Chapter 287
Chapter 287: Agony
“Arggh!!!”
A piercing shriek rocked Grimm awake from his deep slumber .
“Lefay! Are you alright?”
Sitting on the bed, Grimm worriedly looked at Lefay—she was grabbing her head, twitching in pain and agony .
“It’s the Brasshirta Bugs . They’re calling me . Grimm… I’m… I’m going to die… I’m going to… Arghh…”
Brasshirta Bugs—the name of Hattori the Hidden’s Symbiotic Insects . The official academic name for the insects was Hattori Bugs .
Grabbing tightly the tumor on her head, tears ran steadily down Lefay’s cheek . She gazed at Grimm with her eyes filled with regrets and reluctance of separation .
Screams of agony kept going on and on as she struggled excruciatingly on the bed .
“Caw! We can’t remove the insects from Lefay’s body . Master Grimm, you should try sealing them for Lefay . ” Flapping its wings in the air, Myna was worried as it looked at the tortured Lefay .
Sealing?
Grimm had only two ways of sealing .
The first one was to use the Green Python Thread—a temporary and low-graded method; the other one was to draft up an Energy Conservation Seal and seal them in his lab .
Drafting up an Energy Conservation Seal would consume a lot of time—thus, it was not suitable for the emergency at hand .
Panicked, Grimm quickly hurled out a Green Python Thread from his pocket dimension and bandaged them on Lefay’s head .
In the meantime, he took out a potion using another hand and quickly loosened the cap before bringing the bottle to Lefay’s nose .
As she inhaled the potion, Lefay slipped into a deep sleep—lessening her pain for now .
Depressed by the situation at hand, Grimm stared at Myna and asked, “What happened?”
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“It’s that Black Sorcerer . Somehow, he was provoked and started to recall his Symbiotic Insects . ”
Myna’s tone was unpleasant . Lefay was exceedingly kind to Myna, pampering it for the last few months . This had made Myna get attached to Lefay .
Freaked out, Grimm clenched his teeth as he marched around in his bedroom while watching the tormented Lefay .
She had only a dozen years to live .
Why couldn’t she be left alone to live her final days in peace and quiet? Why must she suffer like this?
Why couldn’t he be given a chance to repent the wrongs he did—for leaving her behind without saying goodbye? Why couldn’t he at least be given the chance to live a normal love life?
Suddenly, Grimm stopped fidgeting around .
“What stupid ideas have you got now?” Grimm’s sudden pause spooked Myna .
Grimm slowly pulled back his hands that were waving at Lefay with a sigh .
“I was hoping to try… to see if I could disintegrate these Symbiotic Insects . ”
Myna immediately retorted with a yell, “Are you out of your mind! You’ve seen it before . If the bugs feel threatened, they will explode right away! Are you trying to murder Lefay?!”
Clenching his teeth again, Grimm couldn’t help but stand there as this helplessness stung him .
After hesitating for a moment, Grimm quickly slashed open his pocket dimension to equip his sorcerer robes and Mask of Truth .
“Quick . Take a piece of Sorcerer Essence and get Duke Krakatoa here to help design a seal for Lefay . I will head to the Sorcerer Continent to find Hattori . I will try to strike a deal with him… to have him to extract these bugs from Lefay’s head . ”
It was a crime to make any kind of deal with a Black Sorcerer in the Sorcerer Continent .
And if the terms that the Black Sorcerer brought up included collecting live human specimens… this would mean Grimm would need to break more laws to honor the deal .
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Even though the Holy Tower eventually investigated and understood that this was done under a peculiar circumstance, Grimm would still suffer a decrease in three ranks on his Honor Badge . On top of that, there could also be at least hundreds of years of jail time waiting for him too .
Yet, Grimm had made up his mind . So long as Hattori did not bring up any immoral condition that involved capturing live human specimens, he would agree to anything . Anything at all!
This was all to right a wrong he made centuries ago . He wanted to make things right and amend this regret .
