The academy only let it go because of the Schubert family’s influence. How dare you push your luck now?

“If we can have Lord Sword Saint’s assistance, that would naturally be best,” Biden said with a smile, “but Lord Sword Saint, these matters are still within the Laurel Tree Academy’s ability to handle. I have studied calamities for decades. In this field, I am the most professional. You can leave it to me to handle, and you can serve as our last line of defense to reassure everyone.”

In truth, the Sword Saint didn’t need to do anything. Just appearing in everyone’s sight was enough to inspire them.

Everyone understood what Biden meant.

The Laurel Tree Academy’s matters should be solved internally. There was no need for outsiders to intervene.

The Sword Saint paused briefly. “Very well, Mr. Biden. If there’s anywhere you need me, just let me know. I will give my full support to ensure everyone’s safety.”

“Having your word puts me at ease.”

Biden sneered inwardly.

“Let’s get organized now and send someone to Laurel City’s outskirts to confirm whether it’s truly the work of a witch!”

…

…

The Laurel Tree Academy’s missions were assigned.

All teachers and students now had to take action, entering a state of preparedness. They organized armed forces and distributed various tasks.

The most important of these was going into Laurel City to guide all the residents to take shelter inside the Laurel Tree Academy, providing them with protection until the emergency was over.

Another group, consisting of senior students with combat experience, was to accompany Biden to investigate Laurel City.

Because the lower-year students lacked experience, new students like Xia Yi’s group were assigned to assist senior students in the city by guiding the crowd to evacuate.

Xia Yi received this kind of mission as well.

However, she saw that Hill was among the team preparing to head outside the outer city.

So, she ran over.

“Me, me, me, me, me!!”

Xia Yi ran in front of the team preparing to leave the city.

“What are you doing here?” Biden frowned. “Don’t make trouble. Go carry out your own mission!”

“Teacher Biden, take me with you!” Xia Yi suggested.

“No way!”

Biden rejected her on the spot.

The sight of this failing student already made his blood pressure rise. How could he allow her to join?

“This matter is extremely dangerous. It’s not something a newly enrolled student like you can handle! Don’t think of it as fun. This is a calamity!”

“Take me! I won’t drag anyone down!”

“I already said, no—”

“Teacher Biden, just let Student Xia Yi come along.”

Hill stepped forward to speak for Xia Yi.

“Are you joking? This isn’t a game!” Biden was about to scold Hill.

But unexpectedly, he was rebutted: “Teacher Biden, previously, Student Xia Yi already warned us about witches appearing, but you didn’t take it seriously—not just once, but twice.”

“This…”

Biden was left speechless.

He recalled that this was indeed true. At the time, he didn’t listen at all, even treating Xia Yi’s warning as alarmist talk that disrupted public order.

“If the Laurel Tree Academy had listened to Xia Yi’s warning then and hadn’t sent the principal to bring in personnel from the Calamity Response Department to the border, then with elite combat forces present, our situation would be much more favorable now.” Hill stated the facts.

“What… there was such a thing?”

Other teachers and students murmured in response.

“Teacher Biden, Student Xia Yi’s grades are said to be excellent, and she possesses outstanding combat ability. Since that’s the case, I think it’s necessary to bring her along, give her more opportunities, and train her well.” The Sword Saint commented as well.

When Xia Yi saw the Sword Saint speaking up for her, she felt extremely uncomfortable. This guy—wearing her face—too much!

Hmph, don’t let yourself end up alone later, or I’ll definitely find a chance to teach you a lesson!

With the Sword Saint speaking out, Biden couldn’t refuse any longer. “Fine, I understand. You can follow us, but make sure you obey orders!”

“Mm, mm, mm! I’ll definitely behave!” Xia Yi nodded repeatedly.

…

Biden led the group to Laurel City’s outskirts.

Everyone stood outside the city walls and saw the dire situation beyond: mutated beasts were already active and gathering toward the walls.

A quick count showed only about a dozen or so.

But at this level, there was no need to activate the Rainbow Magic Circle. Biden didn’t even need to take the field—the students alone could handle it.

Today was really much ado about nothing. It seemed that the so-called witch was just an overrated fake, posing no real threat.

Biden was delighted.

Just this? That’s all?

Faced with the scene, he couldn’t help laughing aloud: “A witch? She’ll never make it back alive!”