Chapter 36. Cornelia is Multi-talented

The lights flickered in the corridors of the Demon Academy, casting a dim yellow glow on the walls on both sides, reflecting mottled and blurry figures.

Cornelia was carrying me down the corridor.

I had my eyes closed, resting.

Apart from a slight throbbing in my brain, I had mostly recovered.

However, Cornelia seemed to have noticed something, and she frowned slightly.

"Dekan, I think there's movement."

Cornelia suddenly lowered her head slightly and whispered in my ear.

Me: "Pinpoint it."

Then, Cornelia activated the spell card I had given her earlier, 【Echolocation】.

【Echolocation】

【Category: Spell Card】

【Grade: Blue Precious】

【Rank: 1】

【Effect: Senses the position of individuals within a 100-meter radius once.】

【Remark: Cannot be blocked by visual-type camouflage skills.】

Since I didn't have the functions of any melee class, in our two-person team, Cornelia needed to act as the team's front-line tank, scout, DPS, and many other roles.

Although her class was clearly not a scout, her terrifying physical fitness, accompanied by super-strong perception, was in some ways not inferior to a scout of the same rank using detection skills.

Plus, she could pick locks.

Her assassination ability... was also excellent.

As long as she was equipped with some low-cost, utility-oriented spell cards, she could completely serve as a part-time scout.

"It's not the Dean. There are two guys following behind us."

Cornelia whispered the situation to me, her lips close to my ear.

"Keep walking, pretend we haven't noticed anything."

I instructed.

I thought for a moment, and after a few seconds, I whispered to Cornelia again, "Are they still following us?"

Cornelia checked again and replied, "Still there."

I had now set the school to class time. Apart from the Dean, there shouldn't be any other demon students in the corridors.

Of course, demons wouldn't be so bold as to follow us.

They must be the last two challengers.

In my speculation, they were likely one Rank 5 and one Rank 3.

In any case, there would be at least one Rank 5.

Regardless of their strength, I was unwilling to make contact with them now.

Even if they had something to contact me and Cornelia about, it should have been during the earlier map clearing.

Now that the boss was defeated and we were about to clear the stage, they popped up.

Anyone with a brain knows what kind of people they are.

Most likely, they had ill intentions.

Did they want to make friends? Or maybe they had something urgent?

They could have just shouted it out, no need to follow so sneakily.

As for why they could find us now, the reason was also easy to explain.

They might have obtained the location of the boss room long ago but weren't fully prepared to challenge it.

Then they found out the boss room was cleared through the surge in exploration progress.

By rushing to the vicinity of the boss room and using some enemy-seeking skills, they could naturally find us.

I felt my scalp tingle a bit.

Why do I have to work overtime again?

Just finished PvE, and now I might have to fight a PvP match.

Of course, I wasn't afraid of PvP, I just really didn't like fighting.

"Cornelia, if they dare to show themselves, no matter what their purpose is, beat them to death."

I was already prepared to summon the Ruined Poet and the Cursed Doll at any time.

Cornelia: "Okay."

......

After that, Cornelia and I disappeared around a corner.

Two figures emerged from the shadows on the other side of the corridor.

They were dressed as demon students, but they were actually two human challengers.

One of them had his face wrapped in black gauze, his features hidden, only the faint outline of his eyes visible. His pitch-black pupils were bloodshot, and he exuded an evil and eerie aura.

The other was short, with bulging eyes and chapped lips, a sinister smile hanging on the corner of his mouth.

They were communicating using a unique sign language.

"Did they notice us?"

"Not at all. We can make our move soon."

The mission countdown now had 5 hours and 3 minutes left.

In another three minutes, it would be the next break time.

At that time, even if they made a huge commotion, it wouldn't attract the Dean.

"According to the matching rules, they are at most one Rank 4 and one Rank 3, possibly even lower. How did they clear Olive so quickly?"

"These two are probably puzzle-solving experts, as can be seen from their performance in the exam hall."

"For the sake of the doctrine, for the rebirth of the world, we can't let such puzzle-solving experts grow... Besides, they must have a lot of good cards on them."

The short man gradually couldn't hide his greedy smile.

These young geniuses were often elites cultivated by various countries with all their resources, so they wouldn't be short of rare cards.

"No matter how good the cards are, they are just two young brats with too little combat experience. After such high-intensity exploration, their battle damage must be significant. I detected that one of them is already severely injured and can't even walk."

"Hehe, truly two fat pieces of meat. We have been conserving our strength, so they can't possibly handle our surprise attack."

However, just as they continued to advance.

"Don't you feel that something is not right?"

The man with the gauze-wrapped face frowned, making hand gestures.

"Is there?"

"Why does the air feel a bit... different?"

However, before they could figure it out, a flame suddenly appeared, illuminating the dim corridor in an instant, and a violent explosion echoed through the hallway.

The fierce explosion flames engulfed both of them, their blurred figures looking extremely disheveled.

"Cough cough, a delayed Rank 3 fire-type magic?"

As the dust and smoke dissipated, four strangely shaped giant masks appeared beside the gauze-wrapped man, protecting him and his companion.

The explosion just now, apart from some damage to their clothes, caused almost no substantial harm.

But immediately after, the short man he was protecting seemed to stagger and almost lost his footing.

"Hold your breath, quickly!"

The gauze-wrapped man shouted.

After the explosion, a colorless and odorless poisonous gas began to fill the air!

If too much was inhaled, one might pass out!

"Damn it! These two guys found us, we have to get out of this corridor quickly!"

After all, the corridor was not a completely enclosed space. As long as they moved to another place, they would be unaffected by the poisonous gas.

However, just as they were about to move forward, they found that the ground around them was scattered with spikes.

The carpet could be seen being gradually corroded by the spikes.

These spikes must also be highly poisonous.

"These two bastards! Which school taught them to use cards like this?!"

The short man couldn't help but roar in anger. If the gauze-wrapped man hadn't protected him just now, his body would probably be full of these spikes.

And now, he was very sure of one thing.

This pair of young boy and girl were definitely not good people!

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