Surprise Hotel

"A coffin?" Lu Zheng was shocked, "A coffin in the Arctic Circle permafrost? Even if the Black Witch Coven wanted to do some black-hearted business of digging graves and digging graves, they wouldn't go that far!"

"Naturally, that wasn't an ordinary coffin, that coffin existed for at least ten thousand years, something that had existed almost since the ancient times. That was before the gods were dead and the demons were still alive." Professor Augusta changed his posture so that he could be more comfortable.

Luthor was confused, but what did this have to do with the 'taboo'? Didn't Wu Wei Dong say that what the Black Witch Council was looking for was a living thing? In a coffin, dead, of course!

"Could it be that they're trying to ship an ancient corpse back and change the genes through blood exchange?" He couldn't help but have a brainstorm.

"You're overthinking it, they're digging that thing up solely because they believe in that evil stuff." Professor Augusta lamented.

"They dig up their own god?" Shano was surprised.

"The God of Darkness, of course, is a demon." Olsen picked up the conversation, "Inside that coffin was an ancient demon that had been sealed for tens of thousands of years."

"And?" Luthor couldn't wait to hear the rest of the story.

"Then, to everyone's shock, our execution team heard the faint sound of a heartbeat as they removed that coffin from the inside and outside. That heartbeat didn't come from anyone present, but from inside that coffin!"

"Still alive!" Lu Zheng and Xano spoke in unison, both faces shocked.

"That's right, it's alive!" Olsen continued, "The executive team deciphered the ancient writings on the coffin, which stated that the seal would be broken in ten thousand years, one year from now. In a time of death of the gods and demons, an ancient demon sealed in a corner was found and was about to be revived, once such news was spread, it would definitely cause a huge panic. So the headmaster and a few top brass studied the matter and decided to transport the coffin back and bury it in the sealed demon well below the headmaster's office."

"Right under ...... our feet?!" They were both shocked again.

"The headmaster has planted a time bomb under his own feet!" Luthor exclaimed.

"The most dangerous place is the safest place to be. If it is taken by the Black Witch Council, the consequences must be even more unimaginable." Professor Augusta picked up the conversation, "In the time that followed, the heartbeat in the coffin grew stronger and stronger, and it was clear to everyone that it wasn't far away from the time when that thing would awaken. If a solution can't be found before then, no matter where that coffin is placed, it will eventually cause a catastrophe, causing the entire world to fall under the rule of the ancient devil, when black magic will envelop the entire world, everything will wither and die, and only evil will remain forever ......"

"The headmaster must have his own solution if he dares to boldly bury this under his feet, right?" Luthor probed.

The principal had turned into a bird, but he wasn't badly intelligent, so he definitely wouldn't have nothing to trouble himself with.

"That's right. In fact that solution was provided by our Vice Principal, who sacrificed himself by checking the Forbidden Book of Dark Demons, from which he discovered that the only solution was to gather four ancient artifacts in order to completely suppress the ancient demons and make them eternally immortal. For so many years, the academy has been sending executive commissioners around the world to search for the whereabouts of the ancient artifacts, and now they've found two of them. The Demon Sealing Well was actually a huge formation set up to suppress the ancient demons, and now there were already two ancient artifacts in this formation. The principal's trip was actually to find the third ancient artifact. But I didn't expect that the Dark Sorcerer would actually suddenly invade at this point in time."

"So that book, The Forbidden Book of Dark Sorcerer, really exists!" Lu Zheng's jaw dropped in shock.

Looks like Fatty Sakurai's article from Noh was right!

"Yes, but to cover their tracks, everyone who read that book of prophecy was forced to leave the college. They would be cursed by the devil for life, our vice-principal passed away two years ago, and the librarian wasn't sent to a mental hospital, just to a dark place. The college has been making plans in secret for years to find a way to deal with the awakening of the ancient demon."

"But what should we do if we can't gather the four ancient artifacts before the Ancient Demon awakens?"

Augusta's and Olsen's eyes went to the metahuman in unison.

"She, is our Plan B." Professor Augusta said, "If we can't gather the four ancient artifacts, then this Super S student who suddenly appeared is our only hope. Because the Super S class is the closest to the bloodline of a god and the most likely to obliterate the ancient demons. It's a pity that she's still immature and can't be the knife that slices open the heart of the demon ......"

"No wonder you're so eager to train her." Shano sighed, she finally knew the true purpose of the academy.

Luthor was shocked by these truths for a long moment, digesting them for a moment before remembering.

"Actually, we just met with the commissioner of the academy's undercover in the Black Witch Council." Thinking of Wu Weidong, he looked a little sad, "He has ...... sacrificed himself, and he told us one thing before he died. The purpose of this massive invasion by the Black Witch Coven is not only to find the coffin of the ancient devil, but also to find a key to open the coffin in advance."

After he said that, Xano handed over the card in his hand.

"A key to open the coffin in advance?" The old professor was slightly surprised and took over the card to examine it. A moment later, an incredulous look appeared on his face, as if he had foreseen something extremely terrifying.

Olsen curiously leaned closer to examine it, and also had the same shocked expression.

"This is the seed of the ...... Ginseng Ancient Vine!"

"What is a gnarled ancient vine?" Lu Zheng was confused.

"It's a plant that's contemporary with the Gods and Demons, and when it's rooted, it ignores any defenses or barriers, and its roots can penetrate everything. The vines extend upwards, resembling a gnarled tree, hence the name Gnarled Vine. And this thing has a strange property, it can only take root when it is buried in the soil on the fifteenth full moon night, when the moonlight is at its most abundant." Olsen explained.

"What day is today?" Lu Zheng asked in shock.

"Today is the fifteenth!" Shano said.

Everyone in the audience simultaneously turned pale, the old professor even jumped right out of his chair.

"Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Why didn't we think they'd come up with such an idea! The gnarled vine is in the herbarium of the laboratory building, collected as a paleontological specimen! Why didn't I think of that? Their mole lurking in the academy must have known where the coffin was hidden, and tonight they were searching everywhere for that thing! Your news is just too timely!"

"Then what are we waiting for, we must get the seeds of the Ginseng Ancient Vine before they do and destroy them!" Olsen clenched his fists, "They've almost gone through the Academy, they're just about to dig in, we don't have much time!"