I Can Read People's Comments-Chapter 143: Losing Hope

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The ghost let out another cry. But everyone could hear that something was wrong with this scream. This high-pitched scream sounded like it was at the top of the ghost’s lungs.

Unlike their previous attacks, Lancelot’s attack hit harder than anything they had done before.

Even Iris couldn’t help but look at Lancelot, who had just joined the fight, thinking, ’Is his fire special? For it to cause all this… It seems that the teacher has done something to him.’

How could the ghost not feel the pain when the fire actually burned the hair far faster than it could regenerate? The fire even melted a portion of the face, which everyone had a hard time destroying.

The creatures on the ground started rampaging, trying to kill anyone regardless of the damage dealt to them.

Theo looked to the side as one of the creatures pounced on him. Theo skillfully struck this creature with his weapon, but all of a sudden, the other creature pierced through its comrade’s body to reach Theo.

"!!!" Mia raised her voice. "Father!"

Theo snapped his fingers as multiple spikes came out of the ground, impaling this creature. However, the ghost never thought that it could catch Theo with just these two creatures. Instead, the ghost actually used them to force Theo to move in a certain direction.

As soon as Theo was within reach, burning hair came out of the ground and formed a ball to wrap him inside.

"What?!" The one who was shocked the most was not Theo or Mia. Instead, it was Lancelot. He precisely knew the power of his flame, so when he saw Theo getting sealed by the burning hair, it made him recall the scene that happened a long time ago.

Back then, his mother was hugging his sister when the house was burned down. Despite the skin on her back being burned to protect her daughter, she managed to keep her smile. Yes, his trauma did not originate from the uncontrollable power. Instead, it was the smile of his own mother.

Even though she was badly injured, she still smiled and assured him with gentle words. "Are you alright, Lancelot? You are a strong child."

Lancelot felt an overwhelming guilt that made him scared to wield the flame again. And this time, Theo had taught him how to control his fire. Just like his mother, he had guided him through the process. Yet, once again, the fire was going to engulf him.

All the past memories rushed back to his mind. The control of his essence started to get sloppy, which caused the ghost to find an opening.

Without hesitation, the ghost released all its strength to regenerate the hair and shatter all the rings that surrounded it.

"Gaaaarrrh!" The ghost let out a roar after freeing itself." Despite all the damage, the ghost was still as ferocious as ever.

Mia noticed that opening and shouted, "Lancelot. What are you doing? Continue controlling your fire! Do you think my father is so weak that your puny fire can harm him?! Don’t get too full of yourself."

Her voice confused not only him, but also the other classmates. There was one question on their minds.

’How is being worried of your father becoming full of himself?’

They simply couldn’t comprehend it.

However, some threads soon came out through the gap between the hairs. Theo tried to cut the hair with his thread, but the ghost actually regenerated all the possible hair in order to stop Theo from coming.

Since his hair was on fire, Theo would definitely be burned alive inside. Even with all the essence he had, it was impossible for Theo to emerge unscathed.

"Tsk!" Iris rushed to Theo, but she had to wave her blade to the side as the creature appeared on the way to keep her in check.

"Rinki, Ginki!" Rintaro tossed a talisman toward the hair. The two familiars also followed right behind the talisman.

As expected, the two elite creatures that fought Theo earlier had been recreated and attacked the two familiars. The talisman shone, releasing a huge purification essence to affect the creatures. However, another wave of hair emerged from the ground and stabbed the talisman before ripping it into pieces.

"!!!" Rintaro clicked his tongue, annoyed that he couldn’t save Theo.

Li Wei struck a creature, which suddenly banded together to block his attack and repel his sword. They actually managed to push Li Wei back and took this opportunity to attack Li Wei.

A few of Aurora’s arrows pierced these creatures, stopping their movements.

Li Wei couldn’t help but give a thumbs up to Aurora before continuing to fight. If not for her timely assistance, it would have been bad for him.

Avalon was experiencing the same thing. His body had been reinforced by the Knight Light, increasing his physical ability tremendously.

But the creatures before him suddenly moved toward each other and merged, creating an even bigger creature.

"!!!" Avalon hurriedly struck it with his blade, but his blade was actually caught by this giant creature.

When the giant creature wanted to grasp Avalon, Maya appeared in front of him and activated the barrier that came through the battery of her exoskeleton.

"Are you alright?" Maya asked with a concerned expression. Find your next read at novelbuddy

Avalon couldn’t help but remember that he wanted to visit Maya’s world to prove whether she deserved the Knight Link or not. She had just made him believe that she deserved it. Not that he could say it out loud.

Instead of replying to Maya, Avalon looped around her exoskeleton and sliced the giant creature’s body to show that he was fine.

The other creatures charged at them, but this time, Jayden appeared. He looked funny because Jayden was wearing the teddy’s bear parts such as the head, paws and feet.

Jayden punched a creature with all his strength, causing the black essence to get into disarray and splash to the ground. The bear’s paw was covered in the black essence, but he wasn’t controlled due to its protection.

With this, he could finally help the front line.

