Everyone was staring at it with wide mouth open.
"Oh, my — Gawd..." Such words escaped unnoticed from Bob's mouth.
From the idiot expressions that were showing on their faces, it was clear that this was the first time they had witnessed something like this.
Even the smiling guy had a mouth that shaped like '0'. But still, his eyes were in a closed state. This was the biggest question that Yman wanted to know. If how this guy able to see while his eyes like this.
Besides the monster, Kiko was watching at the monster's red bar in disbelief. This red bar was the monster's health points.
Almina, Chloe, and Mai wore the same reactions on their faces. Even the audience far behind had uniformed expressions. Most of them gawked in disbelief. All of them had already expected the monster to die fast and easily. But it didn't happen.
Tsk!
The blonde beauty clicked her tongue. Not far from her, Yman narrowed his eyes while staring at the monster. He noticed the crystal on its forehead briefly gleamed and shined after it healed itself.
A while ago, its body had already been bathed with its own blood of muddy black color from all the wounds it took. Yet now, it completely returned to its original color, like nothing happened in the first place.
Feeling suspicious, Yman knitted his brows. Although he was not sure, he could still remember some of his teacher's teachings.
He said that the monster with '+' on their rank tend to have a crazy mode that will be triggered when the monster's health points dropped at a certain percentage.
But...
A monster in crazy mode usually changed its skin color different from its original color. Then bloodlust and killing intent would burst out from its inner core to the outside. This inner core was where its weird energy was circulating. And an eerie feeling will be felt by all the people around it.
Yet...
This monster's body went back to its original color. No bloodlust, and no killing intent. No eerie feelings either. It was just scary by how huge it originally looks. And the squirming 16 legs looks so bizarre just like before.
After it successfully healed itself, the monster took the initiative in attacking and successfully hit the still in a daze Kiko when it charged towards him.
Its massive body bumped him.
But good thing that his reflexes were able to save him. He managed to negate the bump power by blocking his sword, although he was sent flying towards the tree not too far from his back. Blood spurted from his mouth and -70 health points were visibly taken from his green bar when he collided at the tree branch. It causes the tree with a 1-meter radius thickness to bend and shake. Leaves and branches fell on the ground and a bird's nest with scraps of eggshells landed on Kiko's head like a cap.
"....."
Yman was speechless seeing the sorry situation that Kiko had.
The damage was not too high but still, it's painful. He did not feel the need to use his Mana Membrane ability awhile ago since he had never thought that the situation would come up like this. If he was a little late in blocking the attack, perhaps the damage would be much higher.
Kiko had a total of 500 health points, and right now he had 430 health points left. Still fairly high.
The audience, especially girls, cried out when they saw Kiko bumped into the tree branch. They grieved for him. And feel sorry at his current state. But he quickly stood up. He could not let himself be embarrassed in front of Almina. Almina sent a quick glance at him. Then focus her attention on the monster again.
But when he noticed a slight grin on Yman's face, a pulse in a cross shape surface on his face. While sending a piercing glance at him.
Yman wanted to laugh at Kiko but he chose not. Because the situation was unfavorable for them. Well, he warned them to retreat, but this idiot did not follow his command. So, he only had himself to blame for what happened to him. Although, he secretly said 'good job' to the monster.
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Yman did not notice that the blonde sighed at him when she noticed a grin in his mouth. "Such an arrogant weakling who loves seeing his comrade hurt. Hump!" She muttered with a cold gaze. She really doesn't want to fight along with this fool. But she also wanted to arrive at the academy sooner. This travel was already long enough! She was so sick of this! She aimed her arrow and fired three shots.
The monster was able to dodge it though.
Tsk! She was annoyed. For some reason, she could not focus herself. She was annoyed looking at this weak guy!
The sudden attack from the monster alerted each of them. They looked at Yman with questions in their eyes. Which he understood.
Yman was having two conjectures of this monster's ability to heal. First, this monster crazy mode was different from usual. Second, his ability to heal was because of the Magic Cryst that on its forehead.
Among these two conjectures. He more felt that the second one was more valid than the first one. Anyways, in order to confirm his conjectures, there is only one solution. To test it.
"Listen, everyone, that crystal-like object embedded on its forehead is something called Magic Cryst!"
He said.
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"Magic ..... Cryst?" Bob and Chloe repeated.
Mai had an 'aha' expression on her face. "Do you mean...the the magic cryst that cost lots of gold points? That it could be fused to any type of weapons or armor? With additional ability or skill?" Mai fired question after question after hearing the familiar name of such an item.
"That's it, Miss Mai. I think that crystal on its forehead was the reason why its health points went back to full again! If we able to ex—!"
