You Should Be Afraid

Through the portal, Luke returned to Library Room 36.

There was no sound outside.

Luke carefully poked her head out, and there was no one there.

The magistrates and Imperial Secret Agents must have gone elsewhere; since she had already obtained the Book of Calamity, she should leave Aolu Academy and let them continue their search here.

Luke stepped out of Library Room 36 and carefully made her way up the stairs.

At this moment, a small head poked out from behind a chandelier on the ceiling.

It was a small monkey, only the size of a teacup.

It stared at Luke with wide eyes, and after she disappeared at the top of the stairs, it jumped down from the chandelier. In mid-air, it transformed into an owl, spread its wings, and glided silently to the spiral staircase before turning back into a monkey to swing up by the railing.

Luke did not know she was being followed; she relied on her familiarity with the layout of Aolu Academy to leave the library and slip into a patch of woods.

Across the woods was the main teaching building of Aolu Academy.

It consisted of four castle-style buildings, with three corridors—upper, middle, and lower—linking the castles together.

There was a secret entrance in the basement of the Northeast Castle that led to the sewers; by following the sewers, one could leave Aolu Academy and find a connection point to the main space outside to return to Raging Wave City.

At this time, Aolu Academy had entered a state of highest alert. In addition to large numbers of Imperial Secret Agents and magistrates hunting for the invading elf, the academy's faculty had also been mobilized.

They formed patrol teams to protect the teaching building from the center.

Some senior students were sent to guard the entrances and exits of the teaching building and the windows on the outer walls.

They were told that the intruder in Aolu Academy was a female Elf Slayer who had short, ear-length green hair and carried two exquisite curved blades behind her waist.

If the invading elf was discovered, they were not to engage, but to flee immediately and seek protection from the nearest faculty member.

Luke crouched low behind a cluster of bushes, using her Stealth skill to lower her brightness and grayscale to blend into the environment.

After a patrol team of Aolu Mage passed by on the path ahead, she jumped out nimbly and rushed rapidly to the corner of the Northeast Castle wall.

How should she get inside?

Luke realized she had underestimated the reaction force of Aolu Academy; there were moving figures everywhere inside and outside the castle, and there was simply no opportunity to sneak in.

Should she log off and come back tomorrow?

Just as Luke was hesitating, a faint voice called out from above her head: "Professor Clear Sky, Professor Clear Sky..."

Luke looked up and saw Haidixike, whom she had met on the academy shuttle, poking his head out of a second-floor window and waving at her.

"Professor Clear Sky, someone is coming from that way... hurry up and come up!"

Luke also heard people approaching and immediately teleported to the second-floor window and climbed in.

Inside was a corridor.

The spatial teleportation startled Haidixike, who was guarding the window, as well as the three children with him, including Lydia, the girl who had sat with Luke on the shuttle.

Luke smiled at the four nervous-looking children and said, "Everyone in Aolu Academy is hunting me now. Aren't you afraid?"

"We, we believe you are a good person, Professor Clear Sky... no, a good elf. It must be Councilor Virgil framing you. My father said he is a liar, a scoundrel, a criminal who should be sent to the gallows.

We will help you hide.

Lydia, go to the front and see if anyone is there."

"O-okay."

Luke's display of affinity eased Lydia's tension, and she gripped her Magic Wand and gathered her courage to run toward the other end of the corridor.

Luke then said to Haidixike and the other two children, "Thank you for your help, but helping me will bring you danger.

I know how to leave, so you should find a safe place to hide and don't tell anyone you saw me."

Haidixike said stubbornly, "Professor Clear Sky, we aren't afraid of danger, we can..."

A blade pressed against Haidixike's neck, stopping him from continuing.

Luke, with the blade in hand, said to the three terrified children, "You should be afraid! Councilor Virgil was right; I am very, very dangerous! I am also not a professor at Aolu Academy; that was all a lie to you.

Children, it is not up to you to decide who is a good person.

Next time you encounter a situation like this, you must listen to your teachers.

Do you understand?"

The three children, stiff all over, nodded blankly.

At this moment, Lydia, who had run ahead, came running back, shouting, "Someone is coming! Run!"

But when she saw her three companions being threatened by the elf's blade, she was stunned on the spot.

Behind her, a team of Imperial Secret Agents rushed out from the other side of the corner.

Seeing the invading elf, they immediately drew their blades in unison, knocked down the stunned Lydia, and trampled over her.

Seeing that this group of Imperial Secret Agents were all unleashing combat skills as they charged, completely disregarding the lives of the three academy students with her, Luke quickly retracted her blade and counter-charged toward the Imperial Secret Agents.

"Run!" Luke warned Haidixike and the others.

With dual blades in hand and Ice Wheel enchantment active, a freezing aura erupted forward.

Clear Sky's level reached 100.

Lydia, trampled by the Imperial Secret Agents, was in an unknown state. This angered Luke, and she resolved to rescue the girl who had tried to protect her with all haste.

Just as Luke was about to swing Ice Wheel at the Imperial Secret Agents, an owl rushed from behind her and into the space before her.

Immediately, a gale swept through the corridor. The powerful wind pressure pushed back the charging Imperial Secret Agents, pinning them tightly against the wall.

At the center of the storm, the owl transformed into an old man clad in a black magic robe. He leaned on a long-handled magic staff and walked through the Imperial Secret Agents parted by the wind, picking up the unconscious Lydia from the ground.

The wind ceased at that moment, and the secret agents crashed heavily to the floor.

"Dean Wilfred!" Haidixike shouted loudly upon seeing the old mage.

The Imperial Secret Agents who had gotten up from the ground were at a loss, facing both the Dean of Aolu Academy and Clear Sky, the Elf Slayer.

A secret agent who appeared to be the leader asked Dean Wilfred, "Esteemed Dean, we are helping you apprehend the killer, why are you attacking us?"

Wilfred checked Lydia's condition and, confirming she was not in mortal danger, handed her over to an Aolu Mage who had arrived upon hearing the commotion.

"Helping me apprehend a killer? But why do I see you harming my child! I shouldn't have let you in. Leave, all of you, leave Aolu Academy."

The Imperial Secret Agents knew they had angered Dean Wilfred, and they hadn't expected the Dean to appear here by chance.

With things having escalated to this point, their only option was to leave if they didn't want to die. They would report what happened here to Councilor Virgil and let him negotiate with Dean Wilfred.

The Imperial Secret Agents left dejectedly.

Haidixike and the other two students ran to Wilfred's side from the corner of the wall, then went to check on Lydia.

Wilfred paused the staff in his hand, and the windows behind Luke sealed shut.

"Elf, tell me your purpose for infiltrating Aolu Academy."

Luke chuckled, "Infiltrating? I arrived openly on the Aolu Academy shuttle and entered the academy through the main gate."