Is It Weird for a Guy to Apply to a Witch School?-Chapter 570 -

Chapter 570: The Plan Succeeds?

“Those damned Witches! Tricking us here to kill us... Do they really think the people of our Abyssal Demon Academy are easy to bully?!”

“Boss, we really can't beat them...”

“Ignore that! How dare they frame us like this...”

“Which idiot screwed up and decided to steal the Heart of Cold Tide?!”

“Boss... should we give it back?”

“Give back my ass! It's already in our hands, and they want us to spit it out? Wouldn't we have taken this beating for nothing?!”

“Then what should we do next?”

“Split up and run... First... first, leave Modu. This place is the Witches' territory!”

As the people from the Abyssal Demon Academy were desperately fleeing, they were being pursued by a large number of people from other Transcendent Academies.

The scale of the pursuit was astonishing.

This chase caused a massive reaction over Modu.

Too many ordinary people couldn't help but take out their phones to record this rare sight of Transcendent parading through the city.

With the aid of "interested parties," information about the Abyssal Demons stealing an item from a Transcendent Auction and causing huge social harm in Modu gradually spread across the outside network.

The already precarious reputation of the Abyssal Demons was hit again after this incident.

Although... their reputation was indeed already at a point where it could not sink any lower.

According to the estimates of the representatives from the various Transcendent Academies, even conservatively, it would take several days for this news to spread, and the Players would likely not take long to acquire this information.

Preventing these Abyssal Demons from leaving Modu and then exposing the information about the Heart of Cold Tide would, at the very least, likely attract those Players to Modu.

Of course, this was the worst-case scenario, one that would only occur if they had no intersection with those Players at all.

There was a high probability that the Players had people inside Modu, considering the trouble they had caused in the city before.

And just as this group was surrounding and intercepting the Abyssal Demons, preparing to force them into a suitable location for a confrontation and to stall for time, Xing Anlei received a communication amidst the crowd pursuing the Abyssal Demons.

“What? They appeared? Why are they there?”

As Xing Anlei's voice spread, many people looked at her suspiciously, wondering what was wrong.

“What happened, Xing Anlei?”

“The Players have revealed themselves, but they are at the hotel, not here.”

Xing Anlei said, glancing at the fleeing figures in the distance.

“What?”

“So are we still chasing these guys?”

“Of course we are! They still have the Heart of Cold Tide! You can't just let them run away!”

“Then what should we do?”

“Split into two teams. One team continues to closely track the Demons, don't lose them. The rest go back to support. We must capture those Players alive!”

“Okay.”

Everyone nodded, seeing no issue with this arrangement.

The Heart of Cold Tide was only temporarily held by someone else.

Modu was so large, and before the plan began, they had already blockaded the roads leaving the city.

As long as they confirmed the location, they could instantly share the opponent's information.

The people deployed could surround them, preventing them from taking public transport.

If they chose to run on foot out of desperation, it would take a long time to leave Modu, giving them ample reaction time.

Of course... the better way was to secretly capture these guys and then let the news continue to report, until those Players show themselves.

But now, the plan was unexpectedly smooth.

The Players had appeared just as the plan was being executed.

So... they had underestimated the Players' infiltration of the Transcendent domain of this world.

With such fast information acquisition, they probably didn't need to go through so much trouble.

Thinking about it, if the premise was that the opponent was a world invader, they would indeed be interested in the Transcendent power of this world and would not make any major moves before understanding the combat capabilities of this world.

Coupled with the previous major incidents, they all seemed to have specific reasons, such as... contacting Transcendent groups, discovering the Children of Destiny, and... learning about [Transcendent Knowledge].

Conversely, the Players' actions were also a means for them to understand these Players.

However, the road back was quite long, so they could only contact the people still at the hotel and ask them to try to hold off the Players, and even if they couldn't, they had to confirm the opponent's location and not lose sight of them.

This was the first time the students of the various Transcendent Academies had cooperated to target these Players.

They did not expect that these Players would appear in a place they hadn't considered at all.

They hadn't gone to steal the Heart of Cold Tide they had designated but appeared at the hotel.

This couldn't be due to their information being delayed, could it?

Thinking of this, Xing Anlei complained internally.

After all, everything outside the plan requires an extra contingency plan to correct it.

But the plan was formulated in a short time.

Although they did prepare many options, the reality now proved that things still exceeded their expectations.

But at this moment, Xing Anlei suddenly realized a problem: could the Player who appeared at the hotel be a diversion, and their ultimate target was actually the Abyssal Demons who ran away with the Heart of Cold Tide?!