"So that's it huh! Then I will destroy iiiit!" Yman was not able to finish his words when Kiko suddenly shouted and was dashing towards the monster, wielding his sword in both hands.
The monster fired the web on its mouth at the approaching Kiko. But he dodged it by leaping side to side. When he arrived near the monster, he jumped about 5 meters high above the ground which was at the level of the monster's head. He wielded his weapon by both hands and lifted it above his head.
"Idiot stop!" Yman cried out. But Kiko seemed did not hear him. No, he chose to disregard him.
Earth Crushing Technique - Meteor Blast!
Baaaaang!!!"!!!"Thunderous sounds followed after Kiko slammed his sword onto the Mustang Spider's forehead. Almina and the other who also near the monster covered their faces using their arms.Yman frowned, its not because his warning came late, but this idiot chose to disregard his warning.A moment later...Swoosh!A steaming figure was sent flying back. All of them were staring at this figure with wide eyes. ."???""Is that a bird?" Chloe subconsciously asked."It's a plane." Muttered by Bob."No, it's a human being!" Mai screamed seeing the smoking figure flew away from the explosion.Yman sighed, he was right. |What an idiot.| Yman muttered in his mind while staring at the body who passed by at him and was flying like a crashing plane. Then it landed on the ground with sounds effects of bouncing and rolling.|Ugh, that might hurt a little...| With indifferent looks on his face, he whispered in his mind.How could a boss-like monster like the Mustang Spider just display its wea
Staring at the approaching Kiko who was being chased by the Mustang Spider, Yman steadied his breathing. Watching that person's gaze to him, and the way he lured the monster towards him, he was 99% sure that this idiot was up to something not good.Kiko was grinning inside seeing that Yman was standing alone in a safe distance at their back. He was not in resonance with his deity. What a perfect scenario to kill this frog. If the Mustang Spider able to collide at him. For sure he was dead meat!And him? No one would suspect him. After all, it was easy to find a reason. Just several seconds it took that he neared that guy.The others were having different outlook at the current situation. Chloe, Bob, and Mai were having stupefied faces. .Almina on the other hand was tailing the monster and Kiko with all her might. She was able to cut one of the monster's hind legs. But it didn't stop and continued chasing after Kiko, while Almina lost her pace. Because of this, the monster lost her ta
Goki knew that even if he did not intrude in that fight, they could kill that monster sooner. With Almina's unfairly high damage that comes from her unknown ability, and with the addition of those two specially recruited trainees, it was only a matter of time that they would finish that monster. Although he could not save Kiko if he did not rush to help.And those three others with them(Mai, Bob, and Chloe). They both had interesting abilities, although, they were weaker if compared to those four: Almina, Kiko, blonde, and smiling guy.It was unbelievable for them to kill that monster since it was a rank C+ Wanderer. Not even him would wish to challenge it.......Yet with that person's direction, it becomes possible for them to kill it.....Goki also felt scared at that person, not because he's strong — he doesn't have strength, not because he had a genius-level skill — he had no mana. But because the way he planned out his battlefield was unprecedented. However, the problem was he wo
The sun was already setting at the west when they arrived at the Human City Z7.City lights were shining brightly from all the establishments they had passed. Yet they had noticed that even in this city, any modern vehicle was absent in this place.Everyone directly went into their rooms that were reserved in advance. All of them were exhausted from the long travel and had no time to appreciate the place.Each of them has their own hotel rooms allocated to them. This hotel was one of the biggest hotels in this city. For most of them, the room was decent; with a 1-bed room, a restroom, a kitchen, a sofa, and a terrace. But for Yman and his sister, this room was grander.He had just finished taking bath and now he was sitting on a sofa while staring at the night sky through the window gap that slightly opened. .The modern vibes inside Human City were different compared to a fantasy-like Empire of Encantasya.Yman was wondering if this world was really the second world of earth. In the
Yman noticed some other trainees on the distance. They were watching at them. Based on their looks, he surmised that they were senior trainees. Although he was wondering that there were only a few senior students in this academy.Every row of trainees there was an instructor facing them. Watching them while managing their actions.If any of the trainees made any unnecessary movements they could be easily be caught and be punished.So every one of them was too careful not to make any slight movement that could be caught the instructor's attention.They were standing straight with both hands straight down on their sides. Everyone's attention must focus only on the person on stage. .Only the gulping sounds of their drying throats were slightly discernible. Everyone was having mixtures of feelings. They were excited and nervous at the same time.After introducing himself to the fledgling trainees, Instructor Stone De Guz Man greeted the new batch of fledglings. They were the new freshmen
