Chapter 200 Aftermath... Part-1.

Chapter 200 Aftermath... Part-1.

Once Alverto Left, the time barriers disappeared and the awakeners in Oaklum City rushed up to the students instantly.

But no matter how fast they were to arrive, it was already too late.nove(l)bi(n.)com

A life was already lost and nearly all of the students had suffered varying degrees of wounds.

Later, Jin Walt who was supposed to arrive at the Oaklum area a few days later, arrived at the scene just a few seconds after the other awakeners rushed to the scene.

People were surprised to see his sudden arrival, but it seemed like he wasn't in the mood to talk.

He had a look of extreme anger as he stared at the wounded students being carried away, he was angry at the demon who dared to do such a thing in the territory of the human empire.

The whole city felt more relieved under his presence.

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Oaklum Alliance Branch, Infirmary.

Rio slowly opened his eyes and a white ceiling came into his view.

'I have seen this ceiling so many times now, that I am not even surprised about where I am...' (Rio)

Rio slowly sat up from the infirmary bed and leaned his back against the wall.

Just when Rio sat up, a familiar voice rang out in his ears.

lightsΝοvεl ƈοm "You are finally awake..." (Jin)

Rio tilted his head and found that Jin was sitting cross-legged on a nearby chair.

"How long have you been sitting here..." (Rio)

"Just came a few seconds ago..." (Jin)

"Is that so..." (Rio)

After that small talk, the room went silent again for a while.

Rio glanced at his right hand.

'I lost again.... And so pathetically this time.... I wasn't even able to land a proper hit on the opponent this time....' (Rio)

Alverto, the demon prince was not only physically faster and stronger than Rio, he also had time manipulation skills to accelerate or slow down time in a small area.

Alverto used his time manipulation to easily dodge any and every attack. Moreover, he used that speed to easily overpower Rio and he didn't even give Rio the time to use his 'soul splitting' skill on him.

'It was a colossal failure... I am still too far away from fighting an S-ranker...' (Rio)

Rio shook his head and stopped thinking about this further.

He knew that strength can't be forced, it takes time and effort to improve, and encountering Alverto was a great misfortune.

"What about others? Are they all right" (Rio)

Hearing Rio's question, Jin shook his head helplessly and replied in a solemn tone.

"Everyone is out of danger, no need to worry about them much, their wounds were not that fatal to life..... except..." (Jin)

"Except?" (Rio)

"The third-year student, Zachary Hunt, who had the potential to reach S-rank in the future... is dead." (Jin)

*Silence*

Rio and Jin both went silent for a moment when Zach was mentioned.

"Is that so... he killed Zach Senpai..." (Rio)

Hearing Rio's emotionless tone, Jin was confused.

After walking for a few seconds Rio arrived at the counter and filled in his details to get discharged from the infirmary.

When Rio walked out of the infirmary gate, he noticed Lia standing nearby.

"You are here..." (Lia)

Rio nodded his head at Lia's words.

"Are your injuries okay now?" (Rio)

"Yes...." (Lia)

Lia had a sad look on her face as she talked to Rio.

'Jin must have told her about the deaths of those three...' (Rio)

Rio shook his head and sighed.

He placed his hand on Lia's shoulder and said in an emotionless tone.

"It's not your fault... don't blame yourself too much.... It's my fault that I fainted so early in the battle...." (Rio)

At Rio's words, Lia shook her head and wiped the slight tears from her eyes.

"No... we were all equally useless against that demon... I don't blame you for anything..." (Lia)

Both Rio and Lia went silent at that moment.

They both had nothing to talk about for a while. They just silently shook their heads in sadness and boarded a flying bus to go back to the Hotel.

...

Hotel Arya.

The weather seemed just as depressing as the mood of people at the hotel.

The hotel was closed for the day, but several employees who were close to Zach and his grandpa still came to express their shock and sadness on the matter.

Just one day ago, they sent Zach and the other students to the yacht dinner party, with great pomp and show.

They all clapped as they watched Zach and others walk on the red carpet and leave the hotel with bright faces.

And today, they watched Zach and his grandpa's dead body being escorted back to the hotel's backyard by several bodyguards.

The atmosphere in the hotel became grim when they found out what had happened yesterday night.

The news about this incident even reached the capital and every other city. Reporters were flocking all over the Oaklum city to pry further on this matter but under Jin's orders, they were still being kept at bay.

If it was some other day, Rio and Lia would have been welcomed with happy smiles by the workers of the hotel.

But today, all of them had a sad and helpless look on their faces.

No one said anything, everyone knew just how bad the situation was.

All of Zach's family members rushed back home from wherever they were in the empire after hearing this shocking news.

Preparations for a funeral started very early in the morning.

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Author's Notes.

Life is strange, just the other day all of them left the hotel with bright smiles on their faces, but when they returned they had nothing but sadness left on their faces....

The goal of reaching 200 chs has been completed today, but I don't feel happy at all... Zach's death has brought me great sadness too...

I hope that, In the next life, Zach will find true love and live a happy life...