Chapter 453: 71 Escape
Watching Roland die just like that, Hewinia felt a bit dazed.
She hadn’t thought the battle would end so quickly, that her victory would come so easily, given that her opponent was a genuine Golden Sound Player from one of the two major Taichu families.
She had prepared a lot of contingencies for this, yet none were used.
Just over a month ago, she had to fight with all her might against Aiman, who was only a Silver Note, and still couldn’t win, needing to use herself as bait to counterattack.
All of this was brought to her by Bai Wei.
Hewinia’s sense of disorientation grew stronger.
She knew it wasn’t due to her sentimentality but rather the backlash from the [Termination].
Although she hadn’t used Bai Wei’s power in the battle against Roland, at the last moment, Roland’s self-burning chain forced her to use [Termination] to end it.
And the cost came just like that.
It was getting faster and faster.
Hewinia forced herself to ignore the physical discomfort and quickly walked towards Roland’s corpse.
The burning sensation of the chain on her wrist kept intensifying because [Termination] could only interrupt the chain’s self-incineration, not prevent it from sending signals to the rest.
Therefore, at this moment, the other Golden Sound Players surely knew of an attack, although they didn’t know who or where yet.
Those Ether Clan members outside could not sense the chain, so the closest ones wouldn’t immediately realize what had happened.
Hewinia had to use this time to absorb Roland’s notes and then leave.
Yet even so, time was tight.
Fortunately, Hewinia’s Golden Score absorbs notes faster than the Silver Score; if it were Cesar, he definitely couldn’t leave on time, but she absolutely could.
Provided there’s no unexpected incident.
As Hewinia began to absorb the notes, a brilliant white flame suddenly shot up from the distance, turning night into day in an instant, accompanied by a sharp, urgent noise.
Hewinia paused slightly, then quickly turned her head to look at the left wall, simultaneously activating the [Gaze].
Through [Gaze], she indeed saw the Ether Clan guards not far away freezing in surprise before solemnly looking towards this side, drawing their magic wands, and rushing over.
“Check if it’s at Master Roland’s place!”
The leading Golden Sound Player shouted as he pointed his wand at the small house.
A beam of spell-laser carrying five notes shot out, rapidly spreading upon touching the house, forming a cocoon of Magic Power.
Then they rushed to the front of the small house, preparing to break in, but the door was pushed open from inside first.
Someone, covered in blood and extremely disheveled, dashed out like that.
The Ether family players were about to raise their magic wands to attack, but then realized it was Roland who charged out!
“Master!” The Golden Sound Player exclaimed in shock.
“Why are you standing there?!?” Roland shouted angrily, “That guy is inside! Save me… no, kill him quick!”
The Golden Sound Player immediately unraveled the newly deployed cocoon, while several other players rushed into the small house, and Roland dashed out.
“Master, are you alright?” The Golden Sound Player approached, “That guy’s target was indeed you…”
Halfway through speaking, the Golden Sound Player suddenly realized something was off.
Because he saw a smear of bright red on Roland’s head.
He initially thought it was blood.
But as he approached, he found out it wasn’t blood but long, flowing hair like blood.
“You scoundrel! You’re…”
He immediately raised the magic wand he had just put down, but he was still a step slower; Hewinia’s magic wand fell on the arm holding his magic wand first.
A series of chaotic melodies erupted, and the Golden Sound Player’s entire arm twisted.
He screamed in pain, while Hewinia successfully ran past him, simultaneously delivering another blow to his body.
However, the Golden Sound Player wasn’t entirely helpless. As soon as he was attacked, he retreated and desperately dodged Hewinia’s second strike, preventing her from ending his life on the spot.
Meanwhile, the few players who had rushed inside earlier reacted upon seeing the real Roland’s burning corpse inside and returned outside.
Even though Hewinia had already run far, the Golden Sound Player still, with his last ounce of strength, pointed in that direction.
“Over there!” He shouted, “Don’t let him get away pretending to be Master Roland!”
Hewinia sprinted through the night.
Even though no one had hurt her, the difficulty in other aspects was gradually increasing.
This included not only her continuously active [Gaze] but also the burden of changing appearance with the Golden Score, particularly when altering gender as well.
For tonight’s actions, she thought she had planned thoroughly enough.
The reaction of the Golden Sound Players, the Ether family’s response, all factored in, considering the brief time gap in which their information wouldn’t be shared, taking a risky chance.
Still, she hadn’t anticipated the Golden Sound Player would send a message in such a way that would alert the entire academy.
Obviously, there was never mention of such an approach in the secret room.
Was it specifically in defense against her, or was it someone’s individual act?