After introducing the three elders, the speaker Head Instructor Mr. Stone De Guz Man proceeded by giving a slight briefing about this world and the academy.After the briefing, one of the elders, Elder Gatan used a resonance with his deity. After that, his body was enveloped by blueish mana. A moment later, all those mana that was surrounding him slowly faded like it was being absorbed by his body.This was the skill that only an expert magician could do. The level of understanding and control over magic was not based on a magician's breakthrough level, but it was based on his training and perseverance to learn and how eager he or she wanted to advance his/her level of understanding and control.Elder Gatan was absorbing that mana that was encasing his body to minimize the use of mana at a reasonable degree. Fledgling doesn't know about it. All of them thought that encasing one's body with mana could increase their defense and attack power. But the truth was, it only increased a littl
The water sprite seemed to be interested in him. It was staring at Yman with its big twinkling eyes.It looks so cute as it swayed its small head from side to side, and its small finger pointed below its mouth. Seemingly wondering about him. This female water sprite was having long light blue hair down to its feet and light blue gown that well match on her cute figure.Like a princess, she was sitting on a bubble that was obviously bigger than her body, although this bubble magically did not pop up.Elder Gatan noticed that one of the water sprites still did not return. He glanced towards the trainees and saw one of his water sprites at the backmost and was in staring contest with one of the trainees.Elder Gatan narrowed his eyes, slightly interested at that trainee who got the attention of his water sprite.Yman then lifted the paper in front of him and the water sprite..Seeing the magical paper, the water sprite was seemingly realized her task. It smiled big at him and saluted, th
When Yman's hand landed on the smooth screen surface, he felt a little chill on his skin.He also noticed some evidence of nervousness from those who came before him. Looks like some droplets of sweat stayed on it.He could hear the noise from his surrounding but he had to disregard them. Their murmurs were not of help to him. He needed to concentrate his mind to summon his densest mana.Like what the others did, he also did what he needed to do. His hand slowly envelopes by white brilliance. Although the other's mana was of bright green color, only his that was of white.And everything happened like a dream....Night came pretty fast to someone unaware and happy. But for Yman, he had a lengthy day!Right now Yman was sitting on the sofa while facing the window of his room from the inside and was looking towards the distance outside.Wearing an old t-shirt. His thin shoulders dropped down at a certain angle.In his hand was a glass of cold water. He felt like, he had the longest day o
As the fight of Yman against the Noble Rat reached the peak, the meeting of the Elites was still ongoing.After explaining to the Elites about the current situation of the academy, Elder Paan proceeds on discussing the shaded individuals that could be seen displayed in the holographic screens at the end of the clips."I'm sure you are wondering who those people on the screen..." the elder stopped then glanced at the Elites one by one. Noticing that all of them had no idea who those people are, she continued by snapping her fingers. After the elder snapped her fingers, the ten shaded in black figures suddenly revealed their real appearances.The Elites noticed that each of those individuals was wearing academy uniforms of different academies.They also noticed one specific person wearing an academy uniform from the Middle Region Magic Academy. .She has smart looking-eyes, a small nose, and rosy red lips. Her sky-colored pupils gleamed like the crescent moon reflected on it. And her sh
While the meetings of the members of the Elites were ongoing, Yman was struggling against the evolved Evil Rat which now had the name of Noble Rat and reached the pinnacle of D, the D+ Wanderer.Now it stood on its 2 limbs. It's supposed red eyes had turned into hazy yellow. Its pure dark blue fur that covered its whole body, now had milky-white fur arcing on its stomach down to its middle part. Its two ears grew longer, about 10 inches long that stood like horns on its pointy head. And on its face, gleaming in metallic luster, the whiskers were protruding like long needles. Even its razor-sharp claws had grown longer and sharper.Khaaaaaaaa!!! It suddenly yelled. The raspy shrill from it sent shivers on him.The cloak he was wearing had already torn, the clothes were tattered, and marks of blood could be spotted on some of its torn areas.If not because of his healing magic, not only his clothes would be torn at the moment but also his flesh.. For once he was thankful for having such
Not only humans fighting against humans, but also demihumans were against demihumans, and beasts fighting against beasts."The video you just watched were collections of clips from the previous battle in the Worlds Magic Academy Competition." Suddenly said the elder in a stern voice that devoid of emotions.It was cold and a little hoarse.Ahem. (She cleared her throat once again.)The Elites remained silent waiting for the continuation of the elder's words."Probably, some of you might already know the purpose of Magic Academies. Or why it was in such a rule or system. It was of course to prepare you from the sudden attacks of the real enemies lurking everywhere.. But before that, some precarious issues needed to be solved at first.Support us at N~ovElB(I)N(.)NETRight now, this academy was in a tight situation and was in danger of getting pulled out from this world. If that happened, not only the academy would be gone.Also the city itself.Since, this city's resources mostly came