Mia observed the entire situation carefully, thinking, ’The black creatures keep coming back. The source of its essence must be the contaminated energy in the air. And with the fact that it’s linked to the vein underground, as long as the ghost is within the area, it’s going to be invincible. We would use up all our energy before we could destroy that face.’

Mia looked around to find the key to the most important plan. She said, "Luca, Lucas. Can you purify their essence?"

"No. The contamination has spread too much. We don’t think we’re strong enough to do it." The twins shook their heads in unison.

"In that case, let’s change our strategy. Lancelot. Keep burning those creatures. Your flame can suppress them. While the ghost looks indestructible, we have indeed inflicted some damage on it. As long as we keep this up, we can defeat it." Mia turned to the side and shouted, "Lancelot. Get to the front. With Lancelot’s firepower, Serena won’t need to hold back. Aurora and Oliver will provide support from behind and the twins will take care of our defense. Mr. Rintaro and Miss Iris will be the core attackers."

"Roger." The students agreed without hesitation. Deep in their hearts, they recognized Mia’s talent for commanding people. She might be inexperienced and couldn’t be compared to Theo, but they were still lacking compared to Mia in this matter.

Seeing the absolute trust that the students had toward Mia, Rintaro and Iris seemed not to have any other choices but to comply.

"Mr. Lancelot. Let me borrow your flame a bit." Rintaro clapped his hands and chanted in a low voice.

The flames suddenly flared up and formed multiple balls in the air.

’That old man can control my fire?’ Lancelot widened his eyes in shock.

With a single wave of his hand, Rintaro shot out all those fireballs toward the creatures. The fireballs exploded, splattering the black essence around. The two familiars stopped the elite creatures, allowing Rintaro to pass them easily.

The other creatures that had been resummoned tried to attack him, but Li Wei and the others stood in their way.

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Rintaro kept chanting in a language that no one was familiar with except for Haruka. He suddenly bent his knees and drew a star symbol on the ground.

Feeling something was weird, the creatures became ferocious. They sacrificed themselves in order to get past Li Wei and the others.

However, Iris soon jumped to the side and drew her sword. The essence looked like it extended her blade, allowing it to reach the creatures that wanted to attack Rintaro. It barely passed above Rintaro’s head.

Seeing the creatures had failed, the ghost summoned the hair to surround him. However, Rintaro had finished his chant and ended it with a clap.

The clapping sound was serene and peaceful, yet, it rang loudly in the ghost’s head.

The ghost roared, annoyed by the sound. However, that sound was only a distraction. A rainbow-colored barrier suddenly emerged from the ground, isolating the ghost inside.

"Good!" Mia saw the opportunity and tossed the teddy bear as hard as possible. The teddy bear expanded to a human size and this time, the teddy bear looked menacing, not cute. The teddy bear formed claws on its cute paws and its X-shaped eyes turned angry and colored red as if to show its bloodlust.

The teddy bear jumped past the ghost and headed straight to the hair that sealed Theo. Mia’s true plan turned out to be saving her father.

However, after being inside the isolated space for so long, Theo should have been heavily injured. Even his struggles became weaker after some time until he stopped fighting back a moment ago.

Still, even if Theo couldn’t fight anymore, it didn’t change the fact that he was a major threat. The ghost hurriedly extended a part of the hair that was still outside the barrier and grasped the teddy bear.

It started from the wrists, which slowed it down, to the ankles, body, and even neck, preventing it from moving toward Theo.

Ultimately, the teddy bear stopped a few meters from Theo, unable to save him.

The students couldn’t help but drop their jaws, seeing that their last resort had failed.

’Teacher is…’ Lancelot clenched his fists. The fact that Mia tried to save him must mean that he was in trouble. His fire kept burning the hair, but the ghost kept extending it to make the hair barrier thicker and thicker. Even if his fire kept burning it, he was already too far to control the fire, meaning that the fire continued purely on the hair as fuel, not essence.

Now that Theo had fallen, the ghost finally had time to counterattack. It directed a lot of its hair to the front where the students were. There was even a wall of hair behind them, separating them from the hotel.

Oliver summoned a water tank in the air. Once it fell down, the tank was the first to hit the ground, causing it to break.

As a result, a massive amount of water gushed out of the tank. The hair instantly turned weak once it was wet, so Oliver shouted, "Serena!"

"Oh!" Serena tossed a few potions. The moment the potions were destroyed and the liquid was splashed on the fallen hair, the latter became sticky. She even tossed another bottle which caused an explosion. Instead of destroying the hair, she intended to use the heat from the explosion to dry the liquid, causing the hair to stick to each other like a solid. "I have secured the escape route. We need to retreat."

Mia looked at the situation around her. Rintaro was holding the ghost back, but his barrier wouldn’t hold out for long. Iris had been helping the other students, but they were overwhelmed by the numbers.

The rest of their group also had spent a lot of their power except for Serena, who acted as their support.

If the ghost created another layer of wall to block their escape route, they might get defeated.

But if they retreated, it meant leaving Theo for good.

Although it was hard for her, there was only one decision. In fact, this was what her dad would do too.

"My dad will be fine. I believe in him." Mia gritted her teeth and pointed at the hotel. "Run! We need to gain some distance. Run in that direction!"