LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 398: Done
The golden wrappings around Yanael fell like drapes, turning into specks of light before hitting the ground. As they removed themselves they revealed Yanael to the spectators. They also let Yanael unfurl her four majestic wings and stretch her limbs as the light from her powerful halo gathered the light her entire body emitted.
Like a phoenix, Yanael had died and emerged out of her ashes in a glorious display of strength and might.
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She had evolved. The others didn't know what her official existence was, but they could tell that she had reached a new rank.
They were shocked. They were gobsmacked. They were awestruck. The evolution of an S-rank familiar to an SS-rank familiar was a sight to behold. It was also incredibly rare, not that the other familiars cared much about that. All they cared about was the air around Yanael.
If before she had just been a maid with a sword and wings, she was now a true Angel, and her presence was utterly sacred and radiant like the essence of purity and holiness.
Yanael gently descended to the ground with a soft wave of her wings. She retracted her wings and halo while walking toward Zach. Her steps were lighter than the feathers sailing down after her evolution. She kneeled next to Zach and put a hand on his forehead.
She soothed him just like he had comforted her in her pain and agony. She couldn't do more for him than he had been able to do for her. The backlash of the fully awake world essence energy wasn't something even an evolved Yanael could do something about.
But it wasn't strange. She specialized in offense and defense, not healing. With her evolution, she had naturally improved, but she hadn't turned into a miraculous healer who could restore the dead. The most she could do was ease Zach's discomfort and help him sleep better.
The others in the throne room of the sixth layer looked on as Yanael kneeled next to Zach and closed her eyes, her hand still on his forehead. The students were shocked.
They didn't know how to react to the sudden change except for one thing.
Of course, Zach had been the one to evolve his S-rank familiar to SS-rank first. He was now an SS-rank summoner. Annoying.
Anerias despaired. How was he ever supposed to catch up? He knew it was a lost race already, but at least the gap hadn't widened that far yet. But now?
With all the levels Zach would have earned from the Basilisk and the Great Ugor, he was probably getting close to summoning his next familiar as well, who would be at least SSS-rank. Three SS-ranks and two SSS-ranks. How was Anerias ever supposed to compare?
How was anyone ever supposed to compare?
Zach had been a summoner for three years. What kind of divine luck did he have to have gotten this far already?
Anerias and the others as soon as they realized what had happened to Yanael started wondering if even the principal had been this successful in his youth. This had to be some kind of record. If not, they would just give up.
If Zach wasn't the first with this level of success, talent, and luck with summoning, wouldn't that mean that there were others in the world who had all that but also time on their side?
It was a damper just thinking about it, so they stopped and looked at Julius again.
Zach was sleeping, and his familiars were crowded around him and Yanael.
Were they doing something with the black gem or would they wait for Zach to recover enough for them to move him? With his mysterious ability of regeneration, it shouldn't take too long.
Julius looked around the throne room with the black gem in his hand. The other students followed his gaze. As they did so, a feeling of relief sank into their chests. Their tight and tense shoulders relaxed and they leaned back. Nessa even laid down and rested her head on her hand while looking at the ceiling.
They were done. The Great Ugor was dead. They could graduate. They were finished with this shit. They wouldn't have to risk their lives and almost die again unless they wanted to, which was at least a little better than risking their lives because the principal told them to do the impossible.
They started thinking about what to do from here on out. They couldn't come up with anything. Anerias wanted to get out of the Underworld and take a ride on the Darkwing through the sky.
Violina wouldn't mind going back home and taking a month to lie down on the beach and bask in the warm sun.
Nessa couldn't think of anything specific. Maybe visiting Minatio. Maybe helping her stupid foolish Millipede break out of its petrification again. She glanced at the curled-up stony figure of her familiar next to the entrance to the sixth layer.
She shook her head. How had it managed to get petrified when the Basilisk was already dead? She glanced at Alzara. This wasn't the moment to ask for help releasing the Basilisk from petrification. And she could tell that it was fine and would be for another while.
It wasn't a rush.
Who knows? Maybe it could learn from Zach and break free on its own. Highly unlikely, though.
Dukiel wanted to take it easy. He wasn't interested in risking his life again, at least not soon. He wanted to take some time to continue experimenting with his Enhance skill and see where the limits were. Since he could only do it once a day, it would take some time, but now that they had graduated, unofficially at least, they had all the time and freedom in the world.
He could find a deserted forest somewhere, build a cottage, and just live a secluded, peaceful life with his familiars while slowly leveling up.
'Can I Enhance my levels?' A sudden thought struck Dukiel.
But a cracking sound from one side of the throne room snapped him and everyone else out of their daze as they looked toward the exit.