33 Risen#re

The fear that gripped everyone was incomparable, if Lirian knew of these things it was very likely that he recorded it somewhere, and if he knew about Telamons plans it meant that he'd have all their names listed as associates.

If that was the case when they returned it was very possible that even if they killed Lirian and got rid of the evidence they'd be killed, but even if they didn't kill Lirian they weren't likely to be spared, they had just seen how brutal Lirian could be and as if confirming their fears Lirian began to speak.

"You really are dumb if you think I didn't know Telamon was planning to kill me, why do you think I made you my personal guard?" Lirian laughed at Hinata with disdain thick in his voice.

"Just from how eager you were, you completely gave yourself away, allowing me to realise that you needed to stick close to me, I imagine that your main task was to give away my location and to try and split me away from the group if possible, but for some reason you took it upon yourself to try to kill me," Lirian laughed coldly.

"Do you think that I didn't feel your killing intent, it was pathetically weak by the way, but it was so easy to feel it, and don't think that I don't know why you suggested we lure the beasts to the waterfall during the beast horde attack, it was so that you could find a way to push me over,"

"I can only imagine how happy you must have felt when I was dangling from the rock drake as it fell over, you should know that the only reason I swung back up at the last moment was to make you think that you got what you wanted, only to have your hopes dashed," Lirian laughed in her face and Hinata retreated.

Hinata could tell that her every little attempt was completely seen through and it filled her head with thoughts of inferiority, however at that moment the person with the greatest reaction wasn't Hinata rather it was Edith who stood behind Lirian.

Edith's face for the first time contorted into a look of pure fury as she looked at Hinata, she didn't even feel this much anger when she found out that Hinata was trying to kill them.

The main reason she felt so furious was because Hinata might have suggested the plan but she was the one who gave the go ahead, and in doing so if Hinata's plan were to be successful, she would have been indirectly responsible for Lirians death.

But just as she tried to push her way forward, Lirian caught her hand and held her back, as much as he wanted to teach Hinata a lesson Lirian still need to buy time, so far only 20 minutes had passed and even if Anya was moving at full speed it wasn't enough time for her to be any where close to reaching him.

"I wonder what did you think you would achieve by killing me?" Lirian asked in a teasing voice, from his tone it was clear that he thought her completely incapable of doing such a thing.

Hinata's eyes were filled with fury at the unfairness, the heavens truly gave her no chance at a real victory, but just at that moment Lirian snapped his fingers as if he figured it out.

"I get it you thought that your wonderful mentor Telamon, would be so proud of you and that he'd praise you after showering you with incomparable gifts to aid in your cultivation," Lirian said in a sultry tone and laughed gleefully.

"You poor, poor, foolish girl, how unbelievably dumb can you get, don't you realise that after this is over if any of you manage to survive, it won't be me or my mother that kills you it will be Telamon, and he'll most likely make all of you take your own lives," as Lirian said that everyone looked at him with shock.

Edith however only looked at them with a pitiful gaze, from the moment Lirian said that they were being used by someone to kill him, she knew that they'd be dead afterwards.

Why leave someone alive that can become a potential problem later on, and the assassination of a candidate no less, such a crime was enough to get even an entire super world eradicated.

"You're lying, master would never do that to us, he isn't like all of you nobles that discards the lives of us commoners, he takes care of even the most underprivileged of students," Hinata argued fiercely, the one thing in the world she could never stand was people speaking ill of Telamon.

"Oh," Lirian's face twisted into an amused smile, "Does he treat you nicely? Does he tell you how special you are every time he meets you?" Lirian asked with a smug tone.

"I imagine that he compares you to the great cultivators you idolize the most, probably my mother judging from your fixation on me, and since you come from the same world?"

"Does he tell you how similar you are to my mother the empress, and how you are destined to become a great cultivator just like her, maybe he's already convinced you that you can meet the second the requirement to become a princess of the empire, won't it make you just like my mother?" Lirian questioned in a voice full of pity as if he truly pitied her.

Hinata's pupil's constricted as she heard Lirian's mocking words, because it was words that she had heard a hundred if not a thousand times from Telamon, yet Lirian said all the things that Telamon would say to her, coming from Telamon those words were like divine honey to her that could ease all her insecurities, but coming from Lirian it was a poison taking root in her mind.

"Humphry," Edith loudly harrumphed in disdain, after hearing from Lirian's words and seeing Hinata's reaction to it, she figured out exactly what Telamon was up to.

"Truly a bunch of imbeciles so desperate for attention and to feel special about themselves that they'd feel like they owe everything to someone just for giving them a little bit of feigned attention," she said looking at Hinata coldly.

"Telamon has been training you to make you into a zealot," Edith said and for the first time she said Telamon's name with out any respect in her voice at all, this confirmed that every single one of Lirian's suspicions were true.

From this alone Edith could see the crime that Telamon was committing, those from the Paragon families, particularly those with high position were strictly forbidden from creating their own powers or followings, if they grasp too much power it was possible that they could use the secrets of the empire against the leaders to grasp onto even more power.

Historically speaking it did happen several times and every single time it created chaos in the empire, thus it became a crime punishable by death.

"Not just her," Lirian said loudly, "I imagine it's the same for all of you, doesn't Telamon give all of you pointers from time, and doesn't he tell you how special all of you are, after comparing you to the cultivators you idolize the most?" Lirian questioned confidently completely certain of their answers.

As Hinata looked around into the eyes of all those around her she could see that it was the same for all of them and at that moment two streams of tears couldn't stop themselves from pouring down her face.

The head master had always called her special and treated her like she was special, but looking around she could see that it was the same for all of them, the headmaster was lying to them.

"No no no no no no NO!" she screamed, "If I'm not special then why did he chose me to get close to you?" she questioned.

"Because you are in the same class as me," Lirian said like it was obvious, "And because you were the first to present yourself to him, so naturally he saw an opportunity."

"They are really pitiful, but this is their fate for being stupid," Edith said with a sigh as she looked at them.

"They aren't just stupid they are also being controlled," Lirian said loud enough for all of them to hear him.

As their startled eyes all fixed on him Lirian smiled coldly, "Don't tell me that none of you realised, tell me after what I did earlier how many of you are so dumb as to try to attack me again?" Lirian asked.

Edith looked at him strangely, "What do you mean they are being controlled?" at that moment even the zealots hidden were shaking in fear of Lirians knowledge and awaited his reply with batted breath.

Not one of the zealots could figure out how he knew after all the device was on them and it was a calamity graded device, even the emperor would have a hard time finding the control links that were planted inside the students, let alone someone without any cultivation.