Episodes 127. Uninvited Guest

I walked closer to the location of that person. Just about 1 km more, and I would see him.

The place where he was standing was a five-floor abandoned building. It was originally intended to replace the school building that was destroyed in the Summer of Fire incident, but due to frequent reports of ghosts seen by the workers, the construction project was abandoned.

For Rizki, the number 2 magic user, it was probably clear that those wandering spirits were just someone's magic illusions.

However, there was a horrifying fact behind those magic illusions. The illusion required human souls captured at the moment of death.

Doesn't that mean they're akin to wandering spirits?

No, because these souls did not come from the school students. They came from victims executed by my oldest brother, Nazrul Aji.

That's about what I knew from the notes Nova provided at that time.

*Tak! *Tak! *Tak!

I finally reached the place. The gate of my former high school seemed untouched. Rust had already corroded the majestic gate. Small plants had started to wrap around the fences.

How long has this place been untouched by humans? Usually, abandoned buildings become a perfect spot for the homeless.

Were they really that scared of ghosts? Perhaps...

I tried to pass through the gate.

When I touched the gate, the rust felt unpleasant against my skin.

"Eh!"

*KRAKKK!

The gate creaked open little by little.

"Why you here? Princess Tyas?"

But as the gate was almost fully open, an unfamiliar woman's voice reached my ears.

"Tyas?"

Did she mention the princess's name? That means—

"I've seen through all your dirty tricks, from beginning to end. Even the schemes you haven't revealed yet are clear in my head."

She's really here?!

Why?!

Who is she talking to?!

My brother?! No, that's impossible.

"My target here is a man named Rasyid Londerik, not you!"

"Too bad, you must change it." A sneering laugh echoed.

"Ah, well~ I was going to make you my desserts, but it seems that you are my appetizers."

Not knowing what was happening there, but, I understood that the two had agreed to fight each other.

As I tried to take another route to avoid them, I found something that shouldn't be there.

"What is that?"

I saw wooden boxes around the building ruins. To a normal person, these boxes might go unnoticed, but the wooden boxes I saw looked remarkably sturdy despite the school being untouched for so long.

I could feel it!

Someone was hiding inside those wooden boxes!

I had to eliminate them. They could become a nuisance if they suddenly sided with either one of them.

My calm steps moved closer to the wooden boxes. There were three people waiting for orders from someone. Unfortunately, due to the box's lack of lighting, they couldn't see anything approaching them.

I activated my Pageblug and prepared to stab through the boxes in an instant.

As I got closer, I activated light magic to speed up my sword thrust, also ensuring that I would immediately annihilate the other two before they realized the first person's scream was from an intruder.

*THRUST! *THRUST! *THRUST!

Three swift sword thrusts pierced through the three wooden boxes, spilling red liquid.

They were still unconscious; I had to finish them off!

My sword emitted an icy aura, freezing even the blood.

I thrust my sword into the box again, this time ensuring their total destruction.

*CTAR!

The sound of shattering glass came from inside the box, indicating the three were destroyed and annihilated.

"Now, just to head up there..." I looked toward the rooftop of the abandoned building.

From there, I saw a gaze waiting for me. Those eyes seemed to say, "Finally, you know it all..." Something like that.

"WIDYA!"

However, as I was about to step forward, a shout from the princess piqued my curiosity.

That name...

"Widya?"

The same name as Xander's ex.

Could it be the same person?

Or just a coincidence?

The city of Ningru is big; that name couldn't be unique.

But since that name was mentioned by Tyas, Xander's fiancée, it might be her.

"Why am I so interested in this matter?"

My curiosity diverted me, and I began to walk towards the fight.

....

*THUD!

Tyas's body slammed into the school's walls. Seeing a golden opportunity, Widya rushed forward and grabbed the woman's neck.

"Tyas! Can't you see the difference in our strength?! You are so weak right now!"

"(grinning), heh, so what? As long as I can make you careless, I will win!"

"Can't you see your current condition?!"

Widya's grip tightened, Tyas's breath grew more labored, and her body suffered.

"Isn't this some kind of satisfaction for you? Right now, you're torturing the one who stole Xander from you."

"Heh, Xander?"

But Widya's response was completely unexpected. She showed no signs of caring about the man.

"You know, I've long left the world of romance!" Widya's voice turned eerie, her eyes bulging as if to intimidate her opponent. "Since his father scared me with something called Cike Nuwang, I stopped thinking about it anymore."

"At that time, I tried to give Xander a chance. If only he came to see me, then I would try to return to my old life." Her face turned gloomy, and if asked why, the answer would be obvious.

"He never came at all. It was as if he had completely forgotten about me."

"I kept thinking, over and over again..."

"Is this the power of those who have control?"

"If so, then I should do the same."

"From that moment on, I was determined to make myself untouchable by rich people like you!"

"Bit by bit, I managed to gather people willing to follow me. The more followers, the easier it was to destroy them."

Tyas tried to sneer even while being choked. "From the way you speak...It seems 'destroy' doesn't mean physically." 

"Do you think I'd give free information?"

"No, but from the way you speak, you've already answered what 'destroy' means."

Tyas and Widya sneered contemptuously at each other. They seemed to be smiling mockingly at each other.

"What else can I do, destroying big people by spreading their information is the best for me~ They even pay extra just to beg me not to spread it. Their situation worsened with the disappearance of the Assassin named Cike Nuwang."

"So, I still don't know why you're trying to destroy that man(Rasyid)?"

When Tyas asked that, Widya immediately threw Tyas from her chokehold. The throw made Tyas hit another wall, and this time she lay on the ground, nearly unconscious.

"You know..." Widya grabbed Tyas's elegant, wavy hair with a strong grip, lifting the princess's head to make her face Widya. "...Rasyid Londerik, he is a very dangerous person, even more dangerous than you might think."

"Teacher Test, and the explosion incident during the Teacher Test, at first I thought he was just an ordinary person hiding his strength. But, after I investigated further... Just before I sent those foolish businessmen... I became more convinced that the teacher was the embodiment of death, or what was once called Cike Nuwang."

Tyas could only listen without responding, she was weak and unable to fight back.

Is the princess really this weak, or is she just holding up?

"When Rasyid eliminated all the kidnappers in the factory, when he brought down dozens of planes on a building, and when he showed himself under the flyover and defeated all the teachers I sent to fight him. He is that woman!"

Widya released her grip, now spreading her arms as if challenging the gods.

"His current existence! Will make me vulnerable! Therefore! I will take him out before that happens!"