Chapter 590 Broken Pride [3]
Bang—!
I found myself flung all the way to the other side of the room once again as the training lady kicked in the stomach.
This ti, my body did not crash against the wall and continued to move. Once again, my body started to rapidly expand, and before I knew it, I found myself standing in front of what seed to be a large auditorium.
"I would like to congratulate lissa Hall on her outstanding achievents. Without her help and assistance, we would have never been able to achieve a breakthrough in our research."
'It's bright.'
While a middle aged man spoke beside , I took note of the bright lights coming from the distance.
Click. Click.
The rapid clicking sound of the cara shutters echoed throughout, and a multitude of white lights flashed in the distance.
They were so bright that my eyes started to squint. I felt a wave of annoyance wash over .
Nonetheless, a smile adorned my face.
"Thank you."
As I reached out for what seed to be a small piece of paper, I looked at it briefly and brought it close to my body.
"It is an honor to have helped you."
"It is truly outstanding that you've managed to achieve all of this at the tender age of fifteen. Truly, you are a blessing to society."
"How kind of you."
My hand covered my mouth and I let out a fake laugh.
"…If only that was really true."
My mouth quietly murmured in the midst of the laughter.
The sound was so quiet that no one could hear it. The announcer beside her was the only one who thought he had heard sothing, but I was quick to deny everything.
"Hm? Did you say sothing?"
"No, I didn't."
My head started to shake.
"I see. Well, let's give another round of applause to lissa Hall for her outstanding achievents."
After he said that, the crowd beca rowdier and everyone began to clap even louder.
Clap. Clap. Clap.
"Thank you, thank you."
As she bowed her head repeatedly, lissa secretly tried to catch a glimpse of the audience from the corner of her eyes. Looking at the crowd, I felt a sense of anticipation.
In spite of the bright lights, my eyes continued to scan the audience, in search of soone.
I didn't know exactly who, but he seed to be important to lissa. Especially after I realized what she was currently feeling.
However, as ti passed and she didn't see anyone, the excitent cooled, and my eyes drooped.
I then felt a sting inside of my heart before my mouth opened and I murmured.
"It looks like I'll have to train more."
Following her words, the lights coming from the distance started to beco brighter and brighter, and before I knew it, all that dyed my vision was the color white.
"What is your rank?"
By the ti the bright lights faded, I found myself back in the office space from before. Octavious's office.
This ti, unlike in the past, I was inside lissa's older body.
Sitting opposite was Octavious. He looked exactly the sa as he did during the first part of lissa's mory.
I bit my lips until they stung, then closed my eyes and looked directly into Octavious's.
"I've managed to co first rank in the theoretical departnt, and achieved an overall rank of second in the Lock ranks."
Tap. Tap. Tap.
Reclining against a large black leather chair, Octavious began tapping against the table.
His complexion darkened considerably and lissa's heart tightened.
"Second?"
"Yes."
lissa nodded her head. She may not be showing it on the outside, but her heart was currently beating uncontrollably. I could feel it.
There was also a mixture of anxiety and fear hidden deep within her as she continued to 'fearlessly' stare at Octavious.
Leaning his body forward and interlocking his hands together, Octavious asked.
"Who ca first?"
My brows furrowed at the question, but I nonetheless answered.
"So guy called Kevin Voss."
"Kevin Voss?"
Octaviuos's turbid eyes rippled slightly.
"He doesn't seem like soone famous. For him to have beco the first in the rankings…I should've heard of soone this capable."
Covering his mouth with his hand, Octaviois fell into deep thought and no longer paid any attention to lissa who clenched her teeth tightly.
Opening her mouth, she called out for him.
"Father."
"Huh? You're still here?"
When he spoke, my blood turned cold and my face hardened.
eting my eyes, Octavious had a rather disdainful look on his face.
"Do you expect to praise you for your failure to achieve first rank?"
His words hit like a truck as the pain in my chest intensified.
"After all of the resources that I poured on you…you still fail to get into the top ranking of the Lock. Is that sothing that you should even be proud of? Be thankful that I'm not throwing you out in the streets for tarnishing my na and reputation."
With every one of the words that ca out of Octavious's mouth, I felt the emotions running inside of my body becoming number and number.
Before I knew it, I was no longer inside of the office but back in the training ground.
But compared to last ti, there was no strength inside of my body. Everything was just numb.
"What's wrong young miss?"
Raising my head, I was t with the fight of the sa lady from before. She looked a little bit older than before, but just like in the past, she was still beautiful.
"Did sothing bad happen? You look out of it."
Moving closer to , the lady tilted her head and placed her hand on my forehead.
"You don't seem to be having a fever. Maybe you've overexerted yourself."
Turning around, the trainer took a towel to wipe off the sweat on her body and then proceeded to shake her head.
"Let's call it quits for today. You're probably exhausted from all the training you do. I told you many tis that training for more than twelve hours a day every day is not healthy. Just look at yourself now. You are clearly exhausted."
'Twelve hours? Every day?'
The trainers' words deeply resonated inside of my head as I struggled to digest her words.
Twelve hours…
It took a while for them to sink in, and when they did, I ca to realize just how much lissa had been working herself.
Although I was always busy, I did spend a lot of ti training each day. My record was about seven hours a day, and during that session, I rembered being too exhausted to even move. It wasn't sothing that I was willing to do again.
Kevin also trained for a similar amount of ti ti. Perhaps even more as I did recall him saying sothing about training eight hours a day at one point.
Well, this was a long ti ago.
Tis had changed since then and he probably trained a little bit less.
In any case, that was beside the point. At this mont, I was still trying to process what was being shown before , and...
…The scene once again changed.
***
Grand halls of the Demon King's palace.
Sat on his throne, Jezebeth rested with his eyes closed as the energy around him fluctuated wildly. Despite his pale complexion and weaker aura than in the past, his aura still inspired fear in anyone who saw him.
Ti passed, and after an unknown period of ti, his eyes opened.
"Huu..."
A small cloud of turbid air escaped from his mouth.
Opening his eyes, his two blood red eyes were revealed as they shone with a dangerous light. Staring toward the empty halls, Jezebeth opened his mouth and murmured.
"I took more damage than I previously thought."
The damage he sustained from breaking down the Akashic links a while back, was a lot more than Jezebeth had originally anticipated.
In fact, he estimated that it would take him at least half a year to fully recover from his injuries.
"This isn't very ideal."
For his plans...
This wasn't exactly good news.
"Hm?"
It was right at this mont that Jezebeth felt sothing, and his hand casually swept the air till a black portal ford in the air before him.
After which, a familiar voice echoed throughout the grand halls.
"Your majesty, I have found the humans that you were looking for. They are located on a planet called Cassaria in the Konkordia Galaxy. They are a lot more than I anticipated, but I won't have trouble holding them here. They are rather weak. I will be waiting for your arrival."
The ssage was rather short, only a couple of sentences, but it was enough to improve Jezebeth's mood considerably as he stood up from his throne.
"....It looks like my plan has worked."
Swiping his hand to get rid of the black portal, Jezebeth extended his hand and clenched the very air before him. Pulling it apart with his arm, a fissure ford in front of him, and he stepped into it.
"Finally, I am one step closer to my destiny."
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