In the second,his severed hand was reattached and Regald's were chopped off. "I can't believe you fell for that Regald. I expected more from you." Regald still hadn't processed that his arms were chopped off before looking down and realizing the grave reality. 'He didn't need to snap his fingers to make a move,it was just an intentional flaw for me to blindly walk into.' Not only him but the rest were taken aback by this realization. "The snapping part has always been a trick for the ignorant to fall for. Did you really think that it would be that easy?"
Regald who had now recovered from this was recuperating at a rapid rate before his arms were completely healed rejuvenating the hope in people's hearts. He proceeded to make innumerable cuts on the Troll Devil's body but it would heal even before he had moved an inch from his starting point regardless of where he cut. From his head or his heart,he stood there fully taking his attacks without blocking a single one. Tired with this,he decided to make a much more lethal attacks by infusing mana with it but the effect would also affect everyone present in the vicinity regardless of how small it was due to his rank.
"That's enough." The Troll Devil said grasping Regald's sword shattering it with his bare arm and knocking him back before freezing him in place. From then on he summoned a small red cube then teleporting every student outside of the forest,right at the entrance before expanding the cube covering the whole forest making it visible from miles away. "Where's Bruce?" Elaine inquired before Ciara pointed at the cube. Bruce was right at the edge but inside the transparent red cube. The red cube slowly raised up in the air before stopping making the students a little worried but what happened next baffled them all.
They could hear a broadcast coming from inside the cube. "Ladies and gentlemen,you will all have the privilege of seeing my face before you sad pathetic lives come to an end. To help along with this, you will all be listening to a favourite song of mine. A classical to be exact. Enjoy" It was the Troll Devil as he was suspended on the air. Out of nowhere from within the cube,both those inside and outside heard a soft melancholic classical before the murder. The walls of the cube got more red making seeing inside the cube more difficult before the Troll Devil took of his mask but those outside couldn't see it,only those who were within as the music teacher it's climax before taking a downward trill.
From then on,those on the outside could only hear screams of those who were within reverberate and permeate through the air causing a mixture of shrill caccaphony of pleas and agony. By listening alone,one could hear the hellish torture those trapped inside were going,as for Bruce, Elaine could see his silhouette as it turned into a bloody mist making her fall to the ground in despair and grief. 'At least now he is in a better place.' She thought before the cube condensed to form an inch length but it wasn't that that horrified everyone present. Everyone saw the souls of those who were trapped inside suspended by dark tentacles permeating through them all. Be it mercenaries, assassins, adventurers or the fairies, they were all suspended all showing that they were in extreme agony claiming for it to end.
As if to satisfy their demands,the tentacles the came from the Troll Devil's head started to retract and the trapped souls tried to flee but to avail as the students and Regald observe the twisted and grotesque scene. The souls would let out inhumane screams as they were devoured by the dark menacing void from which the tentacles erupted from till Bruce's soul,which was pure and untainted met it's dark demise succumbing to the dark,unforgiving void. The void then took on a static head before the Troll Devil put on his mask. "Not even in death are you safe from Aldritch's grasp. It was fun toying with your lives and souls, especially Bruce Elaine. I could feel his pain and agony before he perished."
With nothing but fear etched on their face and their hearts,they looked up to the devil that hung above them all. The one behind Elspeth suddenly appeared next to him before the Troll Devil spoke ,"Well, your three days may not be up but there's no venue to host the competition so take this as a form of compensation Luke and Elspeth." He said before tossing a small scroll at the two. "Incase you are in any dire circumstances,break it and help will be on it's way. Till we meet again." The Troll Devil and his accomplice disappeared from their spot and from the eyes of everyone present.
They had never seen what had unfolded infront of their eyes. To think a simple test would turn out into a massacre was out of their expectations,Regald was already scratching his head wondering what he would say to the nobles. From thirty five students,only ten emerged alive while the rest were dead along with the teams they had sent along with it. "I don't know if this will help, principal,but it's all the treasures the Troll Devil had accumulated along with my efforts. Truly a tragic display,anyway I'm off." Luke said as he put his spatial ring on the ground and started walking away and beside it was Elspeth's.
The principal was shocked with the amount amassed but it wasn't enough to shake the feeling of remorse he had in his heart. Even though the students were spoilt nobles,they were still his students and he cared about them. As for the reason why he didn't go sooner was because he thought that since they had security with them,they would be fine but to think the casualties would be this high was definitely not what he had expected. A simple test to test Luke's friendship and the price was basically almost the entire elite class for it along with other people who were doing their jobs. He had gotten a distress from Connor a little to late about the death of the other students because he was focused on his own progress as he was alone for this one.
