Chapter 54: Chapter 54: The right choice
Adam ran straight towards the monster while holding his sword tightly with both hands. A golden aura gradually gathered around his sword. The aura grew larger and darker by seconds.
Fortunately, since the monster was just walking, Adam didn't have to spend too much effort to approach it.
In addition, since Clide's group was distracting the monster, it didn't notice Adam was standing behind it, preparing to finish it off. Adam raised his sword high and slashed at the monster.
The monster stood still in place after Adam's slash. Then, its body split in half and collapsed to the ground. The monster's blood flowed out like a stream, with that amount of blood it could completely fill a small lake.
"Adam, please help me, one of my party members is injured and can't run anymore!" Clide said.
Seeing this, Adam hurriedly carried the injured member to where the instructors gathered.
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When they reached the shore, all the instructors were in a panic and really busy, and there were also many students at the shore like them.
"What's going on, teacher?" Adam asked a female instructor who seemed to be the most free.
"I don't know either, but it seems like there are monsters stronger than the Supreme level constantly appearing in many places on this island, and the students can't use the marbles to return to school. So a lot of students have gathered here to get back."
"Did you see Sierra's group come here?" Adam asked in a panic.
"Oh, yes, they just entered the teleportation gate and returned to school."
Adam breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that everyone was fine, but then his face suddenly became worried again:
"Oh, that's right, teacher! There's also a member of my group who's trapped on the island! Please send someone to help him!"
"Alright, you guys quickly go through the portal and return to school!"
After being ordered, Adam and Clide's group went through the portal and returned to the academy.
As soon as Adam stepped out of the portal, he was immediately surrounded by the members of the group. All of them looked equally nervous and worried.
"Are you okay? We didn't see you earlier so we were a bit worried." Chaewon asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"Oh right, then where is Lucifer?" Hikaru asked while looking around for Lucifer.
"Ah, I asked the lecturer to look for him, so he should be back soon!" Adam smiled reassuringly at the members of the group.
But then an hour passed and Lucifer still hadn't returned yet. 1 hour gradually became 1 day, then 1 week, 1 month, and then 1 year. 1 year had passed but Lucifer still hadn't returned from that island.
After 1 week since the incident, the gate leading to the island was completely closed. The school had come to the conclusion that in this disaster, 56 students were injured, 6 students died and 2 students were missing.
Even though the search ended, Adam still sat in front of the teleportation gate waiting for Lucifer to return every single day. Adam waited for Lucifer every day, no matter if the weather was hot, rainy or snowy, Adam would always sit there and wait for Lucifer to come back. Just like that, 1 year had passed and Lucifer still hadn't returned.
Even if everyone in the school thought Adam was weird, Adam would still sit and wait for Lucifer at the teleportation gate. Adam believed that Lucifer would return one day.
During that time, there was not a single moment that Adam did not regret the decision he had made. He was always tormenting himself. Adam blamed himself for the fact that Lucifer could not return every day.
He always wanted to apologize to Lucifer, but it seemed that the apology would have to be postponed for quite a while.
"Was the decision I made the right one?" Adam muttered to himself as he waited for Lucifer in front of the portal on the 400th day.
***
After witnessing Adam's back getting further and further away, Lucifer could do nothing but watch helplessly.
The monster had been cut in half, probably thanks to Adam, but no one had come back to save him. Lucifer had expected that Adam, his hero, would return, but no one had.
A few hours had passed, but no one had come to rescue Lucifer. Furthermore, his legs had lost all feeling, perhaps the bones in Lucifer's legs had been completely shattered.
Over time, the feeling of anticipation in Lucifer's heart gradually turned into feelings of regret and hatred.
Lucifer regretted not letting Adam be bullied by Clide like in the plot. If Adam had been bullied like in the novel, would things have been different?
Lucifer was angry at the choice Adam made at the last minute. Even though Lucifer understood that Adam was being deceived and that a hero should know how to make the right decision, Lucifer still couldn't help but feel angry that Adam had left him.
'What am I doing... Why am I so angry at Adam? The one at fault should be Clide...'
Even though Lucifer knew that Clide was the one who was really at fault, Lucifer still couldn't help but feel angry because of Adam. Lucifer cried because he was betrayed by the friend he always trusted, betrayed by his main character, his hero.
Perhaps it was the first time Lucifer was betrayed in this world. It turned out to be more painful than he thought. Lucifer gradually understood the feelings of the people he betrayed 2 years ago.
Crying was a good way to release all the feelings in his heart. After crying, people would become much stronger, so Lucifer had cried a lot and for a long time.
'I hate this world!'
After calming down after more than 30 minutes of sobbing, Lucifer now had to think of a way to get out of the trees that were pressing on his feet to survive.
Lucifer would definitely survive, he would survive so that he could return to Atlas Academy and take revenge on Clide. Lucifer would definitely kill him and torture his family before his eyes.
But to do that, Lucifer had to survive first.
***
The sunset was gradually ending and the night was slowly approaching.
At the moment, it seemed that Lucifer was completely unable to move his legs no matter how hard he tried. So the only way for him to move and escape from the trees that were crushing him was to use Shadow Movement.
While using Shadow Movement, Lucifer realized that even if his legs were broken, he could still move normally.
Nonetheless, since Lucifer's legs were completely broken, he could only wait for Shadow Movement's cooldown to end before he could continue moving.
This was quite difficult because Lucifer would have to find a safe place to hide to avoid encountering the monsters that often appeared at night while waiting for Shadow Movement to cool down.
While Lucifer was still thinking, the island was gradually covered in darkness. Lucifer had to make the most of the time he had, he couldn't waste even a second.
Immediately, Lucifer activated Shadow Movement and merged with the shadow.