CHAPTER 146: TEAM LAZY VALTORIA ARRIVES AT EDENBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL

-Ding!

[Team Lazy Valtoria will return to Earth in ten seconds.]

[The World Master Elyndra Celeste Valtoria can return to Shattered Throne World #19,907 anytime he wants. However, there will be no time dilation as the time between Earth and the Shattered Throne World #19,907 has already been synchronized due to the ownership of an Awakener.]

After receiving that notification from the Voice of The World, Elyndra, Mira, Aria, Nyx, and Isolde waited for ten seconds to pass.

When ten seconds had passed, their figures suddenly disappeared from the Valford Empire’s throne room.

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In Edenbridge High School’s Mission Center, five figures suddenly appeared.

They were none other than Elyndra, Mira, Aria, Nyx, and Isolde.

They were wearing varying clothing styles, with Elyndra and Mira wearing medieval-style royalty’s clothing, while Aria was wearing high-tech clothing and gear.

Nevertheless, they still wouldn’t attract any attention as this was the Mission Center, where the students and school staff of Edenbridge High gathered to participate in the Otherworld Mission.

On the platform they were on, at the center of this vast space, a huge, golden-colored cube floated. It was transparent and was levitating on a circular platform that was hollow on the inside.

That floating golden cube was none other than the Otherworld Mission Center, which was said to contain a part of the Earth Will.

Ten years ago, they had gone to this Mission Center to register their five-person team "Lazy Valtoria" and participated in the Hell Difficulty Otherworld Mission.

They had already spent ten years in the Otherworld, yet only a week had passed on Earth since they left.

In terms of years of experience, Elyndra was already 26 years old. However, the world and Earth Will had considered her 16 years old since her body didn’t age due to the time dilation between Earth and the Otherworld, as well as the power of the Earth Will.

It could be said that the Awakener Points to extend the Otherworld Mission time was worth it, as it protected them from the flow of time negatively affecting their lifespan and appearance.

When they finally returned to Earth, Elyndra, Mira, Aria, Nyx, and Isolde couldn’t help but feel a sense of relief. It was the relief when, after going abroad, they finally returned to their home.

Moreover, they spent ten years in the Otherworld. It would be unusual if they didn’t experience homesickness, considering that it was still their first Otherworld Mission.

However, as soon as they returned, they felt the atmosphere was off.

Sure enough, when they looked around, Elyndra and Mira were the first to notice that Edenbridge High School was in a state of combat readiness.

Not only was the protective barrier of Edenbridge High already activated, but the school staff were protecting the students who hadn’t awakened for any class yet. There were even citizens being evacuated by the school staff into the designated evacuation area of Edenbridge High.

Since Edenbridge City was even named after Edenbridge High, the mayor or city lord of Edenbridge City was none other than the principal of Edenbridge High. The school staff could also be considered as city councilors of Edenbridge City.

Sensing the alertness and caution of the school staff and students within Edenbridge High, Elyndra informed her teammates, "We returned at the wrong time. If I’m not mistaken, a Dimensional Gate should have descended within the city."

"For it to warrant this much alertness and caution, to the point that even the barrier of Edenbridge City had been activated along with citizens evacuated, I dare say that an SS-rank Monster Lord or SS-rank Demon Lord had invaded the city.’

When they heard Elyndra’s speculation, Mira and the others agreed with it. They weren’t unfamiliar with otherworld invasions.

As students of Edenbridge High, they had experienced otherworld invasions even before they awakened their class. At that time, they would be protected by the school staff, but even they rarely encountered situations where the barrier was activated and citizens were evacuated.

They were already taught by teachers that both situations would only occur if an SS-rank Dimensional Gate were to descend. Otherwise, if it were just a mere S-rank Dimensional Gate, those S-rank Awakener school staff could just swarm it and destroy the gate.

As usual, Mira looked unconcerned as she still slept on her floating pillow. Nevertheless, she still summoned Servants of Sloth to protect her and prevent others from disturbing her sleep.

Like Elyndra, Mira’s stats were also those of an S-rank Awakener despite having a One-Star A-rank Awakener status. However, her strength was weaker than Elyndra’s unless she released her Sloth stat attribute.

