Facing an Ancient God for a Year

Chapter 1353: Chapter 1351: Fallen Guest Empire (10)

“They are still alive, it seems like it wasn’t possession just now, but rather a direct replacement of their existence.”

As the special Awakener personally chosen by Lady Raven, after previous discoveries, Esther once again showed considerable acceptance ability, calmly sharing her latest observed insights, even speculations.

Of course, this once again stimulated the two official members.

The people are alive, even unharmed, merely fainted, combining with the severe blows they just received, it seems more reasonable to be temporarily replaced in an incomprehensible way.”

But if “Nightmare” could indeed operate so casually, the earlier cautiousness seems more like a joke.

“We should leave, you wouldn’t want to wait for them to wake up and have a chat, would you?”

Eventually, Esther’s words went unresponded to, while Marianne barely gathered her emotions and asked Fu Qian.

“I have no issues, but are you sure you want to act with me?”

Fu Qian’s response was rather easygoing, even reminding them with a sentence.

…

This reminder was timely.

If accepting the previous conclusion, their group is insignificant to “Nightmare,” then, regardless, they shouldn’t be acting with this source of trouble.

Marianne’s thoughts raced.

But if they really did so, it would be excessively self-denying…equivalent to fully accepting the opposing viewpoint that the so-called awakening is a joke, including everything said to Esther earlier…

In fact, Esther’s expression in the corner of her eye was already quite playful.

“Does Mr. Grimshaw want to stay here?”

Exchanging a glance with Ben, seeing the latter’s conflicted expression too, Marianne hesitated for two seconds before finally steeling herself.

“Probably not, there’s clearly nothing interesting here anymore.”

Fu Qian took a look around, eventually shaking his head.

“That’s good, as I don’t particularly like this place either.”

Marianne let out a cold chuckle and turned to Esther.

“Gather your things, we’ll set out now.”

This stance is evident, reclaiming control of the situation and demanding faith’s justification.

Indeed, confidence is most infectious, Esther’s scrutinous gaze hesitated for only a second before she indeed turned, heading back to get her things.

Ben, who was more conservative along the way, ultimately didn’t show any objection either.

Indeed, quite spirited.

Fu Qian showed sincere admiration for Marianne’s decision, without concealing his praise both on the surface and internally.

As one of the targets for exploitation, awakeners are certainly not as worthless as Marianne once thought.

He definitely needed to meet Lady Raven.

Marianne’s resolute faith spared him a violent course of action.

Of course, Fu Qian’s expression had a slight hint of mockery in Marianne’s eyes.

She stayed silent, turning to look inside the confinement room.

…

“Dast…”

In this silent atmosphere, an unexpected voice shattered the tranquility.

The principal Glenn, who was originally lying on one side of the bed, suddenly woke up in a daze.

He was a bit confused, visibly unclear about the situation, instinctively calling out upon seeing the notably active Esther.

Esther’s actions froze immediately.”

Though her thought framework had undergone consecutive upgrades tonight, the influence of Glenn, who had diagnosed her for a long time, seemed still significant.

“You?”

Before Esther could make any explanations, Glenn realized his location, turned around in horror, and instantly spotted the three’s silhouettes outside.

Marianne and the others were tolerable to behold, but Fu Qian, having stepped outside after treading on smashed shackles to match the dream movements earlier, was quite conspicuous.

Glenn’s gaze turned sharp instantly.

“Let him sleep a bit longer.”

Marianne reacted swiftly, directly gesturing to Ben.

“No way, another memory wipe today would leave him an idiot.”

Unfortunately, Ben shook his head immediately.

“Are you sure you want to witness that scene?”

…

“What on earth are you doing?”

Ben’s words caused Marianne to hesitate slightly, while Glenn was already struggling to climb up, furious and shocked.

“Get inside first.”

Seeing this, Marianne dashed into the confinement room first, beckoning everyone to follow, successfully controlling the situation through surrounding.

“We don’t wish to complicate things, nor harm you, Principal Glenn.”

Though things are a bit tricky, dealing with ordinary people like Glenn gave Marianne some psychological advantage, her momentum apparent.

“So you better recognize the situation.”

“… does this have any meaning? You cannot possibly leave here.”

Glenn obviously forgot he had said this once before, yet being sensible, he lowered his voice immediately.

“Then that’s not for you to worry about.”

Marianne sneered repeatedly, grabbing the belt and clip at the bed corner, gesturing for Glenn to lie down.

The benefit is, this leader saw nothing special upon waking.”

In such a circumstance, instead of making him an idiot, tying him here apparently affects less.

“You better know what you’re doing…”

He showed sensibility, but while lying down, he didn’t forget to remark.

Though not malicious, this reminder seemed to rattle the Awakeners’ nerves.

With a swift bind, Marianne grabbed a towel and stuffed it into his mouth.”

“Let’s go.”

Completing this, she signaled the four-member team, specifically looking at Fu Qian.

Amidst the series of stimuli, it was clear she was unwilling to have Fu Qian’s statement remain unrefuted.

“Alright.”

Gladly, Fu Qian remained unusually easygoing, smiled and followed.

However, just as Marianne let out a sigh of relief, signaling Ben to lead the way, Fu Qian, about to stride towards freedom, suddenly naturally reached to the back of his neck.”

“What are you doing?”

Marianne, having closely watched him, evidently jumped in shock.

Yet her inquiry paused upon his display of what appeared in his fingers.

At first glance, there was nothing, but with focus, it felt like faint light was drawn into a unique black domain centered there — this thing nearly struck him just now, in an almost undetectable manner.

“Where’d that come from?”

Marianne immediately became vigilant, glancing around.

“Principal.”

Fu Qian gestured behind him.

“Compared to the arrow earlier, this one’s much more subtle.”

Also much more severe…

As someone who witnessed the Stars Association’s brilliance, Marianne felt a glimpse of the terror in this thing.

And this shook her again.

Nightmare wasn’t so simple, seemingly routed, but actually executing the true killing move stealthily when guards were down — yet still targeting him.

Even more shocking, was the Dark Moon Apostle, slightly smiling upon the ambush,then directly swallowed the black domain.”