“Fine . ”
Myna replied in a jaded tone . It was rare to see Myna displaying emotions like this .
Grimm clenched his teeth and slowly giving Myna his order, word by word .
“During the time of my absence, you must stay by Lefay’s side . I need you to be there for her every single minute . If… If I can’t get a deal done, I will return here the first moment I can to try disintegrate these bugs . ”
After giving Myna his orders, Grimm took a long gaze at Lefay—it felt almost like he was trying to paint a portrait of her, forever recording her beautiful face in his heart . Then, he swiftly turned and darted out of the window, toward the ocean .
He knew he was about to commit a crime . Yet, this was something that he must do .
This throbbing agony that he felt… it was so hellish that no word could describe it .
Several days later .
Above the surface of the Jewel Sea, a wonderful song could be heard as Grimm darted across the sky . Using his Mask of Truth, he was able to see what was going on on the sea surface .
It was a bevy of Sirens who were seducing sailors on a ship .
These low-intelligent ocean creatures loved to utilize simple sound-based mind control sorcery to trick the sailors to think that they’re mermaids; and when the sailors got caught off guard, they would then become the Sirens’ meals .
The Sirens were quite evil for a breed of ocean creatures .
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Of course, the veteran sailors had come prepared . They had brought some oddly shaped shells to cover their ears while shouting loudly, trying not to let the sound-based mind control get to them . Nonetheless, there were still some veterans who got caught and started to walk towards the edge of the deck with a euphoric smile on their faces .
Suddenly, a Siren noticed Grimm . It then raised its head and started to sing its mind control sorcery at Grimm .
Like a barrel of gunpowder meeting a torch of fire, Grimm got pissed off almost immediately .
“You asked for it!”
Flames spiraled around his left hand while clouds of frost formed on his right hand . Then, a dark scarlet energy ball started to form in the air before beamed out toward the Sirens .
The Sirens’ lower bodies resembled octopus while their upper body resembled that of naked disfigured ladies .
Despite having very little intelligence, the Sirens were able to sense a petrifying doomsday-like disaster darting right at their faces; thus, they quickly scattered into the water and fled into the depths of the sea .
The moment the Sirens’ singing stopped, the euphoric sailors immediately snapped out of their confusion and quickly retreated back onto the deck .
Boom!!!
The brief silence was suddenly disturbed by an ear-piercing explosion, shocking all the sailors as they watched in horror with their hands covering their ears .
A human silhouette hurled a 70 to 80-meter water pillar out of the tidal waves and then tore open the ocean in a square shape .
Creaakk!
The wooden ship was rocking back and forth along the fierce tidal waves, almost like it was going to shatter into pieces .
Several sailors screamed in horror as they fell into the ocean .
“Sorcerer!”
“Ah… it’s a sorcerer!”
Hugging the mast and ropes of the ship, the sailors yelled loudly as waves and waves of ocean tides hit them and fed saltwater into their mouths . There was a mix of appreciation and horror in their voices .
Grimm was fuming with anger while he heaved his attacks at his targets . To the sailors, it was like witnessing a personification of various apocalyptic typhoons and storms . No knights’ power and might could come close to compete with the raw power that he displayed at this moment .
“Level 1 Wild Instinct Metamorphosis! Activate!”
Layers and layers of dingy sharp scales then started to float above Grimm’s body .
Whoosh!
In the blink of an eye, Grimm dove straight into the raging ocean .
In just a few short moments, Grimm darted out from the ocean and continued on with his flight . There were countless corpses of Sirens floating on the ocean surface as soon as he disappeared from everyone’s sight .
Then, several sharks, attracted by the Sirens’ scent of blood, flocked over and started to gnaw on the Sirens’ corpses . The sailors couldn’t believe their eyes as they stared at the feasting sharks .
“So… this is the might of the great sorcerers?” The sailors mumbled .
In half a month of non-stop flying, Grimm had finally arrived at Black Isotta Sorcerer Academy .
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