CH 14

Looking at the words he had written on the paper, Rode felt a sense of fear, as if it foretold some kind of huge omen.

The dark red dots of text did not disappoint him, confirming his suspicions.

It also made him have to criticize the translator.

"How did you translate 'Dark Devourer' into 'Black Rice Bucket'?"

However, the text below "Dark Devourer" was very vague, making it difficult to understand.

Perhaps it was a translation problem.

Rode thought to himself.

I relied entirely on guesswork to put this together, so there must be some mistakes.

It seemed that he would have to spend a lot of energy on linguistics in the future.

The thing that worried him even more was the sentence on the obelisk.

What does "invasion" mean?

What does "nightmare is coming" represent?

Rode felt very uneasy. Had new troubles come before the old ones had been resolved?

He could only go to the dream world to take a look.

Determined, Rode quickly finished washing up, went to bed and fell asleep immediately with his exhausted mind as soon as he touched the pillow.

Bang bang bang!

"Open the door!"

Bang bang bang!

"Rode, open the door for me, or I'll smash your door down!"

Rode opened his eyes from his deep sleep and saw the ceiling of the dormitory, hearing the banging of the door and Kassan's shouting.

He shook his head, finally coming to his senses.

Did I not go to the dream world?

Is this the second day already? Did I just sleep for a while?

Rode looked at his hand.

Is there a special reason for this? Or is it just because I didn't enter a deep state of tranquility?

Maybe I need that gesture...

Bang!

A loud noise.

The door collapsed.

Kassan rushed in like an angry lioness.

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"Why didn't you open the door? Do you know we're going to be late?"

Rode, whose thoughts had been interrupted, was not pleased and decided to get rid of this annoying girl first.

"I was waiting for you."

"Waiting for me?"

"Yeah, waiting for you to break through my defenses and enter my world."

The onlookers outside the door made incomprehensible noises.

Wayne blew a whistle excitedly.

The green-haired person who was dozing off suddenly woke up. "Huh? The team leader is going on maternity leave?"

Kassan's entire face looked steamed, but it only made her look angrier.

"Come with me to class. If Team Ten loses one point, I'll eat you!"

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Kimberly College was a credit-based system, with not only individual credits, but also departmental credits.

Credits not only represented honor, but also could be exchanged for resources.

All the way, Kassan was crazily talking about the uses of credits and sternly warned Rode that their top priority now was to learn and train to become qualified fighters, and having children was something for the future.

Rode didn't listen to a word, only worrying and feeling a faint sense of anxiety.

The morning classes were "Sacred Fire", "The Art of Numbers and Combat Applications", and "Humanity's Last Hope: The Establishment and Continuation of Thalorian".

They were all long and boring cultural classes that made people feel drowsy.

Finally, after enduring until the end, they received a notice that they had to attend a departmental meeting in the afternoon.Rode couldn't bear it any longer. During his lunch break, he stole away to a quiet corner and sat down.

Closing his eyes, he took deep breaths to calm his mind.

He overlapped his thumbs and made the lightning-shaped gesture.

In the next instant, Rode felt something strange.

Opening his eyes, he found himself once again standing in this dream world filled with endless mist.

The obelisk was right in front of him as he looked around.

And the black altar stood silently not far away to the side and back.

Rode quickly walked to the obelisk and lightly touched the surface. The deep night sky and countless dots of light appeared again, with the dark red color in the center as always.

When he focused his gaze on it, the same characters appeared again.

But this time, Rode already knew their general meaning.

After looking at it for a while and confirming that he had written down the characters correctly, the only thing left was a translation problem.

"I wonder if the other dots can really be ignited? I always feel like they're some kind of light and shadow effect," Rode thought.

He put his hand down and touched the left and right sides of the obelisk again, and it was still a gathering and precipitation of black and gold, like a thermometer indicator.

Finally, the back of the stone tablet.

When Rode touched it, the blood-red characters appeared on the surface of the tablet once again, slightly flickering, showing a peculiar urgency.

However, one of the characters was different from yesterday!

Rode's pupils shrank, and a terrifying guess rose in his heart.

From the position of the character.

The three sunsets turned into two?

Is this the countdown to invasion?

Is it some kind of ultimatum?

A chill rose in Rode's heart.

Could it be that the dark shadow was coming back again?

If it smashed the obelisk, would he die?

While he was thinking, suddenly he felt a tightness under him, as if he had been grabbed, followed by a strong sense of falling, and everything in front of him became blurry.

When he came to his senses, he was still sitting in a corner of the public rest area.

His first good friend here, Wayne, had just taken his hand off of him, and there were two boxes of food in front of him.

"What are you doing? Didn't you hear me call you?" Wayne's tone was slightly displeased.

"I brought you food. I finally managed to grab some. Jam vine blue flower fried in green. Trust me, it's delicious." Rode glanced at the lump of blue-green vomit-like substance and almost threw up.

What kind of dark cuisine is this? Can people eat it?

Wayne didn't know what Rode was thinking. He picked up the lump of vomit-like substance without any obstacles and started to eat it.

"I heard we're going to choose classes this afternoon. Rode, do you have any classes you want to take?" he asked vaguely, making smacking sounds as he ate.

Green-haired also sat down next to them with a box of vomit-like substance.

"I heard the teacher for Ancient Language is a great beauty. Maybe my spirit is destined to be with her," he said.

Wayne looked at him contemptuously, "You only care about beautiful women. Our current task is to learn! Train! Become qualified fighters!"The green-haired girl snorted dissatisfiedly, "Why do you sound just like that woman? Is this disease contagious? Rode, go make her take maternity leave! She keeps nagging, and I can't take it anymore."

"Do you think I'm a stud horse?"

Rode's train of thought was interrupted once again. He forced himself to calm down and tried to concentrate again, but his thoughts were in disarray and the blood-red variant characters kept flashing in his mind, as if foretelling an extremely ominous future.

The short lunch break quickly ended, and team leader Kassan came to the common lounge with great momentum, urging them to go to the meeting.

In just a few days, she even had a follower, who was equally diligent in learning and hardworking, urging everyone to get up with the team leader.

The green-haired girl moaned, "Rode, go take her away. It's only been a few days, and I can't imagine what the future will be like."

Kassan looked sternly at her and said sharply, "Zales, what are you talking about?"

The green-haired girl hung her head like a wilted rooster and dared not speak.

Kassan looked around and said sternly, "The afternoon meeting is very important. Whoever doesn't go, I will..."

Click!

The door of the common lounge was pushed open.

A tall man in a gray robe walked in. He had black curly hair, looked about forty years old, and had very distinct gray eyes.

He gestured slightly to Kassan.

"Respected Team Leader Miss, I need to take away one of your students. I apologize, but he cannot attend the meeting this afternoon."

He raised his hand and showed a blue badge with a balance, a sword, and flames engraved on it.

"I am Lauren, the chief inspector of the Internal Affairs Adjudication Court."