Hayes quickly made his way to the spring.
He took a glance at the surrounding magic arrays.
Noticing that the magic arrays showed no signs of being broken, he let out a long breath.
Fortunately… there had been no accidents.
All the magic arrays around the spring were intact, with no signs of damage.
This meant that the spell beast had really just come to rest for a while?
Had it simply flown away after doing nothing?
“Lord Hayes, there’s nothing unusual here.”
The person following Hayes spoke up. He seemed a bit puzzled at Hayes’ rush to return.
With so many headmasters in the academy, it was almost impossible for anything major to happen here.
Moreover…
There were so many magic arrays here.
Now that there were no signs of any traces, it was clear that they had returned for nothing. There had been no incidents.
Even the alert magic arrays hadn’t been triggered.
Everything seemed just as the headmaster had said. The spell beast had only stayed briefly in the back mountain and then left.
If Hayes weren’t right in front of him, the man might have wanted to complain about the wasted time.
Hayes didn’t respond, instead pulling out a box from his storage crystal.
Inside the box were the keys to activate the magic arrays.
Hayes placed the keys into the spring.
Soon, the magic arrays began to open one by one.
The spring’s waters also dissipated, revealing a dark hole.
The familiar power emanated from the cave once again.
Only then did Hayes relax.
He retrieved the keys and put them away.
The spring was once again restored to its previous appearance.
Hayes’ previously furrowed brow finally relaxed.
“Good, it seems I was overthinking. But this matter is significant, so it’s better to be cautious.”
After speaking, he led the person behind him away.
Hayes did not enter the cave, and thus failed to notice that after he left, the residual power from the gods and devils was absorbed by the Tree of Origin. It continued to purify the power.
…
Karea Conference Room
Hayes sat in the main seat, surrounded by headmasters and teachers.
“How are the academy and students? Has the spell beast attack caused any major damage?” Hayes asked, looking at everyone.
The headmaster of the A-level House stood up to answer:
“Only one teacher was injured, but he has already recovered, so there’s no need to worry. The students weren’t heavily hurt because they reacted quickly, and most of them managed to avoid the attack.”
Only that one unlucky teacher had taken the brunt of the spell beast’s strike, resulting in the injury.
As for Karea Academy, aside from some damage to the protective magic arrays, there was almost no other harm.
It could be said they were just unlucky.
No one expected such a powerful spell beast to appear over Karea. It was probably because of the unique nature of that beast that it noticed them due to the Kareamagic arrays.
After attacking a few times, the spell beast flew off from the back mountain.
After clarifying the details of the spell beast attack, Hayes immediately boarded the battle ship to leave the academy and head for House Ponton.
“Lord Hayes, is it really necessary to rush this much?”
The secret realm war was still several days away.
Originally, returning hastily had already consumed a lot of energy, and now they had to rush again.
Hayes said in a low voice:
“We must hurry. I remember that the man from House Ponton is planning to attack Nora before we leave. He really might go through with it.”
“What? That can’t be possible! How could he dare to attack a junior?”
“You think so? He’s always been a man with a short temper and a narrow mind. People like that don’t care about face,” Hayes replied and fell silent, fully using mana to speed up the ship.
He hoped Nora could hold on until they got back.
…
Soon after, the battle ship landed outside House Ponton.
Hayes immediately entered the House Ponton estate.
At this moment, the upper echelons of House Ponton were gathered in the meeting hall, including the four former headmasters who had been summoned with a secret technique.
However, the current head of House Ponton, Gurei, was kneeling on the floor, looking defeated.
Nora sat at the top, watching this scene.
After learning of Nora’s background, the four former headmasters were shocked.
They hadn’t expected that Nora was from Karea Academy!
Moreover, she was the chosen one for this event.
The four former headmasters, who had once been the heads of House Ponton, were familiar with what being “the chosen one” meant.
But they were equally shocked by Gurei’s stupidity.
How… how dare you?
How dare you attack the chosen one? And worse, use the family’s foundation to summon their spirits to deal with Karea Academy’s chosen one?
More importantly, House Ponton had no reason to be involved from the beginning.
They started this matter, they made the first move, and it was a group attack.
The most embarrassing part was that they still lost.
Every young person involved had been knocked out by Nora.
And Nora had been holding back, not going all out. The others were just knocked out.
But Gurei?
Even after the opponent showed restraint, he still used his strength against Nora. And he lost.
And then, he resorted to using the family’s legacy?
But the real problem was, why did he even dare do this?
Why did he think he could attack Karea Academy’s chosen one?
Was he trying to drag House Ponton into hell?
At this moment, the four former headmasters were furious and wanted nothing more than to skin Gurei alive.
If it weren’t for Gurei’s deception, they would never have attacked Nora without reason.
In this entire incident, Nora was undoubtedly the victim, but House Ponton was also a victim!
Everyone’s interests aligned—except for Gurei. This fool was the mastermind behind it all!
“Gurei! You are no longer the head of House Ponton, and from now on, you have no relation to the house! How dare you harm Miss Nora? What were you trying to achieve by endangering House Ponton?”
“I… I…” Gurei raised his head, staring blankly at everything.
Originally, as the head of House Ponton, he had been proud and full of vitality.
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But now, he looked like a beggar on the street.
This change was something Gurei couldn’t accept.
“Bold Gurei, do you still not plead guilty?”
“It’s my fault! I… I was deceived! I was…”
Before Gurei could finish speaking, he suddenly lost all signs of life.
It was as if some hidden force, fearing the truth would be revealed, had taken his life prematurely.
“Someone, go check on the situation!”
“Old Ancestor, the… Gurei is already dead.”
“What? Dead?”
The elder first showed confusion, then stepped forward to examine the body.
He then turned around to report:
“Miss Nora, this traitor has been killed. There’s something suspicious behind this matter. It seems Gurei was killed right when he was about to reveal the truth!”
“Please allow House Ponton some time. We will certainly catch the person who tried to frame you! In this matter, both you and House Ponton are victims!”
With these words, House Ponton distanced itself from the incident. They made it clear that the mistreatment of Nora was not their fault. It was all due to a hidden mastermind who manipulated Gurei to harm Nora.
House Ponton had been wronged in this matter and was a victim as well. They would now work to investigate who was behind the attempt to harm Nora.