Chapter 226: Persecution
He suddenly pulled a pill from his ring and swallowed it. That created an explosion of power in his body, causing his muscles to grow in size from one moment to the next.
The power in his body even came out in the form of smoke from his mouth as he moved at immense speed across the arena.
In an instant, he arrived before Abyl and swung his sword horizontally with an attack so fast and powerful that it made many people stand up abruptly.
He had openly broken the rules, but no one could stop him. Moreover, his attack was so fast that it was sure that Abyl's head would fly off.
The speed of the move was stupefying, and suddenly, this one landed on Abyl's neck.
*CLANK*
A stunned and loud sound of metal clashing against metal rang out as a terrifying and ominous power was unleashed at the site of impact between the two people.
The power was so terrifying that William flinched and took a step backward, but suddenly, he felt that same power crossing his body. The coldness reached his neck, and his perspective changed drastically.
He couldn't even react. Abyl's attack had been extremely quick and surprising. He would never expect her to be able to parry his attack, let alone expect to feel the power of a vampire in her.
That caused, in a single movement, his head to leave his body. But at the same time, other limbs left his body as Abyl attacked the body, shattering his arms and legs in one move.
That's when the teachers and everyone in the stands stood up abruptly.
"IT'S A VAMPIRE!"
At the same time, several teachers rushed back and forth at great speed. Various mighty powers rose all over the arena, shocking many people.
Yet, just at those moments, these teachers felt several powerful auras rise in different parts of the Academy, causing them to halt abruptly.
'So many vampires!?' In shock, they had a moment of distraction.
"RUN AFTER THOSE BASTARDS, CALL THE DIVINE KNIGHTS!" One of the teachers shouted as he turned in his run against Abyl, but as soon as he saw the arena, he was stunned.
'What the hell? How could she escape?'
At that moment, several other professors took notice.
"Don't let her escape. Close the Academy. Make a call to the Imperial Castle to close the City. There are vampires in the City!" The shouts of several teachers reached everywhere, and a large number of people started running everywhere.
At that moment, Ava Thompson stood up from where she was.
"Countess Thompson, what's going on!?" several teachers came to her side, surrounding her instantly.
Acting like she was part of the traitors made sense, for she had been protecting Abyl Taylor all this time.
Therefore, Ava Thompson glared at them and shook her head.
"I can't answer that, as I have no idea. Like you, I am shocked by this. That is why I will use my status to make an appeal to the Imperial Castle. By my name, I will request that the City be shut down immediately." She said firmly. She took out a document and hand-wrote it in front of them, then signed it and sealed it with her ring, which had a royal seal.
She handed it to one of the professors, telling him he could go to the Castle.
This surprised the professors. They had not expected her to be so determined, but how could they hesitate with the order they needed? Immediately, several of them ran to the Castle.
"Sorry, Countess..." One of the professors bowed apologetically, and she shook her head.
"No, it's okay. You guys are doing the right job for the good of the race, so I support you. I will personally look for that woman, so don't worry, I want explanations too."
"I heard that you are protecting that woman's family. Is that true?"
"That's right, but now I'm starting to doubt whether they were really her relatives. They don't have too much power; I'm sure they're human." Ava Thompson was just as surprised as everyone else.
The fact that a person she trusted so much was not what she thought, if not one of the enemies of her race, made her feel uncomfortable and insecure. She never realized that she was a vampire.
But there were too many questions in her head at the moment, from why Abyl had disguised herself as a human to why she never acted against her if they were basically enemies.
Still, there was nothing to be done.
Soon after, she left the Academy and moved her men to search for her.
At that moment, the artificial sun was hidden behind many clouds, and it began to rain, making the search more difficult.
Even so, the entire City had been alarmed by the presence of several vampires, so the powers began to move to search for them, surrounding the City in short order.
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During that night, under a downpour, a woman was running through the dark streets of the slums while wearing a black cloak to cover her body.
Due to the hour and the downpour, very few people were passing through the streets, and in the poor neighborhoods, the number was reduced to 0, so this woman was able to run through the alleys at great speed, arriving soon after at one of the squares in the area.
She was running unevenly, which showed that she was exhausted. She had been running all day, it is normal for her to be exhausted.
But, when she reached one of the alleys next to the square, she stopped abruptly.
'Is anyone there?' she thought in confusion, and her body alarm went off.
Soon, a voice came from beside her.
"Girl, it's not like you to run away." The voice was a woman's, making the woman in the black cloak flinch.
At the same time, she felt the rain stop falling on her and looked up in confusion. Then she looked at a woman holding the umbrella she always walked with to cover her from the rain.
"Miss..." She lowered her gaze in embarrassment after seeing her like this, but Ava Thompson smiled and patted her back.
"No one will come here. I knew you'd be around this area, so I diverted everyone's attention from this square, so I want to hear your story one more time. If you convince me, I'll let you go."
Abyl Taylor was shocked to hear her say this. She hadn't expected her mistress to be such an understanding woman.