"Enduring loneliness is the path to transcendence."
When Hildr heard these words, she knew that the old man was truly out to drag her to hell. She was not willing to die with this old man. He had lived his life, and even if he were to die now, he would be remembered for some time. His name would go down in history, and his power would be remembered by future generations. If she were to die here, she would still be written in history—but only as the Cursed Princess who was born with so much power only to waste all her potential by dying to an old man, way past his prime.
This was not the kind of legacy she wanted to leave behind. In fact, she did not want to die at all.
This was the reason her father was doing all this. Even though the Children of Night were "immortal," this kind of immortality had many restrictions, and they could still be killed if the person doing the killing knew the secret of their immortality. Only the right tools were required, and death would become inevitable. On top of this, they were still bound by lifespans. Even though they did not die from old age like mortal creatures, they still went through a form of death.
All these thoughts passed through Hildr's mind.
She looked at the sun that had been manifested by the principal's power. This red sun gave off terrible power that wanted to melt the earth.
Hildr did not have a spell she could use against this sun. The only option she had left was to flee—but apart from not being a dignified end to this fight, she would still be struck by the descending sun.
Just from looking at it, she was able to understand that running and dodging would not work against this spell.
It had been brought to life for her, and it would only disappear after striking her or being snuffed out by a more terrible power.
Hildr thought about the situation. She had only a few seconds to make a decision on how to survive this calamity.
In the end, she settled on doing the most obvious. The old man wanted to save his students, and this was the reason he wanted to kill Hildr here and now. Since this was the case, Hildr decided that the best way to go against this spell was by forcing the old man to end it. She increased her body weight by manipulating the gravity around her. This was one of the abilities that Draugr were born with.
The extent of their control over gravity depended on how much Soul they were born with. Hildr had a bottomless amount of Soul.
Boom!
On the ground, she used another ability of the Draugr. They were able to greatly increase their speed and strength when they were in contact with the earth.
Boom!
She blasted off like a rocket as she ran towards the fleeing students.
She always had one foot on the ground, and she ran over the earth, leaving devastation in her wake.
The more she ran over the earth, the faster her speed became. The strength flowing through her immortal veins was multiplied tenfold, and at this moment, she shattered the sound barrier.
Booooooom!
A great explosion went through the world. The students all heard this sound and felt the trembling of the earth.
They understood that something evil was rapidly chasing them down.
They felt their hairs rise on end and their hearts beat like drums.
When the principal saw where Hildr was running, he understood her plan. The sun was already descending, and it was clearly locked onto Hildr. If she were to be struck by this powerful spell while in the vicinity of the students, all the students would die. Hildr would have a chance at survival if not all her body was reduced to ash.
Even then, she could revive from the ash if her bloodline was powerful enough. Since she was the princess of the Draugr, her bloodline was more than powerful enough.
This all meant that this spell would, without a doubt, kill the students and its main target—but the main target would still revive, while the innocent students would remain dead.
The old man understood the situation, but he could not think of a way to save the students at this juncture. The only choice he had was to take on the power of the sun and reduce its wrath on the students. This way, some of them would at least survive.
The old man reached out his hands, and in that moment, he began draining power from his spell—this was because he was the one who had created it.
Streams of fire left the sun and entered the man's body. His body was covered by fire as he screamed out in terrible pain.
As she ran over the earth, Hildr smiled in a most sinister manner. She knew that her plan was working.
All this happened in less than a second.
Bang!
Hildr reached Amelia's group. She attacked immediately, delivering a powerful punch backed by the power of gravity.
Bang!
Like a blood bag that had been squeezed too much, Corina—Amelia's friend—exploded. Her blood splashed on Amelia and Adrian.
Charlotte, who was being carried by Amelia, was also not spared from this fate. The young girl was completely stunned.
At this moment, the remaining power of the sun reached Hildr.
She did not try to dodge, since she knew that this was completely useless in this situation. Still, she did everything in her power to defend herself. She manifested a bubble of water around her and immediately froze it.
Boooooo!
The sun landed, and its power spread out onto the earth.
Screams filled the air as students cried out in despair.
In the sky, the principal was filled with regret. He was already on the verge of death, and now that he had taken in the power of the spell, he had accelerated his demise.
His body was rapidly burning up from the inside. Even though he was a Fire Spirit, this was power belonging to a spell. To take it in like that was a death sentence.