Yena’s eyes brimmed with tears as Bettany’s words pierced her with bluntness. In her embarrassment, she slapped her own face.
She noticed a garbage truck nearby. Without uttering a single word, a man approached and forcefully pulled Yena and her mother out.
Ten minutes earlier...
Upon receiving the “gift” from Yena, Blake told Arthur to take out the trash.
Arthur arrived with a garbage truck. He effortlessly flung Mabel and Yena onto it and proceeded to transport them out to sea.
Fifteen minutes later...
A resounding “Boom!” echoed through the air as Mabel and Yena were thrown to the ground.
The speedboat had been moving at a fast pace, subjecting their faces to painful scratches as they could feel their ears ringing.
Neither of them regained their composure.
Mabel’s hair was disheveled, while Yena’s once soft and cascading locks were now askew.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtTheir faces felt numb from the wind, their expressions dull.
After a while, Mabel regained her senses, trembling with fury. “How dare they... How dare they throw us out like this! We're guests! What's the meaning of this?!” Her anger surged, and she remained seated, voicing her grievances aloud. “Is this the way Saffron Island treats its visitors? We came here to support the local economy, yet just because of a minor mistake, the Crawford family kicked us out!” Passersby paused in astonishment, taken aback by the scene.
Mabel fanned the flames, accusing the employees of Saffron Island of mistreating their guests. They were kicked out of the island, embarrassed. She was going to file a complaint.
As Yena continued speaking, she drew more attention to herself.
Suddenly, the large electronic screen in front of the ticket office flickered unexpectedly, displaying Mabel’s entire fawning encounter with the Crawford family. The footage even captured her sour expression as she left the banquet hall, uttering spiteful words. “No wonder Lilly’s the Crawford family’s princess. | hope she dies and the Crawford family would be devastated.” The onlookers saw Mabel and Yena in a different light.
“Iinitially thought Saffron Island was mistreating people, but it seems someone else brought this upon themselves. ” “So, she’s a mistress? No wonder. Mistresses aren't welcome anywhere.” “Wishing death upon someone's child during her birthday party? They deserved to be beaten up! The Crawford family was being too merciful!” “What a lunatic! She has such a foul mouth and lacks any sense of shame. She cries foul and throws dirty accusations when she’s kicked out, yet she’s laughing so smugly now.” The crowd looked at Mabel with disdain, they distanced themselves from her.
Caught off guard and unable to win the fight, Mabel hastily gathered her belongings and fled with Yena.
Yena wanted to cry, she did not expect things to turn out like that! While even villains in TV series often manage to avoid facing consequences for several episodes, Yena, on the other hand, was abruptly cast down just as she had begun to rise. This sudden turn of events made her feel like her efforts were meaningless tasks.
She was supposed to be the main character! Why did she and her mother always end in such humiliation? Yena wept all the way back home, unwilling to stay with Mabel anymore. Her thoughts drifted toward her departed mother.
Fortunately, she had fulfilled her task assigned by her ghost mother...
On Saffron Island, in the banquet hall, Lilly savored the final bite of her cake, placing the plate down with a satisfied expression.
The malignant spirits, frozen in place by her powers, glared at her with resentment.
“Lilly, what else should we practice?” Lilly asked, gently massaging her father’s fingers.
Blake thought for a moment, unsure of what else to work on.
The little one, frustrated, pounded their tiny hand on the ground, and in an instant, a massive talisman emerged, instantly immobilizing all the malignant spirits.
You're already so strong, why would you wanna train some more? Zachary, taken aback, closed his gaping mouth and uttered slowly, “This... is a powerful move...” He added a line to Lilly's skill description.
“Giant Talisman- SSS level. Drawbacks are...” Zachary glanced at the notes on her desk and wrote, “Drawbacks are high energy consumption, requires the consumption of three cakes to replenish energy.” Blake pondered, “This move is powerful, Lilly. Release them and let's try it again.” After all, there were countless evil spirits, about a hundred of them.
Blake wondered how the other party had managed to gather such a large number of ghosts. They must have exhausted their resources, so wasting this opportunity was out of the question! Lilly nodded eagerly, saying, “Okay!” With those words, the little one slammed her hand on the ground once more! In an instant, all the charging evil spirits were pinned down once again.
Blake glanced at the stopwatch and nodded, “1.67 seconds! We need to train on your reflexes. Let's try again!” “In the highest levels of battle, half a second can make all the difference between life and death. You must restrain them within half a second!” Josh interjected, “Uncle Blake, isn’t that a bit too demanding...” Half a second! A bolt of lightning lasted approximately 0.25 seconds.
That meant Lilly must do this move as fast as lightning.
Blake paid no mind to the comment and shouted as he held a stopwatch, “Now!” Lilly slapped her little hand on the ground once more.
Blake furrowed his brow, unsatisfied with the results. “Let's try again!” he commanded.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmLilly slapped the ground once more, this time faster than before, but the repeated impacts caused her little hands to turn red.
“Still too slow! It took 0.88 seconds! Keep going!” “Slap!” “Continue!” “Slap!” “Again!” “Slap!” “Did you eat? Try going faster!” In the banquet hall, the hundreds of evil spirits were stripped of their dignity, and reduced to mere training tools. Like motionless wooden figurines, they moved and froze repeatedly.
They were on the verge of collapsing! Was this why they had come here? What happened to their intentions? The malignant spirits roared in anger.
Lilly felt her hands throbbing with pain, tears welling up in her eyes as she bellowed in frustration “Boom!” One final time, just before her little hand touched the ground, a golden rune shot out like lightning. Before it even made contact with the ground, it transformed into a massive talisman, sending all the evil spirits flying away! Josh and Zachary stood there, stunned.
It was the first time they experienced such immersive special effects in a game. The scene was so awe-inspiring that it sent shivers down their spines.
Blake glanced at the stopwatch and revealed a satisfied smile. “Very good, 0.25 seconds.” She was as quick as lightning! Lilly was out of breath and sat down on the floor.
Her little hands were already red and swollen.
But her eyes were full of excitement, she did not expect to be so powerful! “I'm super awesome!” Lilly shouted, waving his fists.
Blake nodded, “The next thing to train on is your reflexes. In combat, don't let the enemy have the chance to get away from you!” Blake asked Lilly to let go of those evil spirits and asked Lilly not to use any attacking skills, but to dodge only with her own speed, so that all the malignant spirits in the hall could not get close to her.
Josh calculated, “Now there are one hundred and one ghosts in the hall, the area of the hall is... And the average distance...” In other words, the neatly lined up evil spirits were not even 3 feet apart. If they all threw themselves at Lilly, how could they be close to her? Blake did not care.
Lilly was thrown into the pile of malignant spirits and was not allowed to use her skills, and she was not allowed to bash them with her purple sledgehammer.
She ran wildly in the hall with her calves, and she could not run away from the flying ghost.
“You're too slow, run!” Blake said coldly, “Did you run for nothing in the past week? Were my teachings all for nothing?” Lilly gritted her teeth and ran desperately.
Blake sneered, “You can run faster than this with a sandbag! You can’t slow down just because you dodged them!” Lilly tried her best to dodge the ghost.
Suddenly, a malignant spirit opened its mouth and bit her shoulder fiercely...