Of course, Elyndra’s power now was weaker than when she was at the Shattered Throne World. Due to the distance between Earth and the Shattered Throne World, her Rulership Energy stat attribute had regressed to F-grade.

So, at this moment, Elyndra was only a relatively strong S-rank Awakener, but she didn’t have the confidence to deal with SS-rank beings with her current power.

Mira and the rest of her teammates were undoubtedly aware of Elyndra’s "weakness," so they didn’t become hot-blooded teenagers who wanted to save the city.

Instead, Isolde asked cautiously, "Should we assist the school staff with evacuating the citizens? Do any of you have confidence in escaping from an SS-rank Monster Lord or Demon Lord’s attacks?"

In response to Isolde’s questioning, Nyx answered, "If it’s just to escape, then I am quite confident. As long as I use a forbidden magic spell of mass recall, we can return immediately to Edenbridge High."

"However, it’s a different case if we are unlucky enough to encounter Demon Kings and Monster Kings."

When they heard Nyx’s second sentence, they didn’t take it to heart, as it was impossible to encounter an SSS-rank Monster King or Demon King on Earth. They wouldn’t dare to invade Earth, as only SS-rank monsters and demons and below were "allowed".

If an SSS-rank Monster King or Demon King dared to invade Earth, then regardless of differences between human factions, all SSS-rank Awakeners who were still available must intercept and besiege the SSS-rank otherworld invader, no matter what!

Such a situation had occurred ten years ago, and it had even led to the death of a Demon King. Of course, that Demon King wasn’t considerably powerful among Demon Kings, which was also the reason why he died so easily when being besieged by several SSS-rank Awakeners.

Nevertheless, that incident had served as a lesson for the Monster Kings and Demon Kings to dare not invade Earth. But because of that, they also took a page from the human awakeners’ book and did the same whenever Awakeners were to invade the Demon World.

Due to that, while it was still possible to invade the Monster World as the demon race was too lazy to assist the monster race, that wasn’t the case when Awakeners invaded the Demon World.

The biggest reason why the principal managed to counterinvade the Demon World and take back the head of an SS-rank Demon Lord was due to him being an extraordinary SS-rank Awakener.

Since it was the SS-rank Demon Lord who initiated the attack first, and since he was already dead by the time an SSS-rank Demon King intercepted the Edenbridge High School Principal, the principal got the last laugh. He left with the head of the SS-rank Demon Lord as an offering to those who died in the otherworld invasion.

Even the SSS-rank Demon King at that time wasn’t as powerful as the Demon King of Decay Xalvureth, so he wasn’t confident in killing the principal without losing his life. Extraordinary SS-rank Awakeners like the principal were powerful enough to threaten weaker SSS-rank Demon Kings, so they dared not offend them.

Moreover, the Demon King who arrived wasn’t related to the deceased Demon Lord, so that matter was handled with the victory of the human race.

Nevertheless, it went to show that not every Tom, Dick, and Harry could counterinvade the Demon World. If the principal had stayed even longer until the Demon King managed to get reinforcements, then he would have been besieged by SSS-rank Demon Kings and died.

Elyndra and her teammates were well aware of that, and perhaps, only Mira’s full release of her Sloth stat attribute could briefly contend with the attack of an SSS-rank Demon King, but they dared not gamble.

However, it wasn’t in their nature to ignore the lives of people in need, especially when becoming an Awakener included the responsibilities of protecting Earth from Otherworld Invasion.

So, Elyndra mentioned, "If Mira can buy me enough time to summon the Dimensional Gate leading to the Shattered Throne World, I’ll be able to retain my Rulership Energy from those three Otherworlds."

"At that time, it’s not impossible to deal with SS-rank Monster Lords and Demon Lords. As for Demon Kings and Monster Kings, we shouldn’t be that unlucky to encounter them."

When Elyndra mentioned luck, Mira and the rest weren’t that worried. After all, while luck was illusory, it was still reduced into a quantifiable stat attribute by the Earth Will!

No matter what, their luck wasn’t that bad, especially when Elyndra’s luck stat attribute was SS+!