When Xing Anlei thought of this possibility, a cold sweat broke out on her back.

She immediately contacted the people at the hotel.

“Hello, what is the situation there? How many Players specifically appeared, and have they escaped yet?”

“Two. Two Players appeared outside the hotel, cooperating tacitly, and have caused extensive infrastructure damage outside the hotel. Many ordinary people have been killed or injured...”

“Did they escape? I'm asking if they secured the item and looked like they were ready to flee!”

Xing Anlei asked again.

It was clear the other party did not grasp the key point she was trying to ask.

It would take them some time to rush back.

After all, they had been chasing for a while.

Although they were taking a curved route, the straight-line return would be faster, but if the opponents were determined to run, the reinforcements coming back wouldn't be able to stop them!

If those Players simply blended into a crowd of ordinary people, how would they find them?

At least they had no way to distinguish the identity of those damned Players, because the Player's identity in that incident was that of an ordinary person.

They were completely one of the people in this world!

Any one of them could become one of those Players.

They had no idea how the Player accomplished that last time.

“Tell them that reinforcements will teleport over immediately, and see if they immediately try to run away!”

Xing Anlei said again.

And at this moment, the commotion from Xing Anlei's side also attracted the attention of students from other Transcendent Academies.

“What's going on?”

“What exactly happened?”

“I suspect that the Players at the hotel are trying to lure us back, reduce the frontline pursuit force, and then steal the Heart of Cold Tide.”

Xing Anlei explained. “I am verifying this now.”

And not long after, news came back from the opposite side: the Players indeed showed signs of wanting to run away first.

“Return! Everyone stop running! The Players at the hotel are a diversion. Go back and support them!”

“Go back? Why go back again? The Players over there have already appeared. What if you're wrong by going back? Returning to the hotel now can at least help them.”

“The Players have a plan too! They immediately prepared to run away as soon as they heard we were coming back. What else could this be but a diversion? Why would they cause trouble at the hotel for no reason?”

And just as they were arguing like this, a series of explosions came from a distance, instantly startling them.

Such a large-scale explosion, regardless of Modu's current situation, certainly wouldn't have been caused by the people they left behind to chase the Abyssal Demons!

So, there was only one possibility for all of this: the Players!

At this moment.

The sudden explosion startled both the Abyssal Demons and the people pursuing them!

The loud explosion directly caused one side of an office building to become severely warped.

The foundation was bombed, and the entire floor tilted, then uncontrollably collapsed onto the main road on one side.

Such severe destruction immediately caused severe collisions between pedestrians and vehicles on the road, all striving for that slight chance of escape.

The sudden collapse of the building immediately blocked their path forward.

And several figures floated in the air above.

The weapon platform they deployed was extremely large, obscuring the sun in the sky near noon.

“Damn it, it's those Players!”

“We fell for it! We can't beat them with just us few...”

Facing such a scene, the few people responsible for the pursuit immediately reacted, but "can't beat them" in their words meant they couldn't fully use their methods in the densely populated area of Modu, but those Players were utterly reckless!

So, they immediately contacted the people who were rushing back, hoping they would hurry back to support them!

And just as they were frantically calling for support and dodging the attacks launched by the Players' weapon platform, the Players had already subdued the several Demons who had split up to run.

After all, no matter how famous the Abyssal Demon Transcendent Academy was, it couldn't hide the fact that their predecessor was a Wild Chicken Academy.

Although their strength appeared strong due to the senior students, it was completely inadequate when compared to the top combat forces.

Coupled with their own mutations, the fact that they were chased by so many people for so long without being caught was due to the others holding back.

After all, the people from the other Transcendent Academies needed to amplify the impact of this incident.

“Is this the Heart of Cold Tide?”

“I really don't know how you good-for-nothings managed to snatch it from those guys. Heh This only goes to show that those guys are even more useless!”

The Player who found the Heart of Cold Tide crystal on the Abyssal Demons spoke with a mocking tone.

But the moment his right hand touched the ice crystal of the Heart of Cold Tide, a layer of frost covered his hand, scaring him into quickly putting it into a special container.

He then mercilessly crushed the heads of these Abyssal Demons... After all, these guys were ugly in the Players' aesthetic view, and just looking at them was an insult to the eyes, so he killed them immediately to eliminate future trouble.

Then, his gaze fell on the people who were currently being suppressed by the weapon platform they had deployed, and his eyes revealed killing intent!

