Chapter 600 - 600: Gift
"I'm not lying! I swear on my life! It's the truth. He is the only one who knows the password. We don't have much authority. Otherwise, why do you think I didn't call the city authorities to help us? If I had, they would be here already!" Jane responded, insisting that she was innocent.
"Where is that Dean? How was the academy running before my arrival if he was dead? Or he died outside in my hand?" Lucifer asked.
"He was inside his office with me when your lightning fell on him," Jane answered, rolling her eyes. This guy actually took their Dean out without even realizing it.
"Ah, so he died with that. I guess my aim is even better than I thought," Lucifer smiled jokingly. He looked back at Salazar. "See? Attacking aimlessly has advantages of its own."
Salazar smiled in return. He was just happy that Lucifer was calm now. It looks like he just needed some time to forget Amelia or at least get her out of his head.
He again turned to Amelia. "It doesn't matter though. Take us to the entrance of the room. I'll take care of the password myself."
"You can?" Jane looked at Lucifer weirdly.
"Just take us there," Lucifer stated before walking to the black coffin. He picked it up.
"Pick up Jenilia's," he told Salazar.
Salazar walked to the second coffin and picked it up.
Jane shrugged. "Whatever. If you want to see how childish you're being, then I'll take you. The entrance can't be breached. You'll see."
She touched her gloves and commanded, "Aia, take us to the Intercontinental Chamber entrance."
After her command, the three of them disappeared with two coffins.
They appeared before a dark metallic door. There were some numbers carved in the door.
"You need to touch the numbers on the door in the exact order of the password. But if you're wrong three times, the door will be sealed for one month. Even the right password won't be able to open it then," Jane reminded Lucifer, pointing towards the portal.
"I understand that." Lucifer nodded. "Now, bring your Dean here."
"He's already dead. Did you not hear me last time? Or do you still think that I'm lying?"
"I didn't ask you to bring him alive, did I?" Lucifer asked, frowning. "Stop being annoying and bring him here."
"You mean his body?" Jane asked.
Seeing Lucifer nod, she disappeared. She didn't know how that was going to help. It wasn't a fingerprint sensor, after all.
She appeared back in the office and picked up the body of the old man before coming back to Lucifer.
"There. Now do you believe me?" she asked, placing Lucifer's body back on the bed.
Lucifer ignored the girl and walked to the body on the ground.
He took off his right hand gloves. His fingers changed into claws right before Jane.
'These Variants are really intriguing,' Jane thought, frowning. 'So many abilities. But still can't be compared to the Royal Army. Their best can only bully us weak ones.'
Lucifer brought his claws out. His hand returned to normal, and he stood up.
"Do you know the password now?" Jane asked.
"I don't know the password," Lucifer replied.
"See? I told you that it wasn't going to work."
"You didn't let me finish. I don't know the password. But he knows." He pointed towards the old man's body on the ground.
Jane was looking at Lucifer like he was an idiot. He was talking nonsense for a long time.
"Stand up," Lucifer commanded.
"We're already standing," Jane responded, but she soon noticed that Lucifer's gaze wasn't on her. He was looking behind her.
She also turned back, growing stunned. The Dean was standing up! Even though he was dead, he was standing up! What was this? Necromancy?
She couldn't understand. In the meantime, the dead body walked closer to Lucifer.
"Enter the password to open the entrance," Lucifer commanded.
The dead body started pressing some numbers. Even Jane saw the password. The door opened.
Lucifer and Salazar stepped inside with the coffins. Even the dead body and Jane walked in.
"Do I need to stand in a circle?" Lucifer asked Jane.
"Yeah. Stand in a circle. And since you already have the Dean, ask him to set the coordinates," Jane informed Lucifer.
Lucifer nodded. "That should be enough."
He walked towards Jane, taking a deep breath.
"Even though we had some bad blood between us, in the end, it's because of you that we can go back. So thank you," Lucifer thanked Jane.
"I-it was nothing," Jane replied, slightly surprised.
"Now that I've settled the gratitude, there's one more thing. You helped us get back. So I have a gift for you."
"Gift? What?" Jane asked.
Lucifer didn't answer. He simply turned around.
Three spears appeared in the back, stabbing the lady. Her eyes opened wide as she was stabbed. She dropped to her knees.
"Even though you helped us get back, it's also here that you're partly to blame for Jenilia's death. You also tried to have me killed by trying to mislead me to get to the city. So I gift you... A peaceful sleep..." He muttered softly.
He had thought about it quite a lot if he should leave her alive or kill her. Leaving her alive would have brought Atlantis' army to kill the Warlock Council. But it was also evident that Atlantis had some relation with the Warlock Council. There was a good chance they wouldn't have fallen.
And even if they fell for this trick, by the time they were going to get to the Warlock Council, he believed he was already going to end up conquering them. In the end, Atlantis would have become his headache if this lady was left alive.
"Set coordinates for Zeston," he commanded the old man. "And come with us."
The old man made some strange gestures on the wall before he joined Lucifer in the middle of the circle.
A blinding light filled the room. By the time this light disappeared, only a dead body was left behind. Lucifer was long gone with others.
Two hours after Lucifer left, another teleportation portal appeared above the Northern Royal Academy. Five figures stepped out of the light.
They were wearing a royal blue jacket that came down to their knees. There was a trident carved on the chest of the jacket.
"Is this the right place? The place from where an unauthorized teleportation took place?" One of the men asked.
"It is. Just what happened to this place. It looks like a storm came here," Another man replied, observing the surroundings.
"It doesn't matter what happened here. Intercontinental Travel isn't allowed without permission from the Royal Army. Whoever is behind, they'll be punished.. Let's see who dared."