He had stumbled into a SS rank blood cave which was dense with mana but the creature was dead and this proved a favourable situation for him to focus on his mana progress that he remained oblivious to the cruelty of the world outside. Everyone looked at Luke with hateful glares but he couldn't give a shit about this,they put themselves in this position curious about his status with Aldritch and severing his connections with any other guilds for backup or security making him rely on what he had to and that was his brutality in a form of retaliation but he decided to give them a little hope to get rid of it all. "I'll try to see whether Aldritch can revive them all. The students only,if the cost is too much then it's bo longer my problem."
He said boarding his carriage with Elspeth already onboard. "Maybe there will be more tests like this." He teased before he left the scene. Everyone was still traumatized with what happened yet Luke and Elspeth seemed perfectly fine with it making them feel a little bit disgusted that they didn't care but the truth was that they didn't. Elaine was devastated seeing Bruce die in such a manner ,'Even in death,they won't be safe.' She thought about these words contemplating that it would be best to avoid Aldritch as much as possible. Even if it meant that she couldn't exact her revenge but for the greater good of her families and friends,it would be better. Connor was shook about the event and what made matters worse was that wasn't Aldritch rather his servant so facing the real thing,the outcome was certain.
He thought with Regald,the outcome would be different but to think that he wouldn't even make a dent was absurd at the very least. It was more clearer than ever that he needed to get stronger should he want to live in this world cause it had no room for the weaker ones. From here the results were released shattering the kingdom once more compared to last time. Regald had to answer for the death of so many nobles in a span of three days to which he gave his honest remark about it,that they were at the mercy of the very same person who killed them all. With such a development turning up,the news about Elspeth's in this test went unnoticed for a while before it resurfaced once more making the nobles regret their choices
It was meant for their sons and daughters to succeed not end up dead with her still holding up second place and Luke at first. At school every student avoided these two as they had a powerful backer threatening the king himself but they didn't mind, rather they enjoyed the solitude that came along with it. "Don't you find this peaceful?" Luke asked during lunch. The entire hall was empty with the two present and of course the staff who didn't make their presence here for too long before scurrying off to wherever. "It is but do you plan on reviving the rest of the students?" Elspeth asked looking at Luke who was slowly caressing her body and with no one present,there was no one to stop them.
"Do you think I should?" He asked nibbling on her ear. She could barely hold in her moans as one managed to escape her mouth with Luke's touch. "For the sake of this kingdom,I would tell you that you should but now,let it stay like this till the final test starts." Luke gave her a light kiss. "Till the last test starts I guess." As his fingers got bolder but Elspeth stopped them. "We're at school." Luke glanced around before teleporting the two back to his chambers. Knowing his tendencies,she removed her clothes portraying her body for him to feast upon. He undressed himself before engaging in their wild sexual drives returning back to school two hours later. Her hair looked rather disheveled,both their clothes ruffled up and their heavy breathing apparent to anyone who saw them clearly catching on on what the two were up to.
But with a snap of his fingers,they went back to their original looks resuming with their classes taking the positions of their illusions mid class as if nothing ever happened. Luke scanned the class seeing Vanessa push on with her lessons but she was rather strict than before but she didn't direct it at Luke personally as that would just complicate things,she inflicted it to the whole class and they could definitely feel the change cursing Luke for all of this. 'Humans tend to find every fault with the things around them except themselves.' Luke brushed this off and resumed with his classes. As for the treasure he had amassed,the school sold some of it to the market at an exhorbitant price making huge profits,as for the rest,it went to the families of the nobles whose loved ones had passed away.
'Nigel,Connor,Elaine,Elspeth,Ciara and the rest of the class with myself included makes a total of ten. Maybe I should have toned it down with the killing so automatically all of us will have to participate in the last test due to shortage of participants. Looks like Nigel will get to get involved after all. It should start tomorrow so it better be worth the wait or it was a complete waste of my time.' The fourth and last test was meant for it to be an internal one but since there wasn't enough students,they were forced to skip it and the ten would automatically qualify for the next legion. And that was facing other students from other kingdoms alike till the event came to a close.
Still perplexing how a test wound up in the end to become a competition but he didn't bother himself with that,rather it gave him the opportunity to face other students before crushing their motivations. He didn't have to be on the hundredth dimensional plane to be the best,he just had to be better than the opponent that came his way.