Chapter 494 Crushing Weight

Chapter 494 Crushing Weight

The words sounded sweeter when spoken out loud. And Rin's incredulous face was even more delightful.

Even Queen Thyress seemed taken aback by the sudden outburst of power. She looked at Liam with a hard gaze.

The General pursed his thin lips with no particular expression. Alucard smiled and Spirit of Nature looked at Liam with a raised brow.

Naomi didn't expect such power at all.

Was it because Liam had temporary Rank 5 strength? What ability could possibly give him so much power?

Since Alucard had blood powers, perhaps he already knew how Liam attained that power. But the others most likely did not.

Despite the loss, Rin didn't lose herself to anger or wild emotion. Instead, she looked humbled and accepting of her mistake.

The Queen looked at her for a few seconds with a strange expression and gave her a nod. It seemed as though she hadn't expected her loss to Liam.

And Rin herself looked just a tiny bit embarrassed.

Then, she looked at Liam with a complicated gaze. Liam responded with a half-smug, half-mocking look. Subtly, her eye twitched. "Please don't let this discourage you, Lady Rin," the Mayor cut in with a smile. "You've done extraordinary thus far." Witness the debut of this chapter, unveiled through Ñôv€l--B1n.

A pause. "Thank you," Rin said with a firm look. "Enjoy the rest of your game." A moment later, she left towards the tunnel, her clothing transforming back to normal. Then, she was gone. Silence.

Another adjustment was made to the court.

Now, there was only 200 meters of space covered by both the Queen and the General.

They were practically side by side, with just 60 meters between them. Despite losing a teammate, their defense was practically impregnable now, so long as they looked out for one another. ...At least, at first glance. The General and the Queen working together?

Impossible!

The look on the Queen's face said everything. She definitely hated the General more than Liam, by far.

And the General probably hated her just as much, although he maintained absolute control over his expressions. The game was starting again, this time, the General had his hands on the ball. The authoritarian was dangerous and daring, even more so than the Queen and Alucard. No one knew what to expect. A second later, the General casually hurled the ball over the net.

Just like that.

There was no special ability involved.

This was a normal throw, besides being just a little faster than normal!

BOM!

Which it did! The titanic sword exited the shadows in the nick of time to act as a wall for the ball. As it left his Position, the pressure waned and faded away almost instantly. But that crushing pressure didn't go anywhere. It simply went towards Alucard.

The ball was flying to the side of Alucard's Position, at the very edge. Alucard's crimson irises constricted menacingly, veins forming in the whiteness of his eyes.

He was pissed. Not at Liam.

But at the General. BLRK!

A thick stream of blood burst from Alucard's wrist, directed at the ball.

Except, the nearer it got to the ball, the same crushing gravity weighed it down!

It was drooping!

Then, it made contact with the ball.

BANG!

Except, it hit the ball at its very edge, causing it to swirl over to Spirit of Nature at an uncomfortable and awkward angle.

SWISH!

Alucard didn't do it on purpose. Liam knew that for a fact. Yet the circumstances allowed him to inadvertently make things difficult for her.

Unfortunately for her, due to the sad trajectory of the ball, the gravitational force that it released, and the awkward positioning, all she could do was shoot it back towards the Queen. Spirit of Nature made a weak rising gesture with her hand. BRRRHF!

A cluster of rigid roots and powerful vines emerged from the ground like an earthly pillar, smashing the ball at a 45 degree angle. BOOOM!

It was fast!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

At the same time, some of the plants at the tip of the terrene pillar exploded straight away, bolstering the ball's speed to a blur.

WHOOOOSH! BP!

Except... by then, the ball arrived right in front of Queen Thyress, who leapt mid-air and gently tapped it over the net with the flick of her finger. Awkwardly, the ball fell over Spirit of Nature's Position, bouncing until coming to a natural stop. Naomi sighed heavily, then shrugged her shoulders comically with a nonchalant look. "Spirit of Nature," the Mayor announced once again, "disqualified."