“Don't get into a long fight! Their reinforcements are turning back. Execute the plan first!”

The commander's command, which allowed no refusal, came through the Player's earpiece.

A task guide and route plan also appeared in his vision.

“Got it! So annoying...”

This Player cursed under his breath, turned his head to look at his teammate, and without much verbal exchange, a single action directly activated the power system of their armor.

Several black meteors streaked across the sky of Modu.

And the weapon platform that the Players abandoned disintegrated into countless pixel blocks after the predetermined time.

Even the suppressed shells and bullets fired by the platform at that moment transformed into this state and eventually vanished.

“Damn it... are those guys crazy?!”

After the firing stopped, the crowd who had been suppressed by the firepower finally activated their Protective Spells and checked the situation.

But the sight that met their eyes was one of ruins, as if they had been through a war.

The half-collapsed office building that stood on the main road was completely shattered.

The situation was utterly tragic.

They stepped forward to check the situation, but the first thing they saw was the slain Abyssal Demons.

“Damn it... the Heart of Cold Tide was snatched by those Players!”

They stepped forward to check and found that the Demons no longer had any trace of the Heart of Cold Tide.

The Witch Academy people also took out a tracking alchemy item and found that the Heart of Cold Tide's marker had fled far away.

“What... what should we do now?”

“What can we do! Tell the ones who were rushing back to stop and go after the Players! We... will first rescue the victims of this incident. This is the Golden Rescue Time!”

“Rescue those guys?”

“Even if this wasn't directly caused by us, it was indirectly caused by us! Go rescue them first... at least we, the Transcendent, need to take action, and then it will be easier to shift the blame!”

“Forget it... contact the Witch Academy directly and have everyone on campus come out to participate in the emergency rescue...”

...

At the same time.

The Players were also excited after getting their hands on the Technology Core.

The item they wanted was finally in their grasp!

However, this also presented a choice they had to face: should the person holding the Heart of Cold Tide return to the hotel to lure the Transcendent back and capture them all in one fell swoop, or should they prioritize safety and flee directly?

After a decision, they chose to act as if they were returning to the hotel.

They had long understood that Modu was the Witch Academy's territory.

They speculated that the Witch Academy existed in a superimposed space over this area of Modu.

Therefore, the danger of them swaggering out of Modu with the Heart of Cold Tide was very high—too high.

It was better to dive straight into the hotel now, activate their final trump card, and complete the harvest all at once.

They could then plan how to transport the Heart of Cold Tide out of Modu from the safety of the Dungeon.

So, the Transcendent Academy students who were rushing back saw the Players directly heading towards the opposite direction with the item.

At this moment, everyone felt like clowns being toyed with by the Players, running back and forth.

The situation was too urgent for them to know what those Players were really up to.

But they only breathed a sigh of relief when they chased the Players and saw them dive into the hotel.

These Players seemed to have lost their minds.

The hotel was their home turf!

And their main force was also here!

“You can't escape!”

“They actually returned to the hotel. They must have a death wish...”

“Heh heh... First time seeing a live one. What should we call you? Should we call you... Players?”

The crowd immediately surrounded the group of Players with the Heart of Cold Tide.

Everyone looked gleeful, as if the final net had been cast.

This plan, after all the twists and turns and causing so much commotion, had ultimately resulted in their victory, only the price paid... was a little too great.

It was foreseeable that the external news would sweep the world again, but fortunately, they could shift the blame onto these guys.

“Players... it seems you know a little about us. And you look so confident that you've got us figured out... Heh heh...”

At this moment, the leading Player spoke.

“So fearless. Do you really think you can escape?”

The students were not polite, but facing this situation, many still felt a slight unease in their hearts.

They felt that there was something they had overlooked... but what was it?

“So arrogant... You Transcendent are too naive... too naive! Honestly, I'm so disappointed in you Transcendent!”

“Teasing you is like teasing children. You have no sense of crisis. A peaceful world has dulled your fighting spirit. Everything you do is like a useless children's game...”

“Let me show you what you are truly facing!” 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

“I feel uneasy... Go! Don't give them time to talk nonsense!”

Someone in the crowd shouted.

Who shouted was no longer important.

With the shout of "Go!", everyone was immediately impolite and used their various means.

But facing the encirclement of so many powerhouses, these Players were not flustered, and a successful smile was even on their faces.

The leading Player spread his arms wide, as if everything was waiting for this moment!

“Welcome to the... Calamity Dungeon!”