Only I Am A Reader-Chapter 608: The Thorn Queen’s Final Outburst

"In an unexpected wave of change, and during the short duration of a single month, New Team Aurora has successfully cleared 10 extremely dangerous Color Gates, leaving only 2 more before Enigma City is completely cleansed from these unpredictable time hazards..."

"At the same time, many citizens have expressed their worry over the Hero of Light, the only one who made such an astonishing feat possible. Is it really okay for her to go on non-stop like this?"

"Stay tuned to find out! This was reporter Satchel, reporting from right outside the Eleventh Color Gate."

No matter how anxious the people around were, the news reporters still did their job without pause, making sure to milk out this special event to the utmost.

"Does it really have to be exactly three days?"

"Yeah, no matter how one looks at it, this Gate isn’t breaking any time soon. Even if they were to have a two-week break, it wouldn’t be too late to wrap up this project cleanly."

"Agreed. Aurora had been quite the beast as of late. My friend is also an Ability User, and he says that just the external pressure that Aurora exudes is enough to prevent him from using his Ability."

"Right. Even if the higher-ups want to meet their targets to get a promotion or something, does it really make sense to risk such a great asset for so little advantage?"

As much as Aurora’s fans were excited and proud of her accomplishment, a collective sense of worry still took root in their hearts.

Although it hadn’t been that apparent for the first five Gates, starting from the sixth Gate onward, slight signs of fatigue had started to appear on Aurora’s face.

At first, it was just a case of heavy eyelids, but with time, that transformed into dark eye bags.

Even her cheeks appeared slightly sunken. This was a state never seen before from the almost perfect Aurora!

"Hey!"

Unfortunately, regardless of the fans’ pleas, no further statements had been given.

Even now, Aurora and her team were exiting their tent in preparation to dive into the Eleventh Gate.

"Hey! I’m talking to you! You in the sunglasses! Just why can’t you give our Aurora a break!"

Some people even went as far as to announce their displeasure face-to-face with the supervising staff, but it didn’t matter.

"..."

The suited man inside the tent gave no answer, only bothering to untie the curtain to disappear from the people’s line of sight.

"It’s okay. We are fine."

Once again, the one to indirectly defend him was Aurora herself.

Although her haggard face said the opposite, she claimed to be in perfect shape to finish this project as scheduled.

"It’s only a little further."

Their Hero refused to rest until she had finished her duty, and they couldn’t find it in themselves to deny her will.

Not that they could to begin with.

"Only two more Gates, big sis. Let’s just finish them quietly and then disappear someplace else."

On the side, Viva whispered in Yvonne’s ear, patting her on the back, as Yvonne muttered insistently to herself.

’This time...’

The Thorn Princess was aware that her sister had already gone half-insane, but there was nothing she could do.

As Hero Hunters, they had chosen the wrong prey and became the hunted instead, so such a miserable situation was only expected.

Still, Viva’s heart broke at the sight of her big sister.

The strong and solid back that she always looked up to had turned crooked, and she no longer sent them the commands that she attempted to control the entire situation through.

As her fine attempted to connect with her sister’s limp roots underground, Viva’s expression worsened even further.

’If only I could have convinced her otherwise...’

Both she and Vera always threw tantrums towards their sister’s insistent orders, but now that the channel they shared through their vines was completely silent, they could only feel extreme regret toward their past actions.

She might not be able to convince her previously confident elder sister, but she could have at least been obedient before the start of this disaster.

Despite being a villainous human hunter, Viva was really a softie when it came to her two sisters...

’For sure...’

On the other hand, the Thorn Queen wasn’t even the slightest bit aware of her sister’s worries.

She had barely kept herself in one piece through constant loops of self-deception, only getting a few moments of semi-clarity every now and then.

And by the time that moment came...

"No!"

New Team Aurora was already standing in front of the blue portal at the very end of the Purple Gate.

Yvonne didn’t have the faintest idea what dangers this Gate had contained or what the condition for its clearing was.

She had simply followed behind like a zombie. However, there was one single thing that she was completely sure of at this very moment.

"This can’t go on!"

The state she had fallen into wasn’t any better than actual death, and if that was the case...

’Viva, Vera, let’s fight it out with her!’

Rather than remain half-dead for the rest of her life, Yvonne chose to make one last attempt to reclaim her former self.

She no longer logically analyzed the chances of winning. To her, even dying while still retaining a little bit of sanity was worth the attempt!

’It’s now or never.’

Even though both her sisters remained frozen in place, shocked at her very uncalculated decision, Yvonne didn’t hesitate.

As vines covered her entire body like a suit of armor, almost a hundred tentacle-like extensions spread everywhere.

She was ready to unleash everything she had. No scheming, no holding back, just pure self-preservation instincts!

"Big sis!"

As the one who had actually managed to witness the feats that Aurora displayed throughout the continuous Gate Clears, Viva was about to discourage Yvonne from doing anything foolish.

However, before she could manage to...

"Noooo!"

Light flashed as almost everyone momentarily lost sight.

As the superior Ability User, Aurora’s counter was still faster than the Thorn Queen’s outburst...