Hunter Academy: Revenge of the Weakest novel Chapter 292

Chapter 292 Chapter 69.1 - Aftermath

"Urghk-!"

"Just what happened?"

Countless different sounds like this were echoing all the way around the Phantom's Land.

"My head….It hurts…."

Many students were saying that their heads were hurting while others were trying to remember what had just happened.

Most of their memories were bleak as if they were covered under the shadows. They felt like they had experienced something, yet at the same time, they all felt like the things they had experienced were no longer connected to them.

It was a very surreal feeling.

And that was no different with Ethan, as he also gradually woke up from his state.

Amidst the disoriented voices, Ethan gradually regained consciousness.

As he opened his eyes, he found himself standing in a different part of the Phantom's Land. His surroundings felt unfamiliar, and a dull ache in his head made it hard to focus.

"My head..."

Ethan touched his forehead, trying to calm the pain and make sense of his disoriented state. The memories of recent events eluded him, leaving only a vague sense of insects crawling on his skin and a subsequent blur.

"Just what happened?"

He attempted to recall what had happened, but the details remained elusive. It was as if he had lost something. A part of something that belonged to him, but at the same time not.

"Ah, I remember…."

Then, slowly, things started crashing down. He and his friends had just separated so that they could observe the Phantom's Land in a better and more efficient way. After all, recording their findings wouldn't be that hard.

"I lost my consciousness, didn't I?"

Then, he remembered how his vision blurred as if something external had entered his body. Considering this body as a Hartley and his lineage, it would be rather abnormal if he wasn't able to sense something was wrong.

"But, after that?"

As he collected the recent times, he realized that after he lost consciousness, something very dangerous happened. Even though he wasn't sure what it was, his instincts could feel it.

Something around him was missing.

'Something around?'

At that moment, he remembered where he was.

Looking around, Ethan noticed the confusion among other students who were also awakening. The aftermath of whatever had transpired left them disoriented, with fragmented memories and a collective sense of bewilderment hanging in the air.

'Wait? I can see the students?'

Maybe a tad bit slow, Ethan realized a very important thing.

He was able to see the students!

This revelation could mean only one thing.

'The fog disappeared.'

He instantly realized. There was no other explanation for that, as Ethan had been living in this place for a while and had adapted to it to a certain extent.

'Now that I am paying attention to it, I can no longer feel the oppressive atmosphere of Phantom's Land.'

He instantly realized. The fact that the mana around him was no longer oppressing him as before directly means that the mana phenomenon of Phantom's Land has now disappeared.

"Urghk-!"

Suddenly, a sharp pain assaulted Ethan from his chest, jolting him into awareness. He instinctively looked down, discovering claw marks on his chest, blood dripping from the wounds.

"What... what happened to me?"

Ethan's eyes widened as he assessed the extent of his injuries. More pain surged through his body, and as he examined himself further, he realized that almost every part of his body was covered in wounds.

"These wounds... were they caused by Phantoms?"

His mind raced to connect the pieces of the puzzle. The fog had dissipated, but it seemed that when he lost consciousness, the Phantoms, the spectral entities he had encountered before, took advantage of the opportunity to attack him.

'That would make sense.'

After all, Phantoms were the main reason why this place was considered dangerous and wasn't advised to be visited by non-awakened people.

"Did they retaliate when the fog disappeared?"

He thought soundly. In the absence of the mystical fog that concealed the Phantoms, they might have become more aggressive.

But then, as he looked around, he could no longer see or sense any phantoms around.

"No, that doesn't make sense. Ethan, are you stupid?"

He reprimanded himself. If the Phantoms weren't related to the fog, that would mean they could appear anywhere in the world regardless of this phenomenon, yet that wasn't the case.

"Rather, maybe because the fog had dissipated that we had been awakened."

Then he realized. If, somehow, the Phantom's Land was the reason for their loss of consciousness, that would also explain why he was awake when the fog no longer appeared. Probably, when he lost his consciousness, the Phantoms attacked him.

'The other students seemed to share the same conditions as me.'

As Ethan looked around, he noticed that many other students were in a similar condition, if not worse. Some were covered in more severe injuries, and the air was thick with a sense of urgency and desperation.

"This is bad... They're in real danger."

Ethan couldn't stand idly by. Despite his own injuries, he knew he had to act quickly to help those in need. Even though he was also not in good shape, compared to his counterparts, he was in a much better condition. Whether this was because he was a Hartley or for some other reason….

Nobody knew about it.

He reached into his Spatial Bracelet and retrieved a healing potion.

"Hey, hang in there!"

Rushing to the aid of a fellow student whose injuries seemed particularly severe, Ethan knelt beside them and carefully administered the healing potion into their mouth.

"Argh! My leg!"

At the start, the young student had a hard time just even drinking it, yet Ethan somehow managed to make him drink.

Following that, the potion began to take effect, closing wounds and alleviating pain.