Chapter 1255: The Cancelled Event
Sabrina was confused for a moment. The Void Immortals shouldn’t have any benefits for doing this.
Summoning Evil Entities and disrupting the competition or her kingdom’s peaceful era shouldn’t have anything to do with them!
’What will they gain from doing this? Maybe they just want to mess with Vale or something?’
If she wasn’t mistaken, the Void Immortals even needed Vale’s help based on the information she had gathered over the past few months.
In any case, she couldn’t kill this man as an Immortal... Furthermore, there were others like him around.
With a wave of her hand, black chains started wrapping around the man, ensuring that he wouldn’t be able to kill himself even if he wanted to... She could use him later to interrogate him. All of this could be handled by her subordinates.
Soon, her voice reached her Secret Guards through Telepathy...
"Find them, they reek the smell of Dark Arts and some faint traces of Void Immortal," she said. "Eliminate every rogue Dark Arcanist, every cultist who dares summon these creatures. Leave none alive."
Her guards obeyed without hesitation.
In just a few moments, Cloaked figures charged into the alleys. Their presence was invisible to mortal eyes, but they hunted the summoners, following the trail of corrupted energy that was coming from the sewers.
As for the Evil Entities, Sabrina herself struck them down...
Whether it was another winged beast or elemental creatures, she subdued all of them!
She wasn’t just here to save the city... She was here to announce her presence as the Queen... to tell everyone that she wasn’t just a strategist but a powerful Arcanist as well!
Meanwhile, Vale remained in the coffee shop, watching her progress against the cultists and evil entities...
He knew Sabrina’s intervention would easily tip the balance, but he also knew her motives weren’t simple. She was not fighting for the sake of the people...
She was fighting for herself...
’Hoffman Family, huh...’ Vale thought as he was considering whether this Sabrina was here to cause trouble or become his friend.
Her presence here in the human realm was just too suspicious after all.
***
In just a few hours, the night ended with the serpent slain and the cultists subdued.
Sabrina’s involvement was obvious. Even her Secret Guards had hunted down the summoners in the sewers, with the help of the Secret Orders and the Arcane Academies!
Although it took them a lot of effort, they had finally restored the peace within Dravemont!
By dawn, the citizens were filled with questions.
"What will happen now?!"
The streets were littered with rubble due to the aftermath of last night’s battle!
Many of them could still recall the holy knights who shielded them, the elemental storms that pushed back the serpent or the evil entity, and the queen’s guards who struck down the Evil Entities...
The media wasted no time.
Reporters who had risked their lives to capture the battle now flooded the taverns and squares with their stories.
By morning, every headline screamed of the night’s events.
Crimson Gazette ran with Dorn’s exclusive report.
With his headline, he believed that it would be favored by the citizens.
"Queen Sabrina Saves Dravemont! Rogue Dark Arcanists Exposed!"
His article painted her as both executioner and savior, a ruler who did not hesitate to fight alongside her people.
However, Jody’s New Era Chronicle, on the other hand, chose a more celebratory tone.
"Unity in Chaos! Academies and Orders Stand Together!"
Their enchanted lens had captured images of Rakmiths’ elemental arrays, Magrath’s healing circles, and Kildare’s knights holding the line against the Evil Entities!
Still, the Azure Herald Media focused on the various spells they had seen that night.
"Storms, Sanctification, and Shadows. The Night Dravemont Survived."
Lovell Daily leaned into drama... "Dragons, Demons, and Vampires. Forbidden Bloodlines Rise in Battle!"
However, the Millton Times just played it safe.
"Queen Sabrina’s Miracles! A Monarch’s Power Revealed."
The city buzzed with these stories, and by breakfast, the newspapers had reached the academies.
Inside Marshall Academy’s dining hall, Galatea and Irene sat together, their plates untouched as they unfolded the morning papers.
The smell of bread and broth lingered, but their eyes were fixed on the Articles...
"Listen to this... ’The Queen herself descended upon the battlefield, her powers destroyed the cultists and struck down their evil beasts. Witnesses claim she subdued dozens of entities single‑handedly.’" She lowered the paper, her voice tinged with disbelief.
"They’re making her sound like a goddess."
Irene smirked faintly, though her eyes remained on her food.
"That’s the media for you. They’ll turn anyone into a legend if it sells. But she did fight... I saw her from the balcony. She wasn’t just standing around."
Galatea flipped to another page, her fingers brushing against Dorn’s column. "And here... ’Marshall Academy’s students remained hidden, unbothered by the chaos. Rumors persist of dragon blood, demon blood, and forbidden arts among their ranks. Vale’s silence only deepens the mystery.’ The heck? Are they picking a fight?"
Irene chuckled after hearing this. "Don’t mind them... Maybe it will work in our favor. Let them underestimate us, let them drown in rumors. When the time comes, the truth will be revealed in battle."
They sat in silence for a moment; the headlines had surely entertained them for a bit...
Around the hall, other students whispered over their own papers, some laughing at exaggerations, others frowning at accusations brought to them...
However, it was at this point that Galatea’s eyes caught a bold announcement printed across the bottom of the page. Her hand froze...
"Irene... look at this."
Irene immediately turned as she read the article...
"Due to last night’s attack, the Arcane Arts Competition will be suspended. All scheduled events for today are canceled. Tomorrow, one final competition will be held. Each academy will send their strongest student. The format: a battle royale. No restrictions on Arcane Arts. Only one academy will emerge victorious."
At the same time, the Professors had also arrived after an early meeting arranged by the organizers... and they had brought the same news for everyone!
Most of the event had been cancelled, leaving them only with one event, the Battle Royale!