The other Elite members seemed like they were from the native of this world.Kesha glanced at the empty seat. The person whoowned it was still recovering at the moment. He was sent to the famous magical hospital in this city.Sadly, he had injured himself at that time when they fought the rank C+ Mustang Spider. But because of having great talents in magic and owning 4 different types of ability for being a fledgling trainee only was more than enough for him to acquire a seat as an Elite trainee without going through the test.Kesha could only sigh and prayed for his fast recovery.Next to her was a man with medium length red hair. He was sitting calmly while closing his eyes and arms across his chest. With his right leg on top of his left knee.. This person was no other than Mai's cousin, Brai.Kesha noted that this person was also a handsome man and was kind of mysterious. Unlike the infamous wastrel who only knows how to hurt his comrades.Everyone certainly thought that that guy
Reflected in his eyes the shining image of the Evil Rat that was undergoing an evolution phase.The brilliance that envelopes its body had even brightened the place a little.Tsk! Yman as he gnashed his teeth. Never in his wildest dream to be able to see an actual evolution phase of a beast.Seemingly, beasts or monsters will undergo an evolution phase when their battle experience reached a certain threshold.Currently, Yman was downed on his butt on the cold pavement ground, while staring at the Evil Rat in surprised and without batting an eye. Sistela's voice rang in his ears which made him snapped from the shock and pulled him back to reality.He did not even notice his health points which now short of 150 points. After the tail whip attacked that landed on his back, -150 health points were taken from his health bar..He certainly questioned his luck. If seeing it from a different perspective, he might be lucky for witnessing such a rare event. But the situati
Sistela warned after noticing the second Evil Rat made a wise leap in the air while opening its largemouth. Some green liquids were splattering around and looking like small particles of lights when they were hit by the illumination of brilliance from his holographic map.Yman narrowed his eyes. Even though this Evil Rat managed to avoid the ball-web traps, the smoke abled to hinder its vision.He summoned his strength and sent a stab to the leaping Evil Rat.Shing!-30 HP in the red text was visible in his vision when his stab was successfully landed on the Evil Rat's jaw, which followed by squeaking noises from the Evil Rat when the tip of Gladius sword dig in about 3 centimeters in its flesh.|20 defense!| Yman quickly calculated the enemy's defense based on the damage that he dealt it.He has 20 attacks and an additional 15 from the resonance with his deity and another 15 from his Gladius sword. It was 50 in total, but he only managed to take 30 of the monster's healt
Yman scratches his head and forced a dry laugh when he realized that the water passage was still too small for the monster to pass through.He remembered what Mrs. Merced (the woman who issued the quest) said to him. That when he reached the dead end, there was a hole where a person can pass through to his left side. But Yman could not see it, the hole that she mentioned.Suddenly, he heard Sistela's call: He then glanced at the map that was hanging steadily above him. He noticed a thin layer of the wall outline. Based on the map, it was located two steps away from his left side."Must be a camouflage." He muttered and summoned his spear from Cyber Storage..He then pokes the part where the thin layer on the map was shown. Yman narrowed his eyes when the wall that looks so sturdy bend inwardly like a piece of something soft like it was made of cloth, a camouflage cloth to be specific.|It's a well-made replica of the wall.| He thought. |But
The Underground Channel entrance located at the west side of the city, under the bridge, and near the river-dam that streaming steadily towards the end. On the opposite side of the entrance, there was a big dumpsite area that could be seen a little distant from the river-dam. The place was known as West District.At the dumpsite, he could see some smokes that were flying towards the sky and resembles the clouds as they continued to hover higher.After Yman stepped in the entrance, he asked his deity to activate the radar.Sistela replied:He said: "It's not sudden. It's better to have a perfect mapping from the entrance towards the farthest area that we can reach." She questioned him.He scratched his face and replied: "Don't worry, we sure to leave the place before it happened.."Hearing what he said, she resigned then followed what he wants and activated the radar without further retorts.But she really was worried if she emp
Yman asked Sistela about the current time before they going to enter the Underground Channel entrance.He nodded at her after her reply and reminded himself that he only had 2 hours to finish his intention in this place for the day.But Sistela has seemingly noticed something.Suddenly, her complaint was heard by him.At the moment he was wearing a cloak of black color. It covered his body like a robe. His mouth and nose were covered by a mask to get rid of the pungent smell that might invade his throat. The cloak and mask both had poison resistance.His enemies were poisonous creatures, so, it was only natural for him to dress such a way.. No one knows if when the danger would come. One could only realize a danger after they found themselves in a situation.Yman's lips extended into a smile after hearing her, then he cleared his throat and said: "It's not like that. The air